Matt Gourley Helped An NBC Producer Scam Airlines | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

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  • @BoneRazrK
    @BoneRazrK Місяць тому +301

    An entire episode where these three just show their most embarrassing or candid moments on Television? I'd subscribe for that alone!

  • @gbpackers5578
    @gbpackers5578 Місяць тому +46

    WAIT…Matt’s been holding off telling us these absolute gems of stories for ALL THIS TIME!!!! 😂😅😂😅

  • @弘睿甫
    @弘睿甫 Місяць тому +92

    Matt being on a show called quick wits makes so much sense lol. His witty throwaway lines are what makes this show so great

    • @homemmpa
      @homemmpa Місяць тому +19

      Kwik Witz!

    • @terri6854
      @terri6854 Місяць тому +3

      He said it was all pre written.

  • @JtheKiwi
    @JtheKiwi Місяць тому +128

    Steve Belkin, the “mileage maniac” was his book.

    • @b0tterman
      @b0tterman Місяць тому +1

      Isn't that the Cath me If You Can guy? Who made the whole thing up?

    • @JtheKiwi
      @JtheKiwi Місяць тому +2

      @@b0tterman No, that was Frank Abagnale.

    • @MaxPowerHesTheMan
      @MaxPowerHesTheMan 21 день тому +1

      I’d love to see the face of this dude when sales of his book suddenly spike seemingly out of nowhere

  • @zoperxplex
    @zoperxplex Місяць тому +140

    The seedy underbelly of network sketch comedy.

    • @remus2001
      @remus2001 8 днів тому

      Quite a scandal that this “improv” show with, among others, Wayne Brady, was all scripted! I demand a congressional investigation!

  • @kumakhan22
    @kumakhan22 Місяць тому +370

    NATIONAL. TOILET. FLUSHING. SOUND EFFECT. COMPETITION.

    • @groezy
      @groezy Місяць тому +33

      BUT it wasn't the sound effect that won it? WHERE IS THEIR INTEGRITY?

    • @obiwankenobi661
      @obiwankenobi661 Місяць тому +4

      now thats a mouth full!

    • @ohh2752
      @ohh2752 Місяць тому +27

      Just when I thought Gourley's life couldn't be funnier.

    • @killertofu90
      @killertofu90 Місяць тому +10

      He's never doing it! This has been brought up so many times over the years on various podcasts and he swears up and down that he'll never do it again for some reason.

    • @kevinkuenn5733
      @kevinkuenn5733 Місяць тому +6

      @@killertofu90 I've been trying to go back and find the James Bonding episode where it came up, and I can't find it for the life of me. I remember Matt gave a lot more details and I was absolutely flabbergasted by the story.
      The organizer of the competition was some toilet machine parts company, and I distinctly remember that part of Matt's prize was they gave him free toilet machine parts. Also as champion, the company sent Matt on a bunch of C-level talk shows as a sort of a media tour. At the time of that James Bonding episode, Gourley insisted that no footage of that media tour survives.

  • @rickyd-lux9067
    @rickyd-lux9067 Місяць тому +168

    Someone please write a movie script of Gourley's life. I would prefer the version where he does sleep his way to victory at the toilet thing.

  • @adamplace1414
    @adamplace1414 Місяць тому +27

    This needs to be a full episode. There's so many threads unpulled!

    • @allanv2497
      @allanv2497 Місяць тому +1

      8:25 is the sound of a man handing an axe over to his executioner.

  • @dlxmarks
    @dlxmarks Місяць тому +267

    That $150 per day in 1996 would be $298 in 2024 so not bad for an underemployed performer.

    • @squidcaps4308
      @squidcaps4308 Місяць тому +8

      6k a month.

    • @richi1235
      @richi1235 Місяць тому

      50

    • @dlxmarks
      @dlxmarks Місяць тому

      @@richi1235 5:19 $50 per flight and ideally 3 flights per day = $150

    • @dlxmarks
      @dlxmarks Місяць тому

      @@richi1235 5:19 $50 per flights with ideally 3 flights per day = $150

    • @dlxmarks
      @dlxmarks Місяць тому +6

      5:19 $50 per flight and ideally 3 flights per day = $150

  • @ty_the_RetoVideo_guy5543r
    @ty_the_RetoVideo_guy5543r Місяць тому +38

    The public absolutely needs to see all this old footage!!

