Ed Sheeran Live from the SiriusXM Garage

33:12that's amazing gotta get that image out of my head moving on you know what amazed me you're obviously you're a very young man especially contrasted with myself and yet so many musical influences are these people that you know Eric Clapton it was a huge influence on you and I think well you're very young to be influenced by Eric Clapton but of course he's timeless the way the Beatles are timeless the way I basically I just had my dad's record collection it's very like cliched of like that's what I listen to but it wasn't until like you know Christmases where maybe an aunt sends you 10 pounds and then you can go out and buy the CD that you want to get but I was very much like I only listened to my dad's record collection because that's what we had in the house so I guess I was like 10 or 11 when I started forming my own tastes but but yeah there was i mean my dad has some great records and they're still like some of my like moon dance that van morrison i think is like a perfect album for any time like any time you put that on it could be like the end of the night could be the start of the night it could be like dinner like it's just it's a perfect album was your do you say your dad is is he from belfast no so my dad's dad is from belfast and my dad's because you know because uh yeah um ben morrison's from northern ireland and so i just think you never know where some things are coming to you or why things appeal to you he doorstepped me at my uh um hotel like it was like i was in like 2014 i just made thinking out loud um and it had become a hit and uh i i remember i my gran had actually come to the gig and we had a lot of whiskey afterwards as you do and i'd gone to bed at like four o 'clock in the morning and i remember getting this phone call at like six i was like really bleary i just like what and the person at the front desk is just like van morrison's here he wants to have breakfast with you and i was like no he's not i thought someone's taking the piss so i hung up and then they rung back and they're like no no no he's actually downstairs he wants to have breakfast with you and i was like cool showered really quickly went down and yeah just essentially had breakfast with him it was really surreal because i was still drunk i was still it's like seven o 'clock in the morning i was just like is this but he's really sweet i've got to sort of like meet him a couple of times since then but it was like such a nice thing he's like he's like one of my heroes and i was people always say don't meet your heroes and it was such a like not that thing it was just sitting down he was really interested in spotify wants to talk about that and you're explaining it to him well i didn't you explained how vcrs work i it was relatively new at this point all i knew is that on my first album i remember because no one really put their records on Spotify to begin with because they didn't really know what the what is this yeah yeah and I was like I want my I want everyone to have my music and I just remember never selling a record in Sweden and I was always like this record sold in Sweden was zero and then I'd go there and I'd play the biggest gigs of my European tour and I'm like this is fucking weird the like correlation like have I sold no records here but the most people want to come and see the songs and it's because Spotify was so accessible I see I think that's what's good about music now and it's more difficult to break through with new songs because there's a hundred thousand new songs released every day but like the quality will inevitably go up because you know like back when i was a teenager and buying albums and i think this is why piracy became a thing is i think record labels took the piss they had like one great song that they put on an album with a bunch of filler and they'd sell it to you for 22 dollars or 22 pounds and you'd buy it and be like i feel ripped off here and you'd be like i wish i could just download that one song that i liked and i think that's why it all they basically pushed it too far yeah ripped off people too much right i'm curious um you mentioned don't meet your heroes i was shocked you came uh oh my god son of place but Ed Ed he is funny he is funny the point is Ed who are other people that you met that obviously I mean you have achieved this incredible success this insane success you get to meet whoever you want now in the music world were there people where you thought I mean have you have you checked off every box you must have checked off My rule was always, I'm never going to seek out someone to meet them.

