How Wayne Gretzky Lost His Teeth | Late Night with Conan O’Brien

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9 ай бұрын

(Original Air Date: 11/23/98) Wayne Gretzky talks about his 1980s SNL appearance with Conan, his hockey injuries and fake teeth, and his children's impressive talents.
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@frickyfrickyfreshenterpris4303 9 ай бұрын

For a dude nicknamed 'The Great One,' he sure is humble and soft spoken.

@kstepko 9 ай бұрын

He‘s Canadian! 🇨🇦

@UltraGinormous 9 ай бұрын

There lies greatness

@Bonn1770 5 ай бұрын

"The Polite One"

@cerd6292 4 ай бұрын

This is what makes him “great”

@coastaku1954 4 ай бұрын

It's why we call him great. Hockey fans don't like douchebags, though some are douches on the ice, like Brad Marchand, Wayne was actually humble on the ice and off it too. He's a pass first player and always cares about his teammates, and then off the ice, he cares so much about growing the game and being an ambassador for hockey too

@edwardcelona6983 9 ай бұрын

He truly is the Great One. On the ice , off the ice he continues to be an ambassador .

@jeebleswatch3785 9 ай бұрын

Gosh what a great clip! My day is always better when a new classic conan clip is uploaded

@BrokTheLoneWolf Ай бұрын

I just realized where Crosby got his vocal cadence from.

@themulattomaker2602 5 ай бұрын

Why was I expecting Mac & Me at 1:49

@Haildestroya 9 ай бұрын

Waynerrrrrrr

@michaelgriffiths8068 9 ай бұрын

Looking back at this interview with the advantage of hindsight, one can see that Gretzky was not completely at ease (not quite his usual self), and not really a surprise he retired just a few months after this. Something in his voice and demeanour just seemed off. He was pretty much done in his own mind, I think, but he couldn’t say it to anyone yet. He seems a little disappointed here. Probably because he knows inside it’s his last season, but he was on an awful non-contending team that would end up missing the playoffs for the 2nd straight year. Mark Messier had jumped ship to go play in Vancouver, and Messier was the biggest reason Gretzky came to NY. That entire Messier story was a bit strange to be honest, given that Gretzky specifically signed with NY to end his career with him. I can’t help but feel Gretzky retired one or two years earlier in part because of the Messier situation, and have always felt there was more to Messier’s departure than released publicly.

@strats991 9 ай бұрын

Probably reading *way* too much into this.

@michaelgriffiths8068 9 ай бұрын

@@strats991 - Probably. Or probably not. We’ll probably never know.

@alexbyrne009 Ай бұрын

He was literally cracking jokes at the end. He seems fine in this. He maybe knew at this point it would be his last season, but I'm sure it didn't have anything to do with Mess. Don't read into it too much

@ampdesign 9 ай бұрын

Conan was close. He predicted curling to be the sport everybody watches when there's no NBA and no NHL. In 2020, the sport ended up being cornhole.

@csnide6702 Ай бұрын

cornhole = horseshoes for idiots

@Stitchlii 9 ай бұрын

That skit was cheesy but funny. That was a great cast

@gurudru1977 9 ай бұрын

take lesson Michael Jordan. You really don't need to be an arrogant prick to win. i am a huge Jordan fan btw … but its been discovered that his rings came at the cost of "un-gentlemanly behavior"

@vintagevhsarchive 6 ай бұрын

November 27, 1998 Thanks!

@EattheApple666 9 ай бұрын

retired the next year.

@OradWasTaken 9 ай бұрын

5 months after this interview

@shaystern2453 7 ай бұрын

he forgot to mention he always had protectors on his team

@willamderrick 2 ай бұрын

They had a Gretzky rule, YOU DON'T touch Wayne. Anyone can be great with that rule. Try playing withe original 6 he would have been done in 3 yrs.

@user-wp7mw6og8p 9 ай бұрын

@itsthizzbaby 4 ай бұрын

SNL is one of the worst shows of all time now lol, it was fine in the 90s but yikes.

@NickScott86 9 ай бұрын

God bless Conan for trying to make the world's most boring sports star interesting for a whole 8 minutes!

@coastaku1954 4 ай бұрын

It's just a thing with Hockey players, a lot of them are dull, personality vaccuums. I wouldn't actually say Wayne is that dull

@willamderrick 2 ай бұрын

You my friend are am idiot.

@user-ze6er6dx9x Ай бұрын

Ask him about when he high sticked Doug Gilmour, gave him stitches! Never got a penalty!!!

@jeffstevens4532 14 сағат бұрын

stop... it was 30 years ago and Toronto lost because they couldn't beat the Kings enough times, not because of a lousy call by Kerry Fraser. They had an entire next game to do it and couldn't . True deserving champions face adversity and unfairness and find a way to rise above it, dig even deeper and win.. Toronto didn't, so the 93 Leafs get to be remembered as a good team that wasn't good enough.. Surely you diehard Leafs fans have had enough more recent disappointments that you can stop crying about this one....

@user-ze6er6dx9x 12 сағат бұрын

@jeffstevens4532 but he still cut a guy for 8 stitches without a penalty. Fact! Any other player would off the ice

@SealAngel 9 ай бұрын

Greatest hockey player ever...R.I.P Wayne.

@BURGERLAND999 9 ай бұрын

Shush... He lives

@Schnids1655 5 ай бұрын

He’s very much alive. I think you’re thinking of wade boggs.

@coastaku1954 4 ай бұрын

What the hell? He's still alive, his Dad died but Wayne Gretzky is still alive

@Shirai_Ryu92 2 ай бұрын

@@Schnids1655Wade Boggs is still alive

@ControlledBalance 2 ай бұрын

He's got a Russian background, right? Last name is definitely from Russia or Belarus.

@kentmartin9289 Ай бұрын

I've heard Ukrainian mostly. Just googled it a bit and Belarus and Poland also get mentioned sometimes.

@jimbobbillybob 9 ай бұрын

gretzy is so boring

@JukkaRamo 5 ай бұрын

😝

@JukkaRamo 5 ай бұрын

😝

@dougross3569 4 ай бұрын

He's Canadian

@projectJ30 10 күн бұрын

Talented, genius people tend to be perceived as boring by normies such as yourself. Simply because you aren't worth the effort. He's not trying to manipulate anyone, he has no reason to impress you or anyone else. He's smarter than you, and you simply aren't worth his time, so he resorts to being polite and courteous person. I guarantee you what's inside his head is that he's surrounded by a idiots and I'm sure it was the same when he was on the ice. Probably a very lonely person. Go back to living your worthless dumbed down life.