Nathan Fielder Brought Susan Sarandon As A Back-Up Guest | CONAN on TBS

CONAN Highlight: Nathan doesn’t think he’s a very good talk show guest, so he brought Academy Award-winning actress Susan Sarandon in case Conan wants to interview her instead.

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Nathan Fielder Brought Susan Sarandon As A Back-Up Guest | CONAN on TBS

[boo_wl]

her little supportive nods are so cute

[James]

Bless Susan’s heart for agreeing to this bit.

[thstreet]

The only reason this went so well is before his appearance Nathan built an entire replica of the Burbank studio where Conan's show is filmed and hired actors to portray Conan, Andy, all the rest of the staff, and Susan, so he could carefully rehearse every potential outcome of his appearance. Unfortunately the one thing he did not anticipate was Conan's producer airing the backup clip by mistake and, not having a roadmap drawn out for that scenario, he was unable to recover.

[partlyironic]

This is...art.

Obviously Nathan and Conan are brilliant here but can we all appreciate Susan Sarandon for still managing to amp up the comedy just by sitting there and silently nodding?

[NitroRad]

Nathan is the most unique and smartest comedians I've ever seen. Not even just on his show, but every appearance he's ever made has been this carefully orchestrated, hilarious bit.

[SwitcherooU]

Boy, he really let that "guard cat" bit marinate. He has such a good feel for dialing up the discomfort.

[Faroky]

His story was so bad, The whole time i was just looking at susan hoping she would rescue us. This worked. Nathan is a genius.

[lukaslambs]

Nathan talks like a guy who went to one of Canada’s top business schools and got really good grades

[Ffejro]

All three of them play their part so well here. Nathan talking about some boring story as if it's hilarious, Conan looking at him in contempt, and Susan just smiling and being Susan. It's comedy gold.

[BernieMadoff-zttx]

The thing that makes Conan so good is that he understands when his guest is doing a bit... and he plays along and plays his part to perfection, the way he just stared at Nathan was hilarious, I don’t know if this bit would’ve worked on any other talk show.

[HanifCarroll]

The "Damn, you're funny" from Conan at the end sounds so real and like genuine appreciation. Nathan really is an insanely talented comedian.

[UndrSkorMusic]

This was a really nice original joke wholesome bit... don't see a lot of that anymore... bless this clip, and bless Susan Sarandon.

[stevemurch]

This is one of the most creative bits on any talk show. A whole send-up of the talk-show genre. Even funnier the second time. Amazing for Susan to have done this so perfectly.

[erikchristensen]

This is consistent with one of the recurring themes on Nathan For You. How Nathan goes to these extreme lengths and machinations to solve a problem that's so much smaller than the lengths and machinations.

[TheTeamDownfall]

Nathan is a genius. His dry humor is so good!

[conanfan]

I just love that Susan Sarandon was willing to participate in this bit. So cool of her. Great job by Nathan, Susan and Conan in this. Very funny.

[leahtv]

"This is an actress named Susan Sarandon"

[RataStuey]

This is the kind of bit that Conan absolutely lives for. Wonderful, brilliantly creative absurdity. So much fun. The more I deep dive on Nathan the more impressed I am.

[LdGunn]

Even though Conan is clearly in on the bit, he acts his part out so well! When Nathan talks about his cats, Conan's facial expression and demeanor are flawless, depicting a complex cocktail of emotions. I love every second of this video.

[dingdingdingdiiiiing]

This is utter brilliance. Nathan Fielder just invented a completely original guest appearance. And nobody can ever do it again.