37:35I'm going to wait until they want to meet me. I remember doing SNL, not even doing SNL. I'd made my album with Rick Rubin, and Rick was also making Eminem's album at the time. And Rick was like, I want to do SNL with Eminem. You want to come down? And I was like, yeah, I'd love to. And then when I was there, Rick was like, do you want to meet him? And I was like, no. I want to, but I want him to be like, hey, I like your stuff. so I just waited and four years later was then the time that he was like oh I like your stuff we should do a song and now we're actually friends and I feel I feel like that's like a I completely understand what you're talking about my I don't want the picture and the no no and my out my constant assumption is which I I mean I don't know I think it's that maybe the healthier way to approach it but my constant assumption is oh they don't want to meet me and I definitely don't want to ever have that feeling of well here's a nice little treat for them hello and they're yeah they're not that happy to see me that's I would die but I think that that's sometimes why it's don't meet your heroes because people are premature with with it the guy that made me start songwriting was Damien Rice and he is like a bit reclusive and like you know at my peak I had met his sister and stuff and I was like do you think he'd ever like want a hang or anything and she's just like i don't know i guess you'll see him at some point and you know i i guess i met him when i was 12 and then when i was i played in iceland in reykjavik and it just so happened he was there and that's the time we hung out and we spent a good 48 hours together we like went on a hike we got on a hot pool we had and it was like one of those things of like this is why i waited this is like it's it was a really nice interaction yeah you waited till it was organic and it was a real a real moment rather than people pushing you towards people yeah forced yeah but no i i'd say i've met all part from i haven't met dylan that's the only one that i would love to meet but again like if you meet bob dylan prematurely like i've told this story and i met him in the worst way uh but i think it bears repeating which is naked i was with my i was yeah naked in the sauna i was with my friend um right after a good swim in the north C.

39:49No, I went to see Dylan play. And of course, I'm with my good friend, Jimmy Vivino, who's an amazing guitar player and my band leader for a long time. And he, of course, the next thing I knew we were backstage. And I've been doing the show for a bunch of years at that point. And suddenly I find myself in this room and I wasn't prepared. And there was just this sort of people moved around and then I was just kind of pushed forward and I'm standing, Bob Dylan's right where you are and I'm right where I am and he, it's that phase where he has the tiny little drawn on mustache and like the gunslinger flat hat and he's looking at me and he's got that little mustache and he went, hey I know you from the TV and I thought okay, well at least I'm in now and I can start talking to Bob Dylan and I swear to God this happened just as I'm about to you know say oh you know bob i hear conan conan hey how's it going and i look over and it's vice president former vice president al gore and he's like come here come here you know let's talk about the environment and yeah al gore is cool and everything that's fine but bob dylan and then bob i turned around and bob dylan was like gotta go and ran and like ran away and i was cockblocked by the vice president of the United States.

41:15And I never saw Bob Dylan again. And that just rings in my head. I know you from the TV. And then that's it. I think that's it. That's it. That's all I'm going to get. I had it with, I was at the GQ Awards and Tarantino was there and my manager's wife was like, you're going to say hi. And I was like, no, no, no, honestly, I don't want to meet him unless he wants me. She's like, you have to, you have to, you have to. I was like, no, no, I really don't. and then the more and more we drunk later on in the night she just goes up to him and she's just like anybody wants to meet you and i'm like oh no and same thing just like hey man yeah great like films thanks i see about the people i mean that you've i mean like yes you've you you know elton john and clapton but you also beyonce and jay-z you've hung out with them you've had you've broken bread with them yes you've had yeah well i kind of like i got to know them through really weirdly actually it was um i played you know what jules holland is it's like yeah yeah i played jules holland's hootenanny which is like the new year's eve show and you play a cover and they said what cover do you want to do and i said well i'll do stevie wonder's master blaster because i love i love the tune and two months later was the grammys and the guy that was running the grammys uh music ken earlick was like we're going to do this stevie wonder tribute concert for stevie he's going to be in the audience it's going to be with his band greg filling games is going to be in it we've got all these people playing do you want to play and I was like yeah and he's like what do you want to play and I went well I'll play Master Blaster I just I literally just played it and he was like great and then like two days later he rung up and went oh Beyonce wants to do Master Blaster and I was and I was like that's totally fine I'll do I'll do I was made to love her and then and then he rung back and was like would you sing it with Beyonce and I was like uh yeah you have a different life than i do i remember getting to because i'm not it was with it was with beyonce and and gary clark jr and gary clark jr is one of the best like living living guitarists yes and uh uh i just remember like i'm not a very talented guitarist i can play acoustic guitar and chords and i remember ken coming up and being like i've got this idea dueling guitars you and Gary and I was like I can play like a c chord but anyway so we did that and then we all met at that thing and then I then did like other shows with her and then it was like one of these ones of like you don't ask you don't get I'd made this song perfect that was uh starting to pick up steam and become a hit and um someone said oh we should put out like a duet version of this because i'd done like a uh italian version with and andrea bocelli and they were like who would you want to do it and i was like well realistically i don't really want to do a duet unless it's beyonce and they were like well why don't you ask her and she said yes and it was like it was i was so surprised i was kind of rung her up on the i was like do you want to do it she's like yeah i'm in and so it was it was one of those that simple i could just ring her up no no no no What am I misunderstanding, Sona?

