Conan Reminisces On His Bachelor Days In Los Angeles | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

I like this. We uh we're in a different. environment. I love our our home base. It's incredible. I love our little. studio. It's very comfortable. Wonderful. location. But we are today at this. incredible hotel. And I have very fond. memories of this hotel because I used to. live uh back when I was writing on the. Simpsons. I lived about. I don't know a block and a half from. here. Really? I was going to say you could if. you would were standing here at this.

hotel, you could hit my apartment with a. tennis ball, but I think you'd need I mean I couldn't. do it. I think you'd need like a. pneumatic cannon. But still, it's close, but not close. enough. You can't say you could hit it. with a tennis ball. If you had a cannon. of some kind, I don't think people take that. literally. Well, I just wanted to be clear. I I'm. always worrying about the legal. And if. I said you could hit it with a tennis. ball, I'm worried some listeners going. to say, "Oh, if Conan was at the Four. Seasons on Dhini, he could hit his old. apartment on Weatherly with a cannonball.

with a with a tennis ball." And uh you. know, and then I'm challenged to do it. and I can't do it. Oh. So, I just want to say um please don't. sue me for that. You think you can get sued for that? It's a crazy country. You can get sued. for anything. I don't think you could get sued for. that. You'll see. It's coming. Also, if someone says, "I bet that's not. true." You could just be like, "Yeah, it. is." but then not actually try to do it. Okay. Well, anyway, you didn't help. here. I took us down. I took us down a bad alley and then you. said, "Let's go further down the alley.

and then drive in circles." I have fond. memories of living here. It was the. early '9s. I was writing for the. Simpsons. This is a pretty ritzy area. So, were. you living that large back then? Well, I had already I had been working. in television at that point. I got. started in ' 85. Yeah. And then I worked on Saturday Night Live. and then I uh came out here for The. Simpsons. So, I had I had done okay at. that point. I had just purchased a brand. new 1992 Ford Taurus. Yeah. Which when you see someone driving a new.

92 Ford uh Ford Taurus in 1992, you know. they've got bank. Oh, that's the Toyota Camry of Fords. Yes, it is. Yeah. Which was the Dodge Neon of Camry. So. anyway, um I was living in this. neighborhood and I remember my mom came. to visit me and she didn't know anything. about the Simpsons or didn't watch it uh. and didn't think it was a big deal, but. I remember she came out and visited and. I. uh I said I know a good place for brunch. and just walked her like a block and a.

half to this Four Seasons which has the. most amazing brunch. And I told her, "You'll probably see a. celebrity." We did not. Um but I kept. telling her that just random people were. celebrities. She was lie. I did lie. Yeah. Okay. I said that guy over there is Tony. Curtis. And uh and the guy had already. left the room. She just saw the back of. his shoe. She was excited. And um I don't know. I just have a nice. time here. I was a single guy living the. life. What was the rest? Single Conan. Bachelor Conan of that era. What was he.

getting? 91 Bachelor 92. 92 Bachelor Conan. Oh my. god. Ladies, look out. Look out. It's 92 metric. Oh my god. Now I know now we're in an. era we're saying look out ladies. probably not the way to go. No, I was a. kindly gentleman, but I I did okay for. myself. because I was I had started to fill out. a little bit. I had been way too skinny.

for years and uh. my skin had cleared up. I was a little. more. uh I had a little more confidence. I had. a credit card. Oh, sick. Um, yeah, I was uh cash in my. pocket. They were all like, you know, ladies would be like, "Hey, I kind of. like this guy." And then I'd say, "Yeah, and where do you see my car?" And then. the Ford Tourist would come out and then. I'd have a hard time finding them. They take off. They would saw one woman. jump behind a hedge. Um, and you still have your Ford Taurus? I still have the Ford Taurus. Are you.

serious? Yeah. It became kind of a thing because. on the late night show, guests would. talk about their Lamborghini or. whatever, and they sus they thought that. because Oh, Leno has a lot of cars. Let's find out what Conan drives. And I. would say truthfully, I have a 1992 Ford. Taurus. It's an SHO. That's super high. output. So it looks like a Taurus that. you'd pick up your kids at soccer. practice with, but it's actually got a. stick shift inside. Yeah, that guy. People's lives up.

Did you drive that cross country to New. York? Uh, no. I I had it I had it shipped. You. want. an aristocrat. Yeah. Well, I didn't want it to be. damaged, so I had it put on the roof of. another Ford Taurus. And um. yeah, but I brought it out here. Uh when. I bought it, I did not drive stick. I. bought it completely on faith. And then. my brother Neil I bought it in. Massachusetts. So my brother Neil took. me to a supermarket parking lot and. taught me how to drive stick. And then I. brought it to LA and went right into LA.

traffic. Oh yeah. Grinding gears like crazy, but got good. at it. then pulled up at the Simpsons. lot in a Ford Taurus and I think they. knew then this there's a badass in town. Yeah. Who definitely. born. shift. the gears that grind and uh it was but I. I lived in this neighborhood and it was.

really nice. I had a had a good time. I. enjoyed I loved working in that Simpsons. writing room and um kind of loved it. And this was this is the hotel. uh where I met Jeff Ross for the first. time. I thought you were going to say where. you lost your virginity. Where I lost my virginity. Well, that's. true. Four years ago. with the help of my wife. Um, but yeah, I met Jeff Ross here because I was being. considered for the late night job and.

Lauren said, "You should go meet with. this guy, Jeff Ross." And we met about. 15 ft from where I am right now, which I. could hit with a tennis ball. Okay. Tennis ball. A tennis ball that went through walls. Okay. Uh, anyway, uh, that's my story. So, this brings up a lot of nice memories. This hotel, this area, and I like. getting out of the studio once in a. while. Yeah. It creates a new vibe. You do have a. swagger about you today that makes me. feel like you're back in your your. prime, you know, cuz it's I'm telling you, it's it's I'm. channeling 1992 single Conan. And I love.

it. Here he comes. That guy likes to meet people. And try and buy them. He has dinner. Credit card. He has a credit card. I've had it four years. $1,000 limit. I've only gone over twice. I like coming to these fancy places cuz. then I I know that you can buy us lunch.

at. I'm going to take you out for a nice. lunch. Is that right? You know what? And and you too. And you. know what I'll tell you, Matt? You don't. know this. It's 2:15 in the afternoon. And if there's one thing I know about. Sona, she's having wine with her lunch. I'll join you on that. Are you kidding? Yeah. Let's wine. Hey, and David's driving. So I'll Well, he's driving you. He drove. me. Yeah. Yeah. But we're we're we drove. ourselves. I drove in a mildew car. Yeah. You're going to be wine drunk. driving in a mildew car. Yeah, you're going to be pulled over by. the police. Not for your swerving, but. because of the odor of your car. Toxic output.

All right, peace out, Tupac.