Sona Has Never Had The "Sunday Blues" | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

Conan and Gourley bond over experiencing the "Sunday blues." Plus, Conan reveals something he can't stop thinking about: fake elevators in TV and movies. This segment is brought to you by BetterHelp.
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[@HealthyandLovingLife]

As an adult, whenever I see back-to-school commercials, I remember that pit in my stomach from when I was a kid.

[@dylanbuc1867]

reminds me of the Staples "its the most wonderful time of the year" commercial where the parents wistfully fill their carts with school supplies and the kids look miserable

[@HealthyandLovingLife]

@@dylanbuc1867 😂 I haven't seen that one

[@thorkagemob1297]

As someone thats also an adult, it should be a crime they start advertising so early

[@DrGoodBadProduct]

Even hearing the Sunday or Monday night football themes...still today, pressure and panic

[@iamhectorperez]

Omg i still get that feeling when I see back to schools advertising then I remember I'm old.

[@mariaaaaaaaaaaa01]

Conan and Sona shouting at each other about the elevator has such a potent siblings energy 🤣

[@QuesoGr7]

"You suck!" "No, you suck!" "Oh great comeback!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@RTSOB1]

America's funniest dysfunctional family.

[@alexanderbrooks7084]

@@QuesoGr7 Conan pretends a sucker character luring Sona’s serious reaction which always sounds funnier than Conan’s that his target byproduct , I guess.

[@withershin]

@@QuesoGr7 this is some stellar writing. You could do SNL!

[@2009TNT]

Especially at the very end when Sona goes on a rant about how terrible he is, and then takes it back admitting she went to far And Conan just quickly repeats his stance one more time to get the last word Big younger sibling energy there

[@christineward3417]

I’m deeply envious of Sona’s lack of critical inner voice. I feel like it’s the key to mental health and she’s mastered it

[@MeanderingSlacker]

But Conan's inner voice is clearly where his comedy comes from. That elevator musing is a classic Conan style bit. I'm not saying that it's healthy, but its the magic, a poisonous magic, but the magic.

[@frankeckhardtii9072]

That's well said. I have friends with similar personality types to Sona and I'm envious of their adaptability and power to keep trucking forward.

[@wyskass861]

@@frankeckhardtii9072 Comedic personality can be a curse, because you notice all that's absurd and futile about the world. it's a perception and observations ability, which also catches depressing reality.

[@Vunderbread]

@@wyskass861It could also be that these people develop such strong comedic ability to begin with as a defense mechanism against a predisposition towards negative emotions. A void that constantly requires filling. Not just comedy but all artistic expression.

[@wyskass861]

@@Vunderbread Ya, I tend to do that myself, with jokes.

[@ZenShroud1]

"I always enjoy the day before a day off more than the day off." Yes. Absolutely. I thought I was weird for feeling this way. Still weird, but not alone.

[@hollyswenson1712]

I love how Sona loves everything so much that she can’t even hold onto her insult about Conan being the worst at the end. “Never mind. I do enjoy watching movies with you.”

[@guyjperson]

Number One Rule of having a job: Don't tell the Boss they suck. A very wise backpedal on her part

[@ColinFox]

@@guyjperson I think you are being overly cynical. She's been with him for over 15 years now. If she didn't genuinely like him, she would have been long gone.

[@ms0824]

​@@guyjperson!!3=

[@iGaveLiaHIV]

@@guyjpersonmf no she could say whatever and not get in trouble lmao

[@AnotherAnotherJosh]

Sona is a spiritual guru. "Stop thinking!"

[@filmnobelpreis]

"I like stuff."

[@Novarcharesk]

The stupidest nonsense disagreeable, low neuroticism people can say.

[@bendover-i4h]

omg Conan talking about the Summer Holidays and his weekends is a 1000% me. I also do this thing where I try do every "annoying" task first to have time to enjoy myself to the fullest - but once everything is finally set and I can do the things I actually want I just get really unproductive and bored because I guess my whole energy was spent planning this "perfect" moment which isn't really perfect at all lol.

[@chriscalland4098]

Retirement in a nutshell

[@Tonyhouse1168]

Real talk. All the “get it done” energy wipes me out and keeps me from enjoying the “it’s all done” moments

[@hulapineapple]

🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅 infinite tomatoes for the better help ad, esp for embedding it in a video where hosts talk about anxiety. Better Help was fined $7.8 million by the ftc for privacy breaches, they shared health information, email addresses and even IP ADDRESSES to outside groups, and lied to consumers about HIPAA compliance. I know it’s an ad an no one is providing medical advice in the podcast but I think podcasts should have to disclose the FTC fines and privacy violations if they’re going to run these ads. If anyone wants to pursue Telehealth for therapy, you can find a qualified therapist who offers a Telehealth option in their regular practice without giving money and risking your privacy with a profit driven app.

