Before lockdown, I would skip around the pre- and post-interview talk, as I wasn't connecting with the team's dynamic, and since I'm not American, I don't have an ingrained sense of who Conan is when on or off camera, so it felt like a continuation of a conversation I wasn't there for to begin with, but in a way that felt a little exclusive rather than inclusive.However, the last few episodes that have been recorded in lockdown have been fun and funny, and I've enjoyed the non-interview parts just as much as the interviews. and have laughed out loud at everyone's exasperation as Conan tries to understand the tech around him. He shifts back and forth between high- and low-status personalities, which is jarring in a head-turning double-take kind of way.