Steven Wright (5/26/99) Late Night with Conan O'Brien

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  • @davidsecord6412
    @davidsecord6412 Рік тому +36

    The deadpan delivery is just so great. One of my favorite jokes he ever did was "I changed the engine in my car. I forgot to take out the first one. Now, my car goes 700 miles an hour." Steven Wright was such an innovator. Really great.

  • @guyfromthatthing1017
    @guyfromthatthing1017 Рік тому +33

    He’s a comedian’s comedian. A novel act. He’s not stealing anyone’s jokes, and good luck trying to steal his.

  • @chrisrobvideos
    @chrisrobvideos 2 роки тому +31

    The band playin TAPS” reggae style at the end!! 😂😂

  • @elbradto12
    @elbradto12 Рік тому +4

    I am so proud to say that this aired the exact day I was born

  • @sasgo8452
    @sasgo8452 Рік тому +29

    I like how he tried not to break character when he made others laugh. Wholesome

    • @guyfromthatthing1017
      @guyfromthatthing1017 Рік тому +1

      When you see that he knows he’s got ya, he can take things in one of any countless number of directions, and can do it all night long

    • @mastod0n1
      @mastod0n1 Рік тому

      He was on Conan's podcast "Conan Needs Friends" and you could see his real personality shine through.

  • @doctorsuave
    @doctorsuave Рік тому +27

    Just saw he’s on the podcast! Going back and watching classic appearances before I listen

    • @ZenShroud1
      @ZenShroud1 Рік тому

      Did you like the podcast?

    • @doctorsuave
      @doctorsuave Рік тому +3

      @@ZenShroud1 it was fantastic. Haven’t ever heard him laugh like that.

    • @adamredden2007
      @adamredden2007 Рік тому +1

      ​@Daniel Nielsen He was on Burr's podcast as well and it was absolutely fantastic.

    • @doctorsuave
      @doctorsuave Рік тому +2

      @@adamredden2007 I saw! I had sort of forgotten about Steven Wright, now I’ve gone back and rewatched all his stuff. He was incredible as a guest on the late late show with Ferguson

    • @adamredden2007
      @adamredden2007 Рік тому

      @Daniel Nielsen I'll check that out. He did Rogan too, 2 1/2 hours. It was good but he just clicked more with Burr and Conan.

  • @CircuitRider
    @CircuitRider 2 роки тому +40

    A genius at the peak of his powers

  • @bobbyellis5006
    @bobbyellis5006 Рік тому +15

    It's really fun watching him try not to break his own character when the material really gets going.

    • @nukeninmgt1504
      @nukeninmgt1504 Рік тому +1

      For a really long time I thought he was genuinely like this 100% of the time

  • @LakeBandini
    @LakeBandini 2 роки тому +108

    Would’ve loved to see him and Norm together

    • @doctorsuave
      @doctorsuave Рік тому +24

      The pauses would shatter eardrums.

    • @shutnawi6635
      @shutnawi6635 Рік тому +4

      ​@@doctorsuaveyou knew when you said this that this is a good metaphor

    • @doctorsuave
      @doctorsuave Рік тому +5

      @@shutnawi6635 I was pretty happy with it

    • @joelonsdale
      @joelonsdale Рік тому +2

      Yes, they would've made a lovely couple.

    • @christophergupton8831
      @christophergupton8831 Рік тому +3

      I agree but if him and norm would have been together the world would have collectively exploded..😂😂

  • @chrisauten2039
    @chrisauten2039 2 роки тому +13

    Never has been another one like him and never will!

  • @christiangibbs8534
    @christiangibbs8534 Рік тому +6

    I'd swear that a couple of times he almost cracked a smile...

  • @pyredynasty
    @pyredynasty 2 роки тому +34

    Finally got around to reading the dictionary. Turns out the Zebra did it.

  • @TheAnanaki
    @TheAnanaki Рік тому +11

    I miss classic Conan so much

  • @metalmanchild1454
    @metalmanchild1454 2 роки тому +33

    Steven Wright is never wrong.

    • @fartkerson
      @fartkerson 2 роки тому +3

      Or he's very rarely always wrong. But only on occasion and never within earshot.

  • @m.o.cfitnessrolemodels3642
    @m.o.cfitnessrolemodels3642 2 роки тому +15

    love conan+Wright and Ferguson+wright

    • @anonagain
      @anonagain 2 роки тому +1

      Great chemistry between them!

  • @dkowens98
    @dkowens98 11 місяців тому

    i saw him in ft pierce florida around 2007 at a small theater and he absolutely killed it!!!

  • @alexstewart839
    @alexstewart839 Рік тому +5

    "I have tapes of my ears ringing that I listen to really loud for a long time so I don't have to listen to the tapes."

