Conan Conducts A Staff Review With Writer Skyler Higley | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

All right, this is a special thing we're. doing lately. Normally I would talk to a. fan somewhere. around the globe. during this segment. But these are. different because I have my amazing. Oscar writing team downstairs. These are. writers that uh are they're the best. They really are the best and I uh hang. out with them all the time. We try and. think of fun things we could do at the. Oscars this year. And since I have this. room downstairs, I've I'm pilfering them.

one by one to talk to them and just find. out more about them cuz they're very. funny, very talented. And today it is. Skyler Higley's turn. Skyler, what's. your your origin story? Um where you. from? Um can I first say this is the. most respectful I've ever heard you. speak to me? Thank you. That's what I. said last time. >> O'Brien Yeah, I I love these writers. Yes. >> In 20 minutes going to be different. >> Let me say something. Well, we should also say that. anytime I enter the room where you guys.

are, the the kind of dungeon. No, it's a nice room, but I can't just. walk into the room. I kick the door open. like it's a drug raid. And then I come. in and I start doing cartoonish. over-the-top uh insults. I say you guys. are the best writers I've ever seen. >> This is what I was waiting for just now. actually. >> I realize I don't have my glasses. So I. go to put my glasses on and then I look. at them again and I show cartoonish. disappointment in what I'm seeing. And.

it's it's all theater. Yep. But I think. I know I have a good time. We have a great time. And then we wait for you to leave and. then we work. >> Yeah, then you get back to work, right? Oh, I can really tell when they're like, "Okay, he's done like 35 different. riffs. We've got to get him out of here so we. can get back to work.". >> ruined the door downstairs. >> I kind of did. There are scuff marks on. it every day. >> Yeah. >> I I know. >> it. I like it a lot. It's a treat for. me. I just sit there and wait and go, "Hey,

this will tire himself out.". But I don't but you don't. >> I don't tire myself out. I remember when. you first started working for me, which. would be What What year did you start. working for me? >> 2020. Okay, 2020. >> in the middle of the pandemic and there. was uh the BLM? Remember when we cared. about BLM for a second? >> Mhm. And uh it was right in that time. I was. like going really crazy cuz it was. Chicago and the police and everything. were there and then it was like I was. having like just a lot of anxiety around.

that time and then and then people. called me up and were like, "Hey, um do. you want to meet with Conan's people and. just for like a meeting?" And I was. like, "Yeah, I guess." And then it was. like, "Oh yeah, do you want to write for. a Conan O'Brien show?" And I was like, "Well, I think the world's ending, so. sure." Like there was a virus, there was. like an uprising of social, you know, it. was like. fine, yeah. This will be the last thing. I do. But I what I remember most is that.

because everything uh you you still you. didn't move cuz it's the height of you. know, not just COVID, but so much. insanity. So you would zoom in from your. apartment. >> Yeah. And your apartment was in Chicago. and I remember the angle was. I don't know if it was the how much of. it was the angle and how much of it was. the apartment. >> the angle. I lived underground. Okay, it looked like so Skyler would would you. know, he Okay, here's Skyler. um and you would appear on the screen.

and it looked like your ceiling was 1 in. above your head. Yeah. And it looked. like you were being held captive. It. looked like have you in in Being John. Malkovich when he has to go into John. Malkovich's head and the ceiling's. really low? That's kind of where I. lived, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But it's cheap. rent when you live underground. Let me. tell you something. Well, I mean, this has been much discussed, but you've done hilarious hilarious work. for me on the uh on the Turner on the. Conan show, and then uh on the work.

you've done on the Oscars last year, this year. uh has been stupendous. You wrote that. insane joke last year. >> Yeah. It was one of my favorite jokes to. get to deliver. Oh, and it was also like. just I don't know. It just sometimes in. comedy you have that moment where things. just like line up, you know, where you. just get blessed with a premise and like. this is a perfect it lines up and you do.

it and um I didn't, you know, I don't. know if anybody expected it to be quite. as big as it was. >> Oh, I think there was a sense before I. went out. I thought, "Well, this will be. fun.". >> Yeah. Yeah. >> And I I don't want to misquote it, so. maybe you can Um. >> remind us. I I'm I walk back out. It's. the beginning of an act. Beginning of. the midway point, which is important cuz. last year the Super Bowl Kendrick. performed at halftime and then he did. his stuff with Kendrick and Drake. Everybody remembers. And you just come. out and you say, "Well, we're halfway. through the show, so it's time for.

