Atsuko Okatsuka
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Why does Atsuko Okatsuka feel suspicious about being Conan O'Brien's friend?
Hi, I'm Atsuko Akatsuka. And I feel honored and a little suspicious about being Conan O'Brien's friend.
Now, where does this suspicion come from?
It's too good to be true.
It's really not when you get to know me.
Fall is here, hear the yell Back to school, ring the bell Brand new shoes, walkin' loose Climb the fence, books and pens I can tell that we are gonna be friends Yes, I can tell that we are gonna be friends
Hey there, welcome to Conor O'Brien Needs a Friend, joined as always by Sonam Obsession. Hello. And, uh, wow. Hello. Hello. You sounded Australian. Hello.
Hi there. Hello.
And, uh, Matt Gourley. And I'm happy I've got a bubblegum cigarette. It's cool.
Yeah. And it puffs like candy puffs cigarette.
Yeah, it's got a little powdered sugar in it. Yeah. Um, David Hopping. Um, for my birthday gave me a bunch of boxes of, uh, candy cigarettes and, um, yeah, it looks like smoke's coming out. Cause you blow a little powdered sugar, but sometimes I have them hanging out of my lip. They're just up in my office and he sent, he gave me a lot of them. I'll be honest with you. Do you think you look cool? I think it looks super cool. I think you do kind of look cool.
What unique experiences shaped Atsuko's childhood and comedy career?
Yeah. And, you know, I mean, I'm always kind of fascinated with smoking. Yeah, me too. Because it would be a great prop. It'd be a great thing to have. Also, I like all the accoutrement to go with a cigarette. Yeah. You know, the really cool lighters and maybe that little, you know, Art Deco cigarette case. The one that stops a bullet. Yes. Yeah. Yes. And I always think I've never seen a movie. I always think. Yeah. So I've been trying to gauge when I can start smoking. Now, listen, let me go out of my way to say people don't smoke. You shouldn't smoke. No one smoke. It's bad to smoke.
But you want to time it with when I want to time it. I feel the same about heroin.
Yeah, I'm serious. Yeah. Well, you know, people these amazing experiences and you think, I don't know, when I start to get, you know, to within a certain amount of time before my my my clock is going to run out. Yeah. Maybe I'd start smoking and maybe I'd be a really cool looking old guy. who's smoking and I have a really neat, like sort of gold Dunhill lighter from London. And I have this little case of cigarettes and I pop one. I got one going on the side of my lip and it's hanging off right there.
How did Atsuko's family dynamics influence her sense of humor?
And people are like, wow, he's really cool. And he's going to die very soon because he's old. But what do we think? Is that something that's viable? I mean, I don't think I'll do it, but. It's like if you get diagnosed with something terminal, like when you're like 85, 90, is that what you mean? Then you'll start, then you'll take up smoking. But the minute you're diagnosed with something like that, they're like, you know, no, this medicine we're giving you, there's still a chance. They never say you're through.
They always say there's still a chance. I want my doctor to say you've got exactly a week. Here's some heroin. Go for it.
The doctor's giving you heroin? Well, my doctor. I want my doctor to say you have 45 years left, but this won't really kick in for 55 years if you smoke these unfiltered cigarettes. So, you know what I mean? So I get to enjoy smoking a cigarette for a really long time.
I see.
Okay. And trust me, I think I would hate inhaling smoke. What I basically do want is a more convincing bubblegum cigarette.
Okay.
And I want a lighter. It puts a little extra sugar powder on my cigarette.
It caramelizes it.
It caramelizes my bubblegum cigarette. To smoke, you just want the accessories that come with smoking. That's what he's saying, yeah. I know, but it's like, you don't actually want to take up smoking.
What challenges did Atsuko face growing up as a child of immigrants?
I want, though, something hanging out of my lip that I can play around with, do little tricks. I can blow smoke rings. Why don't you just get some wheat? What? Wheat? I don't know.
Wheat?
Wait, wheat? Or a toothpick. Toothpick doesn't wheat. Oh, that's the same. Yeah, I love it if all my noir detective movies had Humphrey Bogart chewing on some wheat.
It's the opposite effect.
Yeah. And he's like, of all the dames to walk into my place, she walks into mine.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why does Atsuko Okatsuka feel suspicious about being Conan O'Brien's friend?
0:03–1:25
2
What unique experiences shaped Atsuko's childhood and comedy career?
1:25–2:30
3
How did Atsuko's family dynamics influence her sense of humor?
2:30–3:41
4
What challenges did Atsuko face growing up as a child of immigrants?
3:41–4:42
5
How did cheerleading impact Atsuko's friendships and social life?
4:42–5:57
6
What are Atsuko's thoughts on her stand-up special 'Father'?
5:57–6:55
7
How does Atsuko navigate her relationship with her family and mental health?
6:55–7:44
8
What does Atsuko envision for her future in comedy and beyond?
7:44–1:03:23