Inside Conan: An Important Hollywood Podcast

Hilarious comedian and prolific podcaster Paul F. Tompkins (The Neighborhood Listen, Stay F. Homekins, Threedom) stops by to talk with writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about his first time doing stand-up on Late Night with Conan in 1997, all the current safety procedures on set for the show he’s acting on, his fashion evolution over the years, his old variety show at Largo in Los Angeles, a...

Stand-up comedian Gary Gulman (The Great Depresh) stops by to talk with writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about what lead to going to college on a football scholarship, the origins of his viral Conan stand-up set about state abbreviations, his transition to more personal comedy, and why he thanks coffee & Mark Twain for his 365 Gulman writing tips. Plus, Mike and Jessie talk about Max Weinbe...

Writer/producer Robin Schiff (Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion, The Groundlings) stops by to talk with writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about telling Conan he should seek therapy on the last day of teaching him at The Groundlings, the importance of being surrounded by creative kindred spirits, and how the characters from her play “Ladies Room” became the inspiration for Romy and Miche...

Comedian Chris Fleming stops by to talk with writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about trying to make earworms in his comedy music videos, creating the web-series Gayle after moving to LA, what inspired his androgynous fashion, taking a bus from Boston to New York as a teenager for 2 minutes of stand-up stage time, and being heckled by a college mascot into doing a dance-off during one of his...

Comedian Brian Posehn (Deadpool, Mr. Show, The Sarah Silverman Program) stops by to talk with writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about blowing his audition to be a writer at Conan, going straight to the couch as a guest on Conan, helping to revive the Deadpool comic book, how getting his first acting job was suprisingly easy, why he wouldn’t want to work on any other sketch show after his ama...

Emmy award winning writer and comedian Ashley Nicole Black (A Black Lady Sketch Show, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee) stops by to talk with writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about leaving her PhD to pursue comedy, performing sketch comedy with Second City on a cruise ship, becoming a writer and then correspondent on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, how getting used to hearing no is important...

Fans of Inside Conan are undoubtedly familiar with the comedian Rory Scovel, whose amazing success can probably be attributed to his guest spot on our live show at the Team Coco House at Comic-Con last year. Now Rory has a brand new podcast with Team Coco called “Dads: The Podcast.” Each week he and co-host Ruthie Wyatt are joined by their hilarious celebrity friends to unpack the mysteries of fat...

Comedian Tig Notaro (Don’t Ask Tig) stops by to talk with writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about performing her stool bit on Conan, having stage amnesia while telling her Taylor Dayne story, her kids thinking it’s still Spring Break, and her new advice podcast Don’t Ask Tig. Plus, Mike and Jessie talk about good things about The Tonight Show with Conan and what surprised Jessie when she joi...

Comedian Beth Stelling (Girl Daddy, We Called Your Mom) stops by to talk with writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about shooting her new Team Coco produced comedy special Girl Daddy on HBO Max a week before everything shut down, what lead to her first Conan appearance doing stand-up in 2012, working as a punch-up writer for the movie Good Boys, and her first writing job on HBO’s Crashing. Plus...

Comedians The Sklar Brothers stop by to talk with writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about their first appearance on Late Night with Conan in 1999, the joy of doing bits with their kids, the first experience where they realized they were funny together, and how Andy Kindler helped them early on in their stand-up career. Plus, Mike and Jessie talk about the origin of The Interrupter character....

King of podcasting Matt Gourley (Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend, Superego) stops by to talk with writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about the evolution of being a producer for Conan’s podcast to becoming a sidekick, being an early adopter to podcasting with his podcast Superego since 2006, his time voicing a motorized trash can at Disneyland, and getting black out drunk for the first time in hi...

Writer/producer/director Alec Berg (Barry, Silicon Valley, Seinfeld) stops by to talk with writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about his memories of writing for Late Night with Conan before moving on to Seinfeld which included 1AM writing sessions, doing a Nobody’s Watching themed episode that got the lowest ratings ever because of the Olympics, playing the Saint Patrick’s Day beard & Robert D...

