Wayne Gretzky & Conan's Awesome 80s SNL Appearance | CONAN on TBS

[@okie2231]

"You miss 100% of the shots you dont take" - wayne gretzky -michael scott

[@chrisneskar7425]

I know that from my junior high agenda 😂

[@LemmingAttack]

The man revolutionized hockey. He's an icon. I'm a Canucks fan, and though I have no relationship to the former owners, I still apologize to Wayne for the way he was harassed by the owners. I should hate the Kings for the recent rivalry, but Gretzky really made his mark in LA. A legend, and he deserves more credit than he gets.

[@adammcdonald7268]

what do you mean he deserves more credit? He gets more credit than any other hockey player... lol

[@LC-ht7sg]

He’s the most respected and famous hockey player of all time. His name is synonymous with greatness. He downplays his role in making hockey bigger in California and the States, when he’s constantly hearing it.

[@September2004]

Stan McCammon. That’s the guy who screwed it up.

[@otteliasb]

Canucks suck

[@jimm3205]

Wayne looks like he's ready to unload a huge beer burp when he talks.

[@nexit808]

Im expecting it actually

[@jessewestsd4668]

Do you ever get tired of criticism

[@mikebealke394]

They actually had the same exact conversation back in '98 when Wayne was on Conan for the first time. neither of them remember it though lol

[@WolfHeathen]

There will never be anyone like him on the ice ever again. Holy christ that man could play hockey.

[@ghostspectre9912]

Lemieux was close. If not for injuries and his illness, Mario could have surpassed his totals.

[@influenza99]

GhostSpectre He certainly could have surpassed some of them. 39 goals in 50 games is eternal though.

[@influenza99]

influenza99 umm..reverse those numbers ... you know what I meant lol

[@WolfHeathen]

GhostSpectre Well, he broke/tied like 2 of Gretzky's records but he wasn't even close to breaking or reaching all of them. But I agree, he was good and could have been the second best after Gretzky if he hadn't gotten cancer but I don't think he would've surpassed him.

[@JAYJason6666]

He was the best player in the world up till about 1988, then the torch was passed to Mario Lemieux who unfortunately missed more games then he played

[@localcrew]

“Waikiki Hockey” is still one of the best comedy sketches ever performed on television. Period.

[@DUCKSAREEVILLLLLLLL]

Gretzky never acted before, which made the skit even funnier because the idea was so cheesy.

[@Tassie85]

I'm all, like, wow......Wayne Fucking Gretzky. Still inspires awe in me, all these years on. So awesome.

[@jschram84]

He's called "The Great One" for a reason :)

[@nicholasscott901]

I just wanted to write a comment after reading all the comments of this page regarding Gretzky, whether he is the greatest player or if he was in today's NHL, he wouldn't have the points he has today, or even back then all the defense and goalies sucked. I was born in 1977 and got to see a lot of the Oilers and became a huge fan in there best of 5 series against Montreal where they put the Canadiens out 3 straight. I had grown up in a house of all Montreal fans, and cheered Montreal until that moment. It's 2015 now and I have since then to this day, been an Oiler fan, The debate against Gretzky of whether he is the greatest of all time is actually quite silly and the only ones that take him as not being the best are Gretzky haters. The facts are simple, he changed the face of hockey, holds records that will never ever be broken and is the only player in the NHL that has his sweater number retired by the NHL. He built a market in the American states that barely knew what hockey was. One has to understand that at his playing greatness, there were other amazing players as well. Lemieux, Bossy, Dionne, Messier, Bourque and even Wendel Clark. Everyone played the same style of defense and all the Goalies were about even in skills, much like today. But Gretzky had vision, understanding of the ice and how the game moved. He wasn't the best skilled, or the fastest or the most muscle to force his way to the net to score, he was just simply a hockey player ahead of everyone else that relied on their skill, Gretzky had the vision and the mentality of the game. Gretzky also had one more thing, one of the greatest teams that ever existed and in 1984 there were 9 All stars on the Western All stars that came from the Oilers. So Gretzky had great players around him, and even those greats couldn't put up the numbers that Gretzky did. You can't talk about how Gretzky wouldn't score the point totals today, it's just a different breed of NHL. But to date, he is the greatest player ever in the NHL because he broken all the records, created new ones, and then made some that will never be broken. So whether you hate him for leaving Edmonton, or because he is Canadian, or because he could have stayed in Edmonton but chose to leave because he felt outcasted by Pocklington, or whether he help grown the game in the sun belt, the facts are facts, he was and is the Face of Hockey. There isn't any debate.

