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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. Watch highlights of Conan, Sona Movsesian and Matt Gourley chatting with celebrities and meeting fans, along with special segments like “Review the Reviewers” and “Big Dick History.”
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[@istdochallesegal3427]

I woke up highly anxious this morning after a the night of worrying about the state of the podcast. I can't overstate the relief this video provided and can't thank Team Coco enough for posting it.

[@codydavidyates72]

900 Obama's

[@HKMacMan]

666 likes

[@FeastForThought]

Sona's immediate exhausted expression whenever Conan is about to be self-indulgent will never get old lol

[@gracieambrosio4967]

I hate this woman

[@christopherweise438]

And her non stop laughter when Conan brought up the his boy band past.

[@mbradley15]

Never

[@WorstUsernamEvr]

No no. It's gotten old. It's all she does. She doesn't add to the humor whatsoever. Whereas Gourley riffs off of Conan and delivers hilarious improv jokes, all Sona does is scoff at Conan's jokes. I get that that's her shtick and that she's just an assistant and not a naturally funny person, but when comedians are doing their thing...let them. Her exhaustive expression instantly derails the comedy.

[@filoflin5345]

no its banaaaaaal at this point

[@rsk47reviews59]

How do these guys turn every conversation into a laughing riot, its so awesome

[@corgio1260]

They have great comedic chemistry, I’d love to have a podcast with just them and no guests. Chill Chums pt 2, perhaps?

[@itsafiqueamirule6959]

​@@corgio1260 yes please! especially when the holidays are coming up

[@rsk47reviews59]

@@corgio1260 OH MY GOD, The chill chums actually came back, you called it!

[@stevenmcnair1897]

Its Conan. Him and any other 2 reasonable people and you'd get the same result ey ;) I love Sona and Matt though

[@CK-lt6jl]

I agree he plays a big part but that interview with the judge was so friggin boring it was the only one I stopped listening to 5 mins in

[@CuriousPug12]

Conan, matt and sona can talk for hours and i will not get bored. Sometimes, the best segments of the podcast is just these 3 talking and joking, not the guest

[@TeacherDanPotato]

I couldn't agree more!

[@mvikas1995]

Not sometimes, most of the times

[@DB-sj8km]

I would say it usually is the best part.

[@radiant97_]

5:27 I love Matt's face in reaction to what Sona said, almost as if Sona had betrayed him

[@cmalone1433]

What??

[@metalupyourass16]

Matt: Sully Sullenberger this. Conan: No. Im gonna do better than that. Im putting it on the tarmac . Norm would be proud at the speed of that comeback

[@charlockprime]

I think Conan's most significant story of success was not from being in a boy band, but later managing one in Dudez A-Plenti.

[@coleeckerman1390]

His experience with Doin-it-Rite prepared him as a manager for Dudez A-Plenti

[@Senriam]

My favorite thing about conans podcasts are that he doesn’t have to wait for audience laughter to die down and can work with his natural comedic timing which is much better than his late night show comedic timing simply by virtue of the format

[@domiciliphile]

thats a good point, never thought of that before

[@bowlersunanimous1983]

I like your point… but you need to learn how to use punctuation.

[@herbert_ACAB]

They have Sona's laughter which is 420% more effective

[@Baegitte]

It’s so weird not seeing Conan on tv anymore…. I grew up watching him in the 90s as a kid eagerly waiting for Leno to be over so I can watch Conan downstairs hoping my laughter wouldn’t wake up my mom…

[@Notimp0rtant523]

I would watch Letterman then switch to Conan. Those were the days

[@isaiahclayton8178]

That is so interesting to me because I am 21. I have never watched Conan on television. I only watch on KZbin.

[@Baegitte]

@@Notimp0rtant523 I eventually did that when I realized how much better letterman was than Leno 💯

[@a.m11558]

@@isaiahclayton8178 Same, I'm 20 and have never seen him on TV. To be fair I live in Australia and no one here would know who he was unless they saw him on KZbin

[@user-zq1ze2gl4p]

Am I the only one who enjoyed Leno as well?

[@jdeamaral]

I have said this 642 times. I simply love Sona. Her laugh is why the sun rises.

[@praneshram6128]

is the 642th time or 643rd time?💀

[@tylerdurden3618]

Lol okay bro

[@sambhavchoudhary1196]

SIMP

[@GokulOnFire]

Yeah but that's no content.

[@LAkadian]

@@tylerdurden3618 Ur not the real Tyler Durden, you imposter! I'm onto you.

[@rodo748]

There is something special when these three podcast together

[@babaganoosh7020]

🤣

[@florianadolf2256]

If Conan only knew back in the day as a teen, that some day, he and his Chill Chums are gonna "Doin' It Right"😂...

