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  • >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.

  • LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT HAS WRITTEN FOR

  • "THE SIMPSONS" AND "S.N.L.," AND AFTER 25 YEARS, HE'S THE ELDER

  • STATESMAN OF LATE-NIGHT HOSTS.

  • PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," MY FRIEND AND YOURS,

  • CONAN O'BRIEN!

  • ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE )

  • ( APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪

  • ( CHEERS ) >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

  • >> Stephen: CONAN O'BRIEN.

  • NICE TO SEE YOU.

  • >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

  • >> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

  • >> A LOVELY CROWD.

  • >> Stephen: VERY DPIETD SEE CONAN O'BRIEN.

  • >> WHAT A DAY.

  • WHAT A DAY.

  • >> Stephen: BACK ON THE EAST COAST.

  • SO A TREAT FOR US.

  • >> BACK IN TOWN.

  • BIG DAY.

  • SUPER BOWL.

  • THAT WAS A CRAZY GAME.

  • >> Stephen: IT WAS.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) YOU HAVE EXCITING NEWS, THE NEW

  • CONAN.

  • >> IT'S REALLY NOT.

  • IT'S THE SAME CONAN.

  • YOU'RE THE SAME CON CONE CONAN B IT'S A NEW FORMAT.

  • >> IT'S A NEW FORMAT.

  • I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR SO LONG, LET'S DO HALF AN HOUR.

  • WE NOTICED OUR CROWD AFTER A HALF HOUR, "WE'RE GOOD."

  • ( LAUGHTER ).

  • >> Stephen: REALLY?

  • >> ANYWAY -- >> Stephen: I THINK-- I THINK

  • IN SHOW BUSINESS WE CALL THAT, "LEAVE THEM WANTING SOME."

  • >> EVEN AT HALF AN HOUR THEY'RE LIKE, "YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO TO

  • 15."

  • >> Stephen: TONIGHT, OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE DRESSED

  • BEAUTIFULLY.

  • >> THANK YOU.

  • >> Stephen: BUT SUEDE-- A SUEDE JACKET.

  • >> YEAH.

  • >> Stephen: I'M SEEING-- I'M SEEING A LOT MORE LEATHER

  • JACKETS.

  • >> YEAH, YEAH.

  • >> Stephen: DENIM, A LOT MORE DENIM.

  • NO MORE SUITS-- >> I LIKE TO LOOK LIKE A

  • PROSPEROUS FARMER, YOU KNOW, A FARMER WHO HAS INVESTED WELL IN

  • HIGH-TECH.

  • THAT'S THE LOOK I'M GOING FOR.

  • >> Stephen: UH-HUH...

  • >> IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME.

  • I GOT TIRED OF WEARING A SUIT, AND I THINK THE SUIT IS GREAT.

  • I'VE DONE IT FOR SO MANY YEARS --

  • >> Stephen: YOU SAID THAT LIKE YOU'RE AFRAID TO HURT THE SUIT'S

  • FEELINGS.

  • >> THERE'S A SUIT HERE GOING, "COME OGIVE ME A CHANCE."

  • NO, IT LOOKS GREAT.

  • IT LOOKS TERRIFIC.

  • >> Stephen: SURE.

  • >> BUT I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE INTERVIEWING ME FOR A BANK LOAN.

  • AND I WANTED TO JUST SORT OF-- I'M A REAL HARD WORKER.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) I I WANTED TO KIND OF JUST WEAR

  • THE KIND OF CLOTHES THAT I DO IN REAL LIFE.

  • THE ONLY THING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME IS THAT I WEAR A JACKET.

  • I HAVE TO WEAR A JACKET.

  • >> Stephen: WHY IS THIS?

  • >> THANK YOU FOR ASKING.

  • >> Stephen: IT'S MY JOB.

  • IT'S MY JOB.

  • ( LAUGHTER ).

  • >> I WEAR-- I HAVE TO WEAR A JACKET BECAUSE I HAVE TO BREAK

  • UP WHERE MY-- THE MIDDLE OF MY BODY IS BECAUSE I HAVE A-- AND

  • THIS IS A CONFESSION-- I HAVE A VERY DISPROPORTIONATE BODY.

  • >> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

  • >> WHEN I WAS 14 YEARS OLD, I HAD A MASSIVE GROWTH SPURT,

  • MASSIVE.

  • I AM 6'4".

  • I WENT FROM BEING A KID TO 6'4" OVERNIGHT, LITERALLY OVERNIGHT.

  • MY LEGS GREW AND GREW AND GREW, AND MY TORSO NEVER DID.

  • I HAVE THE LEGS -- THE LEGS-- OF AN N.B.A. CENTER, AND I HAVE THE

  • TORSO OF A LITTLE GIRL.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

  • SHE'S NOT EVEN A HEALTHY LITTLE GIRL.

