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If I were to be a building or Sona a. building or David Hopping, what kind of. style do you think we would be? Yes. Yes, I thought about this. >> You just said that like a villain. Did. you. Yes, yes, yes, yes. I mean, he thought. about this. I thought about it. Yeah. >> Um so, Conan, [clears throat] so for. you, I'm going the the post-modern. style. Why is that? >> So, very avant-garde kind of. late 20th century and the. the building in specific in specifically. that I thought about is the Disney. building, the Disney headquarters in in.

LA. >> [laughter]. >> It's it's very bright, it's very larger. than life, and it's very kind of in your. face purposefully. [laughter]. >> In your face. In your face. Accepts it. Wait, is this the one that has like. the the seven the seven dwarfs, the. seven little people? Does it have them? It does. Wait. No, that's not it. It's. the concert hall. That's cool. That's. the Disney concert hall. That would be. flattering. Show me this other Disney. building. Team Disney building. Team.

Disney is the actual name. >> [snorts]. >> And why? Why do you think I'm this. building? Uh be honest. So, post-modernism was kind of an. a response to modernism, just like. international style early 20th century. >> way Post Malone is a response to a guy. named Malone. Yes, Malone, right. >> [laughter]. >> Uh perfect timing. OH, FOR GOD'S SAKE. OH MY GOD. AND [laughter] that's That's what YOU.

THINK I AM? CORRECT. >> SERIOUSLY, PEOPLE NEED TO GO on a. website and look up Team Disney. building. That's what you think I am. I think I think. >> by cartoonish dwarfs. Well, when you think too hard about it, it gets a little weird, but. >> [laughter]. >> All right. Well, okay, and what about. Sona? So, Sona, I like the Gamble House, which. is in Pasadena. It's the It's at the. epitome of arts and crafts style.

I love arts and crafts. Can I see a. picture of that, please? Come on, Eduardo. What are you doing over there? Doc Brown's house in. in Back to the Future, as well. Thank. you. That's a beautiful house. Sure is. This is much better than the Team Disney. building. [laughter]. That's a gorgeous house. Yeah. Uh who. lives there? I think it might be a. museum. It's a museum now. >> one lives there. Well, if it's a museum, we need to go. and just hang out there if you're. courageous enough. Yeah. Yeah, you wait. until closing time. You say I have to. use the bathroom, and then you hide in.

the stall, and then when they leave I've. done this at many museums. Oh my god. >> I do this a lot at presidential museums. I spent 6 days at the Dwight Eisenhower. Museum. >> [laughter]. >> It's really fun. You get to wear his. pajamas and stuff and hang out. Uh. So, um and what and David David what. would David be? Man, these guys are. making out better than I am. And. remember, it can be a temporary. structure. I [laughter] thought you're. going to say Legos. No, no, it can be like oh. we tied this together cuz there was a. storm.

So, um David's Illinois history, Midwestern. Um I'm thinking a a nice. four square, like prairie style, but. early prairie style. Just very simple, understated. >> Yeah, simple. >> just like a nice a nice place to be. because it made it warm. >> Something you'd pass a thousand times. and never think twice. [laughter]. Okay, well, those are your words, not. mine. Cuz I'll tell you something, when. you pass that when you pass my building. and you see a bunch of dwarves, you're going to notice it. >> [laughter].

>> You're going to be like. and a common reaction to me is I don't. like what's happening over there, but it. did grab my eye. >> [laughter]. >> So, you're not disagreeing with me. >> [laughter]. >> Oh, Cooper, I have a question cuz this. is something that's near and dear to my. heart. And you won't be able to help me here. A part of your job uh I. is writing nominations for the National. Historical Registry. Meaning, you can. help. uh assign historic status, official.

historic status, and get it on the. registry of a building that is linked to. an important person. True? Correct. So, um part of my job is often times writing. nominations to the National Register of. Historic Places, which is the the. country's official register of buildings. we deem worthy of. uh of recognizing, of worthy of. significance. Sure. And there are a. handful of ways that you can. deem those buildings significant.

