Inside Conan: An Important Hollywood Podcast

Emmy award winning writer and comedian Ashley Nicole Black (A Black Lady Sketch Show, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee) stops by to talk with writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about leaving her PhD to pursue comedy, performing sketch comedy with Second City on a cruise ship, becoming a writer and then correspondent on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, how getting used to hearing no is important as a writer, and finding out that her comedy niche is rom-coms while working on A Black Lady Sketch Show. Got a question for Inside Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 209-5303 and e-mail us at insideconanpod@gmail.com For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com

Fans of Inside Conan are undoubtedly familiar with the comedian Rory Scovel, whose amazing success can probably be attributed to his guest spot on our live show at the Team Coco House at Comic-Con last year. Now Rory has a brand new podcast with Team Coco called “Dads: The Podcast.” Each week he and co-host Ruthie Wyatt are joined by their hilarious celebrity friends to unpack the mysteries of fatherhood, parenting, and the weirdos who raised us. True to form, Jessie and Mike have the inside scoop. If you like what you hear, go listen to the whole thing and subscribe!

Comedian Tig Notaro (Don’t Ask Tig) stops by to talk with writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about performing her stool bit on Conan, having stage amnesia while telling her Taylor Dayne story, her kids thinking it’s still Spring Break, and her new advice podcast Don’t Ask Tig. Plus, Mike and Jessie talk about good things about The Tonight Show with Conan and what surprised Jessie when she joined Conan as a writer. Tig’s stool bit on Conan: http://teamcoco.com/node/21087 Got a question for Inside Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 209-5303 and e-mail us at insideconanpod@gmail.com For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com

Comedian Beth Stelling (Girl Daddy, We Called Your Mom) stops by to talk with writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about shooting her new Team Coco produced comedy special Girl Daddy on HBO Max a week before everything shut down, what lead to her first Conan appearance doing stand-up in 2012, working as a punch-up writer for the movie Good Boys, and her first writing job on HBO’s Crashing. Plus, Mike and Jessie talk about memorable musical performances on Conan. Got a question for Inside Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 209-5303 and e-mail us at insideconanpod@gmail.com For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com

Comedians The Sklar Brothers stop by to talk with writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about their first appearance on Late Night with Conan in 1999, the joy of doing bits with their kids, the first experience where they realized they were funny together, and how Andy Kindler helped them early on in their stand-up career. Plus, Mike and Jessie talk about the origin of The Interrupter character. Got a question for Inside Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 209-5303 and e-mail us at insideconanpod@gmail.com For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com

King of podcasting Matt Gourley (Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend, Superego) stops by to talk with writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about the evolution of being a producer for Conan’s podcast to becoming a sidekick, being an early adopter to podcasting with his podcast Superego since 2006, his time voicing a motorized trash can at Disneyland, and getting black out drunk for the first time in his life on TV for an episode of Drunk History. Got a question for Inside Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 209-5303 and e-mail us at insideconanpod@gmail.com For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com

Writer/producer/director Alec Berg (Barry, Silicon Valley, Seinfeld) stops by to talk with writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about his memories of writing for Late Night with Conan before moving on to Seinfeld which included 1AM writing sessions, doing a Nobody’s Watching themed episode that got the lowest ratings ever because of the Olympics, playing the Saint Patrick’s Day beard & Robert Duvall, and sneaking around 30 Rock to watch Pearl Jam rehearse for SNL. Got a question for Inside Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 209-5303 and e-mail us at insideconanpod@gmail.com For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com

Comedian and actor Fred Armisen (Saturday Night Live, Big Mouth, Portlandia, Los Espookys) stops by to talk with writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about his history with doing stand-up at Largo in Los Angeles, his first appearance on Late Night with Conan as a self defense expert, how SNL strips you of your ego, and more. Fred Armisen’s first appearance on Conan: https://classic.teamcoco.com/node/110011 Got a question for Inside Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 209-5303 and e-mail us at insideconanpod@gmail.com For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com

Conan writer Glenn Boozan stops by to talk with fellow writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about working freelance ghost writing jokes for a 12 year-old ventriloquist before getting her writing job at Conan, her first Conan sketch about a Scottish Law Firm, her time working in the art department of Broad city and The Onion, and why being specific with your goals is important. Plus, Mike and Jessie share their favorite Conan characters/sketches from over the years. Glenn’s first Conan sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3W2Zeet7eU Got a question for Inside Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 209-5303 and e-mail us at insideconanpod@gmail.com For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com

