Inside Conan: An Important Hollywood Podcast - Andy Daly

Episode Date: July 12, 2019

Everyone’s absolute favorite, Andy Daly (Review) joins Conan writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell to talk about how his Late Night with Conan journey began. Andy talks about how Robert Smigel recommended him for Conan bits after he auditioned for The Dana Carvey Show, playing Amy Poehler’s new boyfriend Kyle for a “Andy’s Little Sister” sketch, Late Night Salmon Grab, getting a swirly by Rob Riggle in a real toilet, a controversial blackface sketch, and much more.This episode is brought to you by Third Love (www.thirdlove.com/insideconan).Check out Conan Without Borders: Australia: https://teamcoco.com/australiaCheck out Conan25: The Remotes: https://conan25.teamcoco.com/Got a question for Inside Conan? Call our voicemail: [phone] and e-mail us at [e-mail] For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com

And now, it's time for Inside Conan, an important Hollywood podcast. Hey, welcome to Inside Conan. Hi there, I'm Mike Sweeney. I'm Jessie Gaskell. And we're both writers on The Conan Show, and we are contractually obligated to talk about all things Conan. We also love it. Yeah, we love it.

We love every second of it, giving you that sweet backstage gossip. Yep. And we have a great, great show today. We have a great guest. Andy Daly is going to be here today. Yeah, we're very excited to talk to him. Everybody's favorite. Everyone loves him.

Everyone, it's annoying. Well, and it's annoying how funny he is all the time. Because he deserves the love that he gets. Yes. He's earned it. He earns it every day. Very funny guy, and we're excited to have him here. Yeah, and he has a long history with the show.

He does. So we'll talk about his early days getting cast as just a young buck. Before many of you were born. And this week, you know, we're getting ready. We're going down to San Diego. Yeah, we're going to Comic-Con. For the fifth year in a row. Yeah.

That's like. Fifth time's a charm. Four Spider-Man reboots. We've been down there for four of the five. Yeah, we're the Tom holland of comic-con visits i mean i've been really busy every day because we're doing um every year we do these fake auditions right celebrities come in and audition for for a big movie a big movie yeah so we're doing indiana jones this year which is being rebooted yeah and we somehow magically every single guest this week

said yes. Oh, that's great. I know, which is great. But that's a lot of work. It was a lot of work. So we, yeah, we had Kevin Bacon, which was exciting. Oh, that's awesome. I know. And it's always, I've noticed this because this also happened with Jodie Foster. Right.

Almost the bigger the star, the more easygoing they are. That's interesting. And they're just game for whatever. They're like, yeah, I didn't look at the script. I trust you guys. Right, right. Oh, that's great. Yeah, it's really. That's good.

I know. So he was really easy and just playful. They just don't care about their careers anymore. I guess not. Ah, screw it. Or they just trust themselves. I guess they're so self-assured that they know they're not going to do anything terrible. Right, right, right.

They're not worried about it. They've probably done something like that 8 million times for 8 million comedy shows over the years. But I did feel very, I was very self-conscious about like, because we're not supposed to laugh during it, and I really wanted Kevin Bacon to know that he was doing a good job. Right, right. And so, yeah, so I was making sure that every time we would cut,

I would like give him a good laugh. And then we later found out that it was his birthday that day, too. Oh. So he did all that on his birthday. That was very kind of him. I know. That's nice. Watch, you're going to, meanwhile, you cut him out of the bit.

Sorry, Kevers. Wow, so every guest this week. That's almost, it's like you kind of almost start wishing, oh, why? The thing that said no. Please say no. We're so used to, we got so many no's. Oh, initially? Yeah. I mean, there's a lot of great people in it. Right, right, right. But we also kept reaching out

to people we thought would be good. Right. And then, oh yeah, we'd just get a lot of, they're out of town, which means they don't want to do it. Right, right. Oh, or they're out of town. Or maybe they're out of town. Or, you, which means they don't want to do it. Oh, or they're out of town. Or maybe they're out of town. Or you're right, they don't want to do it. But yeah, we'll be at Comic-Con next week.

And we, you and I, I don't know if you know this. No, tell me. We're doing a live taping of this podcast. That's crazy. Where are we doing it? At the Team Coco house. Oh. At the tin roof. We're taking over the tin roof.

Yeah. For the week, I guess, right? Are. It's at the tin roof. We're taking over the tin roof. Yeah. For the week, I guess, right? Are there different- The hot tin roof. There's going to be tons of stand-up comedy there all week. The writers of Conan are going to be appearing there. You know, several of the writers are stand-up comics, and they're incredibly funny.

Rather successful ones. Laurie Kilmartin, Brian Kiley, Andre Dubichet, Levi McDougal. Dan Cronin. Yeah. Really, incredibly funny. Rather successful ones. Laurie Kilmartin, Brian Kiley, Andre Dubichet, Levi McDougal, Dan Cronin, really, really funny. Todd Levin. Yeah.

Jose Arroyo now is killing doing stand-up. He's killing. So, yes, very talented writing staff. However, all of these shows are already sold out.

They're all sold out. So you're going to have to scalp tickets if you want to go. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Or just reach out to us. We'll sneak you in. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Or just reach out to us. We'll sneak you in. Yeah, we might be able to sneak you in, actually.

That's happening next week. And then we are also, it turns out, going to Montreal just for Laughs Festival. The following week. Yeah. We're doing a live podcast there on July 25th. Yeah. Yes. So if you live in Montreal, bonjour.

And speak English. Yes. Drop by. So we're, I guess, we're going on the road. Yeah. And I'm excited. We have a two-stop tour. That's right.

And the Montreal one's going to be in the Doubletree Hotel. Oh, wow. We're staying there and doing the podcast there. That's better than the Singletree. Yeah. We're not going to see any in Montreal. No, we won't. Just an elevator.

And then it's back to the plane. Yeah, but I'm sure the double tree there is beautiful. Oh, it's going to be wonderful. And, you know, without further ado, let's get into Andy Daly. Here he is. All right. Wow. Okay.

Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Great. All right. well. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Great. Right? That feels good. Feels great. Levels are good.

Yeah. No popping on the peas? No. I pop on the peas, I think. Yeah, okay. I don't know. Do you? Yeah, I've been listening to some episodes.

