Robert Smigel credits the early days of “Late Night” as the proudest achievement of his whole career. Plus, Conan shares how Robert Smigel’s wife’s words influenced his audition.
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Yawn. Boring. I’d rather listen to my mom talk about her cats than more stories of how Conan made it big.
ReplyDid anyone else notice that they recut the Amazon commercial so it no longer shows Conan crumpling up the script at the end
ReplyI hate Elizabeth banks and her stupid as husband with his dipshot name
.. idk why
Don’t ask cuz idk
ReplyI see Ebay took a swing by paying for an Amazon ad
ReplyFreddy Flintcone (as Triumph once called Conan), the OG double denim daddy.
ReplyOnly Smigel can be nerdy enough to know about the Today Show chimp. The man he said he admired was Sigourney Weaver’s father.
Robert Smigel is a gem.❤
ReplyI actually got to see a live Late Night show, back in 2003. It was a HOT A-List Wednesday show- the guests were Frankie Muniz and Geri Halliwell!
ReplyWatching that original Late Night show, it always felt like (and I say this with love) you were getting away with something. Like, the show would probably be off the air by the next week. Part of that was Conan’s “deflated host” personality.
Later on, Craig Ferguson had that same feel.
Conan and Rob are the only people I can think of that deserve every bit of popularity
Reply“Everyone is going to want an ambiguous gender — he is kind of a guy, but he is also a girl”.
Actually, that happened. So Conan’s the reason for that.🤔
ReplyYou are the best
ReplyNothing To Lose kind of explains the far out there things Conan was doing.
ReplyI thought it was spelled Smeagol
ReplyThat episode featured a mature “various task” of Jordan Shlansky!
ReplyI’ll never understand why people talk to highly about Letterman. He never got a single laugh out of me, he came off more cringey than funny. Also his interactions with many woman…there’s real cringe.
Reply“i was a pathetic nerd…Bley would understand” 🤣🤣🤣
Reply❤❤❤ we love you
ReplyMatt must be in comedian heaven.
ReplyI never realized how many of my favorite Conan memories are from Robert
ReplyJust love listening to these two.
Thier friendship is so heartfelt
ReplyBroody Tomjanovich, hilarious
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