Conan Attempts Irish Step Dancing While In Chicago, Kicks A Girl In The Face

Conan O'Brien took his show on the road last night, kicking off "Chicago
Week" the most literal way possible with a bit of Irish step-dancing,
in addition to a chat with the mayor and some silliness involving a
bridge and some bratwurst. As you'll see in the video ahead, O'Brien's
attempt to partake in some Irish step dancing resulted in a young dancer
getting kicked in the face.



The segment below runs for over eight minutes, and those who want to see
Conan explore Irish culture Chicago-style might do well to watch the
entire video. It includes a tour of Chicago's Irish American Heritage
Center, a counting of the bars and a mocking of the gift shop. But if
you're really only interested in seeing the lanky Irish American
comedian flail about as he valiantly attempts to Irish step dance, skip
to about the six-minute mark. It's about that time that some of the
female dancers take to the floor to impressively pound out the rhythm
with drumsticks, while O'Brien does his routine. And at some point, he
gets a little too close to one of the dancers… or his foot does.








In fairness to O'Brien, as light as he was making of the whole
experience (in typical O'Brien fashion), he seems to be putting genuine
effort into pulling off the dance routine, and it doesn't look like he
intentionally kicked the girl in the face. Her reaction was as amusing
as it was impressive, as she smiled, looking surprised, and kept on
pounding the beat. A true professional! As you might have seen, after
the dancers performed on stage at Conan's show later on (and if you
didn't, watch it! They're really good!), they turned the earlier slip-up
into a bit as Conan apologized to her and paid her off.



Tune in to see what happens next on Chicago-style Conan tonight at 11/10c on TBS.