Trump Threatens to "Drive Iran into Hell" at UN Summit | with Conan O’Brien, Brandon Flowers, Lauren Lapkus | Tuesday, September 22

0:05From Studio 6-B in Rockabella Center in the Heart of New York City, it's the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. Hey, hey, hey, hey. Tonight, join Jimmy and his guests Conan O’Brien, Brandon Flowers, Lauren Lapkus, and featuring the legendary Ruth Cruz. Two, three, four, four. And now, here he is, Jimmy Fallon!

0:40Jimmy Fallon! Thank you! Thank you! Good night, you did. I want to see that. I love that. Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome. Welcome, welcome, welcome. Welcome to the Wookiee, Wookiee, Wookiee, Wookiee. Come on now. I love you. Thank you very much. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Enjoy yourself. Welcome, everybody. Welcome, welcome, welcome to The Tonight Show. This is it. That's it. You guys, today was the first official day of fall. I love fall in New York City. It's that special time of year when the mystery puddles on the subway are pumpkin spice. You know? It's crazy time in New York City right now because it's just a few blocks from here.

1:30World leaders have gathered for the U.N. General Assembly. And, of course, traffic is horrible. Today, President Trump spent an hour on Fifth Avenue, the whole hour just sitting in the back of his airport catering truck.

1:44It's been over an hour. Get me on here. Trump addressed the General Assembly on the war, and at one point, he threatened to drive Iran into hell. The president of Iran was like, you're driving us to Newark Airport?

2:07That's right. In his address, Trump threatened to annihilate Iran. Then Iran looked at the reflecting pool, the East Wing, the Kennedy Center, and said he might not be bluffing. I mean, this is... Trump also talked about artificial intelligence and said that that A.I. will be renamed superintelligence, or S.I. Trump was like, I love S.I., especially the swimsuit edition. That's... And get this, I saw that Melania was in attendance for Trump's speech. Yep, they kept cutting to her like she was Taylor Swift at a Chiefs game.

2:43And Trump actually acknowledged all the work Melania has been doing, and she received applause from the crowd. Melania was so excited, she pointed to her ring and yelled, That's my husband!

2:59But do you guys see this? Because the major television networks all suspended their pool coverage of Trump yesterday, he held a ribbon-cutting ceremony with no audio. It was pretty awkward. Take a look at this. Okay, so there is no microphone because... There's no microphone because the pool cameras aren't there. So maybe, Tim, this is one example of it backfiring just a little bit. Yeah, just a little bit, yeah. Just a little bit. Yeah, it's weird. I mean, what we actually did get to manage, we tracked down the audio. Oh. To hear what he's saying. Wow, that's great. It took some digging, but we got it.

3:36Here it is. I'm fortunate to be standing here with all these weird yellow boys. And I can't help but think that these are the minions. Is that right? Are you the minions? Mm-hmm. Yes. Isn't that beautiful? They say banana, and I don't know. Do you want to explain the rest? Sure. These are the minions, and they work for whoever's the most evil person in the world. Right now, that's you, sir. Congratulations. Huge honor. Now, what we're going to do is steal the moon. It was his idea. I love it. Yeah. It's amazing. We got a crazy audio, but we got our hands on that. Well, as I mentioned, Trump spent the day in New York City for the U.N.

4:22General Assembly. He's got a very busy schedule while he's here, so I thought I'd break it down for you. First up, flight. Next up, land. Arrive in New York. Let's rename it Trumpistan. Go to U.N., give a speech. Halfway through it, fall asleep. Leave the U.N., great job, Trump. Time to go to Bubba Gump. Meet Mom Donnie, captivating. Asked to trade approval ratings. He's got moxie. What a hunk. Even though he calls me unk. Nap then, eat then, naps some more. Motorcade to M &M's store. Times Square Elmo, kind of scary. He's my new press secretary. Eat, nap, eat, nap, visit MoMA. Fall into McConnell coma.

5:03Nap, eat Washington Square Park. Time to go. I'm taking the arch.

