Leanne Morgan

24:47We're going to get you there one day. City on a hill. We'll get there. And he said, it's in Salt Lake City. You know, just hop on over there and do this. So I went and I did a bunch of old material. I had not been working very steady. So I felt like I sucked. And I did that special thinking, no, is everyone going to see this? They pay me a couple of thousand dollars and I'll go home. Well, that thing came out and clips from it, and the whole thing went viral, like 50 million views, which I was tickled. But at the same time, I've hated my hair color. See, I'm Southern, so I sit and worry about it.

25:25I think I'm the it girl. It's crazy. Anyway, I didn't like my jean. It had a big cuff, cut my leg off. Anyway, I just, the whole thing made me sick. So anyway, I started, I mean, I got fans from that, but it did not translate into ticket sales. I don't know who those people are that are watching Dry Bar because they don't buy tickets. And I was working some clubs, a big chunk of clubs in there, and they were sweet to me, but they said, you're not selling tickets. We love you. You don't get drunk and fight in the parking lot, but we're not having you back. And I was so discouraged. But that Dry Bar special, I made a little money off of it.

26:02Quarterly, they'd send me a little bit of money. And I thought, I'm going to do what Jim Gavigan's got, social media people. I'm going to go out on a limb, and I'm going to hire these young guys to work with me three months. That's what I could afford at the time. I never put—that's another thing. I was really stupid about, if I made any money with doing stand-up, I bought my kids haircuts and uniforms and all that. That was our unspoken thing between me and Sean Morgan. I bought the extras, and I didn't save for my taxes, and I didn't get headshots made. I had like two headshots in 25 years. Okay, in 20 years.

26:35So I thought I'm going to invest in myself. I'm going to pay these boys three months. And if something doesn't happen, I feel like that's God's way of telling me. It's been a good run. Let's get out. And they put out one or two videos that went viral. And one of them, I think the one that did it, was me taking Chuck Morgan to go see Def Leppard and Journey. It's hilarious. Thank you. Hilarious. And now everybody looks sick. Really funny. And they have plantar fasciitis. Thank you. And then one of you notices that someone in Def Leppard has a hernia. Like, everyone's sore, tired, and sick at this experience.

27:11People in the audience, people in the band. Yeah. And I think people related to that, and then I started selling out all over the United States. I mean, like somebody went in a dark room and turned a light on after 20-something years. Well, I think what those videos did is people, okay, we know who this is. we love her. And now you can really take your time and unfold your stories. That is something that can't be done with like one joke. I might be getting too analytical about it all. I think you're right. And that and I think I never got any kind of late night TV or anything because I didn't have enough time.

27:48I don't have rapid jokes. You know, it'd take me three minutes to say I'm Leanne, you know. Yeah, that was four minutes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I always wanted to be on those, but I don't think I would have been good on them, you know, because I need more time. I don't know about that. I mean, I think it's our loss, but it's a mistake. It's wrong. You know, I'm just so glad it all worked out for you. And when I say worked out, I mean, how are you handling the fact that it's not just gotten big? You're huge. You're a force. All the good things. How are you handling it? Good. I think, my darling, I'm taking a lot of supplements.

28:32I prioritize my sleep. Look, I'm worried about you and these supplements. We don't want to lose you. You're one of the greats. How do I like you popping supplements at night? Magnesium. Okay. All right. I love magnesium. And vitamin D, B12. Oh, yeah. I think these are gateway drugs. to be honest with you. I think this leads to bigger stuff. If I had made it at 20 or 30, or, you know, when I was, I started when I was 32, really with three little children, I think I would have ended up on dope. I've been out here in Hollywood. It's a lot of pressure and pressure is privilege. And I'm so thankful, but I, but I'm, I think because I'm 60 years old and I've lived a full life that I can, I think I'm handling it pretty well.

29:20Oh yeah. You know, If I'd have been younger, I'd be walking these streets doing God knows what. Well, I think you'd just be looking for supplements. And when you say dope, dope is, I mean, dope is just marijuana. Well, dope can be a lot of things. Oh, so dope is a blanket term. I think so. Well, I grew up thinking marijuana and all dope, really, all dope. And it's just so funny to me out here and in New York when I'm, because Tennessee, nothing's legal with marijuana. And it's my age growing up with the don't do dope. And now everything is, you want some dope? I mean, do you need a gummy? Sona's high right now.