I have a bunch of specific consonant notes for you guys. I would love some. From having spent some time in the podcast world. Honestly, you probably could give us some useful feedback. No one's willing to give us any feedback. We ask for it all the time. Yeah, neither am I. Quit.

Just stop. Stop it. Stop it. Don't do this. Really don't do it. Yeah. No, no, no. It's great.

I've been enjoying it. Your latest character. My latest character? I love Inside Coding Podcast. Oh, I love it. It's great. I love all the inside stories. I recommend it to all my podcasts.

Oh, sure. The stories can't get too obscure for me. That's what people like, right? People enjoy a show that's about the pathology of a late night television show. Yep. Once you get into naming the prop guy, I'm all there for it. You mean Bill Tull? Yeah, that's the guy.

See, that name resonates. It does. That's true. Andy Daly. Yes. Are we? Have we begun it? Yeah.

We always do a false start. We ease into it. We do. Yeah. Smart. We hope that you're going to say something controversial when you think we're not rolling. Exactly. I intend to say controversial things when I think you are rolling.

Welcome. Thank you. I'm so excited to be here. Yes, we're very happy to have you here. You're one of our, I think, across the board, everyone loves you here. Oh. You're beloved. You are beloved.

But I also feel you get a lot of love all the time. Yeah. You're beloved. You are beloved. But I also feel you get a lot of love all the time. Yeah. So maybe we should Oh. You think I might be tired of it?

You know, how much love can one guy take? There seems to be no limit to the amount that I require. Okay. So don't worry about it.

Oh, well then, if it's like oxygen for you, we won't hold back. Very much so. Of course you're beloved. So this is just a drop in the bucket. Yeah, well then, if it's like oxygen for you, we won't hold back. Very much so. Of course you're beloved. So this is just a drop in the bucket. Yeah, this is barely scratching the surface. I'm going to have to go on Reddit later and really.

And we're excited to have you here because you have a long relationship. Yeah. I certainly do. With the Conan. Yes. Ouvre. With the Ouvre. Yes.

I was thinking about how it began for me, my Conan journey. Yeah. And I believe it went like this. I had an audition for the Dana Carvey show. So that would have been 96, I think. Yes. 95, 96. And I got a callback.

Was it to play Dana Carvey? Yes. I got a callback. I was just put on tape and I got a callback. And the callback Was so confusing It was me Sitting at a round table With Robert Smigel

And Dana Carvey And Louis C.K. And Dino Stamatopoulos Just all of us Sitting at a table And them kind of being like Just casually like So what would you do

On a sketch show If you were on a sketch show And I was just not prepared At all for that For that Like I think I would have been prepared for a standard audition. Yeah, that's too broad. It was really, it was confusing to me as a 25-year-old.

And I was just like, I don't know. Or even a 40-year-old. Yeah, that's right. As a 40-year-old, I'd be confused. Perhaps even more confusing. Yeah, yeah. And I left feeling like I wasn't prepared for that conversation, let alone to be on a television show with these people. Did you think it was like a candid camera show, like a punk show?

I thought it was a sincere attempt to kind of break out of the mold of auditioning and like, let's get to know you and talk collaboratively about this show we would make together. Yeah, but I just wasn't in that mindset. I think like if I had come through the Groundlings or Second City and it was just somebody who was always steeped in what I would like to do in sketch, like maybe I'd be prepared for that conversation. Well, it sounds like what they wanted was for you to also be a writer. Yeah, right.

Like maybe they could get some free content. That's what it sounds like. Right. So they did not hire me for that. But from what I understand, Robert Smigel called over to the casting director of Conan late night with and recommended me. And so, yeah, I started getting gigs. I love learning that.

Yeah. You know, Robert Smigel really was a total mensch that way all the time. If someone is like, oh, we're filled up here or somewhere, he would volunteer to recommend you to someone else and actually do it. Yeah. Like a lot of people go, oh, I'll recommend you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then, you know, their intentions are good, but they don't follow through or they forget. Mm-hmm.

And that's great. Yeah, that was so nice of him to do. He has been very nice over the years. He put me in some of those TV fun houses. Yeah, that's right. Yeah, cartoons and things. Right, right. Yeah, that was so nice of him to do. He has been very nice over there. He put me in some of those TV funhouse cartoons and things. Right, right. Yeah, which is- So you made a better impression in that meeting. I guess I did.

It felt terrible. Yeah. But I guess I made a pretty good impression. Did you know going in that it was going to be round table or did you literally show up? No, that's terrifying. And they're like, please join us at this conference. Exactly. And I was also shocked to see Dana Carvey.

Like I, they must've told me the producers of the show were going to be there. And I didn't make the leap that of course, Dana Carvey is one of the producers of the Dana Carvey show. And so I was sitting right next to him at this table and he's doing the Carson impression to my face. And I'm just like, I don't, what's happening? I mean, he, he seems like a very sweet of course

right but I just wasn't ready to be a star of any sort that's so intimidating I was young were you at that time doing improv at had UCB opened in New York

I don't know UCB was not here yet I don't believe right around then is when it yeah they came in early 96 so maybe yeah

right around then but I was doing I moved into my parents basement in New Jersey after graduating college and commuted into New York and then eventually

moved into New York so I was in New York that's going to be very inspiring for a lot of our listeners oh it is yeah make the big move down two flights

yeah start your career. Yeah, yeah. My parents were very concerned about me living in their basement until I did. And then when I said, I'm moving out, like I was addressing their concern. I'm leaving. They're like, well, where are you going? You're rent-free here.

Yeah. They realized that. We like the company. Yeah, they like the company. But I said, no, I'm leaving. So I was in New York doing sketch and improv before the UCB came to town, which was such an odd time. And people, I think, can't imagine that there was no long form comedy improv. There was no UCB.

It was all just kind of short form type games. There was a company called Chicago City Limits, I remember. Yeah, and I was in their main stage company. We did six shows a week of like games and short form stuff. Oh, wow. Oh, okay. Yeah. And it was technically an off-Broadway show, I think.

Did you get paid? I did get paid. Oh, good. Yeah. I was paid $250 a week. Yeah. That covered commuting costs. Yeah, that covered your rent with your parents.

Just about. Do you come from a big family? No, I have two brothers. costs. Yeah, I covered your rent with your parents. Just about. Do you come from a big family? No, I have two brothers. Okay. Yeah. But your parents wanted to keep you around. They didn't. They liked you more than your two brothers.

