Meredith Vieira on the Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien

Meredith Vieira visited the Tonight Show for the first time since Conan O’Brien took over.  She commented on the “nice digs” but I’ve got to say that the intro music was terrible but I digress…

NBC Photo: Margaret Norton

She talked about broadcasting the news about Michael Jackson’s death and how strange it was during that first night.  She that as the day went on, more and more people showed up to pay their respects and some of them were a little unusual.

She also mentioned the coverage of the memorial service earlier this week (I personally chose to watch NBC’s feed since it seemed a lot less negative).  She said it was “really very emotional” inside of the Staples Center.

Conan talked to Meredith about the assignments the Today show has planned for her for the rest of the show and she revealed that she and her co-host, Ann Curry, would be camping out in the woods to show what it’s like to “rough it.”  When Conan pressed her on whether she actually enjoys that type of thing, she said she did and that when her kids were young, they would camp out on their lawn.  Conan seemed to accept that until Meredith said that they would pee in the bushes instead of just walking inside to go to the bathroom.  Of course, things got crazy (and funny) from there.

After seeing her report on so many serious issues on the Today show, it was really nice to see her laughing and telling silly stories.

WATCH PART 2 OF MEREDITH’S INTERVIEW