Pubdate: Thu, 04 Jun 2009
Source: Star-Banner, The (Ocala, FL)
Copyright: 2009 The Star-Banner
Contact:  http://www.starbanner.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1533

CONAN O'BRIEN JOKES ABOUT OCALA'S GROW-HOUSE FIRE

A "weird story" out of Ocala got a mention on the third episode of the
"The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" Wednesday night.

"Big story out of Florida," O'Brien said eight-and-a-half minutes into
his monologue. "This week in Florida the fire department had to be
called when a marijuana grow house caught on fire. Yeah, no one was
hurt, but it took the firemen six days to put out the fire."

Then O'Brien held his arms out and wobbled as if he might be high on
marijuana.

"Weird story," he said, while sidekick Andy Richter
laughed.

"What are you laughing about?" O'Brien asked.

"I guess this thing about them putting it out and saving it for
later," Richter said.

"I wouldn't know about that," retorted O'Brien, bouncing as he
straightened his tie.

When called about the reference to the Ocala Fire Department on "The
Tonight Show," Battalion Chief Brian Stoothoff laughed.

"Jay Leno never did that for us," he remarked.

For the record, the department got the call at 3:51 a.m. Wednesday,
arrived at 3:53 a.m. and had the fire under control at 4:03 a.m.
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