5:18Well, this is fun. Boston's Logan Airport is hiring a new announcer to do the PSAs that play at the airport. Isn't that exciting? Here's the old announcer. Welcome to Boston's Logan International Airport, the heart of travel for all of New England. We hope you enjoy your stay. That's nice. I like that. Now, here's the new announcer. Welcome to Logan, you loser. Oh, you flying out? Why, you think you're better than us? Well, baggage claim's next to the Dunkin'. No, not that Dunkin', the other other Dunkin'. And take off that neck pillow while you walk around. You look like you're popping out of a toilet.

5:53Anyway, I just joined the Mile High Club with your mother. Oh, my God. That crazy unbelievable. It's edgy. Guys, I just saw that Ace Hardware just announced that a shade of blue called Vantage Point has been named its... Oh, no. It's been named the color of the year? Oh, God, no. No. This can't be happening. No! No way! Call of the Year, are you kidding me? Shut it down! Shut it all down! Shut it the hell down! We lost. What? What do you mean, we lost? They already named the vantage point by Clark and Kensington as the Caller of the Year. Shut it down. Dump the product. We were so close. We just needed more time, Mr.

6:37Fallon. Now listen, you. I'm pumping$950 ,000 a month into this project. I wanted that award more than anything. It's the color of the freaking year! But I didn't get where I am throwing money down the drain. Once I know I'm licked, dump the product. But, Mr. Fallon, just look how close we are. Thank God. What's it called? Mossy Frustration, sir. It's beautiful. I knew you'd see. You didn't let me finish. It's beautiful, but a day too late. On to the next thing. What do you have for Song of the Summer? At the very least, we can come up with the song of the summer. But today is the first day of fall, sir.

7:16Yeah! I'm just filled with such anger, such madness, such... Mossy frustration. Too soon! You're all fired! With all appreciation, comedy... Oh, shut up!

7:47Sorry about that. Moving on. Finally, some big entertainment news. Taylor Swift just announced that she is releasing a new song on Friday. Oh!

8:01In response, every other musician announced they are not releasing a new song on Friday. We have a great show. Give it up for The Roots, everybody!

8:11I'll get my drugs to go savage. I'll get my drugs to go savage. Make it seem to be so alone. Oh, come on now. Oh, come on. Welcome to the show. Hey, before we start, I want to give a quick shout-out to our pal Ella Langley. She has been on the show before. She actually made her late-night TV debut with us. Yeah. Well, she just made music history. Her song, Choose in Texas, has now been number one on the Billboard 100 charts for a record 23 weeks that officially... Isn't that amazing? That officially beats the record held by Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas. Ooh. It's officially the biggest song of all time.

8:55Anyway, congrats to Ellen Langley. Well deserved. That's awesome news, babe. Go, go, go. What a show we have for you tonight. He is an Emmy winner, a comedy legend, and one of the funniest people on the planet. Season three of his show, Conan O 'Brien Must Go, is streaming now on HBO Max. Conan O 'Brien is here tonight! Conan! I love Conan O 'Brien. He's the nicest. He's backstage. This was his show, you know, but, you know, Late Night was where I started. I took that over from Conan, so I really wouldn't have this job without Conan O 'Brien, So I thank him so much for doing everything he did for Late Night.

9:42But he's backstage right now with Jeff Ross. Oh, great. Jeff is back there as well. I used to come down here all the time and do Conan's show. So it's interesting to see Conan. I'm like, do you remember that? He's like, I kind of remember. Because he was the studio across the hall. But I remember one story. There was once where I was on the show, and he was always great to me. He was my Late Night debut, the first show I ever did. and Springsteen was on. And before the show, Springsteen came up to me and goes, Jimmy, do you want to play something? Can you play an instrument? Can you play something?

10:16And I go, no. I mean, I could play the spoons. He's like, all right, get the spoons and play in a song tonight. And I ran up to the commissary, which was on 7 at the time, grabbed two spoons, came down, and played with Bruce Springsteen on the show. But we have so many fun memories that I love. He's the greatest. Conan O 'Brien is here tonight. I love that guy. He's amazing. So funny. Also, we have a Grammy-nominated artist and lead singer of The Killers. His brand-new solo album, Thrasher, is out now. Brandon Flowers is joining us tonight.