[@dempos]

It's weird that when you search for betterhelp that doesn't pop up in the initial results or news on google. You have to specify fine or ftc in order for it to show, and not many sites seem to have covered it. Also, it can certainly, hurt and drain the money of people who really need help, if it keeps them from seeking an actual doctor that can take insurance, diagnose conditions and prescribe any needed medications.

[@CheapPerfume]

Sona's abundant love and appreciation for creative labor is just one reason why she is an icon and a joy on this earth

[@alec57]

An icon? Lol. Shes a sidekick to one of the greatest hosts in history.

[@thisisit2082]

Agree. No one never thinks of the crew and set people. Never.

[@deadshot1995]

@@alec57 I mean that still sounds pretty iconic

[@r.p.mcmurphy6623]

🥱🥱

[@rscamp81]

@@alec57 Chill, brobags. She's a Conan Icon.

[@Pumpkinking64]

I LOVED Sona's "Why do you have to think that??". It was so sincere. Made me cry laugh

[@caardappel]

"Stop thinking! Enjoy stuff!" Next Sona Movesesian NY Times bestseller perhaps?

[@DaBaSoftware]

Matt's quip on the rub-a-cup was fking brilliantly executed timing

[@frischkaesemitmarmeladentoast]

totally! i love how he is opening up and getting more involved in the jokes and banter.

[@PopeLando]

Someone needs to tell Conan not to worry about actors trapped inside a box when they get into a fake elevator. Conan, the fake elevator isn't even a box, it's just the back of the set back there! I imagine the actors wait for the doors to close and just go straight to their trailer.

[@PopeLando]

I just remembered that one reason Conan doesn't know this is that when he had an elevator scene with Liz Lemon, he was in green screen. He and Tina Fey were not on set together.

[@coleeckerman1390]

You can see the interior of an elevator when it opens, so it must be sealed closed inside, at least while filming

[@incunemusic]

"YOU SUCK!" 😂😂😂 what an amazing boss - employee relationship this is

[@SwiftJustice]

In 2023 we call them the "Sunday Scaries." 4:57 👈 Ad skip button

[@Player_404]

Conan and Sona joking about Matt rubbing the cup is sibling energy 😂

[@flyingchong]

Matt meant rubbing it into the cup hehehe.

[@hyperspeed_心猿]

I don't know. It rubbed me the wrong way.

[@outsidethewaxbox]

Conan leveled up to full KZbinr by wearing his own merch.

[@Norvo82]

Summer cold or winter chills, Gourley always has a box of tissues next to him ready to go. I thought it was allergies, in this segment we learn he just cries a lot... Which is even more adorable for some reason.

[@bastiaan4129]

Or he needs it after he's rubbed his cup against the bars.

[@Norvo82]

@@bastiaan4129 Nothing beats a solid bit of a rubbacuppa!

[@sweebos]

The 'ole rub-a-cup

[@penguinjammer8522]

Are those happy tissues or sad tissues...?

[@chriscalland4098]

@penguinjammer8522 I think the tissues getting tears are happier than the ones getting......

[@glacier_official]

I totally, totally get the feeling of enjoying the day before a day off more than the day off itself. It’s the feeling that you don’t have to worry about anything the next day that makes the night so much better.

[@cjartiste]

"STOP THINKING!" I need a Sona in my life

[@Novarcharesk]

You think that would actually do anything? 😂

[@rosshargett8019]

Conan could've lived in Alabama, where I'm from. It stays summer here nearly all year long. We have all 4 seasons here, they're summer, still summer, football season, and Christmas.

[@screenplaya4562]

Sona is lovely. I enjoy it so much when she tries to react to Conan's attacks and put him down, too, but then she relents. :)

[@oledevo]

I NEVER thought about tv show elevators like that. Now I do. THANKS A LOT, CONE-MAN!!

[@plaws0]

Damn, Sona needs to be the world-wide edibles spokes person. I want to be happy like her.

