The House Dick

Summary

Podcast Summary: "The House Dick"

Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend — December 4, 2025

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Episode Overview

This episode of Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend features a playful conversation with Trisha from the Philippines, who, along with her husband, manages a small hotel and restaurant. The hosts—Conan O’Brien, Matt Gourley, and Sona Movsesian—dive into Trisha’s entrepreneurial journey, the hospitality business, and Filipino cuisine, all while sharing comedic sketches and their trademark banter. Central to the episode is the exploration of running a boutique hotel and boosting a struggling restaurant, with Conan and Matt humorously offering to help—especially by becoming the resident “house detective” (or “house dick”).

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Meet Trisha: The Hotelier from the Philippines

• Trisha joins from Santo Tomas, Batangas, about an hour south of Manila ([02:13]).
• She’s happily married to Patrick and has a daughter about to turn three ([03:52]).
• Trisha and Patrick run a 22-room hotel, the Bravo Tanauan Hotel, and an in-house restaurant, Victorina’s Modern Restaurant and Bar ([04:42]; [07:07]).

2. Business Challenges and Marketing the Restaurant

• The hotel is thriving, but the restaurant is struggling with low foot traffic ([05:02]).
• Trisha wants more locals, not just hotel guests, to dine at the restaurant.
• Matt immediately jokes about marketing—suggesting a new name: "International House of Pancakes" (IHOP), Filipino style ([07:19]):
  • Matt Gourley: “We're going to change that name... We're going to call it the International House of Pancakes. Or IHOP for short.” ([07:20])

3. Careers in Hospitality — and Matt’s New Role

• Jokes abound about Matt and Conan helping out—in the kitchen, as servers, or running reception ([05:57], [08:11]).
• The conversation turns to uniforms, with Trisha describing the desk attendants’ scarves and uniform—Matt fantasizes about classic hotel bellhop attire and implements ([08:47], [17:02]).

4. The House Detective Sketch

• Matt introduces the concept of the “house dick” (old-timey hotel detective):
  • Matt Gourley: “Is it my job... to make sure that couples that say they're married really are married and sort of be the house detective? Do I get to pry into their personal lives at all?” ([09:23])
• The crew improvises a hilarious roleplay: Conan, Sona, and the team “check in” under suspicious circumstances while Matt interrogates (“You got lipstick all over your face, buddy!”) ([10:25-11:29]).
• The concept comes full circle with Matt relishing his persona:
  • Matt Gourley: “There’s white men and then there’s me. I’m a very, very white man... I want to be the house detective. That and also the I want to be dressed as a bellman, but working the front desk.” ([08:30], [19:47])

5. Trisha’s Path to Hospitality

• The hotel was founded on land owned by Patrick’s grandparents, catering to visiting engineers near an industrial park ([17:38]).
• Trisha’s background is in the arts, not hospitality; her family’s medical tradition made a business career seem the “safer” choice ([18:21]).
  • Trisha: “I was more into the arts. I actually belong to a family of doctors, so I was so out of place... I decided to take business so I can do more things.” ([18:21])

6. Filipino Cuisine and Local Color

• Matt asks if he’d be welcome in the Philippines, and they joke he’d be a local “attraction” for his height and red hair ([21:26]).
• Conversation takes a turn to intense Filipino dishes:
  • Balut — fertilized duck egg; Trisha says, “Sometimes you can even feel, like, the tiny bones go down your throat.” ([20:33])
  • Dinuguan — savory stew made with pig’s blood, which Conan mislabels as goat’s blood, drawing big laughs ([22:01]).
• Conan O’Brien (on balut): “And you just have balut the rest of your life.” ([20:30])
• Matt Gourley: “When you think about it, it’s no different than eating chicken. Or eating any fetus, so.” ([20:48])

