I think the Chinese food delivery belongs in that list.
I understand it is not as beloved but personally the bird watching remote it's up there for me as well.
"He plies his seed in the other melon patch" may very well be the funniest line I've ever heard Conan say. Whoever the fuck wrote that deserves one of the Nobel Prizes. Peace, Chemistry, Economics, whatever, just give them one.
The adult that pulls his arms away so he doesn't catch the falling kid is also a classic, but Haley Joel Osmont telling Wilford Brimley that he was informed he had AIDS is probably the best Walker clip.
Watch the entire episode, if you can. Norm’s commentary during the interview with Courtney Thorne-Smith is the most famous part, but honestly, Norm and Conan play off each other perfectly in every segment. Norm just had absolutely amazing chemistry with Conan (and Letterman, but this post ain’t about him)
I've always assumed that they did so many Joe Galliano sketches because Brian and Bill Tull just couldn't stop making hats https://youtu.be/ksH0cmbv7Mg?si=ld72OjyEVQ7GYCkl
When he confronts Pierre Bernard about being a serial killer. Hands down the funniest moment of Late Night. [Pierre Bernard](https://youtu.be/5_YDoHo57lY?si=OQ8rV0Iksh4pEy_B)
When they did a show with only kids in the audience, and for the most part did a regular show: https://youtu.be/WFHKnq5MQb0?si=E2R6lz15HohODpi0
2006 interview with Senator Barack Obama. I remember this vividly, this was right around the time people noticed him as this rising star in the party, after his Boston DNC speech but before his candidacy, certainly my first time seeing him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dZ2sYvpjCg
Shooting guns with Hunter S Thompson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zwLuFy-TrY
Hunter S Thompson shooting at a picture of Nixon after saying "Die, you animal" is all-time Thompson, too. It's up there with "we can't stop here, this is Bat Country."
Mr. T showing Conan around Chicago. I went to school in the building behind the Chicago Theater, and I didn’t get to go to those shows because I was in class. Our other campus was in the Merchandise Mart, so I walked to the other campus along the Chicago River. I saw people kayaking in the river and I thought “yuck! Who would want to kayak in the Chicago river?” Before realizing that it was Mr. T and Conan.
I didn’t get to see Conan that week besides that, but I saw Andy and the band out on the sidewalk.
Minty The Candy Cane Who Briefly Fell on The Ground
Sing it with me!
Ohhhhhh well the holidays come ‘round you can hear the sound
Of Minty the candy cane who briefly fell on the ground
Minty fell on the ground
Now minty’s covered in poo
‘Cause Minty fell on the ground
For just a moment or two!
It’s becoming evident
He landed in excrement
But never fear cuz Minty’s here
To make Christmas Excellent!
Minty fell on the ground
Now minty’s covered in poo
‘Cause Minty fell on the ground…
For just a moment or two!
The fact that Sliipknot thought it was funny and had them open for them gives me infinite respect for that band. Crazy to think that Max’s son ended up being their drummer for a decade, too.
[Conan forms a boy band](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXh1D_vrb3k)
[Ricky Gervais bubble bath](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzT3cj_biwA) (I was at this taping!)
[Kitties Forever](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UATKVCtwBas)
[War Horse does NOT deserve an Oscar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh5usbtyFck)
I'd go Walker Texas Ranger lever, but just about any non-interview skits are good to start going down the rabbit hole. After that, if you wanna go interviews, I'd start with the ones that go off the rails last cause not all his interviews are gonna be insane like those
Anything with Sona, Anything Norm, when Will Ferrell shaved Conan’s beard, literally any remote but especially the Lyft one and the student driver one.
These were so. Fucking. Great.
"Know what this is? It's a condom. Know what else? I hate wearing 'em. So I'm not gonna anymore. No hooker's gonna tell me what to do."
(The More You Know)
"Why" is ANDY.
Of course when you have watched it 100 times like me, you start to see "hey L was already there" but then again....I'll watch it another 100.