44:15No, no, no, no, no. You can't. No, it's just Ed, not me. No, no, yeah. Ed can. You cannot. No, do you know what I've learned in this business? Ed said if you don't try. No, but the worst thing that someone can say is no. So if you prepare yourself for the no. Like I always say to, you know, if I'm doing something, like I'm on this tour at the moment and occasionally I'll be in cities where like, so like Eminem came on in Detroit. But what I said to him was like, you can cancel on the day. Like, I'm not going to feel weird if you suddenly go, I'm not coming. So it's very much like I'm always prepared for the no.

44:52And when it's a yes, it's happy days. I still will wake up in the morning and it doesn't quite make sense to me that, you know, some of the things that I've been able to experience and people have been able to meet doesn't, it still doesn't quite add up. But do you prefer this to the late night show? because obviously late night you get five minutes with a guest i loved the doing the late night show i absolutely loved it but in terms of deep dives and interviews yeah i did it for you know almost 30 years and and i got to the point where i thought i really want to try to flex these different muscles and we started doing the podcast and three years before we wrapped up the late night show and what i found was in the old world you know you could do a song maybe you can do a song and then we can have a quick chat but there was no way we could do this and this is really meaningful to me because i always get so stressed out in the late night shows because i'm like i have to have a good story because if i don't have a good story then my three minutes is wasted so you're kind of there and you're doing like a run of 20 late night shows in all these different countries right and you're like well i can't use the same i find it very like i much prefer this well because because this to me is you know all those years and again i loved doing it and i think it's an amazing format and i enjoyed it but this to me is a much more human scale so i can that old way of people coming out and being under that pressure and it's like you know hey ed how you doing how am i doing well the other day i walked down the street and i had a ham sandwich ketchup you know and you know what i mean though And it's just like, well, that's, first of all, that's not how anybody talks.

46:37And it's also annoying, you know? And so it's, but this, and also the fact that you flip it around and you can ask me a question, ask anybody a question. But I find that so much more interesting as well, because also the people that listen to your podcast are probably more interested in you than they are any other guests. Oh, I don't know.

46:59I bet there's like I bet there's so many deep dive stories that like he hasn't even come out with who's who's the weirdest person you've got high with well okay that's a little bit of a trick question because that's not really my thing you've definitely done it in your life you've definitely hung out with Willie Nelson and gone god I have to well does high include does high include beverages yeah okay okay but if we're going beverages like dribbly drunk oh dribbly drunk dribbly drunk yeah well then I'm with historical figures who are long dead I mean they don't even in my mind it's just like oh Lincoln you're the best you know Churchill I mean it doesn't even matter at that point I'm just talking to everybody who ever lived oh Lincoln I didn't want to meet you until you said you wanted to meet me when mahatma gandhi said he wanted to meet conan where's your um so so but i mean who like for you who did you who have you gotten smashed around that was just because it wow yeah i mean that's that's kind of i would say that's kind of my thing like i love i love taking out random people oh do we have a party for you after the show um it's about nine inches from here uh i've had you know a fun one actually i was in i was in melbourne recently and i was with my wife and my mother-in-law and snoop dog was playing oh my god and i was like we gotta go like when like when that i i guess he plays in england but it's never like when i have a night off or whatever so we went i just i remember i remember him meeting my mother-in-law and being like what's up queen and i was like oh yes that's the best but i went i went with um i've sort of got quite close friends with um russell crowe over the years and he's really close with snoop dog they have sort of like smoke offs and stuff i love these connections um no but they never imagine they're like really damn judy dench and snoop dog they're really cool but um but so i was in i was and i don't i don't really smoke at all and i was in i was in the dressing room and they're just you know blunt for blunt for blunt for blunt and i'm like i guess at some point during the night i have to just to be like let's make this new dog um and so i kind of was having this conversation with him and i was like this is good like a good memory like i have a conversation i'm drinking my wine and blah blah blah and he's like do you want someone i was like okay now's the time i'm like i've had a good amount of conversation so i have a bit and i'm like i don't feel too bad this is good and i have a bit more then i have a bit more then i have a bit more Oh my God.

