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Ed Sheeran turns the interview around on Conan to ask him about writing on “The Simpsons.”
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@savaskorkmaz75 11 месяцев назад

It's amazing to see the proud look in Conan's eyes when he sees that his son is as successful as he is.

@8bitdee 11 месяцев назад

This fuxking comment doesn’t get enough upvotes.

@hardcoreoma 11 месяцев назад

@@8bitdee You are right. I'm doing my part.

@jlouis4407 11 месяцев назад

I love that Ed is getting to know his dad

@jf7098 11 месяцев назад

😂👍

@detroitpolak9904 10 месяцев назад

That was hilarious.

@kakonis Год назад

The smoking writer was probably John Swartzwelder-who I think still has the record for having written the most episodes of the show. Eventually they stopped tolerating his smoking, so he went to a diner and sat in the booth and smoked and wrote there. Then, when, they banned smoking in restaurants, he bought the booth from the diner, brought it into his home, and continued writing and smoking in the booth. Eventually he stopped going to the studio except for when his scripts were finished. Then he would just drive up in his car, hand them out the window, and drive home. He's a legend in comedy, and was considered reclusive, though I know they called him on one of the commentaries and he actually answered his phone. He was cooking a steak, if I remember correctly.

@traviswilliams4548 Год назад

It was definitely Swartzwelder

@pienjopienjo7697 Год назад

Yep. You're right. I've read his books. Zany is the best word that comes to mind.

@mattbarnes4346 Год назад

He was also the basis for Ron Swanson character in Parks & Rec

@Hardcastle83 Год назад

His name was at the front of most of the epically amazing episodes, I noticed that as a kid. Homer gets a gun springs to mind, and the stonecutters, Frank Grimes, so many. Conan to his credit wrote the Monorail episode, which is also way up there.

@Bat_Rag Год назад

I still believe John Schwartzwelder was an alter ego writers used when it was a collaborative episode. If not I'd love to see Conan interview him, the two best simpsons writers. Legends

@thommytsunami Год назад

"We stopped at like Season Ten." That's not a bad thing.

@penske_material Год назад

I found what he said to be interesting cuz I live in the Dominican Republic and for a while too they only ran seasons 10-12 over and over again, I never understood why but I would also come back from school and watch those episodes every single day. And I know many fans hate those seasons but I got used to them lol

@jamiecook4288 Год назад

That’s the reason it got worse. Simpsons ended S10.

@georgemacpherson1992 Год назад

@@jamiecook4288actually season 10 was the beginning of an era for the Simpsons.

@dwaynedibley997 Год назад

It was never on bbc2 ? Was on channel 4

@budzion8800 Год назад

@dwaynedibley997 think thats showing your age diff, was defo on bbc 2

@phillipedwardness9591 Год назад

The monorail episode is just so Conan. The humour is exactly him and you could just imagine him saying things like “the ring came off my pudding can”

@Paulafan5 Год назад

The Batman exchange with Homer and Marge is priceless. "Batman's a scientist!"

@fattiger2000 Год назад

"Would you like to be Homer Junior? The kids can call you Ho-Ju."

@julianham8980 Год назад

I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have stopped for that haircut

@KieranFuller17 Год назад

Take my penknife, my good man!

@seniormustard91 Год назад

Lyle Lanley has a Conan vibe

@namco003 Год назад

What a fan move. Sheeran could have fanboy'd in the back and asked all the question he wanted, but the excitement in his eyes getting to talk to someone he grew up loving the show Conan wrote on, asking him questions instead of being questioned. ❤

@madmaxandrade 11 месяцев назад

It's been said that the best CONAF episodes are the ones where Conan becomes a guest in his show, and this clip is proof of that.

@Alfareon Год назад

CONAN: they're comedy writers, they're very kind SONA: bursts out laughing, looks around stage, looks back to Matt

@doctorkayak Год назад

Oh wow, thanks for pointing that out... Brilliant!

@fanoftheassholishvariety9791 Год назад

@@doctorkayak She's a Sona fan, so a blithering idiot.