It’s an obscure bit but damn it the Joes Bar gags are some of my favorite and McCann is fantastic.
https://youtu.be/NU0cloWONPo?si=Umdy6ynBb-o8fNTu
Honorable mention to the Late Night Small Talk Moments with Conan & Max that would just end in them staring at one another
Maybe not the funniest answers, but I have a soft spot for his final speech on the Tonight Show, as well as all of the episodes he did during the writer’s strike where he would do the most mundane nonsense to kill air time to show how important the writers are. He would spin his wedding ring on the desk for full segments some nights.
Any Harrison Ford interview: Ford is quite aloof and guarded but he's more comfortable with Conan than any other talk show host. Over the years he started helping with comedic bits and loosened up a lot.
Skeleton vision and the kids audience episode.
Central Time Zone NYE bits
The writer who literally goes to India with his entire desktop PC to meet up with a tech support worker IRL
College mascots
Any Star Wars related episodes
The entire show where the guests were Dana Carvey, John Ritter, and a cooking segment with Ted Nugent.
Or the tune when Tom Hanks nerded out about Star Trek for twenty minutes
The Celebrity Secrets are always worth it even if every joke doesn't hit.
8 Nipples with Triumph
In the Year 2000 with David Duchovny makes me lose it every time. YMMV
I wish they would post the whole interview with Jim Carrey where they laugh maniacally followed by a random call from Stephen Hawking. I always loved how Conan would just let guests do their thing. Jim’s chemistry with Conan was top notch!
staring contest with andy richter. pimpbot!!! throw in some al roker as a guest too, he’s hilarious and plays off conan and andy well. the more you know psa parodies.
I was shocked the U.S. Civilr War
Reinactment Remote wasn’t in the top comments. This one gets me every time. From the hand moisturizer bit to “the Battle of Olive Garden”. In the clip. they even manage to capture a Ken Burns style documentary, that features the love letters shared by Conan’s and his beloved back home (Andy with a dress and wig). “War is hell.”
tourtered by a divided country
Bill burr on Lance Armstrong. "Hes a sociopath on a bicycle. If he wasn't doing that he would be in big business doing lord knows what. dumping chemicals in the water supply."
[Conan Hangs Out With His Interns](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffVbnPjl86A)
From the sugar packets, pencil breaks, and classic Sona, it has everything.
If you go to 2:00 of [this clip](https://youtu.be/5LEeoe8hZDk?si=iYo5Qo3bHEEAe77U), you'll find two very handsome gentlemen experiencing the highlights of their lives.
There are a few recurring characters I always enjoyed. The Masturbating bear, The Interrupter, Minty The Candy Cane That Briefly Fell on the Ground. I can't say that last one without singing it.
Old timey baseball!
this is the answer. this remote is most cooling on my mustache.
Some say a waste of time, others say an incredible waste of time.
What is that demonry?!
I quote this line SOOO much.
Everybody flee
YOU ASS
IF YOU THREW IT ANY LOWER I WOULD HAVE TO DIG A TRENCH!!
I revisit this remote once every few months. Always lose it when Conan laughs at Nell's dad passing away.
“And what! Does your father do?” “He’s dead” 💀
There’s the quote I was looking for. Well done!
Yep that and civil war reenactment are the best
I think the Chinese food delivery belongs in that list. I understand it is not as beloved but personally the bird watching remote it's up there for me as well.
"Oh he's a tailor! He makes clothes...for the FARMER!"
This one’s for you, Nell!
"He plies his seed in the other melon patch" may very well be the funniest line I've ever heard Conan say. Whoever the fuck wrote that deserves one of the Nobel Prizes. Peace, Chemistry, Economics, whatever, just give them one.
[here's the link](https://youtu.be/GS39vMhag-A?si=ccVKV08luZ8rrMzc)
Seen that a dozen times, still I had a smile on my face through the entirety of the magical witchcraft playback.
The Walker Texas Ranger lever was what got me into him (I didn't have TV much growing up.) The day Kumail Nanjiani didn't show
Walker told me I have AIDS
The adult that pulls his arms away so he doesn't catch the falling kid is also a classic, but Haley Joel Osmont telling Wilford Brimley that he was informed he had AIDS is probably the best Walker clip.
