Sir Patrick Stewart’s English Teacher Introduced Him To Shakespeare | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

[@mistersharkfilms]

Stewart is one of the greatest actors of all time. His stories are fascinating to listen to. Conan shows an admiral level of reverence with an equal amount of fun at the same. A truly outstanding interview. Great work, Conan.

[@maverikshooter]

Very close to Swedich that accent. I understod before he translated.

[@henryliang2429]

Teachers deserve more attention and appreciation

[@WalexG]

Hot take

[@mikewysko2268]

Good teachers yes. My early school days we had a few outstanding teachers and a large number of teachers who were just doing a low paying job with minimal effort.

[@florete2310]

Definitely. Our school-system here in Germany is going to s#!t as well - and we are not even a resource-rich country - we actually have to place our entire bet on knowhow and an educated youth, yet our politicians keep wringing out every drop out of that system... which is both, truly idiotic and also quite sad...

[@krisfinley6706]

And pay/funding! There's no valid reason why teachers in first world countries with plenty of money should constantly have to beg, plead, and strike for decent wages and proper learning materials for kids!💯😡

[@onespecies-human344]

Yea because ready all the answers out of a book deserves appreciate, teachers who care deserve all the love but 90% of teachers are bully's

[@LNSLateNightSaturday]

"Who the f#ck does thou think thou art???" ROTFL Patrick Stewart

[@alexandraw.4012]

I could listen to Sir Patrick Stewart for hours. He has a channel where he reads a sonnet a day. It is one of my favorite things to watch and hear Stewart has a razor sharp wit as well! Conan O'Brien recognizes talent and treats it with respect. He is so good at what he does. This was a great episode. Very funny and bittersweet.

[@ChristopherCopeland]

Why do you say it’s bitter Sweet?

[@chadwickerman]

I dread the day he passes away.

[@alexandraw.4012]

@@ChristopherCopeland just because I have adored Patrick Stewart since I was a little girl and he's getting older... It is going to hurt when he passes. So the fact that we have this awesome interview is bittersweet in my opinion 🙂

[@Chimi_Chonga_Supreme]

What a great man and a great actor. The commonalities in old languages are fascinating. They really give modern words a sense of lineage.

[@florete2310]

Right? I thought so as well - that was actually the entire hinge that turned everything around for him and opened a new door, or let him click, more like... Language can be a very powerful thing, if you learn how to wield it. And by god - he did... BTW - there is also a great YT channel about the English language by one Simon Roper. He dissects everything from modern to Old English, to Old Norse... and other Germanic languages, too. It's quite interesting, if you are interested in etymology.

[@leeyan9049]

My English teacher told me and my friend that one day we're gonna make it (no idea why us of all other students), she died of cancer recently and we haven't made it to something comparable and even close to Sir Stewart yet, but we remember her words and will not let her down

[@Trygman81]

Interestingly the Yorkshire dialect word "laik, leck, leika" also exists in the Scandinavian languages and in common use today to mean "to play". In Icelandic it's still "leika". The word for "toy" in Norwegian is "leketøy" which combines the two words, and the same is true in Danish with "legetøj".

[@CakeofPokke]

Woah! That's fascinating 😯!! Thank you for bringing that up!

[@watata1t]

Leikkiä in Finnish, wich is wierd, its not a shared language 😅

[@Vendrix86]

makes sense given the viking invasions throughout the area

[@DaChaGee]

Lots of Scandinavian words in north/East England.

[@watata1t]

@@DaChaGee Doric seems to have alot of em'

[@cyradus]

I could just sit here and listen to Sir Patrick Stewart's voice all day long. I love the man. He is such a treasure.

[@mercy777-t3d]

Yes.

[@madnessbydesignVria]

How often a single act from a single person can change a life so completely. Be kind to others, be generous with your knowledge and passion - you just might help create the next Patrick Stewart... :)

[@davewebster5120]

This is absolutely a driving force that leads people to true drama. If you can discover Shakespeare and appreciate the masterful use of language you aren't satisfied by anything else.

[@TheAfterglowProject]

I read his book. I can tell Conan did too. Because it’s not all funny banter with him. He knows to treat Patrick Stewart with the utmost respect.

[@Tommyr]

I could listen to him for HOURS!

[@alansmithee8831]

A'reyt Conan. I know Mirfield well and grew up speaking like Patrick. At university a student from near Liverpool heard a fellow Yorkshire student and I speaking dialect and pronounced "Eehi, doan youse talchhh funneeei". A graduate student, who had done the same project as me in her final year, was talking to me whilst we waited for a lecturer. She was doing a student Shakespeare play. I said that someone should do it in my Yorkshire dialect, as it would make more sense. Someone else obviously had this thought as, a couple of years later, there was a theatre company doing just that. Note that I used to pass Mirfield going to work and further along is the supposed grave of Robin Hood, a character Captain Picard played in TNG. You might be surprised to learn, there are more Yorkshire folk than there are Scottish.

[@infinity2z3r07]

worth it just to hear patrick stewart say "who the fook dost thou think thou art?!" 😂 love this living legend of a man!! 🤍

[@aviralgupta393]

The importance of a teacher in your life.

