Anthony Bourdain's Worst Meal | Late Night with Conan O’Brien

(Original Airdate: 4/17/02) Anthony Bourdain talks about chefs' reactions to his book "Kitchen Confidential", his least favorite food across the world, and his unusual history with the Food Network.
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[@rscamp81]

“Your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.”

[@alucardvekkia3966]

Did You get that from Hellboy 2?

[@Gobbersmack]

Unless your gf cheats on you and you have an abrupt unscheduled stop

[@KeenosQuest]

One of the best Bourdain quotes!

[@uverpro3598]

Terrible advise.

[@KeenosQuest]

@@uverpro3598 I guess it's about perception

[@The31stway]

Just noticed Dave Chappelle sitting next to him. Now it clicked when he mentioned Anthony Bourdain in his comedy special

[@colinmcdonald2499]

He was great back then, funniest man alive . He would have gone all anti trans about the sheep testes today, buzz kill.

[@silentm999]

What a lineup for this episode. Bummed I missed it back in the day.

[@timgimmy609]

@@colinmcdonald2499working in a new york kitchen you meet the biggest weirdos and fringe subcultures weirdos. Bourdain would not give a shit and neither should you

[@ukcryptolondonbased2953]

I love how Chappelle is dressed like a 55 year old Somalian guy from Shepherds Bush

[@niransingh7514]

@@ukcryptolondonbased2953😂😂😂😂😂

[@erikavaleries]

Chappelle & Bourdain?! What a night!! Why wasn't I watching in 2002?

[@erikavaleries]

@@forx28 No. I did not know about the Cone Zone at that age

[@BlackinVegas]

at the time...nobody gave a fuck about these guys

[@eh2396]

​@BlackinVegas you're dumb. All 3 of these guys were already well known.

[@user-wr9ej6xe4j]

You were probably too busy getting drunk and high like me

[@khizzy5776]

Dave Chapelle Conan and Anthony Bourdain is crazy aura. RIP Anthony Bourdain

[@djramennoodles]

The "lamb shank" joke was so overlooked. Im imagining cooks prison and someone sharpening a frenched lamb rack to make a lamb shank.

[@JohnDoe-yq9rt]

just a lame pun tbh

[@imjensen]

Super weird to miss someone you didn't really know, but I miss this dude.

[@nebojsa1976]

Thank you, I miss you too. We have internet up there ;-)

[@nebojsa1976]

Thank you. I miss you too. We have internet up there ;-)

[@BruceLee-t9n]

Yeah it's a different type of knowing someone. Sometimes you end up liking or loving a celebrity you've never met way more than someone you meet regularly and know them inside out

[@andrewlee6886]

I read all his books 3 times while I was in prison. He helped me so much take my mind out of my cell and think I was somewhere else. Always binged his shows as well. RIP chef

[@uverpro3598]

Did you get your shit packed?

[@MacEwanMouse]

Really shitty endorsement lol.

[@DingChavez86]

Dude this guys verbal dexterity was next level!

[@kamboozaable]

The only man to make ya forget Chapelle is sitting there. Cheers Tony

[@yoshipower457]

I mean he wasn’t in frame for most of the interview

[@watthead]

I still miss Tony. RIP.

[@hamburgler1]

A true loss 😥

[@HisLordDudeness]

Me too dude. 😔

[@Gutol]

Almost 5 years and it still hurts

[@RataStuey]

Tony was a HUGE Simpsons fan so I have to think he loved being in Conans company. So cool.

[@BruceLee-t9n]

I do not believe celebrities do interviews with hosts that they do not admire. Unless it's part of their contract but even then you can easily tell he or she does not wanna be there

[@EmilyCedenoMlleNoko]

Anthony Bourdain is still alive! in Spirit, Memories, Videos - Proof! I enjoy everything he says, all the stories, dude!

[@Moleman_G]

Ah Tony, he is so loved

[@eddyhuang5346]

Lamb shank line was perfect 😂

[@Righteousone18]

Man what a night that must've been. Bourdain and Chappelle. If I could just be a fly on the wall hearing those two guys talk

[@michaelotto8696]

Rocky Mountain oysters... Far northwestern South Dakota in the spring. Killer!

[@gerardomijangos675]

Hey Tony. Wherever you are, I still ♥️ miss your show.

[@devinangola3458]

Is that Dave Chappelle next to him ?! 😳😂

[@divelostmind]

what a trio that room is

[@joycemorrison]

my heart was skipping beats watching this clip. i don't think i've watched this before - tony on conan's show. i loved tony. on another note: his voice and the way he spoke unexpectedly reminded me of barack obama.

[@Ryan-by4rw]

What a sweet surprise to see Chappelle there too. 3 of my favorite people ever right there

[@grundelgrump]

Snake Eater: A Hideo Kojima Meal.

[@QuarrelsomeLocalOaf]

What a thrill

[@davidhurtado2725]

What I'd give for a CONAF episode with him...

[@MichaelBone-hj7sr]

I miss Anthony very much. One of a Kind Unique with his Brand of Humour

[@GabGotti3]

Damn man I wish Bourdain and Chappelle did something together. It would have been perfect.

[@jean-claudechucklee7911]

LoL nah

[@bunkomcdungo]

Cornwell is a turd

[@zoeletlive]

GOD, BORDAIN IS SO DAMN HOT

[@AnotherOak]

we love you Anthony. if it means anything from here.

