YOU LUCKY PEOPLE BECAUSE CONAN O'BRIEN IS STILL HERE.

THERE IS AN ENDLESS SUPPLY OF CONAN O'BRIEN.

HE IS OUR ONE RENEWABLE RESOURCE IN THIS COUNTRY.

I SAY WE GO OFF OF OIL AND NATURAL GAS, AND WE JUST START

BURNING CONAN.

>> LISTEN, WE'RE BOTH DOING THE BEST WE CAN IN WHAT I THINK IS A

TRYING TIME.

>> Stephen: BUT IT'S NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT PEOPLE ARE

GOING THROUGH.

WE HAVE JOBS.

>> NO, NO.

>> Stephen: THIS IS NOTHING COMPARES TO WHAT PEOPLE ARE

GOING THROUGH.

>> NO, THIS, WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH AS CELEBRITIES IS WORSE

THAN WHAT ANYBODY ELSE IS GOING THROUGH!

>> Stephen: I APOLOGIZE.

I APOLOGIZE.

I FORGOT MY STATUS.

>> WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU, MAN?

>> Stephen: I FORGOT MY STATUS, CONAN.

>> YOU LOST YOUR PERSPECTIVE FOR A SECOND.

>> Stephen: OKAY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

DIKNOW THAT YOUR FATHER WENT TO HOLY CROSS.

>> Stephen: HOLY CROSS, YEAH.

>> I DID KNOW THAT.

>> Stephen: HE WAS VALEDICTORIAN OF HIS YEAR, HOLY

CROSS.

NO BIGGIE.

>> WOW.

MY FATHER DID NOT LIVE ON CAMPUS BECAUSE IT WAS JUST AFTER THE

WAR, AND SO HE LIVED AT HOME IN MILBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, AND HAD

TO-- I THINK THAT WAS A SORE SPOT FOR HIM, THAT HE HAD TO --

>> Stephen: I'LL MAKE THIS QUICK, BUT DID I EVER TELL YOU

ABOUT BONES HAMILTON, ABOUT THE GUY THEY MET WHO WENT TO COLLEGE

WITH MY DAD?

>> NO.

>> Stephen: TAKE A HALF SECOND.

EARLY "DAILY SHOW"" WAY, WAY, BACK, MAYBE EVEN CRAIG KILBURN

"DAILY SHOW,"" REALLY OLD.

>> WE CALL THAT "DAILY SHOW" CLASSIC."

>> Stephen: SUN CITY, ARIZONA.

THEY'VE GOT COPS PATROLLING SUN CITY WHO ARE ALL OVER 80 YEARS

OLD, PATROLLING ON GOLF CARTS AND I'M PATROLLING WITH THEM.

THERE IS A CAR ACCIDENT ON THE CORONER AND THESE 80-YEAR-OLD,

85-YEAR-OLD GUYS ARE MDISTANCES BETWEEN CAR WHEELS ASK STUFF.

AND I'M LEANING AGAINST THE WALL OF THE GATED COMMUNITIES AND

THERE'S A GUY ON THE OTHER SIDES LEANING OVER IT AND TEEFS HAD 40

FEET AWAY FROM ME.

AND THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THE CUT OF HIS JIB THEY LIKED

AND I WENT OVER AND INTRODUCEMYSELF.

AT ONE POINT HE SAID HE WENT TO HOLY CROSS.

I SAID, WHAT, YEAR DID YOU GRADUATE?"

I SAID, "DID YOU KNOW JIM COLBERT?"

HE SAID, "I DOUBLE DATED WITH HIM."

I SAID THAT WAS MY DAD.

HE KNEW WHAT HAPPENED TO MY FATHER.

HE SAID, "DO YOU HAVE YOUR FATHER'S YEAR BOOK?"

I SAID, I DON'T."

AND HE PULLED OUT WANT YEAR BOOK, AND CUTS OUT MY FATHER'S

PAGE, A FULL PAGE OF WHAT PEOPLE HAD TO SAY ABOUT HIM AND STUFF

LIKE THAT AND HANDED IT TO ME, AND IT'S ON MY OFFICE WALL RIGHT

NOW.

>> AND THAT WAS A RANDOM ENCOUNTER.

>> Stephen: HE SAID, "YOU TELL YOUR MOM YOU MET BONES

HAMILTON."

ISN'T THAT GREAT?

>> HE'S WANTED IN THREE STATES FOR ALL KINDS OF --

>> Stephen: EXACTLY.

FOR COLLECTING BONES.

THEY FOUND OUT WHERE HE GOT THE BONES FROM.

>> THAT'S A GREAT STORY.

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL STORY.

THAT'S FANTASTIC.

>> Stephen: THANKS VERY MUCH, MAN.

THANK YOU-- THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, MAN.

>> AND THANK YOU -- >> Stephen: AND FOR HAVING ME

THERE.

>> GOODBYE.

>> Stephen: GOD BLESS YOU.

>> I KNOW I'M YOUR HERO.

TAKE CARE.

>> Stephen: A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

MY BEST TO YOUR FAMILY.

TAKE CARE.

>> Stephen: CONAN O'BRIEN, EERYBODY!

>> CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'RE NOW STONE PHILLIPS.

>> Stephen: THANK YOU.

>> GOD BLESS YOU.

>> Stephen: WHEN WE RETURN, I'LL TELL YOU A CHILLING STORY

ABOUT SITTING NAKED ON A HODEL BEDSPREAD.