What I love most is that every member of the main cast of TNG are not only great friends, they hang out all the time. They are truly a crew, and thank goodness for that.
I know they're actors and TV shows/movies are just jobs, but I'm such a sucker for when the cast truly connect and stay friends after the fact. It's just so wholesome and makes me enjoyment of rewatching it that much higher. It was so funny hearing about "The Delta Flyers" podcast, where Robert Duncan McNeill and Garrett Wang hang out and talk about every episode of Voyager because they're good friends to this day.
@@trouty606 I've had many jobs in my life but only one where i've continued to see my colleagues way after I finished that role. It was a science position in a lab, of which i've had many, but this particular group of five people just gelled. I guess it's just a chance thing. You choose your friends but not your colleagues and in this case, the stars aligned and we all became fast friends. So much so, other people in the organisation called us The Crew... 22 years later and we all still get together every year for a giant family BBQ. It's great.
Captain Picard taught ten-year-old me about being a good leader, a good friend, and a good person. Here's a character who shoulders immense responsibility, the lives of hundreds of his crew, and he tackles problems by weighing options, using logic, and considering the expert opinions of his advisors, without making impossible demands of them. Work the problem with your team, don't just expect others to fix it. And he questioned authority when he thought they were wrong. And he cared about the life forms who did not enjoy all of the advantages he was given by the technology and might of Star Fleet. That's a leader. He interacted with his crew and other life forms with patience, he actively listened, he had immense empathy. He gave advice freely, offering his wisdom and experience to those who asked, even if he didn't always get it right, his words always came from a place of selflessness and genuine support. That's a good friend. And he was always a curious person. Even at his age, he was still excited to learn, to grow, to expand his own knowledge, and the growth of his crew, whether it's young Wesley, or ever-growing Data, he taught them that being smart wasn't everything, that being human was more than knowledge, it was giving to others, keeping an open mind, a strong but gentle heart, and empathy for those different from yourself. That's a good person. I took those lessons to heart, and even now, 30 years later, I still think back fondly on his words and actions. Was it just a TV show? Of course. But it taught this kid to be curious, be patient, have empathy for everyone, especially those who are different, and to try my hardest but never take things too seriously. Thanks, Captain Picard. Thank you, Sir Patrick.
And he always took failures & shortcomings with grace, whether it was himself or others. My favorite quote of his will always be "It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness, that is life."
Very well put. To me Picard will always be for what it would look like if a person with a lot of responsibility, power and authority actually was up to the task. I've seen too many people just wanting power but ignoring their responsibility, saying over and over how professional and trustworthy they are (always a red flag) but not acting like it at all, dismissing people with different opinions out of hand. In modern fiction, characters somehow must be flawed to the point of incompetence, just to maximize the drama. This gets especially weird in sci-fi, when it's always a group of people with the emotional maturity of 12 year olds are crammed into a space ship and then get up to reality show level hijinks. In TNG, you get a rare opportunity to see a team of professionals. They still have their flaws, they go through personal crises that affect their work, they have disputes, but they never lose sight of their common goals and you get to see them work really well as a team. And that includes their leader! It's so easy to just rely on a very flawed leader to generate stories with a lot of drama, because in that position you can do a lot of damage. It's much harder to write a competent leader, and also to portray this person with both dignity and humanity.
1:50 - "I haven't told it to many people." ...Patrick isn't aware of how legendary this story has become over the years. The rest of the cast has relayed it in many convention videos I've watched that have millions of views.
That was a heart warming "Thank you" at the end there. Good talk. A lot of us could benefit from "unclenching" in our lives. I find it difficult to do, with anxiety constantly screaming in the back of my head, to clench for control.
Love Stewart's humility & how he approaches different roles. He really felt like a captain in the show - a father-figure, teacher, mentor & disciplinarian while being respectful of everyone. Plus I love his & McKellen's relationship after the X-Men movies, it's like Sir Patrick has the Midas touch of bringing joy to everyone he meets.
