New York-based entertainment lawyer Steve Gordon says that existing agreements between NBC and music licensing companies would allow the "Tonight Show" to play "Satisfaction" at no additional cost for a live or time-delayed performance. When it comes to the bit's price tag, however, the comedian may have been off by $1 million or so. "So for the rest of the week we're going to introduce new comedy bits that aren't so much funny as they are crazy expensive." "The good news is until NBC yanks us off the air, we can pretty much do whatever we want and, this is the best part, we can do whatever we want and they have to pay for it," O'Brien explained before introducing the car. show is being canceled after lagging ratings and complaints from NBC affiliates who said Leno's show provided a weak lead-in to their late newscasts. O'Brien will be replaced with former "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno, whose 10 p.m. O'Brien, who will host his last episode of "The Tonight Show" on Friday, cheerfully claimed that featuring the car and the classic song on the show would cost NBC a total of $1.5 million. The car's debut on the show was accompanied by the sound of a master recording of the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction." That was outgoing "Tonight Show" host Conan O'Brien's apparent strategy Wednesday night when he unveiled his show's newest character, the "Bugatti Veyron Mouse," a $2 million Bugatti sports car adorned with fake mouse ears and whiskers. 21, 2010 — - How do you get back at a boss who wronged you? How about spending more than a $1 million of your boss's cash before you head out the door?
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