Conan: Oh, man. Thanks very much for coming.
Seth: Conan O'Brien.
Conan: Nice to meet you.
Seth: Yeah, Andy, alright! I love the show. I'm a big fan so I'm very excited to be here.
Conan: Hey, well, thank you.
Seth: Actually, I voted for you guys in the Emmys. Somehow I suckered them into letting me be on the nominating comittee.
Conan: You're kidding. That's good news for us then.
Seth: Yeah. It's pretty easy. They'll let any irreponsible person on there, so...
Conan: So people don't know that that's how people get nominated. They have these little ballots and I'm always amazed...
Seth: Yeah, you get a big fat package. You get a whole set of free tapes you get to watch them all and they go "who do you like?" and I'm like, "hmmm..." you know? So, you guys are on the list.
Conan: Well, that's very nice. But then I'll hear, like, who else you picked and I'll get depressed.
Seth: Well, I voted for Tori Spelling to kinda throw the curve off.
[Audience laughs]
Conan: Really? You like Tori, huh?
Seth: Well, yeah, she's a sweetie and quite frankly, it pisses off the other contestants.
[Audience laughs]
Conan: That's your plan? Really?
Seth: That is my plan.
Andy: I voted for her too, so she's got a good shot.
[Audience laughs]
Conan: (to Andy) You're going to feel pretty bad when she beats us out.
Seth: I don't think you guys are in the same catagory.
Andy: (announcer voice) Best Late Night Talk Show: Tori Spelling.
Conan: You'd be amazed, when you look at the catagories, the people they lump us in with. It's always amazing. 'Pick which show you want to win the Emmy....Late Night with Conan O'Brien; The Prisident's adress in Nigeria on Poverty."
Seth: Yeah, I voted for that too...
Conan: And it's like "What? That's terrible. We're not gonna..."Seth: It's a strange group.
Conan: Now, let's talk about Buffy for a second.
Seth: Alright.
Conan: Ah..it's a very smart show. The dialouge is very intelligent. They do a good job.
Seth: Yeah, it's pretty darn clever.
Conan: Yeah, you enjoy it.
Seth: I enjoy it.
Conan: Did it shock you when you found out that there is a drinking game about Buffy?
Seth: Yeah, your producer was telling me that. I guess kids need just any old excuse to drink. TV show, "Hey, Buffy's on. Quick! Get the alcohol!"
Conan: It's always...I remember out first season we started to hear that on campuses there were drinking games about the show. And at first I was flattered and then I was like "Well, how does it work?" and they went "Well, whenever you look like you're going to cry, you take a drink! Whenever there's a really lame guest, you take another drink." The more I found out about it, the more depressed I got.
Seth: See, I think it's a prefect way to play god with the college kids of Anerica. It's like, just every night go, "This isn't going well" (he looks like he's going to cry, then looks into the camera with a raised eyebrow)
[Audience laughs]
Conan: There's a huge surge all over the country. You guys have a very devoted following on the show.
Seth: Yeah, yeah, very faithful and it's great. It's great. It's a pleasure to do something that a lot of people are watching. It makes you feel like, well, like less of a loser.
[Audience laughs]
Conan: They say having your own hit television show does that, yeah.
Seth: Well, I lucked out because the show was already sucessful and I just kind of snuck in. I didn't have anything to do with it becoming sucessful. They were just like, "Hey, the show's on the air and it's doing really well. You wanna be on it?" and I was like, "Ah...yeah!". I keep waiting for someone to tap me on the shoulder and go "Hey, you.." you know?
Conan: No. Don't let that guy tap you on the shoulder.
Seth: Well, I don't. I'm constantly...
Conan: When you see him heading your way, just move.
Seth: I'm constantly running away.
Conan: Does it ever get a little weird though? I mean, some of the people are so devoted to shows like yours that it actually takes on an obsessional quality and...
Seth: Well, I've had the good fortune of not meeting too many crazy people. Everyone's really supportive and whatnot. I've been asked to a few, kinda cult things. I was asked to be, like, a Grand Wizard at a ritual slaying and I declined, politely. I really don't want to dirty my hands with the bad side of television.
Conan: Wow! A real cult following. I admire you.
Seth: It was great. They were like "Well, they'll send a car and everything." it was pretty inticing, but I figured it was best to let that go.
Conan: Sure, let's let that one slide by. Who are your average fans when you see them? I mean, is it old ladies? Is it young kids?
Seth: It'd be great if it was really attractive women, but that never happens, I get...
Conan: I'm sure you have then, you just don't meet them.
Seth: No, I never get to meet them. I always get, like, 11 and 12 year olds and they come up to me and they're like, "Hey, what's up? I'm single." and I'm like, "Great, 'cause I'm looking to get arrested!"
[Everyone laughs]
Seth: "I haven't done enough time in jail, give me your phone number. What's your father's number?"
[Audience laughs]
Conan: Alright. The movie "Can't Hardly Wait" is out there right now...
Seth: Sort of. It's still sort of out there. It's been out there for four weeks. And I don't know what everybody's waiting for...
[Audience laughs]
Seth: I guess everybody figures "Oh, we'll check out Armageddon this week and maybe see that other film next week."
Conan: Yeah, sure.
Seth: Don't do that. Go now!
Conan: Go out there now. And of course "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" is on the WB Tuesdays at 8pm. So, ah...it was great having you on the show.
Seth: My pleasure, Conan.
Conan: Come on back soon.
Seth: Alright.
Conan: Seth Green everybody!
