Andy Gives Conan A Tour Of His Old Neighborhood In Chicago | Late Night with Conan O’Brien

(Original airdate: 12/21/95) Conan and Andy go bar hopping and sample local delicacies in Andy's old Chicago neighborhood.
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[@pjwillsr]

Marie (of Marie's Riptide lounge) passed away in 2011. The lounge closed forever in 2013. What a history.

[@shoWbitz]

😭❤️

[@ShindlerReal]

Chicago is dead

[@Cowabungas]

Damn, I was wondering if she was still around considering this was 1995. Seemed like a fun person to be around.

[@aedrdeaslzr8955]

RIP Marie.

[@davidtokyo2312]

She seemed so sweet!

[@BuildinWings]

Never ask a Chicagoan for a tour of the city unless you're hungry and sober.

[@Baegitte]

I always thought Pizza Hut was deep dish pizza.... til I went to Chicago 🍕

[@JeeprzCreepers56]

No truer words have been spoken...

[@ThatGuy-oc4mv]

📠

[@paulflaubert7355]

And have no outstanding warrents

[@MsMelyjean]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TyrieJames-r3u]

I was in lashets singing Joy to the world with Conan sitting next to me I am in the Red sweater. Haven't seen this in over 20 years. Great time. Conan rock's 😂

[@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113]

You are as Handsomeless as Conan and Andy! (Everybody loves a good "Three Dog Night" Joke. Hope y'all hear one, real soon.)

[@Pahakyy]

Conans rocks?

[@n0tmiceelf]

Eating and drinking, can’t be any better of a tour.

[@BuildinWings]

If there were an Oktoberfest-land, like in Nightmare Before Christmas, it would be Chicago.

[@losttribe3001]

What else is there to do in Chicago? It’s not known for it’s hiking trails and palm trees!

[@BuildinWings]

@@losttribe3001 If you go during the Spring-Fall, the lakeshore is a gigantic hiking trail. Tis nice.

[@jenfine]

Eating and drinking is all we do. It’s our culture!

[@pasofino2199]

@@losttribe3001 shoot people

[@chrish2461]

The bars featured: Augenblick (where they bring their own mugs)-closed 1999; Resi's Bierstube (with the hazelnut song)-still open and pretty much the same; Laschet's Inn (singing)-still open and pretty much the same; Marie's Riptide Lounge-closed 2013.

[@p_roduct9211]

Thank you!

[@ThatGuy-oc4mv]

Laschet’s inn is some of the best food you’ll have in the city

[@HermesSonofZeus]

Seems like the Lincoln Restaurant is now closed too, at least according to Google.

[@chrish2461]

@@HermesSonofZeus Yes, unfortunately closed and torn down--just an empty lot these days.

[@HermesSonofZeus]

Oh man... Sigh... I'm heading back to Chicago in a few weeks, might just pass by the lot.

[@byronmontesflores3837]

Conan loves Chicago, and the world loves you Conan.

[@gambinoitaintova7664]

Agreed

[@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113]

"Loves Chicago." Notice how they Edited, out, the "Conan and Oprah visit a Bible and read a Hotel.", segment. This is "Late Nigh Television", not "AMERICAN EXXXTASY", for fu@ks sake.

[@aimanazlan90]

It’s amazing how consistent Conan’s style is over the many years. Plus, it’s still funny today!

[@bigguy7353]

Besides going waaaaaay far to the political left.

[@HomestarCrawler]

Andy is way far on the political left. I don't think Conan is. He doesn't really bring up politics. Norm Macdonald was pretty centrist or even right of center and Conan liked him a lot and had only good things to say about him. Andy, on the other hand waited for Norm to die to start badmouthing him like a coward, saying he was a homophobe. Hate Andy.

[@davincleary3427]

​​@@bigguy7353just because someone isn't full Maga cult doesn't mean they're liberal

[@bcydt]

@@HomestarCrawlersure a crash

[@DanielMarino-z2b]

@@bigguy7353 he’s had tremendous discipline to not get mired in political bs over a 30+ year career. Especially compared to literally everybody else.

[@Edgaros]

I love how Conan laughs at 5:02. Probably the most genuine laugh i have ever seen by him...

[@Edgaros]

@Tela Mamo You can see a person laughing, so in the broader sense you can see a laugh too. But i guess you had to play the wise-ass. Damn, how i despise people like you...

[@stevekombolis3197]

@Tela Mamo Nobody likes people like you, which I'm pretty sure you know,, which is why you do what you do.