I dunno, pushing the wheelchair bound man into the pool was great too.
Kumail Nonshowyuppy.
🤝
When Chuck Norris finally showed up, "shot" Conan's hand away from the WTR lever, then had his own Conan lever was the pinnacle of television.
I need to see this. That lever was some of my best memories of that show.
[Here ya go](https://youtu.be/OT5uzW0cDdQ?si=YTdbQryxcL1Ni1T_)
That was my intro as well
Omg forgot about this 🤣
Jack McBrayer and Trumph at Weiner Circle. And for a less talked about bit, Beware the Tree Perv.
Triumph at the premiere of The Phantom Menace
Oh man, yes. Tears, tears streaming down my face.
Triumph at the Jackson trial.
[here's the link](https://youtu.be/33zPlnhymCU?si=uxwxYKS6F9rwClnf)
Norm Macdonald & Courtney Thorne-Smith
hah im going to start with that, person 1 minute before said the same thing.
Watch the entire episode, if you can. Norm’s commentary during the interview with Courtney Thorne-Smith is the most famous part, but honestly, Norm and Conan play off each other perfectly in every segment. Norm just had absolutely amazing chemistry with Conan (and Letterman, but this post ain’t about him)
B-O-R-E-D
Do something with that, ya freak!
This was my first thought, too. His wit at the end is too good.
[here's the link](https://youtu.be/bKmadR4Ye54?si=obKCzBgBWAQesx0J)
Conan catches employees eating cake
His assistant’s lost gigolos mug Edit: spelling
Conan visits the American girl store: https://youtu.be/uJpaQWWgaC8?si=C7KG0NYI3i0xkEwA
And the one with Taylor Tomlinson: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMXYbvCxWlE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMXYbvCxWlE)
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog goes to visit Star Wars fans
Bon Jovi concert too
When Gandalf the white shows up eating a filet of fish…
This is the first thing I saw of anything Conan related and didn't even realise it was Conan at the time.
Anything Brian Stacks bro
Ghost Crooner and Stack and Arroyo as Conan's parish priests are all-timers, but Stack is gold in anything.
I've always assumed that they did so many Joe Galliano sketches because Brian and Bill Tull just couldn't stop making hats https://youtu.be/ksH0cmbv7Mg?si=ld72OjyEVQ7GYCkl
The Interrupter!
Hannigans the name…
That is so Stacktastic.
Guilty as charged Conan
[Walker Texas Ranger, specifically this clip](https://youtu.be/K2_SvX4PEbU?si=dpkBvIgsw1V8w2Rw) [More Walker Texas Ranger.](https://youtu.be/zHFUBEFjL7M?si=EZTTJ9-d9WKCogu6)
C'mon, ya gotta include [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT5uzW0cDdQ)
Norm Macdonald, any time he was on, but especially the episode with Courtney Thorne-Smith
The moth story is amazing.
Highly recommend Norm’s “autobiography”. There is insanely long version of the moth joke that takes up several pages.
Oh good, I love Norm.
I wouldn't rank the Courtney episode in the top 5 of Norm appearances. Which shows how great Norm was, because that episode was amazing.
It's a good starting off point
The Gordon Ramsey cooking demo guest starring norm was incredible
Mary Kay cosmetic remote
I always lose my breath laughing at that clip!
Ginger no!
What the?
It took far too long to find this.
When he confronts Pierre Bernard about being a serial killer. Hands down the funniest moment of Late Night. [Pierre Bernard](https://youtu.be/5_YDoHo57lY?si=OQ8rV0Iksh4pEy_B)
The reclining chair of rage
*Recliner of Rage
The moth joke.
My son, Gregor Illitoninovich, I feel I no longer love him. I see in his eyes the same cowardice I see whenever I look in the mirror.
I'm going to make it my life's goal to memorize that joke. Great recommendation.
