Conan Met The Pope At The Vatican | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

not that long ago like 2 and a half 3 weeks ago believe I'm in New York and I get a text message from the very funny uh comedian Jim Gaffigan and it says uh can I call you which you know I know Jim but it's not like we're we talk a lot or anything so that I was a little freaked out in the moment like you thought you in trouble well I thought he said can I call you and then your mind races and I thought um maybe uh you know maybe Jim needs money uh you know what's going on did did I do something so I call him and uh he basically says that the Vatican is interested in inviting a bunch of comedians uh to meet with the Pope Jim gavagan was one of the point people because he is a a good Catholic fellow Steven colar also uh was was calling people so the next thing I know uh I I think well you you have this chance to go to the Vatican meet the pope this sounds cool so uh I say well I'm in let's let's we got to do this let's go how much advanced notice did you have not a lot a couple of weeks but not much so uh maybe two and a half maybe three weeks maybe three weeks maybe you don't need to prep you just show up yeah exactly every time I've met the Pope I haven't prepared so anyway uh we get ourselves to Rome my wife and I and my son came along as well and um um we it was fun because we all had kind of a dinner the night before we got to hang out a bunch of us not all of us but a bunch of us uh which was just nice to get to hang with with with some of these people and talk about what is going to happen but then the next day we show up they said be there really early and I'm mentioning things that I'm sure Stephen will have talked about this and you know but my experience was the first thing they said is be at the Vatican at 6:45 and I'm like am a.m. and I said 6:45 no um and also I think the sense I got is that this Pope gets up really early and uh that's immediately because I've I've toyed with the idea of being poke but this this was a kill this killed it immediately he works out probably in the morning I think he works out I think he's uh riding his bicycle all around Rome he goes to the market to see which fish is in um in his Pope in his Pope hat yeah and so he's you know whatever he's he's up really early and I think we were not the first thing in his day other stuff had already happened so we all show up they take us into the Vatican and uh I mean I think people know this by now but whoopy Goldberg Julia Louie drus Steven colar uh TIG nataro David Sedaris Jimmy Fallon uh self Chris Rock Mike biglia and Steven Merchant who's hilarious Steven Merchant was there and I identify with him because he's like six7 and mostly leg um and so we fought each other with our legs uh which is fun and then the pope broke it up knock it off with the legs got it out you two uh so they bring us into this room and then is he even Italian yeah no you know what it is he's uh he's he's from Argentina but he speaks Italian because I think he grew up speaking Italian so it's okay what it it sounds it's okay to slander him that way I'm not slandering him I'm doing an impression of what he sounds like it was like I'm making a pizza by in Argentina and so anyway it's a me Mario it's a me Mario and I was born in Buenos AES um the Swiss guards come in that was the craziest thing Swiss guards come in wearing these multi colored uniforms that you've seen yellow and purple and they do this whole choreograph thing which I don't think was taped or anything were they they're they have these long and of course coar knew the name he's so Catholic is it a Halbert or a yes Halbert yeah I didn't know the name and he was like well of course they've got their halberts and I was like how did you know that I thought a Halbert was a nut you could eat and that's a filbert anyway um they come in and they start they do this whole choreograph thing with their halberts these basically long sticks that have like an axe head at the end and then uh all these dignitaries come in and you're looking at um some people are wearing these really elaborate costumes and there are people with vestments and they and there are people that wearing all kinds of metallic there's all these chains around their neck one guy looked like a somaler um he wasn't a somaler but uh he has you know that thing where they have a spoon around there you just see all these people coming in and out and then the pope comes in and uh sits down and he spoke to us in Italian but they gave us the text of it it was really quite lovely what he said he talked about how humor brings people together and uh and and the importance of it and uh it was very well written and very thoughtful and I thought kind of interesting um and then you get in a line and you shake the Pope's hand that is very brief I have to tell you and uh um there's no moment you know uh I I never had any Illusions about this but I'm you know there might have been the occasional celebrity there comedian who thought the pope would go like now you you know he might he might know Whoopi I think from Sister Act oh right but it's not yeah why just cuz she was a nun I think well no and also whoopie's I mean whoopie's so iconic she's been around for a long time but I don't think I had no not for a second that I ever think he's going to go like Conan it's a good to see you you know you you come out and you did the thing with the strings on your hips the dance do it now do it no yeah yeah that's it I never thought and so it's a quick handshake what did you guys exchange any words I thought I saw footage of you saying something yeah I said to him uh it's called con Brian needs a friend and you can get it you're GNA love Matt and son I'm already a fan of them yeah and uh oh and I Al uh yeah and I said uh you know uh if it's not Miller Light um I you know yeah I did I mentioned Miller Light really quickly and he went you know it is it's uh it's good it's not so filling but it tastes [Laughter] great 74 calories