Steve Martin Remembers The First Time He Met Conan | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

I remember uh first time I ever met you. you do no actually I do. no I do it. when you said no that was really fun I. saw you rise up and then fall down no. you came to our apartment and I met you. or was it someone else's no no no yeah. we had worked together on SNL but I. wasn't yeah I was very shy. and I remembered I don't want to get in. Steve so I was writing things but not. approaching you I was in the background. but then uh I was chosen for you know.

Lauren said I think this fellow could. host the Late Night show it'll be rough. for a few years but you'll eventually. get it I think he could do it so I'm. named Letterman's replacement and the. first thing I do when I come out to LA. is Lauren says maybe this is a thing he. does but he said let's take a walk. through the flats of Beverly Hills and. people told me later on that Lauren. takes a take a walk and when he's taking. this walk and he's giving me advice he's. saying always tip you're known now. always tip at least 15 or you'll you'll.

show up in the post that was I thought. he was going to tell me like here's the. secret yeah but he was telling me things. like that which was fine and then he. said. um let's see if Steve's in and I didn't. know you know Steve he always assumed. Steve Croft and so yeah exactly so uh we. he knocks on a door and you answer and. you'll have us into your place. and I was like this is too much I've.

I've just been put into this situation. and I need to. um navigate this and now we're dropping. in on Steve Martin and I'll never forget. you had just had all the paintings. taken down and I think I just said like. oh there are no paintings and you. reacted immediately as if you had been. robbed. what oh my God and I thought oh. that's funny that's a perfect.

reaction to where you're painting yeah. whenever whenever in studio a member. wants uh every now and then you'd be in. the studio at 6A rehearsing and the. lights would go out because of some. situation in the building Rockefeller. Center some situation the lights would. just go out and Andy would always. instantly scream my pearls. Andy who Andy Richter oh they're. hilarious yeah it was just my pearls and.

uh. oh I gotta remember that funny but I. have to give him credit yeah no you. don't no you don't no just take it no no. Andy was fine I know I'll blow it my. purpose. reviews I mean pearls my Pez my Pez how. did you guys decide we're going to start. working together as a as two-hander a. two-hander act uh what did that come.

about I'll tell you what. uh it's a boring story so I'm gonna give. it to you no no it was 2011 we were. asked to interview each other for it was. the closing the just for last Comedy. Festival in Chicago it was May. and it was 2011 and we just entered what. do we have for breakfast I guess you had. scrambled eggs I had french toast ah. come on man I had syrup no and we. interviewed each other and that was it. and and it went well and we thought we'd. do it again and we just then well the.

the funny part is we were interviewing. each other about comedy for a Comedy. Festival right so we could talk about. comedy kind of like we're doing here but. you know two comedy people it's kind of. interesting so we thought hey let's do. that again so we got a corporate gig or. something for dentists and so we're. sitting and we're talking about comedy. and we're thinking this doesn't work. yeah and then we started and Marty had a. show he did uh solo and I had a show. that I did with a band and so we kind of.

combined them but he had material and I. had a bunch of songs with funny intros. and when we first when we first started. working together he he had everything. and I kind of had nothing and because I. didn't bring the band I said well I got. to bring the band so that's when it. started to gel into a show and I can go. on yeah no no yeah and I can go on no no. it's it's it's first of all that was. great well as I was saying. I was saying that no I think you said it. oh really yeah you know this is just but. I didn't think I got to the party oh you.

didn't need to okay this reminds me of I. made the mistake once uh it's and you. know it it's like wearing the shorts but. I knew I I I made this terrible mistake. of someone had mentioned food and what. they eat and I said well you know what I. do now is I eat two meals a day I have. like a shake at 11 and I put a lot of. spinach in it and then I try to eat. dinner early like at five. and then I as I'm finishing saying it I.

see Marty just staring at me the way the. way a shark looks like it looks at a. canned ham that fell into the ocean and. he looks at me and he said you know when. other people discuss the details of. their diet it's boring but not you. and of course there were some writers. standing around who were like yes well. they love when the boss is attacked that. was also just me realizing I.

why did I get into this why did I lather. myself up with bacon grease and then. climb into this piranha pool why did I. why did I do my wife has a very wise. about about talking about what you eat. she said you're allowed to talk about. what you do eat but you're not allowed. to talk about what you do very good. that's very good oh that's good I like. that yeah I like that I mean if this. podcast if we go away with one thing. that's it it's like with me beats I. don't.

I think it's uh I mean I'm curious one. thing I was curious about is do you when. you come up with a great new insult. for the other do you ever try it out in. the Moment On Stage or do you ever have. you tried to surprise each other uh not. really but sometimes we've come up with. things and then we'll go right to the. prompter afterwards and say oh right. that you know we'll remember what what. prompt her that if we had a problem we.

had to say if we had a prompter yeah so. you're saying if we had a problem yeah. we would come up with a joke we would go. over and talk I know I mean now we just. go to our own minds and lock it in.