Conan & Matt Gourley Have Beef With Beets | Conan O'Brien Needs A Fan

John, let's get to the point. You come. from Reno. What is it you do? Who are. you? Tell us about this man named John. Uh yeah, absolutely. Born and raised in. Reno, Nevada, for better or worse. Mhm. Um and yeah, uh started um a couple uh. juice bars with my older brother in. Reno. You and your older brother own. some juice bars in Reno, Nevada? Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, we uh we started them. uh after I dropped out of college. We. started them when I was 19 years old.

Okay. And uh I'm 32 years young now. And. um How are they doing? I mean, you Is. this a viable Are you making your living. off these juice bars? Uh I am making my. living off of these juice bars. Congratulations. That's very cool. You're an entrepreneur. This is This is. very cool. Yeah. Yeah. It's exciting. It's a lot of smoothies for a living, but you know, I'm constantly uh. constantly making and serving smoothies. uh you know, year after year. But, you. know, uh that's there's worse problems. to have on this. I I Well, I don't know.

that there are, but um John, tell us. about these smoothies, these juices that. you make. Um pretend I'm a potential. investor or let's let's simplify it. A. customer, what makes these juices or. smoothies so great? Sell me on these. Well, uh absolutely. Yeah. So, raw and. fresh is uh the uh is what sets us. apart, I would say. You know, we joined. sort of the juice barf craze. Everybody's getting green juice. Do you. guys drink any green juice? Yeah. Yeah, I I like a green juice every now and.

then. Um, and I do have a habit of. making uh I've been doing it for a. while. I make a smoothie for myself in. the morning using like three fistfuls of. baby spinach and then I'd put some. protein powder in there and some fruit. and and Fruity Pebbles. No, no. The. Fruity Pebbles was uh an aberration. I. don't do that a lot, but they sent the. Fruity Pebbles and it is my um it's I. can't help it. It's uh You're teaching.

every every product that they could just. send it to you and you're going to use. it no matter what it is. Well, so far. Yes. Yes. Every time. I mean, we get. sent a lot of fresh medicines and. antibiotics from the uh pharmaceutical. companies and I just immediately inject. them into my body without even knowing. what they are. So, send us whatever you. got. Um, send us some juice. The juices. I So, I'm familiar with it's a good way. to get some good stuff into you. Uh, and. I and it is.

What's wrong with that? You're sugar. crashing. I know. It's just the wording. Get some good stuff into you. Well, it. is. I mean, when am I going to eat a. couple of handfuls of spinach? That's. not going to happen. I'm not That's. true. Popeye. That's not going to. happen. I'm not with olive oil uh. sailing the seven seas. That's not going. to happen in my life. But if I put it. into a kind of a tasty vanilla tinged. juice, uh or smoothie, that's going into.

my body. So, uh what kind of juices do. you have? What do you recommend? Um yes. So, we're all over the spectrum. Uh, you. know, like real health juicing is just. like no fruit is not that much sugar. You can have a little bit, but like. mainly you're talking like spinach, kale, cucumbers, celery. Now, what makes. all the boring stuff? What makes that. palatable? How do you take all that. stuff and make it drinkable? Um, you. know, you know, we sell things like. shots and stuff and I tell people it's. just like taking any other shot. You. just get it down. You know, like.

cucumber, kale, spinach juice is always. going to taste. It's really funny that. you're serving a product for people to. eat and you're saying just get it down. quickly and ignore the taste. Do you. know what I mean? Can you imagine a. restaurant where they're like, "Just get. it in you fast. Just get in fast." And. then just just hold it down. You're. going to want to vomit, but hold it. down. Once in a blue moon, we get like. bad Yelp reviews there where they go. like, "This product tastes like I. don't understand what the hype is. about." out and we always respond like.

it's supposed to taste like that. It's. really good for you. It's got in. it. So yeah, we we put feces in it. because it's a good ruffage. Um. uh oh god. Are there there are some. things that I'm suspicious of that. shouldn't like I don't like uh well I. know beets are good for me. I don't like. I don't I have a beef with beets. Yeah, I do too. Because they look like candy. They look like watermelon. They they're. false advertising. Right. Right. Taste. like absolute ass. Yeah. Yes. Yes. Yes. And yet it's the staple crop in Russia.

