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Feb 2022
57m 36s

Colin Quinn Revisits His One-Sided Feud ...

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About this episode

Colin Quinn joins writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell to discuss how a basketball game with Adam Sandler led to Colin’s early beef with Conan, the struggle of being spontaneous on television, and working at 30 Rock in the 1990’s.

Watch Colin’s first Late Night appearance here.

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