Pale Force was a series of short animations starring Jim Gaffigan[1] that aired on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
Its humor was derived from "paleness" of both Gaffigan and O'Brien, as well as from portraying Conan as a weakling to poke fun at the real-life TV host on his own show.
They fight criminals such as Lady Bronze ("voiced by Eartha Kitt") and Philip Seymour Hoffman (who looks like Gaffigan).
All the episodes are available on Pale Force's website, while some (usually the first part of a story) are shown when Gaffigan appears on O'Brien's show as guest.
It starts with Conan watching Pale Man, which is a show only starring Jim and has a different theme song.
Jim presents him to the Legion Of Pale (name reminiscent to the Legion of Doom), with members such as Ron Howard, The White Stripes, Larry Bird, Nicole Kidman, John McCain, Santa Claus, Sir Elton John, Chris Matthews, The State of Utah, a polar bear, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Richie "LaBamba" Rosenberg (who is not actually pale but makes a quip about Conan).
Lady Bronze captures the duo later in the episode, and Conan saves them by breaking the machinery they are tied to through urination.
Distraught, Conan finds solace in a sidekick support program, featuring Art Garfunkel, Chewbacca, Max Weinberg, and Robin.
Once-pale stars Lindsay Lohan, Scarlett Johansson and Clay Aiken have all become strikingly tan over the last year and have also become increasingly promiscuous.
Nicole Kidman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Bette Midler, Christina Ricci and Sarah Vowell take Conan shopping.
After a musical montage, Conan only needs to don a dress and a pair of earrings in order to pass off as a woman.
Once at the competition, a doctor announces that in addition to the drug screening, there were no irregular testosterone levels in any contestant, therefore, no competitor had a penis or testicles, much to Conan's chagrin.
Conan plays Danny Boy on a glass harp and ribbon dances for the talent portion of the competition.
Judges Ed Begley, Jr., Elijah Wood and Wilmer Valderrama unanimously crown Conan the winner.
Conan wishes he could be in a world where people would appreciate him as he accidentally trips the switch on the time machine and is transported to 17th century England.
The duo is confronted by the king who propositions Conan to stay in an age where pale, effeminate men rule the world and wetting one's breeches is a sign of sophistication.
However, he is mocked by everybody (including Jesus and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer) for his paleness, and fired by boss Jeff Zucker (in a wheelchair a la Mr. Potter) as he says "I'm Jewish, you moron, you just lost The Tonight Show!"
With his holiday spirit broken, Conan arrives at a bridge and meets Jimmy Stewart, who greets him with "What's the matter little girl?"
While Jim is having a party in the hot tub, Conan is sitting aside reading a book, entitled "Starting Puberty in Your 40's".
A stray beach ball bounces out of the hot tub and lightly taps Conan on the head, knocking him unconscious.
One of the machines starts beeping and a nurse explains that his urine count is off the chart, and suggests that giving Jim a spongebath Would help.
It then turns to a Fox news report by Greta Van Sustren, saying that Writer, Actor, Comedian Jim Gaffigan's Lesser Known Sidekick, Conan O'Brien, has fallen into a severe coma, and that petitions have been circulating to pull the plug as soon as possible, it then shows Jay Leno passing a petition around the crowd.
Terrified, he screams at and flees from, in succession, a clown, a harmless child with a balloon, and a potted flower; but at the brink of despair he finds himself counseled by kindly puppet "Slimon the Fox", "Max the Giant", red-haired and pale female puppet Coneena, and their leader.
But the crowd is entertained and throws a large amount of money in a bucket in front of the puppet theatre to show its approval.
The puppet show owner, a balding, rotund, swarthy-skinned character named Calzone, notices and soon offers Conan a curate's egg agreement to continue to work for him.
", he spots Conan performing a terrible self-mocking song (written to resemble "I've Got No Strings" sung by the Walt Disney version of Pinocchio) onstage for Calzone and an adoring crowd.
Conan references the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike in his final statements to Calzone, stating "I'm a talented artist who deserves respect and fair compensation.