Like #131: Conan O'Brien

Quotes Lander:
"It is not hard to understand why white people love Conan O’Brien, he embodies so many of the things they already like before he even opens his mouth: Ivy League Schools, Red Hair, the Boston Red Sox, Self Deprecating Humor, The Simpsons, and Bad Memories of High School (likely, but not confirmed). Seeing him on television five nights a week is a comforting reminder of community to the white people who still have televisions."


Zooey has appeared on Conan O'Brien's show both alone and with her band, She & Him, and this clip shows her being interviewed by O'Brien about her film "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." This appearance connects Deschanel's star image to another image that is, according to Lander, loved by white people, highlighting her own demographic of popularity. Additionally, Lander references previous posts from his blog while describing Conan's appeal to white people (i.e. Bad Memories of High School). The same method can be used to describe Zooey Deschanel's popularity among upper middle class people. Lander chooses individual aspects of Conan's star image to demonstrate Conan's popularity within this culture, so we can do the same by using aspects of Deschanel's star image to discover what makes Zooey popular within white, upper middle class society.