Bill Burr Drags Conan O'Brien Into the Riyadh Mess

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Conan O’Brien is probably the most brilliant late-night host, at least in terms of book smarts. He went to Harvard. He’s well-read and well-traveled, and he knows history. It’s his thing . But, save for Jimmy Fallon, he’s also the least confrontational of the late-night hosts. He’s there to do bits, make the audience laugh, and make the guest feel comfortable.

And that’s fine — unless the guest is Bill Burr going on a lengthy tirade about how noble it was of him to go to Saudi Arabia to spread FREEDOM and COMEDY to a country most Americans can’t even find on a map. According to Burr, anyone who’s against him is a moron who doesn’t know anything about Saudi Arabia, has taken everything out of context,

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