[@putrii4450]

A lot of times i'm more excited to hear these 3 talking than the conversation with the guest.. THEY ARE JUST HILARIOUS!!!

[@FINNlSH]

Oh yes. We definitely a repeat of summer s'mores with conan and the chill chums asap! :D

[@RalfHaring]

There are guests?

[@HectorTWE]

It is better most of the times, tbh

[@Jbelovedson]

Now Conan’s Wikipedia page is going to say he was in a boy band called,”Doing it right.” lol! Massachusetts had a grip on the industry. Pointer Sisters, New Edition, BBD,New Kids on the Block, Marky Mark and the funky bunch, and now we learn, Doing it Right. ROTF!!!!

[@christopherweise438]

It's such an innovation the Pointer Sisters are apparently a "boy band" 😉

[@pauligla]

I immediately thought of the Daft Punk song

[@M123Xoxo]

Can't believe he didn't mention the actual boy band he was in, Dudes-a-Plenty!

[@ercedwrds]

I was really hoping Conan would tell us who the tall red headed girl was in "Doing It Right", she was kind of cute in an awkward way.

[@nilesoien7867]

When Conan tries to soar like Icarus the cackling of Sona melts his wings.

[@austenbin4068]

@@lornagreen7865 Wrong talk show host.

[@fantasifoster]

@@austenbin4068 Craig is the only other host to make me laugh more than Conan. Both are/were simply phenomenal.

[@bot8.1]

Perfect example of derailed conversation. Love it. ❤️🤣

[@robertsimonson2341]

"Doin it right"??? Love that Sona immediately cracked up laughing. Sorry... on a serious note... really a boy band?? Is that all you got? XO Rob

[@starxhilmie]

great band back in the days, better than new stuff people listening to these days like Nsync. O -town and backstreet boys

[@carolz5090]

The State of the Podcast is FABULOUS. I listen to the Podcast when I’m cleaning. A little Swiffer in the living room, a little bleach in the bathrooms, a little Conan/Matt/Sona in my ear. You can even hum along to it. Take it away Jimmy Vivino!

[@trevorjennings721]

Hello Carol, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

[@francescaa8331]

You can really hum along if Jeff Goldblum is there coaching them to sing.

[@carolz5090]

@@francescaa8331 That was one of their BEST podcasts.

[@francescaa8331]

It's my first time hearing any of the podcast. I like Conan and Goldblum, so I clicked.

[@jerryfromtheblock6463]

Im not sure why theyre surprised about the success. To me the medium is perfect to deliver conans humor. besides remotes/travel show the longform, improvisational and informal format suits conan brilliantly. gourley and sona work incredibly well as cohosts. 1 seasoned improvisor, 1 close personal relation. both know when to go with it or be the straight-man. its great chemistry. I stopped watching latenight altogether after stewart left and it devolved into 8 diff. takes on the same trump joke. the talk show format became tiring. I couldnt be happier about the shift conan did, hes one of the funniest ppl alive

[@sternschneider4392]

Glad to see the state of the podcast is strong 🇺🇸

[@Babe.Ruth.In.Beirut]

“Doin’ It Right.” The JC Penny Band.

[@hemmojito]

I love that Conan can go off trail and after 5 minutes of shananigans get right back on track.

[@davidhart7313]

I was at a hotel in Miami and Conan was staying there too. He was walking around alone talking on the phone. End of story. love you man!

[@LIamaLlama554]

That is a beautiful Four Seasons.

[@QuantumBraced]

I love it when Conan says something self-aggrandizing and Sona is immediately disgusted LOL.

[@zimboiis]

lol, havent seen the podcast outside of audio. Seeing her look at him in disgust is so special hahaha We can all imagine her doing so at times, but damn, that made my day Love the podcast

[@odradekk]

Conan fan since 2011. Superego fan via PodFTompkast since 2010. These two together. Could’ve never imagined. Thank God.

[@JohnMurphy-bo4fe]

Sona has an amazing 😂 and unrelated to this thank you for the great job on Norm’s last special!!

[@lstir24]

Conan is just too damn good! Even a title for an episode that sounds simplistic has me laughing hysterically.

[@RavenD1220]

I love Conan, Sona, and Gourley! Looking forward to each Team CoCo clip when they drop. I was just wondering why the full vids of the podcast aren't uploaded to the Team CoCo YT. Sorry if this has been answered before.

[@NoahStolee]

DON'T APOLOGIZE!! NEVER, EVER APOLOGIZE. FOR ANYTHING.

[@istdochallesegal3427]

"Never apologize, never explain." - Hunter S. Thompson

[@Jack-ot1zq]

I was not prepared to cry laughing so hard from this bit

[@RandyJames22]

1:38 I love how he said that _just_ for Sona!

