Bed-Stuy bar owner Debbie Shields says that she’s ready to do a sitcom with Conan O’Brien after a taped subway discussion between the pair went viral. She also wouldn’t mind taking her act on the road.
O’Brien came across Shields while filming an episode of “Subway Takes with Kareem Rahma” posted online last week. The pair exchanged jokes with Shields holding her own as she kidded about having been formerly married to the 63-year-old funnyman.
She said she’s since been contacted by numerous media outlets from all around the world, including the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC), which asked her if O’Brien seriously wants to work on a show with her again as he indicated.
“Yes he would, and I would love to do one with him,” she said in an interview posted Monday.
Shields said she’s a fan of O’Brien’s, but wasn’t familiar with the subway interview show that was taping when the pair met. She was in her Brooklyn bar when people began showing her video of her appearance on the web series. The attention didn’t stop there.
“It was surreal,” she said of the calls that have kept coming.
Shields said she’s been in contact with O’Brien about having him pay a visit to Confessions Bar, where she sometimes hosts a Friday night comedy event. She even invented a drink in the redheaded joker’s honor called called Baby Daddy O’Brien. It’s made with whiskey, Triple Sec, lemon, lime and blood orange juice.
“Life is funny, you never know where your blessings are coming from,” she told CBC. “That’s why you have to live your life in a certain way. So when the aura of God, or whatever you want to see or call it, sees that you’re doing your best and you’re trying really hard and you genuine, he always throws you a ball.”
Shields was asked if she’d consider traveling to Toronto to perform a show.
“That would be fun,” she replied. “I love Toronto.”
Her interview with O’Brien had been viewed 1.6 million times by Tuesday afternoon.