A list created by: Lee Sonogan
Thank god for YouTube for it alowing an Australian like my self to find this late night talk show host. I enjoy watching interviews on YouTube, and he has a a lot of them. Conan now may be one of my favourite American talk hosts. He speaks about culture, politics, current events, everyday life, human behavior, sexuality and so much more. He also sucessfully went to Harvard University and was a writer and producer of The Simpsons many years ago.
- “Thirty-five things have to go wrong for the best thing to happen in your career.” –
- “There’s good random, and there’s bad random. There’s good silly and there’s bad silly, and you’ve gotta know the difference.” –
- “Fish recognize a bad leader.” –
- “Scientists announced that they have located the gene for alcoholism. Scientists say they found it at a party.” –
- “Disney World has announced plans to start serving alcohol. They’re even going to introduce a new character — Extremely Buzzed Lightyear.” –
- “Early on, they were timing my contract with an egg timer.” –
- “If life gives you lemons, make some kind of fruity juice.” –
- “If you work really hard, and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.” –
- “It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique.” –
- “Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.” –
- “There is nothing more liberating than having your worst fear realized.” –
- “My favorite comedy is comedy where nothing is achieved and there is no point.” –
- “Disappointment leads to clarity, which leads to conviction and true originality.” –
- “Applaud my idiocy.” –
- “If I existed 200 years ago, all the other farmers in my community would be like, ‘That guy is worthless! He’s sitting on a rock, jumping up like a frog, coming up with weird concepts and ideas, making faces, and combing his hair into a giant pastry.’ It’s a good thing I was born in this century, when superfluous television seems to be part of the economy.” –
- “I told graduates to not be afraid to fail, and I still believe that. But today I tell you that whether you fear it or not, disappointment will come. The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality.” –
- “Music and comedy are so linked. The rhythm of comedy is connected to the rhythm of music. They’re both about creating tension and knowing when to let it go. I’m always surprised when somebody funny is not musical.” –
- “It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique. It’s not easy, but if you accept your misfortune and handle it right your perceived failure can become a catalyst for profound re-invention.” –
- “A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: ‘Duh.” –
- “When all else fails, there’s always delusion.” –
- “All I ask is one thing, and I’m asking this particularly of young people: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism, for the record, it’s my least favorite quality and it doesn’t lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.” –
Other being a intelligent human, he specilises in satire, musical, black, self deprecation, surreal, physical, sketch and improvisational comedy. Researching for this list I want to check out his stand up comedy and his documentary called Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop made in 2011. Also I reccomend an animated comedy on Netflix called Final Space that was Produced by Conan.
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