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stand-up

Watch Jen Kirkman Do Stand-Up on 'Conan'

by | May 17th, 2013

Here's Jen Kirkman doing her second-ever stand-up set on Conan last night and finally giving married people the intervention they deserve.

journalism

Deon Cole Tackles the Day's News on 'Conan'

by | May 1st, 2013

Here's Conan writer Deon Cole, who is being given his own Conan O'Brien-produced show on TBS, quickly addressing several major news stories on Conan last night and demonstrating exactly why Conan O'Brien is giving him his own show.

Milestones

Conan Celebrates His 50th Birthday with a Mariachi Band

by | April 19th, 2013

Conan O'Brien's 50th birthday was yesterday, and in honor of the occasion, guest Eva Mendes brought him a mariachi band. Luckily, he didn't already have one because that would have been awkward.

Medically Speaking

Jimmy Pardo Tells Conan About His Trip to the Doctor's

by | April 17th, 2013

World class stand-up Jimmy Pardo is also the audience warm-up guy on Conan, and last night, he got to appear on the show for a chat with Conan O'Brien. Of course, it involved Conan goading him venting about testicular problems and an embarrassing trip to the doctor's office.

Chats

Watch Conan's 'Simpsons' Writers Roundtable Right Now

by | April 15th, 2013

Conan O'Brien gathered a bunch of glory era Simpsons writers together to talk about their experiences working on the show for his web talk show Serious Jibber-Jabber. The writers present are Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Jay Kogen, Jeff Martin, and, of course, Conan O'Brien, who wrote for the show himself in its fourth and fifth seasons. It's 81 minutes of Simpsons writers talking to each other, so enjoy!

Quitters

Zach Galifianakis Has a Crazy Story About Why He Quit Drinking

by | May 16th, 2013

Zach Galifianakis went on Conan last night and discussed what inspired his decision to quit drinking: an altercation that involved two 6'6" guys spitting in his face.

Politics

Watch Conan O'Brien's White House Correspondents Dinner Speech

by | April 29th, 2013

Conan O'Brien hosted the 2013 White House Correspondents' Dinner this weekend, and here's his entire 27-minute speech. It was O'Brien's second time hosting the event, following his first in 1995. Don't worry, fans of Conan's 1995 WHCA speech: this one has just as many George Stephanopoulos zingers.

Check out Barack Obama's comedic speech at the event below:

Late Night

Tig Notaro Had a Fun Time on 'Conan' Last Night

by | April 18th, 2013

Here's Tig Notaro on Conan last night in one of the funniest late night appearances I've seen in a while – and one that clearly impressed Conan a lot. Somebody put her on TV more often.

Part two is below:

History

Watch Conan O'Brien's 'Late Night' Audition from 1993

by | April 16th, 2013

Here's a short snippet from Conan O'Brien's audition to be the host of NBC's Late Night, which O'Brien's website Team Coco released this week to commemorate the 20th anniversary of said audition. Then a writer for The Simpsons, O'Brien was asked to do an off-air trial show with a live studio audience. His guests were Mimi Rodgers and Jason Alexander, and he ended the show with a classy, humble goodbye: "That's the end of my mock show. If that's all I ever get, it was a lot of fun. I had a good time. Thank you very much."

Writers

Conan Reunited a Bunch of 'Simpsons' Writers for a Long Interview, Coming April 15th

by | April 11th, 2013

Last year, Conan O'Brien launched his web series Serious Jibber-Jabber, a longform interview show that's seen him sitting down for hour-plus chats with the likes of Judd Apatow, Jack White, and Nate Silver. On Monday, he's debut a new episode that's a roundtable interview with a bunch of his fellow Simpsons writers. O'Brien, who served as a Simpsons writer/producer during its fourth and fifth seasons before leaving to become a talk show host, chose Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Jeff Martin, and Jay Kogen to join him for the discussion, which, from the looks of this trailer, will be a rollicking good time.

Late Night

Watch Marc Maron and Conan Talk About Porn

by | May 8th, 2013

Here's Marc Maron's latest appearance on Conan from last night, which results in a conversation entirely about porn, masturbation, and Viagra – as most conversations with Marc Maron do.

Previews

Watch a Preview for 'Deon Cole's Black Box'

by | April 22nd, 2013

Conan writer Deon Cole has a new show debuting on TBS June 10th, and here's he is in a promo telling you to watch it. It's called Deon Cole's Black Box, and it involves Cole sharing his take on pop culture each week – just in case you want another comedian's take on pop culture on a weekly basis.

Music

Watch Fall Out Boy Do a Weird Spinal Tap Tribute on 'Conan' with Harry Shearer

by | April 18th, 2013

Here's that band Fall Out Boy's performance on Conan last night, which was a half-baked homage to Spinal Tap, complete with an appearance by Harry Shearer. It's basically just Fall Out Boy going about a usual performance while Spinal Tap stuff happens in the background.

Here's an interview with Fall Out Boy and Harry Shearer for Conan's website. I swear it's the last Fall Out Boy interview I'll ever post here unless Louis C.K. like becomes their drummer or something:

sports

Adam Scott Is Sick of Hearing About the Golfer Adam Scott

by | April 16th, 2013

Following an Australian golfer named Adam Scott winning The Masters golf tournament, Parks and Rec star Adam Scott made a surprise appearance on Conan yesterday to beg people to stop joking about how they have the same name. Looks like Adam Scott needs to start a Jon Daly/John Daly campaign.

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