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Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

Wanda Sykes Returns

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

Team Coco & Earwolf

Comedy

4.859.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Actor and comedian Wanda Sykes feels indifferent about being Conan O’Brien’s friend. Wanda sits down with Conan once more to discuss honing her comedy chops while working at the NSA, being tricked into auditioning for Curb Your Enthusiasm, and her first foray into drama with her new movie Undercard. Later, Conan questions assistant David Hopping’s musical taste after being exposed to his personal playlist. 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 Wanda Sykes and I feel indifferent about being Conan O'Brien's friend.

0:12.0

Fall is here, hear the yell, back to school, ring the bell, brandy shoes, walking loose, climb the fence, books and pens.

0:24.2

I can tell that we are going to be friends.

0:28.8

Yes, I can tell that we are going to be friends.

0:33.3

Hello and welcome to Conan O'Brien needs a friend, joined by my good friends, and I put that in quotation marks.

0:40.7

Oh, come on.

0:41.4

I'm sorry, your employees.

0:45.7

Sonam Obsessing.

0:46.7

Good to see you, Sona.

0:47.3

Good to see you, too.

0:48.8

And you would be David Hopping, I believe.

0:51.7

Yeah, that's correct.

0:52.6

Thanks for being here, David.

0:53.7

Sitting in for Matt Goreley on paternity leave.

0:56.0

And Sona, I'm told that you had kind of an exciting moment recently.

1:02.6

You went to...

1:03.5

Exciting moment.

1:04.6

You went to Disneyland, yes?

1:07.6

Can I say I have been to Disneyland so many times. I've never seen anyone dressed up like Jepetto walking around. Right. And you do this bit about my dad. Your dad has a big mustache and he looks kind of, he's a white haired gentleman with a white mustache. He always has reminded me a little bit of Geppetto.

1:43.7

And I used to do a long riff about how he carved your brother. Yes. And, well, you know, we had some good times, meaning I was laughing and you were staring at me. Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah. But I had a good time and that's called the good. Well, you also got into like, oh, Danny, my real boy. You're gonna be my real boy.

1:45.4

You're shortening it now. Well, Danny wanted to be a real boy.

1:46.8

Yeah, Danny wanted to, my real boy. You're gonna be my real boy. You're shortening it now. Well, Danny wanted to be a real boy. Yeah, Danny wanted to be a real boy. Yeah, he carved a puppet, and Danny wanted to be a real boy. And he was swallowed by a whale. Okay. Anyway, that's neither here nor there. Yeah. But you had this moment. You sent me this picture that blew my mind. Yeah.

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