Conan's Dinner With Jordan Part 1 - "Late Night With Conan O'Brien"

Okay, I want to talk about something that is very near and dear to my heart, during the writers' strike, what was that? A couple of months ago we were trying all kinds of things during the writers' strike, and one

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on the show, we did it. a piece i spent some time on with someone on our staff he's an associate producer here

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schlansky and uh yeah there he is no he's not a magician uh he's a hypnotist, what type of image is it? That's just I'll do it Watch that while I'm sleeping, okay Jordan, as you can see in that picture, he's not like everyone else, we learned a lot about him, he loves the rock band Rush, it's his favorite rock band, uh , and he's very proficient with an Indiana Jones whip, that's one. of his hobbies, he has the whip and he practices all the time and we learned all these things about Jordan and since then, since we aired the piece, countless people everywhere I'm going to say, hey, what happened to that guy?

Jordan, is that guy for real? i work for you we want to see more of

jordan

he just struck a chord with people uh so i thought i should spend more time with jordan schlansky now jordan considers himself a wine and food expert so i thought it would make sense if jordan and i We had

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together. I let Jordan choose the restaurant. He took me to his favorite Italian restaurant on the Upper East Side. It's called Do Way here in Manhattan. We brought a camera crew. This is what happened. You asked me to meet you at Do A tonight. because you wanted me to experience fantastic Italian food, yes, good food, good service, they have the whole package.

It's okay, you can look me in the eyes if you want, I understand. Hello how are you? It's not really Italian, you know, no. Hey, how are you? I'm going to say now you two hug each other, please, this is your passion, it's like this, the right women don't interest you in, uh, food, I choose to be surrounded by beauty in all its forms as often as possible, thank you. good looking person a well dressed person yes attractive surroundings yes I like to be in places that are stylish with people who are stylish with food that is stylish you know most of the time we go out to eat eh given the weather I would love some pia monte as you mentioned and why not the king of all wines the barolo the king of pia monte servants that's right you like a barolo it's great it sounds good to me I understand it was fast thank you mind If I look at it, yes, that will do.

I will be thankful. I want to tell you that someone once told me that a good olive oil can taste like the Tuscan sun. That makes sense to you if it's Tuscan olive oil, yeah, that's what I mean, but you can taste the sunlight, of course, you can taste the sunlight, you can catch yourself, of course, you might say, oh yeah , that's interesting when you say, of course, it makes me feel like a put-down like, oh right, idiot, you know what? I mean, so you can say, "Oh, yes, yes, that's a good point, Conan, yes, I've heard the same thing, I just understand that these are artisanal works, this wine, this olive oil are products of a series of factors that the whole will generate". give them the sum of their

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s, stab me in the head, stab me in the fucking head right here and drive it through Jordan and now I'm going to go down and meet the chef, it's the Italian chef.

I think he would be fine if he was. He's not Italian, that's what bothers you, that would be another cause for concern, uh, for no other reason than because he's Italian, there's a better chance he appreciates the art of food, yeah, yeah, I don't know what this means, uh , yours. I just said his name, his name is Hu Chang, the beauty of the colors, the beauty of what's happening in that pan right now, the bubbling of the sauce, the excitement, the energy, look at the sauce reducing, you can see the steam rising incredibly. sensual experience you would like me to call the police you are excited about the color of a tomato how many tomatoes have you seen in your life they all look the same that is not true relax I had the pleasure of visiting the chalde tornavento in the lange of Piedmont probably known as one of the best gastronomic centers in the world one of the best restaurants you have been to in Italy and you are in a good place to eat that is correct, it was a multi-course meal the meal lasted four hours I had the pleasure of being taken to the winery when it was over and vio

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d I'm sorry, it's weird that I'm just holding this plate now this must be sharing it anyway, go ahead, they took you to the cellar, I'm sorry.

It was rude, go ahead, my little joke. Sorry, I made a little joke. Move forward with your story. It was in a small town south of Tuscaloosa. Back up all the way. I understand that you are in. I'm sorry. Keep going. I've drunk too much wine. I'm eating the whole plate of Annie's pasta, which is a little complicated, go ahead. Chopper. It was the night of a very important football game. After

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was over, I went down to the square where the entire city is located. I had gathered to see the game projected on a medieval wall and you were raped.

Music for me is very important. I believe that when entertaining, music should play from the moment the first person enters to the moment the last person leaves. I have arranged it for music gerardo oh you still play with the whip sometimes I don't know if you were aware of Jordan's many skills did you know that he is an expert with a whip I didn't know that this tortino is the best I have ever met had what you are not the chocolate cake is good the moistness of the cake I am in heaven right now yes I wish you would listen to me just do me a favor taste what you are about to put in your mouth feel the combination of textures between the gelato and the tortino feel the combination of temperatures between hot and cold you have god David in your mouth you are killing my mind I like you you are a good guy beat the porridge close the hole in the pie tight That was a fantastic meal.

It's around 1.30 in the morning. Jordan and I headed to a German nightclub on the Lower East Side. It's a good night and you eat well. Let's do it, let's get it here. Jordan Slansky really exists. uh, we have a great show, Jordan, thanks for that.