30:00I am always high. We all looked at Sona. I know. She's got gummies and, you know, she's got twins. She's got little four-year-olds. I do. I just recently got a stash box that has a little combination lock so my kids can't get into it. That's good. Good for me. I did it. I shouldn't have talked. I'm sorry. No, I'm glad that we included you in the conversation because I will say this. She's an excellent mom. Sona's a great mom, but she is whacked out of her head at night. How old are they? They're four. They're twin boys. She's got four-year-old twins. Twin boys, four. Yeah. How old's your grandkids?

30:36Two and a half, redhead. That's why I keep staring at him, which I hope everybody, I hope everybody, let me just say. You tried to diaper me when you came in. And I was okay with it, Leanne. I was okay with it. But just let me say, I mean, your hair, you've got a good head of hair. This is what I got. And honey, me and Don't, I realized since when I got out here to shoot my series that all these little boys are having to go over to Turkey with bloody heads coming back from these transplants, these Turkish plants, because everybody's worried about their hair. Aren't you thankful that big head of hair you got?

31:15I take estrogen treatments. I do whatever I, just to keep my hair nice and thick. I've got. It is a beautiful color. I'm wearing a training bra right now. I'm menstruating. A lot of doctors for it. Yeah, I just, but I will do anything to keep the hair. The hair so far seems to have stayed on its own, but I thought if I ever lose the hair, that's it for show business because that's how people know me. Yeah. I'd have to get like a crazy wig. Y 'all get one of those transplants she's talking about? Yeah, yeah. No, no, I'd get a wig that literally ties around the chin. That takes no effort. I would be totally open about, it's a wig, but people want me to be that Conan guy.

31:52So, bam, this is what we're doing. It's cute. Well, thank you. You're welcome. But two and a half for that redhead. And then the white-headed one, the toe-headed one, is going to be five in December. Oh. And they wrestle all day long every day until they sweat. Same. So, I wondered, is that what you're always doing, sweating and wrestling? If they're not running around, they're fighting. Yeah. It's just constant wrestling. And she brings him here and it's chaos. Yes. Because I turn into, I love kids when I turn into a child when I'm around kids. And I behave often more insane than they do. I'm the one that needs calming down afterwards.

32:30And you get them riled up. Yeah, I think you are a kid and then they come and then it allows you to be yourself. And my wife, Liza, always used to, she'd be trying to get the kids, R2, down to get them, transition them into bedtime, get in the crib. and I would get them spinning around like tops. And then the minute they had to go to bed, I'd be like, well, I'm going to go watch Game of Thrones. Why did you? Yeah, and they're just banging around in their room because I had them playing a game called murder death. But whatever, it was probably not the best influence. Yeah. I've heard you talk about playing the Christian comedy circuit and I was thinking, I've watched a lot of your work and I love it.

33:17It all feels to me that it would work fine in the Christian comedy circuit because I don't know why they would have any, why it would be limiting. It seems like you're able to talk about a lot of things that don't conflict with what someone who considers themselves a hardcore Christian would think is okay. You found it a little limiting, but I don't know what it is they'd be objecting to. Early on, I got invited to do, you know, shows in churches, and it just did not feel right to me. It's just a different kind of stand-up. It's got a different pace. It's got some people that do that, have an altar call and all that kind of stuff.

33:56Honey, I don't know anything about that. I love the Lord, but I don't. And I want to be able to talk about real stuff. I always, and I don't mean to, I know I keep bringing up Johnny Cash, and I'm not comparing myself to him, But I remember him in an interview saying, I am a believer, but I want to be able to talk about Folsom Prison. Yeah, of course. And getting high in a cave. And, you know, all that that he went through. And I like to talk about peeing in a bathing suit. I mean, and you just don't know who's going to be upset or prostitute myself to Chuck Morgan so these children have good shoes.

34:29I mean, and I know Jesus loves me. And he knows that I've had to do it. But, but. And has walked through it with me. So Chuck Morgan's now a pimp. Yes, he has held money over my head. And he's got testosterone because he plays tennis. Yeah. Well. It's been hard. Okay. But what I love is that, I mean, I'm being naive, but whatever your religion, you should be able to hear about those things. I'm not a prude, but when I watch a movie where every other word is the F word or F bombs are flying left and right, I think it's just lazy writing. But everything you talk about, peeing in a bathing suit should be something a congregation can hear.