We need you in that basement. So one of them doesn't move in. It's just always been funny to me. When I said I wanted to be an actor in high school, they were like, well, if you think you're going to come back here and sleep in our house forever and all that, they give me the big lecture. And then when it finally came time for me to move, they're like, where are you going? Yeah. What do your parents do? Do they have anything to do with?

No, my mom's a nurse and my, well, they're retired now. And my dad was a salesman of video teleconferencing equipment. Oh, get out. Yeah. Was he, did he have that salesman personality? Very much so, yes. Yes, he did that from 1985. Have you based some characters on that?

Not that I'm willing to say. They're all your father. All of them are, yes. It's his dad talking about Bonanza. That's about right. Yeah. I'm always curious. That's bold when you're still in high school to say,

I want to be an actor. I think. I think a lot of people might bury that until they're out of their house, maybe, and then pursue. But it sounds like they were supportive. You were a true artist. No, they were not supportive. I did a bit of a combo of that.

Because I was a very bad student, and I was very interested in extracurricular activities. And Andy Blitz and I went to high school together. And we did comedy together. We shot comedy pieces for our video production class at our high school. Oh, that's so cute. Yeah, yeah. And so, that's what I wanted to do. But at some point, I – and my parents were like, that's crazy.

They thought it was nuts. And so, I read an unauthorized biography of David Letterman at some point where it said that he went to college to study communications. And I thought, okay, I could do that. That is a way that I could get around the concept of four more years of education. So I told that to my parents and they were so excited. And I and they, I think, were envisioning me in an office with a primetime grid on the wall. You know what I mean? Like that I was going to have a legitimate job.

Being an executive, yeah. Yes, but in this business. And then your dad was like, son, it was an unauthorized by my company. Let's step back and count to ten. I don't know why I felt the need to specify that it was unauthorized, but I just wanted you to know because I was kind of a renegade at that time. That's kind of what I'm trying to say. So go ahead.

Yeah, but so then I went to college with the intention of doing that, but I did not get into the communications department at Ithaca College, and then my grades there were – There were too many other aspiring actors. Yes, exactly, yes. And then my – I thought I would transfer in, but my initial grades at college were bad and whatever. And so I had to pick another major, and I just said, well, I guess I'll do acting

because I had taken an acting elective and they were very encouraging of me. And so I just auditioned for the acting program at Ithaca and was like, I mean, my parents require me to get a bachelor's degree and the communication school won't take me. I think I'll leave here with a degree in theater. And then at that point they were like,

whatever it takes. To get you into sales. Son, I'm saving a spot for you. Ithaca's, their big rival is Cornell, right? Aren't you on, isn't there a gorge separating the two colleges? Yeah, right. Or is that not true? Well, those colleges are on two opposing hills in the town of Ithaca, but it doesn't feel like a real hot rivalry.

It's a gigantic Ivy League school and we're just trying to drink as much beer as possible. It's a one-way rivalry. It's a one-way rivalry, yeah. We're trying to get invited to some of their frat parties. That's a big statement. Yeah. So then you went to Manhattan after, or you moved back home. Yeah.

And then you were commuting to this State of the Week improv gig. To Chicago City Lim home. Yeah. And then you were commuting to this Chicago City Limits improv gig. Yeah, first I took their classes and then I did some sketch shows. And then, yeah, they hired me for their main stage company. And I, yeah, I did that. And then by then I think I'd moved into town and was working at the Equinox Fitness Club on 19th. Oh, my God.

Really? Yes, I worked at the front desk. Towels or training? I was a, have a good workout. Have a good workout. And I was the person who received the complaints

that the, quote, butt blaster was broken. That was my most frequent complaint. And I just said, I hope they never fix it because I love the anger with which people come up to this desk and say,

the butt blaster is still broken. Just saying the word butt blaster out loud. It almost makes me think someone kept breaking it. Do you know if they have any plans to fix the butt blaster? I don't know. I got a butt and need a blast in. Look at this.

This butt's not going to blast itself. That was a great job just for that. Yeah. Lots of celebrities came into that. Oh, really? Daniel Day-Lewis, Julia Roberts just for that. Yeah. Lots of celebrities came into that. Oh, really? Oh, Daniel Day-Lewis, Julia Roberts, RuPaul. Wow. Chuck Scarborough.

Austin Pendleton. Chuck Scarborough. So you were, yeah. So that's like a perfect job for an aspiring actor. Just starting out in the big city. Yes. And then what was your first TV acting gig? I think it was

Four lines on an episode Of Spin City Down there at the Chelsea Oh Chelsea Pier Yes Michael J. Fox Michael J. Fox was on that show

Yeah Yeah So then you had a reel Right exactly That plus my college Student films That was my reel They taped a lot of shows

Down at Chelsea Piers And I know they did Law & Order there, and they would have to stop shooting because they would share walls with handball courts. And they'd literally be like, oh, there's a basketball game. Hold up. Yeah. It seemed like it was ill-planned. I don't know if you ran into that at Spins.

I don't recall that. No. No, one of my only stories from that week is that George Wendt was the guest star. He was actually playing a Donald Trump-inspired character. And he said something like, on tape night, I don't go near the script. I don't look at the script. And he's like, take the script away from me. And then I was pacing and I was so scared about my four lines that he offered to run lines with me.

And it felt like such a, I don't know, he was grabbing the script again to help me. Yeah, yeah. Oh, is he secretly looking? Yeah. Yeah. Nice man. What a fraud. Uh-oh.

But so then you, so you ended up coming in for late night sketches. Yes. I started doing sketches at late night. Yeah. I mean, what are some standouts that you remember? Well, doing Andy's little sister sketches with Amy Poehler was amazing. Did you already know Amy from outside? I guess I met Amy.

So when the UCB first came to town, I saw an early ASCAT. And then at the end of that ASCAT, Matt Walsh said, there's a sign-up sheet in the lobby. We're going to do a workshop. And I practically ran to put my name on it. And so that was the first class. It was a one-day workshop that the UCB ever taught in New York. And I was in that. So I became as steeped as I possibly could be as fast as possible in their world.

And then I took a class that was taught for six weeks by Walsh and six weeks by Amy Poehler. And it was probably around that time that we did those sketches together. So I did know her a little bit. Yeah. Wow. She was your teacher. I know. Yeah.

