Ike Barinholtz
4/27/20261 hr 8 min
Actor and comedian Ike Barinholtz feels bullish about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.
Ike sits down with Conan to discuss his game show victories, how the comedy scene in Amsterdam taught him to perform for the masses, the inspiration for his character Sal Saperstein in The Studio, and his new podcast Funny You Ask. Later, David Melmed follows up with the team about the dos and dont’s of podcast-related tax write-offs.
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First 90 secondsIke Barinholtz· Guest0:00
[upbeat music] Hi, my name is Ike Barinholtz, and I feel bullish about being Conan O'Brien's friend.
Conan O'Brien· Host0:11
Very, very, uh, Teddy Roosevelt of you.
Ike Barinholtz· Guest0:13
Yes.
Conan O'Brien· Host0:14
Bully.
Ike Barinholtz· Guest0:15
Bull moose. [laughs] Speak softly and carry a large red-headed man.
Conan O'Brien· Host0:20
Yes.
Speaker 20:21
Fall is here, hear the yell. Back to school, ring the bell. Brand new shoes, walking blues. Climb the fence, books and pens. I can tell that we are gonna be friends. Yes, I can tell that we are gonna be friends.
Conan O'Brien· Host0:42
Okay. Welcome to Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend. It took me a second to realize what we were doing. [laughs] And, uh, I'm Conan O'Brien, uh, from the title of the thing. [laughs] And, uh, this is Sona Movsesian.
Speaker 30:53
What is happening with you?
Conan O'Brien· Host0:55
This is David, this is David Hogg.
Speaker 30:56
Oh, no.
Conan O'Brien· Host0:56
And I'm just trying to come in with fresh energy. [laughs] I have an obsession lately that I wanna talk about.
Speaker 31:00
Yeah.
Conan O'Brien· Host1:01
Which is, um, rappers that, uh, have agreed to do a soundtrack for a major motion picture, and then they have to rap about the movie and kind of get bogged down in the plot of the movie. It's one of my obsessions- Yeah ... lately. One of the things I was thinking about, and I, the, I think one of the worst offenders, uh, was when, um, Hammer, MC Hammer, uh, for the