35:23And I think most of them can. I just don't want to feel weird. It was more me. Nobody ever said anything to me, but I just thought, I don't think this is where I'm supposed to be. I want to be a mainstream comedian. Sure. And I consider myself clean, but I have innuendo, you know, about Chuck Morgan. So I wanted to be able to be free, and I feel like I couldn't have been free. And I still, I can do a women's, honey, you're talking about a good time, is go do comedy for a bunch of women in a church on ladies night where they've got a taco truck out front and somebody's selling Mary Kay in the lobby.

36:00Honey, they throw their person there. You can say anything and they go nuts. So I do fine at that kind of thing. I just, early on, I was kind of getting not pushed into that, but you know, opportunity would come up and I just thought, I don't think this is where I'm supposed to be. I enjoy clubs. I enjoyed clubs and then, and then talking about my Sunday school class in the club, you know, dropping a little seed. I like the community. I love being around writers. I love being around comedians. I love just being absolutely ridiculously silly and the back and forth. It's just fun. It's so fun. Some of your years in the wilderness where you're raising kids and you're under the cruel boot heel of Chuck Morgan.

36:46And I feel like, oh, that might have been a little lonely at times because you get such a high, a natural high from being around audiences and other comics and talking about this stuff. It's weird how my career would go. There were, you know, every year I stayed kind of busy and then there would be a big boom and I'd get to go on a little tour with other female comedians. Right. And, you know, we'd all be together and that'd be fun. But there were a lot of times where I couldn't get booked. But then I'd get a television deal from ABC. You know, something crazy like that. But then it wouldn't make it.

37:24So then you get a call, Chuck Lorre, who is probably got the longest winning streak of creating hit sitcoms. He calls you and says he wants to do. He flew to Knoxville and sat on the back porch. We fed him lunch. You know, he barely eats. Cute in his pants. And me being a Southern woman. You make it sound like there wasn't even a TV deal. He just showed up on your back porch and you had to feed him. And then later on, he said, hey, maybe we could do a sitcom. That's hilarious. But me as a Southern woman, I was more worried about the food. Yeah, of course. But he came there. Warner Brothers flew him.

38:07And he sat on that back porch and said, I've watched your special. and I'd like for you to do a television show with me and ask me. Ask me. And say that whole 10 ,000-hour thing. Like, Leigh-Anne, I can tell how much time you put into this. Yeah. That it was 20 years and that you put your time in. And that meant the world to me. Because I really have gone through times in my career where I thought, am I like one of these kids on American Idol that thinks I can sing? Yeah. Maybe I don't have it. Maybe I'm crazy. So through the years, like Matt Williams that created Roseanne and Home Improvement, I had a deal with him.

38:41When it's people like that that believe in you. But yeah, Chuck Lorre. And let me tell you, it went quick. It was like, Chuck Lorre, we're going to Netflix. We're going to talk to them. They bought it in the room. Like, we'll do anything y 'all want to do. But here's the thing. You've been managing it really well. I mean, you've been pulling it off, but it's no small feat to do that. Well, the first three weeks, I cried every day and said to my youngest child, Tess, who's my makeup artist and makeup artist on the series. She does that for a living. And she took care of me. And she says now she's my caregiver.

39:14And she didn't sign up for that. But anyway, for three weeks, every day, I was like, pack your bags. We're leaving. I don't need this. You know, because I'll be on a huge tour and a hundred city tour, 150 city tour for the last few years. And that's where I feel comfortable. and I know it's just me and I know what to do. This was scared me to death. I didn't know what camera blocking was. I didn't know. I had to learn a script every week and I had not built that muscle up. Eventually, I feel like kind of did. I didn't know about table reads. I didn't know all this stuff. So it was a lot. And I was freaked out.

39:53I thought I wanted this all my life. And do I really want it? And then I kind of settled into it. So if you promise me you'll watch, like you'll go from episode six on. Yeah. Because in the first few, I feel like you can see it in my face. I was torn up and freaked out, but they did put pros around me and they all helped me. But also that's every single show. And I do feel like I thought during all that, and I was scared to death, I thought, well, I know I've got timing. I know I've got comedy timing. I know if they can get me in front of a live audience, I'll be better for that. And I did. We filmed it in front of a live audience on Friday nights.

