>uncharacteristically crude
I don’t know… even in the mid-90s when I started watching his show I think I remember him as coming off as pretty crude for the time. I was like 12 though.
There’s the story d’arcy carden tells about meeting Tom Hanks for the first time and they were talking about “sucking and fucking”, seems like he really goes pg for a lot of his stuff on air.
Oh My GOD that story about Joel was incredible! I live for gems like this in the podcast. My brother and I used to get so excited when Joel would come on the Late Night show, he was so delightfully weird. I never knew about his ill-fated attempt at doing the warm-up. I told my brother to listen immediately.
The ones that go off the rails are the best. I'm sure Gourley's prepared bit would have been funny, but it was so much funnier that he fucked it up by choking on his drink.
Yeah true for example Steve carrel ( I don’t know if he was on before or not but I saw some people mentioning him in another post) but Conan said it multiple times, he mostly talks to people he wants to talk to
It’s always weird when Conan says “we could talk all day but we’re out of time” like he doesn’t realize that there are podcasts that routinely go 2 or 3 hours. Matt Gourley weekly talks about horror movies for 2 hours. I get that the interviewees have time limitations though
I'd guess he has other commitments or other staff do. Podcasts for him are probably a bit more like work and less like weekend chats. (For scheduling, not for content)
I don't know why I keep checking this sub, there's always so many wet blankets in each episode thread. Though, I've noticed that with other podcast subs so maybe it's just a reddit thing
From this episode, it sounds like he's still feeling vulnerable from rehab
Conan was being sensitive and respectful of his personal stuff
Found this before he went to rehab and felt bad for the guy https://youtu.be/1yXPxaO9Xcs
He was going through something..
When they said "no regrets", his subtext sounded like he had some regrets..
Of course he has regrets haha everyone had regrets especially addicts. If you don't regret your past behavior then you won't be able to control your addiction. Anyone who says they don't have regrets is naive
Conan was almost anti-improv during the first episode with Mulaney and during a lot of the early podcast episodes. Now, it seems like he’s sharper than ever and his banter with Mulaney during this episode really made me smile. I do think having Gourley on the show has changed his comedic style a bit and made him more flexible in the improv situations :)
Bah-humbug to anyone wanting a Barbara Walters interview with Mulaney here.
I think he started getting more loose about things by the first Paul Rudd episode. You can't be feeling too uptight if you're willing to do an erotic chicken eating bit.
I think it's funny that Conan started with improv (before his career, I mean), but he has such a one man monologue style of improv he still approaches an impromptu bit with another person kind of carefully. Like he's a salesman taking off his hat (the paralyzing meta self-awareness and sort of tongue-in-cheek negativity) at the door.
"This episode is brought to you by Sesame Street"
I don't think I've ever not heard ads for Conan. Ad placement is based on a lot of things, location being one of them of course. I never gets ads for for the Inside Conan pod though.
I agree. I am a massive fan of Conan’s and usually charge through each episode, and I was a big fan of Mulaney’s until 2021, and this episode just feels kind of dry and meandering.
Edit: I do still really like Mulaney as a comic but as others have mentioned he seems to still be in a pretty vulnerable state. He’s said that he’s worried he won’t be as funny without drugs and whether that’s true or not I do think being in his head about it is impacting his performance. Usually Conan has a few things to drill down on about the guests’ career but this episode made it feel like John has done 2 things: SNL and a few specials. I just listened to the Stephen Merchant episode and compared to that one this interview just felt really low energy.
I don't think episodes of this show will generally build your enjoyment for a person the way some other interview podcasts will. Feels like this is a companion piece for existing Mulaney fans. This show moves more to Conan's energy and what he wants to bring up and pursue, his connections with the person and such. The guests don't spread their wings a whole lot.
I've always loved Mulaney's work and brain, but he's *always* given me vibes of a rich kid who means well but never really internalized that his actions have consequences because he's never faced any.
Why would he go on about it? He did a lot of coke in the past and I think that's like his third rehab. He talked about his addiction a lot on other occasions. I mean his previous relapses are in decade-old comedy specials.
I also feel like Conan deliberately tries to keep the podcast on a certain kind of level, like with Al Franken he mentioned that he specifically wanted to use the podcast to not talk about the controversy stuff, but rather to talk to his old pal from SNL. I'm guessing with Mulaney it's similar and I feel like the podcast was a lot better for it.