[@MrTuttoqua]

An important Italian poet of the 19th century (Giacomo Leopardi) describes the Sunday blues in one on his poems: on Saturdays the village has a festive atmosphere. But the joyful anticipation of Sunday is inevitably destined to disappointment. The poet then makes a general consideration on existence: in life, Saturday represents the illusions of childhood, Sunday represents adult life which coincides with the 'discovery of truth' and the fall of illusions. Sunday blues taken to the next level.

[@kit2770]

I'm glad the two guys opening the elevator/box doors are unionized. ✊️✊️✊️

[@FrightShark]

The "you suck" exchange had me cracking up

[@dandeluca]

I hope Sona is making big, big bucks, because she's what makes this podcast so good. She's an inspiration -- "I enjoy everything!"

[@hyperspeed_心猿]

She's still not sleeping with you.

[@litpen8056]

conan's metaphor is apt here. it's like watching godzilla movie without godzilla. conan is the godzilla. conan makes them great.

[@zurzakne-etra7069]

the bit at the end where's she smoking a pipe is funny!! 🤣

[@zurzakne-etra7069]

@@hyperspeed_心猿 yikes at some of yall only being nice to women so they sleep with you

[@CT-vm4gf]

It’s because she’s always high.

[@SidPhoenix2211]

"I just really liek that people did that!" the most mom thing Sona has EVER said lol

[@allocater2]

"and that is a metaphor ... for the political state of America today" 🤣 floored me

[@priapushk996]

Sunday was the worst day until I hit retirement. Now it's the best day. Parking is free and it's quiet.

[@apboyd1]

They’re called the Sunday scaries not the Sunday blues, cmon

[@jeffreyquartier3071]

Sona is too precious 😂😂😂

[@mikec-hamilton]

If you are truly thinking that you should have turned the station and went to IMDB and gave that show a poor rating. That's sad.

[@wickedeye00]

This podcast has been such a life support during the writers strike. Just being able to watch new and great stuffeven if we have to wait a few days is so greatly appreciated

[@AlexKnightVancouver]

“Santa Clauuuuuuuuus!” 😂

[@Razali.]

I think this is the first time Matt and Sona yelling at each other on camera. I mean it's not like that's a bad thing.

[@kennethgreifer5123]

I don't understand the second sentence.

[@Razali.]

​@@kennethgreifer5123 Edited, my bad.

[@leodegas7731]

True to form, Sona tried to hate on Conan and she switched up saying she enjoyed watching movies with Conan.🤣🤣🤣

[@MCGaar]

Of course, Sona isn’t exactly the deep melancholy type 😂

[@ct6852]

I loved school and I still had a full on existential crisis every Sunday night.

[@thescoobymike]

I lowkey agree with Sona’s take on movies 😂

[@2darkdragon]

"stop thinking" the stoner energy is always strong with this one

[@NuttyMongrel]

it's very endearing even though it's not how I personally feel about movies at all

[@TheTarrMan]

I have the blues all the time. Friday after work I'm like "Thank God" but then the dread starts almost immediately because of all the house chores I have to do because I live in a house all by myself. I end up waking up the next morning not even wanting to get out of bed until like 2 PM. I often wish I could go to bed never wake up. Like, does anybody ever wish they could stay in that dreamless thoughtless void indefinitely? Like I could be in a box going nowhere, just stagnating. Maybe I should restart my antidepressants. (It's been like 5 years and had to quit because it was causing me to have nervous mental downs.)

[@chriscalland4098]

You need to sing the blues with Cody Lambert - guaranteed cure

[@Cursethedawn]

ABSOLUTLEY! Best part of the weekend is Friday evening and it just goes downhill from there. Sunday night is almost the worst day of the week to me.

[@bellsfs]

Thanks Conan for talking about the elevator thing, I 100% relate unfortunately 😂 Especially when the character goes through a door and I KNOW they're going to the back of the studio or to a green background 😭😭

[@LeilaChapman29]

Sona… EVERYONE in the world should be more like you. 🥰🥰🥰

[@ConnbineHarvester]

I thought Conan liked school too, that yea-boo song lied to me!

[@Missjunebugfreak]

I definitely had the Sunday blues a lot and would get anxious Sunday evening knowing I'd have to go to school the next morning. So i can relate a lot to Conan.

[@thecoffeeracer6473]

I had the same summer ending issue. My birthday is sept, 4, couldn't look forward to it as a kid.

[@chosenArchitec]

Lol that's terrible, conflicting feelings there ;D

[@Tiamat_X]

Sona's positivity is so wholesome and wonderful. She'll watch what other people would call a terrible movie, and she'll be happy about all the effort and time that the people put into it.

