Meanwhile, Jim suspects Zucker and demands in Zucker's office to know what happened to Conan. When Zucker demurs that Conan must be "just out picking daisies", skeptical Jim grabs Zucker by the lapels and demands more forcefully to know where Conan is, calling Zucker a "silly, stupid old man". This scene continues NBC's long legacy of lampoon-friendly NBC executives playing along with the irreverent show gags that reference them [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072562/episodes][http://eddriscoll.com/archives/010139.php]. After telling an initial lie, Zucker admits he left Conan at the carnival - to which Jim replies, "Again?"