TBS(LOS ANGELES) — Conan O’Brien’s trip to Cuba last month aired Wednesday night on TBS as a special episode of his late-night show, Conan.
O’Brien participated in a series of adventures in the island country designed mainly to poke fun at himself. For example, he learned salsa music from a local musician, and at one point he sang Spanish gibberish as a band played behind him. A sample lyric: “Hamburger milk/Go away chair.”
Later, he attempted to brush up on his Spanish by receiving lessons. He asked his teacher how to say “I am America’s biggest star” in Spanish, followed by “Don’t check on that.”
During the one-hour episode, O’Brien also learned to dance like a Cuban, and visited a cigar factory and the Havana Club Museum of Rum.
O’Brien’s trip to Cuba follows President Obama announcing in December that the U.S. would begin to normalize relations with the country.
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