And now you're in a sketch with her. Right. What'd you do in Andy's Little Sister? Did you play like her brother? You know I I played her boyfriend That she brought to make Conan Jealous That's right

That's funny Oh that's perfect Yeah Well we'll have to dig it up And put it online Oh yeah Cause we had Matt Walsh on recently And

Yeah We mentioned some old sketches And put them online And I think people are enjoying seeing them. Oh, great. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then there was another one. Do you remember when Conan would bring somebody out of the audience and ask them questions about their life and then improvise a song about their life?

Yeah. So, I was in one of those that I think Stack wrote and I was- Brian Stack. Brian Stack. And I was going into the seminary to become a priest. That's right I remember that one yeah

and Conan's song was extremely irreverent and apparently they got a lot of angry letters from people really believing that I was that you were a real priest

yes that I was inspiring you were so convincing your acting was too good I took it as a bit of a compliment that is a giant compliment I appreciated it so that they actually believed

that that song was being improvised on the spot like it was all. And you cost the show hundreds of thousands of viewers. Yes, I did.

Religion, anything to do with Jesus, we'd get tons of angular letters all the time. It's something. Yeah.

It's very mobilized, the evangelicals. They are ready to jump in. Yeah. Oh, man. And letter writers, I appreciate that. I know. It's a lost art. Yeah. Oh, man. And letter writers. I appreciate that.

I know. It's a lot of stars. It's an earlier time. An earlier time. Yeah, you did that a number of times where you played an audience member that would come out. There was one time. This is a sketch maybe you should put up because it, what was the premise? It was late night salmon grab.

Oh, yeah. What was the premise? It was late night salmon grab. And it was a bucket, a big steel bucket that we understood a salmon was swimming around in. And Conan wanted a volunteer from the audience to come up and participate in the late night salmon grab. And you cut to the audience and there's a grizzly bear in the audience raising his hand. He really wants to participate. But I'm also there and I'm raising my hand. Sure. And it's, I think, I think the gag was Conan

tried to point at the grizzly bear but I thought he was pointing at me and so I ran down there. And the poor grizzly bear is so mad that he doesn't get to do it. That's his game. Yeah.

Yeah. And the way that the fish was rigged, there was an actual fish in a bucket, like an actual, like dead, real fish. That jumped out?

No, in a bucket that was rigged up. It was stuck to two little metal pieces. So if you can imagine at the bottom of this bucket, I'm just doing it with my fingers, but the audience can't appreciate that. It's two like metal nail type things. Oh, yeah. That the fish has then been stuck onto.

And then I'm supposed to put my head in the bucket and grab this raw fish between my teeth and pull it out in my mouth. And there was some concern at the rehearsal that like, if I didn't position my head exactly right, I could poke my eye out on the little metal sticks that the fish was on. That sounds accurate. But also don't open your eyes underwater. Right, right. And I am very, I think I am particularly sensitive to having water in my eyes. I really don't like it. So what happened when we taped it is that I thrust my face into this bucket of water. I grabbed the

fish between my teeth. Everything's fine. I pulled the fish out, but then I do the thing that I do when I get water in my eyes, which is my hands go immediately to my eyes to like, and there's a moment like a cat. Yes. And there is a moment I believe where Conan thinks perhaps I have poked my eye out on the metal stick. And I've watched it many times and I see that there's a moment where he goes from, oh, and then he stops, he gets quiet. Yeah. He's imagining the lawsuit. Yes, yes, yes. I've seen it. That's how we'd keep him interested in sketches, the threat of severe personal injury to a performer.

There was also a sketch one time. I have to get this. Two, I have to get off my chest. This is one of them. There was a time when Cecilia called me and said, they want to do a sketch where- Cecilia Pleave, I'm sorry. Cecilia Pleave, a casting director, yes. A sketch where Rob Riggle and somebody else are going to hold you over a toilet with your head in the toilet, a flushed toilet, a swirly, right?

Is that what that's called? They were always dunking your head in water. There's another salmon in the toilet. We know Andy's the only person willing to put his head in the water. Well, but she said they know they want to do it, but they don't know when they're going to do it because the prop guys have to find a toilet. And I thought, well, that sounds very easy for the prop guys to find a toilet. And so she called like a day or two later and said, okay, so it's on. It's happening today.

Come down. And I come down to do it. And the prop guys have not found a toilet. We're just going to the bathroom there on the floor where Len Berman and Chuck Scarborough go to take a dump before Live at Five. Oh, no. And they did. Weirdly enough, I was not horrified at the time. I've looked back on it now and gone, oh, that was terrible.

I could have said no. You're a big Len Berman fan. I could have said no. I guess so. But they made a big show of cleaning out the toilet. And they provided me with shampoo and a towel. And I did it. How much of your head was submerged?

Like the whole, like above the ears. Up to your eyes? Yeah. Oh no. Yeah. Mm-hmm. And yeah, years later, Andy Blitz, like many years later, Andy Blitz goes, hey, that toilet thing at Conan, I'm sorry.

Oh, was it? I don't know if he was involved in it at all. I think he may have just been apologizing on behalf of the show. He was mad at you about something

from high school, I guess. Yeah, I was going to say. Did he, would he write stuff with you in mind? I don't know. You know, I don't know that I always know

who had written things. Yes, that's true. Yeah. And it sounds like back then, a lot of times, literally, you'd. Yes, that's true. Yeah. And it sounds like back then, a lot of times, literally you'd get a call the same day. Yeah.

Like, can you be here in 20 minutes? Right, right. Yeah. Usually the call time was 1 p.m. for a live bit or 11 for a pre-tape bit. Yeah, it would be, yeah. Yeah, you were on the list of people who are available and have zero boundaries. Uh-huh. Apparently.

I know. It's like, if he does the toilet thing, he'll do anything. He'll do anything. He'll put the zero boundaries. Uh-huh. Apparently. I know. It's like, if he does the toilet thing, he'll do anything. He'll do anything. He'll put the raw fish between the metal spikes. Wow.

But you kept getting called back. I did. You were doing things right. Oh, I was always thrilled to do it. Always super exciting. And yeah, and the other one, Lonely Chips,

that was a very memorable one for me. That was a big deal for me. Oh, that was a satellite TV channel. Yes, Glazer did, wrote a satellite TV channel where I'm just a chips officer wandering lonely around the park. That's really good. That's all it was. And there's sad music. Yeah, all by myself, I think, was playing.

