The U.S.-Ireland alliance came in for some gentle ribbing at Thursday’s Oscar Wilde Awards held at Bad Robot in Santa Monica. Then the party became even more fun as cops showed up. “This is the nicest event close to Olympic,” joked Joel McHale.

As the noise from Olympic threatened to overwhelm honoree Conan O’Brien’s speech, he yelled “shut up” to the street below. “This is quite a fun Irish party,” O’Brien continued. “The cops are going to be called out,” he said just as sirens could be heard and a squad car pulled up in front of the building with its lights flashing. But no police showed up to the rooftop.

O’Brien was introduced by McHale, who commented on the mission underlying the award: honoring the Irish in film. “We have two honorees who are not in film (latenight host O’Brien and YouTube founder Chad Hurley) and an award that’s a leprechaun’s ear,” McHale noted.

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