Summer S’mores with Conan and the Chill Chums Season 5 Episode 4

Summary

Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend: Summer S’mores with Conan and the Chill Chums – Season 5 Episode 4 Summary

Release Date: August 14, 2025

In Season 5, Episode 4 of Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, titled "Summer S’mores with Conan and the Chill Chums," host Conan O’Brien reunites with his longtime friends and collaborators, Matt Gourley and Sona Movsesian, along with guest David Hopping. The episode is a blend of humorous banter, personal anecdotes, and interactive games, all set against the backdrop of a summer-themed gathering focused on camaraderie and light-hearted fun.

1. Welcoming David Hopping and Cocktail Creations [01:22 – 06:13]

The episode kicks off with Conan introducing David Hopping, highlighting his impressive cocktail-making skills. David presents a concoction humorously named "Sun Damage," a tequila-based drink designed to emulate the appearance of a sunburn with egg white foam and boba beads representing sunspots.

Conan O’Brien [01:55]: "This is a drink that evokes the tropics and melanoma."

The trio engages in playful teasing about non-alcoholic beverages, with Conan humorously attempting to abstain from alcohol despite the festive setting.

Conan O’Brien [03:15]: "I'm doing the old no booze thing. Been doing it for quite a while."

2. Anecdotes and Personal Stories [03:24 – 10:00]

The conversation shifts to personal stories, including Conan’s experience filming in Austria where he navigated social interactions without consuming alcohol. Matt shares his unique method of acknowledging his substance use with his children by referring to cannabis as "medicine."

Matt Gourley [11:38]: "I have a joint in my pocket right now that I'm looking forward to partaking in later."

The group shares laughs over mishaps, such as Conan’s humorous tale of consuming egg whites from a crate on the 405 Freeway, leading to a wardrobe malfunction.

Conan O’Brien [13:19]: "I just ran down the street. My pants fell down."

3. Interactive Game Segment: Mind Meld [17:00 – 26:55]

Seeking to add a dynamic element to the episode, Conan introduces a word association game called "Mind Meld." The rules involve participants clapping and saying a word simultaneously, aiming to find a common link between successive words. The game serves as a platform for witty exchanges and showcases the chemistry among the participants.

Conan O’Brien [17:39]: "I'm not sure I understand, but I will try to understand."

Despite initial challenges, the game fosters laughter and reveals the playful competitiveness between Conan and Matt.

Conan O’Brien [20:14]: "Why do you act like this is a communist show trial and your life is in danger?"

4. Reflections and Preparations for Upcoming Episodes [27:00 – 29:26]

As the episode nears its conclusion, the group reflects on their interactions and teases future content. Conan hints at an upcoming episode centered around the popular lawn game Cornhole, setting expectations for more competitive and strategic fun.

Conan O’Brien [28:18]: "Long legs and a short torso."

The trio exchanges final jokes and expresses appreciation for their enduring friendship, reinforcing the podcast's core theme of seeking genuine connections.

Conan O’Brien [28:45]: "Love always wins. And I am again sober."

5. Notable Quotes and Highlights

• Conan O’Brien [03:05]: "When I met you, you couldn't read. And now look at you."
• Matt Gourley [11:38]: "I have a joint in my pocket right now that I'm looking forward to partaking in later."
• Conan O’Brien [17:39]: "I'm not sure I understand, but I will try to understand."
• Conan O’Brien [28:45]: "Love always wins. And I am again sober."

6. Conclusion

Summer S’mores with Conan and the Chill Chums encapsulates the essence of Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend by blending humor, personal narratives, and interactive segments to explore the dynamics of friendship and camaraderie. The episode underscores Conan’s continuous quest for meaningful connections, all while maintaining his trademark wit and charm.

Listeners are left anticipating future episodes, eager to witness the evolving relationships and the entertaining escapades that Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend consistently delivers.

Transcript

[Conan O'Brien]

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[Matt Gourley]

There's nothing.

[Conan O'Brien]

Toasted marshmallows, melted Hershey's chocolate, crunchy graham crackers. The classic taste brings family and friends together for Ooey gooey good times. Saying that with a straight face.

[Matt Gourley]

Yeah.

[Conan O'Brien]

And college diploma. Ooey gooey good times make s' more memories. See what I did this summer with Hershey's milk chocolate?

[Sona Movsesian]

Summer S' mores with Conan and the Chill Chums. A six part series with Conan o', Brien, Sonam of Session and Matt Gourley. Let's get started.

[Conan O'Brien]

And we're back. Welcome to episode four of Summer S' Mores 2025. And we've got a big treat here, don't we, Mr. Gourley?

[David Hopping]

Let's bring in David Hopping.

[Conan O'Brien]

David Q. Hopping.

[David Hopping]

Thank you, David.

[Matt Gourley]

Finally.

[Conan O'Brien]

Thank you so much, David. These look. I mean, this is the most. This might be the most elaborate cocktail I've ever seen. It looks gorgeous. Mr. Gourley, I saw you in the kitchen working very hard on these. Tell me what's going on.

