Summer S’pouses Episode 2: Amanda Lund
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How does Amanda introduce herself and describe being Matt Gourley’s spouse?
Hi, my name is Amanda Lund. And I feel, you go girl, about being Matt Gourley's spouse.
Summer Spouses with Conan O'Brien, Sonam Ovsessian, and Matt Gourley. And Liza Powell O'Brien, Tack Baroian, and Amanda Lund.
Amanda, we have a lot to talk about here because I have painted a picture of Matt over the years. And there have occasionally been charges that it's not an accurate picture. I portray him as an effete, you know, fez collecting, lute playing, twee who hangs out, right? And little bespoke garage sales, right?
You're just asking the wrong person if I'm looking for a defense here.
Yeah. But no, but I'm of course, I'm a caricaturist, not a I don't paint portraits. I make obscene caricatures. So, Amanda, where have I gone wrong in describing the Matt Gorley we all know and tolerate?
You're touching on so many truths. There's a lot of truth to it. But I think where you go wrong is the style aspect, because I think people are imagining him in like a little vest and like a little cap.
I know he has one. It's deep in the closet.
Do you have a vest?
I have a vest as part of a suit, like a three-piece suit.
But you never had just a solo vest. Oh, like without a shirt on underneath.
So I go to all the time. All the time. He worked at Chippendales. Yes, I portray him as a guy who wears like a straw boater hat and a little bow tie that spins when he pushes a button in his pocket.
And you know what? Since he started working here, he won't wear a bow tie anymore.
Anymore? No. Okay, that's great. So I'm changing his behavior.
You and Tucker Carlson killed both of them.
Yeah, exactly. You're the two.
And I think one time he wore a little scarf, but that was just for 24 hours. What? And then it was like a little experiment that you did for a while. So that is true. And so it is true. He loves like little hobbies. Yeah.
Like a scarf like a flight attendant.
Yes, a 1968 Swedish flight attendant named Inga, who's va-va-voom. It looked good.
We were on vacation. It was like a kind of an open, relaxed linen shirt with a little scarf.
Oh, my God. If you had taken a. Yes. Thank you, Amanda. Thank you. I can I can live off the meat on that bone for seven years.
I'm not I didn't bring here to have you live for me. Yeah.
I need to sing your praises, Amanda. You are very talented and very accomplished. And I don't want to embarrass you or anything, but you have quite a list of things that you've done. You're a very successful podcaster. You have played Disney princesses, many different ones. Is that right? Where did it all start? Why don't you tell your story for us?
Okay, and you did this motion, which is kind of short.
Okay. i want i want three i want your life in three words okay this is no no go for it this is a nightmare i did not know i was going to be like interviewed okay no i just thought i was more like a seat filler oh like here no amanda you are not a seat filler and by the way um no and if you think there was any planning that went behind any of us any of this you don't know us okay okay we're i'm just as surprised as you
Okay, let me just say I'm from Long Beach, California. I worked at Disneyland. This is interesting. I played a princess when I was in high school into young adulthood. And that's where it stops. And that's where I peaked.
But this is fascinating to me because I remember clearly my wife and I taking Nev to, I think we took her to Disneyland and the princesses were there. And to this day, I haven't seen my daughter that excited i mean she's excited about a lot of things but it's it's a kind of they're meeting real royalty these it was she was well yeah yeah it is real royalty the scary thing is she was 21 at the time no i'm kidding no she was just this little girl but she was meeting cinderella i know you played cinderella and you did it in tokyo for six months yeah i did it i played mary poppins in cinderella in tokyo when i was 21 and it was the best six months of my life oh well so So you know what it's like to just have to be adored.
You know what? I had fans. When you work at Tokyo Disney, you have like full on a fan base because the fan culture there, especially for Disney, is just outrageous and they love it so much.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How does Amanda introduce herself and describe being Matt Gourley’s spouse?
0:03–5:01
2
What funny caricatures does Conan paint of Matt and how does Amanda respond?
5:01–8:17
3
How did Amanda become a Disney princess in Tokyo and what was the fan experience like?
8:17–11:38
4
What is “The Total Woman” satire and how does Amanda use it in her podcast?
11:38–14:54
5
What secret side‑hustle did Matt run (the Shakespeare‑themed T‑shirt business) and how was it discovered?
14:54–18:50
6
What are Amanda’s pet peeves about Matt’s habits (noise‑cancelling headphones, trash‑can jokes, etc.)?
18:50–22:07
7
How do Amanda and Conan turn everyday marriage moments into comedy advice?
22:07–24:48
8
What final thoughts and takeaways do they share about love, work, and future episodes?
24:48–28:34