--- description: Scary Movie star Anna Faris said on Conan that she loves to anonymously send sexy 80's-style postcards of scantily-clad women to her mom. title: Anna Faris From Scary Movie Tells Conan O'Brien How She Pranks Her Mom image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb592fc4b028dc18b/6986a297361760466a90dc52/465283045.jpg?branch=production ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch How Anna Faris Pranks Her Mom by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 10, 2014 3:36 PM CUT  LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 26: Actress Anna Faris attends the 56th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 26: Actress Anna Faris attends the 56th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)Jason Merritt/Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 10, 2014 3:36 PM CUT _Scary Movie_ star Anna Faris said on _Conan_ Tuesday that she loves to anonymously send sexy 80’s-style postcards of scantily-clad women to her mom, whom she says is quite conservative. “I know that as he’s putting the postcard into the mailbox, I see my mom envisioning that, and I can feel her getting annoyed, and I delight in that,” Faris told host Conan O’Brien. Faris plays a mom herself on television in her show _Mom._ The show will have its second-season premiere on Sept. 29. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3318181/anna-faris-conan-obrien/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3318181/anna-faris-conan-obrien/"},"headline":"Watch How Anna Faris Pranks Her Mom","datePublished":"2014-09-10T15:36:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:06:07.263Z","description":"Faris says her pranks annoy her conservative mother","url":"https://time.com/3318181/anna-faris-conan-obrien/","keywords":["Parenting","Television","Conan O'brien","Prank","Mom","conan"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb592fc4b028dc18b/6986a297361760466a90dc52/465283045.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb592fc4b028dc18b/6986a297361760466a90dc52/465283045.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"56th GRAMMY Awards - Arrivals","caption":"56th GRAMMY Awards - Arrivals","creditText":"Jason Merritt/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3318181/anna-faris-conan-obrien/","name":"Watch How Anna Faris Pranks Her Mom"}}]}] ```