Conan jokingly imagines other self-aggrandizing Brian Williams fabulations

Conan O&#039;Brien has some fun with Brian Williams

(Image credit: Conan)

published 9 February 2015

NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams has put his career in jeopardy with his shifting story of a harrowing helicopter ride in Iraq during the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. Williams apologized and took himself off the air for several days, "but I don't think this is the first time Brian Williams has tried to get in on someone else's glory," Conan O'Brien said on Conan last week. If you're looking for a serious indictment of Williams, this is not it. If you're looking for a good chuckle, watch below. —Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.

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