Sarah Silverman’s Mom Was A “Know-It-All” | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

[@sarsattacks]

"Long time no see" is a phrase that a lot of early Chinese Americans said because it's a Chinese phrase translated word by word into English, and while obviously grammatically incorrect, has become an accepted English phrase you say to someone.

[@ndradoh]

You such a know it all.

[@peaske]

That’s so beautiful

[@furkan6402]

@Typed Oh yeah.

[@xwarped83]

@@furkan6402 oh no

[@Smiley-Coyote]

@@xwarped83 maybe so

[@rikp]

1:30 When Ted Baxter came through the door his line was "Hi, guys!!!" When Lenny and Squiggy came through the door, the line was "Hello!" :-)

[@jtanenba]

Did she just identify the Harlem Globetrotters as “the team that played the Washington Generals”? Lol

[@ms0824]

That is absolutely correct!

[@Jambobist]

This is the Generals year, I can feel it.

[@jlaurson]

@@Jambobist Generals taking Command!

[@kit2770]

I really enjoyed this video. Good stuff. 👍 And, for the record, in wrestling, the heel doesn't always lose. A heel will win just as often as a face (short for "babyface", which is the good guy). The term for a guy who is paid to lose is a "jobber". The purpose of a jobber is to put their opponent over. ("Putting over" means to make someone look good in the ring. i.e., put them over with the fans). In my opinion, pro wrestling is one of those things where the more you learn about it, the more interesting it becomes. People come to the Conan comment section for wrestling knowledge, right?

[@TheNotSure]

Oh hell yeah! Cause Conan 3:16 says, "Neh, soups on!"

[@TheNotSure]

Oh and I wish Conan would watch any Botchamania. Or all of them!

[@markriffey8899]

I love this. We all have a know-it-all in our lives. I've had them. More often I've been one. Share this clip and hope they/we can move on.

[@jaybennett236]

One of the reasons "Cliff Claven" was so cool on Cheers!

[@TheDefeatest]

OMG that crate and barrel thing and pipe thing was pure genius!

[@jibbits6499]

Love the clip and will see it again! 5:55… the moment that made me spit my coffee 😂😂 Thank Conan and Sarah ❤

[@RandyJames22]

Krusty loses everything to the Mob -- "I thought the Generals were due!"

[@vedadalsette1453]

I'm old now, but when I was a young kid (under age 8 or so), I said bahth and hahf for bath and half. That's how I learned it in the Boston area many decades ago. I grew out of it by the time I was 10.

[@yoshisugino18]

Sarah is one the best, funniest guests Conan has had on his podcast. Really enjoyed the stories and experiences she shared. Hope to see her on more

[@CountBookula]

Conan's mom: "Well I never!" Conan in a Groucho Marx voice: "Then maybe you should!"

[@stefanmarraccini8646]

"Well I never" is one of those old time matronly sayings that just make me laugh. As well as any commentary about "a masher". What the heck is a masher anyway? A mugger? A weirdo on the Tokyo subways pressing against people, creepily?

[@Trendyflute]

The Harlem Globetrotters have been beaten two or three times actually! Their opponents, while obviously meant to be the fall guys and be inept, are actually really competent players and though a lot of the games are planned, there are periods where they're playing some real basketball, and famously the Generals beat the Globetrotters in 1971 because the Globetrotters lost track of the game clock doing tricks and couldn't quite rally in time! The crowd was apparently distraught and the Generals players were made to feel as if they had shot Santa Claus 😅

[@ShrimplyPibblesJr]

“Actually, the Generals last beat the Globetrotters in 1971.” - Sara’s mom

[@milwaukeemike3557]

Sona's laugh is infectious music to my ears

[@Jodi28]

It's tomarto in Australia and the Uk . It's all in the accent in the way you pronounce it , so obviously in the States you would pronounce it tomayto, and rightly so .

[@michaelhockus8208]

Sona absolutely dying off mic to Sarah is amazing

[@LastSifu]

I recently learned that the way New Englanders speak is most closely related to the original British accent, before they fabricated the fancy accents used in England today…. They literally made up a more elegant way to speak. That’s crazy.

