Many of us continue watching "The Office" out of some misplaced sense of obligation.

Limping through its seventh season, the gang at Dunder-Mifflin has grown stale, leaving you to wonder what the heck is Will Ferrell doing sleepwalking through his string of appearances as the supposed new boss of the Scranton branch.

But when it came time to say farewell to Michael Scott in Steve Carell's final episode Thursday night, the show managed to pluck the proper bittersweet notes in sending him off in an unexpectedly low-key goodbye.

The long goodbye is over. Conan O'Brien's final "Tonight Show" aired on NBC last night, and Conan proved this once and for all: The man is a class act all the way.

Conan was greeted by a tremendous ovation from his fans, who chanted, "Co-nan! Co-nan!" He settled the crowd and said, "Thank you, that's gonna have to last me awhile."

It'll have to last him for seven months, anyway.

It was a great farewell show, with Tom Hanks, Will Ferrell, Neil Young, Steve Carell and an awesomely spectacular show-ending musical number with surprise guests.

At the beginning of Conan's monologue he announced, "Ladies and gentlemen, we have exactly one hour to steal every single item in this studio," but the show was not filled with bitterness at all. It was bittersweet, for sure, but Conan was effortlessly gracious throughout.