or 94 calories yeah he said is it 94 calories I said yeah that's how it is and and then the pope said and I'm well this is a quote you can see he's talking to he gets really animated at one point he goes you know what I'm hanging out with my fellas you know my guys and we're sitting around and we're shooting the you know and I went yeah and people were saying uh your and he said your Holiness maybe you should move and I he's like no no no it's finally I'm talking to a guy about mil but I'm Hing with my guys and you you crack open a cold one and it's like it's like what is it 90 I'm going to guess it's like 94 calories I went jeez that's really anything if it's not M I don't want it it's a lot of what am I going to have some other competing beer no and I'm like you're starting to sound like Triumph the insant comic dog he yes yes Co you suck so anyway then you move on and um then uh this I'm I hope he doesn't get mad at me for saying this but I thought it was just a very cool moment we all we sit down but there's comics from all over the world and there's a lot of people still filing up and it like our moment's over and there's a long line and so we're all sitting there and Chris Rock is sitting right in front of me and I noticed that he has these little earbuds in and I'm like he's listening to something what's it is he listening to something and I lean over his shoulder and we're in this beautiful like you know gorgeous space with this I don't know if it's from the 1500s or this 16 and it's just like filled with these gorgeous murals and it's very everyone's wearing these elaborate costumes and we've just had this we're meeting this man who's the you know leader of this very massive Church all over the world and you're thinking about all the significance of it and I'm lean over and I look at uh Chris is holding his iPhone in his lap and I see that he's listen listening to the soundtrack just Straight Out of Compton I'm not kidding and so I nudge him and he looks at me and I point down like really and he takes one earbud out and he goes I like the jux to position yeah I do too between being here and listening to the Straight Out of Compton soundtrack and I'm like that's cool I like that so how do you think that they chose was there 100 precisely or how many people got to go how many Comics was there a committee that decided who think I I don't know how it all worked I I don't know much I know that uh I believe um what I when they looked at the final list from America I don't know how many of us there were but maybe 15 from America something like that you look at the list and I don't know how they came up with those names I don't I have no idea People's Choice Awards Choice yeah Pon Choice Awards um but you look at the list and you be like oh uh I mean uh England it was only um Steven Merchant I I believe and you're like huh you know so there were people who weren't there I know it's because they were asked but couldn't come or who knows I don't know but then you look at the different countries and there were people from Germany and know this is a comedian from Switzerland and this is a comedian from and then Italy tons of comics from Italy but I have to say uh you I was raised very Catholic and my parents are very Catholic and so there was a lot of uh you know meaning in going to the Vatican and I did get you get they give you a rosary that's blessed by the pope which I'm going to give to my mom oh um well I won't give her the actual one going to sell it to yeah no what I I was going to do is I'm going to keep the real one and say this was blessed by the PO oh man but I have to say one of the most meaningful things to me was meeting all these comedians from around the world some of them are standups some of them are talk show hosts um some of them are improvisers and I loved that because there was something sweet about it like we're all in this kooky uh I don't know we're all in this weird profession we've all got something wrong with us I'm sure and we were all together in this beautiful room and and so I took a lot of selfies with people from different countries and met a lot of comedians from all over the globe and I thought oh this this might be the part of this that is getting to me the most you know which I thought that was I thought that was really neat and I did I mean there were people that were saying like say hi to son and Matt I'm like what who you know cuz I'm always the pope no not the PO no the pope was like tell son and mat it's Miller time I'm like please pontiff can we let this go no no it's just that it doesn't fill you up um well I'm sitting with my Bishops and we got a hard day and I want to relax I like to crackle hey we got to get paid for this now I did a rift man they're getting this for free uh but anyway um it was remarkable it was kind of a remarkable thing and I have to say in my career my favorite thing is uh when I just pop up places I shouldn't be and this was definitely a place I shouldn't be and I'm always looking for those moments where you know there's like when I a couple years ago when I was asked to be at the do something for the Nobel committee like some kind of show and then they said and and you can come to the Nobel Peace Prize which is done in a very small room and I sat there with James and other guys from my camera crew and we we quickly we quickly put suits on them and these guys I don't think James had ever been in his suit before and we're all sitting there like practically in the front row watching someone get the Noel beace fries and people watching it on C-Span or wherever they watch these things it would be like panning across the room and I had people say like what why are you there you're the Forest Gump yeah I know that's my favorite thing is to be the a goofy Forest Gump that's showing up places it shouldn't be but anyway I my thanks to the Vatican for having me and that was quite an experience and uh yeah that's all I got

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Published: Mon Jun 24 2024