I love love LOVE every time you can see Conan realize that he has a great line coming up; there really is a little twinkle right before "...Can't Stand The Greeks". It's adorable.
The fact that so many of Conans greatest recurring bits came during the writers strike and his show actually got better during that time is a testament to his comedic genius.
What I absolutely love about this clip is that it contains one of the few examples of Conan *not* landing a joke ... and, let's be honest, we've all been there ... but handling it perfectly. At 8:24 he tries to squeeze a little bit more out of the current track (and Sona's not feeling it), then he tries again at 8:36 (and Sona's still not feeling it), and so at 8:41 he realizes he's exhausted that particular thing and perfectly saves it by transitioning via a previous winner --- the whole "Conan specifically and oddly hates Greek people" bit --- and then we're off to the next thing, with a fresh start. Great improv, and it really hammers home the "laboratory of comedy" vibe I get from these videos.
I've found it really interesting to observe the juxtaposition between the writers brain (Conan) and the improvisers brain (Gourley). Matt will go first thought and always try to go in wacky directions, but Conan will stay on a joke or a line and work it until it's reached maxed potential. Sometimes past the breaking point (as you mentioned) but it's a great dynamic that works well.
"I'm in the corner trying to order a plastic santa" "My wife says that's cool on the tree, but I swear the god if I was let free" Man, all this rhyming
I appreciate people who go all out and decorate for the holidays. I was a JW until recently and the only thing I had to look forward to were the lights and decorations. I love when people decorate their cars; every once in awhile you'll see an flattened elf on the grill of someone's truck :D
Before Conan even said it, I had that lighted Santa in my head! I know EXACTLY what those looked like! I also LOVE colored lights. White is bland. I am in CT and grew up in the 70s-80s so have a lot of similar stories/memories. Conan would LOVE my decorations!
I don't remember if they celebrate it in Armenia, but in Russia we also have New Year by the old calendar. We call it "old new year". It's a week after orthodox christmas.
I’m Puerto Rico growing up Christmas was a small holiday but Jan 6 we would celebrate 3 Kings day as the main gift giving holiday which makes sense to me because that was the day Jesus got presents
Conan: That's what I think Christmas is all about. Sona: My god, what did you do to Christmas? I mean... Is he wrong though? I love celebrating Christmas, but it's hard to deny what he said.
In high school I had a friend whose father would always say he needed to have enough lights on the house to be able to read the paper at night. This included a light up sign pointing to the chimney saying “the fat man goes here”. It was epic.
Everyone should be silly & go hog wild during festivals. That's what they're there for. Approaches like his wife's are what's wrong. Be "sophisticated" on normal days, have fun on festivals. And it must be shared w/family & friends. So home is the place to do it. And the woke "I don't wanna force them to SEE" is stupid. Let them also celebrate theirs & express themselves.
@@ArturHolanda91 Me personally? No..but H2O was developed wayyyyy back in ancient times by a Greek chemist by the name of Periodicus who also came up with the periodic table of elements.
For the past few years I have my Christmas a few days after the 25th. Not only does it save money but it saves stress. Keeps me from buying a Walgreens present. The best gift I gave myself because I brought it up to my family and everyone agreed. This way I do the in laws on Christmas day and my own family 5 siblings, 20 grandchildren celebrate tl usually on the next Friday. Buy some gifts from the discounted rate. This way I can spend all day with the in-laws and a full day with my side and the same applies to my brothers and sisters. We used stress only spending a few hours then traveling half the day making two different sides. Ended in an argument with the wife. If anyone gets the chance to try it you will never regret it.
I'm really curious how conan always has these quick funny things to say at his fingertips. Weird sayings and whatnot. I know he's in the business of talking, but still. When I try to do that I always fall on my face. Yuk my yum? Ill never think of that when the moment is right.
Conan's wife should just lighten up and let her manchild husband decorate their house how it's supposed to be. Colorful, fun, and with a rotating Santa on a toilet. 🎅🚽🎄
I JUST moved on from the centipede horror... I saw it for the first time because they mentioned it,.. Thanks a lot... And thanks for bringing it up EVERY SINGLE TIME!!!
It will return to haunt you randomly and you won’t know why. You will be eating or just about to fall asleep, then the centipede will pop in your your head.