  • SHE WAS BORN IN THE 1840s HELP HER NAME IS MOLLY AND SHE HAS

  • RICKETTS.

  • >> Stephen: WE HAVE A PICTURE.

  • >> THAT'S MY TORSO RIGHT THERE FROM A LONG TIME OKAY OOG.

  • THANKS.

  • THANKS FOR SHOWING THAT.

  • THANK YOU.

  • THAT'S FUNNY.

  • NO ONE MENTIONED YOU WOULD BE SHOWING THAT PHOTO.

  • >> Stephen: KEEP UP THE B-12.

  • >> BUT IT IS, I HAVE-- AND SO I HAVE VERY, VERY LONG LEGS, AND

  • THIS THEN TINY LITTLE TORSO THAT SITS ATOP.

  • AND PEOPLE THINK I AM EXAGGERATING BUT I CAN PROVE TO

  • YOU THAT I AM NOT-- ( CHEERS ).

  • >> LOOK AT THIS-- THIS...

  • ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THIS IS MY NATURAL... AND, LOOK,

  • STEPHEN.

  • >> Stephen: YES.

  • >> I LOOK LIKE A SHORE BIRD AVOIDING AN OIL SPILL, DON'T I?

  • ( LAUGHTER ) IT'S JUST A FREAK SHOW.

  • AND THEN I ARE THIS LITTLE R2D2 BODY ON TOP.

  • IT'S A FREAK SHOW.

  • >> Stephen: IT IS.

  • >> IT'S A FREAK SHOW AND IT'S CAUSED ME --

  • >> Stephen: IT IS.

  • >> AND I HAVE -- >> Stephen: NO-- NO

  • PHOTOGRAPHS.

  • NO PAPIER-MACHE.

  • HE IS ALIVE.

  • >> HE IS ALIVE.

  • HE IS ALIVE!

  • AND MY PANTS, I'M ALWAYS PUSHING THEM DOWN.

  • THEY'RE PUSHED DOWN NOW.

  • THEY ARE ARTIFICIALLY PUSHED DOWN.

  • MY PENIS IS HERE.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) WHEN I USE A URINAL, I HAVE TO

  • FLIP THE TIE BACK!

  • ( LAUGHTER ) UNBUTTON TWO BUT ORNGZ LADY, NOT

  • ONE.

  • LEAN DOWN, TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS.

  • >> Stephen: SURE.

  • SURE.

  • SURE.

  • >> IT'S A BAD SCENE, MAN.

  • >> Stephen: SURE.

  • >> A REAL BAD SCENE.

  • >> Stephen: SO NO MORE SUITS.

  • NO MORE SUITS.

  • >> YOU BREAK IT UP A LITTLE BIT.

  • I REALIZE I JUST UNDID ALL THE GOOD I'M TRYING TO DO BY

  • DISPLAYING MY BODY.

  • BUT IT'S BEEN A SOURCE OF GREAT SHAME FOR ME AND I WANT OTHER

  • KIDS OUT THERE -- >> Stephen: I'M GLAD, I'M

  • GLAD.

  • >> YOU'RE GLAD I FEEL SHAME.

  • >> Stephen: YES, A LITTLE SHAME IS A GOOD THING.

  • >> IT'S A VERY GOOD THING.

  • >> Stephen: AFTER 25 YEARS ON THE AIR, THE SHOW HAS CHANGED.

  • WHAT ELSE-- WHAT ELSE HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT YOURSELF OVER THE

  • YEARS?

  • BECAUSE, CERTAINLY, WHEN YOU DO ONE OF THESE SHOWS, YOU LEARN

  • WHAT YOU'RE CAPABLE OF.

  • >> RIGHT.

  • >> Stephen: BUT THEN YOU'LL FIND OUT THINGS ABOUT YOURSELF

  • THAT YOU NEVER KNEW.

  • >> YES.

  • I FOUND OUT-- AND THIS ISN'T EVEN THROUGH THE SHOW.

  • THIS IS JUST LIFE, AS YOU GO ON IN LIFE, WHEN I STARTED MY SHOW,

  • I HAD JUST TURNED 30, I DIDN'T KNOW WHO I WAS YET.

  • I'VE GROWN UP AND BECOME SORT OF A MAN.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) ON TELEVISION, OVER THESE LAST

  • 25 YEARS.

  • BUT I'M FINDING OUT NEW THINGS ALL THE TIME.

  • I FOUND OUT-- I WENT TO SEE MY DOCTOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.

  • AND-- JUST FAIR PHYSICAL.

  • HE WAS DOING THE PHYSICAL.

  • AND HE SAID, "BY THE WAY, CONAN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE INTO

  • THIS, BUT I DO D.N.A. TESTING.

