Conan O'Brien Can't Stop

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Last night we watched the documentary Conan O'Brien Can't Stop on the Netflix. It had moments of humor, of course, but it was almost more interesting as a study in addiction. Virtually the entire movie is made up of scenes in which Conan O'Brien performs for people on his cross-country tour, followed by scenes of him complaining about having to perform for people all the time, followed by scenes of him performing, etc. 

The thing of it is, Conan is choosing to put himself in these situations. Obviously he has to go onstage for his live show, but he's also constantly going out to meet fans, visiting dignitaries, etc. He's not a prisoner of his fame so much as a prisoner of his desire to be famous (Andy Richter clearly doesn't have that same mania since seems to keep to himself after the shows). His generally unhappy demeanor reminds me of the junkies you see on Intervention, except that instead of meth Conan is addicted to having people like him.