That's your dumb fault. It's a scarring F'd up movie and everyone agrees, but you wanted to be part of the horror...Congratulations, ya played yourself.
All this time I thought what's her name was woke. Her pride and joy surrounding Armenians naming a national religion back in 301 CE somewhat casts her supposed wokeness in a rather dim light. Oh these religious people ceaselessly attempting to God-ify things. 🤦♂️ 😹
Id love to see Conan interview his siblings.
Me too!
Omg yesssss!!!!!
Here here
@@tiadiad It's "hear hear" as in "listen to this!".
@@frolickinglions Here here
I love love LOVE every time you can see Conan realize that he has a great line coming up; there really is a little twinkle right before "...Can't Stand The Greeks". It's adorable.
Just like Norm Macdonald.
reminds me of norm mcdonanld
"Shittin' Tinsel" is now one of my go to phrases.
this section is comedy gold. of course Conan is gonna hide the Greek bit in his pocket until the end and throw out the callback punchline.
HEY! I'M GREEK! Well ... with a wee bit of Irish! 🥰
yes, he nailed it so hard there :D
The fact that so many of Conans greatest recurring bits came during the writers strike and his show actually got better during that time is a testament to his comedic genius.
I've been listening to Conan's podcast for forty-seven years, I'm Greek, and I'm not going to take this abuse anymore.
Classic Greek, sheesh.
Greeks really do say a lot of things....
You Greeks, moaning AGAIN. Always moaning (I've no idea if this is a sterotype)
What I absolutely love about this clip is that it contains one of the few examples of Conan *not* landing a joke ... and, let's be honest, we've all been there ... but handling it perfectly. At 8:24 he tries to squeeze a little bit more out of the current track (and Sona's not feeling it), then he tries again at 8:36 (and Sona's still not feeling it), and so at 8:41 he realizes he's exhausted that particular thing and perfectly saves it by transitioning via a previous winner --- the whole "Conan specifically and oddly hates Greek people" bit --- and then we're off to the next thing, with a fresh start. Great improv, and it really hammers home the "laboratory of comedy" vibe I get from these videos.
I've found it really interesting to observe the juxtaposition between the writers brain (Conan) and the improvisers brain (Gourley). Matt will go first thought and always try to go in wacky directions, but Conan will stay on a joke or a line and work it until it's reached maxed potential. Sometimes past the breaking point (as you mentioned) but it's a great dynamic that works well.
How the Greeks Stole Christmas would be a fun read for the kids.
“No, I want to impose it on other people”. 😂 lol 😂
Sona's laugh is the equivalent of an entire audience.
"I'm in the corner trying to order a plastic santa"
"My wife says that's cool on the tree, but I swear the god if I was let free"
Man, all this rhyming
I appreciate people who go all out and decorate for the holidays. I was a JW until recently and the only thing I had to look forward to were the lights and decorations. I love when people decorate their cars; every once in awhile you'll see an flattened elf on the grill of someone's truck :D
I LOVE people who decorate for holidays. Makes you realize that we're not all completely dead inside. Much love decorators of the world!
For me, this is the best gift. The gift of the gentle giant of comedy.
Sona's gifts are delayed because they came here floating on a tire & arrived late just like she did.
and they are stolen (watch the fingers)
🤣
She gives dynasty reruns
january 6 is 3 kings day in uruguay. kids get gifts on that day over there! many armenians in uruguay, btw.
Before Conan even said it, I had that lighted Santa in my head! I know EXACTLY what those looked like! I also LOVE colored lights. White is bland. I am in CT and grew up in the 70s-80s so have a lot of similar stories/memories. Conan would LOVE my decorations!
Whattupy CT sister!! I definitely feel you (and Conan) on that!!
link the santa
I want Conan to bring his show back, such a great cast and guests and so much fun to watch 😁
I don't remember if they celebrate it in Armenia, but in Russia we also have New Year by the old calendar. We call it "old new year". It's a week after orthodox christmas.
As an Armenian who lives in Greece I say... don't be afraid Conan, go ahead and buy that human Santa centipede.
Merry Christmas to King Conando and his crew!