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Matt Gourley (about helping the restaurant):
  “How could I help?”
  Trisha: “You can help by serving the people. You can be a waiter.” ([05:57])
• Matt Gourley (on the name change):
  “We're going to change that name... We're going to call it the International House of Pancakes... and when they come in, they get, you know, authentic food from the Philippines... Eat your food and fucking shut up.” ([07:19])
• Classic hotel bit:
  “Is it my job as the person at the front desk to make sure that couples that say they're married really are married... to be the house detective?” ([09:23])
• Filipino delicacies:
  Matt: “Do you like balot?”
  Trisha: “My dad does, though, but I don’t. You have to eat that, though.” ([20:12])
• On Conan’s potential fame in the Philippines:
  Matt: “Am I known in the Philippines?”
  Trisha: “They’d definitely be happy to see you... six foot four, man with red hair... Like, come see the tall white guy.” ([21:14–21:34])

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Timestamps of Key Segments

• [01:43] – Welcome, Trisha! Meet the guest and her background.
• [04:42] – Trisha describes her hotel and restaurant.
• [05:02] – Discussion of restaurant’s struggles and need for marketing.
• [07:19] – Matt’s IHOP joke and riff, renaming the restaurant.
• [09:23] – The “house detective”/hotel sketch bit begins.
• [10:25–11:29] – Improvised check-in roleplay, “house dick” hijinks.
• [17:38] – Trisha’s background and journey to hospitality.
• [18:21] – Her family background revealed (arts vs. medicine).
• [20:12] – Balut and Filipino food challenge discussion.
• [21:14] – Is Conan famous in the Philippines? Local “attraction” riff.
• [22:01] – Dinuguan and pig’s blood stew explored and riffed upon.

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Final Notes

This episode is an excellent blend of real-world business challenges, cultural exchange, and classic Conan team goofing around. Listeners who haven’t heard the episode will walk away with:

• A sense of Trisha’s entrepreneurial spirit and unique hotel life in Batangas
• Conan and Matt’s trademark irreverent humor applied to Filipino culture and classic hotel tropes
• An improvised sketch full of hardboiled detective laughs and old Hollywood hospitality
• Playful curiosity about Filipino cuisine, explored through genuine, if grossed-out, reactions

In all, “The House Dick” delivers equal parts heart, hilarity, and improvisational fun—just what Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend fans have come to love.

Transcript

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[Producer/Supporting Cast]

Hi, Trisha. Welcome to Conan O' Brien needs a fan. Hi.

[Matt Gourley]

Hi Trisha.

[Conan O'Brien]

How are you?

[Trisha (Guest)]

Oh my God, I am so happy to be here right now. You have no idea. Like I'm screaming internally. I'm such a big fan, Conan.

[Matt Gourley]

Well, why are you screaming internally? You know, I mean, I like my fans to scream externally.

[Trisha (Guest)]

No, I gotta be cool, you know, like I'm meeting one of my idols.

[Matt Gourley]

Oh, you really don't. You don't have to be cool around us. Well, it's very nice to meet you, Tricia. And you are in the Philippines, is that right?

[Trisha (Guest)]

Yes.

[Conan O'Brien]

Whereabouts?

[Trisha (Guest)]

Yes, that's right. Right now I'm in Santo Tomas, Batangas.

[Matt Gourley]

Where is that in relation to from? Manila.

[Trisha (Guest)]

Yeah, it's an hour away from Manila, which is the capital of the Philipp.

[Matt Gourley]

Yes, that's the one thing I did know.

And so you are about an hour away. North, south, east, west. Are you on the coast? Are you inland? I just like to know these things. I'm building. I'm making a map from my phone.

[Trisha (Guest)]

Yeah, we're south from Manila. Okay, so it's an hour drive from Makati via car.

[Matt Gourley]

Are you in a mountainous region or is it more of a floodplain? And I'll be done with these questions soon. Mountainous. Okay. Okay.

[Trisha (Guest)]

We're not near the beach at all.

[Matt Gourley]

Is the air humid or is it a dry heat?

[Producer/Supporting Cast]

Are you planning an invasion?

[Matt Gourley]

What are you doing? I'm not saying whether or not I'm okay. I'm not admitting that I'm planning an invasion, but sleep well and ignore any noises. Okay, so, Tricia, tell me a little bit about yourself, your life, what's going on right now.

[Trisha (Guest)]

It's funny because I wanted to sleep early, right, for this podcast, but I woke up an hour and 30 minutes later because my daughter kicked me in the face because she was asleep next to me. So I haven't slept since then because I don't want to miss this call at all.

