It's only because at the backs of our minds we're thinking "this man is Han Solo AND Indiana Jones" so whatever he says, we're gonna just think he's the greatest guy ever.
Remember the time Harrison Ford flew to France to give Roman Polanski the Academy Award he couldn't collect in person do to travel restrictions placed on him due to being a confessed pedo and rapist? Pepperidge farm remembers.
I love that Harrison as a former set builder carpenter wanted to talk about the fact some poor guy in the props department had to slave away on that thing for the bit
It's mentioned on the Inside Conan podcast at least twice that show writer/actor Andres du Bouchet built the Lego set (including the most recent episode, as of this comment). Harrison will be promptly punished by the podcast staff for this grave error.
When Conan turns red while laughing, you know he's really having a good time. I don't remember seeing Sona laugh so hard ever. This was a great podcast.
Remember the time Harrison Ford flew to France to give Roman Polanski the Academy Award he couldn't collect in person do to travel restrictions placed on him due to being a confessed pedo and rapist? Pepperidge farm remembers.
I've been trying to tell a friend that that incident was fake/scripted, for years. lol So thank you for helping me finally prove that to him, Harrison.
Jordan Schlansky said in an interview that it wasn't actually his Millennium Falcon. And one of the crew did put it together, not Jordan. But they didn't specially purchase the Falcon, it was already the crew members Lego model that crew member had put together. The writers had the idea about destroying the model not too long before the interview appeared, and there wasn't time to buy and put one together. The crew member volunteered his own model that he himself owned and put together. Obviously, since this is Lego, he was able to put it back together again. And now he had one on national TV and signed by Harrison Ford himself.
@@jeffreyharris3440 Lego is pretty durable so there may be some dings here and their, but I bet most 99.99% of the parts are not broken. That crew member probably appreciates it more now, then anything, because it has legit Han Solo wear and tear to it. 😃
Literally and that he’s on a streaming TV show thats so amazing even 10 yrs ago im sure himself never saw that coming. He’s 80 and still doing the damn thing ❤
@@vpofrentemspoons2278 They can make it a bit where for each hour he spends with Jordan, Conan donates a little bit more money to a charity of Harrison's choice. Even then, I bet he couldn't do it.
Remember the time Harrison Ford flew to France to give Roman Polanski the Academy Award he couldn't collect in person do to travel restrictions placed on him due to being a confessed pedo and rapist? Pepperidge farm remembers.
Harrison Ford destroying that LEGO Millennium Falcon and almost falling off his chair, so over the top was his acting, was one of the funniest skits Conan has ever done! Harrison is a childhood hero of so many of us. A great actor and an unbelievably funny person. Everything he touches turns into gold. Except for Jordan's Millennium Falcon.
I just realised that Sona is Conans live audience, he can't function without one, it's the only way he could move on from TV, it's a great dynamic for the podcast 😂
Others might have fake juggled the lego Falcon and simply dropped it on the floor in front of them. Superb actor that he is, Harrison just looks surprised and lobs it backward over his head for maximum destruction and comedic effect. It was as if someone handed him a live hand grenade. Well done Mr. Ford.
Exactly! 🤣 And afterwards Harrison really milks the situation by stating "That's bad!" in a slightly startled but smiling kinda voice, and the whole thing gets bow-tied with him throwing Jordan's pen after him. "Here's your pen!" Oh my god, J. J. Abrams couldn't keep himself together at all!
I know this is probably irrelevant, but Matt Gourley has a podcast (shocking, right?) where he talks about James Bond - the podcast is pretty old, going on 11 years now, but it is one of my favorites and I re-listen to it regularly. In the first episode covering Dr. No, Matt Gourley and co-host Matt Mira (from Nerdist, G4, writer on @midnight and others) were talking about old film contracts and they segue into Matt Mira talking about how he just interviewed Harrison Ford for the Nerdist podcast. Again this was back in 2012-ish, and it wasn't like, a HUGE thing, but clearly Matt Gourley was a fan of both Star Wars and Indiana Jones. So to see after all this time an arguably better version of that interview with Gourley in the hot seat brings me great joy.
You can see Harrison Ford ALMOST spit the water back into the glass, but decided’s on the different bit. He was QUICK with what he wanted to do for the humor. 😂
Oh god, I could barely hold it together through these interviews with Harrison Ford. One of my all time favourite actors, insanely talented turns out to be an insanely funny straight man. The closer where he comments on Conan’s imitation of him is just so well timed, so dry and so funny. I was doubled over with laughter when he dealt Conan that insult. 😂
Harrison Ford's desire to do comedy reminds me of the great Leslie Nielsen. A serious actor for so many years that switched to comedy, with Airplane, Police Squad, The Naked Gun, etc.
I'm frankly glad that he clarified it was a scripted bit. I've always hated, or at least cringed with mortification, at humor like that, namely pranks at innocent people's expense. That Jordan was in on it actually makes it funnier for me, as I can now enjoy the performance without feeling bad for the victim!
If something like that wasn't scripted, you'll know. That would have been a PR disaster if it was real. You'd have seen Ford being grilled for it somewhere, or he'd have apologized or something. Think Will Smith's slap. I know breaking the lego set was not on the same level as physical assault, but the speechless wouldn't have been accompanied by comedic timing as easily. Lots of indicators when unscripted rude gestures happen. The only scripted assault I can think of personally has involved Andy Kaufman. He was another level lol
@@Gmorgan24 It's not a character, conan has said it many times. You don't believe conan? Sure jodan is not like that all the time to everyone but he is like that to conan at times. He gets along with his co-workers like everybody does but there are times he will go down that logic route and many times that is with conan
Thank you for posting all these videos. I listened to the whole podcast, and seeing all of it on video just elevates it to maybe being my favorite episode of the podcast ever.
