Conan Arrives In Finland | Late Night with Conan O’Brien

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Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Now, okay.

Not much time.

(chuckles)

Love you, Conan! Good evening.

Thank you, thank you.

Good evening,

and welcome to a very special episode of "Late Night".

Tonight's program begins with a story.

Before every show,

I come out and I talk to the audience,

get to know them,

and most importantly, implore them to laugh.

It's tradition.

(audience laughs)

Well, about a year ago,

I began to notice that every night,

there were two or three people from Finland in the crowd.

Much to my surprise, I learned our show airs in Finland,

and does quite well over there.

Then, one night, one of our Finnish fans in the audience

brought me a photo and pointed out that I looked just like

the president of Finland, Tarja Halonen.

(audience chuckles and cheers)

Check it out.

(audience cheering)

Well, then things got a lot more interesting.

President Halonen, you see,

was in the middle of a close re-election campaign,

and I decided to help.

(audience laughs)

I didn't know anything about her politics.

(audience laughs)

I just enjoy looking like the president of a country.

(audience laughs)

Even if it's a woman.