Young Conan O'Brien interview (1993)
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- Conan O'Brien expresses his excitement over his new job hosting "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and the different direction he wants to take the show from Dave Letterman.
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He was under a ton of pressure in '93. He is trying to seem relaxed but in these early interviews, you can tell he is nervous about his situation and I don't blame him. Now almost 30 years later, he is a legend. Everything turned out just fine for ol' Coco.
True, but in 93 boarded the TITANIC with NBC but was lucky enough to get into a LIFE BOAT....
And he would of gotten away with it to if it wasn't for that pesky leno
@@sr-ty7gb bigjaw
@@sr-ty7gb *would’ve
@@sr-ty7gb I disagree. Conan (at the time) probably would have agreed with you. But with Leno interfering, Conan ended up exploring the globe. He actually ended up doing exactly what he wanted to do, without realizing it was what he wanted to do. He has a podcast and he travels the globe visiting fans (halted due to the current WGA strike). Conan continually says to this day that he would not have changed a thing and he's right. If Leno had not been Leno, Conan might be stuck hosting the Tonight Show, which in all honesty is a dead end job. Pays well, sure. But Conan would be stuck in a daily gig instead of having the time he has for himself and his family now-and probably making just as much money.
Holy shit, I can't imagine this happening today. So many late night hosts now, and he was only 30 years old. 30 years old
How old?
@@sr-ty7gb 30 years old.
@@samuelclaessens7699 Are you sure that's what he said? Are you sure he said 30.
@@sr-ty7gb yes 30 years old.
I think he actually said 30 years old.
"If you can survive this, it will make the whole story that much better"
Nawwww younger Conans nervous laugh is just the cutest thing.
I knoww🥺🥺
Conan the greatest talk show host of all time.
He's one of the greatest comedians of all time
I agree.... fantastic comedian. Smart, funny, likeable, etc. Too smart for the mainstream audience unfortunately.
not even close. hes actually gotten worse. i LOVE conan, his work on the simpsons is forever legendary and is without a doubt his best work. hes not a good interviewer, hes better being himself, not a puppet on late night.
the greatest is letterman, and that's an objective truth. nice batman avatar, child.
@@doughboysnerdly2745 ... He was a fantastic interviewer. Letterman was similar but Conan is wittier. He knew when to interject if the interview was going bad (guest was bad). He knew when to let the guest shine when it was going well (see Norm McDonald arguably the best interviews in Late Night history). Yes of course he's better when he's being himself because he's a powerful presence. Doesn't mean he didn't communicate well with his guests. Conan doesn't have to jump around and do backflips like Fallon. He had the gift of dialogue and quick humor.
Carson was probably the greatest host - but Conan is absolutely the funniest. Early Dave was the most subversive and then he lost all his charm when he moved to CBS.
Here cuz he mentioned this on Howard. Watching this makes me love Conan even more. Despite getting hit hard with criticism, he persevered. One of his best quotes: if you work hard and be kind, amazing things will happen.
I also came here from Howard and feel like I somehow missed the bit they were actually discussing there because nothing stood out to me as particularly scathing criticism? Love Conan btw
@@magicjackm 15:22 is the part they discussed on Howard. Charlie mentions what Tom Shales wrote about Conan
Unless you encountered a guy name Jordan Schlansky, being kind goes out the window.
@@magicjackm me too. I just watched the Howard Stern interview and came here expecting Conan to be roasted badly, based on how he described reacting to it. The critic's interview is barely mentioned. I'm a little confused. This interview was for the most part very calm, interesting, polite and friendly.
I didn't fully appreciate Conan till around a decade after he stopped doing late night and I looked back and realized he basically got me through the end of my school years and into my "time to grow up" years. Thanks for making that time so much better Conan!
oh hey you’re here
I watch your videos and I still see you everywhere!
Check out the Brian Slack conan compilations…you’ll thank me. Wikibear and The Ghost Crooner 😜😂
The "get out of the country" line is oddly prophetic. A lot of his best bits are his Conan abroad series.
Among many other great bits.
Korea with Steven Yeun!
@15:22 When Rose mentions the negative review, Conan said on Stern that that moment really upset him.
This man should do a podcast
And he did …
His Boston accent was a lot stronger back then! Thanks for uploading.
Really? I can’t hear any difference except a slightly higher pitch.
Lol there's literally no difference.
@@e2go I wouldn't say it's "a lot stronger", but I can definitely hear the Boston accent here, which seems to have diminished over the last three decades.
@@e2go There definitely is. Maybe not a comically strong "Boston accent" but he has a distinct New England way of speaking here, where as nowadays he sounds like a trained professional newscaster with no discernable accent at all.
He didn't have any boston accent just a white one.
This young man is going places.
You can tell he was much more sensitive at this time, as modern Conan would have cracked a lot more jokes . That likely comes from a place of confidence.
