Fake Doctors, Real Friends with Zach and Donald - 402: My Office with Sarah Chalke

Episode Date: February 2, 2021

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Hi, hi, hi. Hey, hey, hey. Hi, hi, hi. Hi, Joelle. Hi, Daniel. Hi. Hello, Zach. Hi, everybody.

Holy cow, hello, listeners. I am your spiritual guru today. It's cold and rainy in here, right? My name is Sven. Wait, what? everybody listeners. It's cold and rainy. Wait, what? Yes, it is. It is raining.

Yeah. I'm not supposed to have this weather. It's wrong. What's going on? It's amazing. Oh my God. You know what? Um, mammoths is just getting dumped on,

uh, our two local ski mountains, big bear and mammoth are, areammoth, are covered with fresh powder. That's nice. Like cocaine? Yes. Is it powder? Much like cocaine.

Covered in beautiful, beautiful- I always hear in the rap songs that they talk about skiing. Is that what they mean? The powder, the cocaine, the ski? Yes, they do. Yes. Really? Do, they do. Yes. Really? Do rappers do coke? Yes.

Are you kidding me? I just thought they smoked blunts and stuff. I think my wife and myself are the only people in America that don't do coke in the world, that don't do coke. What? No. Joelle, do you do coke? That's not true.

No. Joelle, do you do coke? It's the worst drug. It's the worst drug. Have you ever done it? I have, but I don't like it. Never in my life. You're not missing anything. It's very terrible. I Have you ever done it? I have, but I don't like it. I have never. Never in my life. You're not missing anything.

I know. You know why? Because if I did, I'd be hooked. I have a very addictive personality, and I know this. So things that I try to stay away from are things like booze, because once I get on a binge, it's crazy. Crack cocaine and other forms of cocaine. I don't want to try them. I don't ever want to try them because of my addictive personality.

I'm hooked on weed so bad right now. I'm trying to figure a way off the shit. Oh, yeah. I thought you were trying to get off the weed. You were. I am trying. I'm still working on it. I just like it so much.

But also, it's freaking, you know, it's fuck what they say it the truth is it is very addictive yeah i agree with you i you're not the only pothead addict i know i know a couple well you don't have to call me a fucking addict man that hurts a little bit well i'm just saying that i love ganja as well but people saying that it's not addictive is i always thought a bit silly yeah that is very silly it's not probably it's not physically addictive but it's definitely mentally addictive right absolutely just it's like that oral fixation the feeling of putting cigarettes to your mouth and all of that stuff because you can eat marijuana you could totally eat it but there's nothing like smoking it it's also the pandemic is a little like oh i'm so bored you know it's so long too man the

pandemic oh my god geez do you find when you're watching like tv shows and movies and people are all hanging out in like a bar or doing like things we can't do anymore that you're like oh that looks so fun well just look at australia they're having a blast over there really yeah they got like they've got like under a thousand cases of covid something like 200 and something cases of covid over oh yeah they're doing great they're doing great and they're probably still on lockdown they're still taking it very seriously you know it's serious you know what i mean they're still taking very serious they're like i'm not gonna i'm to go outside. There's a possibility. They probably still have masks on and everything. Right.

I don't know. I'm speaking out of turn. If you're from Australia, let me know. I want to thank everyone for all the love I got because my big announcement came out that I'm going to be cheaper by the dozen. So you guys are swirling in this, huh? Welcome to the swirl, baby. I know. I was laughing to myself. Welcome to the swirl. I was laughing to myself as I was swirling in this, huh? Welcome to the swirl, baby. I know. I was laughing to myself.

Welcome to the swirl. I was laughing to myself as I was dialing into this. I was like, I'm kind of playing Donald. Like I'm in an interracial relationship with 12 kids. Kenya Barris wrote the script, and it's really, really good. And I'm just so stoked. So thank you all for the love you gave me. I saw lots of your comments.

And a lot of people were like, oh, is that the thing that you guys beeped when you were talking about it? And yes, that is indeed the thing. And I'm really, really, really, really excited. It's really cool, man. It's so awesome, dude. Thank you. I'm really stoked. Is it just you two right now that have been cast?

All the kids have been cast. Okay. Because it's such a process to cast 12 children, as you can imagine, and they're of different races, and they're of, you know, one of them is handicapped in a wheelchair, and they wanted to have an actual girl in a wheelchair. And of so many different types of children, of course. a girl in a wheelchair and so many different types of children, of course. And so to do that, they had to do a huge search across the country. And the director has been doing it the entire time we've been in lockdown. She's been doing it over video, over the web.

