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Conan O’Brien is an award-winning TV talk show host, comedian, and writer born in 1963 in Brookline, Massachusetts. After graduating from Harvard University, he worked as a writer for such shows as Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons. He made a name for himself in television when he hosted Late Night and The Tonight Show. He is currently hosting the TBS late-night talk show, Conan, in which he is also creator and producer.

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23 Oct, 2014

Wyatt Cenac interview

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Cenac appears as a guest on Conan to promote his upcoming comedy tour. He also talks about having a show at the same time as Dave Chappelle’s show, and meeting O’Brien at a luxury car show.

You were like “hey, stranger, take a photo of me” and then you were like “let’s get a photo of the two of us together”. So we took a photo and we didn’t really know each other. Like “hey, look at this fancy car that neither of us own”.

Wyatt Cenac's Conan Rolls Royce Portrait | CONAN on TBS

Tenacious D interview

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Tenacious D appears as a guest on Conan to promote their upcoming music festival, Festival Supreme. They describe festival’s Halloween-inspired rides and show some of the costumed characters at the event.

Seriously, anyone who’s watching us right now in Tallahassee or Timbuktu, wherever you are, I urge you to get a plane ticket and come.

Conan Pays Jack Black To Do A Tiger Roll | CONAN on TBS

Neil Patrick Harris interview

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Harris appears as a guest on Conan to promote his latest film, Gone Girl and his book, Choose Your Own Autobiography. He also talks about his sex scenes on film and on stage, and shares some childhood memories, including kissing two girls at the same time.

It’s random stories of things I have done. I have these crazy chapters from Doogie Howser, to Doctor Horrible, to Barney Stinson to opening the Tony’s, to having babies, and making out with dudes.

Neil Patrick Harris Bares All About His Sex Scenes | CONAN on TBS

Kat Dennings interview

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Dennings returns as a guest on Conan to promote the latest season of 2 Broke Girls. She also talks about her idyllic childhood in the woods and being a somber goth as a child.

It kind of was if you want to break it down. We lived on top of a hill in a place called Bryn Mawr, which is now more built up. It was in the woods on a hill, there were deer. There were no other neighbors. There was weather.

Kat Dennings Was A Goth Kid | CONAN on TBS

22 Oct, 2014

Dana Carvey interview

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Carvey returns as a guest on Conan and gives a variety of celebrity impersonations, including Liam Neeson, as well as Presidents Bush, Clinton, and Obama. He also improvises a song about the flugelbone in Neil Young’s voice, and talks about being friends with President George W. Bush.

He’s my buddy. It’s very interesting going on — by the way, this is an ISIS-free zone. If you are ISIS, please exit. It’s interesting to think of the dichotomy. Because Obama clearly was rough on him when we had to go back. He just wasn’t very enthusiastic. He’s up there going, we’re going to — we’re going to head back with our strategic partners, coalition, forces.

Dana Carvey's Neil Young Sings The Flugelbone Song | CONAN on TBS

Cristin Milioti interview

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Milioti appears as a guest on Conan to promote her television show, A to Z. She also talks about almost getting run over by a bus with her face on it, and being bullied n school for her unique haircut and unusual retorts.

I had gone to a summer camp and the cool girl at summer camp had a buzz cut. Then I went home to New Jersey and I wanted one and my mom took me to a salon and they were like, she wants to what? And they did it. And I showed up to middle school like that. What’s up, guys? Ready to hang. And they were not nice.

Cristin Milioti's Middle School Buzz Cut | CONAN on TBS

21 Oct, 2014

Casey Wilson interview

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Wilson appears as a guest on Conan to promote her television show, Marry Me. She also talks about working with her producer-husband and inviting Oprah to major events in her life.

I don’t have an address for her. I address it to the universe. And I assume she’s gotten — she’s very busy.

Casey Wilson Invites Oprah To Her Big Events | CONAN on TBS

Joe Perry interview

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Perry appears as a guest on Conan and talks about some difficult moments during his time off from Aerosmith, including selling his rare 1959 Les Paul, which ends up in the hands of his good friend, Slash.

I knew it was getting in the way of our friendship. I said “I will never ask you about it again, man. If you ever want to sell it back, just give me a call, whatever but I won’t bug you about it”. And at my 50th birthday, Cheap Trick was playing. They came in to play. And I sat in with them and in the middle of the set my guitar tech walks up and hands me this guitar. And it was the guitar and Slash gave it to me.

Slash Gave Joe Perry Back His Prized Guitar | CONAN on TBS

17 Oct, 2014

Anthony Anderson interview

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Anderson returns as a guest on Conan to promote his television show, Blackish. He also talks about offering his crotch as a tee at a charity event, turning partially vegan, and his mother’s use of Vagisil for first-aid treatment.

She’s always been little left of center. Growing up in my house, you know, most people get sick, their mother gives them Robitussin, you know, aspirin. My — we got cuts and bruises, my mother would give us Vagisil.

Anthony Anderson's Mom Uses Vagisil For Everything | CONAN on TBS

Nicholas Hoult interview

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Hoult returns as a guest on Conan to promote his latest movie, Young Ones. He also talks about the extremely dangerous stunts he had to do on the film, exchanging pranks with X-Men co-star James McAvoy, and engaging in a full-on BB gun war with him.

Yeah, that came to an end because people got shot in the face and welts would pop up and bleed and it was a 3-D movie and you could see them clearly even with makeup so we had to stop.

Nicholas Hoult: James McAvoy Punched Me In The Junk | CONAN on TBS

Jon Lovitz interview

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Lovitz appears as a guest on Conan to promote his television shows, Mr. Box Office and Sing Your Face Off. He also talks about impersonating famous singers does an impromptu performance of La Donna e Mobile. He also shares his experiences as a hospital orderly during his pre-show business days.

First of all, the orderly has no training but they’re with the patient eight hours a day. These women in their 60’s after three days in the hospital they start going senile I’ll and they think I’m the doctor. They’re going “Dr. Jon”, Dr. Jon.” One lady, she goes — I just want to see if you’re here. She’s screaming for me. She had a thing that hung down like this. One day I said, what happened to your finger? She’s like, what happened to your face?

TJ Miller interview

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Miller appears as a guest on Conan to promote his latest movie, Big Hero 6. He also shares his physically painful marriage proposal and his strange wish to have an elbow-kissing superpower.

I want to be able to kiss my own elbows. Because you could make so much money. You know, you bet people, you think I can kiss my own elbow? They say no. $100, you do it, then you skip town, go to the next town. Go to the morning show, make another $100.

TJ Miller's Painful Marriage Proposal | CONAN on TBS

13 Oct, 2014

Dax Shepard interview

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Shepard appears once again as a guest on Conan to talk about his latest film, This Is Where I Leave You. He describes his lack of a butt and shares how his wife, Kristen Bell helped him shave his butt-crack in preparation for his nude scene.

My fear – my deep, deep fear would look like there was like a werewolf trying to escape my butt-crack.

Dax Shepard: Kristen Bell Shaved My Butt | CONAN on TBS

3 Oct, 2014

Camilla Luddington interview

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Luddington returns as a guest on Conan to talk about her overly critical father, her horrific film audition, and the poor British reception of her Lifetime movie, William and Kate.

We don’t have Lifetime in England, so they don’t understand that Lifetime movies are cheesy and a guilty pleasure. In England, I was screwed with the reviews before it came out and they were like “What?” – including my family.

Camilla Luddington Loved "William And Kate" | CONAN on TBS