Conan Learns To Stepdance At The Irish-American Heritage Center | CONAN on TBS

Hey I'm in Chicago.

Here at the Irish American Heritage Center.

This was an elementary school, but then they shut it down

and now instead of learning to read and write,

the children are learning the valuable art

of dancing without moving their arms.

(Irish music)

I'm here with Maureen O'Looney,

a young Italian woman who works here.

Is it a thrill to meet me?

Am I much taller and better looking in person?

Well the height of you to start with

is something that I didn't expect

because seeing you on television, you're smaller.

I'm much smaller, well TVs are smaller than humans.

That's right, yeah.

That might account for some of it.

I'm going to learn Irish step dancing today.

Good, well you're in the right spot.

And I'll be honest with you,

I don't have much of a backside.

No you don't, well you don't need that for dancing.

It's the legs that's the most particular thing.

You do need a backside to keep the legs attached

though to the back, and this is what holds it in.

You have enough, I have, you have enough.

You'll pass okay.

Okay, didn't realize you were studying me that closely.

Yeah.

Down there, you keep your eyes, I'm up here Maureen okay?

Just that's my business, not yours.

Yeah.

We are entering the Irish gift shop now here

at the Irish American Heritage Center.

Soda bread.

Oh soda bread.

That's the Irish version of bread.

And the-- Not very good.

Irish bacon, Harrington's Irish bacon.