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After 25 years at the Late Night desk, Conan realized that the only people at his holiday party are the men and women who work for him. Over the years and despite thousands of interviews, Conan has never made a real and lasting friendship with any of his celebrity guests. So, he started a podcast to do just that. Deeper, unboundedly playful, and free from FCC regulations, Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend is a weekly opportunity for Conan to hang out with the people he enjoys most and perhaps find some real friendship along the way.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend Team Coco

    • Comedy
    • 4.8 • 5.9K Ratings

After 25 years at the Late Night desk, Conan realized that the only people at his holiday party are the men and women who work for him. Over the years and despite thousands of interviews, Conan has never made a real and lasting friendship with any of his celebrity guests. So, he started a podcast to do just that. Deeper, unboundedly playful, and free from FCC regulations, Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend is a weekly opportunity for Conan to hang out with the people he enjoys most and perhaps find some real friendship along the way.

    Sebastian Maniscalco

    Sebastian Maniscalco

    Comedian and actor Sebastian Maniscalco feels honored about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.

    Sebastian sits down with Conan to talk about the terror of reading to children, the hardest venues in which to perform comedy, and casting Robert De Niro as his dad in his new film About My Father. Plus, Conan shares the story of getting gerbil’d in public for the first time.

    • 59 min
    He’s Just Quite Ill

    He’s Just Quite Ill

    Conan talks to Eugenia in Córdoba, Argentina about learning English from television and living a loner’s lifestyle in a mountain town.

    • 22 min
    The Lost Hans and Franz Movie Episode 2

    The Lost Hans and Franz Movie Episode 2

    On the second installment of the Lost Hans and Franz Movie, Hans and Franz continue their quest with the help of their famous cousin Arnold Schwarzenegger. Plus, Conan, Dana, Kevin and Robert share true memories of personal Arnold encounters.

    • 27 min
    Bill Hader Returns

    Bill Hader Returns

    Actor, writer, and director Bill Hader feels tired about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.

    Bill returns to chat with Conan once more about his favorite bits to do at parties, the timelessness of quality storytelling, and writing Barry backwards from its narrative conclusion. Later, Conan celebrates Matt Gourley’s birthday by exposing shocking details from his own lurid past.

    For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com.

    • 58 min
    The Amiable Assassin

    The Amiable Assassin

    Conan chats with Youssef from Egypt about voice acting, living outside the city, and being Christian in a predominantly Muslim country.

    • 18 min
    The Lost Hans and Franz Movie Episode 1

    The Lost Hans and Franz Movie Episode 1

    Conan is joined by Dana Carvey, Kevin Nealon, and Robert Smigel along with the Team Coco staff to perform selections from the unproduced screenplay for Hans and Franz: The Girlyman Dilemma, more than 30 years after its original conception. Hear them now and believe them later - this script is going to PUMP YOU UP!

    • 34 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
5.9K Ratings

5.9K Ratings

Jay slim ,

Hans and Franz

Love that you’re script reading the Hans and Franz movie, very cool! Would like to hear more unproduced scripts on he show 🙏

MolandSprings ,

This podcast wastes my time

If I could give zero stars, I would. Couldn’t get through the last episode without searching the Dana Carvey impressions they were referencing. They were referencing at a rate of 1 impression per minute. I had to keep pausing to go to YouTube. I log my hours for work. Today I logged 45 minutes. I’m losing money to this damn podcast.

I do like it when Matt Gourley chimes in. That kid is going places.

katiebv112 ,

Prefer old format

The part before the interview is often the best part of the show but once the interview starts I have to say that I prefer Conan and the guest without the added comments from Matt and Sona. Matt’s jokes just aren’t that funny and they are often borderline gross and Sona just makes Conan explain his bits, making them a lot less funny.

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