Kristen Wiig's Odd Jobs While Performing With The Groundlings | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

Kristen Wiig worked at the Universal Studios Executive Dining Room and a floral design studio while pursuing a career in comedy with The Groundlings.
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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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[@ilcomendante]

Never seen Conan so focused for so long. The Wiig Effect 💜

[@CreativeSteve69]

I learned what improv was from discovering whos line as a teen. Then in 2019 I gave actual improv a chance. Now I've been doing it 5 years incoming all thanks you conan. Since you were a inspiration. it helped me get out of my shyness shell growing up. Also love listening to the podcast.

[@russbolinger1648]

Wiigs! Girl you're the best in the business.

[@lynnturman8157]

Did you know Kristen Wiig is a Certified Piano Tuner? She was one semester away from earning her bachelor degree in Applied Piano Performance from the Eastman School of Music when she quit and moved to L.A. to pursue a career in comedy. One of her odd jobs was tuning pianos (which in the 90s paid about $50 per piano).

[@Therap1ssed]

For some reason I'm reminded of the scene in Groundhog day where Bill Murray visits the piano teacher and he's playing pretty well and she confirms "And you say this is your first piano lesson?" to which he replies "Yes, but my father was a piano mover, so..."

[@mywilco1]

No. Way.😊

[@LibertyRapsher]

I'm glad that she was certified, because there's nothing worse than a non certified piano tuner jacking up your piano.

[@irubberyouglueonethousand5384]

“My paleontology club! Hello fellas” 😂😂😂

[@PezQ84]

I love Conans ”nerdy voice” so much! 😂

[@rickyd-lux9067]

It's "fellows". Fellas would be too cool.

[@KimberlyBishh]

Fellows^

[@donovanharrison3516]

Love her ... Conan, for god's sake man please let her SPEAK ... 😆

[@Galactic123]

People come on this podcast to listen to Conan monologue. Conan O Brien doesn't need a friend, he just needs an audience.

[@bobertrobertson130]

Agree as much as I like Conan he kind of interrupts guests a lot and starts talking about himseld

[@tetsuo2195]

This happens on so many pods, so annoying. Also, too many people in the room here...

[@Tonyhouse1168]

“God? For your sake, CAN YOU LET HER SPEAK? IT’S THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS TO ME!!”

[@jeffyankey7916]

He is awful at making it about him😢

[@radiac6818]

There totally was a magazine called Bop. There was also one called Sassy, which the SNL of Conan's era parodied with Phil Hartman playing the publisher.

[@Elena-er7zp]

I LOVED Sassy magazine

[@Itsthekristinn]

Thank you for doing this. This was a great interview 😺

[@DeltaEcho303]

Now I want Jennifer Garner on the podcast so they can talk about the epic "Sneak vs. Snuck" takedown from Late Night.

[@bchearne]

Got a bit of a celebrity crush going on here

[@Tonyhouse1168]

Mmhmm

[@carolyncoleman9504]

Happy,happy...

[@Babe.Ruth.In.Beirut]

Great episode. Kristen Wiig is so talented and seems so genuine. And I love those chairs.

[@roberthill4307]

Who in this room has a crush on Kristen?? That’s the reason why he is talking so much 😂

[@justinblaza9949]

ID SAYYYY a roundtable of conan, bill , fred, seth, adam, kristen, and jason

[@Davett53]

I went to a Music, Arts, & Theater camp in a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio in the late 1960s. I was already making art,...and had attended other programs, during the school year, after going to my daytime school classes. It was a great camp for kids not into sports. I could have sampled the acting classes, but instead I focused on Arts & Crafts. We were provided top notch instruction, and access to more sophisticated arts materials. We did hot glass enamel, hammered copper & aluminum, clay slab building,...wood working, linoleum cut & wood cut printing. We visited museums, and practiced various drawing techniques. My friends who were already learning to play orchestral instruments, got more experience. I knew a few kids who were getting theatrical experience, and the whole class put on a play, for the rest of the kids. It was a blended age camp,....kids were in the 7th, 8th & 9th grades. I wish I had been encouraged to take the acting classes.

[@carpusmediainc4766]

Beautiful.

[@koalanectar9382]

I find her extremely attractive in both an unconventional and conventional way. Plus it helps she's so legitimately funny.

[@TheMoghrabimahmoud]

Comedy goddess

[@Clifford-zx1zt]

its awesome you can just skip the adds. Thank god. Thank Conan.

