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Fall is here, hear the yell, back to school, ring the bell, brand new shoes, walking blues, climb the fence, books and pens. I can tell that we are going to be friends.

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I can tell that we are going to be friends.

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Hello, and welcome to, Konan O'Brien Needs a Friend.

00:00:25

That was very official, sounds good.

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I know. I was trying to to channel Konan, who is not here today.

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That's right. Sona Mosesian has moved from second chair to first.

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I would move? Yes. You would move. What are you talking about? No, no, no. If he left, which he is not here, you would take over as the guy. No, absolutely not. Yes. No. Okay. But anyway. That's not why we're here. Konan is not here because, sadly, last week, his mom and his dad both passed away within days of each other. His dad, Dr. Thomas O'Brien, was 95. Konan was actually shooting overseas for his Max show. He came back to Brooklyn. Then while he was there, his mom, Ruth Reardon O'Brien, died at 92. Today is actually her birthday.

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I didn't know that.

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No kidding. Yes. Today is her birthday. You never got a chance to meet his parents.

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I never did. No.

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No. I worked for him for a very long time, and his parents were very impressive, very remarkable people. In their fields, they were celebrities in their own right. His dad was a microbiologist. He retired at 90, and I'm hoping Konan will also retire at 90. Really?

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I think he's gone too far already. You do?

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Yeah. No, I want to ride those coattails until the very end. Don't you? Yes, of course. Just wheeling in a decrepid Konan to this studio. This is terrible. I'm so sorry. I'm like, sweating because I have to talk about serious stuff. But yeah, his dad is a legend in his field, and his mother was actually one of the first graduates of Yale law school, and she became a partner at her law firm when she had five kids.

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Like the second female to do so, right?

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Second female to do so. I mean, she was practicing law when there were dining halls that women weren't allowed into. She would sit outside these dining halls, and men would be inside, and she'd be sitting on her own little table outside. She was a partner at the law firm. It was like, they're just incredible people. It's a huge loss. So, Konan's with his family. Family, all 800 of them.

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He mentioned to us that he wanted us to do this and to set up the context as to why he's not here and be transparent about it, that he's with his family. We've cobbled together some of our favorite moments of the last year. This first episode will be from the intros and segments which you, Konan and I, do together. Then next week, there'll be an episode of some of our favorite moments from the various guests that have been on the show in 2024.

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Okay. I'm acting like I don't know what you're saying, but we had a whole conversation before. Yeah.

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So why are you doing that? You're thrown by having to be serious on Serious XM. It's in the name.

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I know, but it is a really sad thing. I mean, over the time working for Konan, I really got to know all of his family, all his siblings, his parents. They were always really nice. It's just a really hard thing to talk about. I think that it's beautiful that they passed away within days of each other.

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It really is. It's strikingly poignant in a way. I know. Like you said, I haven't met his parents. He wouldn't allow that.

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He kept you away.

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We haven't thinking about him a ton, and I saw my extended family and everybody yesterday at my extended family, people who he's never met, and he's met some of my extended family, was like, Please tell him I'm thinking about him. Anyway, we are thinking about you, boss.

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Yes, we are. It's a really hard time for him, but he's still Konan. He made fun of me this morning, so I think he's doing okay.

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I think his exact words were, The show must go on, but you guys have to do it.

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What a dick. We could still call him a dick. Oh, yeah. It doesn't change- Even though he's not here.

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No, none of this changes that he's still a dick.

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A grieving dick is still a dick. Exactly. Yeah. I think that that's okay.

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A grieving dick is still a dick. Wiser words.

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Yes. That's why I'll be delivering the eulogy. Oh, my God.

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What am I doing?

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I can cut this. Why can't I do this normally? You can. In the end, it'll sound fine.

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Okay. All right.

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Okay. Okay, so let's move on to our first clip. I think an all-timer, not just for 2024.

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Oh, my God. This is one of my favorite things that ever happened.

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I agree. It's, Konan makes a stranger take a selfie with him.

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I will say I have watched this clip over and over again. Like, once a week, I'll just go back and watch it.

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The Shaden Floyd that you love, the The feeling of Konan's desirous ego being quashed.

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Yes, it's a perfect story. It's told perfectly. It's so funny. It has payoff. It's just great.

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Okay, let's roll it.

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I have a tale to tell, and it's an embarrassing tale. I think these are the ones you guys like. These are our favorite. This is a true story. I just flew in from Boston. I was seeing my family there. I I check out my family. I check out my family. Hey, you guys are looking. Hey, Mom, Dad, you guys are looking good. Sexy nuclear unit. No, I was checking in on my family and seeing my fam, my CIBS. Then I go to Logan Airport, and I'm going to take the flight from Boston to Los Angeles. I am in the line. You wait in the line to hand your stuff over I'll put it on the conveyor belt. You're a little distracted, but I'm taking my belt off. They always say you can leave your belt on, but it always sets it off. Now I take everything off. I'm pretty much naked when I go through that thing. But I'm taking everything off. I'm putting it down into this bucket, and this very nice kid who's wearing a white sweater and he has glasses and dark hair. He says, Oh, hi, Konan. He could not have been nicer.

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He said, Your show means a lot to me, or, Your TV show meant a lot to me. I've listened to Konan Ryan needs a friend all the time. He is Romanian. He introduces himself. I think he said his name was Arman. He could not have been nicer. He's very beautifully talking about what the work has meant to him and all that. I just had the nicest conversation with him, and he was holding his phone, but we were just about to go through whatever the X-ray machine. He had to put his phone in, and I was thinking, I think he wanted to do a photo, but he didn't. Okay, hold on. But anyway, we go through and I'm thinking, That guy was so nice. Then they want to look again at one of my bags. I think it's, How many men travel with nine bottles of hairspray? It was suspicious. It's Aquanet. It's for old women. They don't even make it anymore.

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It was like a two-day trip.

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It was a day-and-a-half trip. It's not all for my hair. But anyway, no, I'm saying I inhale that stuff. It's an incredible high. Shout out to Aquanet. But anyway, I get through and I get some of my stuff and I stand up and standing there, white sweater, glasses, dark hair, this guy, and I just walk up to him and say, Hey, let's do a selfie. He said, Okay. He starts to fish around in his luggage for his camera. I'm thinking he was just holding his camera, and he doesn't seem that interested. What the fuck? That's weird. I thought he was being super nice because he said all those nice things. He starts to pick it up and he goes, Okay. I look at him and I go, Wait a minute.

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Oh, no.

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It's not that guy. I swear to God. I just... So this guy who's just a guy who's wearing... I look over and I see the other guy. Listen to me. I see... Listen to me. I'm not kidding. I swear to God, this is all exactly happened. I see the other guy. He's wearing a sweater that is practically identical. They look very similar and he's got glasses. I see him standing over at a post holding his cell phone.

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He's thinking, Why wouldn't he take a selfie with me?

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I'm looking at this guy and he goes, Okay. He takes a selfie of us. Look at it from his perspective. He's sitting there waiting for another relative, a girlfriend or whatever, to come through. And Conan O'Brien walks up and goes, Hey, let's do a selfie.

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He must have thought you were insane.