    • @dlxmarks
      @dlxmarks Місяць тому +5

      "Conan's Awkward '80s Training Video" posted to the Team Coco channel over 10 years ago.

  • @mgman6000
    @mgman6000 Місяць тому +8

    These clips are by far the best thing on UA-cam I'm so happy for Conan

  • @ruffmadman
    @ruffmadman Місяць тому +6

    I remember Matt alluding to this story in the very early episodes of the podcast. Im so glad we get to hear it now.

  • @sergioventura2595
    @sergioventura2595 Місяць тому +146

    Even the show looks like front for a crime

    • @gardensofthegods
      @gardensofthegods Місяць тому

      True but oddly enough why is nobody talking about the human rights violations against American citizens by Kamala Harris ?

    • @ang1885
      @ang1885 Місяць тому

      We're watching a 90's tax fraud in progress

  • @deceptionz_
    @deceptionz_ Місяць тому +60

    Matt has some crazy unexpected lore🤣

    • @sofiesummerbradley
      @sofiesummerbradley Місяць тому +12

      Agreed. He also worked at Disneyland as talking trash can😂

    • @zachm2331
      @zachm2331 Місяць тому +3

      He’s the American Bob Mortimer. 😂

  • @FractionalMateo
    @FractionalMateo Місяць тому +7

    this is definitely the highest evolution of the podcast in quality content that is engaging and original.

  • @martinadrianarcenas867
    @martinadrianarcenas867 Місяць тому +15

    Some how Conan just realized there are more layers to Gourley than he initially thought😂

  • @isuzu343
    @isuzu343 Місяць тому +30

    Steve Carell was on KwikWitz in '96!

    • @francescaa8331
      @francescaa8331 Місяць тому +2

      @@isuzu343 found Jack McBrayer on one.

  • @whitestoneandy797
    @whitestoneandy797 Місяць тому +44

    I just wanted to report we fans are single handedly causing a spike in the UA-cam views of Kwik Witz videos posted years ago.

    • @francescaa8331
      @francescaa8331 Місяць тому +1

      @@whitestoneandy797 lol you are so right. Plenty of posts by Conan fans. Haven't found Gourley yet, found Jack McBrayer though.

  • @9TNyne
    @9TNyne Місяць тому +20

    It's like a rougher version of Whose Line Is It Anyway.

  • @adrock1011
    @adrock1011 Місяць тому +9

    I remember kwick witz!!! It was on nbc at like 3am… i remember wayne brady being on it very early in his career

  • @hydrarue3725
    @hydrarue3725 Місяць тому +28

    I’ll take more Gourley Stories anytime!

    • @Wabajak13
      @Wabajak13 Місяць тому +5

      He has a wild storied life. I've listened to probably 10 different podcasts he's hosted and still hear new stories.

    • @The-Secret-Door
      @The-Secret-Door Місяць тому +1

      Gourley’s Stourleys

  • @joeterra.t
    @joeterra.t Місяць тому +188

    That producer's name? J. Schlansky. No, that's too obvious. Jordan S.

    • @glenneric1
      @glenneric1 Місяць тому +6

      Thank you Skinner

    • @obiwankenobi661
      @obiwankenobi661 Місяць тому +5

      SIMPSONS DID IT!!

    • @dlxmarks
      @dlxmarks Місяць тому +24

      It was Steve Belkin. _Kwik Witz_ is his only IMBd credit and in 2021 he released a book _Mileage Maniac: My Genius, Madness and a Touch of Evil, to Amass 40 Million Frequent Flyer Miles_ which sounds like a ChatGPT title.

    • @leora_in_london
      @leora_in_london Місяць тому +1

      @@dlxmarks You're good!

    • @endafallon1254
      @endafallon1254 Місяць тому

      @@dlxmarks It definitely sounds like something a Steve would do.

  • @kensalter
    @kensalter Місяць тому +78

    And now we definitely need to know what Sona did.