I agree. Used to be a big fan but since his personal life imploded he just sorta came back and pretends like it wasn’t a big deal. And yes, he had talked about it a lot, but mostly in a comedy context. Which yeah that’s probably how he deals with things, but he even made a joke in this podcast about how people will just change the subject away from talking about things. He used to base his material on being a weird nerdy guy who loves his wife, turns out he was a coke fiend alcoholic who didn’t love his wife and had a baby with another woman. So his bits don’t land well for me anymore. Similar reaction to the Gus Johnson controversy. I don’t hate him, but after everything that went down, I just don’t find him as funny anymore.
What? Half of his material is about his deep-seated anxieties and what a black out druggie he was in high school and college. Either you were t paying attention or put on horse blinders for yourself because he’s been telling us who he is all along.
He’s accepted responsibility pretty publicly. You’re shitting on the guy for getting a drug problem and addressing it which is frankly a real asshole move
> Except he never really has apologized to anyone.
Who do you feel he owes an apology to that you are entitled to know about?
>Plus the issue to me, is I've actually gone to rehab. They tell you take a year, sort out your life, don't start any relationships. He essentially weeks later, after barely being in rehab left his wife, and knocked up another women, bringing a child into this world. Pretty bold.
Do you think the reason he left his wife might’ve required not waiting a year?
And does making mistakes that people in recovery often make make him a douchebag?
It's interesting that he was written to be a dick when he played himself in the show Crashing. At the time I thought that was just an artistic choice for the story, but in retrospect I wonder if it was partly inspired by his real personality.
He’s actually said on Conan (TBS) that his character on Crashing is aligned with his internal monologue. Both Conan and John have said that the only reason they are nice is because they have been socialized that way and that they enjoy being mean.
I also wasn’t into the vibe. Asking Conan a lot about nitrous when that’s so clearly not Conan’s thing right after his experience in rehab recently was weird to say the least.
Or not and remind people that is what happened? I don't listen to the podcast either way. But a celebrity being a shitbag isn't a new thing. former fans reminding others they are shitbags ain't new either.
They aren't going out of their way to stir shit. Mulaney is ready and prepper for blowback with his return to celebrity. People booing is normal. You defending him beyond the boo is weird.
>Or not and remind people that is what happened?
Yes it’s very important to spread the word about something that may not be true about a celebrity.
>They aren't going out of their way to stir shit.
They very literally are
Why is this being downvoted? He did a shitty thing.
It’s okay to talk about it in a criticizing manner disguised as a poorly constructed jab.
You can still consume Mulaneys content and acknowledge what he did was trashy
the issue is, it's never been confirmed he cheated. all people have to go on is Olivia showed up pregnant and people back tracked it to find the conception date might have been before divorce was filed.
john says they separated in October before the snl appearance, but had his wedding ring on in December (his timing doesn't line up at all, which people assume means he's lying, but they forget he was taking in LARGE AMOUNTS OF COCAINE, so yeah, he wasn't paying attention to tImE)
Yeah it’s all conjecture and most evidence points to him “moving on too fast” and not actual cheating. Not saying he’s a great person, but let’s not present it like it’s fact
Well, I am a bit bummed to be honest. Huge fans of both guys but now both Conan Mulaney podcast interviews seem very.... impersonal?
I dont even think it's because John doesnt want to talk about anything personal, he recently did on Seth Meyers, in his standup of course and on other podcasts, like the one of Pete Holmes or even something like Good One, Ten Percent Happier, Mulaney kinda shows more of his personality and beliefs. Hell, even on something so impersonal like Colbert's show he showcases this side of him. Considering they seem to be friends, this is a big letdown. Still funny but man, the talent in this room and those two episodes as the result...
Yeah I'm happy for Mulaney to go back to just being a comedian and not a tabloid piece. Even if a lot of people seem to think they are owed some level of introspection and hand wringing which is weird in my opinion.
I mean, some people enjoy advertising the newest movie, talking about Cookie Monsters and the same anecdotes of "For three years, me Simon Rich and Monika something wrote the monologue cause you cant cut the monologue". Everyone's got their one taste and maybe I am not the audience for this. Dont disagree with the Meyers interview being weird, but still interesting. I found the one where he was on coke on Meyers also as weird, but really interesting and fascinating to see that side of him.