@DrVonNostrand Год назад

Much like her, you contribute nothing to this.

@Jackleber Год назад

"SONA: bursts out laughing" is kinda the default

@YB90Gaming Год назад

Probably the most important question in Conans life

@thecompanioncube4211 Год назад

Seriously. I never seen him as excited as him answering about Simpson. Thanks Ed Sheeran

@SOUNDINTHECITY Год назад

Thanks Ed for asking that question. #TeamCoCo

@dawnmillsap285 Год назад

I love when Conan answers questions. He is very interesting.

@MonticArckeys 11 месяцев назад

He doesn't really answer directly, he's rambling

@mkdisciple 11 месяцев назад

@@MonticArckeysyea! He was extremely negative, talked about his “tragic” success getting a late night TV show and then barely gave any insight into Simpsons production. Thanks for nothing.

@stephanieparker418 Год назад

Ed’s out here asking the questions we all want the answers to 🔥

@Stuart267 Год назад

He's also interrupting the answers. He's such a douchebag. He did make me like him at first when he asked that question, then he talks over his better in Conan who was gracious enough to let him.

@9TNyne Год назад

Sheeran pulled the ol’ switcheroooo!

@placebo5466 5 месяцев назад

we all benefitted.

@stonytrees8573 Год назад

Yes Conan is one of the best guests they’ve had for a while

@eklavyakaushal 11 месяцев назад

love that Ed made Conan open up about himself too. So organic. Love this format.

@yingle6027 11 месяцев назад

90's Simpsons is in a league of its own. Nothing comes close to the consistency of funny those shows had.

@ems901 11 месяцев назад

I agree fully

@QuasiMonkey 11 месяцев назад

Yep, the golden years of the Simpsons was the best. Roughly season 3 (1991) to season 12 (2001)

@yingle6027 11 месяцев назад

@@QuasiMonkey I'm still in awe of those episodes!

@DLites151 11 месяцев назад

South Park prime run better, but close.

@myenemysenemy1043 11 месяцев назад

Gotta agree. When people talk about the best sitcom of all time, or debate whether UK comedy is better than US comedy (I am British BTW), I’ll always point them to the golden era of The Simpsons.

@BXK09 Год назад

I’d just sit there and ask Conan questions about the Simpsons for literal hours lol. Homer Goes to College imo is not only the best Simpsons episode, but one of the funniest American animation episodes ever.

@aidangriffiths5075 Год назад

The first 5 mins of it is possibly the greatest 5 mins of television ever made. Head bee guy, the box! The box! Quimby bribed with his 5000 dollar fur coat to make it go away, relax its just a simulator.... THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING! As homer caused another meltdown 😂 beyond genius writing

@WakaWaka2468 Год назад

Marge vs the Monorail is a masterclass in comedy. There's a laugh every 5 seconds.

@ravenstylea2 Год назад

Ed looks like a ginger cat

@luisarellanes9898 Год назад

Oh wow! I loved that episode growing up, I had no idea it was written by Conan!

@bballkid2345 Год назад

NEEEEEEERRRRRRRD!

@SoulKingBK Год назад

Ed Sheeran fan girls Conans a bit…. Conan: you are the best guest we’ve ever had

@majeedhd5767 Год назад

Ed Sheeran is the most humble and down to earth celebrity ever Ed Sheeran is the best

@coveredindie Год назад

Genuinely more interested to hear Ed Sheeran interview Conan than the other way around

@artofsam 10 месяцев назад

Every once in a while I will return to some clips from the 90's simpson and honestly it convinces me everytime that for a brief period it was one of the best animation series ever, not only were the stories relatable and had great social commentary but the jokes were almost zucker-brothers level at how many jokes they would cram in a short episode. It really was an incredibly written show for a while.

@genethfireball 11 месяцев назад

One of the best things Ed Sheeran has ever done. Famous people should take the opportunity more to ask him about The Simpsons

@pienjopienjo7697 Год назад

Monorail is a favorite. Still watch it from time to time.