[@brypadilla]

Very funny, love it.

[@LycanLink]

I fully disagree with the thought that "everybody says it this way, so it's now the correct way." But still, delightful video as always. 😊

[@frischkaesemitmarmeladentoast]

Sona just repeating “sportster” really cracks me up

[@oldfirelady4411]

Sorry Y'all, but here in Australia we just about ALL say Tomahto...definitely NOT Tomayto! 🙂 LOL Such an enjoyable conversation thanks!

[@taputechnic]

Generals player: "Hey, how 'bout we DON'T chase the Globetrotters man-to-man when they do the weave?" Generals coach: "You're benched."

[@Jackrazorus]

I like how in the end conan was buying himself time to figure out some "obscure" royalty.

[@charlie-obrien]

The Count of Monte Cristo is my favorite royal. With slaw on the side.

[@garekbushnell3454]

That's a pretty solid Curly impression.

[@DigitalAndInnovation]

8:28 Sarah: "oh what do they call that- its not the" Sona: "the looser." Her timing there was SO spot on 😂

[@edp3202]

Loser. --grammar 🚓🚨

[@long-shotlouie]

"At a certain point like it's just made more popular the wrong way and that makes it the right way" is the most american sentence I've ever heard in my british life

[@charlie-obrien]

Lol. Like when Yanks call it the auto's trunk but the British call it a boot. Both are ridiculous...let's just agree to call it the car's Ass.

[@Imjane-wr6tx]

My Granny always called the trunk "the turtle". "Put that in the turtle." Also, She pronounced okra as "okry". I now say okry in remembrance of her. She was country. I miss her very much.

[@weeniehutjunior]

and now I have to google "duchy of lithobania" 🤣🤣🤣

[@RnRdrum70]

I'm pretty sure that there are two times in history that the Washington Generals did beat the Harlem Globetrotters. I learned that from Sarah's mom 😊❤

[@mrdavis8814]

Poor Jordan is out here catching strays!

[@TheNotSure]

Actually, they aren't strays they... (2hrs later of cat history from Jordan)... So strays is technically not the best word suited for what you are trying to describe.

[@BalokLives]

Why does everyone say often now pronounced as Off-Ten. I was taught that the T was silent.

[@troywalkertheprogressivean8433]

Pass the dutchie on the left hand side

[@tubby6339]

JIM CORNETTE! Would be an all-time guest. Only problem would be getting him on a plane to LA

[@TheNotSure]

That would be f'n awesome. Conan would have to go over to the Castle.

[@stephwashere]

my mom has a wicked boston accent but says "can't" like "cahn't"

[@EdwardD-q5p]

The duke of Lithobania still waiting for his invite

[@stefanmarraccini8646]

As noted in this space before...I could just sit and watch Sarah Silverman talk and emote for fortnights. It's kind of my fort... Made of Lincoln Logs and deep yearning.

[@jandreid2023]

My elementary English teacher used to say it's "vice versa" (as in vee-see versa) instead of vice (as in vice president). As far as I know nobody obeyed her.

[@doro626]

The Globe Trotters lost to the Generals a lot. I wonder if Conan wrote that joke in the Simpsons where Krusty bet against the Harlem Globe Trotters?

[@cfrend]

I like this podcast in all its forms. But the online ~9min video clips are really fun. Conan should make staged online podcast clips with characters from his past sketches that elude to nonexistent full length podcasts. Like an interview with the king of Boliviguay. I would watch and wonder, where is the full length version!?

[@AlexRochette]

It cracks me up that they have to precise that they love their Moms. 😂

[@cleverusername9369]

Precise? Did you mean preface?

[@AlCasu1888]

@ clever username is that you mrs Silverman

[@KS-dp2rk]

Lmaoo youre so funny

[@yonatannizan4061]

Now they have to make a movie about a fed up and beaten down Washington Generals. 20 years ago I could easily have seen Will Farrell starring in it. Someone today should pitch that idea.