Um and uh and and people swear by beets. I uh I'm with you on this. Uh beets look. red and wonderful and inviting and it. looks like you're going to bite into the. sweetest cherry in the world and you. bite into it and suddenly your mouth is. World War II. Um I disagree. I like. borch a lot. Yeah. Well, I mean you grew. up in a different country in a different. time. Yeah. a different political. ideology. What does that have to do with. liking Borch? Well, you grew up under.

the uh cold iron boot of an. authoritarian regime. It's not true. Um. that is not true. So uh back to you, John, and I apologize for my compatriots. bursting in like that. I've made it very. clear to them they shouldn't speak. Uh. and yet they do. And yet I continue to. invite them in and encourage them to. speak and pay them to speak. John, I'm. still on a Fruity Pebbles high right. now. Uh I'm jealous. Hey, you know what. you should do? Make a really healthy. shake, but then throw a handful of. Fruity Pebbles in there and you've got a.

delicious shake. That's what he was. saying. He said that earlier. Did you. say that earlier? I like that person. Okay. Well, we're paying attention, John. Sorry. Be new on our list. Oh, no. Of course. Yeah. Okay. Um, I have a. question. Celery. Is celery anything? That's a good question. Is it Is it. anything? What is celery? Celery is. definitely something. It's just water. that somehow managed to form into a. stick, isn't it? Isn't it water that. it's water that took a class and got.

hypnotized and thinks it's a stick? But. it's not beets. It's not telling you. anything different. No. No, it's not. telling you anything. But what is does. is there any nutritional value in. celery? Let's say I'm in a shipwreck. I. go overboard. I get into a little raft. and all it has is celery. Do I survive. after 30 days or am I dead? I would say. emphatically no. You do not survive out. with just celery. Well, it's got a lot. of water and water and sodium and.

potassium and uh Yeah. I mean, it's good. and it's nice to dip in peanut butter. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. You Yes. Yes. It's. like a a cracker. You don't mind a. tasteless cracker, but it then you put. some peanut butter on. It's fine. But in. and of itself, why would you add celery. to any? And look, I know that there are. some listeners right now saying, "Why is. Conan going down this celery road?". Yeah, I I think he's lost his noodle. He's gone uh, you know, he's been. pebbled. Yeah, he's been pebbled. But. no, I think I'm on to something. Isn't. celery a waste of time? Why put it in.

anything? Well, you're right. It is. mostly water. And then while you were. saying that, I was thinking that, you. know, it does form into celery and then. we technically are turning it back into. a water product to put it back into But. does it have roughage? Because roughage. has its value. But uh uh celery has tons of value. You. want all that potassium. You want all. that um sodium. It is a great source of. water. Salt. I like that that crisp crunch. where the beets just let you down. Fiber. too. Yeah, fiber. Yeah, that's what I'm. saying. Yeah, fiber. Ruffage. I said. ruffage. I'll take celery over beets any.

day. Okay, celery. I said. correctly, but I said I will take beets. over celery. Yeah, I'm with you on. celery. Also, can I add you guys are. crazy for hating beets. I'm team Sona. here because beets are great. All right, John. You can pickle them, you can boil. them, you can juice them. Yeah. You know. what's funny? Possibilities are endless. I hate a beat, but when you say pickle. it, suddenly I'm down. Let it rot for a. little bit and then I'm all in the in. the basement and then I'm ready to go.

No. If you don't like a food, pickling. it doesn't make you like it more, John. I'm sorry. I've never been angrier at. anyone in my life. I I understand. I. have feelings about celery, but I agree. with you.