Conan Learns The Crash Mechanics Of A Bobsleigh | Conan O'Brien Needs A Fan

Hey, uh I'm going to say this, Devon, and I I'm I'm I'm This is a compliment. You look yolked. Doesn't he look like a. Do you lift? Yeah. I mean, you look uh. what's the what the swole? Is that what. the kids say? Yolked. Yolked. You look. uh incredible. I should have worn my. shirt that says yolked. It would have. been way better. Guess what, pal? You. don't have to cuz you've got the muscles. to prove it. Uh your muscles have. muscles. It's out of control. What's. going on here? Do you lift every day?

What's the story? Uh, yeah, I do work. out quite often. Um, I've been training. for. I mean, how old am I now? I'm almost 33. So, since I was like 16. Um. Wow. That's. I started working out when I was 55. Okay. And I'm still on very light. weights. You'll get there though. Yeah. No, and. I'm in my 70s. I'm going to move up to. the old 20 pounder. Okay. You'll get. there. You're a very nice guy, Devon. You'll.

get there. By the time you're in your. 90s, you'll be okay. Um, are you a. professional athlete in any way? I'm not. a professional. I would I would make. that uh um clear for sure. Um, but I I. did uh I did compete in bob slay last. year for our Can Canadian national team. Oh, you're kidding. You're a So, you are. a I mean, you're a serious uh. bobsleader. I would call it former. because I'm not doing it this year, but. I last year I did do it. It was my first. year and uh yeah, it was uh I was on the.

World Cup team was last year. I think. when I when I sent the email last year, I could be wrong. I I sent applications. a few times to you guys, but when I made. the team, I was like, I'm going to send. it and hopefully Conan will want to talk. to me now. And I might have been in. Europe right when I sent it. So, yeah. But let me tell you something, Devon. I. was on a bob sled for two seconds. I. would spend the rest of my life telling. people that I was a I was a bobsleter. That's just me. You're being way too. modest. It sounds like I mean this is.

serious stuff. You have competed at at a. top level. Yeah. I was very um I would I. I say lucky. I was also just very. fortunate to be in good positions. I put. myself there and put myself out there. last year and uh was able to just find. my way into uh one of our top sleds last. year and somehow ended up over there. It. was uh I just took a shot at it. So, I. don't know. We've all seen the images of. bob sledding. Um but I don't know much. about it. I know there's a couple of a.

couple of you are crammed into a bob. sled. How many? So, it's either two or. four. Uh four. It gets real cozy in. there, but uh it's nice. You're you're. with your buddies kind of going down. Well, and if they're not your buddies, they become your buddies real fast. Yeah, they do for sure. So, you are you. are interlocked with these uh there's. four of you and you're on uh this sled. that's like a rocket. And how fast do. you go at times? 150 km an hour. Damn. it. You and your metric system. I don't.

know. Is that I mean that could be 11. miles an hour for all I know. I'm sorry. I'm very ignorant. I went My cat can run. 150 km an hour. 93 miles. Wait, 93 m an. hour? And what is that in kilome? Yeah, stop it. What? I just got us off of. that. Okay. All right. Wait a minute. So. 93 m an hour on a bob sled. I don't. understand. What happens if you crash? Uh, you hang on for dear life cuz. there's no seat belt. Have you Have you. Do you fall out? What happens? You can.

if you don't hang on, you will fall out. Yeah. like it it's kind of my first. crash I learned it real quick. Um I was. doing a twoman so it doesn't go quite as. fast. It gets to I don't know what it is. in miles per hour but it gets to like. 140ish kilometers an hour and we crashed. probably at the fastest point on the. track in Whistler and you feel it right. away. It's like trying to kick you out. It's like almost like a bull just trying. to kick you off. So you have to like. grab on to the frame and pull yourself.

back in and just try and stay in. The. other thing is if you let yourself come. out, you're usually scraping on ice. There's walls, so you might hit them. You're trying to get as low into the. sled so that the sled takes it and not. your body. But wait a minute, are you. wearing any protection? There's a helmet. and then we have what is called a burn. vest. So to prevent any ice burn from. like skidding on it, you have this like. Kevlar vest, but other than that, it's. just a speeduit. Okay. Okay. I don't. understand. I don't understand how.

