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Dec 2020
41m 15s

Jeff Ross

Team Coco & Earwolf
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Conan’s Executive Producer Jeff Ross joins writers Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell to talk about his time as a tour manager for Molly Hatchet, AC/DC, & Diana Ross, helping Lorne Michaels produce The Kids in the Hall on HBO, and the origin of Late Night with Conan O’Brien. Plus, Mike and Jessie answer a listener question about Clutch Cargo bits.

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