[David Hopping]

Well, this is something I call the sun damage.

[Conan O'Brien]

Okay, the sun damage.

[David Hopping]

So it's meant to be basically the color of a sunburn with a little egg white foam on top. That's like the sunblock with a little extra sunblock here in the lime.

[Conan O'Brien]

So this is an actual sunblock in the lime. I can eat it.

[David Hopping]

No, it's not. And then there's some boba beads that are white to represent sunspots. Red for freckles and then dark for liver spots or melanoma or whatever.

[Conan O'Brien]

Oh, man, that's nice. A drink that evokes the. The tropics and melanoma.

[Matt Gourley]

Yeah.

[Conan O'Brien]

And so this is called the sun damage and it looks extraordinary. And you are very good at this. I like to try and put you down. I search for ways to put you down, but when it comes to making cocktails, you're the maestro.

[Matt Gourley]

Yeah.

[David Hopping]

Thank you. This is tequila based. It's a very California drink. So it's served up with no ice.

[Matt Gourley]

I just want to drink. The more you talk, the less.

[Conan O'Brien]

Yeah, let's drink it.

[Matt Gourley]

The longer it takes for me to drink it. Mmm. I'm sorry. I just couldn't hear you explain it anymore. But it's nice.

[David Hopping]

I understand.

[Conan O'Brien]

Very good.

[Matt Gourley]

It's so delicious.

[David Hopping]

I was just making a political point that there's no ice.

[Matt Gourley]

Okay. That's really important.

[Conan O'Brien]

Really? You know what? You stood up to the man. I did.

[David Hopping]

By making a fancy resort concert.

[Matt Gourley]

That's really good, girls.

[Conan O'Brien]

This is excellent.

[Matt Gourley]

Of my life.

[Conan O'Brien]

I'm doing the old no booze thing. Been doing it for quite a while. And so mine is. What? That's all right.

[Matt Gourley]

I'm kidding.

[Conan O'Brien]

It's a common response.

[Matt Gourley]

No, I'm kidding.

[Conan O'Brien]

Whenever I go to fraternities, that's how they respond. What I did have. When I was shooting in Austria with Jordan, we shot something where we're supposed to be getting trashed and we're with these other guys. And you can see it in the Austria episode. We're at a ski resort and I'm with these other guys. I leave Jordan for them, and we're having a really good time. And then I hung out with those guys and they were great. They were really fun. A bunch of them were from Austria. We were having beers and I was having. They could tell I was having non alcoholic beer. Fine. And then I went upstairs to get a bite to eat. And when I came back downstairs, they didn't know I was there. And one of them said, well, never meet your hero. Oh, no. Because you were having alcohol.

[Sona Movsesian]

There's nothing wrong with that.

[David Hopping]

And non alcoholic beers are pretty decent.

[Conan O'Brien]

Non alcoholic beer is excellent.

[David Hopping]

Spirits, not so much.

[Conan O'Brien]

That's what yours is. If someone says, try this non alcoholic tequila, they're basically giving you death.

[David Hopping]

That's why your cocktail tastes like monkey's piss.

[Conan O'Brien]

No, this is. Mine is good. Mine is good.

[Matt Gourley]

No, I, I, I actually don't. I like drinking.

[Conan O'Brien]

Oh, we know, we know. Yeah, we have it on tape.

[Matt Gourley]

But I would. I actually prefer other ways of.

[Conan O'Brien]

You like a gummy high? Yeah, you like a gummy. Would you ever make a drink Goerli? And I'm not saying we would do this for next year, but would you ever make A drink that had gummy in it, that had like THC gummies. THC gummies.

[Sona Movsesian]

I could try.

[David Hopping]

I really don't know what I'm doing. I make it up each time and I fail a lot. Yesterday I was trying two different drinks and I got so drunk that I couldn't tell which one was good. So I don't even know if this is good.

[Matt Gourley]

Well, really good.

[Conan O'Brien]

We're gonna have a intervention for you. And then we realize we're just not that interested in helping you appreciate that.

[Matt Gourley]

We're not interested.

[Conan O'Brien]

No. We couldn't find any friends.

[David Hopping]

We're gonna get an intervention for you to try to get you to drink.

[Matt Gourley]

I love an intervention.

[Conan O'Brien]

You're more fun when you're drinking. Anybody who we were looking so hard for, Gorly, we did this big blast. Even my wife. Your wife was like, oh, no, he pisses himself to sleep every night. But I can't be. I can't be.

[Matt Gourley]

I. I'm busy.

[Conan O'Brien]

I'm kind of busy with stuff. She said that she's in a book group and she's not in a book.

[David Hopping]

Club, she's in a book group.

[Conan O'Brien]

A what club?

[Matt Gourley]

You said book group, but I think you meant book club, right?