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He thought I was fucking insane. Then I started to go, No, I thought you were him. And I'm pointing to the other guy, and the other guy isn't even looking at me at that point. He's looking at his phone because he just got a text. And there's no good explanation for why you would walk up to a stranger and say, Hey, buddy, let's get a selfie. You're going to want this. You're going to want this. So somewhere out there, there's a guy who isn't a fan, doesn't care, maybe actively dislikes what I do. I came up to him and made him take I'm like, Sophie. Then I walk up to the other guy and I said, I'm sorry, I thought he was you. And the other guy, now he just thinks, Oh, so all non-selectives everybody's look alike to you?

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No, I think what happened is there was no first guy, and you just got a bad reaction from someone you wanted to take a selfie with. This first guy is your fight club Tyler Durgan guy that gets you to do selfies.

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No, no, no. Nice. Nice try, yes, that I see Fantom people. No, I loved. It was so perfect. And I don't have photos, but if I could show you a photo of what both of them were wearing, you would laugh because it's- Some of these selfies exist, though. It's as if a higher being, God said, This is going to be really funny. I'm sending down two people who look somewhat alike, and they're both wearing this very similar sweater and dark jeans. So whatever. That happened. Oh, my God. I just keep thinking about this guy. Just like, Okay, where's Sarah? I just got to wait for Sarah to come through. Hey, let's take a selfie. Let's do it right now. Come on, get the camera out.

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You're doing him a favor. Hey, buddy.

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And Now I think I've chosen you. Hey, guess what? Randomly, every 100th person gets to win the ultimate lottery.

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You think you're about to be selected for improved security? No.

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No. You're getting a selfie with Conan O'Brien. I'm sorry, and you do what? Come on. Late Night Show, '90s, 2000s, NBC, TBS. Come on, come on. Podcast, come on. Come on, come on, get the camera. Let's do it. Incredible. That's just happened. That happened three 36 hours ago. The minute it happened, I said, These exist. This is why I have the podcast, because this is fresh. This just happened. Hey, buddy, let's do it. Get the camera out. Let's get that selfie.

00:11:45

I love that you said these two selfies still exist, but that guy probably just deleted it.

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He never took it.

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He went... She was like, Yeah, I took it.

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There you go. You know what he said? He said, Click. He said, Click. I was like, I didn't think he pushed the phone. Then I saw him walk up to a trash can and throw his iPhone away. It was the new one. It's the new one with the funny new cord.

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Oh, man. That is true. That picture is probably out there somewhere. Yes. This person, has this never made its way back to that person? I want to see that photo so badly.

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Arman, it's me. It's so nice. He said he's Romanian. Maybe he's my cousin or something. But yeah, just show us this picture. Wait, no, we don't want his picture. We don't want it with Arman. We want it with the other guy that he went up to.

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I just love to see it.

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Yeah, I know. It's awesome. That was one of my favorite stories. Also, very sweet that he was visiting his parents, he said in the beginning of that clip. I do have to say, Konan visited his parents constantly. I mean, he So it's always... Anytime he was on the East Coast, he stopped by Boston. So it's sweet that he mentioned.

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He made them do selfies with him as well.

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I know.

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All right. This next segment is called Konan Tries Sona's Lip Gloss.

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We've had a few things with my chapsticks.

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This one is more recent if it's the one I'm thinking of.

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Is this the one where I kept reapplying because it was really tasty?

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Yeah, and then he basically ate a whole tube of it. That's right. And I wouldn't touch the stuff.

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I know. He stuck it in his mouth, I think. And yeah, he I don't even know where that chapstick is. I actually think I may have thrown it away.

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I think he ate it all.

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Oh, God. That's gross. I'm a chronic lip moisturizer Yeah, what's that all about? But the thing is I got a new one, and I was like, this will be nice because it's like a tube, and then it comes off, and then it tastes so good.

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I keep liking it. You're basically eating it. You're eating it. Can I see it? Can I take a look at it?

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Would you hand to me? And will you say what you called it when she was putting it on?

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Oh, well, she kept putting it on, and I said, What is that? Say something stupid sauce because you sure are using it a lot. Give me some lip, it's called. We're just giving these people a free plug. We are. Do you mind if I put it on right now? I promise. I don't mind. I really don't. I have a sore that appears monthly. You knew that.

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Why are you looking at your hand? Are you going to put on your... No, okay, on your lip. It tastes good. Also, it doesn't stay on that well. I have other stuff that just stays on.

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Oh, my God. This tastes fantastic.

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That's what I'm saying. I keep eating it.

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This is delicious. I'm not kidding. It's delicious. Oh my God.

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Just keep it. You got to keep it now. You have to keep that.

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No, I'll give it back to you.

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It's like you just suck it on a gogurt.

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This is amazing. What's in it? Do not ingest. Now it's 40% less asbestos. This is incredible. I see now why you keep applying it because it's very delicious. Do you ever put it on the finger and then use the finger to apply?

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I don't. No, I just go straight from tube to mouth. But you're putting on a lot.

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Do you see what I mean? You know why I'm putting on a lot? I don't think I've ever moisturized my lips.

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Not once.

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Have you ever seen me moisturize my lips in all the years you've known me? No. Do you moisturize your lips?

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I always have a chapstick with you.

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I never do. I don't. Eduardo. Actually, never do it. It's foreign to me.

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I agree. Your lips are so shiny right now. They should be.

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You know what? Draw attention to the mouth, they are saying.

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I've got two chapsticks with me for some reason.

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That's just weird, but why? I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, but Eduardo, back me up on this. I don't participate in that. Yeah, I just think, well, we're in the world. When we evolved from the great ape, he did not moisturize his lips.

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Then you don't need to use sunscreen?

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Oh, Okay. That's cruel. That's going after my disability.

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Oh, my God, you're putting on so much of it.

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Oh, my God, this is disconcerting.

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But you know what the thing is? I laugh a lot and I smile a lot.

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If you can see this on video.

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Don't. Don't. Zoom in.

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Help me.

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Help me. Oh, my God. With your five o'clock shadow.

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I'm overmoisturized. God. You should lube up.

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It feels good.

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What does it taste like, though? What's that?

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What does it taste like, though?

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Try it. No, no, no. No, no, no. Come on, it's fine. No, listen. The sore I get erupts once.

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Take it with your fingers. Don't even open it.

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Just try it, you coward. Put it on, Eduardo.

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Eduardo, I promise you.

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You're all talk, dude.

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You're all talk. Come on, Eduardo.

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Put it on.

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Don't be a little bitch, Kare. Just do it.

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You've never kissed Konan on the mouth? Come on.

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No, Eduardo, I'm telling you, I...

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Why do I lick?

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Just lick it. No, don't lick it.

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It's for your Just put it on your lips, but then lick your lips. But then it tastes really good. Lick your lips.

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I mean, it has a tint.

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Eduardo, lick your lips. Good. Look at that.

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What's it taste like?

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I don't know.

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I've never used lip bomb before.

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I don't know if this is what it normally taste. You know why? This is why Eduardo has never been hired to do an infomercial. Try this amazing new product. What do you think, Eduardo? I don't really want to try it. No, but, Eduardo, it's the amazing new lip bomb. Try it on your lips. I'll just put a tiny bit. But Eduardo, doesn't it feel good? I don't know.

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I didn't say it was bad.