    • @obiwankenobi661
      @obiwankenobi661 Місяць тому +11

      YES. i have long suspected that shes actually the worst of the bunch >:D

    • @James-gm9cs
      @James-gm9cs Місяць тому +4

      I heard there was talk of Gerbils...

    • @mediocreman2
      @mediocreman2 Місяць тому +4

      What do you think a young woman would do for money? Doesn't take a genius to know it was dirty. 😅😅
      And before you think I'm jumping to conclusions, just understand it's much more common than you think.

    • @obiwankenobi661
      @obiwankenobi661 Місяць тому

      @@mediocreman2 i think so too. womens greatest superpower is making you think theyre "innocent". shes probably done some degenerate filth. thats why she was single for so long.

    • @HOTD108_
      @HOTD108_ Місяць тому +1

      ​@@mediocreman2It's not that common dude. You know PornHub isn't real life right? Step siblings don't really do that as often as depicted.

  • @marianladenburg8013
    @marianladenburg8013 Місяць тому +11

    “I slept my way to the top.” “Good enough to be King Flusher?” I was 😭 😭 😭 and gasping for air I was laughing so hard.

  • @MitchGetRich0785
    @MitchGetRich0785 Місяць тому +11

    These are my favorite part, the into and outro, i mean there has got to be 230 years of life experience between the 3 of them.

    • @jacobl5488
      @jacobl5488 Місяць тому

      your math is amazing.

    • @MitchGetRich0785
      @MitchGetRich0785 Місяць тому +3

      @jacobl5488 Conan got be 120 130 , Matt is like 90 and Sona is 20. We'll there souls are about age.

  • @badad0166
    @badad0166 Місяць тому +5

    3/4 inch U-Matic tapes and players ruled corporate and ENG ("Electronic News Gathering"). Even broadcast in smaller markets. Like a mutant VHS. The DVE (Digital Video Effects) box was a kind of joystick deal in line of the analogue video signal (Edit Bay Stuff). The twirling boxes were a big step up from Star Wipes etc.

  • @WilliamHaisch
    @WilliamHaisch Місяць тому +6

    3:44 “go through security” 😂

  • @dlxmarks
    @dlxmarks Місяць тому +50

    The IMDb entry for _Kwik Witz_ is itself weird. Only 2 episodes are listed: S1.E2 aired Nov 21, 1996 and S1.E7 aired Oct 14, 1996. Why episode 7 aired before episode 2 is anyone's guess.

    • @jameshinton2401
      @jameshinton2401 Місяць тому +12

      Could be that there's a mixup between production order and airdate. So although it was the seventh episode to be produced, it was aired earlier, usually because they think its the stronger episode. It happens all the time, particularly in shows where you don't need to worry about continuity.

    • @dlxmarks
      @dlxmarks Місяць тому +3

      @@jameshinton2401 I guess the show wasn't great overall so the second episode was probably rough.

    • @karkajouautomaton4882
      @karkajouautomaton4882 Місяць тому +1

      Nineties syndicated shows were like that. Everything broadcast out of order.

  • @dlxmarks
    @dlxmarks Місяць тому +330

    Conan's auto-amnesia strikes again. He actually showed the training video in a _Conan_ segment around 2014 or so. The clip was posted to the Team Coco channel with the title "Conan's Awkward '80s Training Video" over 10 years ago.

    • @coleeckerman1390
      @coleeckerman1390 Місяць тому +100

      You try doing a show every single night for 28 years and then try to vividly remember every single one.

    • @1Husseini
      @1Husseini Місяць тому +15

      ​@@coleeckerman1390Leno would

    • @erenkuzu
      @erenkuzu Місяць тому +9

      Yooo found it, thanks 🤣🤣🤣

    • @dlxmarks
      @dlxmarks Місяць тому +19

      @@coleeckerman1390 At this point, I question if Conan can remember any of them. 😂
      I love Conan but he seems to wholesale delete memories of his shows once they go out and he gets details wrong on virtually every story he's told for which I can get outside verification.

    • @sxt4447
      @sxt4447 Місяць тому +16

      @@1Husseini I’m sure Leno would considering he still watches clips from his own show every day like a washed up silent movie actress set in the 40s

  • @zandeehdz1
    @zandeehdz1 Місяць тому +34

    Maybe Steve Belkin? In Google he is called "the original Mileage Maniac". In a CNN article, he says he hired dozens of actors to fly under his name

    • @SidGolan
      @SidGolan Місяць тому +2

      Yeah it is Steve Belkin.