I have a question. Yeah. Why is it cheaper by the dozen? I don't think a dozen would be expensive. I thought it would be cheaper. I mean, I guess if you round it out, you're going to pay less by like a little bit by the dozen. No, I think the expression is when you buy things. No, I get it. I get it, the dozen.

But why is it always cheaper that way? I think the baker's dozen is cheaper than the dozen, though. Isn't the baker's dozen cheaper than the dozen? How much weed did you have? It's only 1 o'clock. I smoked so much weed today. Wow. Alright.

Who we got on the show? Who's on the show today? We have Sarah Chalk today on the show, and that's very exciting because everybody loves sarah chalk and we also have gt from gt's kombucha because joelle uh we wanted to figure out a way to better explain to people we're always hyping up gt's kombucha and donald and i genuinely love it but we don't really necessarily explain it that well so we thought we would have gt on to explain first of all he's a really interesting guy who who made this ginormous company and is a huge success.

He's got a great story behind it, too. It's kind of an interesting just American businessman story. But also, he can explain kombucha better than we can. Is he here, guys? He is here. Let's invite him in, huh, Donald? Yeah, absolutely. GT! There he is! There he is! Is he here, guys? He is here. Let's invite him in, huh, Donald? Yeah, absolutely. GT in the house!

There he is. Oh, my God. Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for GT of GT's Kombucha! Dude, you're so young. It really is. Like, I forgot how young you are, and you've made this ginormous company. I'm just taking in your your lung your young beautiful face he's not young he's really 75 it's the kombucha that makes him look young

that would be a funny thing if that were true i'm just gonna tell everyone that he's really 75 years old but he's young and handsome looking yeah and i bathe in kombucha and that's the secret to my vitality i don't know just rub it on your face or something, man. You look great. Thank you. Well, it's so great to see you guys. It's so great to see you. By the way, this is Joel and Daniel.

Hi. Hey. How are you? Pleasure to meet you. We wanted to have you on, man, because we're always talking about how much we love your product. And I think that Donald and I, other than saying the obvious things, it tastes awesome. And we know it's good for our gut. We, um, we kind of fall short and we've, we've spoken to you about it. So we thought you could help explain to our listeners first and foremost,

you know, in very simple terms, because, you know, you can get technical about like gut health and everything, but just like they have this thing on Reddit called explain it like I'm five. but just like they have this thing on Reddit called explain it like I'm five. So I was thinking you could explain it like we're all five. Why, why is kombucha so good for our, for our health? Kombucha is good for your health because again, as we all know, our stomachs really are the source of our nutrition and our vitality. But over the course of our lives, they become compromised and we're not really digesting completely the foods

that we eat. Therefore we're not getting the nourishment. So that's number one. So kombucha kind of helps restore that balance to allow your digestion to fully function and do everything it's intended to do. In addition to that, I mean, we're learning more and more that our stomachs do more than digest food. They are in many ways kind of the second brain, and they're the center of many things, whether it's our moods, our energy levels, things that we crave, things of that nature. And of course, ultimately they go hand in hand with our immune system. So, I mean, to sum it all up, the gut and the stomach and the digestion is really the center of our wellness. And so nothing else will get better until we take

care of our digestion. And, and okay so here's my question why does it taste so damn good i mean how do you do that how do you do that because i've had other i have had other ones other brands and they don't taste as good and are you the are you the biggest brand in in in in the usa we're the actually the biggest brand in the world. Wow. Yeah, buddy. Look at you. And how old are you? You don't have to tell me, but you look like you're 30 years old. I'm happy to tell you I'm 43.

Are you really? You look 29. Are you really 43? Yeah. 1977, baby. GT. Wait, go back because Donald and I are proud of you. You are the first person that I can say, well, you can't say it's not just black that don't crack. My dude, you got that Paul Rudd in you.

What are y'all doing? You're sucking the blood. It's the GT's kombucha. That's right. That's what it is. Wait, so wait, Dave, tell us about how – will you tell us the short version because I've heard the long version and it's fucking extraordinary, but it's probably too long for this podcast. But will you give everyone just the bullet points of how you made this company? Because I just think you're also just an inspirational story of creating this thing by yourself and you're the biggest kombucha company in the world.

That's pretty cool. Well, first of all, thank you for saying that. kombucha company in the world. That's pretty cool. Well, first of all, thank you for saying that. And so, I mean, again, my company kind of started as just this personal passion and almost this happy accident. You know, I was raised a vegetarian, so I was raised with the importance and understanding of how food can be your medicine as well as your poison. And my parents incorporate a lot of unique foods into the household. So in addition to kombucha, it was noni, chia seed, aloe vera juice, wheatgrass, things of that nature. And so kombucha came into the household when I was starting to become a teenager and my parents were making it and drinking it.

