so that's what that was...

I've been viewing The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien myself, and everytime I watched, I was curious to what the backdrop was...Well mystery no more. Apparently Conan himself addressed this issue because it was circulating on the internet (I missed that show). It turns out that his backdrop was influenced heavily by Mario Bros. and it's animated backgrounds. Who knew! Whoever photoshop'ed this image together is pretty awesome too.

more about it here