[@trevorjennings721]

Hello Randy, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

[@David-tq8ok]

I always come to this video whenever Im sad

[@rbw3000]

This convo is better than many comedians’ set

[@pinverarity]

“Tarmac much?” Brilliant.

[@mikelgibson4781]

I miss Conan and staff including Sona on TV. Please come back in TV on Peacock or HBO. I need to see more bits of you and Jordan Schlansky.

[@Ishai1]

His HBO show is still supposedly coming and I doubt you'll ever see him on NBC's peecock

[@chippy7745]

Oh Jordan…he always had a great dead pan expression for Conan to feed off of (brilliantly of course).

[@vincentlo7678]

Anybody remembers Dudez-a-plenti when he was managing a boy band on a skit?

[@artscapestudios]

6:43 I have NEVER laughed so hard about Almond Milk😂😂

[@abolished-kaleidoscope8776]

0:07 the way Sona says "that's good" had me laughing so hard hahah

[@ozzyku1269]

You guys definitely deserve all the success this show is great!!

[@kettyspikes]

I don't know what I'd do without this podcast

[@stevenx2523]

These three could literally talk about slicing bread and find some way to rip on each other, it's tremendous.

[@AL-sg2jd]

I hope he comes back to tv. I would feel some normalcy back in my life.

[@psyrolz1626]

Im 2 minutes in and Sona's laughter got me haha. That laugh can heal the world

[@aguy6641]

Thanks for the years of laughs Conan, laughs make hard times a little better.

[@kit2770]

"We Be Who We Be" was truly the song of the summer. However, "Sex With Me, Yes Please" caught a lot of people off guard, I think. For the most part, people found it upsetting.

[@yvjohns]

The level of honesty was unprecedented, and society wasn't ready for this. I doubt whether it would be now, so in this respect it's STILL way ahead of it's time!

[@ryankainec1248]

Ah this was hilariously! Thanks guys! I wish we could watch full episodes!

[@brenobacci]

I've listened to this clip about a dozen times over the last few weeks, and this bit by Conan is so funny it's hard to believe he didn't write it beforehand: "It's called 'Doin' it Right'. [I never heard of them]. Yeah, we weren't doing it right". Even writing this makes me laugh. It makes me wish that this band really existed, or at least that someone would draw an animation pretending that they did.

[@brenobacci]

I think this is my favourite. Had to save it in 2 playlists.

[@sophiagodsfrend5513]

i’m one of your first subscribers! first 500 i’m pretty sure… i remember being shocked it was so low! lol:) i felt bad for you! haha:) little did we know the red comet was just launching! love you guys! God bless!

[@changotv5847]

Just Glad to still see Conan on screen

[@Zetsuke4]

So relatable!!

[@BasilicaUlpia]

conan (as always) is being brutally honest both with the chill chums and with himself this whole segment (except the boy band bit). like, read the transcript without the comedic rythm, and it would read like therapy notes to a successful group session.

[@InfamousGFox]

"Doing it right" 🤣

[@Diana_L.]

Sona IS the only reason people tune in ...well, the main reason. LOL

[@WorstUsernamEvr]

Did you run a poll? I've been watching Conan since my freshman year of college in 1995 and the only person who has managed to annoy me in all those years is Sona. She's an assistant whose been thrust into the limelight due to her relationship with Conan. Not because of her comedic skills (of which she is severely lacking). I absolutely love the improv between Conan and Gourley. It reminds me of the old off-the-cuff remotes on the Late Show and how those on the show who were naturally funny just played off of each other. All Sona does is laugh constantly and/or scoffs at Conan's jokes. She adds no comedic flair of her own and actually derails whatever improv Conan is having with either Gourley or the guest. An example of this is on the recent live podcast when Jordan Schlansky made a cameo appearance and started hilariously going on about Italy as he does, Gourley and Conan were playing off of him and laughing and adding to the humorous vibe, whereas all Sona could do was make her typical annoyed expressions in hopes that those who accept the low hanging fruit will find that funny.

[@Diana_L.]

@@WorstUsernamEvr A poll? Why yes I did. A poll based on a fully representative sample: Me, myself and I. Gotta stick to scientific methods, right?

[@gabrieargueta]

@@WorstUsernamEvr Couldn't agree more!

[@mothermade2]

Gourley, after listening since the beginning, the videos started popping up on my feed. But you are not how I imagined. You voice is that of a youngin’ in my mind.

[@LAkadian]

Doin' It Right was such a HUGE part of my youth! My friends and I used to BUMP their album: "Safe McLovin". Hell, to this day, "Insert At 90 Degrees", "Strawberry Raincoat", and "Birth Control" are basically the soundtrack to my accomplished horse racing jockey career. It's safe to say I'd be living in a dishwasher box if it hadn't been for those titanic monoliths of Irish american pop music. I've named every horse I've owned, "Conan".

