Thursday, September 14, 2006

Conan The Barb-AIR-ian

Tonight Bjorn Turoque will be making an appearance on Late Night With Conan O'Brien.

Of course, Conan is massive in Finland, home of the Air Guitar World Championships, where it is believed he was separated at birth from the Finnish president, Tarja Halonen.

The resemblance is striking.

Tune in and watch Bjorn teach Conan a thing or two about air guitar...

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

AIR GUITAR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006 in YouTube
All the performances from the first round


1. Craig "Hot Lixx Hulahan" Billmeier (United States)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUmRBhFEBuc

2. Christian "Heart Buckboard" Sweep (Germany)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Auz0LSH_BU

3. Max "Max" Heller (Austria)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YchqSHQdHVQ

4. Karita "Rässi Rinsessa" Kivioja (Finland)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6xe6vLYEcs

5. Gabriele "The Hoxton Creeper" Matzeu (United Kingdom)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbAUP-WjhrA

6. Takeshi "Takeshi the SAMURI Kongochi" Kongochi (Japan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga9QCnpK2hM

7. Michael "The Destroyer" Heffels (The Netherlands)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7ujNBEkQmA

8. Terje "Doc" Stephansen (Norway)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkvBTPMpa84

9. Igmar "Iggy Stardust" De Haan (The Netherlands)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DOGpqzcX7c

10. Benjamin "Helmutt" Greaney (New Zealand)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_XXJqVdxo4

11. Ochi "Dainoji" Yosuke (Japan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r10UbGC6RI

12. Rainer "Le Freak" Fussgänger (Austria)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hzo7mEOdmk

13. Eero "Oulun oma poika" Ojala (Finland)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7YQ2oZDNPo

14. Clay "Bangers" Connolly (Australia)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1gM4niueoo

15. Romain "Sideburn" Lesaffre (France)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-p66iCFzqk

16. Christian "Der Prettauer" Steinhauer (Italy)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyonAMvl0gA

17. Kanagawa "Super IQ" IQ (Japan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xXF3fst5IY

Anonymous said...

I knew I recognized you from somewhere. Nous Non Plus! I was watching Conan thinking "where have I seen that guy?"

Tres Bien, Björn.

Anonymous said...

I saw you on Conan and thought you were such a great sport about it all. I've seen air-guitaring before and, really, had no opinion about it, either way. But now I really have a new-found respect for what you guys do. Keep up the great work. Peace.