Conan Tells Jon Stewart All About Cuba
Last night Conan O’Brien was a guest on The Daily Show talking about his recent trip to Cuba. If you haven’t already heard, Conan went down to the formerly forbidden country to tape an episode of his show, which will air in six more days. Conan said after President Obama announced that he was going to be warming up relations with Cuba a bit, he wanted to take the opportunity to go down there and tape a show. “I wanted to get in before ‘The View’ cause you know they’re honing in,” he said. Also he wanted to find out if his humor would translate to the great Cuban people, who don’t really know who he is. Conan shared some great stories about the trip, including some difficulties they had when they first arrived.
There was a lot of culture shock, Conan explained. For starters, there is no internet, so phones didn’t work to help them get information. This became somewhat of a problem when they landed, because the customs agent looked at them, and their papers and just said no. So no Internet, and nobody knows who Conan is, because he’s not exactly famous in Cuba. And they got to enjoy a creepy, Twilight Zone moment, they were led to a small room where Gilmore Girls was playing in Spanish on an old television set.
Eventually things got straightened out, and Conan described the world as ‘frozen in time’ but he was determined to see if his humor would translate. While in Cuba, he also enjoyed some local culture. He says he learned to dance Rumba, (not the vacuum cleaner), drank rum, and apparently acted very silly in a cigar factory. Conan said the people are very nice, and very eager to learn about Americans. Could Conan bridge two worlds with his leprechaun-ish ways? Watch the clip.
Bonus Clip!! In last nights “Moment of Zen” watch Conan O’Brien in 1994 talking about where the President keeps his weed.
