Conan O’Brien has made a career of making people laugh.

His humor often attacks others.

But also, many times, he attacks himself, especially when it comes to what he calls his “pompadour” hairstyle.

Elliot Fitz and Mark Winge say that might be one thing they would change about him.

“Did you ever see him move his scalp?” Fitz said. “Dude, it’s like ridiculous.”

“And it bounces too much,” Winge added. “Too much bounce.”

Fitz and Winge are both freshmen history majors who have been watching the Conan O’Brien Show for a while, but more so during the summers.

Late Night with Conan O’Brien celebrates 15 years on NBC week.

Next year, O’Brien will take over for Jay Leno on the Tonight Show.

Stuart Levine, assistant managing editor at Variety, said he thinks the show reached its peak at year five.

“He was still a little new, he still had something to learn,” Levine said. “At this point now, it feels like he needs to move on. It’s hard to do a 12:30 show for 15 years.”

Levine, who has covered television and film since 1998 at Variety, said O’Brien’s opportunity next year would benefit O’Brien.

“He could use a new start,” Levine said. “It’ll be interesting to see when he takes over for Jay Leno, how the ratings will do. It’ll be very interesting.”

Winge thinks O’Brien has yet to reach his peak.

“I think that if he’s replacing Leno, then he still has yet to reach his peak,” he said.

Levine said O’Brien’s skits are original and offbeat.

“I think he’s funny, and he’s very good at improvising,” Levine said. “I just think he has a good sense of humor.”

“He’s very obnoxious which some would view as a good thing,” Winge said.

Winge said he especially likes O’Brien because when the writer’s strike happened late last year, he paid the writers himself to help him write his jokes, and so he came back on the air earlier than the rest of the late night talk shows.

Another aspect of the show fans enjoy is the musical acts.

“They have a lot of new age stuff, things you don’t really hear too much about,” Fitz said.

Both Fitz and Winge agree O’Brien features B-list celebrities on the show and would like to see him feature A-list celebrities.

Another thing that disappoints Winge and Fitz is that the show is on late at night, and Fitz is used to going to bed around 11 p.m. on school nights.

In 2009, the Tonight Show will feature Conan O’Brien, and Fitz and Winge are looking forward to the transition.

“I think it’s great he’s gonna be on earlier, so I can watch it a lot more,” Fitz said.