[Matt Gourley]

This is funny you say that because about two hours ago, my daughter kicked me in the face. And she's 21.

[Trisha (Guest)]

Oh, my God.

[Matt Gourley]

Yeah. And she was wearing steel toed boots and screaming, I hate you. I hate you, father. I hate you. So in a way, we both had the same experience.

So you have one daughter.

[Trisha (Guest)]

Mm.

[Matt Gourley]

Okay.

[Trisha (Guest)]

She's turning three next month. Yeah.

[Matt Gourley]

Oh, that's really cute. That's great.

[Conan O'Brien]

And what about.

[Matt Gourley]

Do you. Are you married? Are you in a partnership?

[Trisha (Guest)]

Yeah, I'm married. Yeah, I'm married right now.

[Matt Gourley]

Right now.

[Trisha (Guest)]

My husband's here right now.

[Matt Gourley]

Is that what you say? And who are you married to? What is the name of this?

[Producer/Supporting Cast]

Every time she checks her watch.

[Matt Gourley]

What is the name of your significant other?

[Trisha (Guest)]

His name's Patrick.

[Matt Gourley]

Okay, so you're married to Patrick and every day you say the marriage is still going? As of right now, yeah.

[Trisha (Guest)]

As we speak.

[Matt Gourley]

As we speak, there is still a marriage. Continue. Stand by for other alerts and tell us about your life. You have. It's you, Trisha, it's Patrick. You have a daughter. What do you do? What do you guys do?

[Trisha (Guest)]

We both run and manage this small hotel in Tanawan. It's a. It's the town next to Santo Tomas. So right now there are 22 rooms. It's a simple, small hotel.

[Matt Gourley]

Well, 22 rooms is a. That's a good size. That's a lot of work, I would think you run a hotel and it's 22 rooms.

[Trisha (Guest)]

Yeah, it is. And yeah, we've been encountering problems, actually, and we would like. And we also run a restaurant which we would like to market more because right now the hotel is doing better than the restaurant.

[Matt Gourley]

Okay, so let me paint the picture here. Hotel thriving. You've got a 22 room hotel, but there is a restaurant that's part of the hotel and it's not getting enough business.

[Trisha (Guest)]

Yes, we would prefer to have more foot traffic, but right now it's not at its peak. So we would like to. To capture more of the market.

[Conan O'Brien]

Yeah. Okay.

[Trisha (Guest)]

And it's been running for five years now.

[Conan O'Brien]

Five years.

[Trisha (Guest)]

It's a. Yeah, we would like to have more people come in the restaurant now.

[Matt Gourley]

Be honest with me. Oh, you think I could help?

[Conan O'Brien]

Yeah.

[Matt Gourley]

How could I help?

[Trisha (Guest)]

You can help by, like, serving the people. You can be a waiter.

[Supporting Cast]

Yeah.

[Producer/Supporting Cast]

For a server.

[Matt Gourley]

I thought you were going to say, oh, come meet Conan o' Brien at the restaurant. Use my celebrity. But no, you want me waiting tables.

[Producer/Supporting Cast]

Or a dishwasher.

[Matt Gourley]

Or a dishwasher. Okay, well, I could maybe do that. My wife would say I'm not very good at washing dishes, but I'd give.

[Conan O'Brien]

It a go, which is more than.

[Matt Gourley]

I do at home.

[Conan O'Brien]

Well.

[Matt Gourley]

Well, okay. I'm curious about something. You have.

Guests in the hotel. You say the hotel is doing well. Do the guests eat in the restaurant?

[Trisha (Guest)]

Yes, they do eat in the restaurant.

[Matt Gourley]

Do they like the restaurant? Is it a good restaurant or do you think the restaurant could be better?

[Trisha (Guest)]

It's a. It's definitely a good restaurant. And I think we just want more people to know more about the restaurant because right now I don't think they're aware that there is a restaurant there. So we want, aside from the hotel guests, we would like people from the town.

[Matt Gourley]

There's a lack of awareness. Can I ask you what the name is of the restaurant?

[Trisha (Guest)]

It's called Victorina's Modern Restaurant and Bar. It's actually named after my husband's grandma.