[@UPlayNetwork]

lol, now Conan is in the limelight , a boss on his own show

[@KingofSenf]

And again... Are you fucking kidding me? How are you always within the top 5 comments?? ILLUMINATI, it has to be..

[@sampleybarinaga4216]

I see your profile everywhere uplaynetwork

[@KCG]

Sampley Barinaga It's because they don't try and be artistically elusive with random, well-placed zingers.

[@KazenoniKakuremi]

lol its cause he's a verified account, YT weights those comments higher, he has over 200k subscribers.... or YT has expanded *Super Chat* to non-live videos lol...but, the verified account is the most likely reason....and *NOT* _Super Chat_ or something similar

[@rocelot7]

On behalf of Canada I must clear we never said that about Beiber. We wanted him gone.

[@ORagnar]

2:14 So, that was like Gretzky playing Elvis... Hilarious! LOL 4/29/23

[@MichaelBtheGameGenie]

The great one!

[@MrROTD]

If you ever had the chance to watch him play in person he was amazing to watch, seemed to be everywhere all at once and so effortlessly.

[@HishamHilal]

comparing Gretzky to Bieber even as a joke is insulting.. Good save Andy by laughing hard..

[@FuckGoogle2]

I think it was said to tone it down a notch since great people tend to be uncomfortable when told how great they are all the time, it creates a gap. Conan by making light of it brought Wayne back into the fold if you will. It's lonely at the top is said for a reason.

[@HishamHilal]

I trust that Conan knows what he's doing.. but I kind of felt the Gretzky got a bit offended! :D

[@SARYM911]

Sam Hilal Dude..he just did a bit on Bieber being arrested in the same show so that made it funnier..No one should be above humorous remarks however great

[@WolfHeathen]

Even if the joke was meant to insult Bieber? I agree with Conan.

[@adammcdonald7268]

he wasn't comparing at all.

[@PepeSylvia]

That skit was hilarious. I'm old enough to remember watching it when it came out.

[@meldeebueno]

Gotta be the greatest athlete with the least recognizable face.

[@Losrandir]

Not in Finland!

[@Wyzzkyd]

That's completely true. I know he's a golden god and heard so much stuff about his legacy, but realized I have never seen his face.

[@GaleGummola]

99% of asians, africans and s-africans for starters.

[@tripsaplenty1227]

Kuro Neko Nyaa Believe it or not ice hockey is gaining popularity in East Asia. Since 2016 Beijing Kunlun Red Star became the first KHL team based in China. Also Song Andong became the first Chinese born player drafted by an NHL team when the New York Islanders selected him in 2015. China does have an ice hockey program that is actively improving player development and marketing the game to new audiences around the country. Most Chinese could not recognize Wayne Gretzky but in 10 years maybe a player like Connor McDavid will be very famous in China.

[@GaleGummola]

tripsaplenty it is still long way to become popular sport. And China is focusing football(soccer) heavily, just look the investment they put into it. I would say icehockey stand no change against big sports in there.

[@ZACMAKLEA]

Great content! God Bless!

[@525Lines]

Wayne has to know that his appearance on SNL was a great episode. A Wayne Gretzky doing an Elvis movie?! And Jan Hooks at Ann Margaret! Great bit.

[@Verliet427]

I just got reminded of the Ninja Turtles movie "Wayne Gretzky? On steroids?" xD

[@rugbyrocks123321]

The Great One!

[@odensmeadhorn]

Conan is the best late show above all others.

[@brahsumatra]

Gretzky looks old because he's a former professional athlete who's body took a beating over his career..

[@Beyar90]

iTRYER Those are not his real teeth LOL

[@adammcdonald7268]

I dont think he looks old for 50, he just talks weird because of his fake teeth lol.

[@Joe.Bodie.Official]

Subaru ForesterXT He always talked weird...

[@MarioRodriguez-qn3qe]

he looks old because he is 53... and doesn't apply 5 layers of make up on

[@MontreaIExpos]

iTRYER hockey players tend to have their teeth knocked out from pucks, high sticks, fights, etc. Especially since when Gretzky played they never wore visors.

[@robertbaird2140]

Canada doesn't want beiber. He was banished by the elder council.

[@Doorhenge]

2:11 wuv Conan's enthusiastic drumming

[@cbk2000]

"I slap the puck across the goal line-ah!"

[@mkygod]

oh man, what happened to Gretzky? He's slowly turning into Tywin Lannister..

[@jschram84]

Sounds good to me

[@FuckGoogle2]

Age, it happens to everyone.

[@knifeforkandaspoon]

Dissident101 He's only 52. His composure makes him appear to be much older.

[@jschram84]

you say that like it's a bad thing :)

[@mkygod]

jschram84 He's turning from a King to the Hand of the King :)

[@TheMimetolithman]

this player is Thee GreaTesT Ambassador that Any SporT HAS EVER KNOWN' had it All and Will UNtIL HIS LAST BREATH -Never EVer be Another 99

[@njdevs3016]

"Everyone seems to be doing ok" Oilers fans would beg to differ

[@steveyb1901]

The stadium game Saturday Kings vs Ducks is going to be amazing, and it's all thank in no small part to Gretzky.

[@DaShiggaMane]

The way conan was banging the drums

[@muschikopf1997]

Love Wayne Gretzky

[@StopAskingMyName1]

That sketch was really one of the best ones ever

[@chris2words]

he really looks like his dad

[@Gloraxi]

SOMEONE PLEASE UPLOAD THE VIDEO OF THAT SCENE! I NEED IT SO BADLY!

[@danfors1333]

He looks a bit like Quagmire.

[@TheRiptideRaptor]

Dan Fors 😂

[@JAYJason6666]

. I remember that skit. It was a parody on Blue Hawaii, the Elvis Presley movie.. On the opening credits of the skit it had 'technical adviser Col Tom Parker' who was Presley's manager and which appeared in the credits of pretty well every Presley picture in the 60s. . It was a funny skit.

[@Wo_SH]

Wow. I actually remember watching this episode of SNL when it originally aired.

[@cinddiie]

Don't forget, Lorne Michaels himself is Canadian too!

[@barryallen827]

Class = Wayne Gretzky

[@MrROTD]

I had the pleasure of meeting Wayne very briefly once, My father was from Edmonton and did a lot of Camera work on Waynes commercials, he asked for my father specifically whenever he did a commercial and my dad stayed at the Gretzky house in LA a few times. According to my Father he is a class act all the way, as great a person as he is a hockey player.

[@dirtydirtmcgogurt]

If you havent, go watch "Wayne Gretzky's reaction to being traded". It's devastating.

[@thesapodcast]

I was going to say "The Great One" ... But someone beat me to the punch ... So I will say ... "The Better Than Great One" ... Hehehe that covers that. ;D

[@wannak00kie]

lmao Conan tries to plug his appearance, gretzky reverts back to his story, conan then interrupts and cuts back to his plug to show the vid

[@TheyForcedMyHandLE]

It's kinda funny watching Conan try to steal the limelight in the SNL clip.

[@JaredLewisMusic]

Gretzky is really charming ! Conan keeps trying to bring the conversation back to himself...but he cant upstage wayne.