you're not killed. I I'm being serious. I don't understand how if someone threw. me at 93 mph. uh onto ice and I was just wearing a. skintight suit um which wouldn't look. great by the way um and a helmet. Um. there'd be an immediate funeral. Just an. immediate no one a doctor wouldn't even. check on me. They would just they would. just put me in a box and have a funeral. Slide down the track into a coffin crowd. of people dressed in black. Yeah. Yeah. We would the coffin would be opened at.

one end and I'd slide right in and. they'd say, "Well, there he goes." And. put me down. Um, so I mean, have you. ever been seriously hurt? I haven't. There's been I've been really fortunate. Um, our crashes, uh, one was one looked. violent. It wasn't that bad in it, but. it looked really bad. Um, just because. you're about halfway down, we crash, we. tipped over, and as you're going through. all these turns going down, the sled's. just doing its own thing. No one's.

controlling it. So, when it goes up on a. turn, it comes back down like as if it's. coming down on your head. You can kind. of feel it. You're just hanging on. again. You're with your buddies, so. you're kind of like hanging on like, "Okay, let's hope we all don't fall out. and get hurt here." But, uh, that's a. pretty lowkey conversation you guys are. having. You're It's 93 miles an hour. You're soaring through an ice tunnel out. of control. Kind of hope we don't get hurt here.

Interesting. Is one of you reading the. paper? Oh, look. Sister, the Oilers are. in town. our uh I think like the last. crash that we had I I was thinking like. my first thought was like cuz it was our. first fourman on the World Cup together. and I had like told my family all back. home like this is where you can watch. it. Make sure you tune in. It's at this. time and like first thing I was like oh. man my mom is watching this and she's. not going to like this sport anymore.

Just cuz that's all I was thinking the. whole time. I'm like, "Ah man, I need. this to like end so I can pop out and. just like give her a thumb." Show her. Show her that you're all right. Uh, quick question. Is there My instinct. would be I would want to be like the. third person in a four person because if. something went wrong, I would try to use. the bodies in front and behind me buffer. as a as a buffer as a shield. Is that is. does is that a a sign of low character. on my part? Like I would I would try to. be positioned behind you so that I could.

steer you towards the ice and the rocks. because and your body is I'm just being. honest and you seem like too long. What? Your legs are too long though to sit in. the 30. Well, I think the minute the. crash starts my legs would fall off. They'd say, "Oh, look. Two two strands. of denim spaghetti just fell off the. back of the Excuse me. You're wearing. denim, dude. I'm wearing denim. I'm not. putting on this goddamn Kevlar. What do. I look like? I'm a man. See up your.

Canadian tuxedo. Yeah, exactly. Um, so. I'm just being honest with you. I would. try to use your body to absorb all the. punishment. Well, I was always the I was. the third guy. So when you load, do you. have like a routine? I was the third. guy. And I mean, in the crash, I my your. instinct is to get as low as possible. into the sled. So yeah, in fairness, I. am trying to get lower than everyone. else in that sled. Yeah. You know what I. would do? I would build I would build a. little trap door in the sled so that I. there's like and some steps so I could.

go down stairs into a tiny little room. and read a novel during the crash. How. big is your bob sled? It's a bigger bob. sled. Yes. It's less aerodynamic. But at. my insistence, it has when the crash. starts. Excuse me, gents. And I open a. little door and then you hear footsteps. going down some steps. And then I shut. it. It's a little cocoa. And I read the. third Harry Potter. I think it's Harry. Potter and the the stone that's made of. bones. And uh I'm in there with a little.

sweater and stuff. And there's a little. fireplace. No one's gonna want to be on. your team. Yeah. You don't know about. bob sledding like that. Bob sled sounds. more like one of those big like tall. It's going to tip over all the time. Oh, okay. So suddenly you're Oh, so suddenly. you're the expert, Devon. I think I know a little more about Bob. sledding than you do, having spoken to. you and seen a photograph.