[Conan O'Brien]

Yeah. Let's all laugh at my neurological decay. Okay, you're gonna listen to this in three years, I'm wearing a diaper over at Cedar Sinai and you guys are chuckling over my neurological decay. This is quite good.

[Matt Gourley]

This is so good.

[Conan O'Brien]

Thank you. Cheers.

[Matt Gourley]

I love this. I love the cream.

[Conan O'Brien]

Thank you.

[Matt Gourley]

Cheers, pal. That's it. That's it. You did it.

[Conan O'Brien]

Ah, this is really good.

[Matt Gourley]

I like little umbrellas.

[Conan O'Brien]

Yeah, Keep listing things you like. It's fun.

[Matt Gourley]

I like little spoons.

[Conan O'Brien]

Yep, that's great. Keep going.

[Matt Gourley]

I like little limes that are bowls.

[Conan O'Brien]

Yeah, that's nice.

[Matt Gourley]

And I like. You know what? I enjoy a drinky from time to time.

[Conan O'Brien]

Yes, you do. And I've been there.

[David Hopping]

Cheers again for that, by the way.

[Conan O'Brien]

And you're. You're. Would you say tamer than you were back in the day when you and I. When you and I were traveling around. We're on tour, we're staying in hotel rooms. You could rock and roll.

[Matt Gourley]

Well, I. I would. We would go to a hotel, the hotel bar with everybody from the tour. And I'd be like, I'm going to try all these sugary drinks. So I could tell people that, like, you know, the rusty trombone is really good. And the Detroit.

[David Hopping]

Wait, timeout.

[Conan O'Brien]

Wait, hold on.

[David Hopping]

Time out.

[Conan O'Brien]

When you said the rusty trombone's really good. I went out and asked people for the rusty trombone. Got it. And then had to be on penicillin for, like, six months.

[Matt Gourley]

You got it?

[Conan O'Brien]

I got that, Yeah. I went up to these guys and I said, hey, someone give me the rusty trombone. And they said, you really want the rusty trombone? And I said, I'm here, and I'm ready to go. And then I closed my eyes and kept them closed, which is a weird thing to do. I love that the new guy's laughing. Yeah, it makes me funny.

[Matt Gourley]

Josh loves it.

[Conan O'Brien]

Josh is cracking up over there. Josh. That means when the crew's laughing, it means you're legitimately funny, especially when you're not paying them well. And he is really. We are not paying you well. And you came in angry today and feeling exploited, and now you're laughing. That means I really scored.

[Matt Gourley]

You did it.

[Conan O'Brien]

Yeah.

[Matt Gourley]

I feel like I set you up for it, though, with the rusty trombone. Nice job, Sona. Cheers. Ding, ding.

[Conan O'Brien]

Sona, everyone knew that you were a main part of that cocktail, the comedy cocktail. And so you should have been feeling secure.

[Matt Gourley]

Yeah, I do. I feel secure. I'll take credit even when I didn't do anything. It's called showbiz. Yeah, showbiz, baby.

[Conan O'Brien]

Oh, wow. You just. You know, it's funny how quickly you become drunk. You'll have a sip and be saying things like, yeah, look at the ass on that guy. That's an apple I'd like to take a bite out of. And I'm like, I think there's a placebo effect with sona.

[David Hopping]

Well, I'm curious to see if there will be with you because you always talk a good game, but every year we do this, you start slurring your words and saying, we're drunk. But you get drunk, too. And I think you.

[Conan O'Brien]

I do not. It's not my thing. And that's libel.

[Matt Gourley]

I love these little moles at the bottom. Oh, yeah, I got a mole removed.

[Conan O'Brien]

What's that? You.

[Matt Gourley]

Yeah.

[Conan O'Brien]

What are you talking about?

[Matt Gourley]

I got a mole removed from my back. I was pointing you. Cause you've gotten Probably a lot.

[David Hopping]

We've talked about this before. I've had hundreds. I've shown you guys my back.

[Matt Gourley]

Yeah. But I've never. I never got a mole removed. I like, but I get. I did. Thank you. It's. It's nice to be here.

[Conan O'Brien]

Yeah. I had something removed from my back. It turned out it was an Endeavor agent.

[David Hopping]

Jesus.

[Matt Gourley]

Oh, my God.

[Conan O'Brien]

And as I took it off, he said, I get 15.

[Matt Gourley]

Wow.

[Conan O'Brien]

Yeah.

[Matt Gourley]

That's. That's very inside baseball.

[Conan O'Brien]

It's really good stuff.

[Matt Gourley]

I'm telling you, that agency doesn't exist anymore.

[Conan O'Brien]

Well, it doesn't work. The joke isn't as good if you say it. It was a dummy WME Endeavor Agency.

[David Hopping]

You know, Conan, I realized I almost made you sick because these sonas in my drink have egg white foam.

[Conan O'Brien]

Yeah.

[David Hopping]

And because yours doesn't have alcohol, I realized I can't put egg white in.

