Your mom, she's a character.
She doesn't sound like she's always easy-
[Anthony] Mhm. But you are
working with her. [Anthony] Oh yes.
She is co-hosting
"To Tell the Truth" with you. [Anthony] Yeah.
I couldn't do that.
I could not work side by side with one of my parents.
I love 'em- [Anthony] Right.
But I couldn't do that.
What's it like? How did she get this gig?
You know what?
I had already had the gig.
We hadn't started
[Conan] Right. Production yet,
and I got a call that Steve Harvey
wanted me to do Celebrity Family Feud.
[Conan] Mhm. And I was like,
okay, cool.
So I bring my mom, my brother, my sister-in-law and my aunt.
And so it's the five of us.
And the first question out of the gate,
"Where would a naked magician pull a rabbit out of?"
And I'm up there with Steve
and the other contestant with my hand behind,
BOOM! I hit the buzzer first. "Anthony."
I was like, "His ass Steve."
BOOM! Number one, answer.
All right. Yeah.
Turn to my mom and 'dem.
"We 'gon play baby! We 'gon play!"
I was like, "Steve, we 'gon play."
So we go back. Known Steve 25 years.
He's known my mom just as long.
So there's a relationship there.
So he knows something wild
is about to come outta my mother's mouth.
He was like, Ms. Doris question to you is,
"Where would a naked magician pull a rabbit out of?"
And she look Steve dead in his eye and says,
"His nuts Steve." (Conan laughs)
His nuts.
It's not possible.
Exactly. (Conan continues laughing)
Steve cries, sets down production
for maybe five to seven minutes.
Crowd is going crazy. We gather ourselves.
Of course the answer's not up there.
We end up losing to Tony Braxton
and her family. (Conan laughs)
As one done. Yes.
So the producers come over,
who actually produce Family Feud.
They produce, it's Fremantle.
They produce "To Tell the Truth".
They're like, "Anthony, We'd like to talk to you
about your mom."
I was like, "Guys, I'm sorry (chuckles).
"I told you she was a live wire.
"I was like, you know what?
"You never know what's gonna come out my mom mouth.
"I'll talk to her. Everything's cool."
They're like, "No, no, no, no, no.
"We loved what she said. We loved what she did.
"What do you think about her...
"Your mom being your cohost- Oh wow.
"On 'To Tell the Truth'?"
I was like, "I think you can write a bigger check
"than I can
"and I'm all for it." (Conan laughs)
This is great.
This is gonna take care of all your problems.
Yeah and that is how my mom got on "To Tell the Truth".
Good for her.
And we've been rocking out for six seasons now.
That's incredible.
Yeah. Yeah.
And so she's able to travel.
Is she blowing a lot of that money on Bingo or is she-
You know, remarkably not. [Conan] Right.
My mother has never been one to save money.
You know, as soon as she gets it, it goes out,
and that's why we never had anything as kids growing up.
But that's another- (Conan laughs)
Story for another couch and another therapist.
Yeah, yeah.
But no. So my mom has done well.
[Conan] Yeah, yeah. She's been able to save.
She's been able to get her credit right.
She's been able to get a financial plan in order
and she's about to buy her own home-
[Conan] That's fantastic. And have money in the bank.
So yeah, she's learned, it took 67 years but she's learned.
You should start hitting her up for money.
She would never give it to me.
(both men laughs)
Conan my mother would...
My mother would call me at the height
of me making movies. [Conan] Mhm.
Let's let's say "Kangaroo Jack".
"Kangaroo Jack" made a hundred million dollars.
My mother always thought that hundred million dollars,
the vast majority of that went to me.
Yes. So my mother would call me.
She'd say, "Boy, 'Kangaroo Jack' did a hundred million.
"You think you could let hold $50,000?"
(Anthony chuckles) (Conan laughs)
No mama. (both men laughs)
That's not how it works.
No that's not how it works.
It's actually...
My mother would call me for $50 grand at a time Conan.
[Conan] Yeah.
Yeah. [Conan] Yeah.
You gotta move around fast. You gotta change your number.
Yeah (laughs).
[Conan] Make it very hard.