Conan, Sona, & Gourley Perform Some Verbal Jazz | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

Okay, it's time to do a segment here on. the podcast. And uh. do you do you know what a segment is? Usually we have an idea of what it's. going to be. It's like, oh, let's review. the reviewers or you know, yeah, one one. of your little trickeroos, one of your. some category, if you will. But today, we really don't have an idea. There was. nothing loaded up. And so Sona had the. idea, let's just do some verbal jazz. Let's just start riffing, talking, and. the three of us, because we're such.

great verbal tacticians, musicians, will. find it just in the groove. So, this is. verbal jazz with Conan, Sona, and Matt. And we're just going to start talking. about things. and we're going to find it. And we're. going to find a great rhythm. And people. are going to say, "Hey, I love that.". These guys can take empty air and turn. it into a atonal jazz. As you can tell, I don't love jazz.

But we're just talking here. We're just. talking about what's going on in our. lives. Sona, how are you? Yeah, I'm cool, man. You're wearing the same old corduroy. shirt you wear all the time. No, it's denim. Close to corduroy. Yeah. I don't know what you're talking. about. I just said something. It's verbal jazz. It's chilly in this uh studio. Very cold. It's very hot outside. Falls outside. But I think they overdid it on the air. conditioning. I disagree. It's so hot that I'm still. burning from having been out there an. hour ago. It's so nice and cool in here. Well, it's really hot where you live. I.

have to say in Pasadena. and you of course you live in Aladena. and you're at a higher altitude. It. might be a little cooler for you, but. Pasadena. Ooh, that's a frying pan. You're not kidding. No, I'm not kidding. This isn't a joke. This is just verbal jazz. Serious. We're just. really hot out there. If you cracked an. egg on the sidewalk right now, it would. scream. Oh, that's it. I see what you did. That's an egg. Yeah, it was verbal jazz. Sizzling. Okay. Yeah. How come you didn't get it?

I don't know. I did. What's this? The bassing. Here, I'll do a transition from. Seinfeld. Who are these people? B. Um, terrible. We're doing so well so. far. Can I say something? I think the minute. I misidentified, misgendered your shirt. and said, which which is male? I said corduroy or denim.

instead of denim and I I they're just I. don't know my cheap materials that well. And so, you know, I know all my stuff. threadbear t-shirt. Oh, please. Wear your cotton shirt. This isn't a t-shirt. I just painted my. bare chest. Jazz. Verbal jazz. Not as good as having. something worked out ahead of time. Were you doing a boom boom boom boom. boom? But isn't it a boom boom boom boom boom. boom boom?

Depends, man. Not if you're Jaco Ptoriz. Yeah, that's right. Oscar Pastori. Oscar Ptorius. About the Olympia, the former the Blade. Runner. Yeah. went to prison for. killed murder. Verbal jazz. Hey, you don't know where. Hey, we we're. on the weather one minute, then it's. Oscar Pistorius. You never know. Who's thinking about that guy? Let's get back to Patrick Dempsey in. Outbreak. That was Wasn't that in the intro? Yeah, that was in a different intro.

I know, but same episode. I don't know. Oh, I just called back a riff from the. beginning of the show. I realized he's. really the only professional. He was. working in podcasts for a long time. before us. He's the guy that puts all. these things together. You're constantly. up. Yeah. Calling back references that are from an. episode that we take. Are you saying this got up. somehow? Also, he's not the only professional. You were in broadcasting for 30 years.

Did you see what I did? Does anyone. think I was a professional? No. Not once. Has anyone said, "Hey, you're that professional from the. television." That's never happened. Everyone I just I look like someone. Exactly. I kind of am. I refuse I refuse to be a professional. Um jazz verbal jazz. I think I you know. I'm Look, like jazz itself, I don't know if this. is good or bad what we're doing. I know that um I've been charged a cover.

fee to be in here. I'm having a drink. I. don't understand it, but I see a lot of. people around me snapping their fingers, so maybe it's good. Bla, how do you feel this is going so. far? Uh, well, you know what? I think Miles. Davis once said, uh, there's no wrong. notes. It's, you know, like there's no. wrong notes in jazz. It's more uh what. comes after it context, man. Uh, yeah. I guess it's kind I mean, do you want my honest opinion? Yeah. No, this is unusable. It's terrible. Terrible. It's terrible.

But you do you do have the riff going of. you say then it's jazz so it's kind of. on life support. I don't think we've. really hit the point of which it's a. real segment yet. Are you serious? This feels all like prologue. Don't you think. that's the thing about jazz? There's not. a hook. There's not a melody per se, right? There's nothing that would make. you want to listen to it. Yeah. What are you talking No, there's there's. hooks in jazz. Eduardo is upset cuz he actually. And you're on jazz. Yeah. I I cannot take this slander. anymore.

I can't either. Wait a minute. I'm. talking about the basketball team. Oh, Utah Jazz. Okay. Okay. Yeah. I'm not a fan. All right. Yeah. That's what I've been meaning as a. as a music form. Jazz. Fantastic. My. favorite. You can't name a jazz song or. performer I don't love. Utah jazz. Don't. get me started. They're a tonal, a rhythmic, and hard to. listen to. Okay. jazz. We'll be right back. Wow. Unusable.