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No 10 WHAT DO (^) CONAN’S FRIENDS REALLY THINK OF HIM
At the top of each episode of the podcast Conan O’Brien Needs
a Friend, a heart-to-heart between the late-night host and the
funny folks he most admires, his guest fills in the following
blank. See if you can match the person to the answer they gave.
“I feel about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.”
b 5 a, 4 e, 3 d, 2 c, 1 Answers
- “awkward”
“masculine”
“a tad hopeful,
but not really”
“somewhat
trapped”
“There’s no ‘blank’
here. We’re not
friends....I feel badly
about not being
Conan O’Brien’s friend.
I feel you would be
a great friend. But, you
know, I’m intimi-
dated by anyone with
a Harvard degree.”
a.
Julia
Louis-Dreyfus
b.
Howard
Stern
c.
Will
Ferrell
d.
Dana
Carvey
e.
Wanda
Sykes
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No 8
YOU, @FUCKJERRY
Instagram meme machine @fuckjerry came by his
14.3 million followers honestly, by the standards of so-
cial media: He stole jokes. He didn’t credit, let alone
pay, those whose work helped make him rich, without
fear of reprisal. But earlier this year, when Comedy
Central began advertising on the account, New York’s
Megh Wright launched the #FuckFuckJerry campaign.
Comics from John Mulaney to Amy Schumer shared
the hashtag, costing the account a chunk of its follow-
ers—and that Comedy Central deal. —GABRIELLE BRUNEYF*@
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