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Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

Jim Downey

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

Team Coco & Earwolf

Comedy

4.857.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Comedy writer Jim Downey feels entirely unapologetic about being Conan O’Brien’s friend. Jim sits down with Conan to discuss his favorite sketches from the early days of SNL, acting opposite Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood, and fine tuning Weekend Update with Norm Macdonald. For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com. Got a question for Conan? Call our voicemail: (669) 587-2847. This episode was recorded on 9/11/2023.

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm sorry, all right we got this I know because I know I use my name constantly

0:11.0

Hi, my name is Jim Downey and I feel entirely unapologetic about being Conan O'Brien's

0:23.0

friend

0:25.0

Fall is here, here they are, back to school, ring the bell, brand new shoes, walkin' loose, climb the fence, books and pens

0:36.0

I can tell that we are gonna be friends, I can tell that we are gonna be friends

0:45.0

Hello and welcome to Conan O'Brien's Needs A Friend, joined as always by Sona Mopsession

0:51.0

Hello, Sona Hi, you said my name so nicely

0:54.0

I did, with a lot of respect, HR told me to do that and Matt Gourley, how are you?

1:00.0

That's a little indifferent though, dismissive is what I was going for

1:04.0

Not a different mission accomplished, how are you guys?

1:08.0

You know, I'm okay

1:09.0

Yeah, good, that's all I need to know

1:11.0

I didn't even answer, so let's go in, I just plow right ahead

1:14.0

Do you even listen to us when you answer?

1:16.0

No, no, I just plow right ahead

1:18.0

I can barely see you guys, you're just blobs

1:21.0

When I really care about someone, they come into sharp focus

1:23.0

Oh man

1:24.0

Yeah, and then when not, it's just like sort of like gray clouds

1:28.0

See, you can't see this

1:30.0

Wait, what are you? No, not a thing

1:32.0

I'm just assuming you're waving at me

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