  • I'M VERY GOOD AT IT.

  • WE COULD FIND OUT ABOUT YOUR HERITAGE."

  • I THINK SOME PEOPLE HAVE DONE THAT-- 23ANDME.

  • I SAID SURE, LET'S DO IT.

  • HE TOOK A D.N.A. SAMPLE, AND I LEFT.

  • TWO WEEKS LATER HE CALLED ME UP.

  • AND HE SAID, "I HAVE NEVER, EVER, EVER HAD A D.N.A. RESULT

  • LIKE THIS BEFORE, AND I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 10 YEARS."

  • AND I SAID, "WHAT IS IT?" HE SAID "YOU ARE"-- AND THIS IS

  • TRUE-- "YOU ARE 100% IRISH."

  • ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) NOW, LISTEN, THERE'S MORE.

  • HOLD IT.

  • HE SAID, "YOU ARE 100%."

  • HE SAID, "I'VE NEVER SEEN 100% ANYTHING.

  • I'VE DONE THIS WITH LOTS OF PEOPLE.

  • I'VE SEEN 93.5.

  • I'VE SEEN 96.1.

  • THERE'S NO SUCH-- NO ONE IS 100% IRISH."

  • HE SAID, "IF YOU GO TO IRELAND"-- AND I LOOKED IT UP

  • AND IT'S TRUE, YOU GET THEIR D.N.A. SAMPLE AND YOU FIND

  • THEY'RE 84% IRISH.

  • THE LUCKY CHARMS LEPRECHAUN-- TRUE FACT-- 11% SPANISH.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) AND I-- HE SAID, "YOU'RE 100%."

  • AND I SAID-- I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF THIS.

  • I SAID, "WHAT DOES IT MEAN?" HE SAID, "WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

  • IT MEANS YOU'RE INBRED."

  • AND HE SAID IT-- HE SAID IT JUST LIKE THAT!

  • HE SAID IT LIKE THAT, ""YOU'RE INBRED."

  • AND I WAS LIKE, "WHAT!" FIRST OF ALL, THAT'S VERY RUDE.

  • BUT THEN ALL THIS STUFF STARTED TO MAKE SENSE TO ME, YOU KNOW

  • WHAT I MEAN?

  • SUDDENLY, EVERYTHING CAME TOGETHER.

  • ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).

  • >> Stephen: WELL, CAN I ASK-- IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING, IN

  • YOUR GENERATION, IS YOUR WIFE IRISH?

  • DID YOU-- >> HERE'S WHAT WHEREIT GETS

  • CRAZY, OKAY.

  • BECAUSE I-- YOU KNOW, I LOOKED INTO IT, AND I FOUND OUT THE

  • REASON I'M 100% IRISH IS MY PEOPLE-- WE CAME TO BOSTON

  • AROUND THE TIME OF THE CIVIL WAR.

  • WE JUST ALL MOVED INTO A VERY SMALL AREA, A KORB CORNER OF

  • WORCESTERRER MASSACHUSETTS-- WON'T WOOO WORSTER.

  • NOBODY WOOOS WORSTER.

  • THEY MOVED INTO A SMALL CORNER OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, AND

  • MARRIED EACH OTHER FOR 180 YEARS.

  • THAT'S WHAT THEY DID.

  • AND I REALIZED -- AND THEN I SAW THAT MY BROTHERS WERE MARRYING

  • 100% IRISH WOMEN.

  • AND HAVING KIDS THAT LOOKED LIKE THOSE KIDS THAT WOULD BE LIKE,

  • "WE'RE OFF TO GET ON THE "TITANIC."

  • IT WILL ALL GO WELL."

  • SO IRISH LOOKING.

  • AND SO I-- I-- I STOPPED THE MADNESS.

  • I STOPPED THE MADNESS.

  • LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY WIFE-- I'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 17 YEARS.

  • I LOVE HER TO DEATH.

  • MY WIFE IS 50% IRISH.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )

  • 25% SCOTTISH.

  • 25% WELSH.

  • AND I SWEAR TO GOD, IN MY FAMILY, THEY ACT LIKE, "CONAN

  • GOD JUNGLE FEVER."

  • ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )

  • MY BROTHER'S ARE LIKE, "WHAT'S IT LIKE, MAN!

  • YOU WENT CRAZY!" >> Stephen: "CONAN" AIRS

  • WEEKNIGHTS ON TBS, AND NEW EPISODES OF THE PODCAST "CONAN

  • O'BRIEN NEEDS A FRIEND" ARE AVAILABLE EVERY MONDAY.

  • CONAN O'BRIEN, EVERYBODY!

  • WHEN WE COME, BACK I SHARE SOME PERSONAL SPACE WITH STEVE

  • CARELL.

>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.

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