Comedian Louie Anderson (Baskets, Search Party) stops by to talk with writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about being over prepared for his late night debut on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, his special connection to the role of Zach Galifianakis’ mother Christine Baskets on the show Baskets, and the inspiration for his book “Hey Mom.” Got a question for Inside Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 209-5303 and e-mail us at insideconanpod@gmail.com For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com

Writer and producer Phil Rosenthal (creator of Everybody Loves Raymond) stops by to talk with writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about running into Conan and David Letterman in the wild right before quarantine, working with his brother on his food travel show “Somebody Feed Phil,” meeting Muhammed Ali, and the best showbiz advice he’s ever gotten. Got a question for Inside Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 209-5303 and e-mail us at insideconanpod@gmail.com For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com

Comedian and writer Dana Gould stops by to talk with writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about his start in comedy voicing a video game Gecko, what it takes for comics to have a successful late night set, the time he had a panic attack onstage, writing for The Simpsons, and the horror story of his career that happened during an appearance on CONAN. Got a question for Inside Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 209-5303 and e-mail us at insideconanpod@gmail.com For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com

Comedy tornado JB Smoove (Curb Your Enthusiasm) joins Conan writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell to talk about the differences between nude and naked, Larry David showing up 2 hours early to his 50th birthday party, being asked to be in Late Night with Conan sketches during his time as a writer on SNL, and being an RV legend. Got a question for Inside Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 209-5303 and e-mail us at insideconanpod@gmail.com For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com

Comedian Nore Davis joins Conan writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell to talk about how he prepared for his late night debut on Conan in 2018, some of the barriers for black comics in the stand-up scene, recording a stand-up album online over Zoom, his thoughts on the current protests, and more. Check out Nore Davis’ stand-up on Conan here: https://teamcoco.com/video/nore-davis-06-05-18 Got a question for Inside Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 209-5303 and e-mail us at insideconanpod@gmail.com For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com

Comedian Kristen Schaal (Bob’s Burgers) joins Conan writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell to talk about her stand-up show “Hot Tub with Kurt & Kristen,” being Conan’s nemesis at Comic-Con, her early days of doing stand-up in New York, meeting Conan for the first time during the filming of Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop, and her Law & Order SVU & Criminal Intent roles. Got a question for Inside Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 209-5303 and e-mail us at insideconanpod@gmail.com For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com

Conan writer Laurie Kilmartin joins Conan writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell to talk about what it’s like doing stand-up sets all over the world using Zoom, the current writing process for Conan at Home, getting into anime with her son, and listener advice on how to dip into the comedy world. Got a question for Inside Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 209-5303 and e-mail us at insideconanpod@gmail.com For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com

Married couple Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) and Michael Koman (Nathan For You, Late Night with Conan O’Brien) join Conan writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell to talk about Michael meeting and becoming friends with Ellie during her time as an intern at Late Night with Conan, how Ellie’s mother saved their relationship after seeing Conan visit a sick Michael on the show, the iPhone sketch in which Ellie & Michael played a couple in, and more. Got a question for Inside Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 209-5303 and e-mail us at insideconanpod@gmail.com For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com

Conan’s assistant Sona Movsesian joins Conan writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell to talk about moving into her new home, her grandmother’s love of Flaming Hot Cheetos, helping Conan with tech questions, how she became Conan’s assistant, and if it’s a good idea to change careers later in life. Got a question for Inside Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 209-5303 and e-mail us at insideconanpod@gmail.com For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com

On the Season 2 premiere of Inside Conan, Conan O’Brien himself joins Conan writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell to talk about his quarantine lifestyle, how the guest interviews for the Conan show are being recorded, where he got his Jeff Goldblum recommended eyeglass frames, his early days in LA with his writing partner Greg Daniels, and why his iconic beard has yet to return. Got a question for Inside Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 209-5303 and e-mail us at insideconanpod@gmail.com For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com

Conan O’Brien himself returns to talk about Conan in Ghana with Conan writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell. They talk about the hilarious Sam Richardson joining the trip and his roots with Ghana, one of the powerful moments of the trip, and some of the meaningful items Conan has brought back from his Conan Without Borders trips that now inhabit in his office.Watch Conan Without Borders: Ghana on November 7th!This episode is brought to you by Vital Farms (www.vitalfarms.com/coupon), Lightstream (www.lightstream.com/CONAN), and Candid Co (www.candidco.com/insideconan code: INSIDECONAN).Check out Conan Without Borders: Greenland: https://teamcoco.com/greenlandCheck out Conan25: The Remotes: https://conan25.teamcoco.com/Got a question for Inside Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 209-5303 and e-mail us at insideconanpod@gmail.com