Conan O’Brien hosted this year’s Academy Awards and he has revealed some golden ideas he and his writer weren’t allowed to execute. In an episode of his “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast, O’Brien and Mike Sweeney, who served as his head writer for the Oscars, discussed some behind-the-scenes moments from the recent event.

This year’s Oscars host Conan O’Brien has opened up about some of the very strict guidelines regarding how the iconic awards statue can and can’t be portrayed on screen. Speaking on the latest edition of his podcast Conan Needs A Friend,