The gesture generated plenty of laughs within the room, and a few in my own household. It’s a bit of a trollish move on Conan O’Brien’s part and is admittedly a smart way to heckle someone. However, there was still plenty of respect in the gesture, and the audience followed suit by applauding Frank Scherma. Ultimately, O’Brien’s initial salute and his reactions during Scherma’s speech only seem to be getting praise from the public:
