Conan O’Brien Gives Stephen Colbert Advice on Life After Late Night

One thing was clear Sunday night in Newark, New Jersey’s sumptuous sold-out performing arts center: Mom had gotten to the audience.

The Late Show’s Stephen Colbert sat down with longtime late night fixture Conan O’Brien for a conversation as part of the annual fundraiser for Montclair Film, where Colbert’s wife, Evelyn Colbert, serves as president of the board.

“I was the youngest of 11 children and I always thought, I still think, they are the funniest people in the world … but I was terrible at telling stories,” Colbert said to a rapt crowd. “I remember once hearing my mother say to my brothers and sisters who were groaning about how terrible my stories were, I heard my mother say, ‘You listen to his stories, it’s so important to him.’”

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