Conan O'Brien returns with Brett Favre's penis [VIDEO]

Coco's back, with Brett Favre for a prop.

Having emerged from the ashes of NBC's epic screw-over, first with a summer tour and then with this new cable show, O'Brien knew he had a lot of ground to make up when it comes to topical humor.

Naturally, the Vikings QB's sexting woes worked their way into the script, merely with the utterance of the three magic words that, by this point, need no context for everyone to get the joke.

"A lot's happened in the news since I went off the air and I was hoping I could cover it all in one joke," O'Brien said. "But then I realized that's like trying to keep an Icelandic volcano from wearing Lady Gaga's meat dress while a trapped Chilean miner cleans up the BP oil spill...Brett Favre's penis."

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The Favre File:

• Jenn Sterger claims Brett Favre penis pictures
• Deadspin defends Brett Favre naked in crocs story
• Gawker's Nick Denton claims moral high ground on Brett Favre penis post
• Slideshow: Naked in Crocs, A Favre Fantasy
• Deadspin says it will publish Brett Favre penis pics
• Brett Favre's penis revealed by Deadspin (Warning: Graphic photos)
• NFL checks out Brett Favre's penis
• Masseuse claims Brett Favre sexual harassment
• Favre admits his reputation's at stake
• Favre sexting on Monday Night Football
• Favre sexting story eclipses 500th TD pass
• Brett Favre's still bad to the bone for Wrangler
• Favre's penis can't catch a break (Video)
• Stephen Colbert on Brett Favre's jock (Video)
• Gregory Favre disavows cousin Brett's predicament
• Favre's little quarterback stars in animated movie (Video)
• Bill Maher on Brett Favre: Pee-pee wrong stalking (Video)
• Brett Favre Wrangler ads cut from NFL broadcasts
• Jenn Sterger lawyers up
• Deanna Favre on 'Good Morning America' and 'Fox & Friends' (Video)
• Jimmy Kimmel gets into Brett Favre's Wranglers (Video)
• Favre left Sterger voicemails, not penis pictures
• Allison Torres: I saw Favre's penis sext too
• Jenn Sterger's Versus show canceled over limp ratings