[@stevekombolis3197]

Watch Bill Burr on Conan talking about Opera. The Lance Armstrong one is pretty good. Conan is legit laughing so hard that just that makes it entertaining to re-watch

[@leonl.5522]

@Tela Mamo you must have a sad life.

[@leonl.5522]

@Tela Mamo trumpster? What are you talking about?

[@bern1223]

I love how Andy doesn't give an explanation or backstory, they just go to different places.

[@Baegitte]

While I love me some schlansky, I think a Conan travels segment with Andy would be 🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯

[@91frankthetank]

Omg yes!!! That would be so fun

[@Baegitte]

@@91frankthetank YUP.

[@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113]

"Conan, Andy and Oprah's Adult Videos they made, TOGETHER, AT THE SAME TIME, in CHICAGO, are now available, at your Local Video Rental Emporium, NOW!", would be fun, provided it is Rent, to "OWN." You know what they say: "Returning Videos? These are too sticky and the Label is askew, due to too much Semen. You can have them. WAIT! Allow me to Lick them, to make sure. Yep. That is a lot of Semen. Too bad i just began my Shift. So much time and only 23 more, to go. You have 10 more, in your Oprah Winfrey Show Backpack!?!!? Oh, thank goodness!!!! Here, take the one i am almost done with, to the back and watch it, again."

[@alec187]

I find it hard to believe that there was a time when Conan and Andy didn’t know each other. I’ve always felt that they were childhood buddies.

[@jkap34]

Yeah, I don't think that's possible. They had about 800-900 miles between north suburbs of Chicago and suburbs of Boston.

[@hsver1887]

that "black-brown ist the hazelnut"-song is an old german folk song but it was used as marching song by the german troops in the world wars, that's why it's not known amongst younger people anymore. it was also played at the end of the movie "judgment at nuremberg".

[@titusmagnuseinuniversumaus6354]

Schwarzbraun ist die Haselnuss - play it and enjoy the music, because lyrics would just confuse you... in that way it is very POP and US-American, right?

[@AngryKittens]

But... ᴵˢ ᶦᵗ ʳᵃᶜᶦˢᵗˀ :o

[@AGoodJoe]

That old lady tending bar was the best.

[@mattypenta]

I never noticed how strong Conan's Massachusetts accent was in these earlier days. It's not super strong but it's definitely noticeable. I don't hear it at all in clips from a few years later in the timeline.

[@howardyanow2883]

When he says "tomorrow night's show" around 8:00.

[@CS-ww3bs]

I thought I was the only one who noticed. I've always been confused how he's really been able to subdue it into non existence in his later work.

[@austinlawler3739]

I miss old Chicago, especially the bars like that. I used to live only a few blocks from that intersection, who knew Andy used to live right there.

[@meeshme]

Conan was always a bit awkward in the beginning as he found his voice. I think Andy really lead the comedy in this segment. Can really see how the duo was necessary for the ultimate success of Conan’s career!

[@paleamigo8575]

The bartender with the white hair definitely took good advantage of her 15 minutes of fame by telling a pretty decent joke.🤣👍

[@codysundberg2021]

Marie was a legend

[@oneytemple2739]

That was a great bar I used to go there back in my college days RIP Marie

[@langdonalger9219]

@@codysundberg2021 yeah, she seemed pretty cool 🙂

[@seppyq3672]

She seemed like a woman who used to be an actress.

[@thesprawl2361]

September Q yeah she had the look

[@mrmiz12]

RIP Lincoln Restaurant, looks a lot different on that corner now

[@radvideos1903]

The sign is still up I believe

[@thanoswasright999]

Nooooooooo, I remember the hilarious picture of Conan and Andy they had by the register!

[@djclawson]

I was just thinking "this is gonna be a tour of places that just went out of business."

[@mrmiz12]

@@djclawson sadly a lot up there and lincoln square right now

[@genghis_connie]

Oh, no! That's a bummer. Haven't been there since 2013. Great breakfasts, sketchy bathrooms, and for some reason - random afternoon folk music!

[@miufs]

What? A Conan video I haven’t seen??? Best thing that happened to me so far this year!

[@mika274]

If you enjoy Conan you will enjoy Tim Dillon. Has the best podcast on KZbin

[@PX-BJ]

The 90's was such a beautiful time

[@modest_mind2526]

No it wasn't.

[@priceofiron6900]

Say that to Yugoslavia

[@Gassysamsquanch]

It really wasnt

[@PX-BJ]

@@Gassysamsquanch It was beautiful when I didn't exist yet. Just take me back to the void.

[@stevebanning902]

@@modest_mind2526 lol zoomer detected

[@marciocouto3543]

God bless that old lovely lady. She's adorable!

