Summer S’pouses Episode 1

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

In the premiere episode of 'Summer Spouses,' Conan O'Brien launches a new series reimagining his popular 'Summer S'mores' segments by inviting his real-life spouses—Amanda Lund, Liza Powell O'Brien, and TAC Baroian—for c

Key takeaways

• Conan reveals he was previously banned from drinking during 'Summer S'mores' due to medical advice, marking a shift toward sobriety in this new format.

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Speaker 1 (0:09) Summer Spouses with Conan O'Brien, Sonam of Sarafian, and Matt Gourley, and Liza Powell O'Brien, TAC Baroian, and Amanda Lund. Hey there, and welcome to Conan O'Brien needs a friend. We're doing something different today. Let me take you back in time for a number of years now in the summer. We have done a series, a segment called Summer s'mores. I think it began as an offshoot of my bitter complaint that I thought Smoors, was a terrible failure as a dessert and a snack. I don't think it's a failure. We don't need to litigate this again. You can dislike it, but you can't say it's a failure. We're not going to litigate this again. Okay. But you can't say you don't like it. The response I had on the internet was fantastic. People said, I agree with you, Conan. It's a snack that no one really enjoys, but they, it's like, but they pretend they do. It's like Atlantic City. You're supposed to enjoy it. Then you get there and it's terrible. Not the same as Atlantic City. Bucket of diarrhea. Here we go. So. So any what's up. Yeah. But failure. But anyway, my point is that that was a series and then it grew into us doing all kinds of, mostly drinking. There was a lot of drinking in summer s'mores. You, Matt, would unveil these incredible cocktails. Sonia, you would go to town on these cocktails. Yes, I would. And then after you had many martinis, you would say and do things. People really enjoyed it. And we do that for a number of years. It was fun while it lasted. Yeah. We thought, let's try something different this time around. And so, ladies and gentlemen, I bring you the beginning of an exciting new series. It's exclusive to this summer, 26. And it's called Summer Spouses, just like Summer Smoors, but Spouses, S and then the little apostrophe pouses. Which I guess we're saying is really the full title is Summer Some More Pouses. Yeah. Some Pouses. So if you're going off the smores thing. When you... Smores or smores because it's S apostrophe more. Some more. Some more. Question, Matt. Question, Matt. When you took us down this little alley, did you know it would be a dead end or in your case a dud end? This was me just taking a bullet to get you guys off fucking arguing about smores. We were off the topic. If you'll listen to the tape, you'll find that we were safely in new territory. I find you guilty on all counts. All right. Fair enough. And Sonam's a bad one. So here we are, summer spouses. Is it spouses or spouses? Okay. I'm just going to plow ahead without you. I am dissolving this parliament. And I'm charging ahead. I have now, like Napoleon, I'm just going to make myself emperor. Should we explain what this is and how it will unfold? How about that?. Then we are going to one episode at a time bring one of our. spouses in here. And so we're going to bring in Amanda, Matt. We're going to bring in TAC, Sonam. And Liza has agreed to join and join the podcast for the first time, providing she doesn't have to be married to me anymore. Oh, okay. Finally. She was on once to plug her podcast, I believe. Oh, that's right. She was on, okay. All right. So she has technically been on once. But anyway, so this is going to be exciting. I'm looking forward to it. I don't know what's going to happen. And we should also mention there are two episodes later. So it's just us. Then each one of them gets an individual episode. And then the fifth episode is just the three of them without us. It's going to be TAC, Amanda, and Liza, just them in a room talking. Yeah. And then I think for the final episode, it's us, them, and a bunch of attorneys. That's going to be a long episode. But you're really going to get, you're going to see all of our personalities, which is pretty cool, pretty cool. I'm looking forward to that. Are we going to drink? No, there's no drinking in this one. But you can take as many gummies as you like. And again, shout out to our gummy friends. What's their name again? Camino. I've been going to town on those. Have you? Really? Yeah. I have not. I'm still. cautiously waiting. Oh, my God. I'm cautiously waiting. I thought it was like wine. You should really let it. I have a gummy cellar. No, it's the opposite. They're just going to turn into weird little husks. Okay. You're letting your gummies age? Yeah. I have a little gummy rack in my basement and I go down and I'm like, well, these ones are, these ones. Now, these are chill over here. He's smoking some of them. And then you blow dust off them when you take them out. This gummy was from 1844. It was owned by. James K. Polk. Yeah. Can you imagine a gummy Somalié coming to your table? Yes. And he's talking to you about what you want. He's thinking. And then he brings you a tiny, tiny little shred of gummy for the tasting. For the tasting. And then you swish it around in your mouth. Yeah. And then you spit it out. And then he slaps you. I don't know. I just picture you going, p. And him slapping you. It's just part of the tradition. Anyway, this is, this was, I believe, Matt, if I'm correct, This was your brainchild. I suppose so. And I like this. I think it's fascinating. It's real. Shit's going to get real. How do you think it's going to go? Like, what do you think, are we going to make it through this? Is it going to be just lighthearted? Or are we going to, you know? I think, well, TAC's nervous. Why is