Nice write-up on Conan in the New York Times. Not sure I agree entirely. Conan still has his weak spots, such as his interviews. Letterman was the best interviewer ever, and I think Meyers is the best of the current bunch. But Conan is probably the only one left who still tries to be as silly and absurd as possible and is also the only one still doing frequent unscripted spontaneous remote segments (although Colbert did some great remotes from the Democratic and Republican National Conventions last year), both of which are reminiscent of Letterman during the 80s and 90s.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/05/a...talk-show.html
The Nut Spoon sketch is a good example of Conan's current strain of absurdist humor, which is pretty unique amongst the current batch of late night hosts.
http://teamcoco.com/video/conan-crew...tter-nut-spoon