Overview
- Will Arnett recounted on the December 8 Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend episode that O'Brien replied to a condolence text by saying, "To be honest, I blame [Jason] Bateman."
- Arnett said O'Brien followed with "He killed my dad," and O'Brien noted his father would have appreciated the joke.
- Jason Bateman joined the bit the next day, texting that Arnett told him O'Brien was onto him, prompting O'Brien to reply, "Bateman, do yourself a favor. Turn yourself in."
- O'Brien's mother, Ruth Reardon O'Brien, died less than a week after his father, Dr. Thomas O'Brien, who was 95 and had been in failing health; she was 92.
- The friends kept the running gag, including a text about sharing O'Brien's sister's address—"625 Boyleston Street, Apartment 12C"—with the tag, "Tell Bateman to make it look like a robbery," as O'Brien said, "I swear to God, this is how I grieve."