Do you ever think to yourself, Kevin?
Always.
No. (laughs)
I never share my thoughts with anybody.
Do you ever think to yourself, you know,
back in the day you were a struggling comic, you know,
you were out there- Yeah, I was out there.
Working so hard just to get noticed
and how much life is different now.
Well, I think it's the same for both of us, you know?
We both came from nothing. (laughs)
And we both came from, you know,
the hard-scrabble, salt of the earth.
I don't think we came
from nothing. God fearing.
My father had a talk show and I just inherited it.
(both laughing)
My father had Late Night With Conan O'Brien
when it was on the radio
and then I just inherited it.
And I was like, "Oh father, thank you."
You know I've done this show more times
than Andy Richter has.
What? what are you talking about?
That's not possible. I think it's true.
Probably more than you have. You know what?
I will say, I don't know if remember Andy,
but I think you were there at our first show
on September 13th, 1993.
You were still doing SNL, I think, and you came down
and you sat on the floor. I remember that.
I can down, I sat on the floor right in front of you,
like below the desk.
I was on the desk at first but they said,
"No you gotta get off." (Conan laughing)
'Cause you couldn't see the cameras-
But you were there-
I was sitting down. For the first show.
I was sitting right there
and you were there. On the floor, yeah
On the floor and I was watching,
and I saw, like, every mistake right from there.
(Conan laughing) I'd watch you.
(Andy laughing)
Well this is good. This has been a nice shot in the arm.
I hope you've learned something
from our little chat here today.
Nothing. I don't think I've ever learn anything from you.
But I've always enjoyed you. I enjoy you very much.
I really have a good time talking to you.
Seriously, I really appreciated
everything you've offered me and everybody else.
You've brought on a lot of young comics on your show
which they were really grateful.
I'd always here people talking,
comics saying how they did their shot on Conan.
And that's gonna stay with them for the rest of their life.
It's a nice feeling.
My first shot was with Johnny Carson, you know?
So that's what's stayed with me.
You're more of afterthought, but still, I appreciate you.
I'll take a back seat to Johnny Carson any day.
Now I'm gonna be really serious with you.
I think you did a great job.
I think you were one of the finest talk-show hosts out there
because you were different
and you did bring on a lot of people.
And you created a situation,
especially for me where I felt comfortable
and I could try things and be risky
and you had an amazing run.
And you're not gonna stop,
you're gonna be doing podcasts or whatever else.
(Conan laughing) No, seriously.
I like at the end, you said,
whatever else like landscaping. (laughing)
No, podcasting, I said.
You'll be doing something else a podcast,
landscaping... Podcasting.
I'm gonna focus on landscaping.
Kevin, so nice of you so say that,
and sincerely, you're one of the all-time greats.
And I'm so grateful we're friends after all these years.
I mean, I've know you- After all these years.
Since I met you at SNL, and you were so nice to me then.
I think I met you in 1988.
I met you in February of 1988 when I started on SNL
and you and Dana Carvey walked in the room
and right away you were just a gem of a fellow to me.
And you came on with Greg Daniels,
both Harvard graduates, nerdy,
kinda googly-eyed, you know? Okay, let's wrap this up!
The point is- Smelly.
Go head, wrap it up.
[Conan] Wonderful.
You said I had one
of the greatest talk shows. Insecure.
Of all time, let's end on that note.
Kevin, I wanna thank you for being here.
(Kevin laughing) Enough with the googly eyes.
I never had googly-eyes,
or anything. No, I want to thank you
for having me here. (Conan laughing)
Let's not mix things up. Okay.
I wanna thank you for...
You didn't have to have me here.
No I did, you kept- But yet, you went out of...
You didn't go out of your way but-
You called and texted everyday
til I had no choice. Yes, but
you made someone else- You harassed me...
Go out of there way
to hire me. You harassed me
and I had to have you on.
Kevin Nealon. First of all.
God bless. I'm ending this.
You hate to say to goodbye, don't you?
Goodbye.
[Kevin] That's not how you say goodbye.
Farewell.
You're not even looking at me.
I'm gonna look at you anymore.
[Kevin] You're not looking at me.
When you're saying goodbye.
Kevin, you've meant
the world to me. Conan, I love you.
I love you
And I love you, too. Conan?
Take care. You're not looking at me.
Bye.
(both laughing)