49:42I just remember looking at him being like, I can't see right now.

49:49I know I have eyes. They were like wide open. I was like, I just, it's. So this is a true story. Snoop Dogg did our show and he has his entourage. This is the late night show. And this is back in the nineties and two thousands. And we're, you know, NBC and it's a relatively small studio. He comes with a big entourage and they have one of the dressing rooms that adjoin the studio and they all go into that dressing room and shut the door. And what I don't know is they're all, I mean, they're smoking so much pot so intensely in this room and it's getting filtered in through. I'm not kidding. Studio 6A, this is a real thing.

50:29So I go out. Hey everybody. Yeah, well anyway, you know, President Clinton today. And the crowd was laughing at the setups to the joke. So I'd be saying like, well, you know, there was a bad earthquake in Alaska today. Jesus Christ. And the crowd was getting like high and then you could smell it. And we were like, this is, this is, this is elite. This is, this is wrong on so many levels. It was bring your infant day. I was just so screwed up But it was I mean what are you going to do When everyone understands Oh that's Snoop Dogg So it's Yeah yeah yeah I feel like I'd be disappointed If he wasn't high I guess he's He'll never disappoint you There's an artist There's an artist That I work Quite a lot with Called Burner Boy And I would say I'd say he's That's the most I've ever seen anyone Ingest Weed And I work As I said Ten to five And he came to the studio And I had a gig later on at night and it was very much the studio door was closed and just smoke smoke smoke smoke smoke and I remember walking on stage at the gig being like I don't know if I can same thing like I'm not quite here it's funny I don't well Sony you can attest like I don't uh I never smoked just like that's not my thing no it's not my thing and I think uh I just it never took with me no but it wasn't even a moral stance for it your sense of humor is perfect for someone who's high right it's like it's written by someone who's high all the time yeah that's why people are shocked that he doesn't do it because i think of things as if i just assumed that like obviously like i didn't assume you did it but i just assumed occasionally you might be like oh when in rome i'm here with i've tried yeah i have in situations when the situation is just right and people are i'm like all right i'll do that and just it doesn't really i don't get stranger or i'm already strange so it just they cancel each other out you know i think uh was that was the last one of the i think the last show we did who was it oh seth rogan seth rogan i mean smoke with him on the air and he's another one i feel like you have to when you do yeah it's like a national crime if you don't you know um least favorite guest on the chat show you gotta be honest you gotta be honest You gotta be honest.

52:51Well, I actually, I can because I, I actually, I gave this up. And this is someone from a long time ago, but it was when I was first starting the show. And we had, I mean, this amazing singer, actress, Eartha Kitt was on the show. And a lot of people know her from the 1960s Batman. She played Catwoman a little bit, but she was on the show and she was very tough to talk to. And I was brand new. And so I put most of it on myself, but I'd say things like, oh, you dated James Dean, you know, you did back in 1954 and should say, well, so what? What do you, why are you asking me? Also, I would, I, that's not even a question.

53:33It's just a statement. Yeah, it's true. I guess that's on. As I said, I was brand new, Ed. Now I think this is my least favorite.

