Why Do Saturday Night Live Read-throughs Stay With Conan O'brien More Than Anything Else?

Conan O'Brien says the read-throughs are the memories that stay with him most because they carry a kind of PTSD, the good and the bad. A sketch that kills at the read-through is a delight, but negative moments hit harder than positive ones, like gambling. And in the room you don't notice the people who are laughing; you notice the ones who aren't.

Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade · Conan O'Brien · at 10:59 · January 26th, 2022 ·Transcript

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Why Does Dana Carvey Say Conan O'brien's Comedy Is Evergreen? at 4:15 Transcript
Why Do Saturday Night Live Read-throughs Stay With Conan O'brien More Than Anything Else? at 10:59 Transcript
Why Does Conan O'brien Wish Nobody Knew He Went To Harvard? at 23:08 Transcript
Why Does Conan O'brien Say Adam Sandler's Saturday Night Live Success Only Looks Inevitable In Hindsight? at 36:41 Transcript
Why Won't Conan O'brien Judge Today's Saturday Night Live? at 46:32 Transcript
Why Did Chevy Chase Leave Saturday Night Live After About A Year? at 50:59 Transcript
Why Did Jack Handey Write His Saturday Night Live Sketches By Himself? at 55:50 Transcript

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