Conan O'Brien

And you think, I'll go back to the beginning, the source, who's running finance in America at the very beginning? Well, Hamilton, you write that book. And I know your plan all along was for it to be a musical with a lot of rap.

Yes. There is a real, I'm sure you've seen it, but there's an amazing tape. of Lin-Manuel Miranda. He's been invited to the White House to perform his latest work. This is obviously a bunch of years ago, 15 years ago or so. He's invited to the White House, to the Obama White House, to perform his latest work. And he gets up to the microphone and he says, I'm now going to perform, this is the

Yes. There is a real, I'm sure you've seen it, but there's an amazing tape. of Lin-Manuel Miranda. He's been invited to the White House to perform his latest work. This is obviously a bunch of years ago, 15 years ago or so. He's invited to the White House, to the Obama White House, to perform his latest work. And he gets up to the microphone and he says, I'm now going to perform, this is the

Yes. There is a real, I'm sure you've seen it, but there's an amazing tape. of Lin-Manuel Miranda. He's been invited to the White House to perform his latest work. This is obviously a bunch of years ago, 15 years ago or so. He's invited to the White House, to the Obama White House, to perform his latest work. And he gets up to the microphone and he says, I'm now going to perform, this is the

President Obama and the first lady there and all these assembled people at the White House. And he says, I'm gonna perform my latest work. It's a musical about Alexander Hamilton. Huge laugh, huge laugh. And he goes, hold on, hold on, hold on. No, no, no, I'm serious. It sounded so absurd to people.

President Obama and the first lady there and all these assembled people at the White House. And he says, I'm gonna perform my latest work. It's a musical about Alexander Hamilton. Huge laugh, huge laugh. And he goes, hold on, hold on, hold on. No, no, no, I'm serious. It sounded so absurd to people.

President Obama and the first lady there and all these assembled people at the White House. And he says, I'm gonna perform my latest work. It's a musical about Alexander Hamilton. Huge laugh, huge laugh. And he goes, hold on, hold on, hold on. No, no, no, I'm serious. It sounded so absurd to people.

I loved when I went to see the play on Broadway in the initial run, and it's the hottest ticket in town, and I go to see it, and I walk into the lobby, and prominently displayed is your biography. Hamilton by Ron Chernow is right there, and it's like, you know... It's so it's what any historian would dream of. Do you know what I mean?

I loved when I went to see the play on Broadway in the initial run, and it's the hottest ticket in town, and I go to see it, and I walk into the lobby, and prominently displayed is your biography. Hamilton by Ron Chernow is right there, and it's like, you know... It's so it's what any historian would dream of. Do you know what I mean?

I loved when I went to see the play on Broadway in the initial run, and it's the hottest ticket in town, and I go to see it, and I walk into the lobby, and prominently displayed is your biography. Hamilton by Ron Chernow is right there, and it's like, you know... It's so it's what any historian would dream of. Do you know what I mean?

That that and I know you are disappointed that your book on Grant did not become a hip hop musical. But Hamilton leads to Washington. Washington leads to Grant. And I mentioned this to you out in the hallway. I love the Grant biography because the most shocking thing to me that I had never appreciated before about Grant, and I thought I knew about these guys. He goes to West Point.

That that and I know you are disappointed that your book on Grant did not become a hip hop musical. But Hamilton leads to Washington. Washington leads to Grant. And I mentioned this to you out in the hallway. I love the Grant biography because the most shocking thing to me that I had never appreciated before about Grant, and I thought I knew about these guys. He goes to West Point.

That that and I know you are disappointed that your book on Grant did not become a hip hop musical. But Hamilton leads to Washington. Washington leads to Grant. And I mentioned this to you out in the hallway. I love the Grant biography because the most shocking thing to me that I had never appreciated before about Grant, and I thought I knew about these guys. He goes to West Point.

He fights in Mexico. He's in the Mexican-American War, and he tries his hand at business, and it's really not going well for him. And the Civil War is approaching, but as the Civil War is almost upon us, he is carrying and delivering firewood, like chopping it and delivering it to people in the cold to make enough money to put food on his family's table.

He fights in Mexico. He's in the Mexican-American War, and he tries his hand at business, and it's really not going well for him. And the Civil War is approaching, but as the Civil War is almost upon us, he is carrying and delivering firewood, like chopping it and delivering it to people in the cold to make enough money to put food on his family's table.

He fights in Mexico. He's in the Mexican-American War, and he tries his hand at business, and it's really not going well for him. And the Civil War is approaching, but as the Civil War is almost upon us, he is carrying and delivering firewood, like chopping it and delivering it to people in the cold to make enough money to put food on his family's table.

And then he decides to go sign up for the war. And the period of time between him chopping wood and carrying it around to people's homes door to door and him being the most celebrated general in the biggest war in the history of the world is about two years. It's insane. And then two years later, he's next to Lincoln. He's the most famous man in America.

And then he decides to go sign up for the war. And the period of time between him chopping wood and carrying it around to people's homes door to door and him being the most celebrated general in the biggest war in the history of the world is about two years. It's insane. And then two years later, he's next to Lincoln. He's the most famous man in America.

And then he decides to go sign up for the war. And the period of time between him chopping wood and carrying it around to people's homes door to door and him being the most celebrated general in the biggest war in the history of the world is about two years. It's insane. And then two years later, he's next to Lincoln. He's the most famous man in America.

Washington, a very impressive guy. Even had the Revolutionary War not come along, he's still a very impressive, capable man.