[Conan O'Brien]

There because I don't understand. Is there a chemistry involved?

[David Hopping]

Yeah, you can get salmonella, but the alcohol kills the toxins in that. But you don't have alcohol. Maybe there's a time.

[Conan O'Brien]

Wish you told me sooner, but then I thought maybe I should. I ate a box of egg whites I found by the 405 Freeway. I just saw them and I quickly ate as much of them as I could. Then I ran away and my pants fell down. This is a good story. You know what I love? No alcohol in this drink and I'm sloshed, sloshed out of my mind. That I love you and Sona. I love you. I love you guys. I really love you guys.

[Matt Gourley]

That's nice.

[Conan O'Brien]

Yeah.

[Matt Gourley]

I like drunk Conan. I do.

[Conan O'Brien]

Non alcoholic drunk Conan.

[Matt Gourley]

Okay.

[David Hopping]

Borrow a little money, drunk Conan.

[Conan O'Brien]

You bet. Whatever you want. I'll give you the check, you fill it out. Sonnet will sign it.

[Matt Gourley]

Can you buy me a car?

[Conan O'Brien]

I already did.

[Matt Gourley]

No, you didn't, though. You know you didn't.

[Conan O'Brien]

I did. I bought you a car. It was on television. Look it up, everybody.

[Matt Gourley]

That car.

[Conan O'Brien]

Nice car.

[Matt Gourley]

So terrible. Also funny, you messed up my car. My actual car.

[Conan O'Brien]

And then it was messed up before.

[Matt Gourley]

No, you ripped out the sunglass holder. And then Chalemmy, who was the field.

[Conan O'Brien]

Those are irreplaceable.

[Matt Gourley]

No, he came by and he's like. He was trying to fix the things that you messed up. And I was like, is anyone going to fix this sunglass holder? And he said, no. And then. And then it was just broken.

[Conan O'Brien]

That's a great line producer right there that knows to do that. Listen, you're doing a lot of whining, complaining about a man. Look at you. You're getting well taken care of in this business.

[Matt Gourley]

You are.

[David Hopping]

I know you've done well.

[Conan O'Brien]

When I met you, you couldn't read. And now look at you.

[Matt Gourley]

Come on.

[Conan O'Brien]

It's true.

[Matt Gourley]

No.

[Conan O'Brien]

Yes.

[Matt Gourley]

You couldn't read.

[Conan O'Brien]

Good one. By the way, that improv class paid off big time. Welcome to my ice cream shop. No, you're the ice cream shop.

[Matt Gourley]

Yeah, your Face is the ice cream. I should do an improv class.

[Conan O'Brien]

Yeah, right. You know what would be funny? I would love to see you doing improv. Wasted.

[Matt Gourley]

Yeah.

[Conan O'Brien]

Because I bet that would be. That would combine. I know that people have said that before, but you would be particularly entertaining.

[Matt Gourley]

Yeah, I think so. I think that it enhances. I have a. I'm. I'm going to say I have a joint in my pocket right now that I'm looking forward to partaking in later. And I feel like when I do, I'm really. I'm on it.

[Conan O'Brien]

Do you call it. When your kids walk in, do you say, it's mama's medicine?

[Matt Gourley]

I actually. I do. I'm like, I got to go take. I don't actually tell them. I call it. Say it's attack. I was like, I want to go do. Take my medicine. And then I go to. In front of a church that's a block away from me.

[Conan O'Brien]

What?

[Matt Gourley]

Cause I know no one's in there. Well, I live in, like, a church.

[Conan O'Brien]

That no one goes to. That's a sad. That was the saddest sentence. You smoking pot in front of a church. Nobody goes to to hide from your children.

[David Hopping]

And presumably, someone comes in for, like, help from their clergyman, and there's just a woman in there smoking a joint.

[Matt Gourley]

Well, no, here's what happens. Cause it happens at night, and they'll go to. They'll go to sleep. The boys go to sleep. Tack is home, and I'll be like, I gotta go take my medicine. And I walk a block over to a church, and I sit in front of it, and I.

[Conan O'Brien]

You don't go inside. That's.

[Matt Gourley]

No. I don't go inside, and I take my medicine.

[Conan O'Brien]

The devil can't go into a church.

[David Hopping]

This is where we should have been in the first episode, right? Leading with this.

[Matt Gourley]

This is why you guys shouldn't hold the alcohol from him.

[Conan O'Brien]

I. You know, I say go for it. So. So then what? You come home, and suddenly you're Cheech and Chonged? You're feeling good? You walk in the door, oh, what's going on? Are you in a different place? Can the kids tell that mama's different now?

[Matt Gourley]

Yeah. And then I'll watch. No, the boys are sleeping. They're sleeping. They've never seen me.

[Conan O'Brien]

You duct tape them to the bed?

[Matt Gourley]

I was gonna say they've never seen me high.

[Conan O'Brien]

Right?

