Conan: My first guest won a gold and silver medal in short track speedskating and was one of the biggest stars on the U.S. Olympic Team. Please welcome Apolo Anton Ohno!
[Audience cheers, Apolo enters and puts medals on Conan's desk]
Conan: I can't believe you're giving these to me!
Apolo: [laughs] ...for having me on the show.
Conan: Wow, that's great. I'm gonna sell these on E-Bay tonight. Now, these are actual medals.
Apolo: Yep.
Conan: These aren't...you don't have like, fake ones with chocolate in them, that you carry around?
Apolo: No, no, no, they're real.
Conan: This is amazing, can I just show this to people, I just think it's so cool...these things right here - look at that [shows closeup of medals to camera, audience cheers]Apolo: They have a little ______ on the back [points].
Conan: [Rubs medals on his face] I'm rubbing your victory all over me so I can become a better host. That was gross, what I just did, uh...yeah. They're actually quite heavy.
Apolo: They are, ya know, they got some weight to them. They got, they're all, I think they're all handmade, they got little individual sports on the inside and stuff.
Conan: Right, oh and they have riddles on the back!! [laughs]
Apolo: [Laughs]
Conan: That would be funny if they had like little gaggy riddles and stuff. What, uh, now, do you wear these around, you've been wearing them for...I mean, I think when you win a gold and silver medal, you want to wear it for a bit, don't you?
Apolo: Yeah.
Conan: Before it goes to the closet.
Apolo: Yeah, they're under my pillow whem I'm sleeping, for sure.
Conan: Under your pillow? Well, that's cool...
Apolo: Oh yeah, yeah.
Conan: I would put mine on the hood of my car...
Apolo: On like, a chain or something...
Conan: [Motions like he's driving] I'd drive around, I'd be like, "Check it out"! And people would be like, "What a jerk!" They're actually, they kinda make a weapon, ya know [motions like he's throwing one of the medals, hits himself in the temple with it] I mean...
Apolo: [Laughs]
Conan: If you ever get into a scrape, you could, this could get embedded in someone's uh, these are really, uh...I'm gonna stop touching them, because I'm an idiot, and I should leave those alone.
Apolo: [Laughs]
Conan: I'm gonna put them, uh, over here [puts medals back on his desk]. Uh, so you keep them under your pillow, are you gonna put them someplace more prominent in your house, are you gonna build a case or something?
Apolo: Yeah, probably. They actually gave us really nice wood cases, they're really nice, and my name is, ya know, engraved on it and stuff, so it's really nice.
Conan: That is so neat.
Apolo: Yeah.
Conan: And so where are you going to keep that, you can't put the case under the pillow, so are ya gonna just...
Apolo: No...
Conan: I'm just curious what people do with their gold medals when they have them.
Apolo: I don't know, some people just throw 'em under the bed, ya know. But I'll definitely display mine, probably in Seattle, back in my home.
Conan: Sure, I think that is so neat. You know I...I...I know what it's like, a little bit, to be you, because I was in [audience laughs]. Wait a minute, I do...because I was, um, first of all, I am a champion of my own, in my own right, uh...spelling bee, fifth grade, second place.
Apolo: [Laughs]
Conan: I was in Salt Lake and I actually put on one of those speed skating suits. [Audience cheers]
Apolo: [Laughs] Alright....
Conan: Yeah, we actually have - I was in Salt Lake for a couple days, we showed this last night, but this is a quick clip, just so Apolo can see what I look like in the suit. I think I carry it off quite well, yo can roll that any time, Liz...I'll just...[Show clip of Conan skating, wearing the speed suit, with Dan Jansen skating behind him]
Apolo: [Laughs]
Conan: Look at that!
Apolo: [Laughs]
Conan: Do you...do you ever...that was Dan Jansen, helping me out.
Apolo: Yeah, I saw that.
Conan: Do you have the zipper, do you ever think about racing with the, uh, you know...
Apolo: No, [laughs].
Conan: Because the ladies like you, you could probably distract your opponents if you had, like, your zipper undone.
Apolo: I don't got the hair that you got, though [motions towards his chest, laughs]
Conan: Well, you could wax, and then just, you know, race along, and it would just be a different look for you. You'd get a lot of attention, I think.
Apolo: I don't know, that'd be a little, extravagant, I think.
Conan: Yeah, probably. I can get away with it, but not everyone can, uh...
Apolo: [Laughs] Yeah.