I’m Puerto Rico growing up Christmas was a small holiday but Jan 6 we would celebrate 3 Kings day as the main gift giving holiday which makes sense to me because that was the day Jesus got presents
"Hog Wild"--Conan, people do not use that expression enough!! Thank you for using it!
I WANT CONAN TO HAVE THE GRISWOLD HOUSE!!
You should have Neil and/or other family members on the podcast. Bet there are some entertaining stories there.
Gourley’s callback to the human centipede was brilliant!
Conan: That's what I think Christmas is all about.
Sona: My god, what did you do to Christmas?
I mean... Is he wrong though? I love celebrating Christmas, but it's hard to deny what he said.
In high school I had a friend whose father would always say he needed to have enough lights on the house to be able to read the paper at night. This included a light up sign pointing to the chimney saying “the fat man goes here”. It was epic.
Who's with me and agrees that Conan is like a 7 year old at Christmas time?
Not just at Christmas time... 😅
Everyone should be silly & go hog wild during festivals. That's what they're there for. Approaches like his wife's are what's wrong. Be "sophisticated" on normal days, have fun on festivals. And it must be shared w/family & friends. So home is the place to do it.
And the woke "I don't wanna force them to SEE" is stupid. Let them also celebrate theirs & express themselves.
Hey we Greeks invented everything! Even podcasts. Merry Christmas Happy Holidays to you all!!!
Am liking this with zero context
Did you invent water?
@@ArturHolanda91 Me personally? No..but H2O was developed wayyyyy back in ancient times by a Greek chemist by the name of Periodicus who also came up with the periodic table of elements.
@Thomas PARISH 😂
we also invented the hate towards other Greeks, so kudos to Coco
Conan I love your podcast!
Dude I can't get the image of Santa centipede out of my head lmaooooo
Haha Conan really needs to know Mexican catholic Christmas
He's already in love with/raised in the sister holiday: Irish Catholic Christmas :-)
And a couple of weeks later, Zack is on the podcast.
Love that Conan is wearing a Langhorne Slim shirt!
For the past few years I have my Christmas a few days after the 25th. Not only does it save money but it saves stress. Keeps me from buying a Walgreens present. The best gift I gave myself because I brought it up to my family and everyone agreed. This way I do the in laws on Christmas day and my own family 5 siblings, 20 grandchildren celebrate tl usually on the next Friday. Buy some gifts from the discounted rate. This way I can spend all day with the in-laws and a full day with my side and the same applies to my brothers and sisters. We used stress only spending a few hours then traveling half the day making two different sides. Ended in an argument with the wife.
If anyone gets the chance to try it you will never regret it.
Wow what a cool idea. How did you tell your family & do you have the same date every year? xx
I’d just like to say, as someone from richmond, the house in Christmas vacation has no game. Come down to Virginia and we’ll show you some lights
that's how I feel for Halloween, I want to go full out with the decorations and DIY crafts, but my mom and I never have the time and money.
Conan looks like Adam Savage in this podcast with that hair, glasses and headphones 😂
Santina Klaus. 😆
Someone's gotta let Conan's festive freak flag fly.
SO-NA, SO-NA, SO-NA, oh yeah, co-nan.
I want to see the greeks comments xD
A little Conan corner. Lmao 😂
Conan's greek hate started all the way back when he was feuding with John Stamos over Rebecca Romijn. 😂
Can I hire Conan to decorate my house?
Sheesh! Lol! Nice walk though and it feels good.
Conan fox wild😅🤣
We in puerto rico celebrate jan 6. We call it the 3 kings day. In other words just another excuse to get days off and get more presents
Is Jordan ever gonna be on the podcast
Listen to the Will Arnett at the Wiltern Theatre episode if you want to hear Jordan on the podcast
"Newly far-right comedian Conan O'Brien joins war on Christmas... as an aggressor."
Conan's head is beginning to look a lot like a snow globe with a reddish hued hair storm
Januari 6 is three kings day in belgium those dudes that found jesus. I guess that used to be the date we celebrated christmass once upon a time
I'm really curious how conan always has these quick funny things to say at his fingertips. Weird sayings and whatnot. I know he's in the business of talking, but still. When I try to do that I always fall on my face. Yuk my yum? Ill never think of that when the moment is right.