[@aaronrodgers77]

Jared Lewis Conan wasn't trying to do that at all. Is it not ok for a host to get a few words in in an interview?

[@dunlap4info]

Jared Lewis Showing the clip of Conan on SNL was staged before the interview, Conan started talking about his appearance on SNL to open for the clip, but then Gretzky interrupted and changed the subject before Conan could finish was he going to say. That is why Conan started talking about himself again after Gretzky finished talking. Gretzky almost interrupted Conan again before he finally got a chance to stop the interview for the clip. I guess Gretzky didn't know they would show the clip. Definitely was an awkward interview. :/

[@dunlap4info]

jeff cowen Yeah, Gretzky interrupted Conan when he was trying to setup the SNL clip, that is why Conan immediately started talking about himself again. He was just trying to properly setup the clip! Although, I do have to admit, Conan does seem like he is a little full of himself sometimes. But still....that wasn't all what happened, Gretzky just accidentally interrupted when Conan. Awkward.

[@aaronrodgers77]

Mandy Pandy Well said!

[@withmeuntiltheend]

''I ruined her childhood over it''. Ugh ... the irony is too much.

[@keanusilverhand]

lol!

[@cbones13]

I don't get it? what irony do you mean?

[@cbones13]

ok.

[@TheBlarggle]

***** Dayum!

[@esomoi7197]

Josh Maillet I googled her and I don't get it

[@folkelk]

What a sharp guy! Wish I could meet him one day.

[@dibs0equiped]

I love that Conans constantly shooting vicious attacks at bieber

[@AndroidVageta1]

There's only a two year difference between these two. Conan's 50 and Gretzky is 52. The age to look difference is amazing.

[@frednaskathey]

A reply to that last comment by Coco, and I'm sure most canucks can concur: 'We did NOT' lolz

[@philippinevlogsandgamingpl7671]

SNL got a two-for-one when they hired Coco. He was a writer and also a drummer when they found him.

[@mattsbaseballcardbreaks5952]

That trade was made by the NHL to promote hockey in California. Edmonton would never have made that trade but the NHL made it happen to boost the sports popularity and make more expansion teams on the west coast possible.

[@hudsonrichey1260]

Goat

[@AliBerkok]

Haha "Edmonton Boilers"

[@yummyjackalmeat]

The fucking greatest

[@kit2770]

The clip only showed two seconds of him singing, but he sounded pretty good for a "tone deaf" hockey player.

[@jetaime0688]

People are STILL losing their minds over that trade, let's be real.

[@cesarmadero05]

I love that I had a Nintendo 64 game of this guy.

[@davidberger2069]

I live in FSJ, B.C. but I'm a Canucks fan. A Japanese newlywed couple approached Gretzky at a Dennys' in Calgary in the early 80's. He was with Semenko and some others. My future English language student asked for a picture. Mr. Gretzky spent 5 minutes conversing with them. Bruce McNall -the LA Kings owner who brought Gretzky and eventually went to the clink for fraud, etc. -Gretzky visited him in jail and never gave up on his friend. When Conan O'Brian discusses Gretzky going to Los Angeles-the Canadian teams that had to play the 1980's Oilers- Vancouver, Calgary and Winnipeg Jet fans were ecstatic-we get to watch Gretzky in our division but the Oilers are being broken up! (Coffey was already gone). In 1998, Gretzky was on the bench ! for Canada for the deciding shootout

[@madbuddhaspeaks1254]

great canadian actor

[@DrScottzy]

"I wanted to be a hockey player" he says :P

[@thesly74]

Ladies and gentlemen, the Great One.

[@knighttroy1]

WOW! Coco's hair was um... even redder (if thats a word) back then.

