This is why people love Conan. He doesn't avoid talking about tragedy and he doesn't make insensitive jokes about them either. He uses comedy to lighten hearts during difficult times and that is a talent many comedians don't have.
It's wild how no matter what their job, almost everyone on the Conan show is decently funny. Must be a relief to be able to count on your crew like that.
Because LA is very car dependant, it's not as fun when you're just in a car, it's better when you're walking around, which is impossible cause LA is too spread out and hostile to pedestrians to walk to places
I remember being a Sophomore in High School. Coming home late that Friday night, my dad drove me home from our game. We stayed up & watched this together. Good times in Shreveport, Louisiana...
@@nooanykanen5864 that's disheartening... to me. I was on the prime of eight track and then cassettes. I used what the "save" icon is in physical form, the floppy, to play Oregon trails. I'm saying I feel old
This skit is a gem. It’s so wholesome when everyone is taking a bite out of the cake communally, and then it just goes off the rails when they all get new outfits 😂
When he was saying 'the pressure I'm under', 'my head's in a vice', and 'like a gun to my head' - I just wished someone had said something like 'Maybe the toupee is just too big...'
I'm thinking that Conan was so attached to New York, an I like thinking of his as a New Yorker. Not LA. Sadly, he moved. I bet he's coming back quite often.
Wow, this brings me back! I would say it reminds me of the good old days. Might sound weird now, but the solidarity and love in the country immediately after the attack really was beautiful. This video reminded me of that period of time.
Was there really solidarity and stuff? I heard there was lots of resentment towards middle easterners. I'm genuinely asking, not trying to be sarcastic. I was born in 99 so I was too young to remember anything about it.
@@543soldier I was 26 in NYC when it happened. New Yorkers did become a lot gentler with each other. Once I even cried on the street and a woman hugged me. I heard about the resentment stuff. But aside from the protest over the World Trade Center Mosque, I didn't see it myself and I'm still here.
So besides this being genuinely hilarious, this bit was legitimately beneficial to the economy and community in NY post 9/11. Conan actually went out and spent money in the city at local businesses, showing the audience that they actually could do something to help in such a difficult time. Besides that, he humanized NY in a moment where the country was horrified and recoiled from the tragedy. Yes, as a nation we reached out to NY but tourism must have taken a hit. Conan not only showed that the city was still thriving but showed a national (and sometimes global) audience that now more than ever, NY needs you to visit them. He did all this while making us laugh in a moment where NY, and the US as a whole, were grieving. And he didn’t do it by making jokes about a tragedy either. 10/10 my favorite Conan clip of all time.
@@nirvanalama8493 ooof you shouldnt have doubled down buddy. He didnt use two different formats. 9/11 is american for 11th day of the 9th month, and 10/5 is american for 5th day of of the 10th month. Theyre both the same format and 10 comes after 9. This really isn't difficult. Edit: lmao, after ive called him out on jt he deleted his comment where he tried to double down and say he still wasn't wrong because the guys using 2 different formats in his response (he wasnt, nirvana lama is still just very confused). Bro. Oh no. Ahahaha
The camera quality was probably not horrible when this aired on TV. Overtime video quality degrades, that's why it must be cleaned up and remastered, to restore it to its original quality. I watched TV in the 00's and stuff looked bright and vivid. Plus this was probably recorded on a VHS, and with that it depends on what quality you choose to record on, the higher the quality the less video room you have.
It's definitely taped as you can see the line on the bottom that gets revealed after you digitize a tape. In 2001 I believe 4K professional cameras were already available, and HDTV has long existed commercially before then (even though no one had one). Nowadays movies are probably shot on massive digital resolutions of more than 12K. They are downscaled to 4K on home streaming and home video releases. But back then a lot of movies were still shot on film since digital camera for cinema still wasn't quite there yet, I think.
+Conan Fanatic any chance you have the episode where his writer Andy Blitz did standup (talking about telemarketers; had a crazy segue "you guys are all looking at me like you wanna know what I think about NASA")? I've been searching for it for years.
I can't believe it! You HAVE it! As I said, I've been looking for YEARS! I was at a senior in high school and my brother was home from college for Christmas when this was on. We thought it was the most bizarre, amazing stand-up. You're the best!!
