Late Night - Mr. T Interview

 A while back I posted:

As noted previously, the best Conan bit of all-time is "Dudez A-Plenti" but only slightly less well known is the greatest Conan interview of all-time. That would belong to the Mr. T interview he did which, I believe, was the impetus for this segment. They realized there was gold and mined it.

I recorded the Mr. T interview and it was by far the most watched video I'd uploaded to youtube at the time that it was removed for copyright. Here's hoping Team Coco remembers and shares the official version because that thing is just the best.

Well something strange has happened. Although the official Conan channel has not uploaded the interview, it seems my version has be UN-deleted - through no effort of mine and without any notice from anyone...

If you've never seen it, here it is:

 Meanwhile, the video that replaced Mr. T as my most watched video (John Cleese on Letterman) has gone over 1 Million views. If that meant anything, it would really be something.

Neil Armstrong Interview

Famously, after walking on the Moon, Neil Armstrong basically became a hermit and retired from all public life. I mean, he still led a normal life - he was a college professor, for example and I wish I had taken that class - but I don't think ever in my life have I ever seen him on TV or in an interview.

So when I saw this modern interview... on youtube, no less... after he's already died, it seemed unreal to me. I watched this interview half convinced that it was a hoax. I haven't seen any photos of Neil Armstrong post-1969 so how can you tell?

Anyways, there's no new information in this interview, I post it simply because its very existence is amazing.

Bread

People who are "experts" in extremely narrow subject matter are like morticians: It's nice to know they're there, but I don't really want to go into any detail. It's reassuring that if someone needed to know about, say, a particular antique barometer, there's someone out there who's the "goto" antique barometer expert and will have an answer for all your antique barometer queries. At the same time though, you know that your interaction should be strictly restricted to the antique barometer subject matter - digging any deeper into the matter will reveal a depressing portrait of a man with an unhealthy obsession. A guy that can't stop collecting antique barometers. A guy who needs antique barometers. A guy whose house is in permanent darkness because the stacks of piled up antique barometers have blocked out the windows. A man who used to be married but his wife left him because she could no longer deal with the antique barometers. A man who's barely functioning within any societal norms at all until one day he stops showering just so he can use the tub for more storage... All for the sake of the antique barometers.

This depressing and overly ominous intro leads us to the video at hand. One day the folks at "Late Night" decided to throw caution to the wind and interview a man who is an expert on bread. Yes, a bread expert. A man who has devoted his entire life to the study and appreciation of bread. The talk show interview format being what it is, it's the guaranteed "look down into the cellar" that one would normally avoid. What follows is one of the funnier and more unusual interviews ever on the show.

Be sure to turn off video annotations and enjoy.

Bread Expert Interview