@trjb1767 Год назад

Do you think. The tracks will bend?

@No-Proof-of-God1988 Год назад

🎶Not on your life my Hindu friend🎶

@imnottellingyoumyname3050 11 месяцев назад

I call the big one bitey

@GDog-xl6kr Год назад

I remember those days getting in from school and 2 episodes on bbc 2, good times

@baronmateo6736 11 месяцев назад

I love that Conan is walking his own path and left the TV format behind.

@Sara.T90 Год назад

If I was lucky enough to be in the same room as Conan I wouldn't be able to speak, I would just cry cause he means the world to me! I wouldn't have made it through my darkest moments in life without Conan's humour! I also love his empathy and compassion for everyone. "So that’s what I wish for all of you-the bad as well as the good. Fall down. Make a mess. Break something occasionally. Know that your mistakes are your own unique way of getting to where you need to be. And remember that the story is never over."

@JulOyt Год назад

Where’s that quote from?

@LeGiiTWillie Год назад

@@JulOyt Conan's Harvard commencement speech in 2000

@lukenaoumovitch4477 Год назад

Omg the greatest gingers of all time 😢😮

@SoulKingBK Год назад

I’ve never seen a ginger goat before

@MS-ss1dv Год назад

Which one? 🤣🤣

@kakonis Год назад

Two ginger enter. One Ginger leave. There can be only one.

@MS-ss1dv Год назад

@@kakonis 🤣🤣🤣

@kakonis Год назад

That's a "Highlander" reference for the youngsters.@@MS-ss1dv

@tapetwo7115 Год назад

Ed, as a fan of Seasons 1 -8 of the Simpsons, thank you for this!! Also I love what you did on Hilary Duff's song Tattoo!! Really epic

@carlrs15 Год назад

Seasons 1-10 are gold - everything that came afterwards is disposable

@jarosbodytko6462 11 месяцев назад

Season 8 was already far below the quality of what came before. Not bad but certainly not on the level of the previous seasons.

@FinnGamble Год назад

I just finished listening to the entire podcast episode, and I think I've just become an Ed Sheeran fan.

@HawkSea Год назад

Where do you watch full episodes at?

@FinnGamble Год назад

@@HawkSea I don't think they release whole episodes as videos. I listen to it on Apple Podcasts, but it's available on most platforms.

@HawkSea Год назад

Cheers mate@@FinnGamble

@Grigsy Год назад

Omg a Conan O’Brien podcast with John Swartzwelder… the episode I didn’t know I needed until now

@MrSoles 11 месяцев назад

WE NEED MORE OF 'THE MAKING OF THE SIMPSONS WITH CONAN O'BRIEN'!!! Would be an epic adventure. 👍👍👍👍👍

@schawdaya Год назад

"that was an homage not a rip" gotta love conan

@jamiecook4288 Год назад

Conan and George Meyer are the two best writers the show had. George wrote Separate Vocations and I laugh every minute in that episode.

@brandonbergh2585 11 месяцев назад

Whoever wrote Homer the Vigilante Jesus Christ

@jmo8934 Год назад

In my opinion the simpsons in its prime was the best television show ever made.

@1craley878 Год назад

Easily, when I heard that Disney was buying fox i assumed that they wanted control over the xmen again but I was wrong. They wanted the simpson's.

@waltercyborggg Год назад

Thanks Peggy Hill

@CreedBrattonTheOffice Год назад

Some people think like it was nothing at all, nothing at all, nothing at all...

@TC8787-yq7og 11 месяцев назад

No comedy has ever reached the same level, but it's fall from grace was horrendous and has definitely tarnished its legacy

@icankillbugs 11 месяцев назад

@@waltercyborggg😅

@kevinharaldcross 11 месяцев назад

"You never see bart get older" just hit me in the liver

@Britpop938 10 месяцев назад

Yeah, surprisingly that didn’t get more laughs. Shows just how quick Conan’s humor is to throw that out there 😂😂

@RookieTravelDiaries Год назад

2:38 Sona laughed so hard at that last but when noone else seemed to care or probably didn't even think of it as a joke. Shows how deep their chemistry goes and she knows exactly what he was talking about 😅😅❤❤

@thisisit2082 Год назад

Marge and The Monorail is perfect television.