I've worked on sets where all the actors goof off endlessly and it DOES slow things down and it DOES, at times, aggravate the crew. But usually it is a complete blast.
On another podcast, Frakes talks about how much of a blast it is, when they're like that, because they're clowning right up until the word "action." But then sometimes he has to turn around and direct these same clowns and that can be a challenge :)
Actors like Stewart, Kate Mulgrew from Star Trek Voyager and Avery Brooks from Star Trek Deep Space Nine show why you should always hire stage actors for roles like that. Premier examples of their craft.
DS-9 is overrated imo, as is Brooks as Sisko, although I know he has a large following. I’ve seen Brooks in other things and he’s really good so maybe it was just the direction/writing.
As I recall from the way other Star Trek cast members have told it, the other half of the "too much fun" story is that by the time he had sufficiently loosened up, he became the most notorious cut-up on the set! 😆
@@madscientist8286 Nimoy got a best supporting actor nomination during TOS. After that, no Trek actor was ever nominated for an acting role, and most Emmy nominations the show did get were of the costume/hair/makeup variety. The Emmys have never really taken science fiction seriously.
Truly a travesty, he should have won multiple emmys, along with much of the cast, particularly Spiner and John Sherwood, although there are many others from the show who deserved it as well. I don't know why they avoided Star Trek so much, but it is to their own discredit.
Podcast format is DEFINITELY a major step up from Night Show "interview" format. So much more time to dive deep and have an actual conversation, a lot less limits of time and studio executives. Sure, podcasts don't pay as much and has less job security as a slot on TV, but for the audience, it's very rewarding.
Patrick Stewart's Captain Picard will always be my captain of the Enterprise - yes, everyone gets misty eyed, rose tinted specs of Shatner's Kirk - but for me, Patrick's Jean-Luc Picard just surpassed Shatner's James T Kirk by miles in terms of acting and performance. He will always be my captain.
Damn, never realized he had an episode with Patrick Stewart! Glad the channel pushed this one for me today; insta-watch. Though I have fantasized about meeting Conan someday (besides getting to be u. The audience for his show), getting to meet Patrick Stewart would be especially huge, big hero of mine ❤. Also Stewart’s evolution of what he didn’t like about Picard almost exactly mirrors the characters evolution (disconnected, reserved, didn’t like children or want to really engage with his crew). Dude literally had to grow into being captain, even his rustiness and adaptation made just as much sense for his acting process. “I don’t want to leave anyone out” (names all the crew except Wesley 👌😅🤓 )
I LOVE Patrick Stewart. I remember we would talk about who we would want in a live action X-men movie back then and we said Patrick Stewart as Xavier and we were SO happy he got the role. The next thing we hoped for is Patrick Stewart as Mr. Freeze in a Batman movie. That never happened. Now I want to see him in comedies. He's great in Family Guy and in American Dad.
Jean Luc Picard is the most diplomatic captain or character in all of Star Trek. Patrick was brilliant. As you would expect aboard a ship, the rest of the players were on point when Patrick spoke. You can see that he was leading the whole cast to greatness. I wonder if he did the same thing with Prof X.
I love how laid back Stewart is, that he gives you that feel you could be such good friends with him and have such fantastic conversations. Yet...he also gives you that feel that one simple wrong word could make him SNAP and go off on you, all in a span of 1 min.
I know this sounds crazy, but Sir Patrick Stewart is one of the most underrated actors in the world. I know he is rated very highly, I understand that, but I stand by my statement. He is truly one of the greatest to every inhabit a role.
I can’t get over how he looks now exactly like ‘Future Picard’ did in All Good Things’ Hollywood never gets that right, but here he is. I’m expecting him to start tying vines in his vineyard.
I noticed that as well. The only other celeb that comes close is Max Von Sydow in his twilight years, who looked very similar to Father Merrin in The Exorcist
I like that the writers and actors took the Star Trek premises seriously. A lot of great actors passed through that show and brought that Shakespearean tint to the roles.