10:57And she's a hilarious actress and comedian who stars in the HBO Max series Stewart fails to save the universe. Lauren Lapkus is here tonight. Stick around. We'll be right back with Conan O 'Brien, everybody. Come on.

11:26Our first guest is an Emmy-winning and a comedy legend. Season 3 of Conan O 'Brien Must Go is streaming now on HBO Max. Please welcome Conan O 'Brien!

11:48That's what I'm talking about! Oh, my goodness. The love. You couldn't see this at home, but a stage manager held up a sign that said, Stan, he doesn't have long to live. I guess we have to. That's not true. He doesn't look good. Welcome back. You look fantastic. I always love running into you and seeing you. Yes. Although I have to apologize. I think the last time we hung out, it was the Saturday Night Live 50th anniversary. Yes. What happened? I interrupted. I was so wasted. No, you were not. I was not wasted. I interrupted you. You were having a... There's a very funny writer named Jim Downey.

12:28who we both know. One of the great comedy writers of all time. He's fantastic. There's a documentary about him on Peacock if you want to check him out. Don't watch it. Sorry, sorry, sorry. We don't have time to plug that. Sorry, sorry, sorry. But he had an accident and he's fine, but he had an accident and he was wearing an eye patch. I remember this. And so I was walking around with Jim and you were talking, and I came over to do a bit, but you were talking to Paul McCartney. It's not but I was talking to Paul McCartney. I was talking to Paul McCartney. I know, I know, but... This is a huge deal.

13:00I mean, we meet people all the time, but there's a couple of people who will always be, you can't believe, you step outside your body and you say, I'm talking to this man, he's a legend. I was talking to him and you suddenly interrupted and you said, Conan, your Uber's here. Which is funny, but not while I'm talking to Paul McCartney. But you looked at me, because I pointed at Jim, and I go, hey, your Uber's here. Yeah, and you pointed at Jim, who's got an iPad. Yeah. So you go... And Paul is sort of like... And by the way, Paul was in the middle of telling me, I think he is very talented, and if you'd been in the Beatles, it would have been even bigger.

13:41That's not true. That's not true. True story. And I said, well, gee, Paul. And then suddenly, eh! No. You go... Hey, your Uber's here. You go, dude, I'm not doing a bit with you right now. I'm talking to Paul McCartney. I'm not doing a bit. Yeah. Anyway, you go, Don't ruin this conversation. I said, don't. I said, you can't. You can do bits whenever you want. I love the Uber bit. Fantastic. Like, he legit told me this. Yeah. And I was like, you can't do that. Can't do this. I'm actually having a conversation. Get out of here. I resumed the conversation with him. Amazingly, he's still there. And then who comes up and interrupts me again to do another bit is Kevin Nealon.

14:18And I'm just, I'm like, no. Why is it when you're talking to someone of that caliber every comedian comes over and does a bit that they think is really funny. And meanwhile, if you're stuck talking to Elon Musk, no one comes over. I'm sorry. No one. I'm sorry.

14:41But you must freak out when you meet people. Yeah. The magic thing to me is in our lives, we get to, I know it's insane, but we get to meet these amazing people who are incredibly talented. I know you love music too. Yes, but when I meet these music people that were big stars, like in the 60s, when I'm growing up, 70s, that is, I know it's the same thing for you. I can't believe it. You know, you just can't imagine it. And I got, I know that you've done a bunch of things with him, Mick Jagger. I got this insane message. In 10 minutes, you're going to get a cell phone call from Mick Jagger. He wants to ask you to do a favor.

15:17And I thought, is this a joke? And then sure enough, 10 minutes later, my cell phone rings and it's Mick Jagger and he's talking to me about something he'd like me to do, help introduce the Rolling Stones at this event in Brooklyn. Yeah. And I'm talking to him and he's great and he's funny and he's saying nice things to me and he's telling me if I had been in the Stones, they'd have been a better band. That's not true, that's never, that's not true. It's what's happening in my mind. Okay, sorry, sorry. And then at one point I hear the sound, he's talking to me, he's on a cell phone and I can, he's loading a dishwasher.

