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I know that this idea that I am about to propose wouldn’t work, but hear me out: these late night talk shows (creak, fall, “my hip!,” I’m dead) should interview more everyday civilians. Like I said, it would never work. Civilians don’t have the media training to provide unsqueamish TV, and most everyday people are Captain Borings of the S.S. Shut Up. And I suppose Jordan Schlansky isn’t exactly a civilian. He’s an associate producer on the Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, and was formerly an associate producer on Late Night with Conan O’Brien. On its own that is a high-powered entertainment industry position, located in one of the largest cities in the country, demanding a certain urbane savvy (one assumes? I’m not the head of HR for Entertainment. Yet!) and pop culture sensitivity. But even that isn’t why Jordan Schlansky is featured on Conan’s show. He’s featured on Conan’s show because he is a character, which the staff figured out after spending hundreds of hours with him. My point is that I recognize that Conan’s interviews with Jordan Schlansky aren’t just interviews with some regular dude, and that these interviews are, in some ways, more heavily vetted than interviews with celebrities since Conan and the rest of the staff deal with Schlansky on a day-to-day basis after the segments are finished taping.
But that does not stop them from being TBS Very Funny and allowing one to dream the big dreams in which late night talk show hosts interview common people for laffs and sport. Last night, Conan talked to Schlansky about finding an apartment in LA:
I also enjoy Conan’s dinner with Jordan Schlansky. CHECK PLEASE! (Huh?)
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I’ll take it one further, and suggest a Jordan Schlansky/Pierre Bernard cross over spin-off behind-the-scenes reality show, as they are both classic.
“Those are original thoughts.”
For my money, his first appearance is still the funniest because due to the writer strike Conan has no idea what to even say to this guy. It’s hilarious.
Here it is in case you guys haven’t seen it. It’s pretty much full of Lots of Love. I almost kind of miss the writers strike.
Hahaha. “So you murdered them. What else could you do? Those bitches had to die.” I’m tired, so all I can do in the way of commenting is reiterate quotations.
Who cares! You live your life the way you want to live it!
Plus, it’s a hilarious quote.
Sometimes you just make me laugh. Amazing.
“so where are you gonna work tomorrow?”
i always think these are funny, but doesn’t it seem a lot like a Karl Pilkington bit? and Jordan is just playing that part.
And what is wrong with that?
I guess nothing, you melon headed monkey.
I guess nothing, you melon headed monkey.
I haven’t laughed that hard in a while. Shame spiral barrel. Being has been penetrated. Real life straight man, double act comedy is the best.
Ari Gold could learn something from Conan.
Actually, no. He is not playing that part. I can say with some authority, that is pretty much Jordan all the time.
A+ work to those who can find a clip of Jordan talking to Harrison Ford..by far one of the best Jordan moments.
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Don’t we all need a kitchen that allows us to express our creativity adequately?
Spike Feresten did something similar to this idea (interviewing “the people”) a few years ago when he pimped this one kid’s myspace page. I thought that segment and Talkshow itself were hilarious.
But maybe it’s not for everybody. It got cancelled and last time I mentioned his show here I got a lot of down votes. But he made Lil Bill O’Reilly and that analog to digital tv psa, so if you’re on the fence, it’s worth watching reruns of his show.
he reminds me of spock.