Loved the campy feeling Late Night had with all the crappy props and effects used in their comedic bits. And Conan is definitely at his funniest whenever something goes unexpectedly wrong. Thanks Conan Fanatic for taking me down the memory lane!
I read a book on the early days of television, and there was a part about how the people who'd become the biggest stars were always radio and theater people and that movie stars would struggle - in part because the former had training with improvising when things go wrong and monitors were blowing up in everybody's face. Conan reminds me of that tradition. He's so quick on his feet and understands that what's important isn't that everything goes right, but that everybody has a good time.
and I think Conan would be the first to admit... not that he "learned from Letterman" directly, but he credits so much of what's inspired him in his career to the legacy that Dave created, and there has never been anyone better at producing a laugh out of a joke that completely bombed than David Goddamn Letterman.
Definitely the next generation of the "Letterman experience", because both had to feel like the prisoner were running the asylum XD. There was nothing like Conan before he came to late night, and there really hasn't been anyone like him since, which is pretty remarkable since there's about 20 late night show now. All of them are pale ghosts of Late Night with Conan O'Brien (and of course TBS's "Conan")
I loved that the show had such a low budget that whenever there was a blooper, they didn't edit it out. They just ran with it and made it a part of the show.
I will always love that time when Conan is interviewing James Spader and just out of nowhere what's like the voice of God says entirely loudly and out of context "Now that's a good Friday" and Conan and James are like "WTF was that?"
It's compilations like this that makes me want Conan to receive the Mark Twain prize for humor. The man has done everything you can do in comedy, writing, performing and hosting
You tend to give that Award to people that are past their used by date. Problem with Conan is that he’s still so relevant. That young demographic he always got is just continuing to chug along with him.
You should watch the documentary Conan O'Brien Can't Stop. It's a fascinating look into the dark months after he got fired from The Tonight Show but before is TBS show. The man loves to entertain so much that instead of just sitting back and relaxing and waiting for the new TBS show to start he went on a cross-country tour to entertain people around the country because he literally can't stop
CharlieBrown20XD6 I loved that movie! And it did t stray away from showing Conan get frustrated or being a little prickly, like when he was pissed that after shows his back up dancers brought a bunch of people to meet and greet with him even though he was exhausted. But it really showed his love for the fans and the craft
@@CharlieBrown20XD6 I'm glad things worked out for him, but he came off as a tyrannical, mean-spirited bully in that documentary. I know he was under a lot of pressure, but he must pay Aaron Bleyart a TON of money to put up with all that physical abuse.
I used to work the door at a blues club in Chicago and the guy in the rams shirt from the first skit came in. He asked how much and I replied “For you it’s free man”. He had a odd look on his face and said “Why” , I said your the clapper from Conan, I cant charge you!. He was so amazed I knew who he was.
4:03 This is why I love him so much.. Craig Ferguson was the only other host that would save a situation like this with comedy..like when they lost power and had no light so he gave his hosts flashlights, or when the roof was leaking... Damn, now I miss Craig
@@gabiluch87 It was the best show ever made about a Scottish guy doing interviews in a basement with a pantomime horse and a talking gay robot skeleton.
Me too! I'm not from the US, at the time we only had 1 TV and had CNBC on cable and stumbled into The Tonight Show. It was my first time seeing the Talk Show format and it's fun seeing all the Hollywood celebrities. And after that Conan's show starts, it was so weird and so different so I ignored it at first. But afterwards it grew on me and I found myself laughing more at him than the other guy. Even had to record it cause it was so late at night and I was still in middle school at the time
Loved the Andrews Sisters, they can still harmonize like angels. And nobody, not even Carson, ever had a cat on who could play keyboard. Very impressive!
19:08 Let it be known as a historical fact that Conan O'Brien and the staff knew that the thought of a cat playing a piano would be hilarious before the rememe became famous. And they reserved it as one of their side bits. Conan on NBC = greatest late night show of all time.
8:04 - That’s Jack McBrayer (30 Rock’s Kenneth The Page), right?! It looks like him, I didn’t know if he was on this show, looked it up on IMDb and he WAS on this show so that must be him! So cool that he was on NBC so many years before 30 Rock!