[Matt Gourley]

Oh.

[Trisha (Guest)]

She was from the town. Yeah.

[Matt Gourley]

Well, Tricia, we're going to change that name and.

[Producer/Supporting Cast]

Wait a minute, wait a minute. What?

[Matt Gourley]

Yeah, we're going to change that name. Hey, you want my help or not? We're going to call it. I love that it's named after Patrick's grandmother. Where that's got to go. And we're going to change it to the International House of Pancakes. Oh, my God. Or IHOP for short. Okay.

[Trisha (Guest)]

Yeah. Okay.

[Matt Gourley]

Okay.

[Trisha (Guest)]

Maybe make it a Filipino version.

[Matt Gourley]

No, we just say IHOP. And we say we have 23 kinds of syrup for the pancakes. And then when they come in, they get, you know, authentic food from the Philippines, you know, and I just say, oh, yeah, that was a misunderstanding. Eat your food and fucking shut up.

[Trisha (Guest)]

And you'll be there to serve the food, right?

[Matt Gourley]

Yes, I'll be there to serve the food.

[Sonam of Session]

She really wants a server.

[Matt Gourley]

Yeah, that's. Do you need any help?

[Conan O'Brien]

Also?

[Matt Gourley]

Would I just work in the restaurant or would I also maybe work around the hotel?

[Trisha (Guest)]

Oh, yeah, you can definitely man the front desk. I think. I think people would like that.

[Matt Gourley]

What do you have to do, white man? What do you have to do?

[Producer/Supporting Cast]

You want Conan to be the first thing they experience when they come?

[Matt Gourley]

But you just said they. You think I'd be good at the front desk cuz I'm a white man.

[Producer/Supporting Cast]

Oh, really?

[Trisha (Guest)]

Yeah, he's a.

[Producer/Supporting Cast]

He's a very white man.

[Matt Gourley]

I mean, there's white men and then there's me. I'm a very, very white man. Well, what do I do at the front desk? Do I get to wear a little cap or is that just the bellman who wears that?

[Trisha (Guest)]

No, the. The girls have like this little scarf around their neck. Maybe you can. You can wear that.

[Matt Gourley]

The girls who are the.

[Trisha (Guest)]

It's part of their uniform.

[Matt Gourley]

Wait a minute. Who are the girls?

[Trisha (Guest)]

No, the front desk attendants.

[Matt Gourley]

There are front desk attendants and they wear little scarves?

[Trisha (Guest)]

Yeah, it's part of their uniform, so maybe you can buy that too. No, no, it's not what you think.

[Matt Gourley]

Oh, well, how do you know what I think? It better not be what I think.

[Producer/Supporting Cast]

I think she knows what you think.

[Matt Gourley]

Because I have a Zuri mind.

[Supporting Cast]

You went.

[Matt Gourley]

No, I'm saucy.

[Trisha (Guest)]

No, it's a corporate hotel.

[Matt Gourley]

Yes, of course, of course. No hanky panky ever at a corporate hotel.

[Trisha (Guest)]

Yes.

[Matt Gourley]

No, all above board. You know how businessmen are always so above board.

[Trisha (Guest)]

Oh, my God.

[Matt Gourley]

Hey, is it my job as the person at the front desk to make sure that couples that say they're married really are married and sort of be the house detective? Do I get to pry into their personal lives at all?

[Trisha (Guest)]

Yeah, sure, go ahead.

[Matt Gourley]

What if a lady of the night tries to check in? Is it my job to investigate those things?

[Trisha (Guest)]

I let them.

[Matt Gourley]

I'm thinking, you know, but this is a reputable joint.

[Producer/Supporting Cast]

He's the house dick.

[Sonam of Session]

But they're business people.

[Matt Gourley]

You know what? I'm with Matt here. Hold it. I'm with Matt here and we're both thinking of the same thing. Which is. It's the 1930s and I'm the house detective. Or house dick.

[Producer/Supporting Cast]

Yeah, the hotel dick.

[Matt Gourley]

I'm the hotel dick. I'm a dick wherever I go, that's for sure. I've also been a motel dick.

[Producer/Supporting Cast]

We are thinking the same thing.