[Matt Gourley]

But I don't know if that's. They may have taken. I may have taken a little beep, beep, boop, boop, beep, beep. Beep, beep, boop. But that was just.

[David Hopping]

You called someone on a 1980s telephone, right?

[Matt Gourley]

Why am I talking? Whatever.

[Conan O'Brien]

It's good, Stu.

[Matt Gourley]

Eating the egg whites off the 405 Freeway.

[Conan O'Brien]

Big crate of egg whites fell off a truck. They were in the sun for, I think, only six hours. I was driving along the 405. I saw them. I bashed open the crate and then some rats tried to get in. And we fought over the egg whites. And then I won. I threw the rats as far as I could. They hit the 10 freeway, and I wasn't even at the junction. Thank you. Good guy laughing over there. Not getting paid enough. And then I just ate as much of those hot egg whites as I could. Sounds good. I think they're a couple years old, I think from the Obama administration. And then I just ran down the street. My pants fell down. That's the kind of story that people like. This episode is brought to you by L.L. bean. But the chipper mood is sponsored by some time in the sun. I have to say, when the weather's nice, I like to get on my bike and ride. I really do. I love riding my bike.

[Matt Gourley]

Yeah, that's cool.

[Conan O'Brien]

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[Matt Gourley]

Oh, from.

[Conan O'Brien]

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[Matt Gourley]

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[Conan O'Brien]

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[David Hopping]

I only do my taxes when I go camping.

[Conan O'Brien]

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[Matt Gourley]

This is all I've ever.

[Conan O'Brien]

This is like the movie the Sting. It's this really long con. It's taken years to play out. We don't disagree on s'. Mores. The whole thing was staged just to get some attention. And now old man Hershey has found himself in our snare. Ha ha. Yeah. Well, anyway, they decided to sponsor some s', mores, but they left me out. Matt and Sona got all this amazing merch and swag. I got nothing because I'm anti s'. More. Well, now I understand why my past comments on s' mores divided a nation. A nation which is rarely divided. But Hershey's. I want you to know my beef is not with you. I love chocolate. I love your new Hershey caramel bar. I believe that a s' more could be just chocolate and graham cracker, no marshmallow needed. I had the new Hershey's caramel. It was great. It was terrific. Sana, what do you think? How is the s' more with caramel? Tell me what you think.

[Matt Gourley]

It's so good. I mean, honestly, if anybody tries to give me a smart without Hershey's chocolate, I just smack it out of their hand.

[Conan O'Brien]

Yes.

[Matt Gourley]

And the caramel just up the game big time.

[Conan O'Brien]

I saw your face light up.

[Matt Gourley]

That was my. I feel like tasting that was my purpose in life.

[Conan O'Brien]

Try Hershey's milk chocolate with caramel today. Smell. More. More.

[David Hopping]

Remember last year we played that game Chubby Bunny where we stuffed marshmallows in our face?

[Conan O'Brien]

Yeah.

[David Hopping]

So it was suggested again that we play another game, and we wait for the alcohol usually, to do this.

[Conan O'Brien]

Yep.

[David Hopping]

And we're. You guys want to try again?

[Matt Gourley]

I'm lubed up.

[Conan O'Brien]

Okay.

[David Hopping]

You have to put your cocktails down, though.

[Matt Gourley]

Okay.

[David Hopping]

Okay. This is a game.

[Conan O'Brien]

Yeah.

[David Hopping]

It's called Mind Meld. And the way it works is Sona and I will start, and on the count of three, we'll both clap our hands and say any word that comes to our mind.

[Matt Gourley]

Okay.

[David Hopping]

And then you gotta turn to Conan, and on the count of three, you guys clap and you both say a word. But based on what we just said, you have to try to say the same word, and then you won't get it right away. And then you turn to me. What are you already looking off into the distance for?

[Conan O'Brien]

I'm not sure I understand, but I will try to understand.

[David Hopping]

Okay, so, like, you and I will try it, and based on what we say, you Might start to develop. Like there's a theme or something. Or you can find a common word that links those two. That's what you want to find.

[Conan O'Brien]

Okay.

[David Hopping]

And then you will turn to me, we'll count to three and try to do it. And we'll keep going in circle until we two people say the same word.

[Matt Gourley]

Oh, that's fun.

[Conan O'Brien]

Okay, I'm fascinated.

[Matt Gourley]

But who do you think is going to say the same word? I think me and cones.

[David Hopping]

You think?

[Matt Gourley]

Yeah.

[Conan O'Brien]

Thanks.

[Matt Gourley]

Oh, no. It's because we've worked together for so long that sometimes.

[David Hopping]

Yeah, but he's gonna destroy this thing.

[Matt Gourley]

I know. Okay.

[Conan O'Brien]

I don't. I honestly, we don't talk about these things beforehand because no effort goes into these shows. No, there's really no professionalism.

[David Hopping]

All you have to do is listen to the two words that are said before your turn and try to think of a word that unites those two or is common between those two.

