Conan’s Role In SNL’s Controversial “Nude Beach” Sketch | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

hey there welcome to Conan O'Brien needs. a friend I'm a professional podcaster I. named Conan. O'Brien I've been doing this for a. number of years and I'm I'm a real real. Pro oh boy I'm the gold standard by. which everybody is judged now sitting. here with Sona Sona wouldn't you call me. the gold standard no I wouldn't call you. the gold standard I think there's people. who've done it longer than you who and. much better yeah much better I think. you're good okay I think you're fine.

okay I think you're okay I have a story. um about the phrase the gold standard. that involves the great Johnny Carson oh. yeah I had the privilege of getting to. meet him a couple of times and talked to. him on the phone a few times and I. remembered once I was hosting some. special in the history of NBC on late. night I think 50 years and so I I got. the chance to uh with my my staff we cut. together these montages of every late. night NBC hosts cut together all of. their best stuff so letter Jack par.

everybody Steve Allen I got to reach out. and contact them and send them their. stuff Letterman from his yeah late night. show and of course Johnny Carson and. then I got a call this is before email I. think thought I'd just get a message. that Johnny Carson either approved or. didn't and then I get this call and they. say Johnny Carson's on the line for you. and of course my soul left my I mean was. just the you know he's the biggest star. in the world all the time I was growing. up and informed everybody's idea of what.

a late night show was so I saw the. blinking light and I was like that. blinking light is Johnny Carson then. someone said no that's the light that. tells you he's on the phone that's not. Johnny but anyway I picked up the phone. I hit the button and there's you know. his famous voice and he more or less was. telling me that he watched the Montage. and he he thought it was good he thought. we did a good job and he really liked it. and and in the special I refer to him as. the gold standard I said of course. Johnny Carson the gold standard he said. my my only I don't really do a Carson. impression but he said something he said.

uh well uh the only thing I'll take. exception to is uh you refer to me as. the gold standard kind of a. self-deprecating thing that's the only. thing I disagree with you called me the. S like a little much you called me the. gold standard and I said well keep in uh. keep in mind Johnny that gold has been. greatly devalued. and I got a little chuckle I'm not going. to say I got a huge laugh but I got a. little chuckle and I was so happy that's. so cool yeah uh what else do you guys. talk about he then started going on and.

on about what a huge fan he was of mine. no he didn't no he we actually had a. really uh nice conversation it wasn't. that long I don't like to over represent. things but it was really special I I got. to tell him that one of my favorite old. Carson Clips was he used to do this. character art Fern oh yeah and art Fern. had this famous thing where he was like. a fast talking pitch man kind of and he. was telling you how to go someplace in. LA to buy a certain product and I was. telling Johnny Carson this I said oh my.

God every time my writers see this. segment of art Fern that we show with. this with this line in it we die. laughing and so I I I said it's the one. where you're art Fern and you're saying. do this get on the 101 then switch to. the 134 then get on the fire freeway and. then he says take the slos and cut off. and he says then get out of your car and. cut off your slen and my. writers and he says and it's the way he. kind of rides up on his toes a little. bit and he goes he says take the slos.

and cut off get out of your car cut off. your slossen and he's got this big. pointer he keeps hitting the board with. and my writers and I we like to think. that we're edgy young hot shots we just. we watch that clip and every time he. does that joke we burst out laughing. it's Timeless when you brought up art. Fern I almost said cut off your SL cut. off your SL I'm glad I didn't and I'm. glad you didn't also and I said that. joke is funny every time it was kind of. just a nice moment cuz he said yeah he. said it it is he said and he kind of. chuckled he I don't know.

why and then you know the conversation. was was over pretty quickly but it was. just really nice to be able to to tell. him you know how much uh he meant to all. these Young Writers still you know this. is years and years after he retired so. that was nice that's really nice I have. that memory until I lose it slon his. penis yes oh okay in this case yes it's. a street I wish you know what oh yes I. know the street yeah uh I think Johnny. would have loved it had you been on set.

he would have loved it cuz he loved. people like you so I'm not even kidding. no no no I'm serious if you had been. onet he would have loved if he' said get. out of your car cut off your slen and if. he would said wait a minute is slen. penis now of course that would have shut. down the network in 1974 but still I. wonder when you he would thought that. was really funny oh it was when Saturday. Night Live did that sketch at the nudest. sketch wasn't it that was the first time. you were allowed to and I worked on that. sketch well.

don't you talk about you're you're a. penis uh Pioneer yeah in that sense. Robert Smigel uh it was he was the lead. person on that sketch but I worked on. that sketch with him and wrote a song at. the end the penis song standards came in. I think it was actually the great Rick. lwin and they just said there's no way. you can do this and we were arguing that. like it's part of the anatomy you should. be able to say penis of course now seems. like the most tame thing in the world I. know but you get weird when people say. vagina so you would oh okay sensor.

vagina yeah oh God please no please we. got to just shut that down I had no idea. you were the penis guy well uh first of. all you should know that I haveck quite. a. reputation of course my gnome de plume. is. but also in in some parts of. Europe I'm known as the penis man. everyone calls me something different.