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Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

Kumail Nanjiani Returns Again

15 Dec 2025

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Chapter 1: What feelings does Kumail Nanjiani express about his friendship with Conan O'Brien?

0.672 - 55.047 Kumail Nanjiani

Hi, my name is Kumail Nanjiani. And I feel twitterpated about being Conan O'Brien's friend. That's huge. I can tell that we are going to be friends. Yes, I can tell that we are going to be friends.

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55.651 - 62.779 Conan O'Brien

Hello and welcome to Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend. I am sitting here with Sona Movsesian, Matt Gourley. What's that?

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62.799 - 63.38 Sona Movsesian

I said hello.

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63.66 - 63.841 Conan O'Brien

Yeah.

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Chapter 2: What is Kumail Nanjiani's new special 'Night Thoughts' about?

64.001 - 65.623 Conan O'Brien

Yeah. You brought up an issue.

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65.743 - 69.467 Sona Movsesian

You doodled this cool looking guy. I doodled this guy.

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69.487 - 80.262 Conan O'Brien

He's wearing, I don't know why I doodled him, but he's wearing farmer's overalls. I don't know that he has a shirt on. He's got a big mustache. I don't know why I drew this guy. I don't know who this guy is.

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80.302 - 88.918 Sona Movsesian

You guys both love the 70s so much, which I think is very, like, mustache heavy. And I'm just curious why you guys have never, like, you've never grown a mustache.

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89.198 - 90.361 Matt Gourley

I've had a mustache before.

90.381 - 91.222 Sona Movsesian

Just a mustache.

91.242 - 92.685 Matt Gourley

Just a mustache. Not for long.

Chapter 3: What humorous experiences does Kumail share about old lady drug dealers?

92.965 - 99.698 Matt Gourley

In theory, I really want to do it. In my mind, Sam Elliott. In the mirror, Ned Flanders.

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99.847 - 119.646 Conan O'Brien

So you come out as Ned Flanders. I think so. I think that my mustache doesn't... Well, first of all, I've had a beard and accompanying mustache. But a mustache alone, I would look sort of like... Michael Caine in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

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119.867 - 122.633 Matt Gourley

Oh, but that's not a horrible look. No, no, no.

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122.653 - 140.03 Conan O'Brien

What I'm saying is it's Michael Caine, so he can do anything because he's Michael Caine. It would be kind of thin, and I think I would come across as... Evil. I think my true evil and pervy would come out. And I just did something.

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Chapter 4: How has Kumail Nanjiani been received by international audiences?

140.15 - 154.356 Conan O'Brien

I did a shoot where they put a small mustache on me. And so I can show it to you. And you know what? I look like a creep. I think it's just perv. But if you can indulge me for a second, which I know you can. Let me see if I...

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154.336 - 161.671 Sona Movsesian

Well, I'm just going to say my dad has always had a mustache, and he's the coolest guy I know. So if I was a guy, I feel like I'd have a mustache.

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161.691 - 164.417 Conan O'Brien

Hey, if I had your dad's mustache, then fine.

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164.617 - 164.878 Sona Movsesian

Yeah.

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165.058 - 168.686 Conan O'Brien

And I've tried to imitate your dad's mustache many times.

168.826 - 173.155 Sona Movsesian

No, you don't. Taking a dinner napkin and putting it above your mouth is not...

173.135 - 200.847 Sona Movsesian

is not how many times have i sent you pictures i've taken of me on a plane or just me out in the world where i put a very large white dinner napkin under my nose and say look it's your dad too many times actually too many i think there's a decent amount of times and there's too many times but um i think you're just obsessed with his mustache because you guys are oh we're both we're all on our phones well i'm trying to find something here oh here we go here we go look

Chapter 5: What real-life experiences inspired a scene from Silicon Valley?

201.738 - 206.485 Sona Movsesian

That's not bad. I don't know. That looks cool to me. This looks cool to you?

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206.505 - 208.208 Conan O'Brien

No. I want to be friends with that guy. Hello?

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208.608 - 212.093 Sona Movsesian

I want to be friends with that. You have to do it that way, though.

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212.173 - 212.574 Matt Gourley

Look at this.

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212.594 - 213.515 Sona Movsesian

Look at this guy.

213.656 - 216.8 Matt Gourley

It's like a line above the mouth. This guy's awful. What an awful guy. I'm not kidding.

Chapter 6: How does Kumail discuss his journey from stand-up to acting?

216.84 - 221.367 Matt Gourley

I searched my photos for me with a mustache because you can do like AI search of your photos now.

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224.806 - 225.908 Sona Movsesian

Gene Shalit.

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225.928 - 238.249 Conan O'Brien

That's Gene Shalit. That's right. I'm sorry. This guy is constantly being arrested. I don't know. Look at that. He's being arrested. He's being, right? That's a terrible guy. I don't want to be that guy.

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238.429 - 242.536 Sona Movsesian

I don't know. Well, Movember's coming up. Maybe you guys should grow mustaches.

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243.077 - 247.144 Conan O'Brien

What do you think? He's right. You don't like that guy? Should we do that for the podcast? Have a mustache for the podcast?

Chapter 7: What insights does Kumail provide about the challenges of performing live?

247.364 - 255.054 Conan O'Brien

What do you say? Tell me what you think of this guy. He's a bad man. He's a bad, look, and his eyes are dead. The mustache takes the life out of my eyes.

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255.154 - 261.662 Sona Movsesian

But you guys need bushy, big Sam Elliott style mustaches. Can't you make that happen? Like figure it out.

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261.982 - 262.363 Conan O'Brien

I don't know.

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262.383 - 264.225 Sona Movsesian

Is there like a merkin for faces?

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264.605 - 266.307 Matt Gourley

Yeah, it's called a fake mustache.

266.688 - 281.583 Conan O'Brien

Yeah, I've got seven of those in my wallet. For other reasons you don't need to know. I have a picture of me with a mustache somewhere. Oh, I got plenty of those in my car. I'm responsible for a series of unsolved crimes.

284.166 - 284.707 Sona Movsesian

I don't know.

284.927 - 285.068 Conan O'Brien

Yeah.

285.088 - 289.954 Sona Movsesian

It'd be cool if you guys just, you're so into the 70s and Tom Selleck and cool guys.

Chapter 8: How does Kumail feel about his cultural identity and connection to Pakistan?

291.036 - 297.625 Matt Gourley

I'd look just like my dad if I had a mustache because in the 70s, he had a mustache. Oh, wow. Look at that guy. See? Yeah.

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297.605 - 299.587 Sona Movsesian

Oh, not, who's the guy?

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299.628 - 300.368 Matt Gourley

Who?

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300.569 - 301.87 Sona Movsesian

He died.

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301.89 - 302.912 Conan O'Brien

Oh, the guy that died.

303.032 - 307.217 Matt Gourley

Yes, the mustache guy. No, I know what you're talking about. What do you mean?

307.497 - 308.679 Sona Movsesian

The guy, the mustache.

308.799 - 310.822 Matt Gourley

What are you talking about? There's mustache guys.

310.842 - 321.895 Sona Movsesian

The really cool guy with the mustache. Sam Elliott's still alive. Not just Sam Elliott. Theodore Roosevelt had a mustache. Theodore Roosevelt had a mustache and he's dead. He died. He's a cool guy. Burr Reynolds.

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