  • @timyumichuck9262
    @timyumichuck9262 2 роки тому +6

    It's the 4 of hearts.... yeah

  • @stephensevenpounder5447
    @stephensevenpounder5447 Рік тому +1

    The fishing joke got me. Such an amazing play on words.

  • @reason2463
    @reason2463 Рік тому +3

    At the end, the band was playing a reggae version of Taps.

  • @seanincredible04
    @seanincredible04 2 роки тому +37

    Steven is my favorite comedian hands down! I love his absurd comedy and has the best 1 liners in history IMO.

  • @ArturGordonPim
    @ArturGordonPim Рік тому +24

    I guess all of us who spent days and days watching all the Norm videos available on yt finally have to let it go and move to something "new" ... Steven Wright seems like logical next step 🥲

    • @nukeninmgt1504
      @nukeninmgt1504 Рік тому +1

      I didn't even know he was sick

    • @ArturGordonPim
      @ArturGordonPim Рік тому

      @@nukeninmgt1504 Hold the fort, he hated jews!😮

    • @ArturGordonPim
      @ArturGordonPim Рік тому +1

      *Update: Harland Williams.. a real treat!

    • @nukeninmgt1504
      @nukeninmgt1504 Рік тому

      @@ArturGordonPim
      Lmao I saw your reply but YT deleted the comment

  • @plev10
    @plev10 2 роки тому +31

    Today is a good day because I heard a Steven Wright joke I never heard before. The next time I hear it I will have already heard it so I may not hear it again.

    • @khoroshoorange
      @khoroshoorange 2 роки тому +1

      Clever

    • @fartkerson
      @fartkerson 2 роки тому +1

      It's like meeting the man on the stairs who wasn't there.

  • @scottwilson8978
    @scottwilson8978 Рік тому +4

    Andy grabbing steven when he stood up almost made him break. Love Andy

  • @davissae
    @davissae Рік тому +4

    These two are Boston’s finest

  • @obiwanwizzard
    @obiwanwizzard 2 роки тому +4

    So many quotes.

  • @prafuldeshpande6474
    @prafuldeshpande6474 2 роки тому +5

    The GOAT

  • @93Jubilee
    @93Jubilee 9 місяців тому

    I adore Andy! And Steven, too!

  • @ColonelSandurz
    @ColonelSandurz Рік тому +2

    It's the guy on the couch from Half Baked

  • @_exitcrypt
    @_exitcrypt 2 роки тому +6

    I want to hang out w/ him

  • @markread7333
    @markread7333 Рік тому +3

    The reggae version of Taps as they went to commercial was subtle, but not unnoticed.😅

  • @SeanDS89
    @SeanDS89 Місяць тому

    The segment ends with the band playing a raggae version of taps 😂

  • @truefanboy
    @truefanboy Рік тому +2

    I'm gonna have an MRI to see if I am clostrophobic

  • @jonothanthrace1530
    @jonothanthrace1530 5 місяців тому

    6:57 Conan laughing with his entire body, you love to see it

  • @airplanegeorge
    @airplanegeorge Рік тому +2

    he is so funny; he is funny when he is not being funny.

  • @rsngfrce
    @rsngfrce 2 роки тому +4

    BEFORE Jordan Schlansky...

  • @gregkral4467
    @gregkral4467 Рік тому +1

    cathedral floors are a bitch to vacuum.... and in the eighties they were all carpet.

  • @bridgecross
    @bridgecross 2 роки тому +6

    "Let's see how far I can push this."

  • @66tas95
    @66tas95 2 роки тому +6

    It was bluegrass 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @Chapps1941
    @Chapps1941 2 роки тому +6

    My careers teacher said l had it all before me. No wonder l failed

  • @ColdShawama
    @ColdShawama 2 роки тому +1

    Sincerely......the guy on the couch

  • @ggggg8853
    @ggggg8853 Рік тому +4

    I hope thats not a gun lol

  • @PaulyinParis619
    @PaulyinParis619 Рік тому +1

    First joke hits…then gets better

  • @robinson8783-s4s
    @robinson8783-s4s Місяць тому

    3:55 what did Steven say about the bird?

  • @mrfreezo5024
    @mrfreezo5024 Рік тому +3

    THATS THE "DUDE ON THE COUCH" FROM HALF-BAKED!!!!!!! OMG

  • @Kurtis8801
    @Kurtis8801 4 місяці тому

    It's so funny how Steven's comedic act is only a slightly exaggerated version of who he really is.

