Martin Short & Lucille Ball's Airplane Argument | Late Night with Conan O’Brien

(Original airdate: 02/14/08) Martin Short tells Conan about the time he sat behind Lucille Ball on a flight.

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[MichaelAS]

“And this is where the story gets really weak.” 🤣

[calessel]

The idea of John Candy getting really mad and wanting to find Lucy to beat her up(?) is just hilarious.

[khlkhjhlk]

My favorite part is John Candy getting all worked up about it.

[laurieallen]

How odd! I met Lucille Ball when she was walking her dog with her assistant on the streets of San Francisco back in the late 70’s. She must have been in her 70s and she was absolutely delightful to me. Just wonderful. She signed an autograph took a picture with me. She kept calling me “dear”. It’s a favorite memory of mine.

[Fred.pSonic]

"Lucy! You scare me!" Marty Short you are quick and you are brilliant.

[Bringthapain]

Martin Short is a comedic icon and legend. He just can’t stop…EVER!

[souperstar]

I loved the impression of Martin Short doing Lucille Ball's cry.

[mauriceortiz]

John Candy, " let's go and find her" 🤣🤣🤣

[teflongoon]

Martin short is a rare gem of a storyteller.

[ChristalMoon]

It’s 2023 and I still miss Conan. He seems to be the only talk show host that is actually authentic. I come here to watch his videos when I’m down sometimes bc he always makes me life.
“What the world needs now
Is Conan sweet Conan” 🎶

[miawallace]

Alas, this is unfortunately not an isolated incident. I’m a flight attendant and she had a terrible reputation for treating crew and fellow passengers horribly. I was such a huge fan of her but her attitude and treatment were just so atrocious. Not just with me, but other flight attendants as well.
Never meet your ‘heroes.’

[davidc]

Martin Short always delivers when he's on a talk show.

[lacteur]

My favourite Martin Short memory is from his SCTV days. They used to do their own "commercials" and in one, he plays a businessman proudly demonstrating his "shower in a briefcase". Hysterical!

[ohwingman]

Here's what some of Lucille Balls peers had to say about her"

“She is one of the rare big stars I was sorry I ever met.”—Liz Smith.

“She is a monster of staggering charmlessness and monumental lack of humour. . . “—Richard Burton.

“In four days she reduced my life expectancy by ten years. . . “ —Jack Benny.

"She has been boiled hard from her hatred of me."—Desi Arnaz.

"And they say I'm a bitch!"—Joan Crawford.

It would appear that she was not the person that she portrayed herself to be when in the light of the public.

[jupitermichaels]

I think Martin short should write a memoir about his experiences and he should call it “short stories”

[victorespino]

"Now the story gets really weak" lol

[mikey]

My mother met Lucy once a in Hawaii. Well she didn’t “meet” her but they were at the same resort. My mom said she was extremely rude to everyone. The staff, other guests and even people she was with. Martin’s story definitely checks out

[Sunny-ilxm]

He told a story of he and Barbara Walters sitting next to each other and a bunch of A Listers and he suggested just for fun, let's guess how much each of these people are worth, she's like alright, he says " let's start with you first" 😂😂

[oneshoe]

Loved it when he played “Fronk” in Father of the Bride with Steve Martin 😊

[mistercool]

The way that Martin Short says "No" at 0:18 is hilarious!