    • @dlxmarks
      @dlxmarks Місяць тому +23

      It was Steve Belkin. _Kwik Witz_ is his only IMBd credit and in 2021 he released a book _Mileage Maniac: My Genius, Madness and a Touch of Evil, to Amass 40 Million Frequent Flyer Miles_ which sounds like a ChatGPT title.

  • @Matteroosky
    @Matteroosky Місяць тому +15

    Jack McBrayer was on Kwik Witz!

  • @alidogan4165
    @alidogan4165 Місяць тому +6

    I'd love for Conan to watch Matt's part in Community. That'd be comedy gold.

  • @mestrinimaster3602
    @mestrinimaster3602 Місяць тому +11

    Another clip to save in my "Keep laughing" list 😂

  • @lancelewis3381
    @lancelewis3381 Місяць тому +31

    We need to find the tape!

    • @dlxmarks
      @dlxmarks Місяць тому +2

      "Conan's Awkward '80s Training Video" posted to the Team Coco channel over 10 years ago.

  • @unusedaccount6200
    @unusedaccount6200 Місяць тому +65

    Sona: "We all did things for a buck...."

    • @shawn5346
      @shawn5346 Місяць тому +37

      Her reluctance made it seem kinda dark.

    • @mach5240
      @mach5240 Місяць тому

      @@shawn5346 When you don't have talent, but do have other _assets_ .

    • @obiwankenobi661
      @obiwankenobi661 Місяць тому +2

      **jeffrey e. would like to know your location**
      UH OH

    • @jollybee5220
      @jollybee5220 Місяць тому +20

      @@shawn5346 knowing how talkative sona is, if she cannot say it on record, it means its really dark.. since she's very open about stealing eyeglasses and munching gummies

    • @danielsarmiento1591
      @danielsarmiento1591 Місяць тому +3

      ​@@jollybee5220Or drinking lighter fluid.

  • @BlakieTT
    @BlakieTT Місяць тому +47

    11:02 "I have 28 years" 🤣

  • @todorow22
    @todorow22 Місяць тому +30

    Can I just say when Matt Gorley says he was "10,000 miles above San Francisco" That's 52,800,000 feet up so he is in outer space. (I recognize he meant to say feet lol)

  • @allycat2836
    @allycat2836 Місяць тому +3

    Kwick Wits seems just like Who's Line is it Anyway. Wayne Brady was so quick at coming up with song lyrics.

  • @Person.aMedia
    @Person.aMedia Місяць тому

    10:37 Conan took this to heart and this is why he lets the guests talk more.

  • @radbradke
    @radbradke Місяць тому +8

    I actually loved Kwik Witz & nobody knows what I’m talking about. Launched Wayne Brady before Whose Line!

  • @hellacali1
    @hellacali1 Місяць тому +1

    we need these videos yesterday

  • @paulisson
    @paulisson Місяць тому +5

    0:45 Sona's face is the best

  • @jamesandrew3668
    @jamesandrew3668 Місяць тому +4

    Love an episode with a revelation.
    Wish we found out how much the penalty was though for not meeting your quota 😂

  • @WG55
    @WG55 Місяць тому +18

    5:45 And now we learn how Matt Gourley and Jeremy Carter met: as mileage mules for an airline scam. 😆

    • @MM-ud1xf
      @MM-ud1xf Місяць тому +4

      They developed Superego while mileage muling.

  • @brianmorton9419
    @brianmorton9419 Місяць тому

    Hearing that Matt did a lot of improv, a lot of gameshows, and a (toilet flushing) sound effects competition makes me want him on Make Some Noise so much!

  • @willywonka4690
    @willywonka4690 Місяць тому +1

    I need more of EVERYTHING they’re talking about

  • @ronch182
    @ronch182 Місяць тому +5

    I definitely remember hearing about this milage scheme. Kwik Wits: I never heard of.