It's true. I was at that taping and during a commercial break he had that guy roughed up by security and thrown out of the studio and he kept yelling "No one takes my picture without my permission! I'm not some f***ing monkey at the zoo pal! I'm f***ng Conan O'Brien!" Then this old lady in the audience stood up and said he shouldn't use such foul language and that's when things got ugly. He says "Hey grandma, I don't take advice from people with dementia!" Then he nodded in her direction and security roughed her up a bit too, before throwing her out of the studio. Then who I assume was some kind of NBC on staff doctor came out and injected something in a needle into Conan's neck and then he mellowed out.
I think both can be right. It did appear to be an NBC photographer but he was distracting Conan from running the show so he let his frustration show a little.
I used to watch Conan on Comedy Central from the moment I got home from school to when I went to bed. He is and will always be my favorite talk show host of all time.
Any of us that came up with Conan loved all these old skits and it made us tune in. Taping them on vhs if we couldn’t stay up,that late miss those days
I've been watching Conan O'Brien since his first episode. I had no idea that his first few years were so Rocky cuz I thought they were genius. I was 16 in 1993. I think that is such a perfect age for watching someone like Conan O'Brien especially during this first decade. And I still follow him now as I listened to his podcast. There's something very genuine about him
I remember that night with the photographer. IIRC he seemed irritated throughout the show, and I found myself wondering if he was just having a bad day generally.
This is funnier and wittier than the professional comedy vids on UA-cam channels. Thank you, I"m laughing out loud while the rest of the house here is asleep :P)
I love that one of the extras who shot his hair off, stayed with Conan all the way through to the TBS years. He's in the remote video where Conan meets the censor!
If you recall, Conan (as did David Letterman during his Late Night tenure) also had a stalker show up and follow him to the show and his personal residence. What should have happened is that NBC Security should have removed the fan before Conan even made the remark.
@@Andysnyc I was a little curious--that's Norman Ng, staff photographer from 1995-2004 (or so he was credited, at least.) He was also photographer for Saturday Night Live from 1990-2005. My guess that he was accidentally distracting Conan while taking the shot (and/or) Conan was being grumpy.
Conan laughing at himself is the best. The pretend taking it out on his own staff was so insincere which made for the best type of humor. You can see why it is nearly impossible to find anybody that didn’t love working for/with him.
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Nothing gives me greater joy than seeing Conan legitimately bust a gut laughing
Norm Macdonald
He sounds like Joaquin in the joker movie
Ifailsometimes Norm is overrated in my opinion
Haha I read that as gust a butt
Yes
Low budget Conan is the best Conan.
HB Stone It gave him more opportunities to make fun of stuff.
I think it is just 90’s tv quality isn’t it?
@@eefsss4603 '90s. And you have 2018-quality punctuation!
He's still underrated and has a low budget lol
The same was true of Letterman!
Loved the campy feeling Late Night had with all the crappy props and effects used in their comedic bits. And Conan is definitely at his funniest whenever something goes unexpectedly wrong. Thanks Conan Fanatic for taking me down the memory lane!
I read a book on the early days of television, and there was a part about how the people who'd become the biggest stars were always radio and theater people and that movie stars would struggle - in part because the former had training with improvising when things go wrong and monitors were blowing up in everybody's face. Conan reminds me of that tradition. He's so quick on his feet and understands that what's important isn't that everything goes right, but that everybody has a good time.
and I think Conan would be the first to admit... not that he "learned from Letterman" directly, but he credits so much of what's inspired him in his career to the legacy that Dave created, and there has never been anyone better at producing a laugh out of a joke that completely bombed than David Goddamn Letterman.
It just proves Conan is funny unscripted too.
In the year 2000🎶
Definitely the next generation of the "Letterman experience", because both had to feel like the prisoner were running the asylum XD. There was nothing like Conan before he came to late night, and there really hasn't been anyone like him since, which is pretty remarkable since there's about 20 late night show now. All of them are pale ghosts of Late Night with Conan O'Brien (and of course TBS's "Conan")
I loved that the show had such a low budget that whenever there was a blooper, they didn't edit it out. They just ran with it and made it a part of the show.
