Conan O’Brien has shared his top “life hacks” to cope with the worldwide toilet paper shortage caused by coronavirus panic buying, in a comical video.
The comedian and late-night TV host is also known for writing sketches on Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons.
Since his self-named Conan show was temporarily pulled off TBS due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he has been making videos to entertain his fans from his own home which he has uploaded on his Team Coco YouTube channel.
Appealing for calm in the crisis, Conan said: “There are many things around the house you can use instead of toilet paper that work just as well. For example, CVS receipts.”
Reeling off a giant roll, he explained: “CVS receipts are long, this was just for six TicTacs I bought. I never throw them away because I knew this day would come.”
Conan O’Brien joked receipts could be one substitute for loo roll (Image: YOUTUBE/CONAN O’BRIEN)
“Also, we have these around the house,” he says, picking up an envelope stuffed full of vouchers.
“I know you never really use them, but now look at that. You can clean yourself with colourful coupons!”
Holding up some share certificates, he added: “You probably have some stocks around the house which aren’t really worth as much as they used to be.
“These I mostly stocks I bought for Carnival Cruise Line,” he adds, before abruptly bursting into maniacal laughter.
“That laugh was too hard and too long. I apologise.”
Taking a dig at his own branded merchandise, the comedian suggested people get creative with unwanted clothes that were gifts from clueless relatives.
Holding up his own-brand t-shirt and a hat, he explained: “You can use souvenir T-shirts… I have thousands of these so I’ve been wiping my ass with these 24/7.
“Another thing – souvenir baseball caps. You’re thinking, ‘Baseball caps, how does that work, Conan?’ You take your fist, put it in the ball of the hat, you jam it up in the area and work it around.”
The talk show host also offered up his own merchandise as a suggestion (Image: YOUTUBE/CONAN O’BRIEN)
As a last resort, he suggests bog roll could be replaced by “pretentious coffee table books”.
“We all have ‘em. I’ve had this on my coffee table for nine years I don’t know who De Kooning is,” he yells while holding up the artist’s collection.
“What is that?! That’s not art. Wipe your ass with it!”
Many of Conan’s fans were in stitches over his toilet paper sketch, with some even reckoning it was better than the material that usually goes on air.
Countries around the globe have seen a shortage in loo roll following the coronavirus pandemic
An amused viewer wrote: “When the coronavirus has finally been dealt with, can we not tell Conan and keep him locked away so he continues to produce his own content?”
“How can Conan survive self-isolating at home? I don’t believe it,” joked a second fan.
Conan O’Brien is going back on TBS on March 30 by making episodes of the Conan show using iPhones and Skype – with his team working from home.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
