Sometimes gallows humor is the best medicine. On this week’s episode of Conan O’Brien’s podcast “ Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend ,” guest and longtime Conan buddy Will Arnett told an amazing tale.

When Arnett heard that Conan’s dad Dr. Thomas F. O’Brien, a professor at Harvard Medical School, died at age 95 at his Brookline home last December, Arnett immediately texted his sympathies.

Addressing Conan on the podcast, Arnett read that text aloud: “’Hey listen, I’m sorry to hear about your dad passing. Sending love from our family to yours.’ And you wrote back, ‘Thank you, Will. To be honest, I blame [Jason] Bateman.’”

Bateman is Arnett’s BFF/“Arrested Development” alum/“SmartLess” podcast cohost with Sean Hayes.

Arnett continued the tale: “So I wrote, ‘It’s not a terrible theory.’ An

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