Mike O'Brien

The Three Questions with Andy Richter

Team Coco & Earwolf

Comedy

4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Comedian, actor, and writer Mike O'Brien (SNL, A.P. Bio) joins Andy Richter to discuss creating A.P. Bio, his experience on Saturday Night Live, advice from Lorne Michaels, the limits of Midwestern humility, and much more.

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone. Welcome back to the three questions. I'm Andy Richter. Today I'm talking to the super talented
0:05.9	comedian, actor, and writer Mike O'Brien. You know him from his work on SNL, where he was a writer and a
0:12.1	featured player. He also created the NBC comedy series AP Bio, and he's written for hilarious shows
0:18.0	like, I think you should leave with Tim Robinson. If you live in L.A., these days, you can find him doing stand-up, often at the Elysian Theater.
0:25.6	And don't forget, I've got a live, serious X.M. Radio show where you're the guest.
0:30.2	It's called the Andy Richter Collins Show, and it airs every Wednesday at 1 p.m. Pacific, 4 p.m. Eastern on Conan O'Brien Radio Channel 104. Each week,
0:39.5	there's a new topic, and you can send in your story by visiting the link in today's show notes.
0:44.6	Find out the next week's show topic by visiting Team Coco podcasts on Instagram. Well, Mike O'Brien, I've invited you here to answer for yourself.
1:08.2	I knew this was a trap.
1:09.7	Yep.
1:10.5	How are you doing? Cheaters. I'm Yep. How are you doing?
1:11.4	Cheaters.
1:13.3	I'm good.
1:14.1	How are you doing?
1:14.7	Thanks for having me on.
1:15.9	You live here now, right?
1:17.3	Yeah.
1:17.7	Have you been here for a while?
1:19.5	Yeah, seven or eight years now.
1:21.7	Okay.
1:22.6	We'll never know because the pandemic.
1:25.9	Right.
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