Conan Takes a Trip

I don't watch the Conan show all that much, but then I don't watch any late-night talk show all that much.  When the spirit moves me or when there's a guest I especially want to see.  But when I do absolutely watch Conan O'Brien is when they do one of their shows that travels to a foreign country.  They're quite wonderful, and helped greatly by the hosts impressively quick wit and self-deprecating style.  

For my taste, the best has been the show's trip to Havana, though there was a wonderful one to the ancestral homeland in Armenia of his assistant, Sona.  The other week the show packed up and went to South Korea, where it was a joy.

The trip came about for an odd reason.  Conan is not seen in South Korea, but clips are available on YouTube.  And one young woman is a major fan and wrote him a very funny fan letter that included gifts of Korean snacks, as well as an invitation.  And so the show went, met at the airport by a loud and boisterous crowd.

This is an early segment for the show, where Conan asks to be taught the language.  It does not go in a way that one would suspect...