I have absolutely loved watching him become a fun, sillier, man over the years. TNG Bloopers just get better every season. Hosting SNL! Him and his wife dressing him as a lobster in the bathtub! His relationship with Ian McKellan. I love him so much.
Yeah, he says that he doesn't like his performance in the first season but I think it just shows his development as he grows to think of the crew as not simply his subordinates, but as his family.
Everyone understandably loves The Best of Both Worlds, but I feel like the immediate follow up episode Family is sorely underappreciated. Stewart gets an amazing performance in that where he visits his brother on the Picard family vineyard back on Earth while recovering from his Borg experience.
@@trouty606 Indeed. I loved that episode and the way it humanized Picard and showed the audience his vulnerabilities and how much of a front he puts up to conceal those vulnerabilities from his crew. The only person who had the ability to draw it out of him is his Brother; probably why he returned home as well. Helped Picard become the Captain he eventually becomes.
It is easy to "unclench" after you have achieved success. When you're young, you have a tight grip on everything because you feel like you'll lose it all if you ease up. Now, success is defined be the individual and the individual circumstances, but the process of going from a tight grip to letting go is definitively predicated on our comfort which is often defined by our own definition of achieving success.
It seems to me that his strict professionalism and the others' fun approach actually complemented each other. He learned to relax, which helped his performance, and in turn they learned from a truly great actor.
Stewart did a one man stage show of Dickens Christmas Carol. Both it and the version you mentioned, he insisted on being as close to the book as possible.
No human such as this will ever be again. His as such, is as a being of such reflection, of what we know from the before, what we know now, and also what could be. In perfect harmony, the all of them.
Patrick not happy with his work on the first season, the rest of us just not happy with the first season. It was sort of amazing how much TNG grew after that. That dedication to making it better really showed.
I'll never forget a commercial that was run by a local Denver station in the early 90s called "Battle of the Starship Captains," comparing Kirk and Picard. Favorite line was, "Kirk digs space chicks! Picard likes to read!"
I consider Picard to be one of the best TV characters ever created and that is largely due to Stewart bringing that Shakespearian aura to him. I don't think Picard ever could have been the character he was without Stewart being who he is. The fact Stewart can be silly and have fun and joke around as the kind of actor he is is the cherry on top for me. His bit on Extras is always one of my favorite things I've seen him do.
I think the reason one gets looser can simply be that you get more natural with experience, so that letting go is basically a natural progression (or can be) in any profession.
I grew up with that Captain at the helm. I wouldn't miss one single episode. Still love the Star Trek Next Gen crew, they were such a great cast. And not only that, the new Picard series is pretty terrific, too. Definitely one of the most prolific branches of the franchise these days👍
@@viktormuerteYep. And Shatner is certainly very good in that one. Many of the best story ideas for TOS were subsequently recycled in TNG, Voyager, DS9, Enterprise, etc.
I care little or celebrities. I care even less to meet any. Patrick Stewart is the exception to that. I love that guy. He has true compassion for others. He's an honorable guy. Oh Captain My Captain!
In fairness, I listened to the entire Harrison Ford audio and then watched the clips and if you put all the clips together? They pretty much cover 98% of the session. So it’s all pretty much here.
I will continue to maintain from now until my dying day, that somewhere along the line Sir Patrick Stewart had royalty in his background. Why do I say that, you may ask? Some of his absolutely best roles found him sitting in a chair.
I distinctly remember, when ST:NG first aired, and I watched the first few episodes, thinking "Oh, this old captain will get killed off in the first season and the young guy (Riker) will become captain". Thank God I was wrong.
In a 1992 interview with Asenio Hall, he was asked where was he during the riots, and he remarked he was oblivious to it all, as he was in a little cabin by a lake. In the book, it's revealed he went up to the cabin to consider his marriage, after an affair with a co-star. Apparently, he returned to LA to a livid Paramount, who'd been frantically trying to check in on him.
