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Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:30 pm EST

Conan wishes death upon the dancing Fox robot

Along with the commercials, another thing that gets extremely repetitive during the playoffs is Fox's little dancing robot guy. You see him going in or coming out of any commercial break, programmed to get funky.

The animated android's annoying, says Awful Announcing, and they wish upon him a horrible death at the hands of Tony Siragusa's girth. Conan O'Brien doesn't care for him, either, but would rather see a suicide.

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  1. SouthPhillyCliff
    1. Posted by SouthPhillyCliff Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:10 pm EDT

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    Conan is just pissed his team didnt win, more often than not got kicked by Philly!!!
  2. Gbdup
    2. Posted by Gbdup Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:40 pm EDT

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    i am so mad at my team the jaguars that i now want to help the enemies. tenessee needs to pick up jeremy macklin so that they have a strong wr group their biggest lacking position right now even though gage and jones have improved, they will make for a strong 3. and houston should get michael jenkins. houston is strong on offense now and they just need another shut down corner.
  3. Scott E
    3. Posted by Scott E Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:34 pm EDT

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    That's awesome. I feel like I've just had an abscessed tooth removed. I hate that thing.
  4. SteelerB
    4. Posted by SteelerB Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:14 pm EDT

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    Can you say "6 rings"? See ya'll in TAMPA!!!!!!! Steelers 23 Ravens 6.
  5. JUMBO
    5. Posted by JUMBO Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:44 pm EDT

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    that was pretty funny. Conan is the man.
  6. Go Chargers
    6. Posted by Go Chargers Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:19 pm EDT

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    Conan who ?
  7. Pat Riot
    7. Posted by Pat Riot Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:03 pm EDT

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    LOL!! hahhahhaa!!
  8. Kathleen P
    8. Posted by Kathleen P Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:47 pm EDT

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    KILL THE ROBOT! I hate that thing!
  9. DeDe
    9. Posted by DeDe Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:40 pm EDT

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    The robot MUST GO!!!!
  10. dudelabowski
    10. Posted by dudelabowski Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:49 pm EDT

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    Maybe a digitized MJD and the Fox robot could stomp on the Toyota saved by zero, Subway $5 sanwiches and truck commercials and then have a dual to the death. They could air the dual during an injury time out.
  11. SB 13
    11. Posted by SB 13 Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:06 pm EDT

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    THE ROBOT IS Annoying as hell. they need to get rid of that thing... who the hell tells fox that it was and still is a good idea? somebody needs to get fired
  12. Mike F
    12. Posted by Mike F Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:44 pm EDT

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    ha ha, very funny! i like the robot because it keeps my son interested in the game. by the way folks, before you accuse conan of being upset that his team didn't win, notice that the whole robot thing diss was just a setup to have a fake robot do excessive stuff. geez, how stupid are some people?
  13. pan am
    13. Posted by pan am Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:50 pm EDT

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    I t had nothing to do with football; it was just a skit to get some laughs is all. Conan probably doesn’t even watch football, I mean look at him, and does he look the type that watches football. J/k Anyways, I thought it was funny the robot getting it on. Robot doesn’t bother me one way or the other , now if he was on while I’m watching the game, then yes I’d want to shoot the robot myself.
  14. meatwad the great and all powerful ruler of earth
    14. Posted by meatwad the great and all powerful ruler of earth Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:37 pm EDT

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    i agree with conan the douschebag.....fox robot is gay...with aids!
  15. brian
    15. Posted by brian Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:15 pm EDT

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    i agree! i hate that robot! they have had that robot since aikman was QB of the cowgirls!
  16. vanilla thunder
    16. Posted by vanilla thunder Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:31 pm EDT

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    ahahahaha conan is sweet
  17. Oates
    17. Posted by Oates Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:37 pm EDT

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    I like the last part when the robot blows his own Fckn head off.
  18. Gerald C
    18. Posted by Gerald C Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:14 pm EDT

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    Would like to have more sounds of the game, and limit the chit chat.
    With HD graphics; the in the box commentators, days should be numbered.
    On the sideline comments make sense, but someone's grandma's sister's dad's life story from the box should go.
    By the by, Robot man is just the beginning. Anyone able to see ESPN's games through the layers of graphics.
    I am back to my 22" tv again.
  19. COWBOY ROADKING
    19. Posted by COWBOY ROADKING Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:36 pm EDT

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    Robot or Kornhieser, take your pic, there both annoying. One can't dance and the other knows' nothing about football
  20. TIBU72157
    20. Posted by TIBU72157 Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:08 pm EDT

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    Yeah kill that f-ing robot!!! we all hate that damn thing. one of the dumbest things fox sports has ever brought to tv.
  21. L S
    21. Posted by L S Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:58 pm EDT

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    The robot's name is Cleatus ... they let fans name him last year. Cleatus rocks! I admired his electric slide and the swim this past sunday. Conan should stop hating!
  22. Keith
    22. Posted by Keith Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:49 pm EDT

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    Get rid of the other MONOTONE ROBOT - Joe Buck!
    He brings NOTHING to the game and I'm bored to death everytime he announces.
    Its like he RECITES the script of every game in a monotonous tone...."pass incomplete to Jackson" (Yes I can see that), "Sproles off the right side for 5 yards" (yes I can see that), "tackled by Harris for a 3 yaerd loss" (yes I see that), "Flag on the play" (yes I see that). BORING HORRIBLE ANNOUNCING and Master of stating the obvious and he's Fox's #1 announcer?? He's AWFUL.
  23. dennistrask@...
    23. Posted by dennistrask@... Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:41 pm EDT

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    Ditch the robot, cover the game. Game coverage is just awful. All the networks pile on junk that does not add to the experience of watching the game. Dump the junk!
  24. Misfit
    24. Posted by Misfit Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:43 pm EDT

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    leave it up to Fox, the same channel that "awards" that goofy ass turkey trophy during thanksgiving day games
  25. David E
    25. Posted by David E Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:50 pm EDT

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    I AGREE. The stupid ghetto robot sucks. Kill him now, please don't wait for suicide.
    Joe Buck is bad. Is he even watching the same game?
    Curt Menefee is worse than Buck, GOD he is terrible. I know he isn't watching the same game, he was wrong so often when he was a commentator that we just laughed at him.
    I cannot tolerate Strahan. WAY too many head blows there. He is more interested in helping his old friends.
    I can tolerate Aikman.
    Jimmy Johnson, Howie Long and Terry Bradshaw would be enough for the crew, they don't need help.

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