[@SonikJesus]

As a teacher, this is even worse as an adult.

[@awoFalase]

The three of you together is GOLD. Hilarious!

[@sepiae]

Relax guys, fall and spring are the new summer. What used to be summer is now just..., Venus.

[@mariarahelvarnhagen2729]

Playing Long Beach With CBS Til It Ain't Mixable

[@matthewhearn9910]

The elevator thing is somehow wilder in Deep Space 9, where the elevator to the command center had no doors but DID go up and down - but not far enough to be completely out of sight. So you'd begin or end shots with the characters arriving on the command center or going down out of it, but before/after t hose shots they would've been staring at everyone's ankles.

[@jazzoff]

ooh conan's wearing his own merch

[@radhiadeedou8286]

It makes perfect sense that Sona doesn't relate to this 🤣

[@tyr409]

I'm waiting for the good lord thing in the advertisement.. seems it's gone forever... Sad face

[@Tonyhouse1168]

It’s the answering the phone thing that takes me out of movies and tv shows. “Hello. What? No!” Turns to someone else: “we have to go; Tommy is being chased by the killer and he called mario who texted Cheryl who’s at the hospital right now” Really? You heard all of that in a 3 second conversation?

[@pnaomiw]

🤣😂😂I'm dying!

[@antduude]

"It's not an elevator, it's a box!" So you just wanted to ruin OG Star Trek for everyone, didn't you? Thanks a lot, Conan. Sona, don't listen to him. I like things, too. ❤

[@wraith1977]

Elevators in shows : I also love when it's supposed to be an elevator, and when the doors open you can see there's no gap in the floor separating the elevator floor and the office floor. ALSO, ever notice no one ever says "goodbye" after a phone conversation in TV shows and movies? Whyyyyyy?

[@jonathansallows836]

The whole elevator thing is also in video games. Whenever a character is stuck on an elevator or takes too long to walk down a narrow walkway, we know it's because the game is loading, the designers didn't want to put in doors or had no idea how to design the transition to the next room.

[@ByGriPhone]

In Mad Men there are a lot of those elevator scenes, where they'd have a full 5 minute conversation in an elevator and they only gone up four floors

[@neaituppi7306]

When an actor gets into an elevator it is just a box that is closed and is a metaphor for the political state of America. Never been truer.

[@DABA2024]

It's Sunday night in the 1980s. America's Funniest Home Videos is on. I am in a freefall panic about the coming school week.

[@amitychief3061]

I used to get the Sunday blues about going to work on Monday and then I found "E True Hollywood Story". There was no better cure for the thought of me having to go to my crappy job then watching some celebrity hit rock bottom on Sunday night. Also, those elevator doors close way to quick in movies and TV. There is not awkward wait for the doors to close.

[@ct6852]

Lol. Every story was so different...and exactly the same.

[@trinavargas9830]

The actor has to wait in the fake elevator until the scene is over is what he’s saying not wait for the doors to close

[@rickyd-lux9067]

7:29 Okay, so they're pretending to be in a space ship in space, and you just accept that, but the elevator is too much?

[@Polyglot713]

Star Trek is fucked for me. Thanks, Conan.

[@thescoobymike]

The “countdown” is very relatable

[@franciet99]

I’m with Sona. I have never wasted my time stressing over what is coming soon. I love summer! I even dreaded working but that wasn’t until I was walking in the door. Once I left work for the day, I completely blanked on work. Why waste a minute of MY TIME thinking about the stuff I was escaping. 😜 Ok, I’m with Conan on the elevator/box. Last night I was watching The Twilight Zone with Anne Francis where this is exactly what I was thinking.

[@deroytanaka]

Rebroadcast 😂😂😂 conan really thinks he's on old timey radio instead of a podcast

[@shoepaeng]

I think His shirt says teamcoco radio

[@charlie-obrien]

"Good evening Ladies and jerks... and all the ships at sea...!"

[@treborretsnom6186]

The sheer joy, of ruining film...❤

[@TheMusicalArtist]

Where is Harrison Ford?! Put him on the panel not as a guest.

[@bogwitchsophie]

'plowing thru the summer' is probably why Coco's got a 'bit of a sore throat'.... If yeah know what I mean... Wink wink nudge nudge 😉😉

[@MR-mc6rj]

Sona - " stop thinking " genius absolute genius.She's right Conan does think too much. Personally, I don't think, because it makes my brain hurt. I love Conan O'Brien there I said it and I don't care who knows it. Yes, me a straight man loves Conan O'Brien also a straight man, so get over it folks. Of course I love Sona too, who wouldn't and yes I would.

