Good evening.
Now, normally, as you know,
I walk out
and, you know sort of acknowledge the scattered applause
of pretty much just Andy Richter in the crowd,
give a little bow and then sit behind my desk,
but on nights when our guest is here in person,
we sit, we start the show by sitting
and it occurs to me, it's got kind of a classy, PBS look,
doesn't it?
You just come up on me,
no fanfare,
no craziness,
I'm just sitting here
and it all feels very educational and erudite,
what do you think, Andy?
Yeah, you're like the trashy Charlie Rose.
You had to bring him up.
Sorry.
Charlie Rose is the trashy Charlie Rose.
All right.
Well I'm sorry. Does anyone even know
who Charlie Rose is anymore?
(laughing)
Well, I'm just saying
that this looks like I'm here to discuss--
Like public events, you know like.
Yeah, public events.
Yeah, yeah.
This looks like I'm here to talk to, you know,
a local comptroller. Right.
About budget overruns and, Yeah.
Flood control.
What's that?
Flood control.
Flood control. Yeah.
Like our topic today is flood control.
It doesn't have the energy
or the feel of a dynamic comedy show.
Maybe it should,
but I kinda like this.
We do have a-- You should really,
What's that? really hit Anthony Anderson
with some flood control questions.
I will, I will. Yeah.
I don't think Anthony Anderson knows what he's in for
and by the way, he is our guest today.
I love him
and maybe this setup
will lead to a more distinguished conversation
because some people have accused.
What was that noise?
What was that?
What?
I heard a noise back there, what was it?
I didn't, I don't know.
Was that someone's phone?
I don't know what it was.
Was it my phone.
It could have been your phone.
I think it was my phone.
Oh my God!
Oh boy.
I swear to God it was my phone.
You owe us an apology.
You know what
and this is the thing you can say about Conan O'Brien,
if he's wrong,
he'll always refer to himself in the third person
and he won't apologize.
(laughing)
But, that was my phone, yeah.
(laughing)
He's America's most lovable dick
(laughing)
America's most lovable dick, that's right.