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Nov 2020
31m 18s

Scott Thompson

Team Coco & Earwolf
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Sketch comedy icon Scott Thompson (The Kids in the Hall) talks with writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell about the return of The Kids in the Hall, playing Tonya Harding in a sketch for Late Night with Conan, how his many appearances on Conan made Garry Shandling hire him on The Larry Sanders Show, and his remote with Conan exploring Toronto. Plus, Mike and Jessie answer a listener question about Late Night characters who might have bombed over the years.

Scott Thompson Gives Conan A Tour of Toronto: https://classic.teamcoco.com/node/106574

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