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Barack Obama's 2006 Interview | Late Night with Conan O’Brien
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Thank you so much for being here.
People in Chicago love you.
Love ya.
Yeah, they're nice, they're nice.
They're nice people here.
They are wonderful people.
You've got a wonderful state here.
Absolutely.
First of all, I wanna say...
(laughing)
I wanna say I'm a huge fan of your name.
Your name, you have the best name.
Barack Obama.
When I first heard it, I thought I was sure it was Irish,
when I first heard it.
It is...
There's an apostrophe after the o.
[Conan] I knew that, I knew that.
And Barack is actually an ancient Celtic name.
Very nice.
So we're ancient cousins,
is what you're saying. That's exactly right.
You and me, we're right there.
I'm taking you to Ireland someday.
This is my brother here.
(audience laughing)
Now, there's a lot I have to ask you,
first of all, you live in Chicago, your wife is from here,
any advice for me?
I'm a guy, I don't know the area,
what would you tell a guy?
Well, you know-
[Conan] Where should I go?
What should I do?
The key is to get into the neighborhoods.
You know, Millennium Park is beautiful,
and Wrigley Field everybody knows about,
but you know, going out into the neighborhoods,
visiting some local restaurants,
for example, my favorite restaurant in Chicago
is a place on the west side called MacArthur's.
(audience cheering)
Some folks know MacArthur's here.
Some of the best soul food in Chicago.
Soul food.
And I mean, you'll stand out a little bit.
(audience laughing)
I will not.
There aren't that many, six six guys in the restaurant.
It's about time they saw a giant red pompadour in there.
I want my soul food.
Bring it on.
Now, is it true that you've gone to the same barbershop,
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