A Bassoonist Scores Conan’s Improvised Fairytale | Conan O'Brien Needs A Fan

this is serious you are a you are a. bassoonist in uh the symphony orchestra. in in Dublin I think that's very. impressive oh well thank you yeah yeah. is it a difficult instrument do you. think it's an instrument that I could. learn to play it's not as difficult as. he probably as maybe people I don't know. maybe people don't think about the Sim. too much but it looks like a difficult. Place yeah I got really got real bad. news for you we've done a poll. we didn't even know about you but about. a week ago we did a poll on who cares.

about the bassoon and the numbers are. just coming in and it's not looking good. uh no but but seriously is it I you know. I I play some music I think he. definitely could I think he definitely. could yeah what are the actions well you. play guitar so yeah what are the. attributes I have that could help me. play the bassoon well uh you need to be. a bit quirky a bit okay that's me a bit. weird around the uh yeah weirder in the. eyes sort of thing people look at you. funny. um I think I think. I check check got it what's next check.

what's this yeah it just I also have. good lung power I talk constantly and I. often don't even need it I go days. without inhaling I just it's I I when I. speak it's just one long exhale for 24. hours circular breathing but for bits. instead of yes for bits and yes. yeah and you also have good lips as well. like what's good about my lips well. they're like they're they're quite. they're kind of thin and they I think. that you could be able to form like a. good embouchure around the Reed because. we use what's called a reed like like.

oboists or like when if you clarinet or. saxophone would use a single read we use. a double read Greg you create a like a. good sale Greg around the did you just. Greg did you just call me thin lip. I think I'm crazy yeah so you said I. mean that'd be a good basoonist because. I'm crazy is that what you're around the. eyes wear it around the eyes yeah. can I just say Greg if if you saw if you. didn't know me but you saw me uh rob a.

bank in Kildare and the police came uh. the Garda showed up and they said did. you see he goes yes I saw him would you. say he was uh weird around the eyes and. thin-lipped is that what the description. you would give to the police I say he. looks like he plays the bassoon. oh you can tell he's a known bassoonist. he's screwing through but like it's just. good for because you need a good seal. around the Reed so I if you have those. kind of those those good lips so that. air the air doesn't leak yeah I think it.

could be a really good fit yeah non-lips. um that's good well uh that's good to. know I think I'd like I would take a. crack at it but I tell me. what role does the bassoon play in most. uh symphonic orchestrations where. stereotypically I'd say the jokester the. orchestras we we play lots of kind of. boom kind of notes like low notes and. with a harsh kind of Razzy sound can you. give me an example with your just. vocally can you give me an example or do.

you have a bassoon with you just like oh. I do have my opinion with me actually. yeah yeah I would think you would yeah. can you give us an example on my bassoon. yeah I can do that yeah sure. um. I think like this is what we have this. is what your lips would do well with. this degrees my lips my lips are so thin. I don't even need that. I wouldn't use a reed I was very good at. like natural read. [Laughter]. okay uh so we yeah as I was saying we.

have we play a lot of low notes. basically can you okay. oh. I know it's so funny Zoom doesn't like. it yeah oh no does it not no you know. what it is. but you were playing an incredibly high. note on the bassoon that we couldn't. hear that only dogs could enjoy hey son. of the amazing things in life that are. expressions of just you yeah I mean like. the chocolate that you had on your face. when you came in because you just ate. that what was it you were eating I was. eating a giant cookie giant cookie yeah.

and that's so Sona okay or that song you. stream over and over again it's just so. you what's that song For You Twinkle. Twinkle Little Star yeah but it's for my. boys I know still it's nice okay or you. know that podcast that comedy podcast. you just gotta listen to yeah Conan. O'Brien needs a friend exactly is that. what you listen to in your spare time. yeah I love it everything that makes you. you makes all the difference State Farm. believes Insurance should work the same. way your plan your coverage selections.

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um back up a little bit so we can see. this amazing instrument oh yeah. RPG yeah um I don't know what that is. okay though it doesn't even fit in the. whole video okay yeah just but we'll. have to see the whole thing but just to. get an idea there you go and I'll start. from here so um could you do us a favor. uh uh Greg I'm sure you have a bassoon. there oh there it is and. um. uh could you do us a favor and just give. us an example of the kind of things that. you would play in the orchestra you said.

you play kind of. quirky jokey things give me an example. of what that would sound like. [Music]. wow I I. that's very loony too yeah yeah it. really does sound like well I'm gonna go. off to the woods now and go searching. for the Tin Man. [Music]. there's a cottage there I might go in I.

just hope a witch doesn't live inside. foreign. oh no a witch does live inside. and she plays jazz on a bassoon. hey Craig wow Greg you know what. Greg I think you should immediately quit.

your job. and uh you and I should take this act on. the road I improvise children's stories. and you stand next to me no I'm not. going to say we're splitting the take 50. 50. that's not gonna happen right it's. gonna be a actually a split that will. appall you once you actually see it on. paper. let's hear your bassoon's reaction to. the uh. two percent yeah here's what here's the.

deal I get uh of the money. oh. wow I think I just had a tracheotomy.