I don't have a car, don't listen to radio, Hate paying subscriptions but often I'll find myself wanting to get Sirius radio just to hear more then what we hear on TH-cam
I hate that Kirk is always labeled "Ladys man" the amount of times he stood fast on morals and put himself in danger to safe guard his crew. ST2 he tells Khan to take him and spare his crew.... Much more than just ladies man ....
Every time I think about TNG I think about 'The Hidden Light' episode, and how it surpasses Science Fiction, or any other genre, and is just ..... high art.
Again: Thanks to THIS Jean-Luc Picard, THIS Star Trek shapes your morale compass. Without this shakespearian actor, star trek would have just been a wild west story in sci-fi setting.
What I love most is that every member of the main cast of TNG are not only great friends, they hang out all the time. They are truly a crew, and thank goodness for that.
I know they're actors and TV shows/movies are just jobs, but I'm such a sucker for when the cast truly connect and stay friends after the fact. It's just so wholesome and makes me enjoyment of rewatching it that much higher. It was so funny hearing about "The Delta Flyers" podcast, where Robert Duncan McNeill and Garrett Wang hang out and talk about every episode of Voyager because they're good friends to this day.
Galaxy Quest cant say that!
I mean in meta they do... but in reality like TNG they dont.
@@trouty606 I've had many jobs in my life but only one where i've continued to see my colleagues way after I finished that role. It was a science position in a lab, of which i've had many, but this particular group of five people just gelled. I guess it's just a chance thing. You choose your friends but not your colleagues and in this case, the stars aligned and we all became fast friends. So much so, other people in the organisation called us The Crew... 22 years later and we all still get together every year for a giant family BBQ. It's great.
@@aurorajones8481 to be fair, galaxy quest modeled itself off of the original series, not TNG. That’s why everyone hated Tim allen
Captain Picard taught ten-year-old me about being a good leader, a good friend, and a good person.
Here's a character who shoulders immense responsibility, the lives of hundreds of his crew, and he tackles problems by weighing options, using logic, and considering the expert opinions of his advisors, without making impossible demands of them. Work the problem with your team, don't just expect others to fix it. And he questioned authority when he thought they were wrong. And he cared about the life forms who did not enjoy all of the advantages he was given by the technology and might of Star Fleet. That's a leader.
He interacted with his crew and other life forms with patience, he actively listened, he had immense empathy. He gave advice freely, offering his wisdom and experience to those who asked, even if he didn't always get it right, his words always came from a place of selflessness and genuine support. That's a good friend.
And he was always a curious person. Even at his age, he was still excited to learn, to grow, to expand his own knowledge, and the growth of his crew, whether it's young Wesley, or ever-growing Data, he taught them that being smart wasn't everything, that being human was more than knowledge, it was giving to others, keeping an open mind, a strong but gentle heart, and empathy for those different from yourself. That's a good person.
I took those lessons to heart, and even now, 30 years later, I still think back fondly on his words and actions. Was it just a TV show? Of course. But it taught this kid to be curious, be patient, have empathy for everyone, especially those who are different, and to try my hardest but never take things too seriously.
Thanks, Captain Picard. Thank you, Sir Patrick.
Fantastic comment. Very well written 👍
And he always took failures & shortcomings with grace, whether it was himself or others. My favorite quote of his will always be "It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness, that is life."
I’m pretty sure he demanded engineering fix everything in less time and never worked with them to fix it 😂
Very well put. To me Picard will always be for what it would look like if a person with a lot of responsibility, power and authority actually was up to the task. I've seen too many people just wanting power but ignoring their responsibility, saying over and over how professional and trustworthy they are (always a red flag) but not acting like it at all, dismissing people with different opinions out of hand.
