--- title: Video: Conan SyFy Cameo in Sharktopus Pteracuda description: Conan O Brien makes cameo in Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda on SyFy canonical: https://time.com/3030261/conan-obrien-cameo-in-sharktopus-vs-pteracuda-syfy/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-24T17:11:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:11:54.711Z og:title: Now You Can Watch Conan's Cameo Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda og:description: Conan O Brien makes cameo in Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda on SyFy og:url: https://time.com/3030261/conan-obrien-cameo-in-sharktopus-vs-pteracuda-syfy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Now You Can Watch Conan's Cameo Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda twitter:description: Conan O Brien makes cameo in Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda on SyFy twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Conan O'Brien's Cameo in _Sharktopus Vs Pteracuda_ Is Spectacular by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jul 24, 2014 5:11 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jul 24, 2014 5:11 PM UTC _Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda_ is coming. Syfy is continuing it’s manifest destiny to be the destination for must-see, must-mock, made-for-TV movies with the very dramatic film produced by gore master Roger Corman and featuring talk show host Conan O’Brien. While the movie (event?) doesn’t air until August 2nd, fans don’t need to wait that long to see O’Brien’s spectacularly gruesome cameo, which in true Corman fashion is both horrifying and hysterical. The clip was unveiled last night on _Conan,_ when Corman stopped by to help promote the film, and while O’Brien’s part is just a cameo, it will undoubtedly be collected on listicles of Best Cameos Ever for years to come. If you dare to watch, be forewarned it’s truly violent, patently disgusting and darkly humorous. That said, the clip brought the Conan studio audience to its feet for a well-deserved standing ovation. It’s just too bad that they only give out Oscars for films released in theaters. **MORE**: [The 64 Best Seconds of the Sharknado Trailer—Ranked!](http://entertainment.time.com/2013/07/10/the-64-best-seconds-of-the-sharknado-trailer-ranked/) **MORE**: [Perfect Storm: The Genius of Sharknado](http://entertainment.time.com/2013/07/12/perfect-storm-the-genius-of-sharknado/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3030261/conan-obrien-cameo-in-sharktopus-vs-pteracuda-syfy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3030261/conan-obrien-cameo-in-sharktopus-vs-pteracuda-syfy/"},"headline":"Conan O'Brien's Cameo in Sharktopus Vs Pteracuda Is Spectacular","datePublished":"2014-07-24T17:11:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:54.711Z","description":"Hey Conan: Gross.","url":"https://time.com/3030261/conan-obrien-cameo-in-sharktopus-vs-pteracuda-syfy/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Conan O'brien"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3030261/conan-obrien-cameo-in-sharktopus-vs-pteracuda-syfy/","name":"Conan O'Brien's Cameo in Sharktopus Vs Pteracuda Is Spectacular"}}]}] ```