John Cleese

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

Team Coco & Earwolf

Comedy

4.8 • 57.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Actor and comedian John Cleese feels it is morally imperative to be Conan O’Brien’s friend. John sits down with Conan to talk about his new book Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide, writing essays on the subject of time, and favorite philosophical definitions of humor. Plus, Conan finds kinship in a photograph of a mailbox that bears his likeness. Got a question for Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 451-2821. For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is John Cleese, and I feel it is morally imperative to be Conan O'Brien's friend.
0:30.0	Hello, welcome to Conan O'Brien's Needs A Friend. This is a labor of love. I'm so thrilled to get to do this show.
0:45.0	It's funny because it's a different kind of conversation I get to have with people. And the kinds of conversations that I've been wanting to have for so long, not always possible on the show when people are distracted by my razor sharp cheekbones.
0:58.0	Oh, God.
0:59.0	Thick, luxuriant hair, chisel chin. It's a distraction. But here when my beauty cannot be seen, a conversation tends to blossom in a way that it can't.
1:10.0	They can see you. It doesn't seem to phase them at all.
1:12.0	You walk around with me all the time, sonat, and you see me walk down the street and people are like, fuck that guy's hot!
1:18.0	And then they go, oh, it's Conan, right?
1:21.0	Never once. Never once.
1:22.0	Never once. Never once did anything even kind of like that happen.
1:26.0	That's strange because I've paid so many people to do that and they've taken the money and then not done it.
1:31.0	Joined as always by Sonom of Sessian.
1:34.0	Hello.
1:35.0	And our good friend and, of course, expert producer Matt, Girlie, how are you, Matt?
1:41.0	I'm good. How are you guys?
1:42.0	Well, I'm good. I'm a little angry today.
1:44.0	Yeah, you're ailt.
1:45.0	I am ailt. And you can tell I've got my Irish up.
1:49.0	Although genetically, my Irish is always up.
1:53.0	Yeah. I am a little irritated by something which is that the guest today is an absolute legend.
1:59.0	Unbelievable.
2:00.0	Unbelievable legend in comedy.
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