[@razor6552]

She was funny irl. She used to tell jokes. It was a great neighborhood bar

[@3VILmonkey]

Chicago and its suburbs are super important architecturally. While we were preparing for our field trip to Chicago in my 2nd year of architecture school, our seminar prof told us that going to Chicago in your 2nd year of school is the equivalent of a secret handshake amongst architects. The only US city that comes close is Philadelphia and its suburbs.

[@michaelfosnaught2238]

What about them makes them so important?

[@hogansavoy6525]

@@michaelfosnaught2238 ... Andrew Lloyd Wright

[@foundthingsifound]

@@hogansavoy6525 ah yes, the love child of Andrew Lloyd Weber and Frank Lloyd Wright

[@Williamwerenberg]

Ok 🙂

[@hogansavoy6525]

@@foundthingsifound ... Damn weed.

[@SouthernOregonOrgani]

Man i really do miss these times, havign been born in the 80's was such a blessing. The 1990's really were a magical time, kind of a calm before the storm when everything just sparkled with intrigue.

[@razor6552]

Especially Chicago

[@OhanaFilms]

Making me homesick for Chicago, especially Chicago in the 90s.

[@genghis_connie]

I'm right there with you, place and era.

[@areyouthejeff]

I like how everyone was so close and down to earth in the 90s.

[@hammerdick82]

Before the tea party started their cancer spreading and ushered in the complete idiocy we suffer through now.

[@vonn4017]

@@hammerdick82 thats the millennials not a political party. hand everything to a generation, they dont work for shit. want the government to pay for their education (handed everything again) cry that they aren't making top dollar and top level level job tight out of college rather than working thru the ranks like most people that aren't entrepreneurs . dumbfucks that want everything for free. THATS WHAT HAS RUINED THIS COUNTRY

[@burprobrox9134]

Yeah we weren’t so uptight

[@Aih1616]

Yo America seems to be a nice place

[@alanduncan1980]

Nonsense.

[@migtasti]

As a native Chicagoan, this is exciting

[@recoswell]

to everybody else it's a snoozefest

[@migtasti]

@@recoswell that’s crazy, I don’t remember asking

[@KilrToyzArmy]

Did they go to Lou malnatis?

[@migtasti]

@@KilrToyzArmy no they didn’t but it’s better than Giordano’s

[@saltywinchester1600]

Sh*tcago

[@Blackbird_42]

I love the throw away clip with Roger freakin' Ebert. Just casually thrown in.

[@ninjanerdstudent6937]

So Andy’s old neighborhood was in museum park and wrigley field.

[@Das_Vert]

Andy’s a very distinguished gentleman.

[@twinkieman237]

He comes from Chicago royalty

[@ninjanerdstudent6937]

@@twinkieman237 or nomadic hobo, lol.

[@Sentientmatter8]

Very un touristy.

[@beartackle]

LOL, and around Navy Pier.

[@zoperxplex]

Andy originated from a village in Lithuania where they whipped the peasants if they refused to eat their gruel.

[@TopGHippie]

@David Vaskelis Damn you rekt him.

[@junghunt8645]

He is a known Swedish-German. There’s a whole series of Southern jokes about the Swedish-German.

[@zoperxplex]

@@junghunt8645 At one point Lithuania was part of the Swedish kingdom and there were many Baltic Germans who resided in Lithuania as well.

[@kman20]

@David Vaskelis true. They have a monopoly on being offensive

[@wiidlbeetle3857]

I believe it

[@alannctgarcia1039]

6:33 I think we found Norm Macdonald's mom.

[@irenethomas6807]

I was thinking the same😂😂😂

[@Idlehampster]

8:08 Origin of the bad joke, "You don't have cell phones," at Blizzcon.

[@noisesandwich]

These were the golden days of Chicago...fun times. I miss it!

[@TotalBlank]

Great throwback to the great 90s! Conan and Andy are always a blast to watch.

[@tbrayden3694]

Conan’s Boston accent sounds much thicker in this clip.

[@jonathanyeager956]

Conan doesn't have a Boston accent.

[@tmgar9847]

@@jonathanyeager956 you don’t have a Boston accent

[@jonathanyeager956]

@@tmgar9847 This is true.

[@jonathanyeager956]

@@tmgar9847 😂😂😂😂😂

[@jonbob135]

“Three square blocks.” I always enjoyed the leisurely stroll from Wrigley Field to Navy Pier.

[@gratefulzenz1]

that's quite a stroll isn't it

[@ABCRapster]

And The Field Museum!

[@AchieveLem0n]

It’s really remarkable how we’re able to see all these old clips and that Conan posted them. Classics!

