Amy Poehler Was Fearless As Andy’s Little Sister | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

One of the things I always loved about. you, and I don't know if this comes from. I read somewhere maybe it comes from. your dad, but you were fearless. physically. uh comedically and you are like, you. know, you would if the if the joke. called for you as Andy's little sister. to go charging down the aisle and leap. and hit him so that he falls over. All right, you know what? It's judgment. day, Come on.

Stacy, don't do this. Stacy, no. Stacy, I love you. I look at that footage now. It's online. It's a good jump. It's a good jump. You. leap like a leopard. You hit Andy, he. goes over. It's one of the biggest. laughs I've heard in studio. Uh because. the running joke was you have a crush on. me and I'm always trying to politely. explain that I'm and then you think. Andy's whatever getting in the way and.

you attack and you would give these. great speeches but you by the great. Brian Stack by the great Brian Stack. Uh. and you would leap and I I I remember. you I hope it's still not the case but. there used to be this kind of. in long ago I don't know what you're. going to say. I know. Me neither. I'm. excited. There used to be surfs in the. medieval period. Oh, we're going far. that far back. Okay. In a sense that.

women don't. You got to be ladylike. Do. you know what I mean? That if uh if a. guys I mean I remembered my mom being a. little bit that way, which is if I'm. being completely inappropriate. It was. funny if one of my sisters was doing it. It was like, "No, hold on. That's not. really" and it was a thing. She came. from a very traditional Irish Catholic. background and you've got to be a lady. And so, yeah. Well, you bring up my dad, but I do think it's true like your. family of origin helps you kind of. decide the boundaries of of your life, right? Like where what you're allowed to.

do. And I had a kind of like a paper. moon relationship with my dad where he. was very like on the move and took me. with him kind of vibe. So, he definitely. instilled a lot of confidence and almost. like a hustle that um didn't feel very. gendered at the time. It wasn't like I. was supposed to be this or you know he. kind of both my parents were very funny. and they there was a lot of. encouragement to speak my mind to kind. of be a little bit of a challenger which. I didn't think was unusual until I did.

learn u other people's systems like. every family is a country with its own. set of rules and you don't know that. that's true until you leave your country. and you're like oh your family you know. your dad is the one that you know. everybody ignores or your the older. brother is right the older brother's. moods dictate the house you know dictate. the the mood of the house or oh in your. family you have to be polite and never. tell the truth whatever is everyone's. version of their thing and I I came from.

a family I have to say that really. encouraged joking and teasing which is a. very Boston thing yes and I it wasn't. until I left that that uh family and. went to other like went to college that. I realized that's not everybody's no way. of life. Well, I remember my shock being. coming out to Los Angeles and hanging. out with meeting Lisa Kudro and hanging. out and going over to her house and her. family was just would talk. They lived. in Tarzana, her dad's doctor. They would. talk very openly about sex and it would.

freak me out. It still does like sex has. never been discussed or acknowledged in. my home with my parents. It was never. ever. And if something sec remotely sexy. came on TV, it was, you know, like we. could all see our breath. You are an actual stork, baby. And then. we'd just all get out of the room as. fast as we could. And so, and to this. day, I mean, nothing, you know, people. don't talk about that stuff. Or have you. ever seen families I'm thinking of a.

specific family when they when it would. be their birthday, they would stand up. and they'd give the most heartfelt toast. like, "You are my sister. You're the be. the person who and it's so heartfelt and. you're like this happens once and it. happens at somebody's funeral when. everybody's left. Yeah. Like this is so. intense to like the eye contact in real. like teasing for me is a love language. Like the more I like you, the more I'll. tease. And manners are for people that I. don't know or don't even really like. Like hi, how are you? But the tease to.

me shows that there's a familiar way and. it's just the ultimate sign of love. But. that's not the case with a lot of No, I. I've learned the hard way. Yeah. I. remember dating someone once a long time. ago and meeting her parents for the. first time and I said something like. some kind of teasing mock put down of. her like, "Yeah, well, keep working on. that." And her mother went, "We don't do. that in this house. We don't put people. down." And I remember thinking, "I need. to go. I need to leave right now because that's.

not going to fly. But but the Irish in. me loves laughing and crying right next. to each other. That's my favorite thing. is being sad and then someone saying. something truly ridiculous or out of. pocket in the moment that makes. everybody laugh. That's I think very. Irish. as low as you can. and then there. can drink more. Yeah. It's like.

everything we learned was So there's a. reason that was just implied. Yeah.