After filming in Bangkok, comedian Conan O’Brien detours into Buriram

An American television host’s recent obsession with Thailand has reached its logical conclusion:  Buriram. 

Fans awaiting O’Brien’s new travel show recently teased from the streets of Bangkok, the improv comedian yesterday broadcast an interview with a fan living nowhere other than the gem of the northeast.

O’Brien interviewed a moto racing organizer named Gaew for a fan-oriented offshoot of his Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend podcast. 

All that we learn about Gaew (mispronounced 100% of the time as “Gao”) is that he is a factory motoracing team coordinator, has an older car-racing brother Neung, and a mechanic father who used to race bikes as well. Gaew’s English fluency sounds like he comes from Buriram high society.

Throughout the episode, the neurotic comedian assaults Thai familial hierarchy by encouraging Gaew to move from under his older…