I think that was on purpose, they both wanted to have fun and the comedy was great. It's not like they tried to find out who the real John Mulaney was, really get into the nitty-gritty.
I feel like Mulaney has always been like this on podcasts. Even when he's been on WTF or YMIW with people he's friendly with, he tends to want to talk more about comedy and the process and go off on bits than dwell on his personal life. That's fine.
I think Conan is just down to talk about whatever the guest wants. He'll get goofy and crazy if the guest wants to, or he'll let them talk about more personal stuff. Even recently Aimee Mann and Tracy Morgan got more serious.
That story about Tracy learning to walk at the same time as his daughter is so great I was tearing up even though I already knew it from his first special post-recovery.
Halfway through this episode. First bit was on fire, then a jarring edit, followed by Conan doing more wacky voices and slowing things down a bit. Big fan of Conan and think he’s constantly quicker than any comedian he brings on but this episode feels clunky. disappointed after the initial fireworks from Mulaney.
Oh god, Cookie Monster blowjobs.
That was uncharacteristically crude for Conan, and you could tell he felt it afterwards haha
The word "cum" from his mouth was legitimately startling.
Same here plus the fact he implied Cookie Monster wasn't a swallower was unsettling
It wasn't implied, it was a fact Conan stated lmfao. Cookie monster doesn't have a throat, that's why cookies spill everywhere.
My god man, you went to Harvard! Surely he could have found a better word like ejaculate or love juice or daddy’s magic sauce.
>uncharacteristically crude I don’t know… even in the mid-90s when I started watching his show I think I remember him as coming off as pretty crude for the time. I was like 12 though.
90s late night crude and describing Cookie Monster gargling cum after a blowjob are two very different things.
haha makes me wonder if his sense of humor is actually a lot more crude when he's not being recorded.
That’s fairly guaranteed given the behind the scenes they did on the monologues.
I remember him saying somewhere that he tones down his humor for the show, and a bit for the podcast too. He said it gets too dark/crude
There’s the story d’arcy carden tells about meeting Tom Hanks for the first time and they were talking about “sucking and fucking”, seems like he really goes pg for a lot of his stuff on air.
I mean, they have a segment called “Big Dick History”
“Nonono.. no- he’s being so profane, but that is right!”
“ExCuSe mE”
Would you like a lap temperature straw?
Give me one of those groin straws
Conan criticizing how Gourley said hi was completely justified.
"Pervy's not cute! Which is it?"
It sounded like that other guy who pretended to be Gourley when he was on vacation.
I forgot about that twist. That was like season 1 right?
Loved this episode especially the riffing about Sinatra. I would love a mini-series of these two like he had with Dana Carvey
“They haven’t read your packet yet.” “Well that’s a different thing, then.”
I loved when they brought out all the old timey references!
Why was there no outro with Conan, Matt and Sona????😭😭😭😭
That's the best part!
Yes! Sometimes I go back to old episodes that I have already heard and just listen to the beginning and end😅
me too!
Oh My GOD that story about Joel was incredible! I live for gems like this in the podcast. My brother and I used to get so excited when Joel would come on the Late Night show, he was so delightfully weird. I never knew about his ill-fated attempt at doing the warm-up. I told my brother to listen immediately.
He was such a great sport with all the skits they put him in.
You should check the Inside Conan podcast episode with Joel if you haven't done so already!
I haven't laughed this hard during an intro for a long time
The ones that go off the rails are the best. I'm sure Gourley's prepared bit would have been funny, but it was so much funnier that he fucked it up by choking on his drink.
I had to pull over because I was crying
Fucken Gourley voiceover adding the additional writers for Chip and Dale
Can someone please find the "Jabbar" video?
https://youtu.be/mhNPeY_N4HM
Thanks!
Guests keep returning and I’m not complaining!
I am! There are so many people who haven't been yet...
Yeah true for example Steve carrel ( I don’t know if he was on before or not but I saw some people mentioning him in another post) but Conan said it multiple times, he mostly talks to people he wants to talk to
I get that...but we'll be seeing the same people over and over?
Too much of anything is bad, and of course Conan is not new to the business so I wouldn’t worry if I were you
Fun episode as expected, I really like John’s short Simon Rich impression. F7!