[@BruceLee-t9n]

Life Sux without certain people. Anthony Bourdain is 1 of those people

[@Haderask247]

Was this before or after Chappelle Show episode of the soul food off? I hope it was before because it would make a lot of sense.

[@georgelee9099]

I miss both

[@erikavaleries]

Love Tony ❤

[@RataStuey]

I LOVE this

[@FupaDoncic]

Had a turtle, can never forget the smell either

[@leemacgregor]

YEAH WHAT A DUDE

[@outstretchedwings]

I think Dave Chapelle is high as fuck next to him

[@samanthab1923]

So long ago 🙏🏻

[@lizlovestheocean]

he so handsome

[@forcelightningcable9639]

lol Conan when he still had his baby fat 😂

[@charleshorseman55]

The funny thing is that iguana is actually pretty good. It's basically dark meat chicken or turtle.

[@viaceslavkiptilov1203]

Style! 🤟

[@pam5993]

R.I.P.

[@tomtomthebear]

Still missed chef bourdain 😢

[@Deseko]

RIP Anthony. On another note, i'd love to try the cobra heart thing lol

[@w.r.vanstraalen17]

Anthony Bourdain is great. But I love Conan's style, his humor and genuine interest in his guest(s). Miss this.

[@周亭臨]

not a pope in cooking but like saint john teach me how to taste life with surprise to foods

[@MrPipe1324]

Is that Dave Chapelle? What was 2002

[@kit2770]

Tom Bergeron, Anthony Bourdain... brothers separated at birth?

[@josephanderson6410]

FYI right as the clock ⏰ hit 4:00 sirens went off and the spiritual audience went wild 😛 Three cheers for the return of my brother Anthony Bourdain !! Hippy hippy ! hooray ! X3! “Grins ear to ear!” I just heard ! Xo broski ! The most fun, I ever had , writing a song about former crack heads 😅😅 ❤#rojoforever

[@sean-ew2qv]

Don't do hard drugs. I miss him.

[@herbs275]

he saw something near the standard hotel

[@LosBerkos]

Why not - afraid of enjoying life?

[@ye6031]

​@@herbs275can you please elaborate? I've been interested in the theories surrounding him and I haven't heard anything about a hotel

[@jtlemay4878]

Fun

[@NicholasLarson-v9n]

Airport food is horrible and I don't know why? You have so much foot traffic and such an opportunity! It's in the toliet just like the rest of the flying experience

[@yujproductions]

i just know him and Dave talked for a while backstage

[@sean-ew2qv]

RIP

[@HumbledRich]

I was only 10

[@nonoasailo9690]

Dave Chappelle.

[@user-pq7jj3vs3e]

Dave chappelle looks whacky

[@mauromatos3124]

Innocent times peeps

[@marieh1755]

Yea no thanks on those lizard tamales yuck 🤮

[@Kell4088]

Bourdain WAY underrated. Chappell WAAAY OVERRATED!!!

[@FollowTheJohn]

He is missed. Greatly.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

"is missed", by whom? Don't you miss him yourself? If so, no need to outsource the missing.

[@xiangyusi3160]

Which hotel stayed between the show?

[@xiangyusi3160]

School 🙂

[@xiangyusi3160]

essential way to get into local Vibe is lever the comedy level

[@xiangyusi3160]

问题是，一来就是abercrobie

[@xiangyusi3160]

nanco

[@xiangyusi3160]

need to balance with that ‘never miss perfucet’ kind

[@stefandahl2872]

I dont know if he's being funny or if the american cheese burger gone to his head!

[@JoeyArmstrong2800]

Meanwhile, Gordon Ramsay is waiting in the wings to conquer America.

[@lukaslamminger753]

American. What's so bad about lamb testicles?

[@MorbidOrangeCat]

Foreigner

[@michaelhammar5928-ham]

👉🔥

[@oui2611]

2002 fat conan

[@AhmedOnly1]

Metoo...killed him

[@octavius8562]

No, 'getting too depressed because your gf left you' killed him. Never take your life for a woman, or a man. No one is worth that much.

[@austinchapa8021]

Fighting suicide when you’re in that mentality is a constant battle, similar to depression, and I don’t fault anyone for making that choice. Sometimes people make mistakes and sometimes that mistake is the worst mistake a person can make. I try to keep the mentality that suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

[@AhmedOnly1]

​@@octavius8562 why are you crying didn't he pay the kid his gf molested?

[@LosBerkos]

@@austinchapa8021 Interesting perspective, but remembering that temporary problem being life slightly changes the conclusion you might draw from it.

[@poynt100]

Anthony.......clintonized

[@herbs275]

he got shiff'd.

[@HAHb-zc2dp]

His worst meal was probably the lead salad he ate😂😂😂😂😂

[@Sourpusscandy]

Conan the unfunny clown, has to rely on a laughtrack.

[@booster815]

[@HKim0072]

Wow, randomly Dave Chappelle sitting on the couch.

[@WrangleMcDangle]

RIP to Anthony. He was an american treasure in the truest sense of the word.

[@byronjohnson4097]

He was right on the money with the grasshoppers; they're now one of the most popular concession foods at the Seattle Mariners' ballpark.

[@RickR69]

No they're not, hot dogs are. Quit making stuff up.

[@mjfan653]

No theyre not, the cobra is.