[Matt Gourley]

But. But my thing is that I would be asking a lot of questions, like. Mr. And Mrs. Smith. Eh, that's a pretty common name. What's your real name?

[Producer/Supporting Cast]

We come in and you gotta. You gotta grill us.

[Conan O'Brien]

We're a couple. Okay. Yeah.

[Producer/Announcer]

What kind of couple?

[Matt Gourley]

What's the name of the hotel?

[Trisha (Guest)]

It's called Bravo to Nauan Hotel.

[Matt Gourley]

Bravo to Nawan. Okay. Hey, welcome to the Bravo to Now. And how can I help you?

[Producer/Announcer]

Pretty good, thanks.

[Conan O'Brien]

Okay.

[Matt Gourley]

Yeah. Well, again, how can I help you?

[Producer/Supporting Cast]

We'd really like a room, and fast, man.

[Matt Gourley]

Okay, man.

[Conan O'Brien]

Yeah.

[Matt Gourley]

All right.

[Producer/Supporting Cast]

I'll pay anything.

[Supporting Cast]

Yeah.

[Conan O'Brien]

Yeah.

[Matt Gourley]

You seem, like, all worked up and sweating, huh?

[Producer/Supporting Cast]

Well, it's just. Yeah, it's finally gonna happen.

[Matt Gourley]

Okay.

[Conan O'Brien]

You're gonna.

[Matt Gourley]

All right.

[Sonam of Session]

I want a room just for 15 minutes.

[Matt Gourley]

You want a room for 15 minutes?

[Supporting Cast]

Okay.

[Matt Gourley]

Well, you two seem all right, but you got lipstick all over your face there, buddy.

[Trisha (Guest)]

I know.

[Producer/Announcer]

I got in a lipstick fight.

[Conan O'Brien]

Yeah.

[Matt Gourley]

Wow. Okay. And. All right, I'll just need to know your names. What are your names?

[Producer/Supporting Cast]

My name is actually John Smith.

[Matt Gourley]

Actually, John Smith. And you are?

[Sonam of Session]

Slurp.

[Matt Gourley]

Wait, you're not married?

[Sonam of Session]

Slurk Smith.

[Supporting Cast]

Yeah.

[Sonam of Session]

So we are married.

[Matt Gourley]

I'm very suspicious. Okay, I'm gonna need some identification.

[Producer/Supporting Cast]

Oh, God. I just. I got off. I got mugged.

[Matt Gourley]

Okay, all right, well, listen, I'll give you a room for 15 minutes, but I'm gonna have to be in the room with you to make sure there's no hanky panky. Cool, man.

[Producer/Supporting Cast]

I'm into that.

[Matt Gourley]

No, we're all gonna stand. No one gets to lie on the bed.

[Sonam of Session]

That costs extra, sir.

[Conan O'Brien]

I'll pay it.

[Producer/Supporting Cast]

Let me see some ID Here.

[Matt Gourley]

Here it is, sir. Can I come upstairs with you guys?

[Conan O'Brien]

Yeah.

[Producer/Supporting Cast]

Hey, your name is Schlerk, too?

[Matt Gourley]

Yeah, I'm from a long line of Schlerk.

[Producer/Supporting Cast]

The Connecticut Schlercs.

[Matt Gourley]

Yeah, I just heard of Schlerk.

[Conan O'Brien]

Was that you, sir?

[Matt Gourley]

You seem pretty worked up. All right, let's get out.

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[Conan O'Brien]

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[Matt Gourley]

Very important that you have your whole phone situation figured out before you travel. Yeah, it's the worst when you look down at your phone and it's just. It's just shrugging at you like, I don't know. Where I am. What's happening?

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[Supporting Cast]

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[Matt Gourley]

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[Conan O'Brien]

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[Supporting Cast]

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[Matt Gourley]

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[Matt Gourley]

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[Supporting Cast]

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[Matt Gourley]

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[Sonam of Session]

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[Matt Gourley]

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[Sonam of Session]

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[Conan O'Brien]

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[Sonam of Session]

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[Conan O'Brien]

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[Matt Gourley]

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[Conan O'Brien]

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[Matt Gourley]

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[Matt Gourley]

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[Conan O'Brien]

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[Matt Gourley]

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[Trisha (Guest)]

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[Matt Gourley]

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[Matt Gourley]

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[Matt Gourley]

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[Conan O'Brien]

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[Sonam of Session]

It could be very lonely times.