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I didn't say it was bad. Oh, great. You heard it from Eduardo. He didn't say it was bad. Call 1-800-555-25-25. It's really good. And get your not so bad lip bomb. What is your problem, man? It's delicious. It is really good. I see now. Seriously, you keep it. And don't worry about whatever sores I may have. I don't worry.

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Nobody puts it in their mouth. I don't want it after Why?

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What are you afraid of? Be honest. I don't want your saliva is all over right now. I know, but what do you worry is on my- The visual is forever tied to that, too.

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I know. Have you like, rod deep-throating my chest?

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Can you say rod, dog?

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I said raw dog, and I was like, That's not the right one. Then I changed it to deep-throating, which is what you were doing with this.

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I didn't deep-throated. I know what deep-throating is.

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Well, you definitely flated it.

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You blew I have never ever fellated a penis that small.

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That, I promise you. That's the Konin guarantee. With the lip gloss. You heard it here. Oh, God. I've never fellated a penis that small. Oh, God.

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Then we've come to find out, he did tell us after the recording, he has.

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He has.

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That was not true.

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What did you... He's like, I don't participate in that. That made me laugh.

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What listeners would have never seen is that Adam's in the background, too, having never even been asked at this point whether he wants to try it, just shaking his head going, No.

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He made the rounds.

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I made the rounds. By then, especially getting it as a fourth person.

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It did make the rounds.

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Konan's whole mouth was on that thing.

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You and you have French-kissed Konan over.

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Oh, God.

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Was it last year that he asked Julia Louis-Dreyfus to put on her lipstick? That's right. There's something going on.

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Well, and he did that remote in Texas when he was doing... Was it Mary Kay? Where he put makeup. There's this insane image of him, and I think I've seen it in a gif. Someone's probably sent it to me, where he looks like a crazy person peering through a window, and he's got like, lipstick all over his face, right? Am I wrong?

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You're absolutely right.

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Okay.

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Yeah. It haunts my dreams every night.

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I didn't even know the context of that. I've just seen that picture, and it is harrowing.

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You should watch that remote he did, where he meets with women who sell Mary Kay products, and it's really, really funny.

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We don't even really talk about it on this show, but I've always been a cone and fan, and I've seen most of, if not all, of these remotes at some time or another.

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Yes. His remotes, I think, are pretty legendary. That one is a really funny one.

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I also, this has never come up on the show. I submitted a packet to be a writer on his show because I knew Todd Levin, and he asked me. You're kidding. We've never talked about it on the show. Isn't that funny?

00:20:29

You would have been a really good writer on the show because you just have such a similar sensibility.

00:20:34

Well, I didn't get hired. Oh, well, okay. You know what?

00:20:38

Sweeney's here. We should just ask him why he never hired you. Oh, yeah.

00:20:41

Let's go straight to the source.

00:20:48

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00:21:22

This next one, oh, boy, Sona. This is called Sona is a Bad Grandchild.

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I don't want to do this one. Listen, recently, my mom After we watch this clip, you'll understand this more.

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I love it. I don't want to do this one, but after we watch the clip- I know.

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I don't want to do this one because my mom did come up to me and she's like, You need to tell everybody what a great woman your great grandma was because I made her sound like a crazy Which?

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I'm sorry, we don't have time for that. No, go ahead.

00:21:49

This is the time. No, she was. My great grandma who I used to make cry just for funsies was actually a really incredible human being. I Okay, well, let's just listen. So your mom has seen this? She has. I don't even know how. She never talks to me about like, Hey, I saw you talk about this thing on the podcast. It's just like every once in a while, she brings it up. I don't know if someone sent it to her or if she just watches it and just doesn't want to talk to me about the things that I say. Interesting. Wow. Yeah, which it could possibly be the second one because she doesn't like some of the things I talk about.

00:22:25

Okay, roll it.

00:22:31

Sona, you lived with- Oh, my-your grandparents.

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Yaya and Dede both lived into their 90s.

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Into their 90s, and they came from- They came from Istanbul.

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My grandpa started... He was a butcher when he was 12. They just put him to work really early. It's like the idea that you are trusting a 12-year-old with slaughtering animals just feels like a completely different world.

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But also just the fact that then they come to this country and they're living with you, and you're going out in and out to grab a burger and whatever else you're up to. It's just this amazing clash of cultures. I find that stuff fascinating.

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Well, My great grandma also lived with us, and she was old as shit. She was really old.

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You don't say old as shit.

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She was really, really old. I remember she was this old, wrinkly lady, and I was really young. I was maybe 10. My mom's like, She's going to sleep in your Boom. From then on, I was terrified of the dark because I thought she was like an old witch lady. She was just like- Wait, when you say she was...

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What did you say, Old as shit? Yeah. How old is Old as shit?

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When I was 10, she was like, 95.

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Because there are young comedians out there that now see me and go, You're old as shit. It's all relative.

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That's right. I was 10 and she was 60.

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No, seriously, how old do you think she was?

00:23:56

She was 95, yeah. But she was like an old wrinkly lady, and I was I was like, Why is this old person in my room? I got terrified at the start.

00:24:04

You sound like an awful grandchild.

00:24:06

I was really bad.

00:24:07

I love this, like old and wrinkled? Why is that in my room?

00:24:10

We did something else. I don't want to...

00:24:14

Well, we got her now.

00:24:15

This is really bad. She had a son who passed away that no one told her passed away. Then my uncle, who was still in Istanbul, and we'd hold up two fingers and be like, Menzie, touch one of them. She would touch him and be like, Oh, that's Bejo Dajda, who was my uncle, and she'd just instantly start crying. We thought it was so funny- Wait, I understand what was happening here. Because we kept reminding her of these people she hadn't seen in a long time, and we'd instantly make her cry. Danny and I were like, Let's go make Menzie cry.

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Oh, my God. You're a monster. You're a sociopath. How is that?

00:24:51

We were just fascinated with her instant sadness.

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I thought you were the true sociopath, but it's you are.

00:24:57

No, it really was messed up. What a twist.

00:24:59

No, no, no. To I'll be fair, I did it to my grandmother, Monty, too. I used to go, Remember that loved one that perished? It was fun. We used to call it... It was the old fun. We called it the Perish Game. Hey, let's go play Perish, and we go into Monty's room. Remember the one you loved who perished? Look at them waterworks. You're an awful, awful person. No joke.

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That was really bad. Yeah, you're a bad person. It was bad. We would make her laugh just for fun.

00:25:29

All right, well, listen, let's have some good come from this.

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You don't need to clarify no joke. We know that it's bad.

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We would make her cry just for fun because we were terrible people.

00:25:35

Let's have some good come out of this. If you're listening right now and you're tempted to go mock a very, very old relative by reminding them of someone they lost long ago. Think twice. That's a little word from Comer O'Brien, needs a friend.

00:25:55

What if one day your great grandchildren come up to you and you're old and wrinkly and sleeping in their bedroom and start doing this to you. Will you laugh?

00:26:07

I'll be so old. Look, I think... Did you ever do anything when you were younger? We were like, That's a shitty thing. I used to egg houses, and now I'm like, That's not cool.