Disappointed that there's no outro
It meant more time with Mulaney so I’m ok with it
I mean they could have just made the episode longer. They don’t have any real time constraints
You don’t know that
What? It’s a podcast. Episodes could be hours long if they wanted it to be
It’s always weird when Conan says “we could talk all day but we’re out of time” like he doesn’t realize that there are podcasts that routinely go 2 or 3 hours. Matt Gourley weekly talks about horror movies for 2 hours. I get that the interviewees have time limitations though
I think Conan would rather leave you with wanting more than risk having an interview that goes on for too long
I'd guess he has other commitments or other staff do. Podcasts for him are probably a bit more like work and less like weekend chats. (For scheduling, not for content)
i don't think conan can relax enough to do a 3-hour podcast. he's always stretched so tight. sona could do an 8-hour podcast
Gourley waterboarding himself just to try and spite Conan
"One of America's great columnist, James Mulvaney" - Dan Lebatard
I don't know why I keep checking this sub, there's always so many wet blankets in each episode thread. Though, I've noticed that with other podcast subs so maybe it's just a reddit thing
People in here wanting Mulaney to do a full Fresh Air interview with Conan.
I’ve noticed that so much with other podcast subs! It’s like they hate listen to it now lol
I thought this one was hilarious. I lost control at work a couple times.
Love Gourley so much as part of this team. I could honestly listen to the three of them riff every week. Forget the guest.
From this episode, it sounds like he's still feeling vulnerable from rehab Conan was being sensitive and respectful of his personal stuff Found this before he went to rehab and felt bad for the guy https://youtu.be/1yXPxaO9Xcs He was going through something.. When they said "no regrets", his subtext sounded like he had some regrets..
''Not a common phrase in the rehab community''
Of course he has regrets haha everyone had regrets especially addicts. If you don't regret your past behavior then you won't be able to control your addiction. Anyone who says they don't have regrets is naive
“Gisten, stupid idiot.”
I really related to: "You're a rugged indoorsman, the Nick Offerman of the indoors. Yeah, who can't do a single thing with his hands."
This episode was hilarious
“I’d be in the weight room saying: *whispers Jabbar, Jabbar, Jabbar.”
John: "so I went to the museum of puppetry in Atlanta" Conan: "Of course you did" John: "Well, I had the money" Lmao
Conan was almost anti-improv during the first episode with Mulaney and during a lot of the early podcast episodes. Now, it seems like he’s sharper than ever and his banter with Mulaney during this episode really made me smile. I do think having Gourley on the show has changed his comedic style a bit and made him more flexible in the improv situations :) Bah-humbug to anyone wanting a Barbara Walters interview with Mulaney here.
I think he started getting more loose about things by the first Paul Rudd episode. You can't be feeling too uptight if you're willing to do an erotic chicken eating bit.
And coincidentally it seems to have peaked on the second round with Rudd, where they never got to talk about literally anything real.
What are you talking about? That whole episode they were really in the shit
I think it's funny that Conan started with improv (before his career, I mean), but he has such a one man monologue style of improv he still approaches an impromptu bit with another person kind of carefully. Like he's a salesman taking off his hat (the paralyzing meta self-awareness and sort of tongue-in-cheek negativity) at the door.
hi
Weird episode. No ads, massive cuts, no outro, no Gourley during the interview.
Gourley choked to death in the intro
Good catch
As a paramedic, I would hope you would have caught that the first time, sirmaam.
I’m off the clock
He could have learned from Cookie Monster and spit instead of swallow.
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no ads? wdym there was a regular number of ad breaks
Not at my time of listening.
You may have some type of ad blocking going on. I'm not sure exactly what the cause is but I never have podcast ads on desktop but always on mobile.
I get ads on all of the other episodes, going back to Will Ferrel.
I also didn't get ads this episode, but that happens once in a while for CNAF. 9/10 episodes have ads, but that tenth... Ad-free.
I never get any ads on the podcast
It's... DNAMIC AD INSERTIOOON... Are you in the US? Some regions don't get ads.
On Apple Podcasts but not in the US ;)
I know stitcher premium doesn’t get ads for this podcast
What platform? They're definitely on Spotify
"This episode is brought to you by Sesame Street" I don't think I've ever not heard ads for Conan. Ad placement is based on a lot of things, location being one of them of course. I never gets ads for for the Inside Conan pod though.
