Conan would begin to respond, “Well, Dave, I just got to tell you…” and then O’Brien’s face would glitch as if he were some kind of comedy android that just went on the fritz.

Conan O'Brien, who won his fifth Primetime Emmy in September for Conan O'Brien Must Go, is entered with Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend: Quinquennial Celebration, a collaboration with Sona Movsesian and ...