A longtime American comedian who took audiences to places like Cuba, Armenia, South Korea, and Germany before retiring appears yesterday teased a comeback in Thailand that might involve riding in a Royal Enfield sidecar.
Conan O’Brien, who stepped down in 2021 after 28 years as a late-night television host, has been visiting Bangkok and posted a video clip yesterday outside Wat Arun in which he complained about the intense heat wave that’s gripped the capital in recent weeks.
“Hot. Very hot. Record-setting apparently. We decided to come here,” he says with a twinge of regret.
The short scene ends with the camera panning around to discover his scattered production team operating out of a tuk-tuk.
O’Brien appears alongside Jessie Gaskell, a longtime collaborator who wrote for his show Conan Without Borders for the entirety of its run. He also shows off a…