Jack Black & Conan’s Guitar Battle | CONAN on TBS

So great to have you here. I ran into you briefly over the summer, but we didn't really get a chance to talk. We rocked a festival together. We rocked, yeah. What was that called? Bonnaroo. We were in Bonnaroo together, but I didn't get to talk to you. It was one of those classic things where I've got stuff to do. You've got stuff to do. We talked for a second. I'm a rock star. You're a rock star. Yeah, two rock stars passing in the night. Exactly. We were too busy getting it on. No, we weren't. Anyway, I just want to know how your life is. How's fatherhood, for example? Fatherhood has been awesome. You know, it's a life changer. It's beautiful. It's wonderful. It's all those things, but I just want to warn any of those dudes out there that are thinking about having a baby and they're right on the bridge. They're right on, not the bridge. What do you call it? The fence. They're on the fence. You got to say goodbye to the Xbox. Yeah. And also, yeah. So there's no time. Once you have kids running around the house, there's no time to just go off into a separate room and enter your private fantasy world. I still do actually find some time for the Xbox. You do? Just a little bit. I have to squeeze it down to like a 15 minute segment at night. After they go to bed, me and the lady watching TV, she sneaks off to check out some emails and then I go and I got a little Xbox. It's a little Xbox. But it used to be, I mean, before I had babes, I would literally go from nightfall to the dawn's crack, to the cock's crow. Don't say the dawn's crack. I'm just saying, I could go 14 hours at a clip. Well, just say that then. I didn't like dawn's crack. I know. I would think your kids must be in heaven because they are entertained by Jack Black 24 seven. I mean, I bet you're fantastic with your kids. We do have good times. We, you know, lately my four-year-old, I have a four-year-old and a two-year-old and Sammy, my four-year-old is really into coming and jumping on our bed. And he says, I'm super Sammy. And then what I am supposed to do is get pillows and become the super monster crusher, whatever I am. I'm something different every time. But I always have a Russian accent. And I'm like, I will crush you with my pillows. And I throw the pillows at him like they're boulders, but they have no effect on him because he's so strong. But then I throw a bigger pillow with like a flippity-doos. And I eventually, I cover him. I smother him with my pillows. And then my wife comes in and she's supposed to go, oh no, don't do that to super Sammy. No, Sammy. And then I say, no, it's too late. He will never be the president king. I am the king. He is gone forever because I crushed him with my pillows. And then he busts out of the pillows, triumphant. And then I'm supposed to go, no, why? How did he do it? He's too strong. And he loves the game. He will play that game. It's exhausting. I work up a sweat. Your boy's going to just grow up hating Russians for no reason. Watch out for them. They throw the pillows. I know, I got to mix in some different accents. Now, I know that you are a musical person, of course. Obviously you're one of the great musicians of all time. Your wife comes from a musical family, is that right? It's true. Yeah, my wife is a triplet and they all are incredible musicians. And she's got a brother, also great. And we all jam together actually with their father, who's a jazz bass player. And we did this album called Ramblin' Boy about a year ago. That was a bluegrass country album. That's funny, because I've heard you do many styles but I didn't have a hard time imagining you doing bluegrass. No, it fit right in. It was something weird. It was like I was born to do it. It was this song, Old Joe Clark. And it went a little something like this. It went, I ain't got no money. Got no place to stay. Got no place to lay my head. Chicken's crowing for days. Yonder sits a turtle dove sitting on yonder pine. You may weep for your true love and I may weep for mine. Oh. That's where it goes. Oh, okay. The whoa is right before a really long chorus that I thought I better not do. I just stopped it. Whoa. It's not a good place to stop. Not at all. Whoa. And then you freeze and hold that for 20 minutes. Yeah, I mentioned earlier that we ran into each other this summer and I was doing a tour with my band and I knew that you were touring with Tenacious D. Yeah, you've got a band? Yeah. No, I thought you were just like hosting and stuff. You actually play music and stuff? What are you talking about? Yes, I played music too. Okay, well, I mean, you're not. Oh, come on. I mean, for real, you're not a real band. Like my band is like a real, legit band. No, no, no, no, no diss, no diss. Well, I guess it is a legit diss. How could that not be a diss? My band, we went on a 32 city tour with my band and we rocked people's faces off. Their faces came off. Oh, really? Yeah, yeah. My band is more of a hobby and less of like a passion. Like my passion runs deep for the rock. Okay, so you're saying that you rock harder. Is that what you're saying? Let me just tell you something. I rock way, way, way harder than you. No, no, no, no. We rock harder, much harder. No, no, no, no, no, no. I say to no, wait. What did you just say? I just, I'm sorry. Did bullshit just crawl out of your ears? You shall learn not to disrespect the D. You have issued a clear invitation to the dance. I'm on, I'll do it if you want to do it. Let's do this. Jack, no, wait, stop. Guys, guys, come on. What? What is it, Andy? Why don't you just settle it with a guitar off? Yes, he's ready. Let's do it. Come on, let's do it. All right, let's get this thing going, all right? Let the dance begin. Yeah, why don't you start it off? We'll just see who rocks harder, everybody. Yeah. Sorry, I'm sorry. I got really insecure, I'm sorry. I want to thank Slash for helping me out. The movie, of course, is Gulliver's Travels. He'll never speak to me again. Jack Black, everybody. When we come back at miniature versions of America's largest roadside attraction, stars Eric and Elsa. We'll see you in a second. I'm sorry. Here we go.