15:52And he's like talking to me like, yeah, yeah, the event's gonna be, and then I can tell, I can hear like forks going into the rack, and I don't load a dishwasher. Whenever, you know, my wife says load the dishwasher, I'm like, what am I, Mick Jagger? He's there, he's there, Mick Jagger. But then, I did the same thing that anyone here would do. You look down at your phone and you realize he's calling me on his cell phone. And I said, Mick, I'm sorry. I just have to ask you, is this your personal cell phone? And he said, yeah, give it to your girlfriends.

16:32I had, I had two thoughts. One, that's not gonna happen because I've been married for 25 years. But two, even when I was single, it was never girlfriends plural. Give it to your girlfriend. Nick is in his own bubble. Like, how many girlfriends you got right now? What do you mean, girlfriend? Give it to your girlfriends. Yeah, yeah, exactly. That's fantastic. But it was really fun. Nick doing the dishwasher, that kind of sounds like a bit I would do in my act. Yeah, I know. I know. Exactly. Something happened over the summer that I wanted to ask you about. You did an episode of your podcast. Yeah.

17:08And it was great. I think it was Molly Shannon. Oh, I know what you're talking about. Yeah. Oh, God. People went up in arms about your new hairstyle. Which, okay, we got to talk about it. No, I mean, this is major news. This is everything. Why Conan O 'Brien's head-turning new hair is dividing the Internet. This says what Daily Beast says. Conan O 'Brien debuts first new hairstyle in 45 years. This is all real, by the way. The New York Post. Conan O 'Brien baffles fans by ditching his signature hairstyle. Did he lose a bet? Yeah. And this is the hairstyle the headlines were referring to, and I'm going to show this right here.

17:40Okay, this was... Wow. Now, let me tell you guys exactly what happened, okay? Different look. And by the way, this is what happened. I went to an event, and by the way, an event that The Roots were playing at, and you guys killed it in Chicago. Okay? For the Obama Library. I go to this event for the Obama Library, and I'm in the audience, and B being this color, okay? You can see my whole skeleton right now. I put on sunblock. This is me with makeup, but without makeup, you can see my whole circulatory system. But I put on all this sunblock, I go to the event, because someone told me it might be outside, I don't bring a hat, I forget to bring a hat.

18:26My head baked. I got the sunburn on my scalp, and then I went to a dermatologist, because it really hurt, and she said, here's an oil you can put on. I put it on, and I'm like, oh, this is great. I come in, I'm late, I'm gonna talk to Molly Shannon. I just jump into the room, I slick the oil, I put the oil in my hair, it immediately feels better. I jump into the chair, I start talking to Molly Shannon. My staff is watching going, what's going on with him? He looks like a pornographer.

18:57By the way, in a good way. And so, yeah.

19:05He's got the spit problem. Yeah, and I, and so what happened was, we kind of explained it on the pod, but that part got, I didn't know, got edited out for time or something. So people who listen to the pod, who watch the podcast on YouTube and saw the clips just saw me with that. And the next morning, my publicist calls and said, it's everywhere. It's, it was in the Daily Mirror in London. That Conan has gone insane. Headline news. And has ditched his hairstyle. And yeah, it was just, I never knew A, anyone cared. There's other news going around that's actually important. Yeah, exactly. Straits of Hormuz, you know.

19:45Price of Gas. You know, global warming. There's all this stuff we have to figure out. No way, man. Everybody said no. No! Yeah. No with his hair. Oh, my God. Conan is now a pornographer. No. I will say something that is new. You have a band that you're touring with. Yeah. Congratulations. It's called The Vigodas. It's called The Vigodas. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Named after Abe Vigoda. Thank you. Right? Yes. Uh, legendary actor, Abe Vigoda. Abe Vigoda was in The Godfather, and then he was in a bunch of shows, uh, you know, Fish, Barney Miller. Iconic, fantastic actor. And then we used him for years. I did my late night show right across the hall.