In modern fiction, characters somehow must be flawed to the point of incompetence, just to maximize the drama. This gets especially weird in sci-fi, when it's always a group of people with the emotional maturity of 12 year olds are crammed into a space ship and then get up to reality show level hijinks. In TNG, you get a rare opportunity to see a team of professionals. They still have their flaws, they go through personal crises that affect their work, they have disputes, but they never lose sight of their common goals and you get to see them work really well as a team. And that includes their leader! It's so easy to just rely on a very flawed leader to generate stories with a lot of drama, because in that position you can do a lot of damage. It's much harder to write a competent leader, and also to portray this person with both dignity and humanity.
So eloquently put. Both the actor and the man, Sir Patrick - great role model 👏
The "thank you" said by Sir Patrick Stewart at the end of the clip is very genuine.
Acting.
@@Skrimpy79 Damn good acting.
1:50 - "I haven't told it to many people." ...Patrick isn't aware of how legendary this story has become over the years. The rest of the cast has relayed it in many convention videos I've watched that have millions of views.
That was a heart warming "Thank you" at the end there. Good talk.
A lot of us could benefit from "unclenching" in our lives.
I find it difficult to do, with anxiety constantly screaming in the back of my head, to clench for control.
"I mustn't leave anybody out!" *Leaves out Wil Wheaton*
Also noticed that. But he for sure didn't do that on purpose.
Hwil Hweaton😂
Stut up, Wesley!
@@SkepticalCaveman Wesley Crusher the Jar Jar Binks of the Star Trek universe 🤪
@@zazaranger5Exactly!
Love Stewart's humility & how he approaches different roles. He really felt like a captain in the show - a father-figure, teacher, mentor & disciplinarian while being respectful of everyone. Plus I love his & McKellen's relationship after the X-Men movies, it's like Sir Patrick has the Midas touch of bringing joy to everyone he meets.
I've worked on sets where all the actors goof off endlessly and it DOES slow things down and it DOES, at times, aggravate the crew. But usually it is a complete blast.
On another podcast, Frakes talks about how much of a blast it is, when they're like that, because they're clowning right up until the word "action." But then sometimes he has to turn around and direct these same clowns and that can be a challenge :)
The TNG Picard is just legendary. His speeches are amazing.
Actors like Stewart, Kate Mulgrew from Star Trek Voyager and Avery Brooks from Star Trek Deep Space Nine show why you should always hire stage actors for roles like that. Premier examples of their craft.
Part of it is that the bridge on these ships has a similar layout to a stage in some ways.
Don't know about Kate, but the other two yes.
William Shatner from The Original Series was also a Shakespearean actor.
@@mediocreman2If you don’t know about Kate, you don’t know acting.
DS-9 is overrated imo, as is Brooks as Sisko, although I know he has a large following. I’ve seen Brooks in other things and he’s really good so maybe it was just the direction/writing.
As I recall from the way other Star Trek cast members have told it, the other half of the "too much fun" story is that by the time he had sufficiently loosened up, he became the most notorious cut-up on the set! 😆
Conan always turns into a 1920's radio presenter when he does the commercial bits. :)
Patrick Stewart really should have won an Emmy for his body of work on Star Trek. Some of it is genuinely brilliant.
He did not? :O I am in shock! :O
@@madscientist8286 Nimoy got a best supporting actor nomination during TOS. After that, no Trek actor was ever nominated for an acting role, and most Emmy nominations the show did get were of the costume/hair/makeup variety. The Emmys have never really taken science fiction seriously.
Very sad. :( Thank you for the explanation!@@davidwaldo3141
Truly a travesty, he should have won multiple emmys, along with much of the cast, particularly Spiner and John Sherwood, although there are many others from the show who deserved it as well. I don't know why they avoided Star Trek so much, but it is to their own discredit.
@@treasonabledoubt7251 Keep the English guy. Lose the wig. Best casting decision ever.
Podcast format is DEFINITELY a major step up from Night Show "interview" format. So much more time to dive deep and have an actual conversation, a lot less limits of time and studio executives. Sure, podcasts don't pay as much and has less job security as a slot on TV, but for the audience, it's very rewarding.
