THE BOARD
Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Run 26 Oct 2026 / 7 guests / Past guests checked against 743 feed episodes back to Oct 2018
Craig Ferguson
94% fit
WHY THEM
Craig Ferguson suits Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend listeners right now with a fit of 94%, and both audiences love Comedy, Engaging and Humor in conversation. Listeners would want to hear how late-night hosting rhythms carry over into keeping a long conversation fun.
THE ANGLE
Comparing notes on the rhythms of hosting, sharp banter with guests, and what keeps a long-form conversation fun.
QUESTIONS
- What does a good opening minute with a guest look like to you, and how do you know early on that the conversation will work?
- How do you decide when to let a bit run long and when to bring the conversation back to the guest?
- What makes banter with a guest feel sharp rather than scripted?
- Which parts of late-night hosting translate to a long-form conversation, and which parts do not?
- What keeps a long conversation fun for you, both as the host and for the person across from you?
THE PITCH
SUBJECT
Inviting Craig Ferguson to talk hosting on Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Hi there, I host Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend and I would love to invite Craig Ferguson on for an episode about the rhythms of hosting. Our listeners love Comedy and Engaging conversations, and I think a talk with someone who knows late-night hosting well would be a great fit. We would focus on sharp banter with guests and what keeps a long-form conversation fun, with plenty of room to follow tangents. We can work around your schedule and keep the recording relaxed. Would Craig Ferguson be open to this? If so, please reply with a few dates or times that work, and I will send over a short outline. Thank you for considering it, and I look forward to hearing from you.
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HOW THIS BOARD WAS MADE
33 steps, in the order they ran.
The agent looks into more people than it picks, so some names here are not on the board.
- 01Read 743 episode titles back to Oct 2018 from the show's feed
- 02Found 10 people this show's listeners love, leaving out 10 past guests
- 03Read 40 recent episode titles
- 04Found 13 people this show's listeners love, leaving out 6 past guests
- 05Could not check an audience
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- 11Found 3 tastes Craig Ferguson's fans share with this show's listeners
- 12Found 2 tastes Lewis Black's fans share with this show's listeners
- 13Found 1 taste Brian Regan's fans share with this show's listeners
- 14Found 2 tastes Paula Pell's fans share with this show's listeners
- 15Found 2 tastes Judah Friedlander's fans share with this show's listeners
- 16Found 1 taste Jim O'Heir's fans share with this show's listeners
- 17Checked who Kal Penn's fans are
- 18Checked who Liev Schreiber's fans are
- 19Found 2 tastes Jay Leno's fans share with this show's listeners
- 20Found 2 tastes Melissa Rivers's fans share with this show's listeners
- 21Found 2 tastes Craig Robinson's fans share with this show's listeners
- 22Found 9 upcoming movies
- 23Sent some picks back to be fixed
- 24Picked 7 guests for the board
- 25Scored 7 guests against this show's listeners
- 26Could not check an audience
- 27Found 2 tastes Kal Penn's fans share with this show's listeners
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- 33Asked the same model without Qloo, and scored its 8 guesses
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