53:49so who who would be because you would have regular guests who who'd be the one that you know you knew the booking was coming and be like oh i love those well you know oh my god i mean there's so many but the one that you were like super super pumped for every time they came norm mcdonald uh was meaningful to me because that so so so so and and will ferrell people that would bring they would bring something to the table. I mean, Will Ferrell came out once and he had prepared it, but he came out and he had a bird on his shoulder. And you know how Will can just commit to something with those eyes.

54:28And right up front, he said, no questions about the bird. And so I commit to just, it's this giant white cockatoo. And he, you know, we'd be talking for a little bit and I'd be going, yeah. And the bird would start to move around on his shoulder and be easy and go, is there a problem there? And he'd be like, we're not talking about the bird. It was just fantastic. But I mean, so I loved it when someone would bring something that would turn the whole thing upside down on its head. You know? Have I answered enough of your questions? Hey, I have a new album coming out. I'm really excited about. I'm sorry.

55:05It's called Autumn Variations. I don't know. I was very much looking forward to this today. And I'll have to tell you something. I have a brother, Neil, who's a couple of years older than me and doesn't follow new music, doesn't know a lot of the music. I mean, I think his musical collection stopped at like 1967. And I was talking to him on a cell phone today just upstairs. And I said, well, I got to go because I'm going to talk to Ed Sheeran. He's like, oh, my God, Ed Sheeran. That guy's huge. and then his attitude was kind of why is he talking to you thanks man ed an absolute delight that you came by and i do want to mention that you're going to do which sounded amazing to me a contest to have let fans make potential videos yeah is that something that's really going to happen the bonus record of the album is going to be live from 14 fans living room so i just i just i door stopped fans i found out who all my top fans were um and i knock on their door and i've got a mic on and a guitar and they go and i walk in their living room and i play one song from the album and it's recorded and then that's going to be the bonus album so that's like the live album live from fans living rooms and then i wanted to get uh basically there's so i have fans all over the world that are super talented and creative in you know places like Bulgaria or you know like anywhere and I wanted to just basically be like the people that make my music videos are usually connected in some way to Hollywood or like the British film scene and I was like I want to actually spread the net and let anyone be creative so it's basically that they've been submitting ideas and then I choose 14 ideas in 14 countries and then fund them basically so yeah I'm excited to do it i've kind of got to manage my expectations on this record though because you know there's not a single that goes to radio or like a big major label push but it's basically just it's an album that i made that it is what it is and i've just got to do it today it's really beautiful i loved it and uh and and and like i say you this will lead you to the next thing so you don't know i don't worry about you i don't think anyone in this room worries about you i'm So happy that you're on this planet and you're such a delightful, funny, and inquisitive, really inquisitive person.

57:34The only person I've talked to in a while that gave a shit about me. So, hey, Ed Sheeran, thank you so much for being here. You're welcome in our world anytime. Thank you. And continued massive success. Nice one, man. Thank you. Ed Sheeran, everybody. Appreciate it.

57:56Good God, that is a delightful young man. Not bad. He really is. He really is like magical. He is. He was so funny and quick. And I mean, I could have talked to him for like six hours. Talented and really cool. I could have done without the questions about you. That's why you liked him so much. Yeah. I know. Yeah. He just really seemed to dig what I was doing. No, he's, he is. I need, we need, you know, some more gingers out there to kill it. You know what I mean? Yeah. Let's do it for the gingers. Yeah. We got one now, killing it. I mean, really, I'm thinking he's just so great and so natural.

58:34I do have to say, I know this is a huge generalization, but over the years, whenever I talk to people from the UK, they just have this conversational gift. They just are natural, like, hey, let's shoot the shit. Let's talk, which I really like. I think it's nice, too. I don't know. It must be something about their... Go ahead. No, you've done it again, Sona. Go ahead. You brought an amazing show to a halt. They're what? You're that person on the bus that pulls on the brake. Stop this bus! I want to get off here! It's not one of the stops. Yeah, I want to get off here! What were you going to say?

