Conan Was A Seat Filler At The 1986 MTV VMAs | Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Conan remembers seeing Tina Turner and Robert Palmer rehearsing for the 1986 MTV VMAs.
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@Susie_86
May 6, 2026 at 11:13 am
I was born in 86. Omg!! 😅
@HellInternAKACandyMD
May 6, 2026 at 11:13 am
This made me picture a seat filler given the wrong name to represent, the real person, a few rows down and other side of the aisle, also walking to the stage since it's their name that was announced. Their eyes meet, then they both book it to the stage. FIRST ONE THERE CLAIMS THE NAME AND FAME!
@hankochai
May 6, 2026 at 11:13 am
“They called me the Velvet Smog”
@johntuttle5396
May 6, 2026 at 11:13 am
Just want to note for historical reason that at least one person got and enjoyed Conan's "Velvet Fog" joke/reference.
RIP the great Mel Tormé!
@Walperion_Music
May 6, 2026 at 11:13 am
A typical male!
A typical male!
That's so much better than an atypical male!
God that Turner gal was such an eloquent songwriter!
@realspenz
May 6, 2026 at 11:13 am
so this was why they lawyered up
@masterofallgoons
May 6, 2026 at 11:13 am
Conan's anti – Oingo Boingo rhetoric will not stand! Danny Elfman's Simpsons theme should be enough to garner Conan's respect on its own.
@beyolgrenlef5001
May 6, 2026 at 11:13 am
Yep, the Beatles will cost you.
@leestriplin554
May 6, 2026 at 11:13 am
Conan has been a seat filler his entire career. A testament to the depravity of american or illegals minds
@silvericepeak
May 6, 2026 at 11:13 am
I bet this was the segment that prompted the Lawyer segment 🤭🤭
@cds5648
May 6, 2026 at 11:13 am
"Stay tuned, don't make it bad" demostrates this man is a genius.
@thermann9
May 6, 2026 at 11:13 am
I took a tour of the Warner Bros lot. A couple of random guys pulled up to me in a golf cart and asked if I wanted to be in the audience to watch the taping of Conan's show. I would have but I had to get back to Malibu to pick up my wife from her consulting work she was doing at Pepperdine.
After the fact, I regretted not attending the show. I also wondered if the two guys in the cart actually worked there.
@GayThans
May 6, 2026 at 11:13 am
Conan telling stories from his past for 6 minutes before finding out 80% of what he said is incorrect
@DonnyRicklesJr
May 6, 2026 at 11:13 am
America's juicebox
@DonnyRicklesJr
May 6, 2026 at 11:13 am
Take it off, Pistachios! 🫏
@DonnyRicklesJr
May 6, 2026 at 11:13 am
I'm still a seat filler. I also sit on stuff.
@SophiaDunnWalker
May 6, 2026 at 11:13 am
Why does Conan look like a British child in the thumbnail? Without my glasses I thought that was Price George
@RB-oz1mm
May 6, 2026 at 11:13 am
The velvet smog! 😂
@chroniciceteaaa
May 6, 2026 at 11:13 am
pix please! XD
@trust5977
May 6, 2026 at 11:13 am
I love Conan so much that it hurts. Sona and Matt too.
@vanhagar3000
May 6, 2026 at 11:13 am
Interestingly Jay Leno was an award presenter for that night. So there is a chance that Conan had to pretend to be Jay Leno in 1986.
@SBb374
May 6, 2026 at 11:13 am
3:15 Conan wearing Bob Evans level glasses in the ad read.
@csjcsj2906
May 6, 2026 at 11:13 am
Now we know who the Conan Audiencey Awards was based on
@nightwing4065
May 6, 2026 at 11:13 am
Conan the velvet smug. 🤣
@LSD_Digital
May 6, 2026 at 11:13 am
I cannot get enough of Conan's 40's personality.
@lachauntiswashington231
May 6, 2026 at 11:13 am
Conan and Matt singing is hilarious 😂😂😂
@godkingemperorpresidentceo
May 6, 2026 at 11:13 am
I like the way Sona fills a seat.
@RonnieP138
May 6, 2026 at 11:13 am
5:47 matt with the mad max lll ( 1985 ) reference !
Ordinarysausage for a while was getting copyright strikes on youtube for singing songs while making sausages . Hes who you need to talk to about if you can or cannot sing songs here .
@YodatheHobbit
May 6, 2026 at 11:13 am
Wait…. Conan once cosplayed as Danny Elfman? Did I hear that right?
@ErinCarol
May 6, 2026 at 11:13 am
Conan, you really said “jute box”!