40:29and that helped me. I did feel like going in, I think I could be good at this. Yeah. Because of my timing. Yeah. So I did have, I felt that confidence about myself. And then Jerry Seinfeld called me and said, was really sweet to me about his sitcom and all the things you said. He said, Liam, we didn't even get picked up and then they were going to pick us up then they weren't and all that. And he said, you'll find that and it'll feel, you'll eventually feel like you're walking into your home. Yes. And you'll feel more comfortable. And it really helped me what he did. But, and he also said, you've got to remember, Leanne, you got yourself here.

41:07You, you put in this work and you know what you're doing and you're the one that can get in front of a live audience and make people, or in front of, you know, a theater of 3 ,000 people or whatever and make them laugh for an hour and a half. You've got to remember that that's what you're bringing to the table. Not everybody can do that. Of course, yeah. So that made me feel good. He really helped me through that. I didn't know who else in the world to talk to. Well, I called you and you didn't take the call. He said, she's still on with Jerry.

41:38I would have died if you'd have called me. But I can't work my own phone. That's David's fault. I said, get Leanne. And you got Pierce Morgan on the phone. It was weird. I don't know how that happened. He just yelled at me. Where are you now? When do you start the second? I'll start in January. Okay. And we have 10 episodes we're going to do. You know, Netflix does eight or 10. The first one was 16. And the first plan was to drop eight. And then my new Netflix special in the fall, like drop eight in the summer, then the Netflix special and then eight next spring. But they said they had got a wild hair and said, let's just try 16 and see what happens.

42:18And but most everything they do is eight to 10. So this time we're going to do 10 because they were, you know, I think my audience, they either binge watched it. It did great. Yeah. But they either binge watched it and watched it two or three times the season or they saved it like it was network television. Yeah. And so they were looking at the completion rate. Also, I mind dropped the same time as those girls that were killing those boars in their panties, the hunting wives. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Well, now you got to fight fire with fire. An episode about you in panties. Girl on girl action. What?

42:57No. Hunting boars. No, I was not going to say that. That's what they do, though. Are you a horrible boy? Well, that's what they were doing and killing boars in their panties. They were. Wait, so it's girl on girl and then they kill boars? Yeah. Where have I been? You just described my ultimate television. The only person missing from this scenario is Leanne. All right. Well, man, I have a question. Does the evil Chuck Morgan now, does he, does it bother him that your special's about you being single? Does it bother him and you're going to be kissing guys and you're, does that bother him? At first, when they announced it, I think really people thought that it was like a reality show and that Chuck Morgan had truly left me for somebody and people started saying horrible things on social media yeah but he took some heat at the dairy queen yeah and he said do something leanne people think that i've left you and my own little daddy somebody called him his friend who's in his 90s said i hate so bad that leanne's getting a divorce and i said daddy it's it's not real it's like beverly hillbillies You know, it's not real.

44:15He said that's not real? I still think that's real, by the way. But, yeah, Chuck at first, and I kind of bumped on it. It felt weird to me that Chuck Lorre wanted to do that. But then I thought, now I realize how smart he was because of this. He said, Lynn, I think whether it's divorce or a job or a death or whatever, everybody, it's universal having to start over. Yeah, yeah. And he said, I think that, frankly, you and Chuck are boring. He said, that's just been done. And he said, I think because of that bit in my, also in my Netflix special, I talk about my friend, my girlfriends. If we said if we had to get out and date, one of my girlfriends said, I think I could show somebody my left breast.

45:01The right one looks bad. But he liked that bit. and so you know in your late 50s if you had to get out here and you know cat around which by the way i did get to make out with tim daly in this sweet tim daly who was precious and i did say to chuck morgan i'm kissing tim daly this week they want me to kiss tim daly and i was scared to death and chuck did not care and i say this but i think he really liked for me to make money and I don't think he cares. There he is, pipping you out again. Plus he knows I'm in menopause and he's probably like, she's not going to do anything. She doesn't feel good.

45:45She's on all those magnesium pills. She's so doped up on magnesium. She's a magnesium junkie. You're buying it in parking lots. Well, Leanne, you are a tonic. You're just an absolute joy. And I was so excited you could come in. And I'm delighted for you, but I'm also delighted for everybody that likes comedy because you're fantastic. You're really great. And this is a joy, just a joy having you here. And I hope you come back. Honey, I would love to come back. Because this is a fun place to hang. You'd like it here. I will be here in January through April and I can mop and I can do dishes. I can do whatever y 'all do.