[Conan O'Brien]

It can be a lonely time. So it.

[Matt Gourley]

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[Matt Gourley]

That was the sketch. It was called oh, my God, Three's a Crowd. What do you think? Did you like it?

[Trisha (Guest)]

Yeah.

I was thinking. I was thinking you can even, like, catch cheating husbands, you know?

[Matt Gourley]

Yes. That's what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna be a very nosy house detective. I would like to work. I mean, I'm kind of interested in working in the restaurant, but I'm really.

[Conan O'Brien]

Interested in working in the hotel.

[Matt Gourley]

And do you have a little bell that dings when people check in?

[Trisha (Guest)]

No. Gotta have a bell.

[Matt Gourley]

I'm gonna bring a bell. I'm bringing a bell.

[Trisha (Guest)]

I can put your name on it.

[Matt Gourley]

No, you don't have my name. On the bell. It's just a bell and people know to ding it and then I cover it really quickly. It's a fun bit that's existed in many.

[Producer/Supporting Cast]

You do need to be in a little bell cap.

[Matt Gourley]

I'm gonna have a bell box hat or whatever. I want a little pillbox cap with a strap around the chin. I want the little bell. I want to have a big quill or a giant pen that signs in the registry. We need a big old fashioned registry. I want all of the old tropes that would be in A Sketch. 1940s.

[Supporting Cast]

I love that.

[Matt Gourley]

You can ride in too. Yes, exactly. And oh, does the elevator have an arrow that goes up, up, up, up, up in a semicircle?

[Conan O'Brien]

No.

[Matt Gourley]

Oh, my God. We gotta fix this hotel.

[Trisha (Guest)]

Yeah, you gotta. Yeah, you need to.

[Matt Gourley]

Now tell me, how did you get into the hotel business?

[Trisha (Guest)]

Me? My husband's grandparents, they had this plot of land that was available to be developed. So my husband decided to make a hotel with it because he saw potential in the market. Because nearby there's an industrial park. So they're big international companies as well. So that's why we also put this hotel up, because there are people from abroad who bring their employees to work here for a while. Like engineers.

[Matt Gourley]

Got it, Got it.

[Trisha (Guest)]

Things like that. Yeah.

[Matt Gourley]

Okay. So you built this hotel. Was this your dream as a child? One day I'll have a hotel.

[Trisha (Guest)]

No, far from it. Actually.

I was more into the arts. I was more right brained and I actually belong to a family of doctors, so I was so out of place. Yeah. So I didn't want to be a doctor. I knew I would regret it and I knew I would be unhappy. So I decided to go the safer route and take business. So at least with business I can evolve or it's more. I can do more things with it. You know what I mean?

[Matt Gourley]

Ah, I like it.

[Producer/Supporting Cast]

What kind of art did you like to do?

[Trisha (Guest)]

When I was young, you know, I'd like, I'd paint and all that, but it was never really. It was never really.

Prioritized. So it was kind of face to the side. So the skill was never. Yeah, you were.

[Matt Gourley]

You weren't getting encouragement. You weren't getting encouragement.

[Supporting Cast]

Yeah.

[Trisha (Guest)]

Or it wasn't like it wasn't a priority.

[Conan O'Brien]

Yeah.

[Trisha (Guest)]

So it. Yeah, it wasn't something they saw that could be like a career.

[Conan O'Brien]

Sure.

[Supporting Cast]

Yeah.

[Matt Gourley]

Well, my parents always thought this wasn't a career. And even after you're very successful after 30 years in late night, they said, when's your career? Oh, my God. Well, Trisha.

[Supporting Cast]

Yeah.

[Matt Gourley]

I would very much like to help your hotel and restaurant. We got to change the name to ihop.

[Trisha (Guest)]

That would be great. Okay.

[Sonam of Session]

No worries.

[Matt Gourley]

And have a lot of syrups around. Different flavored syrups.