That's all by myself, just walking around. Okay, you used to be able to just use music. Oh, is that right has that changed now that you're putting them up online do you have to take out some of those music

you do it's a bummer it is a bummer so that's gonna be replaced with a knock off generic me with my lonesome

someone else is here yeah why are they playing elevator music while this guy walks around the park now should I tell the story of the controversial blackface sketch or not?

I'll tell it and we'll cut it. Sure. I think people would be angry if you didn't tell it. If I didn't tell it. This is a crazy story. It's worse than the toilet story. It's worse. Yes.

Yes, I really did. I had no boundaries. That's a very good point. I just pretty much do whatever I was asked to do. You had a lawsuit. And unfortunately, the statute of limitations is gone. We waited to have you on until it expired. So this is so complicated.

So it's 1999. Okay. The Screen Actors Guild has gone on strike over the commercial contract. Remember that? So they've picked a fight with all of the advertising agencies and all of the advertising companies in the United States. And it was weird because the story never got picked up on the news. And I remember us actors at the time feeling like, oh, the ad-driven news doesn't want to talk about the fact that we're on strike. It may have been that they just thought it was a boring story, but they just wanted 3% more on basic cable wild spots. But we were mad about it.

But one little story did bubble up, and it was the story of a car company that produced a commercial during the actor strike. And so they found an actor, an African-American actor to cross the picket line and come out and say nice things about this car and then get into the car. And then in the spot, there was supposed to be some fancy driving. So they needed a stunt driver. Oh no. But the stunt drivers had also walked out in sympathy with the actors. So they could not find an African-American stunt driver to cross the picket line. So they found a white stunt driver who would cross the picket line and put him in black face to do the stunt driving.

And black hands. And black hands. And that story did make it into some kind of press. And John Glazer saw it. And he was so disgusted by- This is a ripe area for- He was so disgusted by the behavior of everybody involved and he thought that there's a sketch here.

And so the sketch was that I was going to come on the show as a union member of the blackface stunt driver's union. And my beef is that a non-union blackface stunt driver had crossed the picket line to be in this commercial. So that's complicated. Yes. But for sure, it involved me coming down and being put in blackface makeup and then sitting there and just kind of explaining.

And it was set up as a satellite interview with Conan. I think maybe because Conan was like, I don't want to sit next to a guy. We can't be the main shot. But you were still 12 feet away in the performance area. Yes, exactly. Yes. And I'm just sitting there explaining, yes, there is a union of blackface stunt drivers. And this guy crossed the picket line.

And so I get there. And I'm in the makeup chair. And it is an African-American woman applying this makeup to me. And she's like, what is this sketch? And I explained it just like I explained it to you, which is rather convoluted. And I'm getting a lot of just kind of, uh-huh, mm-hmm, okay. And then I had to spend all this time sitting in the green room reading the paper in blackface makeup, which is awkward. And then we rehearsed the sketch, and I'm sitting there, and Glazer comes in all pissed off. He goes, they cut the sketch we rehearse the sketch and I'm sitting there and Glazer comes in

all pissed off he goes they cut the sketch they cut the sketch I'm really mad I'm pissed off I can't I'm sorry

I'm sorry and I don't care because I get paid for the day anyway and I kind of felt like I made a kind of dodge the point and you can keep the makeup

yes for the rest of the night so then the next day I get a call from Cecilia Pliva casting director saying Glazer has fought really hard and the sketch is back in tonight.

Oh, my God. Yes. He put up a fight to put the sketch back in. Oh, my God. So I was like, okay. And I come down and now it's the same makeup artist, but now she did it once, but she was not happy about doing it a second time. And I got a real talking to. She was like, so you're just an actor.

You'll do anything you're asked to do. And I was like, I don't know, because I think we're on the right side of it, right? Aren't we on the right side of the debate? And then this time, sometimes the green room was full and you couldn't hang out there. And so I had to sit in a folding chair in the hallway, all of the traffic to and from live at five and all and just sitting there in black face makeup waiting to do the bit god and that night the musical guest was buster rhymes oh my god him and his whole entourage walked down the hall and that was the moment where i kind of went oh oh is this worth it right is it is the visual yeah maybe maybe this, maybe even being on the right side of this discussion doesn't quite justify. But it's a very subtle satire.

It's very subtle. Yeah. And then Glazer comes out and goes, they cut the bit again. See you tomorrow for a take three. But no, it never happened again. But that was, yeah, that was rough. It was scary. It felt bad.

But it also did feel- It was a good lesson, though. It was a good lesson. I will never do that again, no matter what point we're making. Yeah. Well, it did an error. I know. That's probably when they cut up the toilet idea.

It's like, get the makeup off and we're gonna hold you upside upside down in a real toilet but you know I always loved doing staring contest bits

I remember oh yeah those are great I got to do one where I'm Hamlet, and I'm holding the skull of Yurik, and then a tongue pops out of the skull of Yurik, and I French kiss it for a while. I remember that. Staring contest was a bit we did a lot of many times. It was Conan and Andy have an old-fashioned staring contest, and Conan cheats. Yeah.

After they're staring for a while, Conan's clearly hired people to come up behind him to distract Andy and make Andy break and blink. Right, right. Yes. Someone recently posted the final staring contest that was ever done, which was Andy Richter's last show. Oh, okay. Oh, that's right. And I had a memory of being in it, but I watched it and I'm not in it. And then at the end, there's a big, like, everybody who was in it gathers together and dances.

And you're there. And I'm there. Oh, so you got cut. Yeah, with a saw in my hand and a bloody apron. So I'm left to just try to remember, what was I doing? What kind of makeup did you have on? Yes, exactly. I'm thinking I must have been a Civil War doctor.

Wow. Some kind of big cut. We can dig that up. Oh, really? You can dig up a cut bit? I think we can dig up the cut bit. That would be great. And find out what you were.

I'd love to see that. That doctor deserves his day. We could ask John right now to, John Crotore, our script guy, to see if he could dig it up. Wow. That would be a while ago. But is it worth it? Who knows? Probably not.

Second thought, maybe we won't. Well, I do remember that staring contest because it was the last one ever. It just became a repository for every remaining staring contest bit that was lying around in anybody's laptop. Right. There was a ton of bits. Right. It went on and on and on. Oh, wow.

