As a teenager, U.S. TV talk show host Conan O'Brien served as an intern to which U.S. Congressman?

As a teenager, U.S. TV talk show host Conan O'Brien served as an intern to U.S. Congressman Robert Drinan, a Democratic from Massachusetts' 3rd district. O'Brien was attending Brookline High School, where he was serving as the managing editor of the school newspaper, The Sagamore. While still in high school, O'Brien was able to obtain a useful internship with Congressman Robert Drinan (he was the first to formally call for the impeachment of President Richard Nixon).

After his senior year and graduating as valedictorian in 1981, he entered Harvard University. At Harvard, O'Brien concentrated his studies in history and literature and graduated magna cum laude in 1985. During college, O'Brien briefly served as the drummer in a band called "The Bad Clams", was a writer for the Harvard Lampoon humor magazine, and developed a spoof of the popular video game One on One: Dr. J vs. Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics. It was during his years as an upper class man that O'Brien's met his future boss at NBC, Jeff Zucker.

In the last 3 decades (1990 to 2010), O'Brien served as host of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (fourteen years), and then as host of "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" from June 2009 until January 2010, when the show was canceled. For the last 8 years, Conan has worked on his show "Conan" which is a late night U.S. talk show airing Monday through Thursday on TBS. It is a comedy with a focus on current news stories, political figures, prominent celebrities, etc.