59:16They're porridge? No, I didn't know what to say. What do you say to what you said? I guess, yes, yes, there is something about... But you specifically were heading toward a noun. No, I wasn't. I wasn't. The sentence ended at there. That's where it ended. There is something about there. That was the sentence. So why did you say that sentence? Something about there meaning that place. That place. Oh, oh. The United Kingdom. There wasn't more. There's something about there. Oh. T-H-E-R-E. T-H-E-R-E. By Sonam of Cessier. Oh. Period. Okay. Yes. Yeah. And you thought that sentence. You thought that sentence and said, I'm going to speak that.

59:53it's nice that you think I thought I'm sending this from the brain right out the face I don't think about the face hey brain send it right on out it's ready to go no notes

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1:04:45Ladies and gentlemen, let's bring out David Hoppe! David Hoppe!

1:04:55Hello there, Willoughby. I was standing there and I was like, he's going to do it. Okay, quick backstory. We were driving here. I was driving, you were giving directions and then you said take a left on Willoughby and I thought Willoughby would be a funny name to start calling you and then I started for the rest of the day I've been going, hey Willoughby and he's like, what? and just because you brought up that street name I kind of like it, oh Willoughby I like it well anyway Willoughby, what's up? you're going to take some audience questions only if I want to, and I do do you want to? yes, very much so if anyone has a question for Conan, raise your hand what is your name?

1:05:31My name's Haley. Haley, how are you? I'm good. How are you guys? I'm good. This is so surreal seeing you guys live. You guys are just as funny in person as you are on audio tapes. This has been so cool. Audio? You talk like me. Yeah, I don't know why I said that. Here's a new audio tape for the young ones. Send it out via post immediately. Oh, my gosh. Well, my question for all of you guys is, so Norm MacDonald is easily one of my favorite comedians of all time. Yeah, he's phenomenal. So do you guys have any favorite like bits, moments or memories that he's ever done? Like, I know he's known for so many of his viral clips, but just I know you knew him on a personal level.

1:06:09So just anything that you remember. One of the things that I remember that Norm did, I don't think many people know about, but I think you can find it if you look. It was so random. Norm would just do these random things. And so Sully Sullenberger, the pilot, famously, his plane's taking off in New York. one of the engines goes out because I think there's a bird strike and he, or something goes wrong and he lands it on the Hudson River and everyone gets off safely and he, you know, he's got this mustache and he's cool and he saved everybody and everybody got Sully Sullenberger fever and then, not for a long time, but anyway.

1:06:45But then I think Tom Hanks made a movie. Yeah. And then Norm came on and he had this idea that he wanted to make, you know, it's too bad. I produced a Sully Sullenberger movie before he safely landed the plane. And I'm like, this was his idea. And he made this. So he came on and he had shot it. And it's a total lie. But he's like, yeah, Sully, I'm kind of mad about that Sullenberger guy. And I said, what are you mad about? Well, I made a movie with him before he did that. And why'd you do that? I just chose a pilot and I made a movie with him. And then he goes and does this thing. And it's really just Sullenberger.

1:07:21It's Norm playing Sully Sullenberger. And he grabbed our makeup woman, Deb Pullman, and said, you're gonna be in it too as my wife. Literally while he's in the makeup chair. Oh yeah, what are you, Deb? What's your name? Deb, you're gonna be in it too. And she's like, okay, didn't even change. She's just wearing the clothes she wore to work. And so he's going like, all right, buddy, it's your captain Sully Sullenberger, and we're gonna now land the plane. Oh, who's here? My wife's here. and Deb walked in and went, hi, how are you? I love you too, dear. And then she left. And he was like, all right, here we go.

1:07:59And we've landed. So there you go. I think we're all good. And then the credits came down. It was the randomest, weirdest idea. And he made it. And you can see it. Go look for it. And it was one of these things that's not, you know, it never trended or whatever, but it's just out there. And you just see Norm. My favorite thing he did as a comedian was intentionally waste people's time. And it was so, he didn't care in this beautiful way because people, he, and he, it was just glorious. And I look at it now and I just see him doing this bit and think, wow, I mean, no one else would do that. No one else would make that up, grab the makeup woman, make her be his wife, not give a shit and then leave.

1:08:45And it was really funny. So that was my favorite.