[@jeremyhinze8837]

Jiminy Christmas she looks amazing.

[@JMPT]

Nice 🧡

[@lachauntiswashington231]

Very good 👍

[@monlifes]

Oh God thank you Kristen Wiig is my favorite, just after Goldie Hawn. LOVE!!!

[@SwiftJustice]

*G* ood *T* ime *O* 'Brien

[@mccloysong]

If Kristen was in an SNL skit, it was going to be special. Like Hartman and Ferrell, always solid.

[@anthellis]

She’s 50 and looks absolutely gorgeous.

[@heninthefoxhouse]

This comment implies there’s an incongruity where there is none…

[@CraigMCox]

This is one of her best recent looks for sure

[@madisonrose1893]

there's no way 😭 I love her 🤍

[@Stupid_dumbass_moron]

Thank her plastic surgeons.

[@pollypickle]

It's botox and fillers and doesn't look good or natural at all.

[@jeffmcdonald9004]

She was so great on Joe Schmoe

[@user-to7dx2cd4y]

My Sincerest request to bring Andy Richter back on the pod. Conan, Andy and the chums must be an amazing convo!

[@chasestankievech]

Hey.. I was wondering if it would be at all possible.. yknow do I happen to have… Conan clearance?

[@soussansabra3207]

❤❤❤❤

[@MrPoppaLu]

It would be a better commercial if a couple of shots were involved when they advertise liqueur,, for them and the rest of us.

[@henry-lee-music]

Conan interviewing himself

[@MegaFlorest]

I had a dream that I was a new featured player on SNL and Kristen and I decided to dress up for this castmember Thanksgiving dinner Lorne was throwing: I went as a turkey, and she went as an ambrosia salad.

[@ranjanishamasundar6855]

Tip: listen to the podcast on 0.75x to experience what Conan would sound like after a spliff

[@Marshall_Stacks]

Yes, like a normal person. He's just a bit much all the time.

[@ranjanishamasundar6855]

@@Marshall_Stacks not for me, he’s just right for me.

[@mywilco1]

What’s a pork barrel?

[@rend7267]

busted by Jennifer Garner!

[@andreawallace4044]

I wish he would let her talk more

[@STEVENMULHALL]

TOO MUCH WATER

[@jaywilldoit]

She looks different, for the life of me I can’t figure out what looks different, but definitely different.

[@sweetmusic3821]

Botox. It has temporarily paralyzed her eyebrows and forehead. I'm not criticizing her and I think it is fine. She is less expressive because of the Botox, but I support her decision.

[@carlofiorletta]

My sister got Tiger beat. Donny Osmond her crush.

[@carlofiorletta]

Note to self... Remove MUNCHKIN from professional resume

[@sirspate]

Let her speak.

[@alec57]

Watch the other clips where he tries to let her, she's insanely boring.

[@Generationrhino]

They should let pimpbot 5000 on

[@ericwatts-et2nl]

I'm not drinking anything aged in pork barrels.

[@Tonyhouse1168]

Port barrels.

[@on2wheels378]

Clean out your ears. "Port" barrels... I'll help you out even more. It's a fortified wine from Portugal... Where most of the cork comes from... see how similar it sounds..

[@Fancy_PotHead]

Did she have surgery ? Something's off with her face...

[@sweetmusic3821]

Botox. Her forehead and eyebrows don't move. I support her decision but it is different.

[@KK-111]

Yikes...Why is Conan speaking more about his life and work than Kristen!! :D I feel bad for her, as the guest!!

[@masterninjahh]

is there a reason you have ads in here? dont you get paid up front for the audio podcast?

[@Galactic123]

lol I wonder if Jennifer Garner HATES Conan. She got embarrassed on his show trying to "school" him.

[@Empwuznal]

Bro it was scripted. You think Conan just happens to have a dictionary in his desk?

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

I bet she doesn't mind, that's a classic clip and she played her part beautifully

[@DredNeck45]

@@Empwuznaldidn’t they bring the dictionary in after a commercial break?

[@jkap34]

Conan said once he literally just found it in the desk during commercial break.

[@on2wheels378]

Look at all the creeper comments... Her looks are her looks...

[@BPH55]

Ads on a clip. Barf.

[@betamasego]

🍃💐

[@irwingfletcher99]

Huge fan of Kristen's, but the new lips kept throwing me off every time she was on screen. Very distracting, not bad, just different look for her.

[@LettyGhost]

Mf does an ad break In a 8 min clip.. tv people..