Well they had to, it used be live, kinda, that's why they used to rehearse the entire sketch, before the show
That time Conan did a striptease to kill time during technical problems.
dark gob i actually remember that lol
That was a brilliant way to deal with the situation, Conan is a natural comedian lol.
best host ever
Max Weinberg 7 was on point with that. Improvising an typical striptease track just like that in a seconds notice.
Oh you mean the golden age of television? XD
These are not bloopers, this is how a creative genious improvises his comic skills.
Wonder how Jimmy Fallon would’ve done if he was in the same situation
@@rm3869 immediately throw to a commercial? 🤷🏼♂️😂
It's brilliant that of all the words you misspelled "genius".
@@ODUBlue nah, I'm pretty sure Fallon would be laughing too hard to go to a commercial.
@@jkap34 Y'Konw what? I think you're right on this one 😆
I will always love that time when Conan is interviewing James Spader and just out of nowhere what's like the voice of God says entirely loudly and out of context "Now that's a good Friday" and Conan and James are like "WTF was that?"
Oh my god I love that one 💀💀😭
@@hbhtcr5707 Every time I see it, I'm in TEARS laughing. Best one IMO.
"You been drinkin', God?" Best line ever.
You posted that right about when COVID started being a problem. God went on a 9 month bender. That comment didn't age well.
@@ericdpeerik3928 wow you really reached there
It's compilations like this that makes me want Conan to receive the Mark Twain prize for humor. The man has done everything you can do in comedy, writing, performing and hosting
Why hasn’t he won it yet…let alone 3 times?
It’s such a shanda. Isn’t it?!
You tend to give that Award to people that are past their used by date. Problem with Conan is that he’s still so relevant. That young demographic he always got is just continuing to chug along with him.
@@xandercrews2854 is that really true? Chappelle got his at a time when his public profile was at an all time high
May I have some peas?
My mother took most of my paper magic beans :P
17:25 Shatner’s “oh that was well read” derailed the whole bit and I can’t stop laughing
I didn't even notice😂
Brian Stack tripping while dressed up as God will never not crack me up
Have you been drinking, God?
@@HOTD108_ YES
Just realized how on the edge of snapping Conan always is.
You should watch the documentary Conan O'Brien Can't Stop. It's a fascinating look into the dark months after he got fired from The Tonight Show but before is TBS show. The man loves to entertain so much that instead of just sitting back and relaxing and waiting for the new TBS show to start he went on a cross-country tour to entertain people around the country because he literally can't stop
CharlieBrown20XD6 I loved that movie! And it did t stray away from showing Conan get frustrated or being a little prickly, like when he was pissed that after shows his back up dancers brought a bunch of people to meet and greet with him even though he was exhausted. But it really showed his love for the fans and the craft
@@CharlieBrown20XD6 He's really the definition of an extroverted personality. You can tell he really enjoys people and that's where he's the happiest.
@@CharlieBrown20XD6 I'm glad things worked out for him, but he came off as a tyrannical, mean-spirited bully in that documentary. I know he was under a lot of pressure, but he must pay Aaron Bleyart a TON of money to put up with all that physical abuse.
Conan cackling like the Wicked Witch of the West over how incompetent his own show is perfectly encapsulates everything I love about him
Inside Conan: Strip
Conan: Why?
Inside Conan: Just do it
Band: We’ve got striptease music cued up for this very reason! Soon as Conan starts stripping, we bust it out.”
7:49 the intern in the box is jack mcbrayer
ummm drew I love that Kenneth truly is ancient and has been working at NBC for centuries.
I knew he looked familiar lol 😂
Conan was the best!! I couldn't tell you how many times I'd be late to work from staying up to watch Late Night. 😂
Conan was the best!! I couldn't tell you how many times I'd be late to work from staying up to watch Late Night. 😂
I love how Conan’s hair gets fluffier and fluffier as the video progresses
The bird playing flute was on point in every way
Same with that cat
There was a flute playing a bird?