[@ivanescobar5605]

How the hell are these guys funnier than every other comedy podcast out there when they’re technically not “comedians” themselves? Love this show so much

[@kellygervais3440]

That was me exactly growing up, actually still there but with work now.. 👍 and the fake cup of coffee that everyone sips on and you can see that it's empty but let's drink out of it anyway, they could at least put water in the damn cups, lol.. that ruins movies and shows for me..

[@lance134679]

The Chill Chums - now with neurosis!

[@EattheApple666]

I'm getting pretty scared as I listen to these podcasts. I find myself identifying with what's going on in Conan's head way to much.🤪

[@ct6852]

It's actually just Conan's largest bathroom. You can hear the flush sometimes if you listen carefully.

[@kennethgreifer5123]

Conan mentions a movie about a man turning into a walrus. I wonder if he was making that up or if he saw "Tusk" with Johnny Depp. I never saw the movie, but it would be weird if he was just making up a movie topic like that and it really already exists.

[@jefftulley6162]

I can take this a step further and I can laugh about it now. I couldn't enjoy most of my teenage and early 20's because I had anxiety about dying. Not dying the next day but I knew that one day 50 or so years from now I'm gonna die. I'd literally wake up in the middle of the night thinking about death and what happens and religion and if there is no god what happens. Ironically I never had a "mid-life crisis" and that might be why because I just tortured myself to no end about it. I couldn't even enjoy some of George Carlin's bits because it would freak me out and get me thinking. But today I'm almost 50 and I'm like oh well someday I'm gonna die and it doesn't even phase it's crazy. It just sucks that it ruined me enjoying some of my younger years :(

[@sistakastet]

I did not like school since day one. I knew quickly that it would suck xD. I loved the day before summer vacations , happiest day of my life. Loved all summer and when school got closer I got so depressed. XD. I was born ready to be a pensioner xD. 😅

[@sew75962]

I call then the Sunday scaries. Now that I have an easy job I actually enjoy though I find they’re much less intense. When it was a job I hated though? Horrible. Almost can’t enjoy the weekend.

[@Chuck-PK]

7:50 Conan just reinvented "The Game" You're welcome, you all just lost.

[@MyFanaticHeart]

For me it's when someone is holding a drink in a to-go coffee cup or carrying a tray of to-go coffee cups. Why can't they put water in them? I can see they're empty because no one holds cups that way unless they're empty! put something in it so they hold it realistically! AGH!

[@GhoulishFiend]

No chill chums this summer :(

[@CraigMCox]

Remember unless you are a personal assistant turned podcast host, you should not listen to Sona 😂

[@dbzwarrer]

This was amazing. The chaos of this episode. Also. Santa Claus.

[@morriganravenwolf]

I love that Talking Heads song!🎵 "We're in a box to nowhere....."🎵🎶

[@drphalanges1520]

Sometimes the doors will close a little unevenly, or they'll catch a little and stutter, and then you're really thinking about how it's all fake and it's just smoke and mirrors.

[@drphot6050]

So we're just gonna breeze past... The "Rub-A-Cup" part?

[@Makavilletc]

0:35 instantly remembered that bit when conan was buying sona a new car. When they were browsing the internet and she kept shitting on his various improv attempts then he started to mock the way she shat on his improv. Conan: "..cause im podcasting to billions of people around the world" Sona: "Its not billions"

[@dashkanishka]

Where can we get "CELEBRITY" Team Coco merchandise?? I love this celebrity cough.

[@jbeasy5620]

Was Conan talking about "Tusk" in his example of a shitty movie?

[@Tonyhouse1168]

ConeBone68+1 and the Chill Chums (: prefect trio

[@kayzeaza]

My birthday is early august so I fell the same way kinda. It’s all over from there basically 1:17

[@Great_Sandwich]

Happens to me, now. August 1st is when it begins. I love July. July IS summer. And when July is over and August comes around, it feels like we're just going through the motions.

[@zammedRules]

Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend in a Dark Room So Far.

[@mertyertugrul]

I listen this in the podcast morning loved it, glad to see it on KZbin too 🤗

[@bloodsling]

I'm distracted by Conan shaking,is he straddling a Sybian?

[@callisoncaffrey]

I haven't really been following this since Berlin, but they now do mid video ad reads with /conan code? Well, I'll allow it.