Comedian and actor Fred Armisen (Saturday Night Live, Big Mouth, Portlandia, Los Espookys) stops by to talk with writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about his history with doing stand-up at Largo in Los Angeles, his first appearance on Late Night with Conan as a self defense expert, how SNL strips you of your ego, and more. Fred Armisen’s first appearance on Conan: https://classic.teamcoco.com...

Conan writer Glenn Boozan stops by to talk with fellow writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about working freelance ghost writing jokes for a 12 year-old ventriloquist before getting her writing job at Conan, her first Conan sketch about a Scottish Law Firm, her time working in the art department of Broad city and The Onion, and why being specific with your goals is important. Plus, Mike and Je...

Comedian Louie Anderson (Baskets, Search Party) stops by to talk with writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about being over prepared for his late night debut on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, his special connection to the role of Zach Galifianakis’ mother Christine Baskets on the show Baskets, and the inspiration for his book “Hey Mom.” Got a question for Inside Conan? Call our voicem...

Writer and producer Phil Rosenthal (creator of Everybody Loves Raymond) stops by to talk with writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about running into Conan and David Letterman in the wild right before quarantine, working with his brother on his food travel show “Somebody Feed Phil,” meeting Muhammed Ali, and the best showbiz advice he’s ever gotten. Got a question for Inside Conan? Call our voi...

Comedian and writer Dana Gould stops by to talk with writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about his start in comedy voicing a video game Gecko, what it takes for comics to have a successful late night set, the time he had a panic attack onstage, writing for The Simpsons, and the horror story of his career that happened during an appearance on CONAN. Got a question for Inside Conan? Call our voi...

Comedy tornado JB Smoove (Curb Your Enthusiasm) joins Conan writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell to talk about the differences between nude and naked, Larry David showing up 2 hours early to his 50th birthday party, being asked to be in Late Night with Conan sketches during his time as a writer on SNL, and being an RV legend. Got a question for Inside Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 209-5303 a...

Comedian Nore Davis joins Conan writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell to talk about how he prepared for his late night debut on Conan in 2018, some of the barriers for black comics in the stand-up scene, recording a stand-up album online over Zoom, his thoughts on the current protests, and more. Check out Nore Davis’ stand-up on Conan here: https://teamcoco.com/video/nore-davis-06-05-18 Got a qu...

Comedian Kristen Schaal (Bob’s Burgers) joins Conan writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell to talk about her stand-up show “Hot Tub with Kurt & Kristen,” being Conan’s nemesis at Comic-Con, her early days of doing stand-up in New York, meeting Conan for the first time during the filming of Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop, and her Law & Order SVU & Criminal Intent roles. Got a question for Inside Conan?...

Conan writer Laurie Kilmartin joins Conan writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell to talk about what it’s like doing stand-up sets all over the world using Zoom, the current writing process for Conan at Home, getting into anime with her son, and listener advice on how to dip into the comedy world. Got a question for Inside Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 209-5303 and e-mail us at insideconanpod@g...

Married couple Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) and Michael Koman (Nathan For You, Late Night with Conan O’Brien) join Conan writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell to talk about Michael meeting and becoming friends with Ellie during her time as an intern at Late Night with Conan, how Ellie’s mother saved their relationship after seeing Conan visit a sick Michael on the show, the iPhone sk...

Conan’s assistant Sona Movsesian joins Conan writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell to talk about moving into her new home, her grandmother’s love of Flaming Hot Cheetos, helping Conan with tech questions, how she became Conan’s assistant, and if it’s a good idea to change careers later in life. Got a question for Inside Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 209-5303 and e-mail us at insideconanpod@gm...

On the Season 2 premiere of Inside Conan, Conan O’Brien himself joins Conan writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell to talk about his quarantine lifestyle, how the guest interviews for the Conan show are being recorded, where he got his Jeff Goldblum recommended eyeglass frames, his early days in LA with his writing partner Greg Daniels, and why his iconic beard has yet to return. Got a question f...

Conan O’Brien himself returns to talk about Conan in Ghana with Conan writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell. They talk about the hilarious Sam Richardson joining the trip and his roots with Ghana, one of the powerful moments of the trip, and some of the meaningful items Conan has brought back from his Conan Without Borders trips that now inhabit in his office. Watch Conan Without Borders: Ghana...