Conan O'Brien talks to the co-creator of USB on The Tonight Show
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted October 10th 2009 1:30PM
posted October 10th 2009 1:30PM
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You mean the creator of "the USB". It's right there in the commercial.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG2MDcXVQqw
Maybe Conan should have read Engadget . . . he would've "discovered" months ago when we did.
There were many people involved in the creation of the Universal Serial Bus... Ajay is nothing more than a person amongst hundreds involved...
This didn't appear recently because Conan just discovered this. This appeared recently because Intel didn't sponsor him to create the bit until now. If Intel hadn't sponsored it, it likely wouldn't even have appeared at all.
Golden !
..shoes!
shiny!
Only Conan could make this funny for general audiences. Best late night host. Period.
That was fantastic!
IT WAS!
Worth it to see steve jobs begging like that.
Yeah man,
I loved that sketch!!!
The skit at the end was amazing.
I concur
And the drinks are on moi.
So glad Fallon wasn't doing this interview... It would have been 98% less funny and 100% more awkward.
That is actually the only thing that makes Fallon somewhat entertaining. Fallon looks like he has no clue what he is doing and his audience doesn't laugh at his jokes, so in an awkward kind of way you can laugh at him. But inside that time-slot there is absolutely no reason to watch Fallon over Craig.
Craig Ferguson is the funniest of all the late night host. Unknown but very funny.
@ishism, that's a given. It's just the fact one has to stay up that late to actually listen to him.
Optionally requires one to be high also.
Am I the only one that thought the interview was really lame? You have the co-inventor of USB, AGP and you ask him about what he does in bars? ugh
no you are not the only one....i think this interview is lame too....
Yes. Yes you are.
Ummm... if the interview was an attempt at hard-hitting tech journalism. But, ummm...have you ever watched the Tonight Show? It's about jokes and entertainment.
I agree with @kero.
It is a late night comedy talk show though.
I think @joshuatopolsky should interview Ajay for the next Engadget Show!
Conan admits to not knowing technology very well. Jimmy thinks he's a tech geek.
@anthony, even if they had the USB 3.0 to talk about it would still be unbelievably boring. Sure it's awesome, but not talk 20min about it awesome.
StareClips: Late Night with Conan O'Brien was about jokes and entertainment. I haven't been seeing much of that from the Tonight Show, though.
Yeah, I don't get this form of american humor.
I really thought the interview was wasted.
@Anthony: This is not Twitter!!!
Why did they choose actors for their commercials?? Did the real guy not wanted to co-operate, was it seen as too cheesy? Missed opportunity for Intel. Now its just an advertising campaign...and it has nothing to do with the real people behind intel.
Maybe the time of one of their senior staff was more valuable than hiring an actor? Or, more likely, the ad firm couldn't be bothered trying to get hold of him.
Good question. Maybe it cost too much to hire the actual guy? I imagine his salary is pretty good being a high level fellow. Hiring a random actor was probably way cheaper than paying the real guy.
and i suppose those "pom-pom-po-pom" people at the arent employees of intel too, maybe they are a choir hired to act as an employee.
I like how intel thinks that their customers are too stupid to tell two Indian guys apart.
@Brat: No, those are real employees.
What the hell man, Intel should have used the real Ajay Bhatt.
They tried, he turned them down saying he had more important things to do
like hang with Conan!
WANT THE SHIRT!
It's a wonder why they didn't have the real Ajay in the commercials. He would have done a better job.
That was awesome.
Ok... it might be just me. But that interview was NOT funny... like...at all.
He's so modest. Everybody knows he gets the ladies
Hot Indian chicks too.
99% of the Indian chicks are too fat, too skinny or just plain weird. Everyone knows that.
The real Ajay is a lot more photogenic than the actor, lol.
ahahaha that was krazyy
OK so that Ajay Bhatt was handpicked ACTOR??
The end was awesome but Conan was obnoxious and missed a good opportunity to discuss some great topics with this man.
Holy shit. This guy is a MARVEL