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I'm Stephen Metcalfe, and this is the Slate Culture Gab Fest, a farewell to arm edition.

It's Wednesday, November 10th, 2010.

On today's program, Conan arrives finally at TBS, James Franco and the movie 127 hours, a Danny Boyle picture. And yes, it's true, Yale University Press and the anthology of rap.

Joining me today are Slate's deputy editor, Julia Turner. Hello, Julia. Hi, Steve. And our film critic, Dana Stevens, Dana.

Stephen. How are you today?

Very well, thank you.

Did I trample on you last week? What about the zombies? Yeah. No, I can handle that. The readers seem to take up arms on my behalf, but I've been trampled. So you're telling me your feelings were unhurt? By the zombie put down? I mean, Julie and I were right, right? The show got picked up, so I'm all good.

All right, all right.

I'll have to trample a little harder then. zombie put down? I mean, Julie and I were right, right, the show got picked up, so I'm all good.

All right, all right. I'll have to trample a little harder then. Apparently, I've got to

trod more insensitively going forward. Sharpen up the cleats this week, yeah, absolutely.

So Conan at TBS, Julia, this is both a behind the camera and an in front of the camera story.

It seems at moments that the behind the camera story is in danger of completely overwhelming the in front of the camera story.

Nonetheless, we all watched Conan last night in his much-Bally Hood returned to television.

Last season on Conan.

After what has to be counted as a debacle with NBC, where he was, just to recap very quickly,

he was given the coveted, the jewel, the throne, right?

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