@benjaminheld3874 Год назад

"You never saw Bart get older." Man, that's just such a clever line.

@southerndiy1 Год назад

Sublime

@guilleskitz Год назад

Conan has a great mind for comedy

@dronefox2619 Год назад

This was such an underrated reply. Went right over Ed’s head. 😂

@danbee6103 Год назад

Says :”lets make this entire podcast about me”, then proceeds to do so😂

@Autonova 11 месяцев назад

Double bill of the Simpsons after school was just peak TV. My whole sense of humour formed watching that show. So intelligent and original.

@DanArnets1492 11 месяцев назад

In Spain it was 14:00 to 15:00 so late lunch, I'd always have to leave during the commercial break of the 2nd episode... except for weekends and holidays, of course! They showed us 730 episodes per year when the show was less than 250 episodes old!

@Autonova 11 месяцев назад

@@DanArnets1492 we were spoiled!

@HenrikoMagnifico Год назад

I would love to have just Ed and Conan together every episode

@ryderls2729 5 месяцев назад

In Puerto Rico we had The Simpsons in the aftertoon, two episodes, obviously the spanish dub and they also had a fee seasons 9nky since many episodes would repeat. The monorail episode is my dads favorite

@junkdnareviews2515 Год назад

Ed needs to stop interrupting and let the guest speak.

@tomsevcik1792 Год назад

Damn I had no idea he wrote episodes of the Simpsons. Even furthers my notion that hes a creative genius. I love Conan.

@NotJackVera Год назад

Conan thank you for the great episodes you brought us.

@SongofIceandTea Год назад

Ed is very humble man, he always interested with other people, while he himself is music genius.

@JackLWalsh Год назад

😂😂😂 oh please. “Musical genius”? Please don’t dilute the impact that word. There’s nothing genius about Ed. Most of his songs are crappy cliche’s and catchy rubbish. Plus the amount of times he’s been accused of plagiarism is staggering.

@rener7940 11 месяцев назад

Bruh u don’t know nothing about ed Sheeran haha he’s incredible live. The way he’s using the loop paddle and basically being a one man band. Additionally he always sings live. You won’t find a Sheeran concert with playback. How much more talented does it get lol

@sofiejrgensen6479 Год назад

Ed is such a good egg. I love him

@jikes7297 Год назад

the makeup artist for conan deserves a raise

@imjensen Год назад

I never liked Ed Sheeran until he asked Conan to talk more about the SImpsons

@majeedhd5767 Год назад

Ed Sheeran is the most down to earth humble celebrity ever, not liking Ed Sheeran isn't something you brag about

@imjensen Год назад

@@majeedhd5767 It was just an affable dig because I don't care for his music and therefor don't think about him ever or watch interviews with him - you should probably calm down or at a minimum learn what bragging is ;) lol

@Hasani751 Год назад

I really miss Conan man, late night isn’t the same without him.

@nathanglennie Год назад

Homer goes to college is the funniest episode of animation ever

@dynamicvoltage9765 11 месяцев назад

You can really tell the moment Conan came to the Simpsons. The comedy improved ten fold. His fingerprints are all over that show's legacy.

@dcool2u2 Год назад

Are these live podcasts anywhere in their entirety??

@jpjordan90 Год назад

Actually in England it was one episode a day at around 5 or 6 pm, and a double bill on Fridays. Those were the days.

@lungcell Год назад

Ireland was the same. One episode at 6pm on the national broadcaster (RTE 2), and because we were lucky enough to get Channel 4 too, we could also switch to their showing at 6pm in case we preferred their episode.

@benmac6147 Год назад

And we had more than 4 TV channels. I have no idea why he thinks we had just 4 channels.