Nothing better than Rock Flute. Especially when a bird 🦅 plays it 🤘
It sounded cool too lol I wanna know if it's an actual song
@@claytonhawk8512 sounded like the start of Locomotive Breath
Conan was the funniest on his late night show on NBC. His quirky humor was geared for that time of night.
He had to tune down the creepiness as his age grows or he'll just be a old silly creep
@@T42oqq no. That just made it funnier.
Not just NBC... On TV, of all time.
When it goes wrong it just makes it 10 x funnier lol
Words to live by
Late Night with Conan O’Brien was easily the best talk show of all time.
I kinda like Conan more
It defined my teenage years fr
Craig Ferguson & original NBC David Letterman gave him a good run.
I used to work the door at a blues club in Chicago and the guy in the rams shirt from the first skit came in. He asked how much and I replied “For you it’s free man”. He had a odd look on his face and said “Why” , I said your the clapper from Conan, I cant charge you!. He was so amazed I knew who he was.
You probably made his week. You're a great guy
That's Andy Blitz, a very underrated writer/performer on Conan's NBC years. There's a great skit where he and Conan go apartment hunting in NY.
Those are the folks who actually NEED free cover. Glad you hooked him up.
4:03 This is why I love him so much..
Craig Ferguson was the only other host that would save a situation like this with comedy..like when they lost power and had no light so he gave his hosts flashlights, or when the roof was leaking... Damn, now I miss Craig
I love Craig!
I remember when Craig's studio had to be cleared because of a fire alarm and Craig and his guest finished the show from the roof of the building.
@@Dr.Thirteen-bb1ub hahaha I forgot about that one!
@@gabiluch87 It was the best show ever made about a Scottish guy doing interviews in a basement with a pantomime horse and a talking gay robot skeleton.
The mere fact that homeboy successfully displayed/expressed emotion in an exoskeletal “tin robot” suit, in disappointment is mystifying
Even with all these bloopers Conan is 1000 times funnier than Fallon.
even with bloopers? what are you talking about. You think laughing at unscripted things makes bad comedy?!
MsUsagi513 fuck you I care Fallon doesn’t belong on tv in any capacity
Agreed.
What do you mean?! You have to be kidding me. Conan is a billion times funnier than that piece of shit. La Bamba is funnier than Fallon.
So Fkn True!
I stayed up, waiting for Leno to end so I can watch Conan back in the day
Yup
Me too!
I'm not from the US, at the time we only had 1 TV and had CNBC on cable and stumbled into The Tonight Show. It was my first time seeing the Talk Show format and it's fun seeing all the Hollywood celebrities.
And after that Conan's show starts, it was so weird and so different so I ignored it at first. But afterwards it grew on me and I found myself laughing more at him than the other guy. Even had to record it cause it was so late at night and I was still in middle school at the time
Loved the Andrews Sisters, they can still harmonize like angels. And nobody, not even Carson, ever had a cat on who could play keyboard. Very impressive!
Dr. Arroyo in the 80s checking out carpet samples, haha.
jack mcbrayer grinning cured my depression
was that him getting shot haha
@@tryingtotryistryingyup, a young intern Jack McBrayer :)
19:08 Let it be known as a historical fact that Conan O'Brien and the staff knew that the thought of a cat playing a piano would be hilarious before the rememe became famous.
And they reserved it as one of their side bits. Conan on NBC = greatest late night show of all time.
#RIP Fatso Schmidt a.k.a. Original Keyboard Cat
Conan's laugh (his real one, not the fake one he reserves for guests) is so freakin' hilarious.
SJReid82 thank god i am not the only one who sees that
His laughter in Andy's Waffle Day sketch was the cutest
Right. He also sounds like Joaquin fr otto m the joker.
@@brandon5058 at least hes trying unlike that hack jimmy
@@TonyGilbert1 i mean, im glad im not the only one who sees that conan is really laughing.
If everyone responded to technical difficulties with a striptease the world would be a better place
pulphope only if theyre females
The View's ratings would drop even more.
I work in IT. That would be bad. For both our servers and my memory.
"Musical Guest" would be a great name for a band.
Pretty sure the actor in the hope floats costume at 7:45 is Jack mcbrayer
It is, actually!
