The question is, in the midst of a game-changing election in Massachusetts and the earthquake in Haiti, who cares about something as superficial as Conan O’Brien’s last episode of The Tonight Show?

I do. I’m not ashamed to admit it. I choked up at the last episode, and I’ll tell you why. Because it’s simply not fair. For those who have been living under a rock, or just don’t dig TV politics, here’s what happened. In 2004 Jay Leno said he would retire from Late Night in 2009 and give it over to Conan. So Conan moved to Jay’s Tonight Show spot and Jay moved an hour earlier. Both shows had low ratings and NBC officials decided to change it back to the way it was. Conan rejected the plan and NBC paid him $33 million and his staff $12 million to walk away and give Jay his show back.

Rallies and support rolled in. From “I’m with Coco” rallies in major cities, to Facebook groups, to the 3.4 million viewers of his final episode, it felt like everyone was against NBC’s decision, and rightly so.

Basically, NBC moved Conan, his crew and their families out to Los Angeles only to fire everyone seven months later. There is no excuse for that.

There are also no excuses for those who didn’t watch the last episode of The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. None. If you have ever enjoyed an early episode of The Simpsons, a late-’80s Saturday Night Live sketch or any of his late-night monologues, you owed it to Coco to tune in.

And, man, was it worth it. His monologue was hilarious, his guests – Tom Hanks and Steve Carrel – were brilliantly witty and thoughtful, and his goodbye and thank-you to his fans was heart wrenching.

“All I ask of you is one thing… I ask this particularly of the young people who watch. Please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism. For the record, it’s my least favorite quality and it doesn’t lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen. I’m telling you, amazing things will happen,” he said.

The entire show ended with Conan playing guitar along-side Beck, Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top and Ben Harper with Will Ferrel singing vocals to Free Bird. And through all this, he still had the time and the heart to make continuous announcements on ways to donate to Haiti.

When our airwaves are filled with shows like The Jersey Shore or Celebrity Rehab, Conan’s 6 foot 4 inches of red-headed comedy stood out as being funny and smart. Simply put, he was good TV, and we don’t have a lot of that around these days.

I could go on all day about how poorly Leno acted in all of this, how his comedy isn’t funny and how he seemingly only cares about himself. But, like Conan, I’ll take the high road.

I will say this, though. I won’t be watching any Leno ever again. I’m with Coco.