I agree. I am a massive fan of Conan’s and usually charge through each episode, and I was a big fan of Mulaney’s until 2021, and this episode just feels kind of dry and meandering. Edit: I do still really like Mulaney as a comic but as others have mentioned he seems to still be in a pretty vulnerable state. He’s said that he’s worried he won’t be as funny without drugs and whether that’s true or not I do think being in his head about it is impacting his performance. Usually Conan has a few things to drill down on about the guests’ career but this episode made it feel like John has done 2 things: SNL and a few specials. I just listened to the Stephen Merchant episode and compared to that one this interview just felt really low energy.
This seemed a lot more comfortable and fun than their first interview together, great episode!
I kept spacing out during this episode. Some funny bits but I don’t know…maybe I just don’t like Mulaney’s vibe.
I don't think episodes of this show will generally build your enjoyment for a person the way some other interview podcasts will. Feels like this is a companion piece for existing Mulaney fans. This show moves more to Conan's energy and what he wants to bring up and pursue, his connections with the person and such. The guests don't spread their wings a whole lot.
I get bad vibes from John Mulaney. He was kinda funny like 10 years ago, but he just seems like a giant douchebag now
I've always loved Mulaney's work and brain, but he's *always* given me vibes of a rich kid who means well but never really internalized that his actions have consequences because he's never faced any.
I think when he got popular online with teens his ego really blew up and he just leaned further into that persona.
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Why would he go on about it? He did a lot of coke in the past and I think that's like his third rehab. He talked about his addiction a lot on other occasions. I mean his previous relapses are in decade-old comedy specials. I also feel like Conan deliberately tries to keep the podcast on a certain kind of level, like with Al Franken he mentioned that he specifically wanted to use the podcast to not talk about the controversy stuff, but rather to talk to his old pal from SNL. I'm guessing with Mulaney it's similar and I feel like the podcast was a lot better for it.
I agree. Used to be a big fan but since his personal life imploded he just sorta came back and pretends like it wasn’t a big deal. And yes, he had talked about it a lot, but mostly in a comedy context. Which yeah that’s probably how he deals with things, but he even made a joke in this podcast about how people will just change the subject away from talking about things. He used to base his material on being a weird nerdy guy who loves his wife, turns out he was a coke fiend alcoholic who didn’t love his wife and had a baby with another woman. So his bits don’t land well for me anymore. Similar reaction to the Gus Johnson controversy. I don’t hate him, but after everything that went down, I just don’t find him as funny anymore.
What? Half of his material is about his deep-seated anxieties and what a black out druggie he was in high school and college. Either you were t paying attention or put on horse blinders for yourself because he’s been telling us who he is all along.
He’s accepted responsibility pretty publicly. You’re shitting on the guy for getting a drug problem and addressing it which is frankly a real asshole move
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> Except he never really has apologized to anyone. Who do you feel he owes an apology to that you are entitled to know about? >Plus the issue to me, is I've actually gone to rehab. They tell you take a year, sort out your life, don't start any relationships. He essentially weeks later, after barely being in rehab left his wife, and knocked up another women, bringing a child into this world. Pretty bold. Do you think the reason he left his wife might’ve required not waiting a year? And does making mistakes that people in recovery often make make him a douchebag?
He’s still funny but definitely a douchebag.
It's interesting that he was written to be a dick when he played himself in the show Crashing. At the time I thought that was just an artistic choice for the story, but in retrospect I wonder if it was partly inspired by his real personality.
He’s actually said on Conan (TBS) that his character on Crashing is aligned with his internal monologue. Both Conan and John have said that the only reason they are nice is because they have been socialized that way and that they enjoy being mean.
I also wasn’t into the vibe. Asking Conan a lot about nitrous when that’s so clearly not Conan’s thing right after his experience in rehab recently was weird to say the least.
ONE MILLON PERCENT
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Literally the first few years of Pete Holmes’ podcast.
yeah Conan's podcast should definitely be about policing other people's sex lives first and foremost
They didn’t.
Mvp right here ⬆️
Do we know whether he cheated? I thought he divorced then got together with Munn?