When the hawk pulls out a flute I died laughing. This show was so genius in its stupidity. 😂 @5:32
The Andrews Sisters bit has to be my favorite. Had me in stitches XD
Were those the real Andrews sisters??? LOL
12:38 Conan's actual "This shit is hilarious" laugh... Now it comes out whenever Bill Burr is on
gabiluch87 love BURR
gabiluch87 why bill burr isn’t funny
Patrick Stanton nope from Maine.
That was one of my favorite screw ups.
@@CamilleNadia Mine too.......damn I'm pretty sure I watched that as it aired.........so hilarious
“What is this, ‘90s Conan?” -Rick Sanchez
8:04 - That’s Jack McBrayer (30 Rock’s Kenneth The Page), right?! It looks like him, I didn’t know if he was on this show, looked it up on IMDb and he WAS on this show so that must be him! So cool that he was on NBC so many years before 30 Rock!
It is him
6:10 - Conan's Joker Laugh
I was thinking the same thing!
“Oh, that was well read!”
Shatner with the perfect timing 😂
It's amazing how they didn't get cancelled hahahah 25 years now! COCO is love
Are you sitting down?
Sean Murray I CHOKED 😂😂😂😂
@@seanmurray7804 😂
This is the best shit for a bad day, I tell ya. God I miss the Late Night days and Brian McCann!
Any time Conan would get up from his desk and walk over to gaze at his fake skyline was golden.
He told Kevin Nealon his favorite part about being a host is when "things go off the rails."
"1 wall and a door that won't open" sounds like a movie TIm Roth would star in in the 90s.
I love when Conan sarcastically says "Oh my god!" When something isn't shocking at all lol
The lady who couldn't open the door
DUDE XD I'm dying AHhahahaha
Man Conan is hilarious. One of my comedy idols.
He’s by far the funniest late night host.
One of my top 5 comedians.
i remember seeing some of these live. nothing will ever top late night conan.
14:16 lmao what did those cue cards say?? it's just grunting and the Washington Monument can't even see it hahaha
18:27 Conan was legitimately angry here even while trying to make a joke about it. His anger was noticible
@@KRAST666 Some clueless loser thought he could wander wherever he wanted to snap pictures for his precious photo album.
@@50PullUps but like how did they let him out of his seat? Lol
@@50PullUps no that’s a staff photographer.
It's true. I was at that taping and during a commercial break he had that guy roughed up by security and thrown out of the studio and he kept yelling "No one takes my picture without my permission! I'm not some f***ing monkey at the zoo pal! I'm f***ng Conan O'Brien!" Then this old lady in the audience stood up and said he shouldn't use such foul language and that's when things got ugly. He says "Hey grandma, I don't take advice from people with dementia!" Then he nodded in her direction and security roughed her up a bit too, before throwing her out of the studio. Then who I assume was some kind of NBC on staff doctor came out and injected something in a needle into Conan's neck and then he mellowed out.
I think both can be right. It did appear to be an NBC photographer but he was distracting Conan from running the show so he let his frustration show a little.
RIP Lee Kheel she was so good on Late Night
This opened with Brian McCann and Andy Blitz, and at that point I knew it was just gonna be the best. And Brian Stack as God? Outstanding. Thank you.
You have the BEST Conan collection. Thank you
Who here think these technical problems made these sketches a lot funnier than it already was?
Thank you! Finally, someone posted that Super Bowl sketch. I remember watching that when it aired. Hysterical!
God almost slipping is GOLD
I love how the band didn't miss a beat. 🤣🤣
12:35 One of the funniest moments I ever saw on the Conan show.
Proof that Conan can recover from anything. True comedian.
I used to watch Conan on Comedy Central from the moment I got home from school to when I went to bed. He is and will always be my favorite talk show host of all time.
The changing of Conan's hair with time
Any of us that came up with Conan loved all these old skits and it made us tune in. Taping them on vhs if we couldn’t stay up,that late miss those days
"You been drinking, God?" "Yes!" favorite part
I love you so much. Can't wait to see what HBO becomes
18:36 is the most angry he has ever been. Saint Conan O’Brien.