Kendrick to come out and call Drake a. pedophile." Yeah. And so I tell that. joke and then I'm just bathed. not just laughter, but screams. And I. and I'm I have to tell you, if you have. a disease, if you have cancer in your. body and you walk out and tell a joke. like that to a room that big and you get. that reaction, you will be cancer-free. >> No. It cures me of any ailment I might. have had. Huge. And then I walk right. backstage and there you are all nicely. dressed. Yeah. I think I gave you a thank you.

Yeah. And then you were like, "Your name is. Skyler, right?" IT'S. I I NOTICED the moment Conan started. respecting me as a person. Yeah. Yeah. Well, started to. >> Started. I didn't say And then you spent. that capital really quick. >> Oh, of course. Uh but I'm curious. I. haven't really sat down and talked to. you about. when. your backstory. When do you start. thinking, "Okay, comedy is my thing. This is what I'd like to do." Uh, how. early did you get the bug? How did this.

all happen for Skyler Higley? Um, I got. the bug, you know, early. Like as kids, I feel like I I was like, I feel. isolated. I feel like a weirdo. Uh, you. know a little thing or two about that. And you're fired. You are. fired. Bye. Everybody. NO, NO, NO. AND I'VE HAD your apartment. made even smaller. Oh, I have to go back to the old. apartment? >> Yes, you have to go back to Oh, no. I'm. doing Zoom like OUT OF HERE. I'VE HAD.

YOUR CEILING LOWERED. UM, I was in yeah, like like junior high. high school when I thought, "Oh, I can. actually do this." Because when I was. growing up, it was like 2010. So, there. was this big comedy podcast boom. And. everybody was talking about how you. could do comedy as a a career. And I. feel like a lot of people before that. didn't really have that sense. And I. remember, you know, there were very key. moments of watching your show and. watching the documentary, the tour doc,

uh, Conan O'Brien Can't Stop, where it. felt like. oh, this person is like can have you can. have your problems and your anxieties. And I was going through a lot of anxiety. at the time. But the comedy part can be. like a salve. It can get you through. hard stuff. And it like the docu- I've. never told you this really, but that. documentary was like a big deal for me. as like a kid being like, "Okay, things. are crazy and scary and I'm very. anxious. And you can go through things. and you can be okay. And if you really.

commit to being funny, you can make it. through stuff." So, that was uh, part of. the bug. But it was just a bunch of, you. know, there YouTube had come out. There's uh, podcast. There's all this. stand-up. I remember growing up watching. like the Blue Collar Comedy you guys. weirdly enough. And I was like. >> Like Larry the Cable Guy. Yeah. Yeah. Jeff Foxworthy. Jeff Foxworthy and the. guy with the puppets. Remember that guy? Jeff Dunham. Oh, yeah. How do I know all. that? You really have them in the. pocket. The one with the really racist.

puppets. And listen, when I was 13, the best thing ever. I. was like, yeah, he's a jalapeno. Why would he be a jalapeno? That's. hilarious. He's on a stick. There's a. terrorist. He's dead. That's cool. I didn't know. But, you know, you just. kind of grow up with that. And like with. the internet, too, you just got so much. access to it so early. And then So, that's a different that's a very. different. This is one of the things that. fascinates me.

talking to someone as young as you that. I didn't have access to any of that. That was not the world. That was in the. were occasionally shows that peaked out. here and there. >> Mhm. that were revolutionary and. amazing, but they were very few and far. between. And most of it's like, it's The. Love Boat. Right. >> And you're like, huh? This is this is. our comedy. And. you're getting So, it's it's not just. shows you're seeing on television. Were. there sitcoms or anything that you were.

into or is that not really Oh, totally. It sitcoms that were. I get 30 Rock, Community, Parks and Rec. Those were all out in exactly the. formative time that you would want to. watch it. I remember watching those. shows and just being like, they're just. being as crazy as possible on TV and. they're not being. >> themselves happy. >> Yes. And it's very specific and I always. really appreciated that. So, it was just. something that. in this era felt like a real viable.

