{"id":39,"date":"2004-10-16T22:36:48","date_gmt":"2004-10-17T04:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.khaitan.org\/blog\/2004\/10\/it-outsourcing-to-india-late-show-with-conan-obrien-on-nbc\/"},"modified":"2004-10-16T22:36:48","modified_gmt":"2004-10-17T04:36:48","slug":"it-outsourcing-to-india-late-show-with-conan-obrien-on-nbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khaitan.org\/blog\/2004\/10\/it-outsourcing-to-india-late-show-with-conan-obrien-on-nbc\/","title":{"rendered":"IT Outsourcing to India: Late show with Conan O’Brien on NBC"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Late Night show with Conan O’Brien<\/a> aired a hilarious comedy piece on outsourcing. The comedy was aired on 23rd Sept. 2004. Andy Blitz — one of the writers at NBC, after facing a computer problem decides to fly to India and visits their IT support centre in Hyderabad. Along the way he plays cricket, meet goats, gets honked, rides bullock-carts and gets a fling on the support lady Sharon.\n<\/p>\n

\nHere are my two favorite shots from the clip:\n<\/p>\n\n\n
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\nI had to empty my bladder mid-way in order to continue watching the ~8 minute clip.\n<\/p>\n

\nAnybody having sufficient band-width? (read, non-cheapo hosting) Ask me for the media file, if you want to host it.\n<\/p>\n

Presenting the story in pictures…<\/p>\n

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\nConan introduces Andy Blitz<\/p>\n

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Andy Blitz’s mug!<\/p>\n

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Andy calls the NBC support center. His problem — too many pop-ups on his PC.<\/p>\n

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“A lot of pop-ups!”<\/p>\n

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Andy offers to bring his PC to the support center — Sharon is in India!<\/p>\n

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Flying to India<\/p>\n

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Rajiv Gandhi Terminal — International airport at Hyderabad<\/p>\n

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Andy lugging his CPU and the monitor!<\/p>\n

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Asking people on the steet for directions to the NBC call center!<\/p>\n

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Honked! <\/p>\n

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At the cross roads of Charminar<\/p>\n

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Talks to strangers from an auto-rickshaw<\/p>\n

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CPU on the head<\/p>\n

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Local girls<\/p>\n

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Plays cricket using the CPU as the wicket<\/p>\n

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Asks the driver whether he has used the Internet and can he block pop ups<\/p>\n

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Woo hoo! Here is Sharon. This was the lady on the phone<\/p>\n

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Sharon recieves a call from an NBC staff. The lady is unable to access her e-mails.<\/p>\n

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Andy offers to help<\/p>\n

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Resolves the problem<\/p>\n

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Happy moments<\/p>\n

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Ready to go back. Everybody watches as Andy is dancing on the table.<\/p>\n

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Andy sings the closing song<\/p>\n

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song continues…<\/p>\n

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End of pop-ups! The PC is in the pool.<\/p>\n

\n…Thanks to ‘Snatch It’ for watermarking the images for free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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