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Similarities between Conan's backdrop and Super Mario: Bogus
As we admired Conan O'Brien's freshly built set on his Tonight Show debut Monday, we especially liked the stained-glass monologue backdrop. But one blog says the setpiece has a strange familiarity. Wait a second. The similarities between its shapes and that of Super Mario's Mushroom Kingdom seem identical. Could this be a coincidence?
All is not as it seems. It's a hoax, and I call "'shopped!" Being a Super Mario player myself, I didn't recognize that Mario scene from any levels of the game. After a quick call to our company-mates at the Tonight Show at NBC in Burbank (DVICE is also part of NBC Universal), the similarities between Conan's set and this Mario composite mash-up were quickly denied as a fabrication.
But was the set inspired by Mario? Were those shapes derived from Super Mario games? Stay tuned for a quote from Conan's set designer, who at the moment has tonight's TV show to get ready for.
Serious Lunch, via Gizmodo
By Dvice Reader at 3:05 PM ON 06/04/09
Way to go! Set the record straight before others continue to post the seriouslunch farse...
By Come On at 3:32 PM ON 06/04/09
This isn't a hoax, it's an observation that the shapes used in the backdrop look like shapes used in Mario levels, so the Serious Lunch guy photoshopped in matching shapes to prove his point. He never said "Conan's set designers ripped off an entire Mario level for their backdrop design" and I think that was obvious to everyone except buzzkill bloggers who just want to ruin all the fun.
By Who said it was a hoax? at 5:05 PM ON 06/04/09
HURRR THAT'S NOT CANON OH NO ALERT THE INTERNET
When Conan inevitably makes a joke or reference to it, enjoy your nerd-rage aneurysm.
By Kevin Hall at 5:10 PM ON 06/04/09
@Come On
Not a day goes by where I don't roll out of bed and wonder whose fun I can ruin.
By Mac at 11:54 AM ON 06/07/09
Whoever wrote this post... is pretty stupid. The backdrop was directly taken from various elements in Super Mario World - it's incredibly obvious. There's nothing "bogus" about this story at all. Sorry. =]
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Whoever wrote this post... is pretty stupid. The backdrop was directly taken from various elements in Super Mario ...More »