Conan O'Brien Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

A public relations firm said that rock star David Lee Roth owes them over $110,000. The strange thing is that it's the first time that David Lee Roth has had any publicity in ten years.

A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: 'Duh.'

American and British troops handed out food to hundreds of Iraqis. Not surprisingly, Iraqis handed the British food back.

Apparently Arnold was inspired by President Bush, who proved you can be a successful politician in this country even if English is your second language.

Apparently the new high-tech Star Wars toys will be in stores any day now. The toys can talk and are interactive, so they can be easily distinguished from Star Wars fans.

Bob Dole is going to be appearing in a Pepsi commercial with Britney Spears. Yeah, apparently Dole says that if this doesn't cure his erectile dysfunction, nothing will.

CBS news anchor Dan Rather has interviewed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. When asked what it was like to talk to a crazy man, Saddam said, 'It's not so bad.'

During last night's debate, John Kerry and John Edwards were so friendly to each other some political experts think that they may end up running together. In fact Kerry and Edwards were so friendly, President Bush accused them of planning a gay marriage.

Earlier today, Arnold Schwarzenegger criticized the California school system, calling it disastrous. Arnold says California's schools are so bad that its graduates are willing to vote for me.

Early on, they were timing my contract with an egg timer.

Fish recognize a bad leader.

If life gives you lemons, make some kind of fruity juice.

In a prime-time address, President Bush said he backed limited federal funding for stem cell research. That's right, the President said, this is a quote, the research could help cure brain diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and whatever it is I have.

In Cleveland there is legislation moving forward to ban people from wearing pants that fit too low. However, there is lots of opposition from the plumber' union.

In New York, we had primary elections for mayor. To improve their chances, all five candidates changed their name to Rudy Giuliani.

In West Virginia yesterday, a man was arrested for stealing several blow-up dolls. Reportedly, police didn't have any trouble catching the man because he was completely out of breath.

John Travolta said he sometimes lets his friends take control of his airplane even though they don't know what they're doing. Then Travolta said he often does the same thing with his career.

Michael Jackson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It caused quite a controversy, because his nose isn't eligible for another fifteen years.

Officials at the White House are saying that President Bush hasn't changed his schedule much since the war started. The main difference, they say, is that he's started watching the news and taping Sponge Bob.

Pamela Anderson Lee released a statement confirming that she has had her breast implants removed. Doctors say that Pamela is doing fine and that her old implants are now dating Charlie Sheen.

President Bush left for Canada today to attend a trade summit. Reportedly, the trade summit got off to an awkward start when the president pulled out his baseball cards.

President Clinton signed a $10 million deal to write a book by 2003. Isn't that amazing? Yes, and get this, not only that, President Bush signed a $10 million deal to read a book by 2003.

Presidential campaign getting kind of ugly, did you hear about this? Yesterday, a 27-year-old woman came for to deny rumors that she had an affair with Democratic front-runner John Kerry. The woman added, 'I would never cheat on Bill Clinton.'

Republicans have called for a National African-American Museum. The plan is being held up by finding a location that isn't in their neighborhood.

Scientist announced a device that can be placed in a pacemaker and will call your doctor whenever you are having heart trouble. When told about it, Dick Cheney said, "I can't afford those kind of phone bills."

Scientists announced that they have located the gene for alcoholism. Scientists say they found it at a party, talking way too loudly.

Several hard-core Star Wars fans who had tickets for the first showing actually said that when the movie finally began, they started crying. Mainly because they realized that it's 22 years later, and they still haven't lost their virginity.

Starbucks says they are going to start putting religious quotes on cups. The very first one will say, 'Jesus! This cup is expensive!'

The Canadian government continues to say they will not help us if we go to war with Iraq. However, the prime minister of Canada said he'd like to help, but he's pretty sure that last time he checked, Canada had no army.

The U.S. army confirmed that it gave a lucrative fire fighting contract in Iraq to the firm once run by the Vice President Dick Cheney without any competitive bidding. When asked if this could be conceived as Cheney's friends profiting from the war, the spokesman said 'Yes.'

Tom Cruise's attorney said he is going to sue anyone who claims he is gay. In a related story, Ricky Martin's attorney has been hospitalized for exhaustion.

Yesterday American and British troops handed out food to hundreds of Iraqis. Not surprisingly, the Iraqis handed the British food back.

Yesterday, Arnold Schwarzenegger announced he would run for governor of California. The announcement was good news for Florida residents who now live in the second flakiest state in the country.

Yesterday, the Pentagon warned U.S. reporters that they should get out of Baghdad as soon as possible because the U.S. could attack at any time. Then the Pentagon added, 'Whatever you do, don't tell Geraldo.'

Trivia

Because Conan is an avid guitarist, after Bruce Springsteen appeared on Late Night, O'Brien joined with the Max Weinberg 7 and played acoustic guitar and backup vocals for the song, "Pay Me My Money Down".

In an emotional first episode of Late Night after September 11, 2001, Conan told of how he prayed for the first time in eight years, the last time being after it was announced he would succeed David Letterman as host of the show.

Conan and his colleagues at SNL won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy or Variety Series in 1989.

Conan was born into a large Irish family.

Al Roker has appeared on Late Night more than any other guest, clocking in at over thirty appearances.

Conan had a cameo appearance in the 1999 movie South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut and was voiced by Brent Spiner.

Conan's show gave birth to the famous hand puppet Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog.

In 1991, Conan left Saturday Night Live to write and produce for the new show Lookwell. The show was unsuccessful, however, and Conan soon found his way onto The Simpsons writing staff.

Conan is a distant cousin of Denis Leary, through marriage.

Conan often cracks jokes at his network station, NBC, saying their "ratings are in the toilet."

Conan was born at 1:38 PM-EST, on April 18, 1963.

Conan worked as a warmup comic for the The Wilton North Report in 1987.

Conan often refers to equipment on the show as "Old Bessie Lou," such as his guitar, microphone, the applause light, mechanical bull, etc.

Conan's favorite episode of The Simpsons is "Marge Vs The Monorail."

Conan collects various guitars and plays them before each taping of Late Night to prepare for the show.

Son Beckett O'Brien was born on Wednesday November 9th, 2005, at 8:27 PM, weighing 8lbs, 4 oz.

Daughter Neve O'Brien born October 14, 2003 in New York (6 lbs., 10 oz.).

Conan has a golden retriever named Hudson.

Conan is a huge fan of Arrested Development.

Conan originally ran into Max Weinberg on the corner of 5th and 7th Streets in New York where Max asked for an audition.

Conan created the character "Sea Captain McCalister" for the ever popular show, The Simpsons.

Conan was a writer and producer for The Simpsons from 1991 to 1993.

Conan was Valedictorian of his class at Brookline High School, and he graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard University.

Conan is 6'4''.

Conan briefly dated actor Lisa Kudrow of Friends fame and they are still friends.

Conan is of the Catholic faith.