career path. And before I even went to. college, I knew I wanted to do comedy. And so, I went to college for like a. year, and I was working on an English. degree, and I was like, this is a waste. of time, probably. Uh go to college, kids, but. but you don't have If you're going into. comedy, I don't know. >> did a podcast with Lisa Kudrow, where we. were I ended up I ended up encouraging. people to smoke. OH, GOOD. YEAH. THIS IS GOING really. well. We should be shut down. immediately. You're telling kids don't.

go to college. >> Don't go to college. Get some. cigarettes, but get a lot of them. Yeah, but the good ones. >> Buy in bulk. So, um you leave after a year. Yeah. Okay, and then what do you do? I moved to. Chicago, because, you know, >> From where? Salt Lake City, Utah. Okay. Yeah. >> Oh. Yeah. Yeah, you didn't Yeah. >> Actually, I think I did know that, but I. associate you more with Chicago. >> Yes. I I lived I feel like I became an. adult and a real person in Chicago, cuz. I grew up, you know, Salt Lake, Mormon, the whole thing. And so, I was very.

sheltered, and I had no sense of the. world, and in fact, comedy was like a. lot of what gave me a sense of like, this is what other people are doing. Whereas, where we were, it was very. like, you go to church, uh you do all. the church stuff. You're not really. supposed to watch like The Simpsons and. stuff, and, you know, I was, obviously. But like, yeah, so comedy was also, I. think, kind of what got me out of being. super religious. But, um I was like, I.

have to pursue this. I moved to Chicago, because, you know, you hear about Second. City, you hear about stand-up, you hear. about all of this improv stuff and. sketch, and I just wanted to do all of. it, you know. And uh so, I just moved, and everybody's like, that's crazy. You're just dropping out of school to. move to Chicago. And I was like, it'll be fine. Like, I had no sense of. my own mortality at 20, so I was like, yeah, you can just like. go wherever you want, and do whatever. you want, and I think I have enough of. an aptitude for this that it'll be okay.

Uh obviously, that hasn't worked out at. all, but. I keep trying to get you on a legitimate. project. Yeah. I'm doing the best I can. But so. what do you How do you support yourself? You get to Chicago, how do you live? Terrible jobs, terrible jobs. I worked. for. uh one of those companies that I think. the first job I had was one of those. companies where they're like, "We're. going to go out and help people have a.

better electricity." It's just like a. pyramid scheme. I was in a pyramid. scheme for a couple days. You do that. You got to be in a pyramid. scheme for like a little bit. And. You really do. And they're having these. meetings, honestly not unlike when Conan. kicks in the door to the writers' room, where they come in with all this ENERGY. AND THEY'RE. LIKE, "WE'RE GOING TO DO IT." AND IT'S. LIKE, "WHAT do we do?" AND THEY'RE LIKE, "DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT. We're going to. do it. Sell, sell, sell." And it's like, "What is the product?" And they're like, "Shut up, you know.". >> It's occurred to me right now that all.

of my career has been a pyramid scheme. I come in with a lot of energy and and. then it's at the end you're just. bankrupt. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So okay, so you're doing a bunch of Just. random shitty jobs and and then I. started contributing to ClickHole, which. is um an offshoot of The Onion for like. the internet generation. I know. ClickHole. >> Yes, you did a video with ClickHole, where Do you remember the premise of the. video you did for ClickHole? >> Yes, I'm in the background, right? Yes. Yes. I can't cuz you're going to.

describe it better than I can. >> I remember when you shot it. >> know if I don't know if I remember it, but. >> something or cleaning something. >> milk in the sink. It's. I think it's a couple going through a. breakup and the premise of the video is. a couple goes through breakup while. Conan O'Brien pours milk into the sink. in the Yeah, I'm pouring milk in the. sink in the background and you can kind. of see me. Yeah. Yes. >> It's not I'm not really that featured. And yeah. >> tells her husband SHE'S PREGNANT. >> OH, MY GOD. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S THAT'S. WHAT IT WAS. AND THEN you were like,

"This is perfectly good milk that I'm. Yes. Yes. That was my line. I'm pouring. it down the drain. >> Yeah. I was just narrating how this is. good milk. It's not that it's bad. It's. just going right down the drain. >> Yeah. So, you were working there when I. >> No, I wasn't working there when you did. that, but that was probably one of those. early things. That probably came out. when I was in high school, and that was. one of those things where it's like, "If. people are making that, and you can do. that, that is the kind of thing I want. to do.". >> Oh, cool. And that's great. And so, I I. remember my first headline I ever got on. there was like um like heartwarming,

even though this man and woman are from. different religions, they still had sex. on a park bench. So, that, you know. There you go. Then. you knew I'm on terra firma here. This. is good. Okay. >> That That $15. Like, also the first time. ever getting paid for writing something. You're. >> huge, right? >> amazing. The first moment someone, and I. always appreciate it, and I still. appreciate it. I did a set the other. night at some comedy club in Covina. And.