20:25You're in, this is 6B. Yep. I was in 6A for 16 years. And we used, we must have used Abe Vigoda once a week. He was a lovely man. And so I always thought if I ever have my own, like, garage band for fun, I'm going to call it the Vigodas. So I got together with these amazing musicians. They're these young kids. They're great. Is this the first band you've been in? I was in a band in college. And I quit. And I said, I'm out. I was the drummer in a band. And I quit. And I said, guys, good luck without me. But I got to focus on comedy. I'm going all the way. And just like that. I was not popular. and I left and they had a gig the next night and then I heard it was sold out and then I went without me and I'm like what are they doing?

21:15They must have found some drummer. This show is going to suck and I went and this is freshman year of college and they're killing it. It's absolutely killing and I'm like who's their drummer and I make my way to the front. They had a drum machine. A little... I was replaced by a box about going... And everyone loved that more than what I was doing. It absolutely... They killed. The box got laid that night. It was incredible. Before there was AI. Long before AI in 1981, I was replaced by basically a nine-volt battery. And it was better than me. Let's talk about the new season of Conan O 'Brien Must Go.

22:00So, gosh, it is funny. And I will also say it's emotional because you meet fans from all over the world. And it's amazing. When you did this show, I don't know if you felt this way, when you say hi to the audience or you meet people, you go, I can't believe the show's reaching this far out. Yeah. It's global. It's really always, you know, my dad was, worked in science, medical science and antibiotic resistance. And he used to travel a lot to try and help out hospitals that maybe didn't have a lot of money around the world. And he would, you know, he would like get these coach seats and he would say, you can come with me.

22:38And I would go with him and I would traveled through a lot of South America and saw him helping out these hospitals. And I remember thinking, this is this. I love this. My dad was addicted to it, traveling, meeting people you're never going to never meet otherwise and connecting with them. And so I had this idea that it's really fun to do improvisational comedy with people all around the world. I just like showing them, you know, sometimes when people are down on Americans, I like showing people that we can be really humble and pale and have oil in our hair, but also make something funny happen with them.

23:17You know, not at them, but with them. And so that's been a real treat. I've absolutely loved it. I get it, and also, it's just to see how we all get to laugh at something. And you're a great interviewer. When you started Late Night, did you go around? Did you get advice from everybody? Did you talk to? Right away, I got advice from probably the best person to give advice, which is I got announced as the new host of the Late Night show in 1993, and no one knew who I was. I was working at The Simpsons when I got the job, and 24 hours later, I was the new host of Late Night. It's a crazy story. But I immediately got this call from NBC.

24:00I'm petrified. I think I'm in over my head. This is going to last 24 hours. I'll never make it. And I got this call. You're going to go entertain at a birthday party for this big wig at NBC. And I think, oh, my God, really? So I fly to Connecticut. I go to this thing. No one knows who I am. I get there, Johnny Carson, the host of The Tonight Show, this show for 30 years, the most, I mean, when I was growing up, the most famous person in America for 30 years. He's standing there, and I'm told, you're going to go first, Johnny Carson's going to go second. And he's going to sit, and it's a small room, he's going to sit right where you people, he's going to sit like 15 feet away from you and watch you.

24:44No, that's not fair. Yeah, so I do it. I get through it and it goes well. And then he came up to me afterwards and he said, hey Conan, I have some advice for you. And I said, oh, Mr. Carson, please. And he said, call me Johnny. And I said, okay, Mr. Carson. And he said, just be yourself. That's the only way it can work. And what he didn't say is be yourself and it will work. He said he didn't know me. And he said, be yourself. That's the only way it can work. And I decided, well, you know, he's right. I just got to go with this Conan thing, whatever that is. I debuted September 13th, 1993. It was rough.

25:31I liked our first show, but it was rough. People thought, who is this guy? This is all wrong. I was following David Letterman. All wrong. And I didn't hear from Johnny. And then I kept thinking, I'm going to get a call. And he's going to say to me in that Johnny Carson voice, is there someone else you can be?