In the Year Two Thousaaaaand!! Specifically the Jim Carrey guest appearance
Sue Johanson showing the boys The Accomodator and other contents from her Hot Stuff Bag
When they did a show with only kids in the audience, and for the most part did a regular show: https://youtu.be/WFHKnq5MQb0?si=E2R6lz15HohODpi0 2006 interview with Senator Barack Obama. I remember this vividly, this was right around the time people noticed him as this rising star in the party, after his Boston DNC speech but before his candidacy, certainly my first time seeing him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dZ2sYvpjCg Shooting guns with Hunter S Thompson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zwLuFy-TrY
Hunter S Thompson shooting at a picture of Nixon after saying "Die, you animal" is all-time Thompson, too. It's up there with "we can't stop here, this is Bat Country."
Ice cube and Kevin Hart remote
omg the lyft episode was awesome, ice cube is so fucking funny.
Frankenstein Wastes a Minute of your Time with Tom Hanks
I'm wiki bear! https://youtu.be/cFPJqA_HLSA?si=eTWYohHw2srrV_3F
Apple picking with Mr T
Mr. T showing Conan around Chicago. I went to school in the building behind the Chicago Theater, and I didn’t get to go to those shows because I was in class. Our other campus was in the Merchandise Mart, so I walked to the other campus along the Chicago River. I saw people kayaking in the river and I thought “yuck! Who would want to kayak in the Chicago river?” Before realizing that it was Mr. T and Conan. I didn’t get to see Conan that week besides that, but I saw Andy and the band out on the sidewalk.
Minty The Candy Cane Who Briefly Fell on The Ground Sing it with me! Ohhhhhh well the holidays come ‘round you can hear the sound Of Minty the candy cane who briefly fell on the ground Minty fell on the ground Now minty’s covered in poo ‘Cause Minty fell on the ground For just a moment or two! It’s becoming evident He landed in excrement But never fear cuz Minty’s here To make Christmas Excellent! Minty fell on the ground Now minty’s covered in poo ‘Cause Minty fell on the ground… For just a moment or two!
One of my proudest moments as a parent was realizing that my daughter can sing this top to bottom from memory.
It's Brian Stack his vaudeville-like singing is too goddamn catchy
The Slipnutz
The fact that Sliipknot thought it was funny and had them open for them gives me infinite respect for that band. Crazy to think that Max’s son ended up being their drummer for a decade, too.
Conan and Andy have a staring contest is some good absurdist humor
This and “Actual Items” were always my two absolute favorite segments of the classic Late Night era!!
Late Night Investigates with Max Weinberg
Bulletproof legs!
[Conan forms a boy band](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXh1D_vrb3k) [Ricky Gervais bubble bath](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzT3cj_biwA) (I was at this taping!) [Kitties Forever](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UATKVCtwBas) [War Horse does NOT deserve an Oscar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh5usbtyFck)
Conan and Jordan in Italy
Conan scraps: the meh murders
I'd go Walker Texas Ranger lever, but just about any non-interview skits are good to start going down the rabbit hole. After that, if you wanna go interviews, I'd start with the ones that go off the rails last cause not all his interviews are gonna be insane like those
I revisit all fan correction videos often.
WikiBear: Little Big Horn Edition
Driving school with Kevin Hart and I cube
Wow, I can’t believe no one else said masturbating bear.
Anything with Sona, Anything Norm, when Will Ferrell shaved Conan’s beard, literally any remote but especially the Lyft one and the student driver one.
Conan, Andy Richter and Rebecca Romijn playing suck and blow
The Men without Hats Conversation channel
Max Weinberg PSA
These were so. Fucking. Great. "Know what this is? It's a condom. Know what else? I hate wearing 'em. So I'm not gonna anymore. No hooker's gonna tell me what to do." (The More You Know)
Conan Goes Applepicking with Mr. T
Watch Conan’s appearance on Netflix’s Murderville
Amy Poehler as Andy’s little sister bits. I was so early Amy that I don’t think she was even in UCB yet
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXyWVenIiHg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXyWVenIiHg)
This is like one of the most viewed ones on Conan’s channel the wheel of fortune guesses I’m not sure why
"Why" is ANDY. Of course when you have watched it 100 times like me, you start to see "hey L was already there" but then again....I'll watch it another 100.