um after I was done, they gave me an. envelope, which is what happens in. stand-up, and it had a $20 bill in it. And I took it home, and I taped it to uh. the glass that's in my closet, you know, when I get dressed in the morning, and. I'm just like I taped it up because I. remember the first time I got Anytime. you get. Anytime you get that one-to-one hit of I. just went and had a lot of fun. >> Mhm. I think the audience was happy, I. had fun, and then someone gave me a $20.

bill. It does feel like magic. >> Right. Because you got that $20 bill, and maybe you spent like 5 minutes like. talking about foreskin or something. And. you're like, "This is money." I did a. whole I did the whole foreskin. You're. All of your Oscars jokes this were. weirdly you keep You keep being like, "GIVE ME MORE FORESKIN.". >> ENOUGH FORESKIN? You go, "Conan, uh what. about the movies?" You go, "NO, FORESKIN." NO ONE CARES ABOUT THOSE. MOVIES. They want foreskin. It's a whole thing. Boy, this is going to be a BAD OSCAR.

NO, 15 MINUTES up top about foreskin. Yeah, just cut to uh eat stars streaming out, getting in their cars and leaving before. they've they've even their categories. been announced. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Uh well. >> for it. Yes, of course. Um so uh okay, so you're doing that and then how did we. find you? I was a fellowship writing at the Onion. at the time or no, no. There was a. packets that go out. The way that um the.

Conan show, I think always sent out. packets is different than most late. night shows because uh you guys just. went like, "We want 10 ideas." And uh. you ask any follow-up questions. You're. like, "What do you mean ideas?" And. they're just like, "10 ideas." And so I. remember writing a packet and I put, you. know, stupid little jokes in the packet. I I remember one of them cuz they're. just like different pitches and one of. my pitches was just straight-up like uh. Conan O'Brien does blackface. And then I.

did a colon and then I just wrote Conan. O'Brien does blackface. And it wasn't. obviously a real pitch, but I was like, "Well, people are going to remember that. if I put that in there." Just like, "Yeah, what if he did it?" And then it's. somebody cuz you know, you have to read. like a bunch of these things. >> Yeah. It's it's a tactic to get people. to be like, "What the hell is what's. going on?" And then like actually read. it. It catches the eye. >> It catches the eye. Yeah, sure. Oh, that. would be a very unfunny and. uh you'd never hear from me again. >> Yeah, but if you put it in the middle of.

a bunch of funny ideas. Like you like. coming up with like, "What's the worst. thing I could say or do?" And I always. love thinking about that stuff, too. So. I'm like, "I don't know. I thought it. would just be like whatever." I also did. never think I would get the opportunity. Um and then a year went by, uh. and then it was in the middle of COVID. and the onion and I think that there was. just like you needed to hire again, but. there were packets left over from last. year and. >> Yeah. That's how it happened. >> Also, you can tell when you look at a.

packet, it's Mike Sweeney will say, "Oh, you got to see this packet." And um you. can tell. almost right away in a packet when. someone knows who they are and is kind. of confident about their comedic voice. And I think that's always what sets it. apart. It isn't. Sometimes I can read a packet and I can. say, "Yeah, there's not one idea here. that we could use right now, but this is.

a. >> going to use that blackface one? We did. Yeah. No one paid attention. Um no, uh. Sometimes you don't even. think, "Oh, okay, here it is. Idea. number seven, we could use that. Idea. number nine, we could use that. That. could go into the show. So, hire this. person." Sometimes you'll read a whole. packet and think, "Yeah, not one of. these quite has my voice, but this is a. really funny person." And that is the. harder thing to find. You know what I.

mean? And then a funny person will come. in and they'll take the temperature of. what's going on here and very quickly. will start just saying, "Oh, yeah, do. this, do that, do this, do that." And. maybe broaden our horizons about what. could be funny cuz Right. >> we we, you know, don't always know. everything. Uh and so. that's the idea is does those it works. That's what I find beautiful about. comedy, though, too, is that, you know, you and I are. by all metrics very different people.