00:26:19

Oh, I would egg houses. Yeah. Did you ever play Dead Man? No. Where you'd lie half in the street, half on the curb like you're dead, and wait for a car to drive by and stop and go like, Are you okay? And all the other kids are hiding in the bushes listening. No. And you just go, No, I'm just looking at the stars. Matt, really? Don't act so surprised. That's nowhere near what you did.

00:26:40

That is a horrible thing you used to do. No. That is so bad. Look, My mom, unfortunately, saw this clip. That's my mom's grandma, Medzeek. She's my great grandma. She was an incredible woman. I can't believe I called her Oldest Shit, and I think that that's a terrible word usage that I had. But She was an incredible, incredible lady. I do feel bad. I think I just said it in a flippant way, but I do feel bad that I used to make her cry just for fun, which is an awful thing to do. How old were you? I think I was around 10 or 11, and It is.

00:27:15

So it's definitely old enough to know better.

00:27:16

You know what? That's the thing. I was old enough to know better.

00:27:20

I think people are hearing your true self right now. Yes.

00:27:24

I do think the older I get to, the more I realize I can cry very easily. So I think that we were just like, Look at her, have emotions just from us saying a name. I feel like now as a human, I would be like, I shouldn't do that.

00:27:40

It's true. Most kids are sociopaths, and then you learn empathy as you have trauma.

00:27:45

Oh, my God.

00:27:48

Again, don't act so shocked.

00:27:53

Look, if there's any 10 or 11-year-olds listening and you have a great grandma who can cry very easily, just don't It's a little bit... Okay. Now we cleared that up. Okay. Oh, jeez. That was hard to watch. That was hard to watch.

00:28:07

It's hard to be a partner sometimes. This next one is Konan's Hot Ones recap. This was quite a moment in the pop culture last year. Then we got to have Konan just recap his experience on Hot Ones, where he broke the system.

00:28:24

I don't even... This was a fun moment for our podcast, but the Hot Ron's episode, I think in terms of Konan's career, was probably one of the most unhinged, just funniest things I think I've ever seen him do. It was incredible how many people were talking about him after that. Yeah, this one's really funny.

00:28:49

Let's listen.

00:28:54

How are you?

00:28:55

I'm doing great. Are you? I am. Okay. A lot of people are asking me, How do I feel?

00:29:00

Because you ate a lot of spicy food on Hot Ones.

00:29:04

Yes. I went on the show Hot Ones, and I did not... I was aware of the show, obviously. It's a very successful show. I hadn't really... I can't say I was an expert on the show. I went in thinking, Well, whatever happens, I just have to eat all the wings and just go for it and make a fool of myself. I had that plan in mind, but didn't know much beyond that. The host, very good, excellent. I like that guy a lot. He's a very good interviewer. He is. He's a really good interviewer, and they do a really good job on that show. So Sean's asking me questions, and I was just determined to just keep stuffing these wings in no matter what. Then, of course, me being me, I start drinking the sauce and rubbing it around on my face and my chest and everything. When I walk around now, because a lot of people have seen this, people keep me if I'm okay.

00:30:01

I wonder the same thing. Well, I also just watched Konan Must Go, which is fantastic, by the way. In Thailand, you get pretty floored, albeit comedy, comedically by some sauce. I thought, you're going to go down when I see hot ones.

00:30:14

Yeah. No. Well, we played that up for comedy, and you're allowed to... In a sketch world or a comedy world, you can fake things a little bit. I'm aware of. Yes. Is that how comedy works? When I look at you two, I think an explanation might be in order.

00:30:33

What's the deal? Do you not have taste buds or something? How did you do that?

00:30:37

I have never seen you eat spicy food.

00:30:39

I don't eat spicy food.

00:30:40

There's people who put Tabasco or Tabadeo on stuff. I've had so many meals with you, and I've never seen you eat spicy food.

00:30:48

I have a theory. It's that the only thing worse than that amount of thermal spice would be you not somehow getting the attention that eating all of that would give you. Yes.

00:30:59

And All joking aside. Also, I've had a bunch of people posit that I have the red hair gene, which is when I go to the dentist and they give me Novocaine, they then go to drill and it's like, I haven't had Novocaine. I'm always saying, I feel everything right now. They always say, Oh, yeah, you're a redhead. I don't know if that's... But I've had many dentists say that to me, and they give me a lot more. They say that redheads have, whatever, higher pain threshold or something I don't know what it is.

00:31:30

Meaning you feel less pain, you feel more pain.

00:31:32

Well, you don't feel... I don't know exactly how it works, and I'm just free wheeling here. I just know what I've been told by people. I don't think it's it. I think you have it, Matt, which is I've always been If I think something will be funny, I'll do it and deal with it later.

00:31:50

And did you?

00:31:51

Yeah, I did deal with it later. I was dealt with later.

00:31:54

How did it manifest itself?

00:31:57

I spot-welded I mean- I spot-welded- We're all thinking the same thing. I spot-welded. I wanted it to be useful.

00:32:06

What and how much did you shit?

00:32:07

How much did your butt hurt?

00:32:11

Here's what I decided to do.

00:32:13

And do your butt taste, but- Here's what I decided to do.

00:32:16

I decided that I wanted... After I ingested all that, I wanted it to be useful. So I found a construction site where they were doing spot welding, and I went there, and I said, gentlemen, if you want, I can weld these girders for you in about, I'm guessing, about 15 minutes. You'll need to avert your eyes because I'll be dropping my pants. They said, okay, and I said, I will need someone to stay behind and light it, and then we'll be all set to go. There's a building in the Mid Wilshire district that's going up. I think I did about 65 rivets in the building. People were driving by saying, Conor O'Brien, his pants are around his ankles, and I think fire is shooting out of his ass, and he's welding a building. Here's the biggest problem. I had to join the Union. But that way everybody wins. There's a building, and trust me, that section of the building will never fall. That's the best. They've had an engineer say, Whoever did this, these are heat temperatures we've never seen.

00:33:31

Every time you're going to weld something, you just have to eat a lot of hot wings?

00:33:36

Yes, I'm in the Union now, and all I have to do is I've got all the sauces from Hot Ones.

00:33:41

You are the saddest X-Man ever.

00:33:43

Meet the X-Man.

00:33:48

Really? He's on the X-Man? What do we do with him?

00:33:49

His name's Assweld. What's this super... You know what it is? I have a bandolier, and instead of ammunition, it's just sauces. They're like, What are we going to do? How are we going to get out of this thing? The bad guys have sealed us in this lead safe. Hold on a second.

00:34:16

Just to pull your pants down?

00:34:19

You have to pull your pants down.

00:34:20

Does your uniform have a compartment? Oh, yeah.

00:34:22

The uniform has.

00:34:24

Like a Union suit, the little thing, little flap.

00:34:27

Well, it's actually a very tiny flap that's the exact the circumference of an anus. It's a tiny circle that un flaps, and then just a beam of the whitest light you've ever seen comes out. Of phosphorus. Of phosphorus, yeah. Everyone has to put on welding goggles.

00:34:45

Oh, God.

00:34:48

Do you see what I'm doing? I'm raising my ass out of the shore. Why? Because I feel like I'm just having psychosomatic symptoms of that or something.

00:34:57

You know what? I think you asked the question everybody was thinking after Hot Ones, which is like, had it come out?

00:35:03

He joked, but we don't really know. I know. Maybe that's true.