Patrick Stewart's Captain Picard will always be my captain of the Enterprise - yes, everyone gets misty eyed, rose tinted specs of Shatner's Kirk - but for me, Patrick's Jean-Luc Picard just surpassed Shatner's James T Kirk by miles in terms of acting and performance. He will always be my captain.
The ranking of Captains is pretty clear to everyone. Also he's actually my captain, you can have Sisko or Janeway.
Same here
My captain as well.
*Same*
Yep. Stewart is like Stone Cold Steve Austin to Shatner's Hulk Hogan.
Conan is an adept, incisive interviewer and does so in a very patient, gentle way.
Love the way Patrick looks & engages all the podcast team 😊
Damn, never realized he had an episode with Patrick Stewart! Glad the channel pushed this one for me today; insta-watch.
Though I have fantasized about meeting Conan someday (besides getting to be u. The audience for his show), getting to meet Patrick Stewart would be especially huge, big hero of mine ❤.
Also Stewart’s evolution of what he didn’t like about Picard almost exactly mirrors the characters evolution (disconnected, reserved, didn’t like children or want to really engage with his crew). Dude literally had to grow into being captain, even his rustiness and adaptation made just as much sense for his acting process.
“I don’t want to leave anyone out” (names all the crew except Wesley 👌😅🤓 )
I LOVE Patrick Stewart. I remember we would talk about who we would want in a live action X-men movie back then and we said Patrick Stewart as Xavier and we were SO happy he got the role. The next thing we hoped for is Patrick Stewart as Mr. Freeze in a Batman movie. That never happened. Now I want to see him in comedies. He's great in Family Guy and in American Dad.
Jean Luc Picard is the most diplomatic captain or character in all of Star Trek. Patrick was brilliant. As you would expect aboard a ship, the rest of the players were on point when Patrick spoke. You can see that he was leading the whole cast to greatness.
I wonder if he did the same thing with Prof X.
Conan was beautifully genuine here
Sejanus, Picard, Xavier and Avery. I've loved this man for decades. Live long and prosper Sir Patrick Stewart, you giant among giants!
I love how laid back Stewart is, that he gives you that feel you could be such good friends with him and have such fantastic conversations. Yet...he also gives you that feel that one simple wrong word could make him SNAP and go off on you, all in a span of 1 min.
I know this sounds crazy, but Sir Patrick Stewart is one of the most underrated actors in the world. I know he is rated very highly, I understand that, but I stand by my statement. He is truly one of the greatest to every inhabit a role.
My favorite episode from next generations will forever be the measure of a man. Sir Patrick stewards monologue in the episode made me weep.
I can’t get over how he looks now exactly like ‘Future Picard’ did in All Good Things’
Hollywood never gets that right, but here he is. I’m expecting him to start tying vines in his vineyard.
I noticed that as well. The only other celeb that comes close is Max Von Sydow in his twilight years, who looked very similar to Father Merrin in The Exorcist
He should have looked like this in season 3 of Picard
Totally shared! Thanks for having Sir Pat on your podcast and posting it here!
I like that the writers and actors took the Star Trek premises seriously. A lot of great actors passed through that show and brought that Shakespearean tint to the roles.
I have absolutely loved watching him become a fun, sillier, man over the years. TNG Bloopers just get better every season. Hosting SNL! Him and his wife dressing him as a lobster in the bathtub! His relationship with Ian McKellan. I love him so much.
It was a good decision to allow Jean Luc to open up. The character development was awesome.
Yeah, he says that he doesn't like his performance in the first season but I think it just shows his development as he grows to think of the crew as not simply his subordinates, but as his family.
Which character development? Picard was trash.
@@MMaRsu The *show* Picard is trash. The *character* Picard from TNG was not.
Everyone understandably loves The Best of Both Worlds, but I feel like the immediate follow up episode Family is sorely underappreciated. Stewart gets an amazing performance in that where he visits his brother on the Picard family vineyard back on Earth while recovering from his Borg experience.