1:08:51Hello. Hello. What is your name, please? My name is Brendan. Brendan, how are you? I'm good. I'm also from Worcester. I know your family's from Worcester, Mass. Yeah, they're from Worcester, Mass. Yes. It's a great place. That's not my question. My question is, could you talk a little bit about how you got cast for your cameo in the Weird Al movie and what shooting that was like? That's a good question. About being on set and stuff like that? Well, there was no audition, that's for sure. weird al made this movie and he just was calling people that he knew that he had kind of a connection to and i love weird al and he'd been on our show many times and always been very gracious and i just get this call out of the blue conan will you be in the weird al movie he just he sent me a text and he just said will you be in the weird al movie as um andy warhol and the correct answer to any question like this is yes i just didn't my my philosophy is when someone says hey hey, do you want to do super weird thing?

1:09:45Are you down for it? I just say yes. Oh, I mean, just not long ago, this is just my point, Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson were hanging around our offices in the Larchmont area, not too far from here. And I'm chatting with Woody Harrelson and at one point he went, hey, Conan, would you go in 50-50 on a houseboat with me in Amsterdam? What? And I said, yes, I will, Woody Harrelson. What? And I said it because I thought There's a good chance he'll never remember this. But the answer is you don't go, no, I got to talk to my wife. When Woody Harrelson asks you if you're going 50-50 on a houseboat in Amsterdam, the answer is yes, I will.

1:10:24Oh, my God. I've never heard back from him. But I went home and I told my wife we may be going in 50-50 on a houseboat in Amsterdam with Woody Harrelson. She said, what? What do you mean? Where is this houseboat? And I went, don't worry. I don't think it's ever happening. But if it does, we can live off the story forever. That's my dream. and we could just do a whole other podcast called Conan and Woody floating around in Amsterdam oh that went well oh I probably shouldn't say that hi Conan, hi Zona, hi Matt what is your name? Danny that's your brother's name? That is my brother's name oh that is your brother he has a great name I'm very excited to be here I love your work so much and it's very important your work and it's very amazing so just congratulations on the podcast maybe you're being sarcastic no no when you got to the very important part no no it is important because I need a laugh we need a laugh and you guys bring us laugh my question is and for the three of you what is your favorite film and I know this is putting you on the spot but like do you have an answer for that Matt, Sonang and Conan that's a tough question but I think honestly my favorite film is Casino Royale I'll just say it that's a good answer Daniel Craig and you know Bond it's just it makes me I mean it's a hard question for me I do separate it I think I've talked about this I separate it in genres so you know like my favorite comedy is Galaxy Quest my favorite rom-com is Moonstruck my favorite kind of dramedy I guess would be Adaptation I don't know what about famous what's your favorite male stripper movie oh that's a tough one I would say Magic Mike No When Magic Mike came out I just You went missing For a couple of weeks Yeah Well we did a bit Cause I do Go see the midnight shows And then we did a bit Cause Magic Mike 2 came out And we did a bit That one I like more Cause Joe Manganiello Has that very great scene In the liquor store Where he's trying to make The girls smile So he's just like Strip teasing With a bottle of coke And I'm like I get this This is real cinema.

1:12:43Yeah. I don't know about you guys, but I would watch. I would never miss an episode if Sona had a movie critics show. Yes. I would watch it. I would watch it. Well, we've talked about it. I like everything. So I would be like, that was a good movie. There was lighting, and they did it, and someone wrote it, and they shot it. And that's exciting for that. Well, we used to, yeah. Yeah, this happened all the time where on the late night show when we would go and look at movies, you would always come with me and I'd see them. And, you know, whatever. I'm a human being, somewhat discerning. But, you know, so you'd watch things and you'd be like, yeah, that one was okay.

1:13:22And every time we watched anything, Son of a was like, that was fantastic. And I would say, really? You liked Glip Glorp and the Flip Club? And you would say, it didn't cost me anything. and those people made that. They made it and it was on the screen and it started and then two hours later it ended. And now I'm having wine that you're paying for. Yay! That does sound good. It does, it's nice. What about you, Chief? You know, I would say, I think, sometimes I think of it as, and this sounds morbid, but like what's your, like you have like a day to live and I think of it not in a, I think trying to think of it in a positive way.

