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Chapter 1: Why is Conan absent from the podcast?
Yes. OK. But anyway, Conan is not here because sadly, last week, his mom and his dad both passed away within days of each other. His dad, Dr. Thomas O'Brien, was 95. Conan was actually shooting overseas for his Mac show. He came back to Brookline. And then while he was there, his mom, Ruth Reardon O'Brien, died at 92. And today is actually her birthday.
I didn't know that.
No kidding. Today is her birthday. And so you never got a chance to meet his parents.
I never did. No.
No. So, you know, I worked for him for a very long time. And his parents were very impressive, very remarkable people. In their fields, they were celebrities in their own right. His dad was a microbiologist. He retired at 90. And I'm hoping Conan will also retire at 90. Really? Yeah.
I think he's gone too far already.
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Chapter 2: What memorable moments do Sona and Matt share?
You do? Yeah. No, I want to ride those coattails until the very end. Don't you? Yes, of course. Just like wheeling in a decrepit Conan into the studio. This is terrible. I'm so sorry. I'm like sweating because I have to talk about serious stuff. But yeah, his dad is a legend in his field. And his mother was actually one of the first graduates of Yale Law School.
And she became a partner at her law firm when she had five kids.
And like the second female to do so.
Second female to do so. I mean, she was practicing law when there were like dining halls that women weren't allowed into. And so she would sit outside these dining halls and men would be inside and she'd be sitting on her own little table outside. And she was like a partner in the at the law firm. So it was like they're just incredible people. It's a huge loss.
So Conan's with his family, all 800 of them.
And he mentioned to us that he wanted us to do this and to set up the context as to why he's not here. And be transparent about it, that he's with his family. And so we've cobbled together some of our favorite moments of the last year. So this first episode will be from the intros and segments, which you, Conan, and I do together.
And then next week, there'll be an episode of some of our favorite moments from the various guests that have been on the show in 2024.
Okay. I mean, I'm acting like I don't know what you're saying. You are. We had a whole conversation before.
I don't know.
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Chapter 3: How did Conan's parents influence his life?
This is a true story. I just flew in from Boston. I was seeing my family there. And I check out my family. I check out my family. Hey, you guys are looking. Hey, mom, dad, you guys are looking good. Sexy nuclear unit. No, I was checking in on my family and seeing my fam, my sibs. And then I go to Logan Airport and I'm going to take the flight from Boston to Los Angeles. And I am in the line.
You know, you wait in the line to hand your stuff over, put it on the conveyor belt. So you're a little distracted, but I'm taking my belt off. They always say you can leave your belt on, but it always sets it off. So now I take everything off. I'm pretty much naked when I go through that thing. But I'm taking everything off. I'm putting it down into this bucket.
And this very nice kid who's wearing a white sweater and he has glasses and dark hair. And he says, oh, hi, Conan. And he could not have been nicer. He said, your show means a lot to me, or your TV show meant a lot to me. I've listened to Conan O'Brien, needs a friend all the time. He is Armenian. He introduces himself. And I think he said his name was Arman. He could not have been nicer.
And he was talking about, he's very... beautifully talking about what the work has meant to him and all that. And I just had like the nicest conversation with him and he was kind of holding his phone, but we were just about to go through whatever the x-ray machine. And so he had to put his phone in and I was kind of thinking, I think he wanted to do a photo, but he didn't. Okay. Hold on.
But anyway, we go through and I'm thinking that guy was so nice. So then they wanna look again at one of my bags. I think it's, you know, how many men travel with nine bottles of hairspray? So it was suspicious. And it's Aquanet. It's for old women. They don't even make it anymore.
It was like a two-day trip.
It was a day and a half trip. And it's not all for my hair. But anyway, no, I'm saying I inhale that stuff. It's an incredible high. Shout out to Aquanet. But anyway, I get through and I... Get some of my stuff and I stand up and standing there, white sweater, glasses, dark hair, this guy, and I just walk up to him and say, hey, let's do a selfie. And he said, okay.
And he starts to fish around in his luggage for his camera. And I'm thinking he was just holding his camera and he doesn't seem that interested. And... What the fuck? That's weird. I thought I was being super nice because he said all those nice things. And he starts to pick it up and he goes, okay. And I went and look at him and I go, wait a minute. Oh no. It's not that guy.
I just, I swear to God, I just, so this guy who's just a guy who's wearing, and I look over and I see the other guy. Listen to me. I see, listen to me. I'm not kidding. This, I swear to God, this is all exactly happened. I see the other guy. He's wearing a sweater that is practically identical. They look very similar and he's got glasses.
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Chapter 4: What hilarious selfie story does Conan recount?
And had to join the union. Exactly. I mean, just so many amazing. I mean, truly, it was just like a one man show. So that's.
And how many welding terms he just randomly just pulls out of his ass. Pun intended. Well done. Thank you. I have to say, I haven't watched these since we recorded them.
Me either.
So this is really fun.
Yeah.
We should do this more often. I agree. Just watch ourselves. Yeah.
Do you want to come over later and watch me?
Watch you? Just me. You edited yourself out of every video and there's just a big, gory video out there.
We knew we wanted to have some reference to Hot Ones in this because, like you said, such a big moment. What we couldn't really fit into this episode was the Dr. Arroyo special. Oh, my God.
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