  • @highrob7399
    @highrob7399 Місяць тому +9

    One joke about Super Cuts and now we have weeks worth of commercials, lol, someone got in trouble :P

  • @Studeb
    @Studeb Місяць тому

    That last bit cracked me up even more than usual, loved seeing Conan when he heard that Gourley won for other reasons than being good, you could tell he struck gold when he turned to Sona.

  • @santoshjs
    @santoshjs Місяць тому +16

    Matt Gourley really is The Most Interesting Man in Comedy.

  • @YTSharkspeare
    @YTSharkspeare 11 днів тому

    My love for Matt and Sona grows everyday

  • @Smiley-Coyote
    @Smiley-Coyote Місяць тому +1

    Quickest I've ever been able to get to a new Conan upload just 5 mins ago, idk why that feels cool but it does and I'm telling everyone! 😂😂

  • @johnellis424
    @johnellis424 Місяць тому +5

    The book is 'Mileage Maniac: My Genius, Madness and a Touch Of Evil To Amass 40 Million Frequent Flyer Miles' by Steve Belkin.

  • @darktom41
    @darktom41 Місяць тому +3

    omg that was hilarious. i wanna see too these old cassettes

  • @k_469
    @k_469 Місяць тому +11

    Ok, so the show Sona is referring to is called Eddie Dodd - the picture of 2nd graders pledging allegiance is the first few seconds of this though idk which kid is Sona: ua-cam.com/video/_exvj4LivU0/v-deo.html

  • @ColinFilm
    @ColinFilm Місяць тому +6

    They should definitely do the "bring in your most embarrassing thing" segment. A lovely little shame & tell segment the gang can bond over!

  • @nickcastillo3663
    @nickcastillo3663 Місяць тому +1

    I would pay to watch a SuperCuts remote with coco...just watching the entire proccess of him getting a haircut. Get on it SuperCuts

  • @Donkey550
    @Donkey550 Місяць тому +4

    More of this. Hilarious!

  • @squanto2
    @squanto2 Місяць тому +1

    I love Matt from SuperEgo. Hilarious comedy.

  • @SuperlunarNim
    @SuperlunarNim Місяць тому

    I love how the show aesthetic is the most pure, Heisenberg-grade distillation of 90s you'll ever see.

  • @jaliscowayne4050
    @jaliscowayne4050 Місяць тому +1

    “I Slept my way to the top at the toilet flushing competition!” Should be the new “there was talk of gerbils”

  • @william2154
    @william2154 Місяць тому +2

    MATT YOU TOLD US ABOUT THIS DURING THE EPISODE WITH SASHA AND THE GIANT TEA CUP!!!

  • @paulabbott3912
    @paulabbott3912 Місяць тому +3

    I remember that show!!

  • @iamtheoceanr
    @iamtheoceanr Місяць тому +1

    The only youtube show that reliably gets a like out of me.

  • @theronwright1276
    @theronwright1276 Місяць тому +1

    This is such a 90s type story

  • @3casesbelly
    @3casesbelly Місяць тому

    This one was GREAT

  • @ROBMEISTERN
    @ROBMEISTERN Місяць тому +1

    Oh do i hope Math opened a whole treasure of old things he did. For us to enjoy in the future.

  • @FranklinBluthAus
    @FranklinBluthAus Місяць тому

    Oh my god... Sona querying 'national?' about the toilet sound competition 😆😆😆👌I actually cried.

  • @giajensen1689
    @giajensen1689 Місяць тому +2

    I want to see these videos that you are taking about!😂

  • @danielvelez7239
    @danielvelez7239 Місяць тому +4

    Please feature the tapes 😊

  • @mikeg4691
    @mikeg4691 Місяць тому +1

    Ad after a question is aggressive lol

  • @Tommyr
    @Tommyr Місяць тому

    "Let's never talk again".
    Matt: "O.K."
    LOL!

  • @outsidethewaxbox
    @outsidethewaxbox Місяць тому +2

    I totally remember KwikWitz. My friend was into Comedy Sportz so I made it a point to watch it. Even for late 90s televised improv, it was super cringeworthy.

  • @jahosaphat
    @jahosaphat Місяць тому +1

    I used to love Kwik Witz.