[Conan O'Brien]

Okay.

[David Hopping]

Or try to predict where someone is heading.

[Conan O'Brien]

I'll do what I can. Okay, you ready?

[Matt Gourley]

I'm ready. I'm so ready.

[David Hopping]

One. One, two, three. Truck.

[Matt Gourley]

Chicken.

[David Hopping]

Okay, now go. Chicken and truck. And you guys just don't think. The whole thing is not to think.

[Matt Gourley]

Oh, so we say it on the clap?

[David Hopping]

Yeah. One, two, three.

[Conan O'Brien]

Cutlet.

[David Hopping]

What did you say?

[Matt Gourley]

I said taco.

[David Hopping]

Cutlet and taco. One, two, three. Burrito.

[Conan O'Brien]

Burrito.

[David Hopping]

No, you.

[Conan O'Brien]

I just wanted it to stop. I just wanted it to stop. No, I didn't real. I remember that. I had to go so quickly. I didn't think I was going so quickly.

[David Hopping]

We'll start again.

[Conan O'Brien]

Ok. But I said cutlet because I thought of a chicken being crushed under a truck wheel and becoming a cutlass.

[David Hopping]

That's fine.

[Sona Movsesian]

That's fine.

[Matt Gourley]

I did. I didn't. I thought about getting a taco from a truck that chicken.

[Conan O'Brien]

But I think whatever game we play, you're gonna yell taco.

[Matt Gourley]

Yeah, I am. I love taco.

[Conan O'Brien]

Okay, Sony, Eisenhower. Taco.

[Matt Gourley]

You said burrito.

[Conan O'Brien]

Okay, quiet.

[David Hopping]

One, two, three.

[Matt Gourley]

Chocolate quesadilla. Okay.

[David Hopping]

One, two, three.

[Conan O'Brien]

Cookie. What did you do? What did you do? What did you do? You went.

[Matt Gourley]

I couldn't think of a word.

[David Hopping]

Okay, so start with me again.

[Conan O'Brien]

Let's try it again.

[David Hopping]

You can't think. One, two, three.

[Conan O'Brien]

Beach. I didn't hear what you said.

[David Hopping]

Beech and tree. One, two, three.

[Conan O'Brien]

Calm.

[David Hopping]

What did you say?

[Matt Gourley]

Waves.

[David Hopping]

One, two, three.

[Conan O'Brien]

Sand.

[David Hopping]

What'd you say?

[Conan O'Brien]

Sing Sing and sand.

[David Hopping]

You and me. One, two, three. South Pacific.

[Matt Gourley]

What the.

[Conan O'Brien]

What the hell?

[David Hopping]

It's a Musical that takes place on the beach.

[Conan O'Brien]

Yeah. In 1951.

[Matt Gourley]

Oh, my God.

[David Hopping]

South Pacific and Castle.

[Matt Gourley]

Ready?

[David Hopping]

One, two, three.

[Matt Gourley]

Moat. Yes. Yes. I knew it. I knew it.

[Conan O'Brien]

Sona and I are twins.

[David Hopping]

Yeah.

[Conan O'Brien]

Not separated at birth. Separated. Maybe before birth. Some kind of crazy operation. That was really cool. I mean, we are mind melded. You know that.

[Matt Gourley]

That was really cool. I knew it. I said it. I said it.

[Conan O'Brien]

I know. I'm agreeing with you.

[Matt Gourley]

Yes.

[Conan O'Brien]

Why do you act like this is a communist show trial and your life is in danger?

[Matt Gourley]

You make so much fun of me, but you think like me.

[Conan O'Brien]

Yes.

[Matt Gourley]

So what does that say about you?

[Conan O'Brien]

I hate myself. You are like me. I hate you.

[David Hopping]

That's good.

[Conan O'Brien]

That's a simple formula.

[Matt Gourley]

Oh, that was cool. That was cool.

[Conan O'Brien]

That was great.

[Matt Gourley]

That's a fun game.

[Conan O'Brien]

Yeah.

[David Hopping]

Play it with your friends.

[Conan O'Brien]

That's great. I love that game. Now, Sona, I saw you upstairs playing some kind of 70s trivia game. But all the questions were crazily easy.

[Matt Gourley]

They were very easy.

[Conan O'Brien]

I mean, like, insanely easy.

[Matt Gourley]

They were. Oh, there they are. So I was going through all the stuff that I had been that people had donated to me after my house burned down in January, right? And it was a lot of, like, clothes and stuff and, you know, really, really sweet.

[Conan O'Brien]

That's really nice that people did that.

[Matt Gourley]

And then somebody, I don't know who it was, gave me 70s trivia game. And it's all about, like, pop culture in the 70s. And I'm like, if I know two guys who would like this game, it's cones and girls. But they're easy.

[Conan O'Brien]

Well, fine. I'm sure there are some that aren't.