So I'm sure some had to be cut. It's like the greatest hits. Right. Maybe even some really great ones got cut. Mm-hmm. Yeah, there could be other. I mean, who knows? Yes.

Who else? Tom Hanks could be in one. That's right. That's right. Yeah. It hurt his career. I can't wait to see the director's cut of the final staring contest. Well, my favorite old Andy Daly bit where I fell in love with you was something I, and I think it is a testament to how funny you are.

Because if I tried to explain it to someone, they're just like, what? And it was, you were pitching a new drink. Oh, I remember. This was literally during the summer of 2000. Right. And you came out to pitch a new drink called Ice Tea 2000. And Conan would just go, well, so what makes it Ice Tea 2000? And you'd describe it.

And he'd go, well, that just sounds like regular iced tea. And you'd go, not regular iced tea, Conan. Iced tea 2000. But again, I'm not doing it justice. And that was the whole thing. And you just made it hilarious. Yeah, I was playing a character named Summertime Steve. Yes.

Yeah, Summertime Steve. What about the return of Summertime Steve? Come back anytime. Let's do it Oh my god Ice tea 2019 That's evergreen Cause that was it

I think I just made the choice To always say it Exactly the same way Every time it appeared In the script So it was always Ice tea 2000 Yes

Regardless of what The rest of the sentence Sounded like That was a lot better Than when Tweety did it I know I know Why am I doing you in front of you?

What a horrible mistake. I enjoyed your impression. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I remember that. I think maybe it was Mike Gordon that wrote that. Yeah. I can't remember. Because I do remember him saying like,

well, I thought for sure that bit was going to get cut. There was nothing to it. I know, you're really enabling lazy writing. It's true. Oh, that's totally the case. There'd be stuff where we're like, we'll get Andy Daly in and he'll make it work. He'll do it, yeah.

He'll fix it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, well, that's good. If I allowed one writer to go home a little earlier, they got to go home at 11 instead of 11.30 at night. Great. That's great. We'll dig that one up, too. Oh, yes. I'd love to see Summer Time Steep. They got to go home at 11 Instead of 11.30 at night Great That's great We'll dig that one up too

Oh yes I'd love to see I think it's buried In the middle of some piece Like salute to summer Right We have these jacked up Salute to summer

10 minute pieces Time to salute summer The one that I think I get the most Feedback on Somebody must have Posted it somewhere And every once in a while

It bubbles up In Twitter comments or something, is the inappropriate you know that one, Clive Oh yeah, Clive Clemens inappropriate. Which I just appear in very briefly and I just somebody says something

and I say kinky. I have one word in it. But it's the way you say it. I guess so. You play a father with a young son, I think? Oh, maybe. I don't know. It's wrongheaded.

Yes, it's something that is not kinky. We'll dig it up. It's inappropriate for me to call it kinky. And it's Brian, yes. Yes. And it's Brian Stack as Clive Clements. Oh, yeah. Clive Clements, yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, so many memorable bits. So many great, great strolls down memory lane with Andy Daly. Oh, it was so much great fun. When are you going to be Andrew Daly when you start taking serious dramatic roles? Yes, I think so. I think so. You need a beard. All right.

I'll make the transition. No, sometimes I am Andrew Daly in the credits. I am very sloppy about it. Okay. I can't decide. You like to mix it up. Actually, you know, Andy Blitz, when we first met, we met in the cafeteria at Ridgewood High School in 1986.

And somebody asked me, I don't remember if he does. Somebody asked me, are you Andrew or Andy? And I said, I don't give a shit. And he said that he really related to that. Yeah. That it's a burden to have to decide whether you're Andrew or Andy. I know. And then as you get older, it's like, oh, am I another?

Did I pick wrong? Yeah. Am I supposed to drop the Y? I know. There were always people who tried to make that transition after high school. And it was like, no, you don't get to remake yourself. Yeah. You always have to be that person.

People seem to enjoy saying Andy Daly. Yeah. And so I have kind of gone remake yourself. Yeah. You always have to be that person. People seem to enjoy saying Andy Daly. Yeah. And so I have kind of gone with that. Yeah. It sounds like a stage name. Yeah, right? Yeah, Andrew just doesn't sound fun. It doesn't, right?

I mean, I don't want to offend any Andrews out there. But you know what? I don't know any Andrews. Hot takes. Yeah. I'm willing to say that. Yeah. But my parents call me Andrew.

My wife calls me Andrew, as a matter of fact. Oh, she does? She does. Oh, that's nice. That's sweet. Yes. I am. I feel like an Andrew, but I'd like you to call me Andrew.

Okay. Your kids are like, we don't give a shit. Yeah. Are either of your kids performance inclined? Both of my daughters are named Andrew. Oh, yes. Yes, they are, as a matter of fact. Yes, they're both big hams.

Yeah. Our 12-year-old would love to be working professionally. Oh, would you let her? I don't think so. I don't think so. Is that one of the Best advice I ever hear Is like When you're an adult

You can decide for yourself Pretty much Yes That's kind of how we're doing Yeah Yeah And I wanted to be A professional actor

As a young child too Right I did Yes As a very young child I was confused I was once Misrecognized as

Ricky Schroeder At our local supermarket And I Did you milk it? An old man was like, I've seen you in the movies. This is the boy that was in The Champ. Yeah, it was really weird. That sounds like a pedophile.

I know. Working his game. Yikes. Let me take some new head shots for you. You're a young star. I somehow took that as a sign that I ought to be on television and in the movies And my parents were just like, well, we don't know how to do that Yeah Okay, so

But you do know how to do it I could theoretically, yes But also I know why it shouldn't be done Yeah So when you see, when you work with child actors Do you kind of say, they were allowed to do this and I wasn't? Do you have bad child actor stories? Everyone does.

Oh, sure I do. Well, we did a sketch on Mad TV. This isn't a bad, quite a bad child, but it is. We did a sketch on Mad TV that was a Harry Potter parody. And so this would have been, I don't know, 2001 or two. And they had already started making Harry Potter movies. It was clear that this was going to be a lengthy franchise. And we had a child, a little British boy in the sketch who was playing Harry Potter. And in between shots, his mom said, you know, it was down to my little boy and Daniel

Radcliffe for the role. And now here he is on MADtv and this one day sketch is Harry Potter. And I just thought, that's a lot he was like eight that's just a lot for an eight year old boy did she say that in front of him yeah sure she did

oh of course now there's a lot of it was down to me and the person that got it stories and I think they're not you know

is that quite true and maybe the casting you don't want your parents just being kind yes perhaps and you don't want your parents telling everyone that. Yeah.

