Conan Can't Stop Quoting "Casablanca" | Conan O'Brien Needs A Fan

I just have to ask right away because. one of my favorite movies and probably. maybe the most iconic movie in Noir. cinema would be Casablanca. When you see. the movie Casablanca, is it at all. evocative of the Casablanca you know, or. is it. has nothing to do with Casablanca? I. have no idea. I never watched it. What? You've never watched Casablanca? I. I did not watch it. I know the movie but. I I never watched It's like an hour and. 40 minutes. I I'm First of all,

I'm coming to Casablanca and I'm going. to show you the movie Casablanca and. then I'm going to walk around in a. trench coat and a hat, okay? And I'm. going to make you dress as a as a as a. French officer. Okay? That's just what we're doing. That's what we're doing. >> references speak to me. I don't care if. they speak to you or not, Yassir. This. is This is. This enrages me. >> Yeah. I don't know what is it about. actually, so. Oh. >> Could be about another city, so. Okay.

Well, anyway, I loved it. That's not Yeah. It's about the Casablanca that's in. Morocco. >> And in the title. Well, well, Yassir, so. tell me a little bit about Casablanca. Do you think I'd fit in okay there? Would people accept me in Casablanca? Yeah, I think people mostly will accept. you in Casablanca, but you will you will. definitely you will stand out. I mean, you're tall, I think. Mhm. I don't know. what 6 ft 4 in me in centimeters, but I. think you are tall.

>> I think we could tell you. Well, we're going to find out for you. right now how many centimeters tall I am. thanks to Eduardo who has an app just. for this question which we get all the. time. How tall are you in centimeters? And he 195 cm. I'm 195 cm. >> Oh. No, okay. No, no, no, you're taller. than than everybody I know, so. You'd. stand out. The hair, the we don't have lots of. redheads. in Casablanca, so I think you'd stand. out. >> Someone said that I talked to from. It's actually Marrakech said I she.

thinks I look like a camel. Thanks for having my back on that, Yassir. >> there's a resemblance. I can see it. Yeah. Okay. This is great. This is going. really well. Well, tell me a little bit about. yourself, Yassir. What do you do? What do you like? What's What's your whole deal, Yassir? I'm a project manager for a consultancy, so I work with clients there. Mostly I. just go talk to people that are more. experienced than me and tell them, "Did.

you finish the thing that you said you. were going to finish?" And I just update. it on a file and that's my day. >> Yassir, this is the plot of Casablanca. This is exactly what it's about. Yeah. It's about a data manager and he keeps. asking people, "Have you finished? Have. you put it on a file?" And then at the. end they put it on a file and they all. get on a plane and leave. It's a very. good movie. I can't believe you haven't. watched it. >> Wow. Yeah. And the lead character is. called Yassir. What do you like? You know, what do you. do for fun? Do you go to the clubs? Tell.

me you go to the clubs. No, I wish. I. wish. No, I don't go to the clubs. I I. go to the Well, in my free time I go to. the beach cuz I live next to the beach, so I I usually go to the beach. I just go for a swim and hang in there, read a couple of books or a couple of. books I read or something and then I. come back. So, you go to the beach, you. read a couple of books and then you come. home. Do you Are you a social person? Do you. have a lot of friends? I mean, in. general I do have friends, but in North.

where I live now. a couple of year I I've been living here. a couple of years, so I don't have. generally much a lot of friends, so I. usually go to social things. alone. Oh, okay. Well, hey, sounds like you. need a friend. Yeah. That's what I'm. calling, I think. Yeah. Yeah, this is. really nice. This is a good connection. Will you be his friend? No. I'm busy. No, he doesn't Until he sees Casablanca, we're not hanging out.

Yes, of course I'd be your friend. I'd. be glad to be your friend. Do you make friends easily or you. someone who's more shy? >> I mean, I'm easy to talk to, but I I'm. more shy, so I wouldn't go to to talk to. people first. But I make friends at. work, so a lot of my friends here are. are my like I made them from work, so. Yeah, I think that's where you meet. people. I'm still trying to find a. friend at work. Good luck. Move it, buddy. Don't look to this side of the table. Yassir, I like to try and help people. when I go to other lands.

How could I help you, Yassir? Yeah, well, I think you can help me figure out. this this friendship thing, like how. could I how how would I, you know, approach this in a especially if I'm at. a concert or I'm at like a in a bar or. something, how would I approach people? >> did a little role play? You're just. hanging out at a bar, we'll call it. Rick's joint. >> Yeah. And you come in and you're going. to you see a nice guy and maybe you'll. go strike up a conversation. Yeah. So, let's try it right now. We're just going. to make up the name of a like a bar.

We're just going to say it's Rick's. And let's just say that it's being shot. in black and white. And let's just say. that you've you've come in there, you. have special papers you've been given. that you have to hide cuz you can't be. caught with these papers, okay? This is. very specific. >> No, I mean, it's just I'm just giving. generalities. There's a piano player. named Sam. >> Yeah, okay. And and and yeah, exactly. And there's nice music playing in the. background. You must remember this. A. kiss is just a kiss. This is set up for.

this improvisation. I don't know the lyrics of this song. The fundamental things apply. as time goes by. And then you're you walk in. You're sort. of like Peter Lorre. You're like, "Hey, man. You know, Ren and Stimpy?". >> changed my name. Yeah, you're sort of. But your name is Yassir. And you're like, "Hey.". But anyway, let's say you come in and. you see me and I'm sitting there.

I'm, you know, classic Conan stiff upper. lip. Oh my god, you're Humphrey Bogart? >> didn't say that. I said I've just got a. stiff upper lip. >> Okay. And I'm sitting there and I have a. a scotch. That was a big gulp of water. you just took, Yassir. I guess I'm. making this too long. You just had to. hydrate during my setup. That's a new low for me. Did you see. that gulp he took? That was a massive. bottle. I'm getting into character. He just ate. a protein bar. Okay, Yassir,

and you're up. Enter and you see Conan, you try to make friends. Go. Oh. Hi, Conan. Is this seat taken? Of all the joints in all the world, he has to come into mine. I don't really do Humphrey Bogart. I'm just realizing that now. Oh my god, it always goes to Nixon. Who is that? I think I'm a crook. I'm. not a crook. My mother had a good Republican cloth. coat. She was a Quaker. A Quaker.

A Quaker. She was a Quaker, but then she saw a. doctor and she had it fixed. Then she was a Quaker. Yassir, hey, Yassir, I'm Conan. It's. Hey, man, you seem like a nice guy. You. seem funny. You seem nice. Maybe we should hang out sometime. What. do you like to do? Let's Hey, maybe. we'll go see a classic movie. Yeah. No. Yassir, maybe I came on too. strong. I may have come on too strong.