@asapbruhhhhh 10 месяцев назад

“Sit perfectly still, only I may dance” 🕺

@Jt89uk Год назад

Never related to Ed Sheeran so much!! Simpson 6pm, BBC2 was my childhood

@shutup2751 Год назад

ED should be grateful he only got to watch simpsons episodes from season 1 to 10

@kitty1376 Год назад

🙄

@seaminer5894 Год назад

Absolutely!

@thadonmel5352 Год назад

You came quick with the predictable comment

@steviemac2681 Год назад

I think there were later seasons on a channel called Sky One, which a lot of people didn't have. I saw the odd episode and they did seem less grounded and more wacky. I think for the most part Britain got the heyday on the Simpsons in the 90s.

@carneyartglass9099 Год назад

Probably why he didn’t resort to pulling an OJ lol

@L.Reeves 11 месяцев назад

as someone who has seen at least one episode of the simpsons, his description of the writers' room perfectly captures the energy of 90s simpsons episodes

@Robman92 Год назад

I want an entire podcast about this!

@AshArAis Год назад

"Stop - only I may dance" 🕺

@assmane999 Год назад

The universe made sure that Conan became the legend he was destined to become. It’s crazy he got the job to replace Letterman and it’s crazy that they gave him 3 years to prove himself. The odds were against him in such an insane way that you gotta think things happen for a reason in life. Conan should never have had a chance at super stardom yet everything went his way to make it happen. And thank God for that! He is one of the best to do it if not THE best

@alviltayco3713 Год назад

I hope someday to meet Conan O’Brien. I really want to tell him that I appreciate his writing and sense of humor. It has gotten me through university when I was very young. And it was a Challenging time in my life. But I got through it because of Conan.

@Paulafan5 Год назад

If he didn't get Late Night he would have taken over The Simpsons (eventually) and ran the show and seasons after 12 would have been much better.

@iSgapetti Год назад

“Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.” -Conan O’Brien

@chekoflow8162 11 месяцев назад

This is nice because podcast are not just to intwrview anymore but to have a converasation with the special guest

@poolhall9632 Год назад

I lived in the UK when Simpsons was becoming popular in the US and I saw my first episode at a friends house on Sky TV (satellite) It was the episode where homer finds out he has a half brother named Herb, who runs a car manufacturing company. Don’t forget the apple sauce!

@FrogyProd 11 месяцев назад

Conan wrote the most legendary episode of the Simpson’s: MONORAIL! Doh!

@tronmcrae Год назад

Its funny because CBC in Canada used to play two eiposdes of the Simpsons after school as well.

@Ixxlostinabox Год назад

Love how no matter what country you are from everyone's channel 4 on TV was jist called "channel 4". 1 2 and 3 all have different fancy names but its universal that we call channel 4 just that.

@johncenashi5117 Год назад

This is so true. Sweden has Kanal 4 or TV4. Basically just means channel 4. Why is this true? Holy damn....

@mightilyoats2729 5 месяцев назад

Interesting that the CBC in Canada also had two episodes of the Simpsons on after school when I was a kid. Used to be you'd get home, watch Kids in the Hall on the Comedy Network, and then switch to CBC to watch the Simpsons.

@KrisJoshJones 11 месяцев назад

Interesting twist on the podcast! Conan talks to a celeb in front of a crowd of people. Who came up with that? Genius!

@attilamorvai 11 месяцев назад

I could listen to this for hours!!!!! Thank you!!! Love it!!!

@akaiseigo Год назад

One of Ed Sheeran's bucket list: appears as a guest star on The Simpsons.

@Mr_Boggins Год назад

Love how Conan didn’t answer any of Ed’s questions, he just went down memory road with everyone 🤣

@chidiumeh Год назад

Tbf, Sheeran kept interrupting him.

@Mtv-get-off-thee-air Год назад

“We stopped at season 10” Smart.

@shellyt556 Год назад

Yep. I think it should have ended after ten. I dislike it when people say Simpsons is still good. Even if some episode may be ok now it is not iconic or quotable like those days

@djcj Год назад

I was there!!! It was a dream come true being in this audience! 😭😭🙏🏻

@seb_pt Год назад

I want more of these two😂😂😂😂😂

@liamcasey1580 Год назад

Sit perfectly still, only I may dance.

