The Hilarious Way A Conan O'Brien Joke Influenced The Rock In The WWE

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I was recently thinking about how, out of all the celebrities to host Monday Night Raw, Conan O'Brien never had the opportunity. However, while he's interviewed several notable WWE superstars over the years, he also had another significant contribution to the Attitude Era, having been responsible for one of The Rock's insults.

The talk show host recalled the story during an episode of Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend, where he and guest Zach Galifianakis discussed one of his former writers, Tommy Blacha. This led to O'Brien mentioning this bit he used to do back when he was hearing pitches, and how Blacha worked it into one of The Rock's promos:

I remember this time I was on this jag of saying, 'Why don't you have a big tall glass of shut up juice?' It was just a really childish, stupid put-down that I was doing...Tommy [Blacha] left because he was going to go write for professional wrestling. He told me, 'Hey, you gotta tune in. I wrote this for The Rock...I watched it, and sure enough, The Rock was like, 'Hey, I'll tell you something, maybe you should just go have a long glass, tall glass shut up juice.' And then they cut to people in the arena, and they're like holding their heads like, 'The Rock got him!'

Well, that's pretty cool, and the fun didn't stop there either, as Conan recalled:

And then I think the following week someone had a sign that said 'shut up juice' and I was in heaven.

What's funny is that Blacha admitted in an interview with Tales From The Attitude Era that he contacted Conan O'Brien because he felt like he stole the bit, and wanted to give him a heads-up before it aired. Fortunately, he confirmed that Conan was flattered, and now it's a story he's told a couple of times over the years whenever Tommy Blacha or wrestling gets brought up. Now all we need is a clip of Conan saying it like The Rock did in his promo, and my day would be made.

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