Recessive Elegance

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[4] Hi there, Molly, meet Conan and Sona.

[5] Hi, it's so nice to meet you guys.

[6] Can you guys hear me okay?

[7] Yeah, we hear you great.

[8] Molly, how are you?

[9] I'm great.

[10] Tell us a little bit about yourself.

[11] Where are you coming to us from?

[12] Well, I'm calling you from my hometown of Collingwood, Ontario, Canada.

[13] So I'm Canadian.

[14] Oh, hey.

[15] Canada has always been quite kind to me. So I love Canadians.

[16] I think they're great.

[17] I can give you a brief description of my town.

[18] Okay.

[19] So we're on Georgian Bay, which is just connected to Lake Huron.

[20] And about 10 minutes from my town is the village of Blue Mountain, which is this little ski resort area.

[21] And there's not much nightlife.

[22] It's a little sleepy town because it's cottage country.

[23] So a lot of people come here on weekends.

[24] And we have just one.

[25] bar that everyone goes to called Gibson & Company and then behind it is our local dive bar with we have Buck Hunt there I know you guys oh yeah that's fantastic wait a minute yes first of all do you go there often is that where you hang out yeah my sister and I go there all the time okay so if goarly Sona and I randomly showed up at this place on any night just randomly there's like what an 80 % chance we'll run into you and your sister yeah And we'll be playing buck hunt, you know.

[26] That's crazy that you're always there.

[27] What is it you do?

[28] Are you a student?

[29] No, no. I mean, I'm there when I'm home, but right now I'm living in New York City.

[30] Oh, you live in New York.

[31] Okay, so you're just visiting the family.

[32] Yeah, I am right now.

[33] And what do you do in New York?

[34] I'm a fashion model, so I've been doing that for a long time.

[35] I have to say, I was going to say, if you're not a fashion model, you should probably be a fashion model.

[36] If only because you have a bunch of clothes on the back behind you.

[37] Yeah, it has nothing to do with the fact that you are very attractive.

[38] You're very beautiful.

[39] And you must hear that all the time.

[40] How did you get into fashion modeling?

[41] I was just approached on the street when I was super young and my parents said, oh, this is a little weird, this guy, you know, walking up to us and saying your daughter should model.

[42] What guy?

[43] The guy just came up to you when you were 15?

[44] Was it you?

[45] Wait a minute.

[46] When I came up to you, I really did think you could make it as a model.

[47] Was it the minister of fashion?

[48] You guys have a minister of fashion?

[49] No, but I'm curious.

[50] So that's, I mean, that's what you always hear is that someone's working at a checkout counter or they have some kind, they're just walking through life and someone stops them.

[51] I ask this because I have walked around constantly my entire life, waiting for someone to stop me. and say, you, sir, should be a model.

[52] And I want to tell you something, Molly.

[53] It never happened.

[54] I'm surprised it didn't because I'm working with long legs and red hair as well.

[55] Yeah.

[56] Let me explain something to all our listeners.

[57] It looks so much better on Molly.

[58] Yeah, sure, Molly.

[59] Yeah.

[60] Well, incredible.

[61] Well, how tall are you?

[62] I'm 5 '10.

[63] Oh, wow.

[64] Okay.

[65] All right.

[66] All right.

[67] So you started modeling pretty young.

[68] And then what, do you, travel to world modeling?

[69] How much modeling have you done?

[70] Yeah.

[71] I started when I was 15, 16 years old.

[72] I went to Asia when I was 16.

[73] I lived in Shanghai and Singapore.

[74] I've lived all over Europe, Turkey, Greece.

[75] I went to Milan and London.

[76] Wow.

[77] What a great experience.

[78] I want to model.

[79] And then I just got my visa for this.

[80] States.

[81] So this is really big for me. Good.

[82] Congratulations.

[83] And I just signed with a big agency there.

[84] Oh, you did?

[85] Yeah.

[86] Wow.

[87] What kind of, can you tell us like if where would we encounter, like if we're saying, where would we see your face?

[88] Would it be what catalogs?

[89] What, what magazines, what kind of shoots?

[90] Buck Hunt monthly?

[91] Yeah.

[92] I know.

[93] There's like Buck Hunt girls.