00:35:08

Maybe. Maybe it's true that he welded a building. Maybe.

00:35:12

The reason why I love that clip is that, I think, more than most clips shows how good Konan is in improv. I mean, he took basically a thing of like, Yeah, my stomach is upset, and my butt was burning, and turned it into It was like a three-act structure.

00:35:33

A fully developed character.

00:35:35

That's right. That had to join the union. Exactly. I mean, just so many amazing... I mean, truly, it was just a one-man show.

00:35:41

I love it. How many welding terms he just ran He literally just pulls out of his ass, pun intended. Well done. Thank you. I have to say, I haven't watched these since we recorded them. Me neither. This is really fun. We should do this more often. I agree. We watch ourselves.

00:36:00

Yeah. Do you want to come over later and watch me? Yeah.

00:36:03

Watch you? Just me. You edited yourself out of every video, and there's just a big, gourly video out there.

00:36:12

We knew we wanted to have some reference I did Hot Ones in this because, like you said, such a big moment. What we couldn't really fit into this episode was the Dr. Arroyo special.

00:36:22

Oh my God. Which was also- Because it's just so long, right? It's so long. But it's consistently funny.

00:36:27

It contains what I think might be the funiest line of the year on this podcast, which is when he says, Dr. Arroyo, I want you to come and take my pulse. Then you start choking me. Then Dr. Arroyo, Jose Arroyo, hilarious writer, says, I thought you wanted me to take your pulse. Take your pulse. Take it away.

00:36:47

God, that guy. It's so funny. Well, as brilliant as Konan is at improv, he's not a great arm wrestler. He's weak.

00:36:55

He's a weak little man.

00:36:58

This also, I I think out of maybe all the segments we've done this year is the most chaotic.

00:37:04

I'm trying to remember. All I can remember from this is utter victory. That's the only thing I remember, so I'm excited to see this.

00:37:12

Then you're in for a treat.

00:37:13

Did you really think he would ever beat you? I knew you were going to win. Did you really? Yeah.

00:37:17

I don't know because I don't know about his physicality, but he has a willpower like no human I've ever met before. So sometimes that's all you need.

00:37:26

But he is a very strong person, too. I mean, he works out. But I also know that he would put too much thought into it. Oh, interesting. And he'd be in his own head.

00:37:36

Where I'm just all animal.

00:37:37

You're just a dumb jock. You're like, Fuck you. I'll take it.

00:37:42

I went home to my cheerleaders.

00:37:47

Classic Matt.

00:37:49

Classic. All right, let's roll this. I want to see this.

00:37:51

Maybe we'll watch it twice.

00:37:58

This is what we were just I'm talking about. I made a declaration that I'm pretty sure I could take anybody in this room in a physical fight, except I said, Bley, I don't think I could take you because you work out all the time. Thank you very much. You could. I don't think I could. Then everyone started to get into it like, No, you couldn't take Eduardo. You said more than that.

00:38:19

You said, I'd fight you without my hands.

00:38:21

Yes, well, I know that you're a huge...

00:38:23

And I still think he'd win.

00:38:24

Yeah. No, I think you're a huge soccer fan. You love Lionel Messi. It's Lionel, by the I just think you'd probably, in the back of your mind, think, I can't use my hands. I've got to get him with my feet. Then I just lay you out. Then Adam, I'm sorry, but it would be over very quickly. I disagree.

00:38:44

I think Adam's the quiet prize fighter.

00:38:48

Have you been in many physical fights?

00:38:51

Very few.

00:38:53

Very few.

00:38:56

Sona, I think, rightfully said that she couldn't see working up enough rage for the fight.

00:39:03

Yeah, I think, first of all, you remind me, and the listener is probably thinking, Well, we can't picture this Adam Sacks. Imagine a milder Michael Serra. Is that fair? Even milder and not as strong. I don't know. Michael Sarah is on steroids compared to-No, but is Adam tall and light?

00:39:25

Do you want to arm wrestle across the table?

00:39:27

Oh, yes. Come on. Come on.

00:39:30

No, I can't. This rotator cuff.

00:39:33

Oh, really? I'd like to see this. My money's on this guy right here.

00:39:36

Wait a minute. Whoever wins an arm wrestling struggle does not win the fight.

00:39:41

I'm just saying- It is a one indicator of strength. It's one of It doesn't mean I would beat you in a fight, but it means I'd beat you in a single feet of strength.

00:39:50

Well, this thing's in the way.

00:39:52

No.

00:39:53

But listen, let's keep the conversation going for a bit first, okay? And then we'll see if this so-called test of fighting aptitude and it gets us there. Every time you're in a stressful situation or let's say you're walking down the street with your wife and some fug stands in the way and says, Give me your money, you're going to say, Will I wrestle and see who gets my gold? Is that what you'll say?

00:40:15

It came to mind, we can figure out other ways to test our How about I fight you?

00:40:19

I fight you, but you're blindfolded.

00:40:22

I can't do that miced up. It's easier to sit at the table.

00:40:25

What about now, Matt, when you see you coming after me, I know you're an ageist and stuff, but come on. I mean, look at this guy.

00:40:32

No, you look great. You're super fit. Free range. I want to say this. The only thing I've got going in my corner is a desperate need to prove something to you, my father figure. Yes. That might be You have to take me over the top.

00:40:45

Also, I'm betting, just because I know you got a lot of flea markets and you love to buy weird things. I bet you have a Flemish suit of armor at home.

00:40:53

Probably some antique brass knuckle. Yeah. With that knife cane.

00:40:58

You have all kinds of weapons, ironically. I bet you have those.

00:41:01

What's an ironic?

00:41:02

Like a Bumber shoot that has a little-That's what I just said.a little knife that comes out.

00:41:07

That's what I literally just said.

00:41:08

I know, but it comes out. But one that has a James Bond. That's what I just said. You didn't say one that has a little knife that comes out. I did. Did you? I did. Did he say that? Yes. Oh, I think I would lose this fight. I wouldn't even know I was in a fight. I'm telling you, as my body grows stronger, and it does every day, ladies, I think my mind is going. I didn't hear you say that. But then again, I was yelling at you and I wasn't really listening.

00:41:29

You need your You can't just be fleet of foot. You need your mind in a fight. Yeah.

00:41:34

And coordination. You have no coordination. You have no coordination.

00:41:38

Let's get to the bigger thing. I think Sona could take you.

00:41:40

I can easily take you.

00:41:42

You know I can take you. You would have the rage.

00:41:43

I do have the rage.

00:41:44

I will say this. An angry Sona beats everyone in this room.

00:41:48

I think we're all agreed.

00:41:49

I've seen you when your blood is up and you are the Khalisi. It's insane. The Dragons, the whole thing.

00:41:56

You're just- But you don't have... Yes, you are a strong person.

00:41:59

I have a lot of inner rage.

00:42:00

You do, but you also, you don't have very much coordination. I think you'd be doing a lot of bits. I would do bits. You'd be putting the pen and be like, Oh, a mustache pen.

00:42:08

Yes, I would do bits as I fought, which I think is very impressive. I managed to do bits when I fight people.

00:42:15

I don't think that is impressive, and I think you get beaten up.

00:42:19

Unless it's a distracting tactic.

