“One of the most memorable examples to me is when I went through my wholeTonight Showdebacle.
Finally, the show is done, and I don’t know if I have a career anymore.
What am I gonna do next?
Conan O’Brien; Robin Williams.Jamie McCarthy/Getty; Ethan Miller/Getty
“I don’t even know how he got my phone number,” added O’Brien.
On the other line, Williams asked, “‘How are you holding up, chief?’
“And I said, ‘What?'”
And he said, ‘No, no, no, just head on down there.
Ride around, you’ll feel better.’
And I went down and it was a Colnago, which is a very nice bike.
And he said, ‘I told him to paint it in all these crazy Irish colors.’
And he was like, ‘You’re going to like that bike, chief.
Don’t worry about it.'”
“I thanked him many, many times,” added O’Brien.
“I just couldn’t believe that he was thinking about me.”
“He would put a lot of effort into making you feel better,” said Idle.
“That’s fantastically typical Robin.
That generosity and kindness combined with the wit of the man is not a common combination.
O’Brien famously succeededJay LenoasTonight Showhost in 2009, a position he held for only seven months before his firing.
O’Brien then went on to hostConanfor 11 seasons on TBS.
said Idle of his fan interactions.
“And that became a thing.
So if you are shit or dismissive, it’s a nasty memory.”
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