[94] I get Buck Hunt monthly and I've, I haven't seen you yet.

[95] I've seen Clem and Enis.

[96] and Jedediah, but I have not seen you, Molly.

[97] Yeah, my clients always ask me, what's your dream job?

[98] And I say, I want to be a buck hunt girl, you know?

[99] Well, I think you could probably make that happen.

[100] I think you could get any job you wanted.

[101] Like, who needs Prada and Gucci when there's buck hunt?

[102] No, but I, you know, I just shoot a lot of campaigns for, you know, different brands.

[103] I just shot for Champion.

[104] I worked for Eddie Bauer.

[105] I've done like a Samsung commercial.

[106] You know, and in Canada, it's a really commercial market here.

[107] So I love, like, the acting side of it.

[108] And I'd love to go into acting.

[109] But, yeah, just mostly all nine stores.

[110] You know, it's interesting because I have, just through my line of work, if you had told me before I got into this whole line of work that I'm doing, that modeling was difficult or at all arduous, I would have laughed.

[111] I would have said, what are you talking about?

[112] That looks like the easiest job in the world.

[113] but Sony you'll back me up whenever I've had to be part of a photo shoot and they want me to smile and they're taking pictures for anything, any article or any kind of publicity that I've been doing over the 30 years that I've been doing this there comes a point where I go damn, this is not fun.

[114] This is not fun the way you'd think it would be fun.

[115] There actually is, and I can't describe why it's difficult, but it is.

[116] Yeah, I know.

[117] I don't know why it is either.

[118] I've been doing it so long that it's become like second nature for me and when I work I've worked other jobs in my life so I just compared that to whatever else I've done and it is easier I have to say than working a minimum wage job or during the pandemic I went tree planting so that was super hard.

[119] Wait, what do you mean you went tree planting?

[120] So it's like a job in Canada that you can do.

[121] You can go up north and plant trees for nine cents a tree.

[122] It's like piecework.

[123] I wanted to do something that was kind of outside of modeling when everything shut down.

[124] And so, yeah, I went up north with my best friend.

[125] That's so funny.

[126] If I had to describe what's the opposite of modeling, I would say agriculture.

[127] I really would.

[128] I mean, I'm not even joking, but, well, first of all, that sounds like a very, I mean, 2 ,000 trees a day?

[129] Is that what you do in this tree planting?

[130] Close to, yeah.

[131] But that was just me, you know?

[132] Some of the boys, like some of the stronger guys would plant 4 ,000.

[133] Yeah, but half of those die.

[134] They're not being careful.

[135] So you'd make, what, $180 a day?

[136] Is that right?

[137] Yeah, close to.

[138] That's pretty good.

[139] Yeah, but the other thing is you're planting trees, which is such an amazing thing to do.

[140] I mean, I think if everybody, if they figured out a way that everybody on Earth could plant like four trees a day, Yeah.

[141] Well, they wouldn't have to water them and we don't have the water.

[142] Oh.

[143] Okay, this is getting grim.

[144] Well, anyway, I think it's really great what you did.

[145] I think that's very cool.

[146] I think that's your...

[147] Thank you.

[148] Yeah, I went a little crazy up there.

[149] Like, because you're in a piece of land on your own for like eight hours a day.

[150] You know, a helicopter would fly by every day and every day I'd make the same joke.

[151] Like, oh, there's my ride.

[152] And like, each day it got funnier and funnier.

[153] Well, you guys are a lot of life.

[154] You know what?

[155] Molly.

[156] you're my kind of person you're my kind of person you were a tall thin redhead that loves to make the same joke over and over and over again until it becomes funny only to you God bless you Molly you're my new hero that is so yeah by day 15 it was hysterical yes I understand that as other people get more irritated it becomes funnier to you right yeah Yes.

[157] Yeah, exactly.

[158] No, we understand that.

[159] We get that.

[160] Oh, really?

[161] But, no, but Gourley, let me explain it to you.

[162] So a tall redheaded person just keeps hitting the same joke over and over again.

[163] Well, see?

[164] I don't know.

[165] Molly is rubbing me the wrong way now.

[166] I don't know what it is.

[167] I can't quite put my finger on it.

[168] I know.

[169] I don't.

[170] I don't.

[171] She's just driving me a little crazy now.