25:52Is there someone else? Yeah. This isn't working. Be another guy. Be someone else, please. Be a talented guy. Yeah. So, yeah. But it was pretty insane. And you know what? I will say on that note, like, that is, I think that's why you have had so much success is you came into this and you said, this is what I like to do, this is how I do it, I'm gonna go and do this 100%. You did you. And that's why it's been such a huge success. So, I mean... Seriously. You know? Coming from you, I appreciate it. The one and only Conan O 'Brien, everybody! Conan O 'Brien, must go! Is streaming now on HBO Max. Thank you for everything.

26:37Thanks for being great. We'll be right back and more tonight. Stick around, everybody!

26:52Our next guest is a Grammy-nominated artist and lead singer of The Killers. His brand-new solo album, Thrasher, is available now. Please welcome Brandon Flower!

27:13Thank you for coming back to the show. Thanks for having me. Thanks for sitting down and doing an interview, because I've never really talked to you on the show. Yeah, it's not that I do. It's not something I do every day. No, I appreciate that you trust us to do this interview. Congrats on the album, by the way. It's getting great reviews. Jurassic. I love this album. It's a country music album. Yeah, pretty much. Yeah. My dad called it country western, so that's what I call it. It is country western. Yeah. It's country western. It reminds me of, yeah, I would say probably the kind of 70s country that I love, like George Jones.

27:51Yeah. A lot of the players are from that era. Is that right? Yeah. We hired the heavy hitters, yeah, in Nashville, yeah. You did? Yeah. And what's it like to be around those guys? It's amazing. I'm around talented people a lot. Of course. But, man, you hear about these guys. These guys are the cream of the crop. And it was incredible to play with him. Did you just talk to him about stories? Like, who'd you play with? Oh, my every day started with 45 minutes of storytelling. And it was just like, I'm like, the clock's ticking. You guys are getting paid. We got to make a song, guys. We got to do something.

28:21But you also want to hear, because Charlie McCoy is telling you Bob Dylan stories. And he's telling Roy Orbison stories. And then Garth Brooks stories over here. And Waylon Jannings stories. And it's hard to get to work, yeah. Oh, my gosh. Now, Thrasher, can you explain what the title is from? Yeah, you want... I have to get vulnerable if you want. Ooh, sorry about that. That's my... My interview is because it's very deep. Yeah, sorry about that. Yeah. When I was a kid, we moved from Vegas to a really small town in Utah, rural Utah. And it was sort of a culture shock, and I didn't... I was sort of an outlier.

28:55And there was a little bit of bullying going on, but it was fourth-grade bullying. It wasn't too crazy. And my dad took me aside and was trying to teach me how to fight and defend myself. Is that right? And it was totally hopeless. It was totally hopeless. You weren't good. No. And so I never felt like I was, like, man enough for my dad. And... But I... In Utah, to thrash someone is to become... You know, is to be a victor in a fight. You're just a thrasher. Yeah, so I'm a thrasher in another sense. And... Yeah, you took a different route of thrashing, yeah. That's where that comes from. Yeah.

29:32And you do a lot of kind of that movement when I've seen you live. Yeah, a lot of shadow boxing going on. Yeah. And so the photographer would go, hey, do some of that stuff? No, it's just something that I noticed that I do. And it's something that, again, ties back, I think, to that thing. My dad was born in the 40s, and he came up fighting, and it was another time. Yeah, my dad, too. Yeah, it was another time. He's a big fighter, yeah. So he was like, yeah, you got to learn how to defend yourself. My dad would fight in these gangs in Brooklyn and fight and then go meet up the guys that he fought to go sing doo-wop with them on the corner.

30:07Let's see how he's singing. They need harmonizing those guys. I read somewhere that you said, you don't do that many interviews, but you said, if you give me a minute and a piano, then I can explain it to you. Sure. And I thought that was interesting. And we always have a piano here. Hey. Is that all right? Sure. Want to see if it is working? It's a little quiet. Yeah, it's okay. I was thinking maybe I can interview our first musical interview. Okay. I've never done this before, but I'll ask you a few questions, and you can answer however you want to do with the piano. Okay. What kind of kid were you growing up, Brandon?

