20 Questions: Conan O'brien

February, 1997

I became 6'4" very suddenly, and I've never quite recovered from it," says Conan O'Brien. The tall television host may be citing his growth spurt as a metaphor for his accession to David Letterman's seat on NBC's "Late Night." But O'Brien has recovered nicely from what some critics viewed as a rocky start. To use an industry term, his show began trending up in the ratings, and finally, just before his third anniversary on the air this past fall, the network that often seemed...