[172] Molly, would you describe yourself as kind of a cool person?

[173] Yeah, yeah, dog, hilarious.

[174] Sure, of course you are.

[175] Wow, it's just, I'm, it's like looking in a mirror when I look at Molly.

[176] No, that is not actually.

[177] Molly's crying now.

[178] It's like Molly's looking at a funhouse mirror.

[179] Molly's looking in a shattered mirror.

[180] It's covered in ham gravy.

[181] Well, you see, you do seem like you have a great sense of humor.

[182] Yeah, I tried to.

[183] I think I have to.

[184] And also, whenever I'm on set, like at work, I often feel inclined to entertain everyone that's around me. And they'll just be like, stop talking.

[185] Oh, wow.

[186] Stop talking.

[187] So they just want you to model the clothes and be quiet and you're making jokes.

[188] You're just doing bits.

[189] Yeah.

[190] You're doing bits.

[191] I love it.

[192] Oh, I do not like you, Molly.

[193] I don't know what this reacts.

[194] is that I'm having towards you.

[195] I can't control it.

[196] I didn't think that I was this much like Conan until I came on.

[197] But just tell me this.

[198] This is going to save you.

[199] I'm physically awkward.

[200] I'm guessing you're very graceful.

[201] Not at all.

[202] Oh, no. Oh, no. What do you mean?

[203] Are you?

[204] Well, I just, I've like walked through screen doors.

[205] Oh, no. I'm clumsy, you know.

[206] Oh, no. Do you fall down a lot?

[207] Yeah.

[208] I don't try to.

[209] Wait, No, I didn't mean on purpose.

[210] But you do fall down.

[211] Molly, I have, this is like some weird.

[212] There's like a black hole in time space where I'm looking at the younger female version of me who's, but super attractive.

[213] I think what we're looking at here is how old are you, Molly, what year were you born?

[214] 25.

[215] I was born in 97.

[216] 97.

[217] What were you doing in 97?

[218] Let's see.

[219] What do four -year -olds do?

[220] Oh, okay.

[221] All right.

[222] Nobody believed that.

[223] What I said, 97?

[224] 97.

[225] How old were you?

[226] I was doing the late night show.

[227] And, uh, 34 years old.

[228] Pre -Liza?

[229] Yeah.

[230] There's no reason to bring up my wife right now.

[231] I'm just, we're saying, I'm trying to have a nice conversation with Molly.

[232] Molly, and suddenly you're bringing up this wife.

[233] Nice job, Sona.

[234] I've met the best match that I ever met in my entire.

[235] your life and you start shouting about my wife Molly I'm sorry I blacked out I'm old enough to be your father I know and likely are God every time every time what about my eyes are okay sure we've been married 20 years we have two grown children I don't see how that's pertin in this situation.

[236] You have three grown children.

[237] Oh, my God.

[238] Oh, Molly.

[239] Molly.

[240] You guys need to do a DNA test.

[241] I think we do.

[242] Oh, my gosh.

[243] Yeah, exactly.

[244] Are you Irish?

[245] I'm Irish Scottish, yeah.

[246] Oh, that's what my parents are.

[247] Right.

[248] It's good to be a blend.

[249] I'm 100 % Irish, and that's not good.

[250] That's too much of the same.

[251] madness coursing through the bloodstream.

[252] I think a mix is good and I think Irish Scottish is a great mix.

[253] My wife, we'll discuss now that she's been introduced in the conversation, is like Welsh, Irish, English, and she's the sanest person I've ever met.

[254] And, of course, I'm just a whole 100 % dose of inbred insanity.

[255] And that's not a good thing.

[256] So, Molly, my hat's off to you.

[257] Yeah.

[258] Molly, all of your qualities are just perfection, I think, you know.

[259] Tall, red -headed, sense of humor.

[260] Could easily make a living modeling, but in my case, choose not to.

[261] Oh, so it's an abstention, not that you can't.

[262] I just decided to go a different way.

[263] I see.

[264] Okay.

[265] As he burps.

[266] As he burps.

[267] Does that also mean that I could be, you know, a very successful podcast.

[268] You know what, actually, I, let's put it this way, Molly.

[269] And I'm being, I'm being 100 % honest with you.

[270] You could do my job a lot more easily than I could do your job.

