It's been a long time since,
we used to work together.
I know, this is so cool.
Those were the good days, huh?
(Nancy laughs)
That was fun.
That was eons ago, huh?
I know. Well it's eight years ago.
I remember being, not to bore everybody,
but I was in the recording session for the Simpsons
when I got the call to do this job.
And I remember we were just about to record an episode.
I got up and said, see ya suckers
(audience laughs)
and ran out the door, which was a mistake.
I shouldn't have said that.
I was like, this show won't last long without me.
(Nancy laughs)
So 13 years.
Yeah.
Doing Bart.
It's hard to believe because I think so many of us,
we don't think of it as a show that's been on that long.
Right.
Do you have favorite lines?
I mean, Bart's had so many great lines.
Are there any that stick in your head?
Oh, yeah. Oh, totally.
Well, my favorite one is, "Hi, I'm Bart Simpson.
Who the hell are you?"
(audience cheers)
(Nancy laughs)
You know.
It's kind of guaranteed.
I got to say, I think I'm like everybody else,
even though I worked there,
I never get over seeing the voice come out of you.
I've never gotten over that.
(Nancy laughs)
Yeah. I think you, and a lot of people.
It still amazes me that people don't know.
Cause I feel like I just blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,
all the time. You know?
(Nancy laughs)
Did you ever just do that?
I mean, if someone's giving you a hard time
at an airport counter, just suddenly go into Bart
and like it would freak them out, wouldn't it?
Yeah. But sometimes it comes in kind of handy
or it could be entertaining.
You know, I kind of enjoy doing that.
You know, I went over to London recently
and I was on the plane
and the stewardess recognized my name.
And she told me that the pilot
was a huge fan of the Simpsons
and he wanted to meet me.
[Conan] Mhm.
I'm like, okay.
So I went up to the cockpit
and met him and met the other, the copilot.
And you know, he showed me everything.
That was fine. And then he said to me, would you mind,
do you think that if I introduced you, you know,
that you would do a little Bart Simpson?
I said, okay, okay. I'm game.
So we were landing.
It was like 20 minutes into Heathrow.
[Conan] Right.
And he said, ladies and gentlemen,
I've got an announcement to make.
We've got a special guest on board, Nancy Cartwright,
the voice of Bart Simpson is here.
And I believe she's brought Bart with her.
I give you Bart Simpson.
I was like, ladies and gentlemen,
(Conan laughs)
I just want you to know that neither of your pilots have
been drinking this entire flight.
(Conan laughs)
(audience laughs)
The weather in Heathrow
is, you know, seven degrees Celsius.
I have no idea what the hell that means, but you know,
we'll be landing in Tokyo in about 20 seconds.
[Conan] I just want to say,
(audience applauds)
I want to say as a passenger on that flight, I'd be worried.
(both laugh)
I'd be like, they should concentrate.
Why are they screwing around with Bart Simpson?
I don't think people know you also do Nelson, the bully.
I do Nelson. Right.
Can we hear a little Nelson?
Right. He's got some great expressions.
Like the thing about huckleberries is once you've had fresh,
you'll never go back to canned.
(Conan laughs)
(audience cheers)
And you do Ralph Wiggum.
I do Ralph.
(audience cheers)
[Conan] Isn't that amazing?
[Audience Member] It tastes like burning!
It tastes like burning!
(audience cheers)
(Nancy laughs)
(audience cheers)
Ralph can say anything.
He can say anything and get away with it, you know.
My cat's breath smells like cat food.
(Conan laughs)
(audience applauds)
You know, what else?
I'm doing kegels right now!
(Conan laughs)
(audience laughs)
It doesn't matter!
(audience cheers)
People love it.
Hey, you know, it's not a competition.
(all laugh)
You know what's funny is that you don't see,
just on a human note, people don't understand,
when you work on the Simpsons, you're in a room.
[Nancy] Right.
There's nobody else in there.
You don't know what the response is.
It's really nice to see you come out
and just do some of the voices
and just see people light up like that.
It must feel good.
Oh, it's very cool. Yeah, because it's not a public venue,
you know, doing Aspen and then going to London and doing it.
[Conan] Having people see
and see how happy this makes so many people.
Yeah, I think so too. I think it's cool.
[Conan] You have a clip here for us, is that right?
Oh yeah.
This is from the episode when Bart gets famous.
Oh, OK. Now I know what you're doing.
And has a special expression that he said,
I didn't do it and I had to set you guys up.
Well this'll be nice, this'll be a little weird.
Let's take a look at this clip from the Simpsons.
(jazzy theme music)
You know, Conan, I have a lot to say.
I'm not just a one-line wonder.
Did you know that a section of rainforest,
the size of Kansas is burned every single
Just do the line.
I didn't do it.
(audience cheers)
(Conan laughs)
Great material. We'll be right back.
(jazzy theme music)
Sit perfectly still. Only I may dance.
(audience cheers)
My hair doesn't look like that!
(Nancy laughs)
It's only right now I realize I have an overbite.
(audience laughs)
In all the time that you've been doing the show,
what's the weirdest question from the media?
I know you get a lot of weird questions, but before we go,
I just want to ask you, what's the weirdest question?
Well, it's weird, it's like embarrassing,
but it's happened twice.
Is that somebody actually had the nerve to ask me when
you're making love to your husband,
do you like do Bart's voice?
(audience laughs)
(Nancy laughs)
I mean that's sick.
(Conan laughs)
Yeah well I don't know, you know.
(Nancy laughs)
Okay.
(audience laughs)
You've got a book out, "My Life as a 10 Year Old Boy"
Right.
It's available right now.
And of course I have to mention this.
The Simpsons is on Sunday nights at 8:00 on Fox.
So great to see you again.
Cool. Great to see you.
Thanks so much for coming. Nancy Cartwright, everybody!
(audience cheers)
We'll take a break. We'll be right back.