[@mothermade2]

“We be who we be” 😜🤪😂

[@AV-db5fb]

I love this set up so much!!!

[@davidhurtado2725]

I have listened to every single episode of this podcast (some even several times) and I can say Sona's outburst laugh at "Doing it Right" is the best one of the lot.

[@coldheart5791]

i love this podcast please keep it going!

[@llnnie]

it would be so cool to see a collab between this podcast and the it's always sunny podcast. that would truly be hilarious

[@shareebrown4362]

Conan you SINGLE-HANDEDLY got me thru quarantine in 2020 into 2021!! Im just sad my "CONANtine" # didn't catch on lmao... (I tried 😒😬 ) 😂😂

[@lauren7980]

Very easy to listen to. I like yall!

[@JD-ku3xt]

I just realized Sona is like the applause sign of the show (adds the laughter).

[@chloecamp8714]

Conan is so good at this. I would have cracked in the first few mins.

[@florianadolf2256]

9:56 "This is Harrison Ford's way of playing golf." - I am lmao 😂😂😂

[@senthilvelan544]

And the fans will always keep it strong.

[@jerrycastanon]

We need a video version!

[@aironhelms7676]

The ten minute clip so much better. Had a glimpse at whether really worth watching

[@InaayaMedGlobal]

I love CONAN ❤ love from YEMEN

[@spoot]

How can anyone not love Sona!

[@krylesangerbeaver]

Conan: "I hope neither of you change. I hope Sonia never starts to do any part of her job. I hope Gorly doesn't stop carrying this Podcast. That will be success for us"

[@robertsimonson2341]

I love Sona is cracking up the entire time you discuss your boy band days/success??

[@alona270]

I can’t stop saying “the state of the podcast is good” when shot hits the fan in our house 😂😂😂😂😂

[@mozeltovcocktail]

Omg it's Conan from Doin it Right!! 😲 We are not worthy.

[@toc7olwn680]

And yes, Sona is precious

[@FunkMeister1901]

any chances of getting the podcasts in full video form as well

[@monitor-mindtheover-void6712]

Love this podcast

[@robgoodfellow]

I just pay attention because of Sona Movsesian's amazing and phenomenal belligerence, comedic sense of timing and craft, and Matt Gourley's crass Ivanka's sense of self. I'm on the fence about the fading redhead with hydrocephalus wearing the way too narrow 50s cat-eyed, teen-aged physics, AP student glasses.

[@joeshmooo5327]

Sona's laughing breaks me every time. So funny

[@ms0824]

"Well I'm sorry, the guy landed it in a river"!!! I died🤣🤣

[@andrewtruex]

Do full video episodes

[@Eugene_ap]

6:24 is just amazing. I can just imagine Conan’s daughter with that 70 year old man’s voice.

[@janwar7]

conan is the sensation, no joke about that.

[@trevorjennings721]

Hello Jan, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

[@northsource7215]

if there was any question if Sona and Matt deserve a piece of that $150M just tune into the shows when they had replacement people in their seats.

[@wm1pyro]

I'm so jealous of their chairs

[@christopherweise438]

"Success can can corrupt any enterprise" - Conan Obviously a bit since he is widely regarded as taking care of his employees like they are family.

[@caitlinroberts7040]

It's actually a sound and serious business principle. Success can make you complacent and overconfident. But yeah he's using it sarcastically with his usual self-deprecating humor

[@barrettpickett5603]

I was rolling. Doin it right band. So famous and a mall band.

[@weeniehutjunior]

The cigar-chomping little Conan daughter screaming at him to put the Almond Milk away........🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@anotherbutt4chair56]

If aliens landed, when they would say “take me to your leader!” I’d point them to Conan’s podcast

[@cleverusername9369]

8:12 "why are you looking at me" Sona of all of the people in this room, you, the one who JUST had twins, are _by far_ the one who would/should know the answer to that lol what do you mean you don't know, you just made plural children

[@EmpyreanLightASMR]

The original Late Night show with Conan had a State of the Show Address, they're hilarious. You can find them on youtube.

[@BryceChillis]

i wouldve loved to have featured on this episode

[@luizinhoSSgreenday]

this chemistry is gold

[@jaxsun72]

You'd think in the state of the podcast he'd mentioned the $150 million deal at Sirius XM but I guess not. 🤣

[@toriletteriello]

The way Conan looks at Sona 😂😂

[@rezasalleh7455]

i love this podcast

[@monlifes]

this one is just funny enough to watch it again

[@gilpinsteven]

5:40 Gourley LMAO

[@joeblankenship377]

I'd pay a few bucks a month if they would upload the videos for the full podcast episodes.

[@Tom-it6gi]

"I'm going to do better than that, I'm landing it on a tarmac." hahahaha