>> Mhm. I think we can say that. I don't know. what you're talking about. I I think we. could say that. >> are insane. I I would say that like you. can be from two very different worlds, but sort of the idiosyncrasies of I. think comedy for comedy's sake and. whatever this idea of like a if there is. a true like north in comedy of just like. funny, that is like kind of all this. same a little bit. Even if all the. specifics are different, when.

something's like really, really funny, it can be this crazy weird sketch thing. or it could be like this version of. stand-up or whatever. It can still be. really funny and you can hopefully like. connect. And like you got to be able to. learn how to speak different comedic. languages, and I feel like I had to. learn how to speak the Conan language, but you still end up getting like the. best stuff out of this person's really. different, but they know how to fit. their thing into our world. And like. look what came of it. Like I think one. of the first things I pitched at.

the show when we were on Zoom is that we. just do a whole Christmas show cuz I'm. like, I think we're going to die. Let's. just do a Christmas show. >> Yeah. And you really liked it. You were. like, let's go. And we we did Christmas. in like August, I think. >> Yes. Yeah. We did. We actually decorated. the whole I think we decorated the Largo. theater. It was really fun. >> fun. And I was like, wow, this is No, but also it's just. I mean. I'm sorry you thought that. It's It's so. funny cuz I talked to so many young. people. people your age and younger in 2020 who.

really did think it was the end of the. world. And just only because I was older. I was able to say to them. no, it's okay. This is not the end of. the world. We've been through this. Uh this is what happens in in in life. We go through these things and we have. to come together and they're scary and. then. we move on and I hope evolve, but that. is. No. No, I'm saying to you we evolved.

Yeah. I mean, look at the world today. Perfect. >> Yeah, it's great. I think we can agree there are no. problems. I agree 100%. We don't get out much. Uh so, we are now, as we tape this, uh what are we, like a month away from. the Oscars, I think. >> Yeah. 5 weeks. >> And now we're get 5 weeks, and it um. it's funny, like we we get in there and.

okay, you tell me. I'm asking you. I'm. legitimately asking you. >> I have always thought that the. bullshitting in a writer's room. isn't really just bullshitting, it's. kind of essential. And I can't prove it. But we'll go in. and I think, I don't know what was. happening today. I was acting something. out. You guys were making fun of me. We're it it it has nothing to do with. the show that we have to put on in 5. weeks. We we're working on a lot of those. We're being very responsible.

But we will get off on tangents where. we're all laughing really hard. >> Right. And maybe it's terribly. inappropriate, but some of us are. practically crying. And I we'll leave. afterwards and I'll think, well, that. was really good. None of that will go. into the show. Yeah. But it's serving. some purpose, or I'm just wrong and it's. a waste of time. >> You're No, you're right, because I've. been in rooms where writers' rooms where. it is fun. Mhm. And I've been in.

writers' rooms where it's not fun. And. even on just like an essential level of. just like wanting to come in to work and. it is hard work sometimes, so you are. going to want to have to be there to do. it. It's important to be like I don't. know, I'm going to laugh really hard. today and it's maybe we'll see and like. or some crazy joke come up and maybe it. does become something, probably not, but. like it's fun to just be in the space. Yeah. Other times, when you're trying to.

do comedy and you feel terrible and. you're under the gun and it's like, well, it's got to be exactly right and. also people aren't supporting each. other, it's not fun to do. It's It's. weird. You can be in these situations. where you're like, dang, this was like. my {quote} dream job and I feel terrible. every day. That is not despite the fact. that you are deeply abusive, that is not.

I gave you a good shoulder massage. today. >> Employer to employee shoulder shoulder. massage. >> there. I felt some knots and I went at. it. >> Honestly, he released my chakras. It was. really I feel I feel loose now. There. you go. Did he Did he ask you if he. could first? What do you want me to say. to that? What How should I answer that? >> we take the fifth, man. Okay. I might. have crept across the room. deeply giving Skyler a deep tissue. massage. >> Yeah. Um Might have crept over like a.

