Keep Paddling with Conan O’Brien
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What journey did Conan O’Brien take to become a successful comedian?
You and I are going to be hanging out a lot now, Craig. Anytime you want to hang. I don't think that's true. Yeah. I think I'm going to start cold calling him. It's true for you. So here's the thing. When I come to L.A. Ray gets coded. Let's hang. Let's hang. Let's shoot some hoops. That's right. I'm going to drain some threes from 80 yards away that don't go anywhere near the bucket. Nowhere near. I tell you, that's the bit. And then I'll go to the back alley comedy club with you. I think you would do better at comedy than I would at basketball. This episode is brought to you by Chase Home Lending. Hey, little girl. You look so dapper today. So I was telling Julia, one of our producers, that... This is one of my favorite jackets.
Yeah, I like that. So I only wear it once a year on the show. I should wear it more often. Or get another one. No. It only comes in gray? No, they come in different colors, but I like this color. Oh, you like the gray? I like this gray. Well, I think it would look good in other colors too. I wear it often off camera. Okay. So it gets a lot of wear. Okay, that's good. It gets a lot of wear. It's good to know. But it's not as hot as your leather outfit you got going on. Well, actually, this isn't leather. It's sort of like a faux leather. So they're actually more jeansy. They just have a finish. It's a jean finish. It's a sort of a wash that's over a race. So this is really just a jean that gives the leather effect.
Got it. So just so you know, and they're very comfortable. So you don't get this squishiness of the stiffness of the leather. But thank you. Thank you for noticing. You're always put together. So we've hit a milestone. It is just, it's amazing because it went by like that. Yeah, it's been a year since we launched IMO. I know. So we finished our first year. And we want to thank all our listeners, all the people on YouTube who have tuned in. It's so fun hearing everybody's comments and feedback. I can't believe you said X, Y, or Z. And you run into people all the time. I do because I'm out here in the streets. I run into people all the time who are like, it is a fantastic show. You and your sister are so cute together.
We love the guests. And I also want to thank our staff, everybody here who helped produce this thing. It's been a really neat ride. And I've said this many times on this show, being 60 years old and being able to learn something completely new around a young group of people where it is... It's changed my aging. I feel like I'm aging backwards now that we're doing this. It's the beauty of continued evolution in this phase of life. I say it all the time. It's like, you know, 60 doesn't mean what it used to. When I start counting back to what 60 was, and I think about the fact that Dandy, Grandma, our grandparents were this age when we thought they were old. Right. That's kind of a trip, but they kind of stopped.
I mean, it's sort of like they pushed the pause button on life once they retired. And I just think, you know, the recreation of self and trying some new things, I do think keeps you young. Yeah, yeah.
How did Conan's family influence his career choices?
And obviously we miss mom and she's not here to see this, but we're doing exactly what she did, right? She retires at the retirement age. Waits about six months and then goes back to work. Yeah, right. Like, what are you doing? And she went right back to work, right in the same office. And I think that put some years on, added some years to her life. And she would be proud of this project. She would get such a big kick out of listening to us go back and forth. She'd be sitting in the back over there. Yeah. Yeah, that would have been good having her here in the studio. But, you know, this show is a tribute to her because of the parenting that mom and dad gave us because of the people that they were. And I think our relationship has always been strong, has remained strong.
Yeah. And a lot of the IMOs, the opinions we have, come from the wisdom they pass down to us, you know? I mean, it's a trip. I hear their voices so clearly in my head every day, guiding me and, you know,
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What journey did Conan O’Brien take to become a successful comedian?
0:00–3:52
2
How did Conan's family influence his career choices?
3:52–9:47
3
What advice does Conan have for young people struggling to find their way?
9:47–12:28
4
How does Conan view aging and personal evolution?
12:28–20:21
5
What challenges does Conan face as a late-night talk show host?
20:21–23:26
6
How does Conan prepare for major events like the Oscars?
23:26–27:09
7
What insights does Conan share about the importance of humor in difficult times?
27:09–29:44
8
What is Conan's perspective on success and failure in the entertainment industry?
29:44–1:32:25
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