46:28Someone's got to tell EB. Bring those babies in. I can tend to your babies. Okay, yes. I don't, no, you don't want to do that. Yeah, I'll bring them in an hospital. I'll just drop them off. Dollywood. Okay, yeah. Or soon, Nate's Disney World. Nate Land. Nate Land. Where Opry Land was. I grew up going to Opry Land. Can you believe him? I've been to Opry Land years and years ago. I went to Opry Land and I got on stage at the Grand Ole Opry at one point. Oh, my gosh. My God, I loved it. I just loved it. I want to go back and I want to play some music there someday. That's my dream. You play music?

47:03I started playing years and years ago. I was doing Rockabilly, which is kind of where it's Elvis Sun Session and Jerry Lewis and all that stuff. But some of it sounds like country. And now I've become friends with some country music guys. And I'm always looking at them thinking, I think this is kind of what I'd love to do someday. Oh, my lord. What do you play? Clint Black's a friend of mine. Guitar, yeah. Oh, my darling. So I guess got to go live in Nashville because all my friends live there now. All your friends live there? Yeah. And you know when I knew people were moving, hoopty-doo, L.A.

47:37people were moving to Nashville, their Nordstrom shoe department. Honey, all of a sudden it was Chanel. It was like a good cork. Yeah. You know, that was a good orthotic. Yeah. Where everybody could get a normal, everyday, sensible shoe. No, it's. And then it was just all of a sudden Gucci, all that, L.A. people. No, Nashville has become probably too fancy for me, which is, it's amazing. It's great, but I love it there. Absolutely love it there. Yeah, it's nifty. And great people, really lovely. And then Knoxville, see, up in East Tennessee in the Appalachian Mountains is all that bluegrass, that unbelievable bluegrass that is wonderful.

48:14And my son plays the banjo and the mandolin and the mountain dulcimer. Yeah. Well, now he's got two babies. He doesn't get to do anything. but I mean he grew up playing those and taking lessons and all that because he loved gospel bluegrass alright I'm going to open for you doing really bad country music that's going to hurt you badly no it wouldn't everybody would be on fire we'll see we'll see we'll talk it'll hurt you I'll do it for free yeah I'll pay you to do it Leanne just continued crazy success to you all the good things and And we're all so thrilled that we got to meet you. This is a real treat.

48:53Thank you. Honey, this is my treat. Thank you for having me. I feel like I'm with Elvis. What? Let's stick with that. Yeah. We'll go with that. No. Print that. Print it. Print it. No.

49:18We haven't done a state of the podcast in quite some time, and that's where we bring on the great Adam Sachs to tell us about how the podcast is doing, where we are, where we're heading. Yes, this is very good because I feel like I'm working on a submarine and not getting a lot of feedback. People on the street often say to me they're enjoying the podcast. And I recently went to the Philippines, and people there would come up to me and say, I just was listening to you on the podcast in the Philippines, which is really cool. But other than that, I get no feedback, intel. I don't know what's happening.

49:52So Adam Sachs, you are the podmeister, the pod whisperer. And not since our lawyer, David Melman, have I seen so many notes. I'll explain why. But yeah, so, you know, it's this. We've been doing the show now for seven years. That's unbelievable to me. Seven years. That's crazy. That's crazy. We're close to 10. I forget. Yeah, it's insane. We had babies in the time. Sona and I made babies. My children were like little when we started. They're in their late 50s now. I know. I was four when this year was started. It's incredible. The crazy thing is, so seven years in, the reason I, there's a few things on this paper, but one thing I wanted to do is read off some of the accolades that the show has gotten because we don't talk about this really ever on the show or even we don't talk about it much off the show either.

50:38It's a very Irish Catholic podge. I know. But I was like, you know what? We don't really ever celebrate this. These are just 2025 honors. So seven years in, I wanted to, these are some things that the show has been honored with. This year, a bunch of awards, including the 2025 Webby Award for Best Host, the 2025 Signal Award for Best Host. Which host are they talking about? Yeah, they didn't say. 2025 Ambie Award. Ambie sounds like it's short for Ambien. You put people to sleep? Ambie is the Academy of Podcasts. There's an Academy of Podcasts? Yes, it's actually 2025 Ambie Award winner for Best Comedy Podcast.

