Keep Paddling with Conan O’Brien
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Higher Ground
4.3 • 13.6K Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2026
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
Television host, comedian, writer and Oscars host Conan O’Brien joins IMO! Conan shares how the incredible work a younger, more awkward version of himself did to get him to where he is today; his hilarious family; and the advice he has for young people struggling to find their way. Plus, an appearance by a very special guest.
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| 0:00.0 | You and I are going to be hanging out a lot now, Craig. |
| 0:02.0 | Anytime you want to hang. |
| 0:03.0 | I don't think that's true. |
| 0:04.1 | Yeah. |
| 0:04.5 | I think I'm going to start cold calling him. |
| 0:06.8 | It's true for you. |
| 0:08.5 | So here's the thing. When I come to L.A. Bray gets coded. When I come. Let's hang. Let's shoot some hoops. That's right. I'm going to drain some threes from 80 yards away that don't go anywhere near the bucket. |
| 0:22.2 | Nowhere near. |
| 0:22.9 | I tell you, that's the bit. |
| 0:24.1 | You can... some threes from 80 yards away that don't go anywhere near the bucket. Nowhere near. |
| 0:22.9 | I tell you, that's the bit. |
| 0:24.4 | And then I'll go to |
| 0:26.7 | the back alley comedy club |
| 0:28.7 | with you. |
| 0:30.0 | I think you would do better. |
| 0:31.9 | You would do better at comedy than I would at basketball. |
| 0:40.4 | This episode is brought to you by Chase Home Lending. |
| 0:45.9 | Hey, little girl. |
| 0:47.2 | You look so dapper today. |
| 0:49.1 | So I was telling Julia, one of our producers, that this is one of my favorite jackets. Yeah, I like that. So I only wear it once a year on the show. I should wear it more often. Or get another one. Do that? It only comes in gray? No, they come in different colors, but I like this color. Oh, you like the gray? I like this gray. |
| 1:28.0 | Well, I think it would look good in other colors, too. I wear it often off camera. Okay. So it gets a lot of wear. Okay, that's good. It gets a lot of wear. It's good to know. It's good to know. But it's not as hot as your leather outfit you got going on. Well, actually, this isn't leather. It's sort of like a faux, faux leather. |
| 1:30.9 | So they're actually more jeansy. |
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