[@1480-b5g]

Conan used to have that old timey voice. I LOVE IT

[@bogdanrevnic778]

I love the old microphones, lol

[@sjw811]

😢 Marie’s riptide lounge, that place was the best. 4am license made it industry heaven.

[@milart12]

Is it closed?

[@AustinMichael]

@@milart12 If you google the name a wiki page will come up that says it closed in 2013.

[@idobbs737]

Loose til the very end....duck in there on a break on graveyard shift...eat lunch, get laid, back to work

[@sjw811]

Yeah it closed, a construction company now sits in its place.

[@milart12]

@@idobbs737 Sounds like my kind of place!! And a disappearing breed.

[@tevinsherrill5653]

I love my city. Yes, we have our issues, but no city is perfect. Chicago-style (thin-crust) until I die!

[@022171]

Mmm... Aurelio's!

[@ehanoldaccount5893]

@Pink Alien In Germany you get real Italian made Pizza and for far cheaper than any of this American Domino-Papa Johns slob.. Kinda sad where the Countries gone

[@4inchesofpleasure]

Sicily? Try Napoli

[@beartackle]

@Pink Alien Naples is much better.

[@arrowguy173]

4:20 this whole scene reminded me of Conan's visit to Ireland. One of his best remotes.

[@terrlaw328]

My old neighborhood from the 50’s ! Lived on Larchmont St. St. Ben’s parish.

[@bdoug5316]

Man the 90's, miss those days before social media made us all hate eachother.

[@mydjmode]

Social Media made everyone a bunch of keyboard warriors.

[@tOnySi]

Just white people.

[@xieken4]

We hate each other in the 90s, we just don't have a platform to say how we hate each other.

[@deannaw9128]

@@xieken4 Yes! Exactly

[@nononono3421]

We just got to know each other better.

[@carsilk2492]

Conan came on the air when I was 10. I feel like this dude (and Andy) have been making me laugh for most of my life!

[@iHoPStA]

I miss you guys already Conan and Andy!!!! YOU ARE LEGENDS OF LATE NIGHT. THE GOATS!!!

[@angeloureyes8349]

More Andy & Conan remotes pls!!! I love their dynamic!

[@vidhithakur3607]

I love Conan . I wanted to see him live on his show..was ready to come all the way from India but i read that he is ending his show next year. Guess that aint working out because of covid. Hope i can see my icon and the man who got me through some really tough times.some day! Will always be hopeful. love you CONAN

[@stanlee6829]

That thumbnail looked like they were storming the capitol, my heart stopped. lolz

[@Opium461]

The way conan laughed when that old dude missed 'Haha'

[@recapmodotti]

Marie's Riptide!! Loved that place!

[@Karl_Drogo55]

5:02 I love Conan's genuine laughter here hahah

[@GaryHess]

I love how the Closed Captions call Conan as "Mike" for some reason.

[@andyrosengarden2579]

im andy i live in chicago. i was 5 when this aired. these guys have good chemistry. lincoln restaurant got demolished. pequods pizza is still there and opened another restaurant

[@chicagojoe12]

Conan is always showing love to Chicago I love it

[@bossfan49]

Andy is from Grand Rapids, MI. He only spent a few years in Chicago at Columbia College and doing improv theater, etc.. Figures he'd go to Laschet's .. being the Swedish-German that he is! 😀

[@diyfilm1521]

Marie's Rip tide was the best!

[@Johnnyboytheshow]

Yep, this pretty much sums up Chicago.

[@misham2563]

Interesting to see how much different the people at that year looked like compared to 2020 almost 2021. Look at the microphones that Conan and Andy used even.

[@misham2563]

Wow hi Misha from the past this is Misha from the future. Great comment and I agree

[@dv9239]

The fact that he cried when Andy left

[@samwilson6316]

This was all and well put together, but when they went to Andy's old apartment all hell broke lose lmao.

[@timo.6634]

So many of those place are familiar. Laschet's was great, started going there in the 80's when I was 18. Spent many nights there over the years. Good times.

[@imgonnacallthecops8653]

The old ladies joke was funny as hell... 😂

[@gizellesmith8763]

The santa clause joke is perfect material for Norm Macdonald to make a forty two minute master piece.

[@gambinoitaintova7664]

Conan O'Brien and Andy thank you for all these years of laughs I'm really going to miss you guys 😭😭😭😭😭

[@sharpskilz]

That videotape look = dope

[@PochoNews]

Merry Christmas Andy. You’re the best. Say hey to the red headed dude. Can’t remember his name.