51:18Oh, check us out. 2025 iHeart Podcast Award winner for Best Ad Read. Now, this is an award, Conan, you've won almost every year, if not every year. Because when I read the ads, you can tell that I'm unhinged. Yeah. I think that's a huge part of it. I can't seem to read an ad without behaving like a fool. He's not doing it alone. The important thing is advertisers keep coming back. So the unhinged ads also work. And by the way, it doesn't matter. I'm just going to interject that it's best host or whatever. It's a team effort. And I don't mean that at all. I'm glad you feel that way. Yeah, because I feel like when you do ads, there is somebody else sitting across from you who's helping you with the ads and stuff.

51:59Yeah, I think you're really good at saying, uh-huh, that's true. Or, oh, you. Yeah. I am. I am. I am. There's something about the ads that are crushing it. And also, if you were here just sitting by yourself. I'd be scared. You wouldn't be good. Yeah, wouldn't be good. We make you better. You're welcome. Hey, and you know what? That is true. That is true. Oh, I don't want you agreeing with me. It makes it worse when you agree. I know, and that's why I'm getting you. Anyway, back. There's apparently more awards. All these awards, yeah. And then also some bigger things. Like Time Magazine this year put out their 100 best podcasts of all time.

52:31Conan Rebind needs a friend was on there. Hey. Hollywood Reporter this year put out the 44 most powerful players in podcasting in 2025. Conan, you were one of the 44 most powerful players in podcasting. Ooh, fancy guy. And also... I'm going to get a t-shirt made that says, I am one of 44. We should shout out a great journalist from Vulture, Sean Mallon. He wrote a book, The 101 Podcasts That Changed How We Listen. Oh, cool. And... Oh, look at that. Conan Rebind needs a friend as a nice feature in this book. That's really nice. So that's why I have this paper, because this is all just in the seventh year of the show, which is pretty amazing.

53:06So we have not jumped the shark yet. But we will. Yeah. So that I wanted to talk about. I think when we put contact lenses on while we're doing the podcast, our listeners will never forgive us. And I think that's coming up soon, if it hasn't already aired. If we could get past that hey, hey, hey game, then I think we're capable of anything. Excuse me. It was hi, hi. Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi. We've committed some terrible crimes for which we have not been prosecuted. I don't think Time Magazine knows about it. Yeah, there's an Academy of Podcasting, but not a war crimes training. Let's talk more about Deez Nuts.

53:40Yeah. Deez Nuts. Deez Nuts. Yes. Wait, you said there's more? The other thing I wanted to, you know, we've had great guests just recently. We've had people like Nate Bragazzi, Rose Byrne, you know, Kesha, Ayo Adebri, Diego Luna, the cast of Spinal Tap, the rest is History Guys. So the, and then a bunch of returning favorites, Bob Odenkirk, Tim Oliphant, Sarah Silverman, Martin Short, Mark Maron. The show gets great guests. And then the other thing... Are you convincing yourself or us? I don't know. I'm just reading it off the paper. No, these are awesome guests. I was pretty happy coming in today, and now you're telling me, I don't think you're dying.

54:17This is good. No, all these awards, come on. Come on, okay. It's pretty good. And you're very healthy. You're like, Hale. I had him practicing this in the mirror before. Well, the other thing, like, this is the state of the podcast. Last time I was on, we talked about video. if you remember this was like a long time ago we talked about how video is becoming a more and more a bigger part it's becoming the number one youtube is the number one distribution platform for podcasts more people get their podcasts on youtube now than anywhere else um and so last time i was on we said we were experimenting with doing full-length episodes we hadn't really done it yeah how's that going it's going really well uh and one of the questions we had was and why we were sort of testing it is it going to be like a substitute audience people who were listening are now just going to shift over and watch on YouTube and maybe the total pie of audience would stay the same or are we going to get new people watching the show discovering the show through YouTube and what we have found is that it is almost entirely incremental audience that is coming from YouTube which is pretty amazing so that means the audience for the show has grown tremendously oh wow um the full-length video we launched it in May and it has already almost 20 million views on a full-length video.

55:29No one told me this shit. Oh my God. Oh, we dress like hobos. Yeah. I'm not wearing makeup. I'm literally dressed like hobos. No, you are. You're a clothing by Boxcar Willie. I'm with you on that. Oh my God. I know. No one told me this. Although never make fun of me. Jeff Ross doesn't tell me any of this stuff. What is he doing? Cut to a golf course. Pretty good. Cut back. Seriously, what's happening? I should lose some weight. No, you have no. I don't like that. I don't like that. You're beautiful. Oh, well, that's very nice. Oh, my God. You need to lose weight. I will lose some weight. But I'm glad we're on YouTube so people can check this out.