[@Nic-tg2ei]

Apart from the t/d issue, we pronounce tomato tomarto in the UK, but I don't think anyone has ever said potarto.

[@tempsitch5632]

Sarah’s Mom is right. Forte in French is not the same as Forte in Italian.

[@EthnHayabusa]

Yup. Strength vs Volume.

[@RTSOB1]

Yet oddly, a fart in French is the same as a fart in Italian...and in English.

[@tempsitch5632]

@@RTSOB1 Sttength vs volume ?

[@charlie-obrien]

​@@RTSOB1 And out of your behind... Fart is an Onomatopoeia. A word that is spelled like it sounds.

[@ZagnutBar]

In New Zealand we all say "fort" for forte

[@charlie-obrien]

You Kiwis are all upside down Lol.

[@joseapsantos3633]

Boa noite, um belo momento divertido com uma mulher fabulosa. Gostei do vídeo.

[@BexiAF]

Marx brothers are my favorite comedy troupe. Ahhh, I wish I had the guts to email Conan, I have so many things I wanna forget to say. Including how he looks like Brian Cranston more than he knows.

[@devnull73]

"Figures vary as to exactly how often the Generals have beaten their rivals. Some reports say six,[12] while the team's official website reports having three victories over the Globetrotters, one each in 1954, 1958 and 1971.[13] The 1971 win is the most storied of these, and is sometimes reported as the team's sole victory.[2]"

[@bryanlane7208]

I have a problem with this with karaoke and ukulele. In Japan and Hawaii respectively, in which I've both lived, the pronunciation is the original. So I feel pretentious correcting people outside of those contexts, but it is wrong.

[@newtron1]

I ❤️ Sona!

[@yvjohns]

Me too... In one of the recent podcasts she said something along the lines of "having a crush is a wonderful thing", and watching this podcast I suddenly realized how much I have one on her and then felt sweetly justified by exactly that sentiment of hers :-)

[@Hylss]

6:12 the hell was that? :D

[@steveyj75]

Didn’t Ted and Marshal do the “Generals Fans” bit on HIMYM?

[@J.D666]

"You say potato; I say patata!"

[@EattheApple666]

Conan being Conan, Magic been retired for 27yrs LOL

[@tempsitch5632]

Doesn’t change the fact that he’s famous for behind the back passing.

[@jonathanross149]

The Washington Generals have beat the Globetrotters a few times. in 1971 it was like you all are describing, the Globetrotters were so busy entertaining they didn't realize they were losing.

[@gfrutherford]

Where's Matt?

[@gheller2261]

Ok, Sarah. As a Jewish person I didn't think I needed to tell you this, but the only people who say the word bread after challah are goyim. It's challah, period. Not challah bread. Also, my Brooklyn mother and grandmother called challah, cholly. Kinda like your mom.

[@Marcphaze2]

"Our 1 Win" - The Washington Generals Docuseries

[@krylesangerbeaver]

4:30 a lot of tongue in that bath

[@victoriaman117]

oh so that's where it comes from....

[@Unqualifiedtake]

Working class decorator is a potential skit

[@danielah3398]

the only more "come from money" profession is jewelry/handbag designer

[@AdrianCarlisle]

Im the Duke of Ipswich 🧐

[@lachauntiswashington231]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kaljaukko5439]

Sona and Sarah should get a room. So sweet that Sona laughed everything that Sarah said. 💯❤️❤️❤️😘😘

[@rickyd-lux9067]

The Washington Generals actually won a few games.

[@Arriival93]

To mah to is how the Brit’s say it

[@deicide666100]

A heel is a bad guy not the loser of the match, the loser of people who’s job it is to lose is called a “jobber”

[@muhammadwahyuhidayat21498]

Kit Harrington Interview with Conan O'Brien and Friends in Conan Needs friends Podcast

[@thedamnedcat3240]

conan needs friends sounds horribly sad

[@Tonyhouse1168]

Looks like Sarah never watched Jimmy and Kevin Hart play with the Harlem Globetrotters… For shame!

[@victorasalazar]

Plz just upload the whole video and not just bits!

