Ideas / Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend: The Friend Test
Bill Hader
Conan O'Brien with Bill Hader
Two funny people examine antiquated language, performance, relaxation, crime-show narration, and the mechanics of getting out of their own way.
Hader and Conan move easily from analysis into impressions and complete nonsense. Their subjects—antiquated terms, relaxation, performance, and crime-show narrators—become openings into how funny people build, notice, and occasionally obstruct a joke.
It works as a conversation about craft because neither participant can tolerate discussing craft for long without demonstrating the problem.