Scooby-Doo villain in order to do that. I did. I came over like Anyway, look, I'll be jailed for my crimes. We all. know that, but. what was the biggest This is the. question I wanted to ask before we have. to wrap, which is. what was the thing about working on that. show last year at the Oscars that. was there something that really. profoundly surprised you because it's. you and I have both worked in, you know, different versions of show business and. then there's that show, which is this.

still this kind of big iconic thing. What Was there something that you took. away from that? I, before working on. that, I had no sense of. scale, I guess. I And obviously we I. knew it abstractly, but I. didn't know what it would feel like. being there. And I never realized that. the jokes, almost every joke that it. felt like there was like a headline.

about like everybody's talking about. this joke that you would just said like. five minutes ago. I had not experienced. that before and it was weird to be like. oh, all eyes are on this and it's it's. live and it's happening in a way that. doesn't really happen that much. almost ever anymore. Like the only live. comedy that you have is SNL, but it's. still not that it's not like it's. getting like millions and millions of. views every week, you know, it's like. it was just huge and I had not been in a.

space with also like that many. celebrities before. Obviously you see. them around, but when they're all in. sort of a concentrated area, that star. power is just like you're seeing people. that you've seen your whole life just. whiz by your vision. It's like very. I don't know, just kind of surreal and. then it's just like all right, well, let's just make go back and make sure. these jokes work. Like let's go back. down into that dungeon below the theater. and just make sure the jokes work. because there's pretty people upstairs. and it's scary.

Is that where they put you downstairs in. like the basement? >> downstairs. Cuz I go there too and we'll sit there. and we'll think okay, we just rehearsed, but now we got to go. downstairs. Last year it was I think. Cynthia and Ariana were practicing their. song and they kind of wanted to clear. the area. >> get out. Get out. Get out for Cynthia. AND ARIANA. YOU'RE NOT IMPORTANT ENOUGH. YOU GET OUT. AND ALL of us went down and. just we're all underground like. and then we were in this room and we're. trying to figure out should this joke go.

before this joke or after that joke and. but the thing that I find is. the scale can change, but the process is. the same. It is. Meaning if we were. working on a show that was just going to. be a live fun sketch show that we were. going to. perform for an audience of 200 people at. the Largo theater, it's still the same. process. You got to have the ideas, you. got to fight over them, you got to and. then you can change the scale. Right. >> And you can add these beautiful iconic.

people, but it's still the same thing. Yeah. And the process isn't that much. different except I need a lot more. makeup. >> Right. >> Oh. >> very gratifying. That moment of. I I think the two days before I don't. know what it is where we're feeling kind. of insane and you remember those last 48. hours that's like we're like moving. stuff around. >> There was um just a sense of the. adrenaline that's rushing through me and. being like oh we're actually we're. really doing it and this has to happen. and we've got to pull it off. Some of. the best moments kind of happened I.

don't think that that Jesse didn't. really like I think it was Jesse's idea. to put the sandworm in the band. That. happened like. 5 minutes before the show. It was like. but that's like really. >> And it happened cuz it had to happen cuz. something else dropped out and we. quickly said okay if it was I don't know. who it was but if it was Jesse great. But just oh yeah. So yeah, we're going to go do it again. Let's hope it all goes well. Yeah. Mhm. Things got really quiet in here. Yep.

Yeah, dude. It's a lot of pressure for. you guys. >> Skyler I'll be watching. It's no. pressure for me at all. I just enjoy I. was in the audience. >> Yeah. while you guys were underground. Oh my god. You're always high. >> sitting next to Kurt Russell Wow. >> Hawn. Oh my god, it was great for us. >> you should have that good a seat. >> It was so great. I danced danced with. him. >> think you should have that good a seat. This is my seat. I don't know. Colman. Domingo loves hanging out with us. Oprah. and Gayle were behind us. >> Why are you getting such a good seat? IT'S LIKE YOU GUYS HAD ALL OF OPRAH.

BEHIND YOU. YOU HAD SO MUCH FUN. WE were. scared. >> I know. I know you guys are talking about the. Oscars like it's scary and I'm just like. why? It's fun. Yeah, okay. >> work you do makes my life better. Can I go on record as saying you should. not have that good a seat? >> already. >> did. >> I can't. >> Oprah's like, "Oh, there's all this hair. in front of me.". All right, Skyler. Yes, I'm going to go and and. throw objects at all of you in about 5. minutes, but you're brilliantly funny.

I thank you for loaning your talents to. me and onward and upward I say. Thanks. for having me. and upward.