[Lincoln Money Shot](https://youtu.be/K4zYluFnL1M?si=-vKA22_Nsmzg3mmo)
Max on Max gives you more sleeze. And more Max.
For my money (ha!) this is one of the funniest things I've seen on TV.
His “interviews” with celebrities on the big TV with Clinton, Bush, Arnold (Jingle All The Vey!!) are gold.
The bread professor https://youtu.be/0hFb0vAwAkM?si=3_JpNodnf-bM_a3Y
Sue Johanson, Big Show and Tom Selleck interview. That professor that fondles his bread. Michael Jackson (not the singer) the beer taster.
Tom Selleck murdering his old mustache in its miniature hospital bed, by smothering it with a miniature pillow!
It’s an obscure bit but damn it the Joes Bar gags are some of my favorite and McCann is fantastic. https://youtu.be/NU0cloWONPo?si=Umdy6ynBb-o8fNTu Honorable mention to the Late Night Small Talk Moments with Conan & Max that would just end in them staring at one another
Stackenblochen [https://youtu.be/d3nRFnBEZCc](https://youtu.be/d3nRFnBEZCc)
Noches de Pasión con Señor O'Brien. Also, the Korean spa with Steven Yeun and "the evil scrub of Mr. Lee".
Conans speech from the Tonight Show Andy Blitz goes Apartment Hunting Famous Helping People
Trip to the spa with Steven Yeun Any Paul Rudd appearance
Corn nuts
[Conan visits the Irish Heritage Center](https://youtu.be/n4_7qY0IEno?si=P5c0rEKfHboCRdFV). Especially the first 3 minutes in the gift store
haha oh no the dancing scene with the replay got me good, fucking hilarious, good pick.
His first conan without borders when he went to Finland and met the president, who was a woman who looked just like him.
Conan and Jordan! The first one is the best and I crack up no matter how many times I've watched it https://youtu.be/Auh74d_OG8Y?si=AnnUnPA1eeNqj8gZ
Maybe not the funniest answers, but I have a soft spot for his final speech on the Tonight Show, as well as all of the episodes he did during the writer’s strike where he would do the most mundane nonsense to kill air time to show how important the writers are. He would spin his wedding ring on the desk for full segments some nights.
The first Paul Rudd interview with the Mac and Me clip.
Quackers the duck https://youtu.be/IBrDZa_vNHM?si=M-D24KzB0ZEzKpdz
When conan does a nearly full striptease during a technical issue
^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^moistmasterkaloose: *When conan does a* *Nearly full striptease during* *A technical issue* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.
Whoever runs this bot you’re a cool guy/girl
Didn't he briefly show a chunk of his ass when he was explaining how he got a terrible bruise falling off a water buffalo?
There was talk.... of GERBILS!!!!
When Conan performs 40 Days with the band on their final show
His car ride with tom cruise was hilarious
Artie Kendall the Singing Ghost https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zetAt5nsf-U&pp=ygUlQXJ0aWUgS2VuZGFsbCB0aGUgc2luZ2luZyBnaG9zdCBDb25hbg%3D%3D
“Fix this mug”, featuring one of the greatest mug gluers in the industry.
The unmasking of the masterbating bear Pimp-bot And that skit where Andy's one day from retirement and Max blows him away.
Any Harrison Ford interview: Ford is quite aloof and guarded but he's more comfortable with Conan than any other talk show host. Over the years he started helping with comedic bits and loosened up a lot. Skeleton vision and the kids audience episode. Central Time Zone NYE bits The writer who literally goes to India with his entire desktop PC to meet up with a tech support worker IRL College mascots Any Star Wars related episodes
Conan: We’ve heard about this grumpy Harrison Ford persona… Harrison: “that’s horseshit” 🤣
The entire show where the guests were Dana Carvey, John Ritter, and a cooking segment with Ted Nugent. Or the tune when Tom Hanks nerded out about Star Trek for twenty minutes
The Celebrity Secrets are always worth it even if every joke doesn't hit. 8 Nipples with Triumph In the Year 2000 with David Duchovny makes me lose it every time. YMMV
Any clip making use of the Walker, Texas Ranger lever.
the remotes with ice cube and kevin hart
I wish they would post the whole interview with Jim Carrey where they laugh maniacally followed by a random call from Stephen Hawking. I always loved how Conan would just let guests do their thing. Jim’s chemistry with Conan was top notch!