[@xploration1437]

Conebone69

[@Jameson5151]

Bonin’ O Cryin

[@xploration1437]

@@Jameson5151 🐈💨

[@nilayparikh9284]

abrupt ending, can do better

[@Mahakasmieslapsi]

damn, this guy is still alive ?

[@okifeelthat]

What did she do to her face smh

[@matsfrommusic]

Uhh, what is it with these people and these injections, do they actually think they look better? I can't name anyone who does and I bet no one else can either so how come there's still folks doing this to themselves?

[@13keough]

the ratio of "I'"s and "me"s to "you" and "yours" is off the charts in conan interviews - unbearable. i would love to hear from wiig, but this is all conan talking about himself - again!

[@archstanton313]

After all, it's supposed to be a comedy

[@patrickpeck4643]

Exactly! He is having very interesting guest, but there is no conversation, he talks about himself the whole time while his guests stand there as listeners.

[@SpiceAndSauce]

Quality of this podcast is going downhill and fast.

[@davidpaquette4091]

Can’t get away from the Russian bots anywhere!

[@SpiceAndSauce]

@@davidpaquette4091 didnt like what i said? bud, conan is going down the irrelevancy path. He is the goat, but he needs to start that hbo show soon.

[@davidpaquette4091]

@@SpiceAndSauce I would disagree. How you personally feel about something has no bearing on reality. You don’t like something/someone so they’re becoming irrelevant? Ok. Do you just spend all day posting on different mediums what you don’t like?

[@SpiceAndSauce]

@@davidpaquette4091 you can look at his viewership and see the decline there. Hs content was quirky and smart but now it is boring and stale. He needs to get out of that comfort zone.

[@patrickpeck4643]

Conan talks about himself ALL THE TIME. He is barely letting his guest talk and express themselfs. Barely! Every time his guests start talking about something he interrupts them only to dive into his own stories and opinions about the subject and the people who he invited just stand there as listeners. Whats the point of having interesting guests when there is no conversation? Its frustrating and it comes off a bit rude in my opinion.

[@randosavage1459]

It's a conversation. I don't see what you mean, but I'll listen for it (⁠ツ⁠)

[@MichaelAS007]

Thank you for bringing this up, I’ve noticed the exact same thing. It can be frustrating and frankly makes me feel uncomfortable, essentially embarrassed for his guests when he does this. Overall I love the podcast and think Conan is awesome, but this issue can be cringey.

[@Sfeliciano4]

Isn’t it called Conan O needs a friend? It’s in the title. He’s lonely. Ha. And it’s fun to watch either way. If you can do better…

[@alec57]

Maybe watch the other Kristen Wiig clips they uploaded. She is incredibly boring as a guest so he's just making sure theres no dead air lol. Watch the one where he compliments her on her SNL characters, all she says is "thanks" and they have to cut the convo/clip because she doesn't continue the show along with jokes or anything else. Even this clip is boring as hell, I love her but she is an absolute snoozefest of a comedien during interviews. Watch him interview people like Harrison Ford and you can see you're totally wrong. That guy goes on long tangents and all Connan does is listen intently. Other examples would be the Biden interview or Jordan Peele interview.

[@Stupid_dumbass_moron]

Kristen wig got an insane amount of plastic surgery. If you told me this was her without giving her name I wouldn’t even recognize her

[@meghannevans2411]

I love both of you and your jobs but I got to be honest, I can't see past the ridiculous amount of tan you both have on your faces right now

[@ZakClaxton]

You realize that we live in Los Angeles, where there's a sun that shines on people, and unless you live in sealed cave, you get tan, right? Glad to clear that up for you.

[@martronix85]

She's boring.

[@tangibleterror2421]

so are you bud 🖕😂👌

[@Marshall_Stacks]

We've got an incel!

[@pillettadoinswartsh4974]

BOP Magazine - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bop_%28magazine%29

[@wrinkleneckbass]

7 minutes and 30 seconds of Conan talking, 30 seconds of Kristen talking.

[@alec57]

Maybe if she wasn't so boring. Love her but she's terrible in interviews compared to her sketch comedy or movies.

[@storminator60]

I always immediately FAST FORWARD past the horrible advertisements that drop into here. And I will NEVER buy any product advertised on here! NEVER!!!

[@alec57]

Wow, good for you. We all were worried if you were buying the products shown on here and if you skip past them. Thanks for letting us know. We can all sleep better now.