And then. And I want to be the house detective. That and also the. I want to be dressed as a bellman, but working the front desk.

And I think I'll mix well with the ladies who wear scarves around their necks. I will also wear a scarf, if you wish. And I think I could be a.

[Conan O'Brien]

Big help to you.

[Matt Gourley]

And my one question is.

[Trisha (Guest)]

Oh, my gosh.

[Matt Gourley]

Do you like. Do you like balot?

[Trisha (Guest)]

Oh, no. My dad does, though, But I don't. You have to eat that, though.

[Matt Gourley]

I don't know if I can. It's. You know what bala is?

[Producer/Announcer]

The little bird.

[Matt Gourley]

It's the little embryo baby chicken that's inside a pickled egg.

[Trisha (Guest)]

My dad's favorite.

[Matt Gourley]

Yeah. People swear by it, and they say once you have it, you go insane.

[Conan O'Brien]

And you just have balut the rest of your life.

[Matt Gourley]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Trisha (Guest)]

And sometimes you can even feel like the. The tiny bones go down your throat. Stop it. Yeah, but they say it's good. Yeah.

[Matt Gourley]

What's wrong with tiny bones going down your throat? That's just tiny bones going down your throat.

[Producer/Supporting Cast]

I mean, when you think about it, it's no different than eating chicken.

[Matt Gourley]

Yeah. Or eating any fetus, so.

Well, Tricia, it's been very nice talking to you until this imagery late in the podcast, but I do wish you well, and I wish Patrick well and your daughter. And if I a chance to come visit you, I'd like to try and help your business the best.

[Trisha (Guest)]

Yes, of course. You're welcome anytime.

[Matt Gourley]

Yeah. Let me ask you quickly, am I known in the Philippines? Am I a known fellow in the Philippines? So if you say Conan o' Brien's here at the hotel, people would be happy to see me? Or would they be angry and want.

[Conan O'Brien]

To come hit me?

[Trisha (Guest)]

They'd definitely be happy to see you.

[Matt Gourley]

And then hit.

[Trisha (Guest)]

Yeah. Six foot four, man with red hair.

[Sonam of Session]

You'd be, like, an attraction.

[Matt Gourley]

Yes.

[Trisha (Guest)]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Sonam of Session]

Like, come see the tall white guy.

[Matt Gourley]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Conan O'Brien]

All right. Okay.

[Matt Gourley]

Take it easy here, buddy.

[Producer/Supporting Cast]

Sideshow.

[Sonam of Session]

Yeah, like a sideshow, almost.

[Matt Gourley]

Sideshow. The bearded lady. Yes, except weirder. Okay, take it easy. Sorry, Trisha. Oh, and what's the name of this stew that's made with blood and all kinds of stuff? What is that?

[Conan O'Brien]

Oh, Gabagalan Dinuguan Dudu guan.

[Trisha (Guest)]

That's so good. Dinuguan.

[Matt Gourley]

Tell us what it's named of.

[Conan O'Brien]

Goat's blood.

[Trisha (Guest)]

I'm not exactly. I think it's pig's blood. But it's really good with rice. I think you should try that.

[Conan O'Brien]

Sure.

[Trisha (Guest)]

It's really good. We even have this dish, fetal bird.

[Matt Gourley]

And then the pig's blood. Yeah, yeah. No. One of the restaurant's in trouble. I'll have the fetal bird with some. Then bring me the pig's blood and then we'll throw a little rice in it.

Can I have pancakes with raspberry syrup?

[Conan O'Brien]

You betcha.

[Matt Gourley]

All right, Trish, it was very nice talking to you. Best of luck to you and I.

[Trisha (Guest)]

Hope it's so nice to meet you.

[Matt Gourley]

And maybe I'll see you in the near future. You never know.

[Trisha (Guest)]

Yes. Yes. You're welcome anytime, though.

[Matt Gourley]

Thank you so much. It was lovely talking to you.

[Trisha (Guest)]

Thank you.

[Conan O'Brien]

Bye.

[Matt Gourley]

Bye.

[Trisha (Guest)]

Nice meeting you guys.

[Matt Gourley]

Nice meeting you, too. Bye.

[Producer/Announcer]

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