[271] I think that's fair to say.

[272] Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[273] You could, you're a funny, cool person.

[274] You could have a podcast and people would like it.

[275] If I said, okay, I'm ready to wear clothes for Eddie Bauer.

[276] I think they'd hit me with sticks.

[277] this is this is going to go straight to my head though it should it should you deserve it so do you have a question for me is there anything i can answer for you are you my daddy trust me put your mom on the line i got to talk to your mom my question is can we do a DNA test yeah sure yeah i'll do i will happily do a DNA test Be honest, Molly.

[278] Would you be happy or buff?

[279] Well, first of all, this is a much creepier question than that, which is she has a father.

[280] I don't know.

[281] He's going to figure into all this.

[282] Some hard truths.

[283] Yeah, some hard truths.

[284] I think this would come as bad news for you, I have to say.

[285] Yeah.

[286] I think Sona would be really mad.

[287] I would be.

[288] Wait, why?

[289] I don't know.

[290] I would I, I don't know.

[291] I mean, Nevin Beckett, luckily, are not very much like you.

[292] I didn't need it like that.

[293] Stop bringing my personal.

[294] I'm sorry.

[295] No, my children, yes.

[296] I'm saying Molly is very much like you.

[297] My children are far superior to me. And yeah.

[298] But I think, yeah.

[299] No, I don't think you seem, she seems just too.

[300] Yeah, there's an elegance there.

[301] You seem too undamaged to be my direct descendant.

[302] But wait a minute, my kids are normal.

[303] They are.

[304] It doesn't make sense.

[305] Maybe you have like recessive elegant gene or something like that.

[306] Yes.

[307] Recessive elegance.

[308] I don't think that's it.

[309] What a backhanded compliment.

[310] Conan, you have a recessive elegance.

[311] You mean it's realized in my lifetime?

[312] No, it's recessive.

[313] That's the title.

[314] Your great, great, great, great, great, great granddaughter will get it, but not you.

[315] Molly's very cool.

[316] Yeah.

[317] So you say Collingwood, Ontario.

[318] Yes.

[319] All right.

[320] Well, we got to come by.

[321] You got to come by calling on.

[322] Yeah.

[323] Is the food good?

[324] What's the food like?

[325] Hmm.

[326] They have something called onion ring poutine.

[327] Oh yeah, of course.

[328] That's what the...

[329] No, I've...

[330] Onion ring poutine is quite famous.

[331] A lot of cheese, right?

[332] Cheese curds.

[333] Yeah.

[334] I love poutine.

[335] Yeah.

[336] So, I mean, yeah, there's good food.

[337] There's cheap beer.

[338] Well, cheap beer is always the best tasting.

[339] Yeah.

[340] So between that and the cheese curds.

[341] Free beer.

[342] Yeah.

[343] the best but no and how do you i'm just just uh any other questions for anybody for mollie you know matt is your cat still being a menace no luckily the cat got we got rid of the fleas and now she's kind of she and glenn have kind of like have a cold war so they've they've chilled out a little bit better now that's good she's still pooping everywhere but oh and sona congratulations on your book.

[344] Thank you.

[345] It's a New York Times bestseller.

[346] Thank you so much.

[347] And Sonan, would you like to mention my wife again?

[348] Yeah.

[349] So Conan's wife, Liza, who I love and everybody loves.

[350] And, you know, I often say is the best part about you.

[351] Yeah, anyway, so she's probably at home waiting for you after this.

[352] Well, Molly, it was very cool talking to you, seriously.

[353] And you got to meet Liza one day.

[354] Yeah.

[355] Yeah.

[356] Conan, if you were maybe 50 or 60 or 70 years younger.

[357] I like her again.

[358] I like Molly again.

[359] I'm back on board on the Molly.

[360] You're so, it's such a small difference.

[361] It's only a 70 year difference between us.

[362] That's ages, Molly.

[363] No, if excuse me, I have to be carried to the toilet.

[364] Hey, Molly, seriously, it was so cool talking to you and continued success.

[365] Very cool.

[366] Thank you so much for having me. Oh, yeah, no problem.

[367] Bye bye.

[368] Thank you, Molly.

[369] I'd like to talk to you guys.

[370] Okay, bye.

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