[Matt Gourley]

You know what I'm gonna do? Television. Cause I think we did most of the movies and girls got like, all of them. Which British punk band in 1976 generated huge controversy after swearing repeatedly on the Crystals?

[Conan O'Brien]

Yeah, that's. That is the punk band in 76. Now. You go, a year or two later, you got your Clash. But, I mean, it's Sex Pistol. Never mind the Bongs.

[Matt Gourley]

I didn't want to play with you on the Sonny and Cher Show. What was the title of the song released in 1960?

[Conan O'Brien]

It's the only song they have is I Got you, babe.

[Matt Gourley]

Which 1976.

[Conan O'Brien]

I didn't realize we were in a race to do this. Is this a race?

[David Hopping]

I don't know. You just seem to want to explain every question.

[Conan O'Brien]

Yeah, I want to ruin, you know, the way when a bicycle's going along and the little girl riding it's having a lot of fun if you ride alongside them and put a stick in the spokes. Yeah. Little girls goes flying.

[Matt Gourley]

Which 1970s musical sitcom has a theme tune called Come On, Get Happy used.

[Conan O'Brien]

For Come on, get Happy?

[Matt Gourley]

No.

[David Hopping]

Oh, monkeys.

[Matt Gourley]

No.

[Conan O'Brien]

Do you want to stop for a second? Come on. Da da da da. Say ba ba da da da. You're still get Happy. I'm not trying to race you. I'm trying to get you to know it. But I know that's a lie. That is true.

[Matt Gourley]

On which ship featured in the title of a 1970s TV show would you find Lieutenant Starbucks?

[David Hopping]

Oh, Battlestar Galactica.

[Matt Gourley]

Did you know that one?

[Conan O'Brien]

I did. But I know who played Starbuck.

[David Hopping]

Who?

[Conan O'Brien]

The guy who later was on the A team.

[David Hopping]

That's right.

[Matt Gourley]

Okay.

[David Hopping]

Dirk Benedict.

[Matt Gourley]

So I guess he had no name. Oh, there we go.

[Conan O'Brien]

Benedict Dirk. If you're looking up in the phone book, we're.

[Matt Gourley]

We're back to the game. Who's a bigger dork?

[Conan O'Brien]

Welcome to dorkdom.

[Matt Gourley]

In What? In the 1978 animated series the New I gotta go. What is the character of Ben Grimm better known as the Thing.

[Conan O'Brien]

Why did that doesn't even relate to a TV show.

[David Hopping]

It's a television show.

[Conan O'Brien]

The Fantastic Four was a television show cartoon. Yeah, I was just thinking of the comic book. When did it become a TV show?

[David Hopping]

In the 70s.

[Conan O'Brien]

I'm sober. Tragically sober.

[Matt Gourley]

So you should be doing better. That one.

[Conan O'Brien]

I know. I didn't realize we were racing. I don't like these racing games.

[Matt Gourley]

Which crime fighting show is home to the characters Huggy Bear and Captain Harold?

[Conan O'Brien]

Okay, and who played Huggy Bear?

[Matt Gourley]

Snoop?

[Conan O'Brien]

Antonio Fergus. I don't know.

[Matt Gourley]

Okay. He did. In the movie.

[Conan O'Brien]

In the movie. But in a TV show. Played by Antonio Fargate.

[Matt Gourley]

Yeah.

[David Hopping]

I didn't realize this was a race.

[Matt Gourley]

Oh, played by John Forsyth. What was the name of the Charlie's Angels? Okay. Peter Falk provided his own wardrobe for Columbo's iconic outfit in the show of the same name. What shabby item was he famous for wearing?

[Conan O'Brien]

A trench coat.

[David Hopping]

And the sound people used to get mad at him because it wasn't a soft jacket.

[Conan O'Brien]

Okay.

[Matt Gourley]

Yeah. Great. Let's get some extra details from both of you for literally each answer.

[David Hopping]

Why are we arguing? We're so much alike in this aspect.

[Matt Gourley]

We mind meld and you two. Dork meld.

[Conan O'Brien]

Welcome. The Vulcan dork meld is not often talked about in Star Trek lore.

[Matt Gourley]

You guys want to keep two nerds.

[Conan O'Brien]

Go up and touch their glasses when the tape holding the Glasses together, touches they dork meld. I am your nerd and I always will be your nerd.

[Matt Gourley]

This one's a British show in Fawlty Towers. What kind of salad is an American guest famously unable to get the hotel kitchen to make?

[Conan O'Brien]

Wait, what are you talking. I didn't even hear the question because Hugh and I were still doing the.

[Matt Gourley]

Last bit in Fawlty Towers. What kind of salad is an American guest famously unable to get the hotel salad? That's wrong.

[Conan O'Brien]

I just said it. I don't know what they're talking about.

[Matt Gourley]

Waldorf salad.

[David Hopping]

Welcome to the Dorkmel.