@googleuser2170 8 месяцев назад

Conan is a damn international treasure.

@JoeCnNd Год назад

I like how they cut it when conan says that's all the time we have. Even though he was joking it was true for this clip.

@Rattenhoofd Год назад

Lol at Ed thinking you can host a late night show and be a Simpsons writer at the same time.

@Evenstar213 11 месяцев назад

Season 3 to 6 were only my favorite. Thx Conan

@probcantdothatnow9124 11 месяцев назад

There were over 80 episodes during that time and Conan wrote 3 of them.

@RobbyHuang 11 месяцев назад

That’s really funny that even across the world kids were watching two episodes of Simpsons a day. I remember there was a point where the local Fox affiliate here took off the Simpsons and they got so many emails they had to bring it back. And they announced it with commercials that literally said “now stop emailing us!”

@Moltenbramley 11 месяцев назад

To correct Ed (sorry to be pedantic), but BBC2 Simpsons in the late 90's/early 00's aired once a day on BBC at 6pm, except for one day a week (I think either Wednesday or Friday) where it was a double bill.

@MarkChapeau 11 месяцев назад

Ed’s kids are 3 and 1, and they love the Simpsons

@mavfan1 Год назад

I think Conan gave us variants of “y’know it’s funny…” four times in this video. It’s his go to phrase which is almost never followed by anything funny 😆

@JayRock21122 Год назад

It's an expression, genius.

@ConanThreepwood Год назад

funny also means peculiar I think

@bashdamonkey Год назад

Conan is so quick-witted

@buzzbuoy Год назад

Why are full video versions of your podcast not available to us? Why O Why!

@SeenGod Год назад

i’m with you on this one! if Joe Rogan can do it, why not Conan? 😑

@Toidal Год назад

In episode BF12, you were battling barbarians while riding a winged Appaloosa. Yet in the very next scene, my dear, you're clearly atop a winged Arabian! Please to explain it!

@Idontcarewhatmyhandleis87 Год назад

A wizard did it.

@mykhedelic6471 Год назад

Ed is basically Conan in the morning.

@Superstealthman1 Год назад

why is there only clips? i want to watch the whole episode

@HilliIndustries Год назад

Can we have a full episode of Ed Sheeran interviewing Conan about the simpsons???

@shpidermonky6443 6 месяцев назад

Everyone stops at 10 lol

@Anasyub Год назад

OH GOD ED ON CONAN THIS IS WHAT I NEEDEDDDD

@ernie316 Год назад

Channel 4 took over the UK free tv rights from the BBC at the time s9 was on Sky. Thered be a 6-9 month gap between them being on sky to ch4 And we now know Conan sat next to Schwarzwelder

@Paulafan5 Год назад

Sadly, we do... Also, how the commentaries always plugged his books, which are hilarious.

@i_still_live 10 месяцев назад

caramel on ceiling, waffle on ceiling, perhaps inspiration for the joke. "I know I shouldn’t eat thee, but… Mmm…sacrilicious."

@DrinkBeers 11 месяцев назад

I’m always wondering about Conan’s involvement every time I hear him I talk about it. Still watch the Simpsons every night going to bed.

@intradibles 11 месяцев назад

If Ed forms an insurance company, he should better call it... EdSheerance. 😂😂😂

@TheRealTimMeredith Год назад

"Only I may dance"

@liamnevilleviolist1809 11 месяцев назад

Agreed, the writer who smoked all the time is probably the awesome Swartzwelder ....and he probably had a massive cigar in hand every time you saw him. He *very* rarely speaks to the public (he just doesn't want to, as a recluse) and I remember a commentary for one of the Simpsons episodes (The Cartridge Family) where he's cooking a steak when David Cohen calls him up on the phone out of the blue ahah. He finishes his commentary via phone with: "Too bad this isn't actually John Swartzwelder though!" Hehhe. That scamp!