Colbert And Stack Dish Dirt About Their Friend Conan O'Brien

Late Show writer and longtime Conan collaborator Brian Stack joins Stephen to bid a fond, if scandalous, farewell to a true giant of late night comedy. #Colbert #TeamCoco #Conan

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[mack]

I was lucky enough to intern for Conan about 6 years ago and Mr. Stack was one of the nicest, funniest people I've ever met.

[Recn-]

Lincoln's skull not being water tight was such a subtle dark joke I love it

[miles]

I love that all the late night hosts and a ton of people in comedy have the utmost respect and love for Conan. Martin Short gave a nice speech about Conan and how incredibly funny he is a few days ago. Seth Rogen and Bill Hader both talked about how much they loved him growing up. It's just awesome to see all this love for Conan. Conan absolutely deserves it, he is one of the greatest talk show hosts ever.

[klausweasley]

This is Conan-style humor! A perfect tribute!

This is the best. You’ve done a total Conan sketch to celebrate his unique sense of humour. Perfection. Well done team

[theburningbox]

Brian Stack is one of the best late night writers. He always made me laugh on Conan, and he has always done the same on LSC. Much love and appreciation to Brian!

[alexandercampbell]

Awesome to have Brian Stack as a Guest. On Conan he wrote many classic bits; played Frankenstein and was WikiBear. On Colbert, he write the minute openers and narrates most of them. He is also the voice of God on Colbert

[bk]

When I was a high school kid in the 90s, my friends and I would talk about last night's Conan every single day. He was our Carson, a true comedy virtuoso.

[mahadlodhi]

Im so happy stephen did this. A bit of cheer in the sadness that i was left with after conan's last show.

[ryanspengler]

Brian Stack is an unsung hero of Late Night, the Tonight Show, Conan and especially now on The Late Show. I'm so glad when his name gets out there. Every time he shows up in a bit he absolutely kills it and his voice is unmistakable. 👏. 👏. 👏.

[zackmassaud]

I met Brian Stack outside of a thrilling adventure hour show in Brooklyn. I brought up the Interupter character from Conan. Spotting me as a comedy nerd he spoke with me for like 15-20 mins. So kind, incredibly exciting and a memory I’ll treasure forever. He rules!!!

[JithinJacob]

I was hoping that one of the other hosts would talk about Conan and Colbert seemed the most likely. Wasn't wrong.

[shivamshuklaaa]

Brian Stack as the voice of Wikibear was one of the funniest bits on Conan. He is soo underused on The Late show.

[kawaiiafangirl]

I love that Colbert paid tribute to Conan. Even this skit (and I'm sure the writer Brian Stack had a lot to do w/ it) felt like a sketch you'd see on a Conan show. I remember nearly every late night talk show host doing the same for Letterman back in 2015. It's the end of an era for Conan but I can't wait to see what he does on HBO Max.

[Mediaright]

"Slenderman Ron Weasley" Perfect.

[thalidomide]

Kudos to Colbert, he's the only one who acknowledged that today is Conan's final episode. Bittersweet indeed.

[partydowntown]

This felt like one of those early Late Night skits where Conan, Andy and Max are looking at pictures that Conan got developed from his camera and the more pictures they look over the worse whatever event they were at got.

[pdcasablanca]

Thank you Stephen for bringing the "Stackster" into the limelight! Been a huge fan of this underrated comedic genius for years.

[artimp]

Such a fun buildup. I love it when Stack undersells. His best work.

[QuinnPrice]

"Drinking endangered leopard milk out of Lincoln's skull." Top-shelf writing.