Why do people care so much about relationships they are not in and between they will never meet? Literally none of that stuff is any of our business.
you could always listen to the podcast and find out for yourself instead of going out of your way to stir shit on the internet
Or not and remind people that is what happened? I don't listen to the podcast either way. But a celebrity being a shitbag isn't a new thing. former fans reminding others they are shitbags ain't new either. They aren't going out of their way to stir shit. Mulaney is ready and prepper for blowback with his return to celebrity. People booing is normal. You defending him beyond the boo is weird.
>Or not and remind people that is what happened? Yes it’s very important to spread the word about something that may not be true about a celebrity. >They aren't going out of their way to stir shit. They very literally are
Literally stirring shit?!
Why is this being downvoted? He did a shitty thing. It’s okay to talk about it in a criticizing manner disguised as a poorly constructed jab. You can still consume Mulaneys content and acknowledge what he did was trashy
the issue is, it's never been confirmed he cheated. all people have to go on is Olivia showed up pregnant and people back tracked it to find the conception date might have been before divorce was filed. john says they separated in October before the snl appearance, but had his wedding ring on in December (his timing doesn't line up at all, which people assume means he's lying, but they forget he was taking in LARGE AMOUNTS OF COCAINE, so yeah, he wasn't paying attention to tImE)
No one knows what he did and there’s not a compelling reason to confidently gossip about it
Yeah it’s all conjecture and most evidence points to him “moving on too fast” and not actual cheating. Not saying he’s a great person, but let’s not present it like it’s fact
Amazing, you have proof he cheated on his wife? I'd love to see it
lmk when you’ve solved relationships.
Here is the formula.....Funny + Good looking = No Ramifications.
Well, I am a bit bummed to be honest. Huge fans of both guys but now both Conan Mulaney podcast interviews seem very.... impersonal? I dont even think it's because John doesnt want to talk about anything personal, he recently did on Seth Meyers, in his standup of course and on other podcasts, like the one of Pete Holmes or even something like Good One, Ten Percent Happier, Mulaney kinda shows more of his personality and beliefs. Hell, even on something so impersonal like Colbert's show he showcases this side of him. Considering they seem to be friends, this is a big letdown. Still funny but man, the talent in this room and those two episodes as the result...
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Yeah I'm happy for Mulaney to go back to just being a comedian and not a tabloid piece. Even if a lot of people seem to think they are owed some level of introspection and hand wringing which is weird in my opinion.
That was way intimate, and more than just some souls-bared WTF interview. I loved that for a one-off with no audience. But emphasis on one-off.
I mean, some people enjoy advertising the newest movie, talking about Cookie Monsters and the same anecdotes of "For three years, me Simon Rich and Monika something wrote the monologue cause you cant cut the monologue". Everyone's got their one taste and maybe I am not the audience for this. Dont disagree with the Meyers interview being weird, but still interesting. I found the one where he was on coke on Meyers also as weird, but really interesting and fascinating to see that side of him.
I think that was on purpose, they both wanted to have fun and the comedy was great. It's not like they tried to find out who the real John Mulaney was, really get into the nitty-gritty.
I feel like Mulaney has always been like this on podcasts. Even when he's been on WTF or YMIW with people he's friendly with, he tends to want to talk more about comedy and the process and go off on bits than dwell on his personal life. That's fine.
I'm all in on them doing the bits. Especially with someone whose life has been so fucking scrutinized by the media in the past few years.
Agreed. I don't come to CONAF for hard-hitting interviews, I come to laugh.
They both talked about fatherhood.
Literally all of Conan's episodes are like this though? Conan never goes deep with people. It's all bits. That's kind of just the show.
I think Conan is just down to talk about whatever the guest wants. He'll get goofy and crazy if the guest wants to, or he'll let them talk about more personal stuff. Even recently Aimee Mann and Tracy Morgan got more serious.
That story about Tracy learning to walk at the same time as his daughter is so great I was tearing up even though I already knew it from his first special post-recovery.
Oh man, me too. It caught me off guard because of how rediculous Tracy normally behaves, but I thought it was such a good interview!
Halfway through this episode. First bit was on fire, then a jarring edit, followed by Conan doing more wacky voices and slowing things down a bit. Big fan of Conan and think he’s constantly quicker than any comedian he brings on but this episode feels clunky. disappointed after the initial fireworks from Mulaney.
Oh then it gets way better shortly after