00:42:21

It wouldn't be distracting. It's a lot of me using glasses. If I have a pen, I make it a mustache, or I make it like, I'm a walrus with You did the Walrus guy. I'm a walrus with one task.

00:42:34

There's only one way to decide this, and that is right now.

00:42:36

Fight Club.

00:42:37

Yeah, battle royale. It's the six of us.

00:42:39

Why don't you guys go right now?

00:42:40

Okay, so... Jesus. What are you doing? Trying to swing at you.

00:42:44

Already, I feel like I don't know anything about arm wrestling technique, but I can tell it's not right.

00:42:48

I know nothing about arm wrestling. All right. I don't think it's a chest of strength. All right, on your marks. We hold these hands? Ready? Wait, what are you guys doing? Hold the bottom. What are you doing?

00:42:56

Try to say something.

00:42:57

Matt reached over and held my other hand. This is over the top rules.

00:43:00

If we don't have the little joysticks. Wait, what? But why did you hold my hand?

00:43:05

This is what you do. Hey, do you want to get one milkshake and two straws? Yes. Hey, how about we both start on different ends of a strand of spaghetti and move our way out of the middle?

00:43:15

Have you people never arm-wrestled with someone you loved dearly and wanted to get closer?

00:43:19

Can I say something else? Sona, give me your hand. He held my hand and he did a little bit of that. It was a little bit of a rub. No, you're doing it. You do this?

00:43:29

No, that's That's on the side. That's not in the middle.

00:43:32

That's on the side.

00:43:33

That's blocking the- A disagreement is broken out in chess club is what's happening.

00:43:37

This is the weirdestest.

00:43:39

I have never seen this.

00:43:40

My microphone is over here. What are you doing with this?

00:43:43

I have never seen this technique before.

00:43:47

When? Okay, but... Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. You're on this side of the table pushing that way. What the fuck did you do?

00:43:56

It's Garly fucked that way.

00:43:57

Garly won easily.

00:43:58

No, but you saw what he did. You're on this side of the table. There's no way.

00:44:03

Well, let's switch places then.

00:44:04

Arm wrestling. No, just stay there, but get here. This is chaos. Here we go. Ready? Yeah. Wait, no. When? When? One to one. One to one. One, two, one. One, two, one. One, two, one. Hold his other hand. Oh, come on. I'm not doing shit. I'm not holding anybody's hand. Go. He's using his trip. He's using his trip. You okay? What happened? What the fuck is wrong with you? What the fuck is wrong with you? Can't you arm wrestle? Oh my God, look at that.

00:44:39

He broke my skin.

00:44:41

He stepped in with your pen.

00:44:42

Here's the thing.

00:44:43

Dirty.

00:44:44

You have a little I was in tipped umbrella.

00:44:46

When I said I would win, what I'm telling you is I would win. I would use anything in the room to win. Yeah, you know what?

00:44:53

You would. I think you would. I think you're the best cheater.

00:44:57

I don't call it cheating.

00:44:59

Is it cheating when Jason Bourne uses... He uses something in the kitchen when the Russian attacks him and beats him. That's not cheating.

00:45:08

I just wanted to say he does use a pen, but he uses the pointy nib, and you just took the blunt curvy end.

00:45:15

Because I didn't... Look at that. Man, I didn't want to hurt you. Do you realize if I'd use the sharp? I thought about that.

00:45:22

You did.

00:45:23

You could have killed me. I would like, My dream is that all of you attacked me at once.

00:45:28

That's my dream, Okay.

00:45:30

I think we all have the same dream.

00:45:36

Oh, wow.

00:45:39

Still feels good after all this time. Part two. That really was.

00:45:44

Yeah, no, it will. I forgot how much he went after. He just totally dismissed.

00:45:47

I think we need to have a tournament. Have you guys ever seen Over the Top, the Stallone movie? That's what I'm talking about when I reference those joysticks, when you do professional arm wrestling. When you're doing it at truck stops, like I often am, you have to grab each other's his hands underneath. That's how you do it. I defend this, and there are people online that will come to my defense on this.

00:46:05

I think the interesting thing was you just assumed Konan knew that.

00:46:08

That's true. Maybe that was my mistake.

00:46:09

So that you went to hold his hand, and he just didn't understand what you were doing. I think nobody did. I think we were all like, Why are you holding? It was confusing to everybody in the room. Really?

00:46:17

Yes. You guys got to get out. To truck stops? Yeah, truck stops and dive bars and honky-tons.

00:46:23

It's like a switch. Exactly, yes. He turns his hat around, and that's when he goes in.

00:46:28

But we need to have a tournament. How does that work? Everybody arm-restles everybody and then the winners proceed. I don't know.

00:46:35

Do we have to have one?

00:46:35

It's either round Robin where we all- Yeah, we have to. There's three choices. It's round Robin where we all arm-restle each other, or we come up with heets and do a bracket, or we don't do it.

00:46:45

I think the third option is probably the best. Honestly, there was so much testosterone in that segment.

00:46:53

Which is rare for this room.

00:46:55

That's what is so crazy is that you guys are not like, You all kick anyone's ass. Nobody in this room is like that. But we had an entire segment where we just talked about whether or not we could all beat up Konan.

00:47:09

I would like to do- It's just crazy. Maybe this summer, now that we're talking about this, maybe a podcast Olympics to find out which one of us is the best podcaster. It could be different events that aren't necessarily all... Who has the best pronunciation of different words, perhaps? I don't know. Okay, maybe not.

00:47:28

No, I didn't know what goes into being a good podcaster.

00:47:31

I stand only to lose on this because I've almost been doing this for 20 years, and if I don't win this, that's a huge embarrassment. The stakes are high.

00:47:38

I'm just saying it could lend itself to a competition. Eduardo? You're right.

00:47:43

Sure. I just Thanks, buddy.

00:47:45

What is good. You forget your retainer today?

00:47:48

I'm a great podcaster.

00:47:50

I love your idea of being a great podcaster is, do you enunciate? And then do you have good mic technique?

00:47:57

That also felt like a Konan joke to you Oh, yeah. With the hard Gs.

00:48:02

I know.

00:48:02

I was not thinking of it.

00:48:04

I was not.

00:48:05

That's true. I know. Of all the things. I mean, obviously, I would lose that one because also- Well, no, because Konan does this all the time.

00:48:13

I'm constantly adding it out. I'm constantly editing out his...

00:48:17

Wow, you're going to lose.

00:48:18

You've been doing this for 20 years?

00:48:23

Yeah.

00:48:30

Speaking of enunciation.

00:48:32

Oh, that's right. This was from a summer smores with Conesy and the Chill Chums, where we played the camp game Chubby Bunny, which, like holding hands under the arm wrestling, you guys didn't know or Cohnin didn't know.

00:48:45

I didn't know about Chubby Bunny.

00:48:46

You guys, you got to get to truck stops and summer camp.

00:48:49

Here's the thing. I remember you talking about how you learned about Chubby Bunny at summer camp. But then I feel like shortly after, you were saying you never went to summer I learned about it when I taught at an improv summer camp at Biola Bible College.

00:49:04

Wait, is this the same? Is this when you were also talking about when you kept getting homesick, when you were teaching?

00:49:09

That was a different improv camp that I taught in the woods.