[@DanielDGordon]

So glad to see these classic segments of Conan and Andy. Are there plans to release full episodes too?

[@Czechbound]

Marie's Riptide Lounge closed 1st September 2013 ( 18 years after this was broadcast ).

[@normanhowe4938]

Andy's the best. And he does it effortlessly

[@Light-qi8ol]

8:04 reminds me of blizzard "what you guys don't have phones?"

[@vintagevhsarchive]

I moved to that neighborhood about 15 years after this was filmed. I could walk to the Lincoln Restaurant in five minutes, but it shut down a couple of years ago. I'm guessing 3:39 is the Lou Malnati's on Lincoln.

[@syngatesavenge2947]

Conan-Jordan, Conan-Andy, Conan and the Office, just Conan. Have watched and enjoyed them all.. Hope there are more segments

[@johnsalazar245]

For those who live in Chicago know about the choclate cake shake. If I was Fluffy and his Freinds, I would just eat the chocolate Lava cake from chili's in Chicago and the chicken crispers.

[@dallasbhowell8485]

I moved to Chicago in 2013, and i feel like this energy and style of Chicago faded out the years following. Its still an incredible city, but not the same.

[@Nunya_Bidness_53]

The good ol' Lincoln Restaurant! Good to see it again.

[@vidpie]

The Lincoln Restaurant closed in 2013. In 2016 it was demolished. Google Streetview shows pics up to 2021. It was a vacant lot with chain la ink fence along the sidewalk (bordered by buildings to its right and left). A new 5-story building was contstructed on the lot in 2023 with retail on the ground floor (currently for lease). The building has a retro look. There is an AT&T store to its left and a Starbucks across the street.

[@sentientmachine8558]

This is the best conan classic i have ever seen. Period.

[@FriesKhan]

I love how they had to carry microphones everywhere they had to go

[@defectivepikachu4582]

that next part better come out tomorrow

[@TopGHippie]

Exactly what I was thinking. I wanna see the man in Andy's apartment.

[@ganon8835]

classic.teamcoco.com/late-night-with-conan-obrien/season-3/episode-58/conan-and-andy-in-chicago-andys-old-apartment?

[@jimvarney511]

you're not owed content

[@jetnut89]

@@ganon8835 Thank you.

[@genghis_connie]

I missed which bar they were at when Andy pulled out the glass mugs. I can't place it. Anyone? I miss home! North side!

[@cgass0109]

Bless Chicago!!

[@Complication84]

Yall should have done this at the end again to see the difference between 95' Chicago and 2021 Chicago.

[@xxravitxx]

I listen to his podcast. I watch him on KZbin. I watch him on Netflix. I’m a Conan fan!!

[@Williamwerenberg]

I hope so, otherwise you’ve really f’d up your choices

[@xxravitxx]

@@Williamwerenberg good job

[@Williamwerenberg]

@@xxravitxx Harmless joke 🙂

[@tasnimtrisha2]

Me too...🥰🥰🤣

[@0001brchrv]

Hahaha ive been watching conan since I could remember and its weird that this episode I was still in my mom's tummy, I'll come out in like 3 months time lol.

[@waynesteffen8459]

“Please take that off.” Forgive him, Bears fans.

[@DeanofSmoking]

Love the Santa Claus joke from the bartender.LOL

[@afrothunder2135]

In any given bar in chicago you put on and old banger and everyone singing along lmao

[@hasselett]

I love Andy, but how the hell was he 29 when this was shot? He was a babyface when the show started in '93. He aged like ten years in the two years the show had been running at the time! 😅

[@Stephenmaly]

Conan had a much more pronounced Boston accent back then

[@thanoswasright999]

You guys are killing it lately with the classic clips!

[@rohandsouza3563]

Watching new conan remotes has the same feeling as finding gold.

[@squidcaps4308]

"What, you don't have TVs?" is so Andy..

[@ShanaRenee]

blast from the past!

[@TheUrbanEpicure]

Andy doesn't accentuate his German heritage as much these days. Just an observation.

[@MrBlodje]

You mean Andy Richter the Swedish German?

[@clicheguevara5282]

@@RickR69 YAWN

[@StuPedassol]

I love how high Coco's voice is

[@Mark-jf1mp]

I have been waiting so long for one of these

[@artmocha9901]

I love their mics.

[@wayoutwest7]

"i've been doing this for 30 years" she started in 1965.

[@andrewzabinski2205]

Watching this makes me miss the food. Hot dogs , Pizza and Italian Beef.

[@grayjinghutongz8393]

Conan's Mass accent used to be so much thicker. He sounds like Mayor Quimby.

[@noisetv1863]

Please post part 2!