56:09Never, ever make a joke about me wearing Tweed again. No, I'm saying today, this is something Scott Kronick found. It's a cool shirt. Very inexpensive. I'd just like to put that out there. Keeping it real. Oh. And I wore it this morning and I keep getting compliments. I didn't say I didn't like it. I'm just saying, leave me alone. Also. Yeah, you, yeah. Yeah. I didn't say I wouldn't wear it. I'm the dean of poetry at Hayhurst. Now that we know this, what if we come in like the Kardashians? Yeah. All like done up. Yeah. We look different. Oh my God. You have new giant boobies and a butt. Do you remember when you were driving me the other day and we were stopped at a crosswalk and a woman walked by and you said, BBL.

56:53Big time. She had had a Brazilian butt lift. And I swear to God, I've never seen anything like it. I think you could put a whole dinner tray with like a turkey dinner on it. Cantilevered. And it was completely, it was a, you know, her back went down and then it was a 90 degree turn. Yeah. I think it went out like eight inches. Yeah. Not that I've seen eight inches. Dun dun dun dun dun.

57:25Anyway, how's Time Magazine doing with this? Oh, yeah. Hey, Newsweek just came out. Worst podcast. But anyway, it went straight out. Yeah, it was. And I thought, that's just insane. And you were just like, oh, what? Is something wrong? Like, you were really confused. I wanted to get out of the car and, like, help her. I thought she had been injured. I honestly don't even know how that's possible. What's the engineering behind it? But you said this is a big thing now. That's a BBL. Yeah. Isn't that dangerous? I've heard, I don't know why, but I've heard that it's a dangerous surgery to get. This is gross.

58:00We Googled whether or not it's smelt because it was in the news recently about having a specific kind of smell. What are you talking about? Why would it have a smell? Yeah. Wait, are we just talking about putting silicone or something in your bottom? Yeah, but there's something about the way the procedure's done, where it emanates this awful smell, and it's a BBL butt smell. This is a thing? Yeah. And people are talking about it? Yeah, look it up. Look it up, the BBL smell. Is this coming from... I don't even know how to ask a question. Okay, so the reason we looked into this is because a high-profile person has one, and then her ex said that her butt smelled like trash in Manhattan in July.

58:44What a lovely relationship they have. What kind of, does he have her? I don't know. I was going to say, does he have her back? How could he not? But I mean, how do you, what? First of all, I love that this is all coming from a state of the podcast discussion. And we're now talking about the Brazilian butt lift and how it smells. We might have to do a two-parter here. The term BBL smell refers to a temporary unpleasant odor that may occur after a Brazilian butt lift. It may be due to bacterial overgrowth. the surgical site can become a breeding ground for bacteria. Fat necrosis. When some of the transferred fat cells die, they release a foul-smelling substance.

59:23Poor hygiene or compression garments. Wearing tight compression garments for extended periods can help trap moisture and bacteria. Okay, well, anyway, just to, I was shocked. I got to go out in the world with you, Morisona. I don't see these things when I drive around, but when you drive around, you know, it's a Dr. Seuss world we're in. And people were paying good money to have their butts turned into furniture. I mean, this was a, she had a shiffer robe hanging off her ass. It was incredible. It was a, it was a, you know, what the hell was that? There's, Sona was playing with, there's a collapsible slits piece she was playing with.

1:00:00Guys, this is the state of the podcast. It's how so many and respect. I mean, this is very indicative of our entire podcast, I would say. It's on brand. We're going to have to make this a two-parter. I wish to say the state of the podcast is strong. But I wanted to say next time we see a BBL, we should ask if we can smell the butt. Just like go up to her. I'm so glad we didn't get out when we had the chance to get out. He almost got us out. The elevator door was almost closed and you ran in and stopped it for that? And just sprayed fart spray in the elevator. So that's great. Conan O 'Brien gets out of a car.

1:00:33Hey, you. I want to smell your ass. Get over here. It's for the pot. All right, part two coming next week. Part two coming next week. Conan O 'Brien Needs a Friend with Conan O 'Brien, Sonam of Sessian, and Matt Gourley. Produced by me, Matt Gourley. Executive produced by Adam Sachs, Jeff Ross, and Nick Leow. Theme song by The White Stripes. Incidental music by Jimmy Vivino. Take it away, Jimmy.

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