Who’s here after the stern interview
baba booey
Where’s the part where Rose reads the shales review?
In fairness Charlie Rose guided Conan through the Shales critique. There was no way the show hadn't already seen the review. Embarrassing to have it highlighted in an interview. Like going on a first date and discovering over a romantic dinner that one of your exes described you as being 'hung like gnat'....😞....do you drop your pants or ask for the bill? Conan recovered very well
@@alanburke1893 I watched the interview and Conan came across really well there. Rose also showed two hilarious clips from the show which represented it really well
15:22 but suggest listening to whole thing
I swear, this man is ageless.
(btw, love the quality on this, nice job)
But his voice matured tho...right??
That's what avoiding alcohol and drugs your entire life will do to you!
@@patrickcrawford6392 he hasn't really avoided alcohol
The man, or his hair?
Patrick Remi heroin actually makes you visually age better
Young Conan. What a cutie:)
I’ve been crushing on him since day one of his talk show in the 90s. I’m 54 now. He’s a cutie indeed. ☺️
I saw his very first show live. I remember saying to myself "He won't last 5 years."
I've never been so happy to be so wrong in my life. He was just so raw and so inexperienced and he had not found whatever it was that was going to work for him yet. This was before all the Triumph the Insult Dog skits & other things that made his show stick out.
He debuted Right after Carson went off the air and the difference in skill level was astronomical.
Aww that wry smirk and baby face
King Conan
As a 25-year-old who only started watching Conan in the last 10 years or so, it's so interesting to see how some of his mannerisms have changed/evolved over the years and how some are still very much the same as it was 30 years ago!
Undoubtedly the best late night host in history
Letterman and Carson were better
@@mr.smithgnrsmith7808 ehh... Conan was funnier than all of them.
@@mr.smithgnrsmith7808 Nope. Conan has all their positives and none of the negatives.
Wrong
Craig Ferguson comes in a close 2nd
Conan is the GOAT
Gr8 interview, dunno why I haven't seen this before
This.. is strange to see you here without any comments. Love you though
How come you're here..? That's.. curious.
what the 😭😭
His voice sounds so different.
I CAN DO THIS
It WAS 25 years ago....
Probably the illuminati bath salts he eats
@@megyskermike yeah definitely not because its been 28 years…
@@uticaliz It was a joke
knowing he still says to this day it's hard for him to be sincere and not rely on his schticks, it's nice to see a soft spoken and sincere conan :-)
He seems so wise already. I'm so in awe of Conan. Coco Forever
Damn that interviewer is great! Not many even comics can keep up wits like that and not many interviewers be as genuine and likable.
He reminds me a little of Conan.
Aw! I love Baby Coco. He had more of a Boston accent at this point in his career. He’s still got it and I love his podcasts.
"I want to accumulate a lot of power, and the abuse it, that's all I've ever wanted"..."who are you how are you like Dave or not like Dave",... :Conan....ironically later he learned he's a lot more like Dave than he thought :) ....God bless them both. This interview really shows off Conan's Harvard education...lol. (Conan would laugh at that). It is sincerely one of the best interviews I've ever seen! Thanks for posting this.
God he sounds like a child! I’ve been watching and LOVING Conan since I was 14. Missed the first few seasons of the podcast, Stern interview made me renew my love for Conan and have binging the podcast since. But holy shit is his voice so young sounding here. Forgot how young he was when he started
I'm in love ❤️ so glad i found this. such a good quality video, good interview. thank you for uploading.
People say that television back then was old fashioned and stale. But the idea of giving a 30 year old his own show would be unheard of today….
He looks both really young and really old at the same time
Conan recently said on Howard Stern (I think) that after this interview, he went back to his office and just laid under his desk because the pressure was getting to him. He referred to it as his lowest point.
Yep, that’s what led me to this video to begin with. But this one doesn’t have the part he was referring to, where Rose read a scathing review of Conan’s show right on the air, right to his face…Maybe it’s in a different clip.
*lay
@@calisongbird 15:25 is when he brings up the critic piece. He doesn't read it on air, Conan later goes and reads it. Tom Shales is the critic, it's still available online. It's....a really brutal piece, it goes way too far.
Which is bizarre because he looked and sounded great here. I totally get the pressure thing. Can't imagine what it feels like to produce a creative show like that day in and day out, especially when things haven't totally clicked yet. That being said, no one was expecting anything from a guy that never had a show of any kind before, let alone one of that level. He's said himself that he kind of just did the audition on a whim and wasn't expecting much. That had to free him up at least a little bit.