@@trouty606 Indeed. I loved that episode and the way it humanized Picard and showed the audience his vulnerabilities and how much of a front he puts up to conceal those vulnerabilities from his crew. The only person who had the ability to draw it out of him is his Brother; probably why he returned home as well. Helped Picard become the Captain he eventually becomes.
Sir Patrick Stewart is funny as hell on American Dad😂😂😂
It is easy to "unclench" after you have achieved success. When you're young, you have a tight grip on everything because you feel like you'll lose it all if you ease up. Now, success is defined be the individual and the individual circumstances, but the process of going from a tight grip to letting go is definitively predicated on our comfort which is often defined by our own definition of achieving success.
It seems to me that his strict professionalism and the others' fun approach actually complemented each other. He learned to relax, which helped his performance, and in turn they learned from a truly great actor.
Sir Patrick did the absolute best version of "A Christmas Carol"
1951
Stewart did a one man stage show of Dickens Christmas Carol. Both it and the version you mentioned, he insisted on being as close to the book as possible.
Sims is still king for me...
Love sir Patrick Stewart. Grew up watching him in 90's
One of Sir Patrick's best parts is of the aging Professor X in Logan.
I love this man. Well, both of them, actually. Great interview, Conan!
His performance doing the one-person Dickens Christmas Carol on Broadway was amazing
He’s the captain of my generation
Stewart and Conan are two.... just good people.
You know you're a GOAT when Conan asks you a straight question and just sits there listening to the answer for that long.
THERE ARE 4 LIGHTS!!!!!
Shut up, Wesley
“He hasn’t said this to many people” except at every convention for 20 years, plus the millions of people on youtube that have heard this story
No human such as this will ever be again. His as such, is as a being of such reflection, of what we know from the before, what we know now, and also what could be. In perfect harmony, the all of them.
i really like how much these people really like each other
Patrick not happy with his work on the first season, the rest of us just not happy with the first season. It was sort of amazing how much TNG grew after that. That dedication to making it better really showed.
It's always a treat seeing interviews with The Picard.
I'll never forget a commercial that was run by a local Denver station in the early 90s called "Battle of the Starship Captains," comparing Kirk and Picard. Favorite line was, "Kirk digs space chicks! Picard likes to read!"
I consider Picard to be one of the best TV characters ever created and that is largely due to Stewart bringing that Shakespearian aura to him. I don't think Picard ever could have been the character he was without Stewart being who he is. The fact Stewart can be silly and have fun and joke around as the kind of actor he is is the cherry on top for me. His bit on Extras is always one of my favorite things I've seen him do.
I think the reason one gets looser can simply be that you get more natural with experience, so that letting go is basically a natural progression (or can be) in any profession.
Best Late Show personality with the Greatest Starfleet captain. I am moved.
What a Complete Legend. 🏆🥇 🎖️ 🎭
great guest... and ty Conan for what you do... you help me with your humor and intelligence.
"Ensign, Engage!"
Great interview 🎉🎉
How hilarious that he left out Wesley.
and tasa yar, who was as i recall, was the one who responded to his request and told him they HAVE to have fun.
As he should
The series would have been better without Wesley.
"Shut up -Meg- Wesley!"
Wesley added nothing of value to the show. He got wayyy too much screen time.
I grew up with that Captain at the helm. I wouldn't miss one single episode. Still love the Star Trek Next Gen crew, they were such a great cast. And not only that, the new Picard series is pretty terrific, too. Definitely one of the most prolific branches of the franchise these days👍
I don't care what anyone says, Picard is the superior Captain.
Sisko punched Q in the face.
@@The-Secret-Doorto me captain kangaroo is the man
And for me, the greatest Star Trek episode ever is still City On The Edge of Tomorrow.
@@viktormuerteYep. And Shatner is certainly very good in that one. Many of the best story ideas for TOS were subsequently recycled in TNG, Voyager, DS9, Enterprise, etc.
I care little or celebrities. I care even less to meet any.
Patrick Stewart is the exception to that. I love that guy. He has true compassion for others. He's an honorable guy. Oh Captain My Captain!
