Smash Notes
16. Lisa Kudrow
Actress Lisa Kudrow feels tired about being Conan O’Brien’s friend. Lisa and Conan sit down to chat about their first meeting at an improv class, not taking criticism personally, the backlash to Friends, how Lisa predicted Conan’s career, and being rescued from their dreams. Got a question for Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 451-2821. For Conan videos…
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They met in January of 1986 at an introductory improv class taught by Cynthia Szigeti. New to Hollywood, both of them were told by established improv troupes (like The Groundlings) that they were too new to the business to join them.
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They met in January of 1986 at an introductory improv class taught by Cynthia Szigeti. New to Hollywood, both of them were told by established improv troupes (like The Groundlings) that they were too new to the business to join them.
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Cynthia Szigeti taught the intro improv class where Conan O'Brien and Lisa Kudrow met. On Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend they still disagree about the year: Conan says the class did not start until January or February 1986. He had just come to Los Angeles with his writing partner, Greg Daniels, and on his first day at Not Necessarily the News, at 22, he called the Groundlings to get into a class. The Groundlings were fully booked and sent him to Szigeti. Lisa Kudrow called too, while she was trying to get a modeling career started. Asked when she had last performed, she said junior high, and they sent her to the same class.
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Of course. Conan O'Brian was initially entirely unsure about his abilities, but with time and training and practice he's gotten better, and he's grown more confident in himself.