  • @kylemcgill2966
    @kylemcgill2966 Рік тому

    I do card tricks now 😂😂😂

  • @fr3dr02
    @fr3dr02 Рік тому

    Guy on the couch😂😂😂

  • @techn1kal1ty
    @techn1kal1ty Рік тому +2

    only true comedy fans watching this type of shit

  • @janetremsing6988
    @janetremsing6988 Рік тому +1

    😂

  • @robstimson4234
    @robstimson4234 Рік тому +3

    Yes. No. Yeah. l guess. Bastard never broke character. Two thumbs kinda up!

  • @CR-ph4ww
    @CR-ph4ww Рік тому

    funny enough I never knew I was claustrophobic until I met someone named Claus.

  • @mjau65
    @mjau65 2 роки тому

    If you shoot a mime...

  • @geebee380
    @geebee380 Рік тому +1

    Karis coming next!!! Awkward!!🤣🤣

  • @samus1421
    @samus1421 Рік тому

    brilliant!
    Conan is funny as well, i guess...

  • @willowpitts6539
    @willowpitts6539 11 місяців тому

    Kool

  • @rickrickard2788
    @rickrickard2788 2 роки тому +10

    Perfect intro for Conan. I LOVED seeing him squirm. I really don't think he expected that. Watching him dance around those who think highly of their own intelligence? Priceless.

    • @doctorsuave
      @doctorsuave Рік тому +8

      Dude he wasn’t squirming at ALL he was playing the straight man. How many other times have you seen him go 2 minutes asking exclusively yes no questions?

    • @jjontte
      @jjontte Рік тому +1

      All this is obviously a pre planned bit my man.

  • @garrettrobertson3678
    @garrettrobertson3678 11 місяців тому

    Tease

  • @thegiftedone
    @thegiftedone Рік тому +2

    It bothers me how hard Andy yanked Steven! He is a treasure!

  • @heckensteiner4713
    @heckensteiner4713 Рік тому

    Steven Wright is RONG!

  • @mikelucia573
    @mikelucia573 Рік тому +1

    Bluegrass joke!

  • @traceysheneman8652
    @traceysheneman8652 Рік тому +2

    "What's another word for 'thesaurus'?"

  • @jerrygaines4720
    @jerrygaines4720 4 місяці тому

    Proof that all, I mean ALL late night talk shows were, and are preplanned. Not since the days of Jack Parr and Johnny Carson was there such a thing as Improv.

  • @triggerred9813
    @triggerred9813 Рік тому +2

    i really dont know much about steven or comedy in general but... i hope all his fans may be promoted to air conditioners!

  • @techmouse.
    @techmouse. Рік тому +6

    No joke. I actually crossed out my grandma's name on a letter she sent me and wrote my name in and sent it back to her.
    I actually did do it because I thought I couldn't write a letter that good to her, and she actually did get offended until I explained it.

  • @ytugtbk
    @ytugtbk Рік тому

    A stoner's mentality (which I dislike), but a master at clever absurd one-liners. Right up there with Rodney Dangerfield.

  • @charlenemack7040
    @charlenemack7040 Рік тому +2

    Stephen Wright and Conan O’Brien are both from Massachusetts… And about 20 other famous funny comedians. If you don’t believe me go check it out. 😂😂😂

    • @efisgpr
      @efisgpr 2 місяці тому

      Bill Burr is AMAZING

  • @NFLbeatster
    @NFLbeatster Рік тому

    You guys don't have to tell me your secrets or anything but how the hell did you do this? I'm genuinely curious. At least give me a hint. It's not like you call these guys in to talk about this just now and yet they're talking to me directly 🤣
    Looks like Macho Man Homer Savage... wait!

  • @Fummy007
    @Fummy007 Рік тому +1

    How 'bout another joke O'Brien?

  • @boblowe-mi9tf
    @boblowe-mi9tf 10 місяців тому

    I have never understood how anyone, why anyone, would like that condescending, pretentious, rude and cocky talk show host. What part of modern personalities are drawn to his disrespectful demeanor, all propped up on his elevated chair behind the desk? I watched him a few times in the hope that someone would risk it all by cleaning his clock.

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    @Rapture_Ready_Rabbit Рік тому

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    • @daniels.2720
      @daniels.2720 Рік тому +1

      That's the funniest sh*t I've read all day !!

  • @jrock5490
    @jrock5490 Рік тому

    I fell asleep 1 min in. So effing boring

  • @gogoyubari366
    @gogoyubari366 Рік тому +2

    I don't think he's funny.

  • @chrisjordan213
    @chrisjordan213 Рік тому

    One of the least funny comics ever.

    • @JDubbs1965
      @JDubbs1965 10 місяців тому +2

      LOL wrong. I guess that's why he has had such a long and successful career huh? Just because you don't get him doesn't mean he's not funny brah.