00:49:12

Because we were saying that you were homesick at camp, and then it turned out you were not a camper. You were homesick.

00:49:17

I was a fully grown adult. You said Biola? Wait, so you weren't even that far from where you lived?

00:49:24

No, it was La Marada, and I lived in Whittier, the next town over. No, I lived in Long Beach at the time. Oh, that's better. Also, this was an improv camp that was not affiliated with the Bible College. It just rented the thing. But on that campus, there's a building with a photorealistic 40-foot-tall Jesus. Every time you're doing improv, you look up at this Jesus just staring down at you.

00:49:44

Is he at least laughing?

00:49:45

He's got a mouthful of marshmallows. All right, let's roll it. When you guys were at camp, did you ever play Chubby Bunny?

00:50:01

I don't know what that is. You don't?

00:50:02

I don't know what that is.

00:50:03

Okay, we don't have to do this, but this was just an idea that came up when we were discussing this season. What happens is everybody takes a marshmallow, you put it in your mouth, and you say the words Chubby Bunny. Then we take turns adding a marshmallow each time until someone can't say Chubby Bunny anymore, and they're out.

00:50:22

All right. Okay? Can we eat the marshmallow?

00:50:24

You have to keep it in your mouth.

00:50:25

All right.

00:50:27

This is the game Marlin Brando was playing when he secured the role for the Godfather.

00:50:34

Can I keep drinking? Yeah. Will it dissolve the blood?

00:50:37

No, you can't drink. All right.

00:50:40

So Sona's out.

00:50:42

Chubby Bunny.

00:50:42

You can't swallow, you can't chew it. You have to keep it in your mouth. Let me just hold on. That's all does a lot. Let me stock up.

00:50:47

Never heard of this. You've never heard of this? No. God, you grew up in a strange way.

00:50:53

I did.

00:50:54

Yeah.

00:50:55

No, I have strange tales and stuff, but there was no Chubby Bunny in the in my background.

00:51:01

Who's played Chubby Bunny?

00:51:02

Every hand goes up. Oh, my God. No, Eduardo's giving me the thumbs down.

00:51:05

Never heard of it.

00:51:06

Never played it?

00:51:07

Never. Okay. All right. Chubby Bunny. Wait, does that count as you sing Chubby Bunny? It didn't sound like Chubby Bunny. She's out. First of all, you can't articulate things when you're... You're not even in. Chubby Bunny.

00:51:39

Is she going to snake order?

00:51:41

Yeah, snake order. Yeah, Oh my God.

00:51:50

Oh my God.

00:51:51

Oh God, you're all right, for me? I was going to throw up. You're out.

00:51:58

Okay, okay.

00:51:59

This game brought you by Dr. Heimlich.

00:52:02

I was going to throw up. I was actually going to throw up. These are the biggest marshmallows of all time. This is the food. I What's going on in your mouth, girly.

00:52:16

These marshmallows- Stop it funny, bitch.

00:52:22

Stop it funny.

00:52:35

Sugging a bunny. Oh, no. Wait.

00:52:53

Oh, God. There's so much spit there, girls. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. A giant mouth.

00:53:07

Something brilliant.

00:53:11

This is so stupid. This is so dumb. This is the dumbest thing I've ever been a part of. Four score and 50, I just love it. I just love that you can't talk.

00:53:35

I fucking get more than a second.

00:53:38

What is coming up?

00:53:42

It's so grotesque. Is itOh, God. It's so gross.

00:53:46

Are you doing the Getty's burger dress?

00:53:50

Yes, I am. This means I win. Okay, that's it. Oh, God.

00:54:02

More napkins. How'd you guys do more than one? There's no winners in Chubby Bunny, only losers.

00:54:10

I don't know why. I have one question. I developed this fastidious way of talking. I was going, a Chubby, a Bunny, and I wasn't even trying to. But in my effort to over-enunciate, it came out as, a Chubby, a Bunny, and I wasn't trying to do that. It's just what happened. Could you tell it was the Gettysburg Address? Yeah, I could.

00:54:33

Oh, yeah, definitely.

00:54:34

There you go.

00:54:35

Also, if there's anything you're reciting, it's usually the Gettysburg Address. Oh, man. Oh, my God. Ch Drums is so fun.

00:54:45

Yeah, because we get to drink.

00:54:47

Yeah, although this year, not until much later. I know. I remember just downing those drinks you gave us, and I got hammered pretty quickly. That's nice. Yeah, I made up for last time.

00:54:59

We got to change that rule for next year.

00:55:02

We do, but I don't think Konan is going to want to.

00:55:05

Well, he doesn't have to know.

00:55:06

He's like, Why do you guys have to get drunk? Because he can't hang with us. No, he can't.

00:55:12

That's why you and I will pregame. We're going to go to Pachanga Casino.

00:55:16

We're going to pregame there? Why can't we just go somewhere else? Okay, that's fine.

00:55:22

That's fine, too.

00:55:23

What was he going to say? Okay, so in order to promote the Chill Chums, because we recorded it in Altadina, Ruthie and Sam are two of the awesome people in our marketing team, got in touch with the Altadina Chamber of Commerce. Then I ended up joining the Altadina Chamber of Commerce. Then very recently, I went to one of their events, and I had a blast.

00:55:45

Wait, don't you have to have a business to be in the Chamber of Commerce? You don't.

00:55:48

Not in Altadina, at least. I just was a normal person, and I just signed up to be in the Chamber of Commerce.

00:55:53

What do you do and what blast did you have?

00:55:55

It was something called the Sip & Shop. Oh. Yes. You You sipped, you shopped, and then there was a live band, and you could just dance and have a really nice time in Altadina. What did you sip? Wine.

00:56:08

You paused.

00:56:09

I took shots.

00:56:12

You guys Jägerbomb.

00:56:13

We did a Jägerbomb Oh, man, I haven't done a Jägerbomb in ages. We should do old-school drinks that we don't do anymore, like Long Island Ice Tees. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

00:56:24

Sex on the Beach.

00:56:25

Yeah. Southern Comfort. I can't drink Soco. I can't do it because I still remember that one time I had a house party and threw up.

00:56:32

Zema. Four Loco.

00:56:35

Four Loco? Four Loco?

00:56:37

That was more recent, though. I still got some.

00:56:40

No, you don't. Do you really? No, I don't. Okay. All right.

00:56:42

All right.

00:56:43

Well- Speaking of commerce.

00:56:45

Oh, right. Very good. That's right. This last clip is actually not from the show itself, but an ad, and it's become infamous. It's the Luxe Beday ad. Oh, yeah. Which I have to admit, I have never fully seen I've heard about it. But when I edit, the ads are not in the episodes. They are what's called dynamically inserted later, and Mars edits the ads. So I've never really heard or seen this full thing. So I'm very excited. Really?

00:57:14

If this is the one that I think is the first one, I wasn't even here for that. Wow. Okay. Yeah. And so David was sitting in for me. And since then, we've done, I think, a couple other luxuries Luxe bidet ads, but this was the first one, and this one is apparently... I don't know if I've ever listened to it all the way through either.

00:57:36

We weren't sure how Luxe was going to react, and listeners will understand why after they, I think, see the clip or hear the clip, but they were so thrilled about it that they kept coming back and wanting more ads.

