by Conan O'Brien
April 27 1999
Conan: My next guest plays Oz, on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." He's also appeared in numerous films including "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery." His latest, "Idle Hands" opens this Friday. Please welcome, Seth Green. [Seth comes out, dances a bit to the music playing. Crowd goes wild. Shakes hands with both Andy and Conan.] Seth: And so the dance begins. Conan: Thank you for coming by. Seth: My pleasure, man. I was so excited. Conan: It's good to have you. The hair's looking good-- Seth: [in a deep, demonic voice] Conan O'Brien! Conan: Don't associate us with the Devil! [Referring to Seth's hand gestures as he said, "Conan O'Brien."] Seth: Sorry man. [holds his hands up in a sign of peace and speaks in a sweet voice] Conan O'Brien! Conan: We're all about peace and love. Seth: All right. I got my beads in the car. Conan: This is ah, very, uh, it's something. [referring to Seth's hair.] Seth: It's a distractionary tactic. Conan: Oh, that's very good. Seth: Thank you. Conan: You know that response you just got. I was going to say, you're very popular with the young people. Seth: [laughing] 11 to 17 year olds. Conan: Now, how do they react when you're just walking around the street? Are they shy, do they... Seth: [someone in the crowd yells.] Woo! You know, it depends, I get people who just won't say a word, and I get a lot of people that just come up and start hitting me, or whatever. But the nuttiest thing is, I keep getting 'cross the bord', people always that want to get stoned with me, or get drunk with me. Everywhere I go, somebody's like, "Hey, man, just drink this. You can hang out with me and my friends and get drunk." Everywhere I go, people are trying to get me high or something. I was driving and these people pulled up along side me and I thought they wanted to race, so I got my engine and everything. And I was like, "Listen, you are going down." Conan: And you were driving an AMC Pacer. Seth: Exactly. Souped-up though. And, this gal leans out the window and holds out a big pipe, I guess that's what the kids are smoking pot with these days. Conan: [in a old-but-wise voice] Tell me more of this, pipe. Seth: She says, "Hey, hey!" And I go, "What?" She's like, "Come get stoned with us, man!" Conan: That's crazy! While you're driving? Seth: I was like, "We're driving," and she's like, "Yeah, pull over." Like I'm the idiot? Conan: And so the story ends with you say, "No, I don't approve." Seth: I was like, "No, no, that's okay. I have to work and be a responsible adult. You should cast away these childish things." Conan: Well, all while you're driving. Seth: Well, you know, I'm pretty hand with the wheel. Conan: Now what about...[sidetracked] What with the wheel? [everyone laughs] I've never heard somebody describe driving that way. "I'm pretty good with the wheel." Seth: [deep voice] When I went to the trucking school, that's what we were taught to call it. Conan: What about when you go on vacation. Some people, when you're on vacation absolutely draw a line and say, "Normally, I'd say hi, but I know you're on vacation." Seth: No, no, man. My girlfriend and I went on vacation to Jamaica to do this MTV thing. Right off the plane, we're with six other people, and the guy who was there was like, "Good to meet you, welcome to Jamaica. Nice to meet you too, hey ya doing, I got what you need, buddy." What are you talking about? He goes, [whispers a few things that he has for him.] I was like, "No man, I'm cool." And he's like, "Later man, when no one's around, I take care of you." I don't know, I don't know! Conan: Well, maybe your hair is a giveaway. Seth: We were at this ballgame the other night, and these four guys sitting in front of us and they were screaming and yelling and they were like, "Hey man! Here, drink this." It's this giant 42 oz. thing in a coke cup, "That's some strong sprite man, drink it." Conan: You're lifestyle's kinda scary. Like, wherever you go, people are like, "Try this! Drink this!" Seth: Like one of those public service ads where they're like, "Woo, the voodoo is of the world." No, it's fun though. I have a great time, I love that people respond at all, it's fun. Conan: Now last time you were on the program, you know, you were being real funny and stuff, but you said something that got you some angry mail. Seth: Well... Conan: First of all, what did you say? Seth: Well, you asked me about the fans, and I said, "Yeah, you know I get all the eleven year olds that are like woo hoo!" I'm like, "You know you're 11, right?" And they're like, "It's cool, cause when you're 70, I'll be like 40, and then, we could work it out! Conan: Right, right. Seth: And I said, that's great, cause you know, I'm looking to get in trouble with your shot-gun wielding father and the law. Conan: Shotgun wielding dad, what are these girls in the Ozarks? Seth: Yeah, well, you know. So I got a bunch of outraged letters from young girls. "You are alienating your audience by saying that you sleep with me!" And all that, I'm just trying to follow the morals of the world. Conan: The moral code. Andy: You're a good man to do that. Seth: Thanks. Conan: You got insincerity all over my chair. Seth: That's club soda. Conan: Now, this movie Idle Hands. I watched this movie, Idle Hands last night, and I though it was very funny. You're teamed up with a guy... Seth: Elden Henson. He was in "The Mighty." Conan: Really funny. You and this other guy have this great chemistry. You're very funny. Seth: It's like you two. It's just a great team. We met, and clicked, and they gave us a bunch of funny lines. It's a good comedy. Conan: Well, I went thinking it was going to be a horror movie, and it's not. It's a comedy. Seth: If anybody saw like, "Beatlejuice" or "American Werewolf in London." It's similar to that. It's like a horror film but, the situation's so ridiculous and everyone that it's just funny. So, if you want a little bit of an escape, go see the movie. Conan: Exactly. Seth: Woo hoo! Conan: That's your promotion for the movie? Woo hoo? You gotta do better than that, Seth. Well, "Idle Hands" opens this Friday, and Seth, always fun to have you on the show. Seth: Thank you. |