[@NumberOneBlitz]

I love the argument people always use that he was playing against worse defence and what not, the point is the gap between wayne gretzky and the other players he was playing with was larger then any other player today. yes sidney crosby is a better player than wayne gretzky was in his day. but training techniques and the game has changed alot since then. While crosby is technically a better player, the gap between crosby and other players in the nhl while still large is smaller than it was between gretzky and the other players in his day. wayne gretzky made other nhlers look like a joke

[@amazinmets8439]

+Stephen Grimes I stopped reading at "sidney crosby is a better player than wayne gretsky" (name misspelled). You are an idiot.

[@NumberOneBlitz]

+Earth Ruler did you even read my post? for his time Wayne Gretzky was the great player to play the game. however the nhl is also at the highest level it's ever been. if you had a time machine and brought 1960s Gretzky to play a game in today's nhl he would not be near as dominate unless he grew up in the early 90s

[@amazinmets8439]

Stephen Grimes Gretzky would dominate any era. Crosby is not anywhere near Gretzky whether it's 1960, 2015, or 2065. Stay off the drugs my man.

[@georgebozinovski9401]

lmao still large? Was never large. Always back and forth with Ovechlin. Since the rookie days where Ovechlin won the Calder. Until this day its them two on top. No gap.

[@georgebozinovski9401]

Ovechkin*

[@billiekhurelbaatar139]

All hail Gretzky

[@Dubst3pGam3r]

I remember the loss like it was yesterday...

[@TheZurul]

i'm canadian and i'm thinking "wow that one strong canadian accent" (specifically Ontario)

[@az0963818]

And thank god for it. Most of us now of days sound like a bunch of carbon copied Yankees...lol -_-

[@MrKleenexDude]

az0963818 Small towns still have rural accents. Big cities are fairly Americanized however.

[@TheZurul]

yeah people from toronto sound like they're from california!

[@murphymurf6581]

What a legend

[@itzMoJo67]

i'm a huge fan of the Edmonton boilers..

[@jd9400]

it's oilera you idiot

[@itzMoJo67]

Mr Xbox Man sorry, boilera*

[@tomdeming]

Gretzky >>>>>>>>>>> x infinity beiber. - sincerely, all of Canada (including his family)

[@mydjmode]

Conan mentioned EDMONTON WOOO

[@kevinmoran1319]

Came here from “Fly On The Wall” SNL themed podcast with hosts Dana Carvey and David Spade.

[@dannygrant639]

Wayne Gretzky vs Michael Jordan? Who was the better athlete and better career?

[@zachos2]

Mj baby

[@Red_Cupp]

People who don't watch hockey will say Michael Jordan but Gretzky was insane. Gretzky holds a ridiculous amount of records including all time goals/assists/points. There was also a benchmark achievement of scoring 50 goals in 50 games which very few players have ever done. Wayne scored 50 in 39 games. I love MJ but there are players with better stats than him. So when it comes to outright domination of your sport, it has to be Gretzky.

[@birdman4birdlegs]

Big time basketball player/ lover but I have to go with Gretzky. Not just for the sheer amount of records he broke, but the fact he was also so skilled that he could achieve everything he has while being physically under powered compared to a large portion of the NHL. MJ was obviously amazing though as well :)

[@11DNA11]

Well... Considering Gretzky's numbers are so far ahead of everyone else, i'll say Gretzky. Think about this. If he scored 0 goals in his career, he'd still be the leading scorer of all time with assists only.

[@nuwangbakes6119]

Wayne got better career but Jordan I think has bigger impact. He made basketball international.

[@thanksfernuthin]

Gee... I kind of want to see more of the SNL sketch.

[@scubasteve7638]

Every time I I see Gretzky I expect to hear a British/English accent when he starts talking.

[@yossarian1633]

Back in the days when they scored goals in the NHL.

[@macruz1221]

he looks like an eastern European cabinet minister

[@Yash_Pai]

macruz1221 your comment is very underrated

[@milo101lookup3]

He looks like Jimmy Stewart!

[@dawnfayful]

Woo! Talkin bout my hometown Edmonton!!!