So I don't know. Because I mean, for me to miss out on something that then becomes a franchise that goes a decade or whatever, I would never get over it. No. And so for an eight-year-old boy, tough, tough stuff. It's good to remind them of that every day. I'd like to look that kid up. Maybe he did. Oh, yeah. He might have done some good stuff. It's good to remind them of that every day. I'd like to look that kid up. Maybe he did.

Oh, yeah. He might have done some good stuff. Sure. The star of the Americans. Yeah, maybe. Yeah. But no, I don't want my children in show business. No.

Smart move. Yep. Do they watch you and ever like comment or critique? They are big fans, I have to say. I did a kid's show for Netflix called The Who Was Show. Oh, right. Brian McCann was the head writer of that. Yes. And it was really, really funny.

So it's a good thing to be able to show my kids. Oh, that's great. No reservations about they're even learning. Yeah. And my seven-year-old, very early into her meeting, anybody will say, my dad was Ron on the Who Was Show. Just blurts it out. There's no subtlety. And then everyone grows quiet.

Oh, man. I got to chew that one out. So I assume you probably didn't let them watch Veep. Nope. Not Veep. Or Silicon Valley I did one episode of The Good Place And I have some rather

Sexually explicit things To say in that episode And my 12 year old Started watching that Oh boy Now I'm in the third season And I'm kind of thinking As she starts

Yeah Episode one Like well hopefully She loses interest Yeah Before it gets to my episode But no They really held her attention.

Yeah, what are you going to do? It has happened already and I just had to explain to her, like, you know, I don't think you should watch my- I don't believe those things. I did a poor job. I think I was just trying

to prevent her from watching that one episode. I think you'll get the rest of the show if you skip that one. Do you just tell her there is no heaven? It's all made up. You die.

It's nothingness. So my character doesn't really exist. But we were watching it together, actually. And I just said, well, look, I can't watch this episode with you. That's all. That's when it came. And she has ever since. It was very brave of you.

You really did grab the bull by the horns. I didn't know what else to do. I'll be in the other room. Yeah, pretty much. And she has made fun of me consistently since then for being that embarrassed about it. Oh, that's funny. Yeah, she didn't think it was such a big deal. I guess.

I hear this all the time. Yeah, I guess so. Man, you're reminding me. I used to play a Blinkin' on late. Oh, you're reminding me. I used to play Abe Lincoln on late. Yeah. There was some insane time travel beat where I time traveled and then I came back out and there was an ape from Planet of the Apes. And it was a classic thing. Like, there was no ending.

So, we ended up having to, I made out with. Yeah, yeah. It was Abe Lincoln. You either had to. Abe Lincoln. Abe Lincoln and Abe Lincoln. Or you had to, I made out with. Yeah, yeah. It was Ape Lincoln. You either had to. Ape Lincoln. Ape Lincoln and Ape Lincoln. Or you had to make out. Made out.

Right. And then I think they were running our show on Comedy Central and they were promoting it a lot. And that, for some reason, one of the clips was me making out. Oh, God. With Ape Lincoln. And my kids are like, you know, five and seven. They're like, hey, daddy, we saw you kissing ape Lincoln.

I'm like, I don't think that will mess them up in any way. It's another species. Oh, that's a good point. They can only dress as presidents when you're having sex with animals. So it didn't turn out well. Oh, well, that is a problem. And we got to work with you for a Comic-Con.

Oh, yeah. Oh, that was so much fun. Oh, I loved that. Talk about, it was a gaming party. Yeah, I'm still doing bits on Conan. Some people are here talking about their past

of doing bits on Conan. Yeah, that's true. I will come and do any damn thing. Put my head in a toilet today. I will do it. I really hope you wouldn't. No, I will,

God damn it. Grab a microphone, wouldn't. No, I will, God damn it. Grab a microphone, let's go. Yeah, no, we're always excited when we come up with something that we can pitch for you. Yes. I enjoy it. That Reed Newport game show host character,

I would do that every damn day. Yeah, you play a game show host who's kind of, who's like... From the 80s. Yeah, who's got, like, did he get locked up in a yeah he's it sounds like he wanders a lot yeah he wanders a lot and he's covered in dust right your show was canceled like two decades ago right yeah but you're in denial yes he just

wanders and you have a microphone all the time and you're like let's look at the board yeah yeah and we have no sense of what the game show actually was no it's just a hodgepodge of different game show style phrases yeah that's a good one and then yeah the comic-con thing was super fun that was uh conan as as the red melisandre yes melisandre and that was another example of you elevating the writing, because I think we- Writing. We had written, sort of scripted. No, it was really funny. You and Conan just ad-lib walking down the hall. Yeah, it was really funny.

It was a long walk down the hallway. Yes, it was. We went like 100 yards down. Yeah. Okay, now, same thing coming back the other way. All right, we're done. Idiot bellhop. Yeah.

Yeah. But then you kept ringing the doorbell to offer him other things and one of my favorite the way that you say the word Toblerone

Toblerone and you kind of stick your tongue in your cheek there's it's Toblerone I know from editing it

that I watched it so many times yes it's fantastic and then you two in the hallway like normally we'd only use like, I don't know, maybe 20 seconds of something like that. And you two are so great. We're just like, ah, just let it go and go. Yeah.

Yeah. That was a lot of fun. Very funny. Yeah. And that makeup job was unbelievable. Turning Conan into the old hag. There was no makeup. Oh, no.

Oh, no. Turned Conan into There was no makeup Oh no It was very weird To be hanging around With Conan In between Shots in that makeup The old way Where he looked like An 800 year old woman

Yes And specifically An 800 year old Naked woman With sagging breasts That's true Yes And it was

Yeah It made no sense For him to like Cover up The nakedness Of this latex suit. No, no. Yeah.

Really, except it kind of would have been nice. The only thing we didn't have to touch were his genitals. Yeah. It became camera-riff. Just flat. I shouldn't know that. So, what's next for Andy Daly? Oh, man.