And. one, one of them is an important person. I think you'll have to die. in [laughter] order for it. to to like work well. I don't think. there's often times where they're done. when people are living. >> [laughter]. >> So, I'd have to be dead in order for a. building to be given historic status. >> [laughter]. >> based on you. Well, I'm going to say something for a. second. I don't think that's true. When.

you go to London, you see plenty of. those blue plaques, and it's to people. that some of them are still alive. It's. like, "This is Mick Jagger's home where. he grew up." You know, you'll see some. things like that, and some of them. they're not they're still alive, and. they're touring, for God's sake. >> You could be you could be the case study. for the first one in the United States. >> So, okay. Cuz I prefer to be alive. And. then, which structure would uh be worthy. of historic registry? There's my. childhood home in Brookline, Massachusetts. Um and uh.

what else? Of course, there's this you. know, very small elementary schools. And. I'm thinking more than one that I went. to. Um there's the Baldwin School, then. there's the Michael Driscoll School, then of course, there's Brookline High. Could I get plaques for all of these, or. is it just a one and done thing? So the the plaques are for you can just. kind of do on your own if you want to. >> [laughter]. >> They're not a. plaque isn't the official part, so we. can just. >> [laughter]. >> make one go tape it up.

Uh David. >> I'll order one after this. >> one No. Where Oh, yeah, I want all kinds. of plaques. They have to be fairly cheaply made cuz. I'm going to want a lot of plaques. I. want homes that I've lived in in New. York. I want homes that I've lived in in. Los Angeles. I moved around a lot when I. was a young man. >> This building? This Oh, Larchmont here. at this Larchmont. where magic was made. Yes. So across the board we're going to need. uh a lot of plaques. They should. probably be made of a durable paper.

>> [laughter]. >> Okay. You know, initially rain. resistant, but then they because we're. going to I don't want to spend too much. money on And these are a lot of places A. lot of places need to be uh. Yeah, I don't know how it all works, but. I guess. I'd like you to look into it some more. I'd like a way to have a plaque put. somewhere with my name on it on some. structure, and I'd like it to be while. I'm alive. So can you be thinking about. that? My wife Abby actually works for the Ohio. State Historic Preservation Office as.

one of the National Register of Historic. Places reviewers. So I will I will I. will take this to her. It has to be in. Ohio? No. I've been through Ohio, but I. don't know that I. >> Every state has a historic preservation. office. Okay. The state historic. preservation office. So we. I am not kidding. >> I want Abby May I call her Abby? Of. course. I want Abby on this. Uh I want. her to be looking into it. Um and my. requirements are a plaque when they're. going to be you know, if if I don't have.

to supply it. and someone else is paying for it. Um. I want it to be a plaque, a real plaque, and it should be someplace I believe in. Massachusetts. And uh we need to get. this done. We need to get it done. quickly so I can hang out there and then. act like I didn't notice there was a. plaque. To to I mean imagine. >> Yeah. hanging out and having a plaque. and being like, oh oh, I guess that's. me. Yeah. >> [laughter].

>> But you're hanging out right next to it. and you're just. acting like you had no idea. >> I'll get like. I don't know. I'll get a sugar cone ice. cream, you know, and I'll be like, >> [laughter]. >> this is good ice cream. Oh, this? I guess that's where I was born. >> [laughter]. >> Oh my god. Yeah. Um That's so sad. Who looks into whether. these plaques. >> [laughter]. >> are accurate or not? Let's say I wanted. a plaque that said this is where Conan. O'Brien set the record for most.

touchdowns in a high school football. [laughter] game. Does someone fact-check that. >> Probably not. I think you can just go to. a trophy manufacturer and they'll make. you a plaque. >> [laughter]. >> I've been thrown out of so many trophy. stores. That's all I have. >> would I've been forcibly walked out of. several. >> [laughter]. >> several trophy stores. I think the. amount of oversight would be dependent. on where it's placed cuz if you put that. outside of a like a a Dairy Queen Yeah. >> [laughter]. >> I don't think many people would think.

think too strong, but if you put it at. you know, outside of the Soldier Field. that. >> Yeah. Yeah. [clears throat] People going. to see it. Yeah. >> got to pick an inconspicuous Yeah, my. plaque is a just a blatant lie. Then it should be someplace quiet.