Oh my god he looks just like the future version of him from "All Good Things". like woah!!!
Sir Pat looking and sounding great, rocking that beard👍
loved that last part immense
One of those rare gems like Empire or Battlestar reboot that achieved or surpassed the success of the original.
The Royal Shakespeare company aye,I live an hour's drive to there,me & my family will be down Stratford upon Avon shopping for Christmas 😃🎄
The beard takes a decade off.
Legends!!!
I will be on a hunger strike until Conan releases these podcasts in full video format
In fairness, I listened to the entire Harrison Ford audio and then watched the clips and if you put all the clips together? They pretty much cover 98% of the session. So it’s all pretty much here.
2:02 Wil Wheaton: "Am I a joke to you?"
He is.
he was child off doing homework most of the time
'Shut up, Wesley!'
Bla ha ha that is all I could think about when he was running through the list of names.
I will continue to maintain from now until my dying day, that somewhere along the line Sir Patrick Stewart had royalty in his background. Why do I say that, you may ask? Some of his absolutely best roles found him sitting in a chair.
Everything but the product schilling in this video is excellent content. 🙂
I distinctly remember, when ST:NG first aired, and I watched the first few episodes, thinking "Oh, this old captain will get killed off in the first season and the young guy (Riker) will become captain". Thank God I was wrong.
In a 1992 interview with Asenio Hall, he was asked where was he during the riots, and he remarked he was oblivious to it all, as he was in a little cabin by a lake. In the book, it's revealed he went up to the cabin to consider his marriage, after an affair with a co-star. Apparently, he returned to LA to a livid Paramount, who'd been frantically trying to check in on him.
Conan should be on TV again.
Nah, but on the Internetz or Paramount+ or so!
Dude we had seen him in Dune and Excalibur before that
I don't have a car, don't listen to radio, Hate paying subscriptions but often I'll find myself wanting to get Sirius radio just to hear more then what we hear on TH-cam
Speaking of Shakespeare they recently found William Shakespeare's pencil.....but he chewed the end of it so can't tell if it's a 2B or not 2B
84 and he looks better than when he was 46
Long live Sir Patrick Stewart! 🖖
Spinner told this story at a con once. Mind you, he used his Stewart impression 🤣
The Picard !
Old man Patrick and Conan. 😊
Captain on the bridge!
Captain Jonathan Archer -the Diplomat/Solider
Captain James T Kirk-Ladies Man/Cowboy
Captain Benjamin Sisko -the Emissary/Soldier
Captain Jean Luc Picard - the Warrior/ Philosopher /Diplomat
Captain Katherine Janeway - Warrior/ Diplomat/ Scientist
I hate that Kirk is always labeled "Ladys man" the amount of times he stood fast on morals and put himself in danger to safe guard his crew.
ST2 he tells Khan to take him and spare his crew....
Much more than just ladies man ....
"What does this say of an Empire who holds honor so dear?"
Every time I think about TNG I think about 'The Hidden Light' episode, and how it surpasses Science Fiction, or any other genre, and is just ..... high art.
I love you Conan. I love your Stamps promo. F LDJJ!
Very good 👍
Ah, finally evolving into the bearded Picard we saw in "All Good Things".
I’ve heard that story about 1000 times.
Where's the link to WATCH the full podcast??????????
Again: Thanks to THIS Jean-Luc Picard, THIS Star Trek shapes your morale compass.
Without this shakespearian actor, star trek would have just been a wild west story in sci-fi setting.
45-46? Holy crap, I'm only two years younger than Captain Picard. When did that happen?
Oh Captain my Captain
Awwwwwww
they need to make a medieval/fantasy movie where patrick stewart can play an aged king pronto while they still can.
conan is morphing into a flatworm looking alien from the xfiles. man that is an old reference
The most English French man ever.
Notice the one crew member he DIDN'T mention :D
Taking it as a shakespearean role is exactly what Shatner did as well...
He beards-up really well.