[@stdew07]

We miss Jordan Shlansky 😭

[@ChromaticTempest]

Sportster.

[@troywalkertheprogressivean8433]

Talk more about joobs

[@kristiannelson1851]

Proper English is tomAto, with a long A. The rule: any word that ends in a vowel, that has another vowel two letters preceding, is always a long vowel.

[@RTSOB1]

Not in IndiAna.

[@michaelbailey1395]

The Generals did win, one time.

[@molochi]

Actually, its pronounced Crescent Roll.

[@danielbuxton4493]

It's definitely tom-ah-to, Conan - you Yanks eh?!!

[@British_Rogue]

The argument to use against people who dislike proper pronunciation: "Say 'pizza'. Interesting. Why did you use the Italian pronunciation for 'zz' if you dislike proper pronunciation?"

[@mattdad8429]

I really think 2026 is gonna be the General's year.

[@ivam6473]

CONAN U DONT NEED THSI PEOPLE !

[@LexingtonB09]

Why does 12 year old Conan talk like bugs bunny? 😂😂

[@xsagemasterx]

okay took him 1.48 to make it about himself, like always, mr conceited

[@ivam6473]

OY VEY

[@yolernlimn3574]

This is how tomato is pronounced around the world. More countries pronounce it the British way, not the American way - kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJbaen2om55jrqs

[@ramanpost]

Sona needs to add to the podcast more instead of chorus laughter.

[@c.a.marsupial.1282]

That was great until they started talking basketball. Bob is the new term for basketball. Boring Old Basketball.

[@kateholloway9866]

Ir'a ro TOMAHto in Englad Tomahtes in Toronto Ir'a ro TOMHto in Englad TOHMAYDO in Toronto

[@michaelnickson2162]

women rights will get better

[@JuanMartinez-fu9ym]

She dated jimmy falion

[@xploration1437]

Conebone69

[@DD-sr9xm]

If you actually care about the way different people pronounce different words you are a lesser person. Just enjoy and accentuate the unique.

[@Roughneck8]

So that's where she gets it from.

[@danielmoss895]

Tomar-toe to everybody in the world except Americans, who pronounce lots of words wrong. To-mayto. No!!

[@soomatty]

Bring on the rock, triple h, or big show please

[@xploration1437]

No, we’re straight. Those are talentless hacks.

[@cryptomoves2547]

if you say tomato(H) in the northeast get ready to be punched in the neck

[@tonyrivers8688]

Sarah Silverman has lost her beauty

[@AnonymousAccount514]

Oh man…her mom was Catholic??? So she’s only half Jew!!!! Nice!

[@saraleigh5336]

(a) why do you care (b) all she said was that her mom went to a Catholic school

[@AnonymousAccount514]

@@saraleigh5336 well if her mom went to Catholic School...that means she wasnt Jewish right?

[@saraleigh5336]

@@AnonymousAccount514 no, it means her mom went to Catholic school. It might have offered better academic coursework than the other area schools. Jews are a tiny percentage of the US population (and of the global population). Anyway, why would her mom being Catholic be “nice?” Why the valence?

[@jumpsuitCD]

There actually are "come from nothing" interior designers. But I guess Sarah wouldn't know that when she mostly sticks/socializes with one type of income class

[@cleverusername9369]

Learn to take a joke Karen

[@jac9301]

Her mother explains so much about the virtue signalling rambler that Sarah became.

[@xploration1437]

How true.

[@frolickinglions]

You mean Sarah is a decent person? How terrible!

[@jac9301]

@@frolickinglions How does virtue signalling make you decent you dumb f****** c***. 👍👍😂😂🤡

[@frolickinglions]

@@jac9301 I believe your vitriol just proved my point.

[@jac9301]

@@frolickinglions What point because clearly your question was rhetorical so that means the point was already confirmed in your mind. 🤦🤦 You're dismissed. 🙂👍

[@Nunya_Bidness_53]

Glad to see the 60 year old yenta has given up the fake baby voice.

[@TheNotSure]

Tomato Toma-to Toe-mah-toe Potato What's taters precious, eh?