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Stephen Rodrick The key to understanding Conan O’Brien’s comedy is knowing that it comes from a point of kindness. Yes, I know in this age of comics punching down, this kind of compliment may leave you with a neon “Must Avoid!” sign flashing in your bleary eyes — but stay with me. Here is an example.

Oscars 2025.The comedian, 61, recently had Oscars head writer Mike Sweeney on his “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast and they discussed the jokes and sketches that had to be cut from the 97th Academy Awards, including a promo that would’ve featured O’Brien and a 9-foot-tall Oscar statue playing a domestic couple.“We’re fighting about things couples fight about,” O’Brien explained of the scrapped skit. “At one point, I thought wouldn’t it be great if it’s just on the couch? Let’s lay it on a really big couch and I’ll be vacuuming and say, ‘Could you at least lift your feet? Or could you at least get up and help? Load the dishwasher?'”“We wanted to do it and they just said, ‘No, no no, that can’t happen,'” O’Brien said of the Academy.The TV host added, “One of the people from the Academy came forward and said, ‘Oscar can never be horizontal.’ And that blew my mind.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Amy Poehler appeared on the “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast and revealed that she shared a dressing room with none other than Meryl Streep during the “SNL50” special last month. And yes, Meryl Streep took her role in the “Close Encounters” sketch very seriously. “There were so many people that people had to share dressing rooms,” Poehler said.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Fresh off earning critical raves for hosting the Oscars last week, Conan O’Brien is receiving more good news: Max has renewed his Emmy-winning comedic travel series, “Conan O’Brien Must Go,” for a third season. News comes ahead of the show’s upcoming Season 2 return this May.

his podcast. “I was just at ‘SNL’ and I saw Tina with her husband Jeff Richmond,” O’Brien, 61, told his “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast guest Amy Poehler.

Matt Damon had an idea for an Arrested Development movie that would have made fans very happy, according to Jason Bateman.

Although Jason Bateman has little hope for an Arrested Development movie, other Hollywood parties are definitely interested.

More than 10 years after Robin Williams‘ death, Conan O’Brien is recently shared his fondest memories of the actor.

Robin Williams once consoled Conan O’Brien after he was fired from The Tonight Show by organising a day of biking for him.Speaking to Eric Idle on a recent episode of the Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend podcast, the US talk show host recalled how NBC fired him after he took over the late night show from Jay Leno in 2009, after just seven months.“I was lucky enough to have some great interactions with Robin Williams before he passed,” O’Brien said. “One of the most memorable examples to me is when I went through my whole Tonight Show debacle. Finally, the show is done, and I don’t know if I have a career anymore.

Parks and Recreation has expressed surprise that a Donald Trump-supporting senator’s staff were fans of the show.The hit comedy series ran between 2009 and 2015, and focuses on bureaucrat Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) and the Parks and Recreation department in the fictional U.S. town of Pawnee.Jim O’Heir, who played the role of Jerry Gergich, has now revealed that he crossed paths with Trump-linked senator’s staff during a charity event, admitting he was shocked at their love for the series given the gap between their politics and the show’s.“They were so excited that I was there – ‘Oh my God, it’s the best show!’” he recalled them saying (via The Guardian).“Parks and Rec, I think, is the opposite of what your agenda is, and yet you call it one of the greatest shows of all time.”Meanwhile, earlier this year star Rashida Jones revealed that Parks and Recreation was always close to being cancelled.“[Parks and Recreation] is kind of iconic now—It’s like one of those great comedies of that time, which is so awesome…But we didn’t feel that way,” she told the Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend podcast.“Every single season, we were like, this is it.

Nearly 30 years after his screenwriting and directorial debut, Tom Hanks appreciates That Thing You Do! (1996) for its cult status.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Tom Hanks launched into a playful tirade on the “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast in which he took listeners through the long and winding road that is a movie’s reception. At one point, the two-time Oscar winner humorously referred to movie critics as “cocksuckers” as it’s ultimately time that is the decider of a movie’s value and not the reviewers. Case in point: Hanks’ 1996 directorial effort “That Thing You Do!,” which was dismissed by critics upon release before time turned into a beloved cult classic.

“Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast on Sunday and called movie critics “c–ksuckers,” while explaining how the responses to films in Hollywood have evolved over the years. “Now what happened is that time has become one of the metrics for how these things matter, right?” he said. “In the day it was just a fist fight.