30:48Oh. I was the youngest of six children. I idolized Bo Jackson and Frank Thomas. If you didn't know, they both played baseball and football. I was pretty much happy-go-lucky with just a touch of sadness. But I kept it to myself, and I played a lot of golf. Wow. I didn't even know that. I love Bo Jackson. Bo Jackson. Remember that poster of him with the bat and with the football gear on? Oh, my God. And my favorite sneakers, too, the Bo Jackson's. Nikes. All right. How about this? How did you feel the first time you heard one of your songs on the radio? Okay. Is that really how my voice sounds?

31:49Maybe by the next record, I'll sound more like a man. That's a hell of a chorus. But maybe by the next record I'll sound more like a man

32:11Dude, that's so funny. You don't think you sound like when you're recording? No, you know, I always saw Bono say he felt like he sounded like Suzy and the Banshees. And I went on the first couple records. I have a similar thing. I don't think it's Suzy. I don't know who it is. It was Blondie or something. It's not you. No. I think I sound like Bruce Springsteen here. Not yet, no, no. No, you don't say anything like it. No, you have your own voice. I love it. What does it feel like right before you walk on stage for one of your shows? Hmm. I used to think that I might throw up Maybe I'm a masochist Cause I kept on going out there Till it became like breathing But now it feels like flying up above it all Yeah, it feels like flying like an eagle Let me spread my wings and fly

33:21Yes. Yes. This is... Just a few more. You said there may be a new Killers album out next year.

33:37What is the title of that album?

33:48I like this. I've never played with you before.

33:54All right. We've got some titles floating around. But even if I knew what it was, my publicist would tell me not to share it with you. It's too early in the game. Okay, all right, Stagy. Okay, all right. Okay.

34:24All right. How about this? Final question. Okay. How has the new tour been going? Oh, let me see. We're going to go back to G. You want a G? All right. The rooms are smaller than I am used to. There ain't no budget for private planes. But it sure beats working. The crowds seem happy. And a lot of nights end with Raising Kings. It makes some good food. It makes some good chicken. Congrats on the album. That's how you do it right there. Brandon Flowers! Thrasher! Is available now! Stick around, everybody. Good! That's what you got!

35:26We're happy. Our next guest is an Emmy-nominated actress and comedian who stars in the series Stuart Fails to Save the Universe. You can catch the season finale this Thursday on HBO Max. Please welcome Lauren Lapkus!

35:47Hi! Welcome back to the show. Thank you. You know, I'm a big fan of yours. How is the fam? How are you have two adorable kids? I have two kids. I have two little girls. They're five and two. Five and two. Yeah. What are they up to? What's the new thing? Oh, my God. They're so funny. Girls are the best. Don't you think? I love it. Absolutely. I'm a girl dad. Yeah, I absolutely love my girls. They're so fun. They're really into playing mommy and baby right now, where, like, the two-year-old is the mommy. So she's, like, always in charge. And she calls the other one honey. She's like, you're the honey.

36:16You, honey, me, mommy, you, honey." So she talks like Cookie Monster. It's really cute. You, mommy, me, honey. And what do they do as mommy, baby? See, they change each other's diapers for pretend. They go, they put each other to bed. Sometimes I'm the baby, and it's really fun. Holly, the older one, she's so funny. Sometimes she'll, like, do something bad to, like, test boundaries, but, like, she'll swear or something. I'm like, you can't do that. But she's like, but wasn't it funny? It was funny, right? And I'm like... Yeah. She's learning from mom and dad. That's kind of win in our household.

36:45Yeah, you should know that. Yeah. You're a very funny improvisational comedian. You do great improv. I took some classes once at improv in the groundlings. Yeah. And I it's so hard. And there's some cringy moments that I just go, oh, I hope no one remembers. Oh, my God. No, totally. No, I've been doing it for long enough now that, like, you know, you kind of know how to get yourself out of a hole if you get into a bad position. But I remember a show when I first got out of classes and my improv team, we were like failing the whole time. It was going terribly. And then we kind of did a lot of, like, organic improv at the time, which is, like, abstract.