  • @theJohnGaltLine
    @theJohnGaltLine Місяць тому

    I want to see each of these. Including the toilet flushing contest

  • @PistolPat
    @PistolPat Місяць тому +2

    When Gourley factored in the delays in SF caused by fog... 😮

  • @curtislindsey1736
    @curtislindsey1736 22 дні тому +1

    This is simultaneously the best and dumbest story I've ever heard. 😂

  • @OwenLovely
    @OwenLovely Місяць тому

    I heard a "Conan needs a fan" episode from like 3 years ago and Matt mentioned this, I think it was in regards to a question like what their weirdest job was.

  • @lachauntiswashington231
    @lachauntiswashington231 Місяць тому +1

    I hope they bring the tapes😂😂😂

  • @DP52879
    @DP52879 Місяць тому

    Conan, there is no one like you, and we thank the good god every day. Come to Indonesia, ppppplllleeeeassseee.....

  • @EATherridan
    @EATherridan Місяць тому +1

    I remember that show, it had Wayne Brady before Whose Line I think.

  • @ObscureRP
    @ObscureRP Місяць тому +2

    "Let's never talk again."
    And they never did.

  • @maxczapski2239
    @maxczapski2239 Місяць тому

    That is a great story.

  • @Mr2greys
    @Mr2greys Місяць тому

    Matt also was on Drunk History as a narrator. I did the Leonardo DiCaprio meme pointing at the screen during a recent rewatch

  • @chrisbredesen
    @chrisbredesen Місяць тому

    Literally crying!

  • @heidinova6883
    @heidinova6883 Місяць тому

    When Conan goes into crazy bits during the sponsor commercials, I have no idea how Sona keeps a straight face. Edit: then Matt's toilet flushing competition?? I have 8 pack abs from laughing so hard. I love these people 😀

  • @mindinthepsandqs
    @mindinthepsandqs Місяць тому

    I was just editing my friend Matt's name in my contacts, and it literally suggested Gourley immediately. That killed me.

  • @PorkFistedViking
    @PorkFistedViking Місяць тому +5

    I watched Kwik Witz once and knew it wasn't improvised. I feel vindicated.

  • @TigerGreene
    @TigerGreene Місяць тому +1

    I want to call into the podcast and introduce myself as winner of the 37th Annual Toilet Flushing Sound Effect Championships - Second Runner-up.

  • @claptonfan54
    @claptonfan54 Місяць тому +4

    Sona missed a good opportunity around 9:25, "Yeah, I worked for Conan for money!" Everyone in the room would have lost it 🤣

  • @zeruty
    @zeruty Місяць тому

    Kwik Witz must have been a consolation prize for other markets where they didnt have Almost Live!

  • @nithinreddy-iq1oq
    @nithinreddy-iq1oq Місяць тому +1

    Matt Gourley helps scam an airline and i almost crash my car this morning because of it. Life is a funny thing

  • @flxsemi
    @flxsemi Місяць тому

    They really put the midroll ad on a spot where the audience is encouraged to skip it: in the middle of an important question

  • @JamesShelnutt2
    @JamesShelnutt2 20 днів тому

    I believe him when he said that he took these flights, I have no reason to think he's lying, but I looked up on one airline (Frontier Airlines) on a random day and did not see any way to book 3 back to back round trip flights in one day. I'd love to know what airline had that availability to fly from LAX to SFO 3 round trips in a day.

  • @joshuanorman6796
    @joshuanorman6796 Місяць тому

    Is that where Punch Drunk Love’s yogurt-for-miles bit came from?

  • @jojokaleido
    @jojokaleido Місяць тому

    I need to see those clips. There's tech now that can scan analog data into digital files

  • @TheOutside84
    @TheOutside84 Місяць тому

    I'd rather let an epileptic porcupine cut my hair then go back to Supercuts

  • @larslonnroth8408
    @larslonnroth8408 12 днів тому

    The producer, Steve Belkin, did an interview with CNN on the scheme. He called them “millage clones” lol

  • @elarmando7363
    @elarmando7363 Місяць тому

    For a second I thought Conan was gonna say "I did something for the National rifle association..."

  • @penguin44ca
    @penguin44ca Місяць тому

    Yes Matt. Great. Idea