I'm good now.

Gonna be all right.

Oh.

Oh, way are Everyone here is so, so excited that you're doing the program.

I know you get embarrassed with that kind of praise.

Well, I'm excited too.

Oh, well, thank you.

A zoo should be big show on very late at night.

But, you know, it's funny, because I've always I've always been a fan since day one, and you've always always done these amazing great bits on talk shows, late night talk shows.

I mean, amazing bits that are just there in the museum of bits that a comedian could do classic shows, classics.

Okay.

I mean, I remember when you did.

You did.

You went on Johnny Carson and you did stand up for dogs.

Extremely funny.

Yeah.

Yes, you did.

On Letterman.

You did Steve's Stephen Dave's gay vacation.

That was a great That was a great bit.

And that's another.

That was a fantastic bit masterpiece.

And they're all I mean, they're all so good.

Well, I'll tell you it is It's really fun to do those shows because, you know, they're so funny.

Their comedy shows and, uh, you know, you go out and and Dave creates an atmosphere of humor, and you just feel so funny and you feel so much funnier.

It's just you just come to life.

It's just so much common.

Carson.

He ended amazing timing, right?

And then, uh, of course, when I when I think of your show, I think of books You don't need to know When they asked me, You know what, what show do you want to promote your book on?

Yeah, I said, Well, they said, Do you want to do like, a comedy show?

I said, no.

I want to do a show that when I look at, I think of books.

Books.

So So I guess I'll just tell you a little bit about my book about your book shop shop girl right now.

You see, when I wrote the book I wanted, I was very concerned about the point of view of the narrator.

I didn't know if I wanted a nom Nisshin narrator or a personal narrator.

Now, the book was written in the past tense, and the past tense creates a paradox of the Amish int.

Narrator Because what you have is a situation.

Do you understand what I'm Yeah, I I'm I'm sorry.

I I believe me.

I know what I mean.

To be rude.

I mean, I I love the book has gotten a critical praise.

Everyone loves the book.

I just kind of thought that coming on this show, you plan a little something funny.

You know, I just thought that you would with what you thought you thought.

I'm sorry.

I didn't get the memo on what Conan thought.

Yeah.

I am so sorry.

I just kind of you know what's so funny?

What?

So I'm just thinking of something I'm gonna do on the Letterman show.

Oh, my God.

It's an instant classic itself.

But anyway, it's really good.

Yeah.

Anyway, back to books.

The paradox of the omniscient narrator uh huh is active.

Close the curtain, please.

Oh, my God.

What?

What?

What a mistake.

What?

What?

What was that all about?

Oh, that's the bit I'm gonna do on Letterman.

They came to the wrong studio the wrong time.

It's almost funny, but oh, my God.

So that's I mean, that looks pretty cool.

That's that.

That's only the beginning of what I'm gonna do on Letterman.

That's just nothing compared to what I'm going to dio.

So, anyway, do you?

Did you did you bring out?

I mean, you didn't plan anything, then you don't know, actually, for this show?

Yeah.

Oh, please.

Absolutely.

I'm very you did.

You did plan something.

Absolutely.

I'm very exciting.

You plan something?

I'm very pleased to introduce the literary critic of the Yale Graduate School of Serious Fiction.

Wow.

Oh, e enjoyed Mr Martin Shop Girl.

It was witty, provocative and urbane and enjoyable.

Read z gonna be fantastic on your highlight.

Really gonna be on the anniversary show Nursery show.

All right, We'll take a little break right now and then we're going to really talk about some things here.

We will not books.

Stick around more with Steve Martin in a second.