Denis Leary

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

Team Coco & Earwolf

Comedy

4.8 • 59.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Comedian and actor Denis Leary feels like he could give a f*** about being Conan O’Brien’s friend. Denis sits down with Conan to discuss their shared Worcester roots and finding out they’re related, making healthy lifestyle choices, founding the Emerson Comedy Workshop while in college, and shooting his television series Going Dutch entirely in Ireland. For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com. Got a question for Conan? Call our voicemail: (669) 587-2847.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Dennis Leary.
0:05.0	And I feel like I could give a fuck about being Conan O'Brien's friend,
0:12.0	because I'm already his fucking cousin.
0:15.0	It's true.
0:17.0	It's true.
0:18.0	You know, first of all, we were just acquired by PBS.
0:22.9	I'm going to reduce... You're going to reduce the fuckage?
0:24.2	Yeah.
0:27.4	Fall is here, hear the yell, back to school, ring the bell, brandy shoes, walking loose, climb the fence, books and pens, I can tell that we are going to be friends
0:40.6	I can tell that we are going to be friends
0:45.9	Hey there
0:47.5	Welcome to Conan O'Brien
0:48.8	Needs a Friend
0:49.8	joined as always by Sonam Obsessian
0:51.8	Yeah, hi
0:52.5	Matt Garley
0:53.4	Hi
0:53.7	And I'm going to let people have a little peek behind the scenes of how we work here.
0:59.1	I noticed something recently, which is we always have the interview start with the guests saying,
1:06.7	hello, my name is, and then blank.
1:08.6	And I feel blank about being Conan O'Brien's friend.
1:11.2	And we give them a physical piece of paper.
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