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“The White Lotus” creator Mike White and offered to play a sex worker on the Emmy winning HBO series. The comedian and former talk show host, 61, recalled his hilarious pitch during a recent episode of his “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast.“Before you guys started shooting ‘The White Lotus,’ ran into none other than Mike White in a restaurant,” O’Brien told his guest, Walton Goggins, who will star in “The White Lotus” Season 3.O’Brien continued, “We start chatting because we’ve met each other once or twice before and he’s a very funny, cool guy.

Conan O’Brien has an idea for The White Lotus and pitched himself for a role.

Beastie Boys have revealed that the gold record version of ‘Paul’s Boutique’ actually didn’t contain any music from the album at all.Members Ad-Rock and Mike D. shared the news as part of a new interview on the Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend podcast, recalling the time that they made the discovery about their gold record.They were given the award after their 1989 album was certified gold just two months after its original release date, having sold 500,000 copies.

White Stripes frontman Jack White joined Conan O’Brien for ‘We’re Going to Be Friends’ at Newport Folk Festival.O’Brien, who introduced himself to the crowd as “folk music legend Conan O’Brien” played the festival on Sunday (July 28), in what turned out to be a star-studded affair.O’Brien’s long-time friend and podcast partner White was the final guest of the evening, which included guest appearances from Langhorne Slim, Nick Lowe, Brittany Howard, Nathaniel Rateliff and Mavis Staples.The two traded verses on the ‘White Blood Cells’ hit ‘We’re Going to Be Friends’, which is the theme song for O’Brien’s podcast Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend. White was on electric guitar and O’Brien on acoustic.Jack White joined Conan O'Brien to perform "We're Going to Be Friends" at Newport Folk Fest pic.twitter.com/DgKKIgk4SC— CONSEQUENCE (@consequence) July 29, 2024Throughout the set, the former Tonight Show host was riffing with the crowd, warning them early on: “I am here to prove I can ruin any genre.”After playing the White Stripes classic, White and O’Brien performed Eddie Cochran’s ‘Twenty Flight Rock’, which O’Brien followed by bringing out singers from throughout the day for a Newport finale sing-along of the traditional ‘Midnight Special’.‘Forty Days‘Ramblin’ Man‘Found My Heart’ (with Langhorne Slim)‘So It Goes’ (with Nick Lowe)‘Cruel to Be Kind’ (with Nick Lowe)‘Buckets of Rain’ (Bob Dylan cover)‘Come and Get Your Love’ (with Brittany Howard)‘Everybody’s Talkin’ (with Nathaniel Rateliff)‘Let It Bleed’ (with Nathaniel Rateliff)‘I’ll Take You There’ (with Mavis Staples)‘We’re Going to Be Friends’ (with Jack White)‘Twenty Flight Rock’ (with Jack White)‘Midnight Special’Elsewhere in the show, O’Brien played an original song

Friends star Lisa Kudrow has revealed that she grew “irritated” with the live audience while filming the hit show for laughing too long at things that weren’t funny – see what she had to say below.Speaking to Conan O’Brien for his Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend podcast, Kudrow spoke about what it was like filming for the hit series, which ran for 10 seasons. In the show, Kudrow played the aloof and goofy Phoebe Buffay.An hour into their chat, O’Brien recalled that Kudrow had previously said she doesn’t like performing in front of a live audience. She explained: “Because they were laughing for too long.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Lisa Kudrow said on the “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast that she often grew irritated with the live studio audience on the “Friends” set because they would laugh for too long at moments she just didn’t think required that dramatic of a response. Kudrow played Phoebe Buffay on all 10 seasons of the NBC sitcom, and the role earned her six Emmy nominations and one win for best supporting actress in a comedy series. “Because they were laughing for too long.

be any more jealous? On the latest episode of his podcast, “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend,” O’Brien, 61, reminisced with ex Lisa Kudrow, 60, about “Friends.”O’Brien and Kudrow were romantically linked from 1988 to 1993, and the comedian recalled that Kudrow was impressed by Matthew Perry in the early days of filming “Friends.” “You called me up, and you were raving about … ” O’Brien said, as Kudrow interrupted and said, “Matthew.”“Yes. And you were saying, he’s so funny … There was part of me that was jealous,” O’Brien confessed. “Like, I was okay.

Rashida Jones recalls her time on Parks and Recreation and reveals why the cast felt they were “holding on for dear life” throughout its run on NBC.