1:13:59Like it's the end of my life and I get to have, no, but I just get to like, here's what I think of what's the food I want I want like a really good Pinot Noir I want a really good pizza from Naples and I think I want to watch The Godfather and I know that that's a movie that a lot of people say but and if I can get Godfather 1 and 2 and make it one movie oh you can that's definitely my answer it's your last day yeah it's my last day you're going to lose some precious time if you do that please this isn't for four years okay but why are you laughing everyone's laughing everyone's laughing at your death well Let's go ahead and cue up the Godfather.

1:14:34You gotta laugh. Thank you. Thank you so much. All right, well, I think we got time for one more. Come on, Willoughby. Hi. Thank you. Hi, my name is Megan. Hey, Megan. How are you? Good. How are you? Good. But nervous. Oh, don't be nervous. We're, as you can tell, we're just... We're just hanging out. We're fools hanging out. Yeah, yeah. We're idiots. Well, yeah, kind of, yeah. My question's for whoever wants to answer, but when you were a kid and somebody would ask you what you wanted to be when you grew up, what would you say? Oh, podcast sidekick.

1:15:14You were in the sandbox. You made yourself a third chair. Yeah. Had a sand. Nailed it. A little pine cone for a microphone. Spoke once every 14 minutes. What about you, Sona? What did you want to be? I know this might be shocking. I didn't have very many ambitions. You were blazing up at four years old, right? I honestly, like, looking back on it, I don't think I was ever like, oh, I can't wait to be a doctor. Thank God. Well, Sona, you lost another one. What are you going to do? He had a full life. He was 26. He came in for a hernia operation. You killed him. Well. Who's up for some Margies? Margies.

1:16:08Post-op Margies. No, I don't. I really didn't have any, like, I know it's sad, but I was just kind of like, eh, that sounds cool. I'll try that. I know I wanted to work in TV. That's the only thing I really loved. So I knew that. But I didn't know what. Right. So I did it. Yeah. I am. Check. Yeah. Yeah. You did do it.

1:16:35I wanted to, when I was a kid, I really did want to be an entertainer. And I've said this before, but back then, pre-streaming and just three television stations and not great reception, you just watched what was on. And mostly what was on Channel 38 or Channel 56 were old movies because that's what they ran. Because they didn't have enough content. And so I grew up watching old movies and old musicals. And I thought that's what entertainment was. So in like the 19, late 1970s, I was thinking, I need to know how to tap dance. I need to learn how to talk real fast in an old time voice. You know, I need to get like one of those straw hats and say, hey, you, let's get over here.

1:17:15There's a fire at MacReady's Barn. Let's go. You know, and then like, I better know a few tunes, you know, and button up your overcoat when the wind blows free. Take good care of yourself. You belong to me. Odeo, odeo. And then I'd go to school and do this shit and the beatings would commence. Here's this kid with a bull haircut. Hey, everybody. My name's Conan. That's a cool name. Ladies, line up and I'll kiss you later. Button up your robocall. And then all these kids, you know, from Somerville and stuff would just be like, oh, I'll beat him first. You beat him second. They had meetings. I didn't know.

1:17:55I wanted to be a bully when I grew up until I saw this guy. They had conversations. He inspired me to be a bully. Yeah. They were very organized bullies. Here's how we're going to do it. Jason, you're first. Chrissy, you're second. Yeah, exactly. I'll hit him primarily in the throat. Soft tissue.

1:18:18I love bullies having a conversation. Bullies. Really organized bullies. They have a flow chart of how it's going to work. They've prepared. Visually. Yeah. Everybody look at your handout. And I'm in the corner. Fellas, hurry it up. You're just standing there. I've got tap dancing lessons to get to. These toes are ready to twinkle.

1:18:46All right. You've been a great crowd. This has been a lot of fun. Thank you so much. Thank you so much.

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