(audience cheering) He was done.
He wasn't even gonna have to quit anymore.
We're back everybody.
(audience cheering)
Great band, man. All is well?
Band playing? (audience cheering)
I wish that I could play the drums like Max Weinberg.
He makes it look so easy.
He'll teach you. Max will give you lessons.
$7 an hour- That's right.
I can't afford it.
Now, you know, this is exciting because
as you know we're here together now
which I know is a big thrill for you, but
(audience laughing) we worked together.
(audience laughs)
Why would people laugh at that? Now,
it's an angry crowd. It's a big, big thrill.
Um, try and calm yourself.
We worked t- (audience laughing)
We worked together.
Yes we did. Well that's why we're old friends.
Yes, we worked together.
I think it was 11 years ago.
We tried to figure it out backstage. Saturday Night Live
the, I believe it was the fifth time I was able
to host the show.
It was the fifth time and there was a sketch called
"The Five Timers Club".
Right. And-
Which the first time "The Five Timers Club" appeared.
Yeah, and then they re-ran that idea.
It was a bunch of times.
But I was, I was in that, in that sketch.
It's funny. They told me that you,
I said, "Really? Conan was in that sketch?"
'Cause the host has a lot of things he's gotta
keep track of (audience laughing)
when he's on the show.
And I, I Interesting.
So I'm interested in seeing-
It's my theory, Tom, that my performance here
launched you.
(audience laughing)
Those Oscars came after this.
After "The Five Timers Club" Everything came after this.
This is truth.
I think we should take a look at this great moment.
Fabulous uh, clip. Take a look.
Welcome Mr. Hanks.
Once again, congratulations on your
fifth appearance.
Oh, well, thank you, thank you.
Would you like your, uh, club robe now?
Uh, sure, yeah, yeah, you bet.
Thank you, um, uh,
Sean. Sean, Sean.
Wait-
[Conan] Wait, there you go.
Tom!
Congratulations. (audience cheering)
Well, there you have it, right there.
Now, can I say?
This is miraculous.
I have not aged a day.
You have not aged a day.
And yet, you-
I hit puberty, yeah. (Tom laughing)
I was like 28 years old there.
(high-pitched voice) "Hi, Mr. Hanks."
You know, I think
(high-pitched voice) "How are ya?"
I don't think it was 11 years ago.
I think that was from 1958.
I think that was, (Conan laughing)
I think that, although, it looks like I'm not
doing a lot there, I think I'm doing quite a bit.
That was a, that was a, actually, that was a good piece.
Steve Martin showed up in that piece. John Lovitz.
Those were the days. And, believe it or not,
you know who's in that piece?
Ralph Nader is in that piece.
That's right, Ralph Nader plays a pivotal role.
He comes at the door and says, "Look,
I've hosted the show once."
Right.
Ralph Nader ran for president.
(Conan laughing) (audience cheering)
I like how this became a civics lesson.
And I believe he almost won in a couple of states.
(Conan laughing) They're still counting.
It's like, why go back to that?
[Conan] Why go back to that?
You're right, you're right. That's not right.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry. That's not right at all.
Are you enjoying, I mean, here it is, Friday.
We're almost at Christmas.
We're close, you can taste it, you can taste Christmas,
which sounds disgusting, but you can-
(audience laughing)
We're getting that close, so you,
are you feeling the Christmas spirit?
You know, I, I wish I did. (Tom stammering)
Look, I don't want to complain 'cause I'm a lucky man,
but to have a movie come out at the holiday season
means you're pretty much riding that celebrity mule train
for the month of December.
And I have not been able to, I mean,
I have not been able to shop,
I have not been able to celebrate,
I haven't gone to any of the parties that have been
in the neighborhood, I,
the whole Christmas thing
seems to be bypassing me this year
it's- (audience aww's)
[Conan] I think it's really sad.
(Tom stammering) But I don't know.
[Conan] I have an idea.
What if, what if I brought Christmas to you right now?
Wouldn't that be nice? If I brought Christmas
to Tom Hanks? (audience cheering)
But Conan, how? (Conan laughing)
How can you bring Christmas to me?
Are you some benevolent spirit of television?
It's so simple, Tom, I can do it easily.
I am a God.
Let's start out, let's have a little,
can we, Max, a little Christmas-y music,
maybe set the mood here for, for Tom?
(band playing Christmas music)
Isn't that nice?
You feeling a little Christmas right now?
Sure, yeah, you bet. (audience laughing)
You don't seem convinced. What if we brought in
a little bit of snow? Liz, a little bit of snow?
(audience laughing and cheering)
(audience cheering)
That sure says Christmas, Conan.
Yeah, isn't that great? And look, Tom,
look what I got you.
I got you a big present.
(audience cheering)
Look at that.
This is for me, huh? This is for you.
Oh, that's nice. This is from me to you.
Check this out.
Oh, it's, it's beautiful, Conan.
It's a skeleton, It's Hooch, everybody.
That's Hooch.
(audience cheering)
That's great.
Thought you'd like to have Hooch back in your life.
It's great to have a skeleton of one of my old
co-stars, that's great.
And then I thought maybe, maybe what I should do to
really set the mood is sing you a little Christmas song.
How about it? (audience cheering)
♪ Have yourself ♪
♪ a merry little Christmas. ♪
♪ Let your heart be light. ♪
♪ From now on, ♪
♪ Tom Hanks' troubles will be ♪
♪ out of sight. ♪
Conan,
♪ Have yourself ♪ (audience cheering)
♪ a merry little Christmas. ♪
♪ Make the yuletide gay! ♪ (audience laughing)
♪ From now on, ♪
♪ Our troubles will be miles ♪
♪ away. ♪ (Tom holding out the note)
(audience cheering)
(both singing) ♪ So have yourself ♪
♪ a merry little ♪
♪ Christmas ♪ (both holding out the note)
♪ now. ♪ (audience cheering)
Merry Christmas, Tom.
Tom Hanks, everybody!
There's no one better.
Kelly Ripa, coming up, we'll take a break.