It’s interesting that Conan says he felt gutted by this interview (and I don’t think he was insinuating that Charlie was cruel to him), but the interview feels very benign to me. I think Conan was young and very sensitive to any and all criticism at the time. He was a 30 yr old “kid” who was as uncertain of himself as everyone else was of him. I think Charlie Rose was very respectful, but Conan was scared. But he proved himself, and now he’s the legendary Conan O’Brien who can do no wrong. We all love him because he’s always been true to himself.
It wasn’t the interview, it was a review that was brought up in the interview which was incredibly out of line and mean. He actually said that he felt like Charlie Rose was very sweet to him.
Hes 56 and still look the same and acts the same but have a different voice
He’s more low key and laid back here compared to now
I think he was more nervous here
Thank you for posting, he is THIRTY years old here ❤❤❤❤❤
Watching this in January 2020 for the first time! Amazing video!!
Hello January 2020, turn back and run...trust me turn back.
Conan is haawwt!!!!!!
2022. Still rocking!
Thank you so much for the amazing quality! Young Conan is even more sexy than current Conan, and I really didn't know that was possible lol.
How bout 25 years
I started watching him from day one, I remember it was the year I graduated from high school. And I am still a die-hard fan
That's awesome!
Crap, I knew I'd be attracted to Conan if he was younger. He hasn't changed his hair at all!
Trademark of team coco
30 and a tv show? Im 29 and the only thing I had was cancer.
Don't forget he did the Harvard Lampoon, The Simpsons, and SNL before that.. 😄
But regardless, I hope you're doing well now, God Bless 🙏
You wrote "had", does that mean it's in remission? I wish you well and hope life is good.
Thanks for the upload and all your hardwork!
Its kinda strange how some of the things discussed in this interview kinda happens in the future. Like how Conan jokingly says critics want him out of the country, and Conan actually does end up doing many shows outside the United States lol. The set in this interview even mimics the set in serious jibber-jabber with Conan O' Brien.
Or when he said the network was gonna give him 12 years to do the show
This was a very good interview
' take a while for people to get to know who i am ' .been on television for almost 30 years
There were quite a few hard swallows by Conan in that interview. LOL. He had a rough start in the eyes of the critics and those who worshiped Lettermen (although I thought he was hilarious from the beginning), but Conan is the best of them all BY FAR in my opinion.
The funny thing is that Conan ripped off this set for his "Serious Jibber Jabber" interviews.
The sad thing is I'm 30, and I dont have a network television show. :(
Ha If you're going to be a pompous jacka*s, you damned well better invite me to your first show. We all need you to oust Fallon.
Fallon sux
even coney baloney didn't think he'd keep that gig! I'm 27 and I once heard coney say that if you're kind to people, and you work really, really hard; AMAZING THINGS WILL HAPPEN! Honestly that's played true for me so far, give it a try loser
Yea, cause Conan really sits down and makes up the sets. They made he said okay. I am sure he had nothing to do with it and gave two shits and just rolled with it.
Moxie, it's Coco. Not "Coney," Coco.
Now I wanna see Conan acting out a Simpsons scene
Hahahaha the '93 Conan hair, so classic.
Best hair in late night ever!
Certainly the highest
A legend was created
The sketch at the end is so funny!
I would marry this man in any age, like wine he just get better with time...💘
Yep. Liza is a lucky lady.
Conan O’Brien is my favourite American talk talk show host
His voice now is alot better
Well... He is 55
This young man is going to have bright future career in entertainment!
I was one one of those 15- 16 year old kids. I love you Conan.
Who knew this Chip Whitley guy would make such a long and successful career out of playing Conan O'Brien
This is conan when he was older back then
Conan should react to this in his podcast!
Wow...Conan seems nervous! strange to imagine these days.
Wow Coco 26 years ago looks almost exactly the same now!
Conan is a badass
what great hair!
I love you, younger Conan! 👨🏻🦰♥️🎉
On Stern he ever so slightly exaggerated how scathing the review that Charlie read on air was, hah. 15:25
Just came from the stern interview, completely agree with you lol.
I think maybe it's just the way Conan remembers it- at the time, with all the pressure it greatly affected him even though in reality it was very mild.
Charlie Rose was pretty supportive here actually 🤣
@@AlexW-wv4nt I’m thinking maybe something was cut here. On Stern’s show, Conan made it sound like CR had read the review verbatim on the air. Why would he lie about that?
The actual review itself is horrible, just as scathing as Conan said (you can easily find it by googling “Tom Shales Conan review”). I suppose, this interview being the first time he learned about the review, he may have confused the two memories of reading the review and learning about it in the interview-bearing in mind, this was about 29 years ago.
Here’s a line from the review that kind of sums it up: “The show itself was not a shambles, the way Chevy Chase's premiere was, but O'Brien is a kind of walking shambles all by himself.”
@@Freakinawesome333 oh yikes… poor Conan.
Norm on Conan are some of the greatest late night segments of all time.