[@Jasonvoorheesplace]

You can keep Bieber give us back. Gretzky❤🇨🇦

[@influenza99]

Oilers need him back!

[@iamimmortal9920]

Grezky changed the fate of la

[@Ethan-vi1my]

Go blues

[@Shakespearelover14]

we did not say that about beiber

[@whateverpbk]

"Being 28 years old and not understanding the business side of sports". C'mon thats not true Gretzky isn't stupid he knew. Switch from Alberta to southern california with an actress wife sounds reasonable.

[@Carfalog]

whateverpbk He didn’t want to leave Edmonton. He was traded believe it or not and was absolutely wrecked by it.

[@Nikkeloodeon]

Great people, all of them. :)

[@ZombieX13]

At any moment I'm expecting his false teeth to fall out.

[@makiavelli614]

Nobody: Literally no one: Conan: H E I S T H E G R E A T O N E

[@GreatNorthWeb]

Did he say Edmonton Boilers?

[@LuisMarad0na]

Edmonton boilers? lol

[@selfdiscardedkingofruin7291]

Molecular man

[@misssmargo]

Wayne Gretzky seems like such a nice man.

OMG Tywin Lannister

[@MrFoxPredator]

I always think gretzkys teeth are fake lol

[@hckyroxs]

Have you watched hockey? Most hockey players have at least a few fake teeth if not all of them.

[@MrFoxPredator]

uhhh duhh no uhhhhh I don't know hockey whatz is hockey duhhh."

[@hckyroxs]

Sarcasm on your part aside, you should have known how hockey players are always losing teeth.

[@CrownOfTheTown]

hckyroxs Shit must go over your head all the live long fucking day.

[@hckyroxs]

Alrighty then

[@papi-sauce]

dude is dressed for sunday

[@flexor212000]

Those veneers on Wayne. OMG when will this hollywood trend stop! Everyone is walking around looking like a horse and talking strangely.

[@empire0]

Well he is a hockey player, so theres a good chance he's missing a few teeth anyway.

[@frannie19911]

You realize one he is Canadian so he may very well have an accent? And two he played Professional Hockey for 2 decades and hockey in general his whole life so along the way he could have lost chipped or lost teeth.

[@flexor212000]

Meetero Look at pics and videos of him after retirement..It's for looks.

[@thebuzzcjc]

I suddenly have the urge to play a piano and watch a Gary Busey movie...

[@Sloth55Chunk]

Francesca De Castro We dont have accents in southern ontario (where the great one is from). We sound just like Conan or virtually any other tv host.

[@sandramastrangelo7672]

Wow! He's beginning to look more like his dad, Walter. Just saying.

[@scottc4716]

Wayne's a nice guy but the trade ruined hockey, after Bruce Mcnall was allowed to do the trade, players salaries skyrocketed, and Canadian teams with very little money were no longer able to compete. The last Canadian team to win a cup was Montreal and that was well over ten years ago now.

[@scottc4716]

Fascists? Look we love the game, but look at what has happened to the game since the trade. The Canadian teams just don't have the money to compete with American ones. Its created an uneven playing field.

[@almo8989]

I'm a Canadian, but the trade helped the game grow a lot. Just look at how many players getting drafted out of the USA now. A day will come when there will be more Americans than Canadians just because the population is so much bigger down there. I have no problem with it. I just wanna see the best players in the game and not just from Canada.

[@JoshOrtiz88]

Nathan C Brilliantly written and as an American, I appreciate the Canadian, Russian, Swiss, Czech and worldwide contribution to the game. I love Canada. I look forward to the next Winter Olympics.

[@amazinmets8439]

Scott Crichton Buddy I hate to break it to you, but it's been more than 10 years since the Canadiens won the cup. Try 20 +.

[@scottc4716]

John John True that

[@flatulantbrothers]

holy shit he looks more and more like his old man

[@OlymPigs2010]

..Shady Diggins!