00:57:48

They're crazy.

00:57:54

Turlip paper has no business trying to battle the mess of a large holiday meal. Bidet days, on the other hand, shoot a precise... What the fuck happened to me? I'm a good guy. I went to a good college. I worked hard. I wrote a thesis in college. I wrote a thesis I've worked hard for years. I've raised a family. I've never gone to jail. I've never committed a crime. Here I am explaining how you got to shoot water up your ass. Ridiculous. Insanity. What did I do? What am I? Some… I don't understand how this happen? Toilet paper has no business trying to battle the mess of a large holiday meal? Do you know what they're implying? They're implying that if I eat a large holiday meal, my bottom is going to It's going to be too much for any toilet paper? No toilet paper can handle that. No. You need a whole other device. I'm crying. You need a bidet that shoots water. No more smearing. It says you're on the copy, no more skid marks. What happened to this? A precise stream. A precise stream. Luxe bidet. Oh, here we go, is the number one best-selling bidet brand.

00:59:29

I I thought I had sold out. Can I just say, they say people will laugh when they first see it, and we sure did. We haven't even seen it. 3 million satisfied customers across the US in over 150,000 five-star reviews on Amazon. Who uses a bidet and then says, I've got to go give an Amazon review. I've checked back there seven times, clean as a whistle. I'm going to keep going because people are laughing too hard. Luxe Bedet offers a range of patented bedet models. Oh, really? Including the award-winning Neo Plus series. What does that do? Yeah, the bidet comes and finds you when it's time to poop. I think you I think you should go. Really? I think you should go. That was a large burrito. Luxe Bedet's Neo Plus series is the next generation of bidet attachment with their revocing patented features. That's right. Never before seen. This series features a 360-degrees self-clean mode. 360 degrees self-clean mode. Are people sitting around on their ass? Easy lift design, fast slide in installation, plus all the same features as their best-selling bidets. Oh, my God. Then it says, Please talk about why you love your lux bidet.

01:01:02

I don't have one. But this is my favorite ad ever. This is a fantastic ad, and this is going to go out as it is or it won't go out. Get the gifts your friends and family will never forget this holiday season. Hey, Grandma, wash your ass. Use code NA to get 20% off bidets at luxbedet. Com. That's L-U-X-E-B-I-D-E-T. Com. And code N/A for 20% off. They made me spell bidet.

01:01:38

Oh, my God.

01:01:39

Oh, my God.

01:01:42

Now, one of my favorite things about that ad, the many people probably don't know is there's a person sitting in the back of that room. Eduardo, do you want to explain who that person is?

01:01:53

Shout out to Brandon Burns, who we had invited that day to come and sit in, unbeknownst to me, I didn't know what coding I was going to be reading that day. And, Brandon, you might hear him in the credits he mixes for this show. But this was his first day to just get a lay of the studio.

01:02:08

I met him right before the ad session. He had never sat in on a session with us before. Then this happens, and it's really funny to watch the video and see Brandon looking around like, Is this how things are? Has this made a huge mistake? Really, really, really funny.

01:02:28

It does make you want to buy a It's a bit of a way, though.

01:02:31

Yeah, I think so. I think, oh, man.

01:02:33

I love that you can... Like, Konan usually gets a stack of ads, starts reading, and is understanding in real-time what the ad is, and you can see him- That's true. Discovering what he's reading an ad for as he's getting further and further into the copy.

01:02:47

Yeah. Going back to what you said about his improv, when he does ads, it is so... Because he is reading everything and saying everything as he's recording. Then the stuff he comes up with is just unbelievable in the spot. It is really... I didn't think I would enjoy doing ads for this podcast with him as much as I do, but I really love doing ads with him. It's really funny.

01:03:13

God, That's so funny.

01:03:15

You should get a lux bidet. Me? They should send us 20. You know what?

01:03:21

Because of this ad, I got one, and it is awesome.

01:03:25

How did you get one? I bought one. Oh, they didn't give you one? I used the code. Because now we're giving them double This isn't even...

01:03:31

We're not even dynamic inserting this shit. No, this is all time. This is just in there.

01:03:36

Send us our bidets.

01:03:37

I haven't gotten a paycheck from this place since 2003. I just work here. None of us have.

01:03:42

My charity work. No, we don't get paid.

01:03:45

Well, Konan's a horrible boss, but he's a wonderful man. We're thinking about you.

01:03:50

Yes, we are. We are thinking of... I don't think he's going to be listening.

01:03:54

No, but I'm just sending that out. I know he doesn't listen.

01:03:56

Yeah, but you're right.

01:03:58

But this hardly seems like the episode to trash talk him.

01:04:00

It's true, but we have been. Yeah, we have. I will say it is really obvious that he's not here. He is our leader. He always turns everything that we say into the funniest thing you could possibly hear. I think that he's definitely missed. I do like just the two of us being here. I'm not going to lie.

01:04:20

Do you want to just go a little longer?

01:04:22

I know. Why not? How you been?

01:04:24

I'm pretty good.

01:04:25

How you been? Not bad.

01:04:28

You got a bidet?

01:04:29

I actually do. You do? Yeah.

01:04:32

On that seat right now?

01:04:33

I installed it onto this seat, and I am sitting in Konan's seat. That's right, you are. So he's going to come back with a nice surprise.

01:04:43

We'll be We'll see next week with our favorite clips from all the interview guests. We should mention, if you want to see these clips in their entirety, you can go to the Team Coco YouTube channel. What you've heard on almost all of these has just been a selected portion of a longer clip that you can watch on YouTube. All right, that's it.

01:05:04

That's all she wrote. Excuse me? That's all she did. Who's she? She did it. Who did? She's Mrs. Podcast.

01:05:13

From Mr. And Mrs. Podcast. This is team Coco saying, Have a wonderful 2024. What's left of it? She's out too proud.

01:05:23

That was so awkward.

01:05:24

Mine.

01:05:25

That was so awkward. Whatever's left of it. Yeah. Thanks for coming.

01:05:34

Thanks for coming. Thanks for staying. Yes. Thanks for just being you. Yes. Thank you. Bye.

01:05:41

We got to stop. Just let's do it.

01:05:43

Let's end? Yeah. All right. Thanks for listening, everybody. You don't want to add anything to this? Bye.

01:05:47

We love you. Is that too much?

01:05:53

Konan O'Brien needs a friend with Conan O'Brien, Sonam of Cessian, and Matt Gourley, produced by me, Matt Gourley. Executive produced by Adam Sacks, Jeff Ross, and nick Leal. Theme song by the White Stripes. Incidental music by Jimmy Vivino. Take it away, Jimmy. Our supervising producer is Aaron Blair, and our Associate Talent producer is Jennifer Samples. Engineering and Mixing by Eduardo Perez and Brenda Burns. Additional production support by Mars Melnik. Talent Booking by Paula Davis, Gina Batista, and Brit Kahn. You can rate and review this show on Apple Podcasts, and you might find your review read on a future episode. Got a question for Konan? Call the Team Coco Hotline at 669-587-2847 and leave a message. It too could be featured on a future episode. You can also get three free months of SiriusXm when you sign up at siriusxm. Com/konan. If you haven't already, please subscribe to Konan O'Brien Needs a Friend wherever fine podcasts are downloaded..

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