@@WhatsOn427 I think he was just a reporter or something, I doubt they'd let a regular audience member there to take pictures.
@heyyo nick it was probably too distracting
One Season Wonders it was probably a photographer for a paper or magazine or something.
Probably the staff or NBC photographer
lol that cup on a stick reaction was funnier than the joke
I love Conan bloopers! His whole bloopers can last one season worth of episodes!
You are amazing. Seriously Conan is some of the only memories I have as a kid.
I've been watching Conan O'Brien since his first episode. I had no idea that his first few years were so Rocky cuz I thought they were genius. I was 16 in 1993. I think that is such a perfect age for watching someone like Conan O'Brien especially during this first decade. And I still follow him now as I listened to his podcast. There's something very genuine about him
I never watched Conan before as I never had cable. I love being able to see all this stuff.
Only at 35 do I realize that Arnold Schwarzenegger and Saddam Hussein both have the same voice as Triumph.😂
Did you watch conan re-air on comedy central ?
@@ThePinkPanth3r
Conan or Late Night? I watched Late Night on Comedy Central when I was in middle school.
You should have realized this long ago lol
I love how so many Conan characters sound like Triumph
I remember that night with the photographer. IIRC he seemed irritated throughout the show, and I found myself wondering if he was just having a bad day generally.
I just can't believe they allowed him to wonder down from the seats
@@jayess8714 I think I read somewhere that the guy was taking still shots for NBC's publicity department or something.
6:50 hearing Triumph the Insult Comic Dog's voice coming out of Saddam Hussein's mouth was hilarious!
This is funnier and wittier than the professional comedy vids on UA-cam channels. Thank you, I"m laughing out loud while the rest of the house here is asleep :P)
Same heree😂😂
Conan clearly loves it when things go wrong
7:40 Good to see Jack McBrayer back in his early days of silliness.
Nothing beats McCann's bloopers: he is missed from Conan's show!!
The ladies at the end were perfect. I don't think I've ever laughed that hard.
omg thanks for this, i love conan.
At 1:13 I screamed "They're becoming human!" good times.
Although I like certain aspects of of the new show, these were definitely the glory days.
Musical Guest is my favourite band.
11:02 Sona's characteristic laff! 😂
I’m glad there was no top on the movie box so we could see that the actor inside was a young Jack McBrayer.
I love how most of the bloopers were Conon blasting his own show's production quality!
1:11 Fun fact, that's the same robot from the SNL Old Glory Insurance commercial
OMG…that’s my all-time favorite snl fake commercial!!
Conan's pure joy when things go off the rails is the best.
Thank you so much for uploading these. 👍😊
I love that one of the extras who shot his hair off, stayed with Conan all the way through to the TBS years. He's in the remote video where Conan meets the censor!
Conan loves silly comedy so much that he kind of likes it when a super silly sketch goes even sillier when it's ruined.
I miss the old days of Conan. His show was insanely funny!
The claustrophobic coffee cup bit was hilarious 😂
god Conan REALLY kills when shit goes wrong
I've never seen Conan as angry as when that guy was taking pictures of him.
yeah in the moment of "seriously I think you're done" - totally furious
John Polishimpossible2say that was not “furious”
If you recall, Conan (as did David Letterman during his Late Night tenure) also had a stalker show up and follow him to the show and his personal residence. What should have happened is that NBC Security should have removed the fan before Conan even made the remark.
@@Andysnyc I was a little curious--that's Norman Ng, staff photographer from 1995-2004 (or so he was credited, at least.) He was also photographer for Saturday Night Live from 1990-2005.
My guess that he was accidentally distracting Conan while taking the shot (and/or) Conan was being grumpy.
@@manwalrus so a case of an NBC employee stepping out of bounds
Really loved the last 5 minutes haha 😂😂
The Conan laugh at 1:20
Abhisek Banerjee he sounds like the wicked witch from Wizard Of Oz LOL
Conan laughing at himself is the best. The pretend taking it out on his own staff was so insincere which made for the best type of humor.
You can see why it is nearly impossible to find anybody that didn’t love working for/with him.
I love at 14:18 the constipated Washington Monument still needed cue-cards to go on with the bit! LOL!