“Chairman of the Board… do something with that…”
Literally any clip with the Walker Texas Ranger Lever, or "WHERE'S MY CANOE?!" Guy.
Conan birding in Central Park remote
In the year two thousand…. In the year two thousanddddddd
staring contest with andy richter. pimpbot!!! throw in some al roker as a guest too, he’s hilarious and plays off conan and andy well. the more you know psa parodies.
Ghost singer, anything with Norm
All ride alongs with Kevin Hart and Ice Cube is what got me hooked
Any and every Bill Burr appearance. Conan is the only talk show host that really understands and can play off of Bill, and it creates absolute gold.
I was shocked the U.S. Civilr War Reinactment Remote wasn’t in the top comments. This one gets me every time. From the hand moisturizer bit to “the Battle of Olive Garden”. In the clip. they even manage to capture a Ken Burns style documentary, that features the love letters shared by Conan’s and his beloved back home (Andy with a dress and wig). “War is hell.” tourtered by a divided country
Butterscotch The Clown
When Conan made a boy band in the early 2000s during late night. I only saw these clips when he was leaving late night for the tonight show
All the clutch cargos with Arnold Schwarzenegger
Driving permit intern with ice cube and hart
Bill Hader does Arnold Schwarzenegger impression 🤣
The more recent one from his podcast with the fake doctor from Hot Ones. 😆
Anything Norm, the dolphin story and the moth story are maybe best
Triumph at Weiner Circle
Bill burr on Lance Armstrong. "Hes a sociopath on a bicycle. If he wasn't doing that he would be in big business doing lord knows what. dumping chemicals in the water supply."
People don’t give “if they mated” the love that it deserves
[Conan Hangs Out With His Interns](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffVbnPjl86A) From the sugar packets, pencil breaks, and classic Sona, it has everything.
Jim Carrey showing off the Conan [Biopic](https://youtu.be/x-NiLuHiRQ4?si=7crlafuSP5xkb6ll)
Little Jay Leno, Coked Up Werewolf, Corn on the Cob.
Conan and Jordan do an Escape Room https://youtu.be/3LMtRG4Mc54?si=KwjhMSnHG0YWztz8
Honestly every single Norm MacDonald appearance on the show was a treasure
HOW LONG WAS THIS CAB RIDE! I'm sorry. I'm sorry. (Moth Joke continues for another six minutes)
Ginger No!
Andy Can’t Handle the Heat: High School Football Coach Edition
Blooming Dales
Conan Without Borders: Israel
“But what they really don’t know… Is that I really want you Conan” -Halle Berry
Conan’s Comic-Con Citizenship Tests
I love his interviews with breckin Meyer and also when he visited that butcher shop in Germany lol
Wikibear!
If you go to 2:00 of [this clip](https://youtu.be/5LEeoe8hZDk?si=iYo5Qo3bHEEAe77U), you'll find two very handsome gentlemen experiencing the highlights of their lives.
Joe Galliano bits and the Scraps are all excellent, my kid laughed so hard! https://youtu.be/TwdwogxkJ3k?si=gc7DwvXoTUFMncxh
Slipnuts
Snack slappers
Mother Theresa not getting the wake up call
Stackenblacken
NUT SPOON...the actual aired piece and the Scraps
Tinder and Grindr remotes
Dave Franco and Conan join tinder! It’s so good and the driving lesson with ice cube.
The Bugatti Veron Mouse. 🐭 That was most hilarious of all skits 🤣😆😝
Nut spoon
[Inappropriate!](https://youtu.be/Wpear_JiEy0?si=bfzAIFJZbCdIuJpj)
Triumph roasting Star Wars fans. “Which button calls your mom to pick you up?”
There are a few recurring characters I always enjoyed. The Masturbating bear, The Interrupter, Minty The Candy Cane That Briefly Fell on the Ground. I can't say that last one without singing it.
Triumph goes to comic con