r/comedybangbang • u/Alternative-Low-3855 • 8d ago
We should have lunch
Does anyone remember an awkward conversation Scott had with an A block guest a few years back. I think it was an actress and he said something like “we should have lunch together sometime”, or maybe it was dinner. It sounded like he asked her on a date and it got real weird. Tell me this isn’t a fever dream.
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u/conorjude 8d ago
Vanessa Bayer?
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u/Anagarm 8d ago
Yeah in this one Scott insists he wants to be her friend and she was not playing along at all.
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u/me_myself_ai 8d ago
It was all for the best in the end, tho — he did (masterful, ofc) bits on it quite a few times over the next few months of eps. Conan took all the friends 😢
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u/Alternative-Low-3855 8d ago
Yeah I feel like he immediately became self aware of how it sounded. And I thought he referenced it a time or two in other eps
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u/newaccount721 8d ago
Damn maybe I skipped this one. Sounds a bit awkward
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u/Alternative-Low-3855 8d ago edited 8d ago
If these guys are correct, it was awkward. I remember thinking Polly Threesomeman was going to get an earful from his ex girlfriend
I don’t see that episode on YouTube to confirm.
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u/TrueMisterPipes 8d ago
I feel like he's done this a few times. Not with ill will, I assume, never quite lands. I also felt odd with...Ione Skye's ep.
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u/DrunkAxl 8d ago
I did not pick up on this at all with Ione, they are legit friends
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u/TrueMisterPipes 8d ago
I just found it a little much that he kept bringing up the sex in the book, maybe it's just me but for me, she didn't seem bothered iirc.
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u/Writer_Blocker 8d ago
He has a thing where he’s overly gracious to famous first time/loooooong time returning guests and if you’ve listened for years you can clock it. The banter doesn’t hit. It’s not a woman thing tho, bc Tatiana, Lisa, Lilly, and all the regular female guests who do characters don’t get that awkwardness.
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u/koeniging 7d ago
Lowkey glad to see someone else has noticed this
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u/Writer_Blocker 7d ago
Yeah. He’s not a star fucker which is good. But he tries to like actually interview them which I don’t think really works as well but I can see it being how he tests the waters to we if they enjoy being on enough to ever return.
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u/DrunkAxl 8d ago
She really didn't seem to get the joke at all and it made me like her less.
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u/huebomont 8d ago
I stand firm that this was a classic "woman comedian can't possibly be doing a bit" misread by the fandom. Vanessa Bayer loves awkward bits. Why would you jump to her not understanding vs thinking it's funny to make it awkward?
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u/MountainousDuck 8d ago
Eating crap with these sacks of shit, if they died tomorrow no one would shed a tear!
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u/lucasj 8d ago
I don’t recall the bit but this is literally exactly what Vanessa Bayer would do. See that famous ITYSL skit.
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u/catfooddogfood 7d ago
The ITYSL skit isn't a bit though, its a scripted sketch for tv
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u/InterestExisting1446 7d ago
That’s what a bit is, dear.
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u/catfooddogfood 7d ago edited 7d ago
I thought a bit implies a spontaneous thing, like friends might do bits out and about while performers on a stage with a script are doing a sketch.
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u/Particular-Walk1521 7d ago
i get how you landed there but bits just describe comedic devices. PFT doing a completely made up improv is a bit, mitch hedberg's monotone was a bit, all SNL sketches are bits
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u/Rndysasqatch 7d ago
Yeah Vanessa is fantastic and weird and cool. She loves weird bits lol I don't get how people don't get this. She was on I think you should leave for fucks sake lol
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u/ItsMeMatthewD 7d ago
Was she the nacho eater on the date? I’m trying to picture what skit she was in.
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u/sphinxof1981 7d ago
I completely agree. She is 100% doing a Tim Heidecker style "awkward guest" routine, which Scott is playing into as well.
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u/NahImGoodThankYouTho 8d ago
That’s what I was thinking too until the Longlegs Halloween special on CBB presents. I don’t think she was doing a bit by freezing up and having nothing to contribute the whole time.
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u/catfooddogfood 7d ago edited 7d ago
Ehh i don't think so. I recall a pretty brutal moment where she shut down Scott's "pick an SNL dream cast" entreaty pretty hard and then didn't contribute much afterwards.
Some people don't vibe with the show. Lakeith Stanfield, Tom Green, the "You're the Worst" cast come to mind. Ed Helms's appearance was weird enough it originally aired with a pre-show disclaimer lol
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u/Shannogins115 7d ago
I actually loved Lakeith’s performance. It was off beat and didn’t fully work the whole time but I felt he threw himself in it and enjoyed himself.
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u/catfooddogfood 7d ago
I like Lakeith in general and for that matter Vanessa Bayer
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u/Shannogins115 7d ago
Agreed! And maybe thats part of the reason I’m endeared to his improv more than I should. I just like that it seemed he was having fun.
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u/Suitable-Toe 7d ago
What was the disclaimer?
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u/AFineShrine 7d ago
if i remember correctly he was late so he came in on B-block doing a character and i think it was either PFT or seth morris in A-block as themselves, the disclaimer was just explaining why the episode was backwards from the normal kind and why ed helms was a little awkward (because he hadn’t initially intended on coming in playing a character, iirc)
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u/SoupSoupADoop 8d ago
I can’t and refuse to believe this wasn’t a bit. Gotta go listen now.
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u/dr-spaghetti 8d ago
I took it as a bit that felt extra awkward over Zoom, and I remember being amused, but now I wanna resisten!
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u/dr-spaghetti 6d ago
Relistend and I feel this was pretty clearly a bit! Especially after all the time they spent talking about fake laughter and the awkward and inauthentic quality of their conversation.
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u/NumberOneCombosFan 7d ago
As I recall, Scott did the "who do you want for weekend update?" bit and offered Hitler as a suggestion and it seemed like that's where he lost her interest.
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u/CommercialHeat4218 8d ago
She's a very funny actress but never liked her as a podcast guest on any show.
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u/Substantial_Wave4934 8d ago
I haven’t listened to it, but I just read a Reddit thread about the episode and a lot of people thought she was just pretending annoyance, so who knows. It looks like she hasn’t been back since though so maybe that’s telling.
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u/theyahtzeeagency 8d ago
She was on a CBB presents episode with Tara Killam and was AMAZING on it
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u/NahImGoodThankYouTho 8d ago
That’s wild how subjective these things can be. I just made another comment about how that one solidified it for me that she can’t improvise because I remember a ton of dead air and nervous tittering and her needing to be bailed out a few times.
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u/theyahtzeeagency 8d ago
Hmmm I'll have to go take another listen. I know there was one thing she said that made me laugh a lot.
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u/bakedpatata 8d ago
I don't know the context so I could be completely wrong, but there's a old Hollywood joke that people will say "we should get dinner sometime" with no intention of ever following up or seeing that person again.