Wow never seen this side of Harrison Ford and how i knew it was behind that hard exterior this kind soul it literally made me tear up when he told conan that he could still redeem himself to become friends. Beautiful moment.
I like how Conans videos just end and don't have annoying outro music that I have to either mute real quickly or click off the video. Saturday Night Live videos take note.
I just wanna say I love Conan O'Brien so much, and this clip fully demonstrates every reason why. I'm aware a LOT of people love him, but I truly think he is one of the most underrated comedians of all time. He's one of the best of ALLLLLLLLLLLL time... He would be humble and sincere if you told him this, and he would deny it. But he really is. Treasure every moment of this man...
😂 I'm pretty sure Sonia was hurting all over at the end of recording this podcast because pretty much throughout she's just laughing and having a good time. Harrison is flawless comedy
I have not laughed this hard watching an interview since Robin Williams or Don Rickles was on Carson and their energy just took over everything. Nothing short of pure magic.
One of the most Harrison Ford HarrisonFording interview ever, but then again the consistency of real authenticity of this legendary man, the humorous bone without even trying has always been consistent😂Love the guy.80 yrs old sharp as ever. We should all be so lucky ❤ Shrinking is such a good show whole cast is stellar and it’s amazing that in this day and age with how the ever changing evolving film/TV format had completely blended and innovated we get to actually witness talents like his or many others l especially older stars still be able to showcase their skills in various formats, they themselves would have never even considered possible 10 or 15 years ago.Streaming platforms becoming the main source of that industry viability definitely changed all that. Its so refreshing and cool!
Harrison's comedic schtick reminds me a lot of Mac's mom on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I could only imagine an episode where Mac finds out she's dating someone again, Mac gets pissed because he always holds out hope his parents will get back together (despite all evidence to the contrary), then he finds out it's Harrison Ford and is excited but conflicted and both he and the gang wonder how his mom could bag Harrison Ford (though Mac tries to defend his mom even when deep down he realizes she's not exactly someone a massive celebrity would be with), but then he meets Harrison and he's essentially a male version of his mom.
I have always the best laughs with Harrison Ford because he just sound like my dad, and when I miss to hear him (R.I.P. dad), I just put Harrison been sarcastic in a talk show. Love you dad...
Sona's eruptions of laughter are incredibly endearing. Often people's Sona obsession is a bit odd to me (not that I don't like her - I'm not a monster!) but she does add a lot with her obvious enjoyment of the various ridiculous(ly funny) comments in this Conan/Harrison jamboree. Matt's reaction to Conan attempting to become the new Harrison Ford cracks me up. The horror! The horror! P.S. I use closed captioning so I was shocked to discover Jordan Schlansky's real name is, apparently "George Lansky". Well I never!
I wonder if Andy Richter was ever asked to do the job or if that was not considered. Sona has grown in the role. I remember how nervous she was at the beginning.
@@MugRuith I don't think so, but I don't know. I imagine they would've wanted to keep the show and the podcast separate. Was Matt there from the beginning as well? He adds a lot to it. I only found the show on RU-vid. Being partially deaf, the closed captioning and video is a boon.
@@wking8 It reminds me of listening to those "Morning Zoo" shows on FM radio, back in the 1980s. Always someone laughing hysterically in the background, no matter how dumb or unfunny the jokes or sketches were.
15 years ago in english class, we had to write an entire portfolio, with various topics, about any person, who we would consider an "idol" (popstar, scientist, actor, relative - did'nt matter) Most of them picked all the same popular popstars at the time, my best friend picked Curt Kobain, some others picked some famous scientiests like Stephen Hawking, Einstein, etc., and I picked Harrison Ford. My teacher loved that essay/portfolio soo much (she was in her late 30s) and it gave me such a great and bigger understanding of how humble this man is, even as one of the greatest actors and Hollywood celebreties of our time(s), that I'm just so greatful he's still with us. Live long and prosper, Harrison!
Conan was always ahead of the game I feel. He always gave his guests more room without inserting himself too much, even if it was on a scripted show, and now he really blossoms even more on this podcast where everything is just real and not fake. I get why he's taking his time with the travel show, that podcast must be his favourite thing to do 😁
Yeah. I was a bit surprised how in this interview Conan started talking about it like it was real, not scripted. I think he wanted Harrison to go along with it, but then Harrison took the wind out of his sails, and Conan was slightly embarrassed.
In that same youtube video, I quoted a starwars article that proved the bit was scripted and that it wasn't Jordan's millennium falcon (it was Andrés du Bouchet, writer and frequent bit actor most known as a camerman in bits), yet people still tried to give legitimate arguments of how it was real and Jordan's. Thank you for clearing it up, Harrison.
This was by a very long way my favourite episode of Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend, and I really enjoy the show as a whole. It's clear Ford likes being with Conan and can relax and just have fun with him. I'll have to watch Shrinking now because it's pretty clear after listening to this episode Ford has a great wit and knows how to do comedy.
Conan is one of the few people that make Harrison really shine in interviews. Harrison seems so annoyed most of the interviews, but in Conan or Graham he's so relaxed and nice all the time :)
@@stevej.7926they're afraid to upset Harrison so they laugh at anything he says. Surprised that Conan of all people feels the need to fake laugh around him
So glad I get to see more of HF after just coming back from the movies. Also, I don't know what all the negativity is about we had an absolute blast watching him as Indy again.
I like how people are pointing out Harrison's comedic timing and acting being so great... Honestly i bet if you mentioned it to Harrison, he would just say he's great at being a smartass lol
Harrison Ford was going to Pixar Animation Studio, Harrison Ford wants to perform Fantastic Beasts and Harrison Ford is gonna be PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
