
Alex Edelman
10/23/20 • 40 min
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Comedian Alex Edelman stops by to talk with writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about getting friendly heckled during his first Conan set, being Modern Orthodox, achieving a UK following after a successful solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, working on Saturday Night Seder, and why it’s important to have high standards for yourself. Plus, Mike and Jessie answer a listener’s question about what happens to great bits that don’t make it on the Conan show.
Alex Edelman’s first Conan stand-up set: https://classic.teamcoco.com/node/102802
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Comedian Alex Edelman stops by to talk with writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about getting friendly heckled during his first Conan set, being Modern Orthodox, achieving a UK following after a successful solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, working on Saturday Night Seder, and why it’s important to have high standards for yourself. Plus, Mike and Jessie answer a listener’s question about what happens to great bits that don’t make it on the Conan show.
Alex Edelman’s first Conan stand-up set: https://classic.teamcoco.com/node/102802
Got a question for Inside Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 209-5303 and e-mail us at [email protected]
For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com
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Merrill Markoe
Comedy legend Merrill Markoe (Head writer for Late Night with David Letterman) stops by to talk with writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about learning how to produce a morning talk show on the fly during her time working on The David Letterman Show, where the idea for remotes with Letterman came from, what she was looking for in writers for Letterman’s move to Late Night, how her background as an artist helped her write comedy for TV, and her new book “We Saw Scenery: The Early Diaries of Merrill Markoe.” Plus, Mike and Jessie answer a special two part listener voicemail question.
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Robert Smigel
Comedy legend Robert Smigel (Original Head Writer of Late Night with Conan, creator of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog) returns to talk with writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about how Cheri Oteri on SNL influenced future generations of comedians, loving the close-knit atmosphere during his time at Late Night with Conan, doing the Bill Clinton Clutch Cargo bit in front of Bill Clinton at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the birth of Triumph, and how Jordan Schlansky saved the very first Triumph remote at the Westminster Dog Show.
Triumph Attends the Premiere of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: https://classic.teamcoco.com/node/106928
Triumph at the 1999 Westminster Dog Show: https://classic.teamcoco.com/node/106846
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