Andy Blitz - The Slipnutz, Working with Conan, and A Life of Comedy

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Andy Blitz is a standup comic and was a writer and performer for Late Night with Conan O’Brien for many years, worked on the shows Human Giant, Review, Important Things with Demetri Martin, and many other projects.

We talked about his legendary Late Night sketch, “The Slipnutz” (link below) and opening for Slipknot, his early days of comedy, what it was like to work with Conan, whether he thinks about his comedy as having a purpose, why going to the Emmys is boring (and why skipping them while pulling a prank makes them more interesting), and much more.

Links

The Slipnutz first appearance on Late Night: https://youtu.be/j5QN4S8Gg50?si=gOimPfDS56iog-hL

The Slipnutz open for Slipknot: https://youtu.be/fj-VQTiO0Sw?si=EntaUTwwndoD7jQF

Coldplay, John Mayer, and others sing the Slipnutz song: https://youtu.be/DhPoOPZpq9M?si=IzuUZ6PzlXRK3whk

Andy’s standup on Late Night: https://youtu.be/MXubM1g7UW4?si=Ir7K2sGtOqefXhFu

Conan helps Andy find an apartment: https://youtu.be/LmatGBHgsb0?si=kwawikgeCVFIrX2B

Andy takes a NYC taxi to Toronto: https://youtu.be/m0dLvu-FGxQ?si=d8u5BHDIGTIF0Rkw

Sports chant guy on Conan: https://youtu.be/jBXac6_s7g8?si=Li413OXBZWQrr3e5

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