[Conan O'Brien]

You said that you can't say Waldorf salad in the same tone as in your face. Waldorf salad. Mic drop.

[Matt Gourley]

Suck it.

[Conan O'Brien]

Insulata mista bitch. Caprese, Caprize, caprize. With a little balsamic peels out in a car laughing Bahasalic brothers just got me again. Go ahead.

[Matt Gourley]

Of which TV show features the lyrics? Make a hawk a dove stop a war with love. You guys won't know this.

[Conan O'Brien]

I'm gonna just say mash.

[Matt Gourley]

Making our dreams come true.

[Conan O'Brien]

Making our dreams come true.

[Matt Gourley]

Okay, now you have to sing it.

[David Hopping]

And we'll do it our way.

[Conan O'Brien]

Yes, our way. Sometimes I'm sad inside and I do it. That's just me thinking. Sorry, what is that? That's Laverne and Shirley.

[Matt Gourley]

Oh, yeah, I even knew that one.

[David Hopping]

But Hawk a dove is not that right?

[Matt Gourley]

No, but it says the show is making our dreams come true. I don't know what show that is.

[David Hopping]

Oh, I don't know that show either.

[Conan O'Brien]

Oh, so we made it. We get sidetracked there.

[Matt Gourley]

Yeah, you guys get sidetracked with every single one of these answers.

[Conan O'Brien]

All right, let's do a couple more and then get out.

[Matt Gourley]

In 1970s TV, who is the fictional character of Diana Prince, better known as Wonder Woman?

[David Hopping]

Wonder Woman. Did I get it?

[Conan O'Brien]

You got it.

[Matt Gourley]

Yeah, you did.

[Conan O'Brien]

A couple of months late.

[Matt Gourley]

But which long running show features characters that include Ruby Anderson, Joe Kelly, Leela Quartermain, and Gail Baldwin?

[Conan O'Brien]

What the hell?

[Matt Gourley]

You guys won't know this.

[Conan O'Brien]

Wait, read it.

[David Hopping]

Is it?

[Matt Gourley]

Unless your mom kept you home all day. General Hospital.

[Conan O'Brien]

Your bragging is so funny on this, you two. Unless your mother kept you home all day cause you couldn't focus on your reading, you weren't allowed at school. Some of us were kept home all day because the medications to get us to focus didn't exist yet. So take that.

[Matt Gourley]

Oh, my God.

[Conan O'Brien]

All right, we're gonna. I think we're gonna wrap this up, but Sony You're a terrific game show host. I think you're a very funny game show host and I think that's what you should be doing with your life. Please have that be what you do with your life.

[Matt Gourley]

Oh, okay.

[Conan O'Brien]

But no, I think you'd be very funny.

[Matt Gourley]

I think I would. I actually think I would crush it as a game show host. But I just want to read questions.

[Conan O'Brien]

And you know, the end of every game show would be, I want to thank the contestants. We'll see you next time. And you'd wander out of the studio, we'd follow you, you'd go to an empty church, smoke a doobie. Joe. Yo. You know, just alone as the camera panned up and it had the producers names come by.

[Matt Gourley]

Yeah. And they'd have this drink too.

[Conan O'Brien]

Labadab. All right, that's it for today. And this has been a really fun episode. And I think we learned what was missing in the other ones.

[David Hopping]

Alcohol.

[Conan O'Brien]

Alcohol.

[David Hopping]

Next week we're going to really, you two are really going to go head to head on a game and it's going to be quite an event.

[Conan O'Brien]

And a real game. Not some mind game, but a game that incorporates strategy but also coordination. Musculature, I hope. Long legs and a short torso.

[David Hopping]

You're right, I shouldn't have played that game. Because what we're going to do next week is so respectful, athletic, and you really, really have to be at the top of your game to play. Cornhole.

[Conan O'Brien]

Yeah, I didn't think you were going to blow the surprise. Usually you say, stick around and find out what happens. And you just said, hey, you should come see this movie. Orson Welles is in it. And by the way, Rosebud's the sled.

[David Hopping]

You don't think they would have been a little disappointed if we built it up and it was Cornhole?

[Conan O'Brien]

I love disappointing an audience. I built a career on it.

[Matt Gourley]

It's the same kind of storyline.

[Conan O'Brien]

32 years. 32 years of disappointment. Hey, I want to thank everyone that tuned in and well, just let you know that you listen to it. I know you love it, but we love making it. So love always wins. And I am again sober. That was a non alcoholic cocktail.

[David Hopping]

I think we better bring Dr. Arroyo.

[Conan O'Brien]

Dr. Arroyo, you gotta help me get out of here. Cause I can't do it. So. Ladies and gentlemen, Dr. Arroyo. It's right there.

[Sona Movsesian]

You said this tastes like monkey piss, but it doesn't.

[Conan O'Brien]

Amazing. The only one of us here to sample it. All right, we'll see you next time.

[Sona Movsesian]

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[Conan O'Brien]

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