37:19You can, like, be animals. Like, anything. It's not funny. And we started acting like cats. And so we were all crawling around the stage, like, meow, meow. And this was, like, 30 minutes into the show, and it was, like, not going well. And the person in the booth, like, they're looking for a funny moment to just black out the lights and end it. That's the end of the sketch. Once someone gets a big laugh, you're out. And that was never going to happen. So we were just, like, meow for, like, so long. and then they just faded the lights down. And I'm like, that was really rough. Painful, that was painful.

37:50You just crawl off stage. Rough. It's worked out. It's in the past now. You do a show that I love with a very funny guy, Ben Schwartz, who's fantastic. It's called The Earliest Show. Yeah. And it's a morning show, but your morning show airs at like... It's at like 2 a.m., like nobody's watching. That's why it's called The Earliest Show. It's on earlier than any other show. Earlier than any other show. You just shot a reboot. You just finished filming. Oh, my God. It was so fun. We play these characters who are morning show hosts and we're just idiots. And we're like, we have the worst show on TV and we're just trying to make it work.

38:23I mean, next level crazy. It's the funniest thing. You're so good together. Thank you. I can't wait to see that. But I will say, Stuart fails to save the universe. Congratulations. Big hit. Thank you. Phenomenal. Did you ever think it'd be a spinoff or that you'd be back with the cast in the comic book shop? No, I never thought that. I was on the last two seasons of Big Bang Theory, and, like, you know, the show ends, and that was the end of the show. So then six years later, we got a call to do this, and it's just been so much fun. A bunch of recurring characters who are now the leads of this show.

38:52Yeah. And it's totally different. It's like the Big Bang Theory is a sitcom on a stage with an audience, and we are shooting it like a movie. It's like, it feels like an action movie sometimes. It's pretty crazy. You do actually have some stunts. Yes, we do a lot of stunts, a lot of running, a lot of crazy stuff happens. Like, why are you on wires here? That's what I was wondering while it was happening. Um, this is me. Okay, so we're shooting a scene where we're falling through a black void, and we shot it once where, like, we were kind of hanging vertically, and it was kind of fun. And they were like, okay, it didn't seem scary or real, so we're gonna do it again, and you're gonna be horizontal, like, facing the ground.

39:26We're gonna bring you up all the way to the top of the stage. I mean, this is, like, really high. If you were hanging from the top of here, you'd be scared. It's frightening. And they put this big fan under that was like an airplane propeller just blowing air up at you. So if you fall into it, you'll get chopped into pieces. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've seen this in James Bond movies. Yes, that's what I was thinking the entire time. I was like, okay, I'm gonna die now. And they... And it worked? Yeah, it went well, but it was terrifying. It was so scary. I saw my stunt double do it first, and she was so chill that I was like, all right, I don't get up there and fly around a little bit.

39:56And they cranked us up, and it was like... I mean, I was so scared. The scariest thing is that when you're actually afraid, you can't scream. Like, the sounds that I was making, I was like... Like a seal? Yes. It was so... I mean, I just couldn't even, like, make real noises. Yeah, you can't even be funny or anything. You're just like... We actually have some video of you trying this done for the first time. Here's behind-the-scenes footage of Lauren in Free Fall. 3, 2, 1, action! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! What is happening? Oh, my gosh. That's... It was so scary. I'm sorry that you got through it.

40:40It's really good. Can you tell everyone what's going on in Stuart Fails to Save the Universe? Yes. So, every episode, we're traveling to a different universe, and we kind of mess up whatever reality we fall into. So, this last week, we were trapped in a comic book, and this week we're stuck in a world where we can hear laughter coming from somewhere, but we can't find it, and we don't know what's going on, and so we're all acting a little weird. Lauren Lapkus, everybody! Thank you. The season finale of Stuart Fails to Save the Universe streams on HBO Max. Stick around, everybody.

41:23My thanks to Conan O 'Brien, Lauren Lapkus, Brendan Flowers once again. Well done. And the Roots ride there from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Good night, everybody. Thank you. Good night.

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