We need Jeff garlin on the podcast and full video episodes! This is gold
Jeff Garlic? Is he a humorous chef?
Garlin lol
@@WaitingtoHit hahahaha garlin! I have no idea why it corrected it!
That guys annoying as hell
It's smart bc then you see what someone got you before you get theirs
I need to know if Neil decorates his home with tacky Christmas inflatables and a light display?
someone get conan a custom RGB PC[not ARGB]... he is going love it! :P
Merry Christmas to you all. Lets see what the New Year's brings. 🎄
Conan can decorate my house if he wants to.
I want Conan to interview me.
Someone tell Henry Kissinger we found his glasses and *no* not the ones on the floor in the toilet that Homer found.
with armenian christmas you get to buy the gifts for cheaper on boxing day
You better WATCH IT CONAN!! 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷 and we definitely say that sona…BECAUSE ITS TRUE
I'm Greek and I'm delifghtfully offended :)
:)
Wow never been this early before
Me too. I guess being unemployed has its perks lol.
@@hvacjay4037It does haha
Noooo! You need to have Stavros Halkias on.. you can't ban Greeks yet!
well even though ı'mnot sure that ı'm a full-grown adult ı love you all anyways guys, HAPPY CHRISTMAS!
i am so hungover i said "what does his voice say?" instead of "what does his shirt say." so... that happened.
The mistress would be 'Noel'.
🥺🥺🥺🥺😢😢😢😢 I’ll miss you all
yes, yes. I confirm Conan has my sister as his mistress.
Admit it Conan, you'd be drinking eggnog
Also, Conan, admit you like Greek American Jason Mantzoukas.
🤣😂🤣😂
WHEN IS THE CONAN FAMILY COMING??
Human Santa-pede
Only 699 likes? Nay, my OCD says 700.
Conan, come to India on diwali. You will see whole spectrum of lights everywhere !!
Human Santapede
Team cocoa. (Sorry if I'm the 10th person to type this.)
I'm Greek, easy on Greeks team Coco
Green, red and white are good but blue and purple Christmas lights are an abomination.
$100 to whoever can say what was the second country to adopt Christianity as their state religion
Your glasses are a bit small beautiful
I am pro tacky Christmas decorations.
My roommate and I only got a small lit tree from Targét.
Decoration dwelling. Lol
😢💔
Conan's wife should just lighten up and let her manchild husband decorate their house how it's supposed to be. Colorful, fun, and with a rotating Santa on a toilet.
🎅🚽🎄
Conan looks like his cousin Lawrence O'Donnell
No offense but white lights only belong in a strip club, gold lights are much nicer for Christmas.
I feel sad that Conan can't be himself in his marriage
You all should be ashamed.
You missed the chance to say Human Santapede 😕 Shame.
Conan needs to regrow the beard, he's looking like a lesbian art teacher on a box of rice puffs at Whole Foods
I JUST moved on from the centipede horror... I saw it for the first time because they mentioned it,.. Thanks a lot...
And thanks for bringing it up EVERY SINGLE TIME!!!
It will return to haunt you randomly and you won’t know why. You will be eating or just about to fall asleep, then the centipede will pop in your your head.
That's your dumb fault. It's a scarring F'd up movie and everyone agrees, but you wanted to be part of the horror...Congratulations, ya played yourself.
All this time I thought what's her name was woke.
Her pride and joy surrounding Armenians naming a national religion back in 301 CE somewhat casts her supposed wokeness in a rather dim light.
Oh these religious people ceaselessly attempting to God-ify things. 🤦♂️
😹
So Sona was celebrating Christmas the same day terrorists attacked the US Capitol? Damn...
Yup. I’m Armenian and my birthday is also on Armenian Christmas so January 6 this year was pretty dark and dramatic
Matt Gourley rules, how weird that Conan's wife kept her name. Typical libs, why even get married.
Because they love each other, and want to be together forever? Are you being sarcastic, or are you actually that stupid?
@@samsabruskongen I also have a sneaking suspicion that he really is.
@@TheHuxleyAgnostic The latter. Definitely the latter.
Wingnuttery is a plague
why must you make every goddamned thing in existance political???
Idk if that’s a shirt Conan picked or not but Langhorne slim is great!
Human Santa-pede