One of the greatest showmen of all time, seen here with Conon O Brien
30 years ago now!
I was watching Howard Stern and had to see this. It is hard to believe it is the same Conan of 2001 -2009 as here in 1993. I was not into these kind of shows until I was almost forced into it. The year was 2000. I had no cable, no vcr, no car, no phone and only got CBS on tv. It was a very boring time in my life. So weekends sucked. I read a lot of books during this time. Because most stuff on CBS was as boring as not watching anything. But at 10:35 David Letterman came on. And I did have a radio. So I got into David Letterman Although he would have people taking over because he had heart issues. The next year I got cable and a car and phone and vcr. I was also living in town instead of the woods. I remember for some reason David Letterman was not on so I watched Jay Leno. It was not bad but then came Conan O'Brien.. And I had a new favorite in 2001. So I switched everyday with Letterman and Leno. One day one the next day the other. But at 11:35 I did no switching. I watched Conan. I don't know what would happen if Conan was on ABC at 10:35. Maybe switch with all 3. I am glad it wasn't. Because I liked Conan the best.
G.O.A.T
HAPPY 54TH BIRTHDAY CONAN CHRISTOPHER O'BRIE !!!
He keeps looking into the camera.!!
Even back then, Conan was shouting out Robert Smigel, who later created the very funny: Triumph the Insult Comic Dog 7:18
This interview isn't nearly as harsh as he made it sound when he was recounting it in a more recent interview :D
Conan talks about this interview as though it nearly broke him...he said afterward he went to his office and crawled under his desk to hide. But I just don't see it; it seems like a very gracious interview. I guess young Conan just wasn't yet equipped to handle immediate, face-to-face criticism.
Ha. Glad I'm not the only one watching this cuz he mentioned it in his awesome interview with Howard.
Did he get criticism? I thought it was because he probably felt he revealed too much or talked too much about his personal stuff.
@@powexor No, he said it was specifically because of Charlie Ross talking about how critics didn't like him, the audience didn't like him, etc.
@@wfly81the critic review the interviewer was referring to did go too far. Can’t remember the name but it was really brutal and horrible, try digging it out somewhere online.
I'm 10 years younger than Conan and growing up I was a fan of David Letterman,SCTV,SNL. I'm a comedy enthusiast I'm Standupphilosopher on my social media. It's from a Mel Brooks movie. When I first watched Conan O'Brian he was finding his own voice it came quickly. My daughter Maddie who has now moved to Iowa to go college and live with her dad always sat with me and laughed the loudest watching Conan. #TeamConanO'Brian
Oh my god early Conan was the most hilarious thing ever (Craig Ferguson’s last two seasons with Geoff the gay robot were also up there). I forgot how god damn innovative the comedy was. Conan still rules. He’s bright and funny. Kudos to both young and old Conan for making us laugh.
Conan looked like he was 40 from 93 until like 2010
Conan rules
After Stern I expected some low blow by Rose. I didn’t really see anything like that and sorry Conan was taken aback. As fans it’s interesting to see what these guys go through. But Conan has risen above it all and is a late night and comedy legend. I have always been enamored by his humor and wit, all good-natured. Cheers Conan:
the review the interviewer was referring to was really awful thought it seriously went too far, try digging it out somewhere online.
5:30 That's a pretty accurate portrayal of how good Les Aspin was as Secretary of Defense.
That bit was hilarious Robert Smigel - Triumph
I’m trying to find that whole skit but this is all I can find, ya that bit was hilarious!
Conan's interview's in the early days were phenomenal. I always thought he was a great interviewer. His skits didn't really start to get good until much later around 1998-99. My favorite was the puppet dog that insulted people and Amy Phoeler as Andy's sister.
Yung conan 😭🙏
Lets appreciate the white undershirt from a black short sleeve polo, with the collar flipped over a sports coat. 👍
Conan recently revealed that following this interview, because Rose read that scathing review about Conan from someone he respects, Conan went back to his office and laid under his desk in despair.
Here after the Howard Stern interview, damn this must have been so hard for Conan. He handled himself very well though
This man has a bright future.
I want him
15:22 The exchange he talks about on Howard Stern.
not all heroes wear capes 👏👏👏
You guys should check out the Howard Stern interview with Conan. He talks about this.
“I want to accumulate a lot of power. Then abuse it.” 😂 His sense of humor hasn’t changed a bit.
I've been a Conan fan my whole life and I've always been aware of his history, but I'm just realizing now he had achieved so much by 30. I'm 30 now and yikes!
The way he talks and acts is so different than he is now
Seems he's always acting now.
I feel like if this was shown to Conan today he'd title it "Conan lying through his teeth for 24 minutes"
Holy hell, that accent.
Conan seriously hasn’t changed at all LOL. Still cracking the same jokes, hahaha.