[@deb-1558]

My English teacher made Shakespeare fun for me. She acted it out so well and gave it passion

[@suebursztynski2530]

My Year 11 English teacher got me interested in Shakespeare AND the real Richard III. Thanks to her, I joined the Richard III Society and read Daughter Of Time.

[@CityPrepping]

2 of my favorite individuals...great to see you both together.

[@Anonymous-bk6eq]

I LOVE this man so damn much puts a huge smile on my face when i hear him talk....Conan does the same but only 2 levels behind

[@WalexG]

There is a wonderful movie called Kes (1970), about a working-class boy in England. It’s an “English-language” film whose DVD defaults to subtitles, because otherwise the English is impossible to understand.

[@NosyFella]

Yes South Yorkshire

[@weekenderTone]

Barnsley.

[@kristofferhellstrom]

I could listen to Sir Patrick all day long. Lovely

[@florete2310]

So great, you had Sir Patrick Stewart on the podcast. I really, really appreciate it🙏

[@CoryFalde175]

These clips have lured me into watching the whole interview on Spotify many times

[@brucelee7782]

fascinating to hear him speak. I was so intrigued and surprised why I heard this on the podcast and seeing this again is just awesome. Ataleikanout!

[@michaelrafales2782]

I cannot wait to get this book and read it.

[@callmeshaggy5166]

I was introduced to Shakespeare by my mechanic

[@emperorpalpatine9851]

Hearing patrick say "fook" is hilarious

[@gilbertodepiento8521]

Him and Sir Ian Mckellen will go down as the greatest actors alive...

[@stormcrow3642]

What a treasure he is.

[@SimplyMariaC]

Never underestimate stage actors or Shakespearean actors!! ❤

[@michaelhudson2912]

I don’t think most people would do that haha

[@nighthawkvc25a]

The Borg did, hah!

[@jocax8]

Enjoyed this very much. I live fairly close to Stewart’s birthplace. He’s proper Yorkshire you know.

[@Tom_Van_Zandt]

Patrick Stewart suffers from the same thing Sean Connery suffered...the older he gets the more handsome he is. This man is 83 years old and he's a goddamn good looking man.

[@IamCaptainDeadpo0l]

Captain on the bridge!

[@mattmason138]

I must say this was an amazing interview 👏. Bless you sir and thank you Conan, Matt, Sona, and team for these podcasts. Very enjoyable and fulfilling.

[@pauljmorton]

I'd love to hear Patrick speaking several full extensive sentences in his original dialect, not just a short single one.

[@gabe246]

Conan should introduce me to a billion dollars

[@liquiddenmark1315]

Oh captain my captain! 🙌

[@peep39]

that beard takes 20 years off him

[@jesseteague2861]

This is a really good interview.. ❤

[@lachauntiswashington231]

this is great👏👏👏👏

[@ToddDouglasFox]

Lovely and thank you.

[@sleepysheebs]

This is golden

[@geloamiote]

I miss my grandparents

[@mikew2479]

This was brilliant :)

[@Angellaye]

That's the most "Duh" title I've ever heard

[@stormcrow3642]

Get rid of those two lurkers lol

[@susanliberty5059]

Closed captioning: "Tea junction" for T junction (T intersection); "Porsche" for Portia. Wish I could turn it off!

[@Bane-l7h]

Love Conan. Love Stewart. Just wanted to say: MOST people are introduced to Shakespeare by an English teacher.

[@DanJackson1977]

Yeah.. but not many of them end up becoming a Patrick Stewart, do they?

[@nuclearwinter391]

I never had that kind of a teacher and was a mediocre student. I wonder what could've been, instead of my well paying sales job now. For me it's probably because I had no outstanding talent. But I think many real talents are failed by the school system, because they are different and don't fit in.

[@DaChaGee]

Shame they didn't talk about American Dad.

[@carneyartglass9099]

Look out Conan I caught my dad having sex with my mom about a month ago and he saved up his anger over that until I got food poisoning and now he’s threatening to kick me out of the house while I have food poisoning. I only get $1000 a month disability check.

[@brentaughe7539]

So Sir Patrick is a NASCAR driver?

[@brandonboucher7090]

So that’s why they’re called the “Lakers” 🏀 🤯

[@atenachos6282]

Definitely not because they originally were based in Minnesota 🙃

[@NosyFella]

@@atenachos6282 Minnesota has a lot of Scandinavian people in it and the old english word "laker" derives from "leika" which is old norse meaning "to play". So it could be true.

[@atenachos6282]

Maybe there were 10,000 Scandinavians living there at the time of the teams creation 🤔

[@NosyFella]

@@atenachos6282 just looked it up and it seems the 'lakers' comes from there being a huge number of lakes in Minnesota. So yeah, no Scandinavian connection.

[@atenachos6282]

@@NosyFella I know 😄

[@googs771]

Erm... doesn't everyone get introduced to Shakespeare by their english teacher?

[@janbam1778]

I hope that Sir Patrick Stewart never finds out about "Sinnlos im Weltraum".

[@redytrex8578]

🇸🇩

[@playermartin286]

What a job the chick has eh? Laugh a little bit and otherwise do nothing

[@ZackC]

She’s been Conan’s personal assistant for about fifteen years.

[@thecountofgoldmoor1332]

Enough with the cackling, Sona.

[@EamonKelly]

She's having a great time, sorry.