What's next? I made up a list recently of all the various lines I have in the water or irons. There were 11 things on it, which really kind of bowed me out. That feels like too many things. It's too much. You got to cut things back. Yeah, yeah. Podcasts and TV shows and, you know, just things in various kind of –

Yeah, how many podcasts do you have? God. Well, two that I can talk about. Some of them are with the State Department. know just things in various kind of i'm trying to put it out there you have uh god well it's uh two that i can talk about some of them are with the state department a bunch of them are with the cia i would love classified podcasts but then we i do have a new podcast coming out called The Great American Cabinet of Curiosities that will be coming to Stitcher. Sean Conroy and I host people who are submitting their items, their household items for inclusion in a Great American Cabinet of Curiosities. The premise gets explained at the top of the show, for sure.

It just did. Yeah, I guess. And it's real people coming in with real stuff? Yeah. Oh, really? Well, I mean comedians, funny people, and then telling stories about the weird things that they've hung on to all these years. Okay.

But telling real stories. Telling real stories. Okay. Yes. Yes. Exactly. I get confused sometimes. I'm very confused.

Yeah. You play a lot of characters. Well, I do play a character. I assume this is a character you're playing right now. Right now? For sure. Oh, my God. So meta. You don't have two characters. Well, I do play a character. I assume this is a character you're playing right now. Right now, for sure. Oh, my God. So meta.

You don't have two girls. Why would I? So implausible. We played along. And then there's another top secret podcast in the works at Earwolf. I think people are going to be very excited. Oh, okay. I can't wait.

Yeah, but I don't know where you'll see me next. Who knows where I'm going to be? Maybe on Conan. Maybe on wait. Yeah. But I don't know where you'll see me next. Who knows where I'm going to be. Maybe on Conan. Maybe on Conan. Yes. We might bring back Summertime. What was it? Summertime Steve.

Ice-T. Ice-T. Ice-T. Ice-T. Ice-T. Ice-T. Ice-T. Ice-T.

Ice-T. Ice-T. Ice-T. Ice-T. Ice-T. Ice-T. Summertime Steve. Yeah.

I'm ready. Anytime. I'm limbered up. Ready to go. Mm-hmm. Okay. Well, Andy. Well, this was great.

Thank you so much. Thank you. I enjoyed myself. Thank you so much Thank you I enjoyed myself Thank you Yeah I can't wait to hear The secret podcast Yeah

Oh yes And we really appreciate You're so busy I know To make Carve Time out for us Yeah Not that busy Yeah

And talk about you I mean that's What a thrill Hard to get performers to do No kidding Yep I hope it wasn't therapeutic. Yes, I got a lot of things

off my chest. I really wrestled with that toilet business. Yeah. And, you know, I haven't been able to put my head in the toilet since then.

Yeah. I have. I've come a long way. I think you would, there are things you would say no to now. I can't think of anything offhand that I ever have

said no to. But you may be right. anything offhand that i ever have said no to but you may be right we'll start pitching stuff yeah i'd like to test this yeah let's see what summer steve is willing to do although there were times on review where it was like you're really doing this huh yeah i would i did yeah i made mistakes review is yeah yeah that would be there's some extreme there's some very extreme things that happened on review. I'll tell you one quick thing though. There was one thing where I was, what's it like to be buried alive? And the way that we ended the bit was to have me having to claw my way out of a grave because

the people who buried me forgot where they buried me. It was kind of, so the way we shot it was that they put a pine box in a, in a, we went to an actual cemetery late at night and put a box at a phony grave in a graveyard, dug fairly deep into the ground and covered it with a layer of dirt. And the top of the box was scored so that I could punch through it and dig through this dirt. But for a while there, I was lying late at night in the complete- In your own coffin. Nothing has ever been as dark as this. In a real cemetery.

In a real cemetery, in a real pine box under actual earth. Wow. What cemetery allowed you to do this? Hollywood cemeteries, anything goes. It sounds like cemetery negligence. Yes, it does. But you know what? It was so peaceful.

Yeah. I actually kind of was like, I can do this. Oh, I'm looking forward to this. Yeah. I can do this. This is not so bad. That is a good message to get out to everybody. Yes.

The other side is school. You can just relax. Yes. I have never experienced that degree of darkness before. Yeah. It's real sensory deprivation. Yes. It was fascinating.

How many takes? I'm guessing that was one. No, we somehow, I think, did do two takes. Oh, wow. I don't know why. You enjoyed being in that box. Yeah, I was like, I'd be up for doing it again. I'm going to sleep here every night.

Best sleep of your life. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, it was good. Yeah. I'm going to sleep here every night Best sleep of your life Yeah Yeah It was good Yeah How many Review of course Was a great show On Comedy Central

Oh thank you That's one of the things On my list of 11 Lines in the fire Is the complete series DVD of review Is in the works We have recorded

The commentary tracks Andy Blitz was there for that And the lines Yeah I was wondering If there Went from the water Into a fire now. The lines are, yes.

I had lines in the water. You're just cooking the fish. Yeah, the irons are in the water and that's a problem too. I don't know how I'm going to get them out. They're going to rust. Sorry. They're definitely going to rust. What'd you ask?

Oh, no. Is that on streaming anyway? Yeah, you can get it on Amazon and iTunes if you've got the money. You got the bucks. But you do that and then also buy the DVD when it comes out at some unknown time. It's been rather difficult to find the raw footage from which to cut deleted scenes. And then buy the DVD player. Yes, you have to buy a DVD player.

Yes, I beg you to just hold on to that DVD player in the garage for another entertainment center maybe. Yeah, maybe. All right, thanks. Yeah, thank you, Andy. Bye. That was Andy Daly saving her

asses once again. Andy was fantastic. It was great to have him here. So that's our show. And maybe we'll

see you in San Diego. Maybe we'll see you in San Diego. Maybe we'll see you in Montreal. Right. Maybe we'll never see you ever in our whole lives. Maybe I'll see you at the Gilson's supermarket here in LA. Yeah, please say hi. Please say hi. Sweeney has a beard now.

I do have a beard. You might not recognize him. Yeah. You might not recognize me without a beard. I love being anonymous. That is my preferred mode. Yeah, me too not recognize me without a beard. I love being anonymous. That is my preferred mode. Yeah, me too. All right.

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