And they became fanatic about their consumption to the point where they were drinking multiple glasses a day, giving it to every friend and family member that walked into the household. But it wasn't until kombucha helped my mom with her breast cancer, which was about two years later. And that was kind of the moment that we truly understood that not only can food be your medicine, but it can actually help your body heal itself. And so I was now around the age of 15. So my mother was my best friend and is my everything. And so the fact that her health was on the line, and then this pungent tasting tea called kombucha had helped her is really what became the catalyst for me to have this desire to share it with the world. Again, I was too young to be an entrepreneur or a businessman or anything of that nature. And so I really was just leading from the heart as I loved kombucha, wanted to share it. And so I did.

Loved kombucha, wanted to share it. And so I did. And I went about it in many ways with just, again, a personal passion and just almost like a hobby that I was happy if just one person liked it. Right. Were you like the lemonade stand, but it was kombucha? Was that how you really? Exactly. Out of the trunk? Yeah, I was like this young little guy sampling at Air One, which was my first store.

Of course, Air One's like this phenomenon lately in Los Angeles. Yeah, if you don't live in LA, Air One is like an even healthier, more beautiful Whole Foods, right? Yeah. It's pretty amazing. It's a pretty amazing market. And you're really represented there well because you guys always send me and donald flavors and i went into to air one and it was like where are all how come we haven't had all these there's so how many different flavors do you have now oh my god we have over 30 and you're

right air one in stores like air one you walk in and it's like this oasis of kombucha you have like every single flavor every single every kind of size you could, your heart could desire. And that's why naturally I started at Erewhon. And so, yeah, I mean, I was sampling and I was really just like, as you said, almost like this kombucha stand within the store. And I would be there or my mother would be there virtually every weekend. And we would just sample, sample, sample, talk about it. And so your point earlier is, to be honest, kombucha back then, at least, wasn't something that people really gravitated to purely from a flavor standpoint. Because back then we were programmed differently, or at least our palate was, where it was Snapple, it was 7-Up, Coke, Pepsi, Gatorade.

I mean, those were really the iconic brands, especially in the beverage space. It's amazing how much sugar we were drinking you know like and and not like natural sugar like bullshit sugar i mean i was a big snout i would drink peach snapples when i was like in high school and yeah like it was going out of style oh my god and and and of course regular coke when we were kids my dad would get the two liter bottle of regular coke and you look back and go just just man we were just pounding processed sugar. Oh my God. You're so right. I mean, the two things that Snapple did brilliantly is made from the best stuff on earth, which is like the world's biggest scam.

And then the second one was the high fructose corn syrup that I remember me and my friends were like, look, it's, it's corn. So it's a vegetable and it's fructose and that's found in fruit. Like we're good. This is actually, is actually this is gonna work and then we all got diabetes so no it's just amazing how how much sugar for no reason we were all just pounding yeah it's true so i mean that's a great thing and so that's why to your point now kombucha is really more of a popular thing is as I think our palates and the consumer's behavior has evolved, kombucha is a perfect opportunity to participate in that new kind of palate, which is why you're seeing more sour foods, more sour drinks. You're seeing things that have more of an alternative flavor versus like just the highly salty or highly sugary stuff that we used to drink, you know, a decade ago. I like it because for me, it tastes so different from everything else that it feels like an

afternoon treat. Like it's something I can look forward to having because it's not, it's just, it's, I've said this to you before and I've said it to the audience before that it almost feels like you're having a cocktail. I mean, there's no booze in it or there's a microscopic amount of booze in it but you yeah but you feel like it's the feeling you have like oh cool day's over i'm gonna have a beer but this you can have like at at one it's like oh cool after lunch i'm gonna have a i'm gonna treat myself to a kombucha you know what i mean it has that feeling to me it definitely feels like sometimes it also sometimes feels like a substitute

instead of a beer you can reach for a kombucha and you feel and also you know that when you're drinking it you're feeling you're filling your body with probiotics which is crazy to really think about like when i think probiotics i'm thinking i'm gonna hold my nose i'm gonna get it down as quick as possible but with this it's just like i feel like i you know i feel like I'm having my evening beverage, you know. But I'm also getting, I'm also giving my body the nutrition it needs. And that's always a great feeling. Yeah. And that's exactly what we hear, actually, from our fans is that a lot of people say, you know what?

When I drink your kombucha, it feels like a reward. It feels like a treat. It feels like I'm rewarding myself for something great and so but it's completely guilt-free and guiltless so it's almost like i mean there's a lot of analogies that i could use you know working out to one of them but it doesn't sound like a silly one almost like dancing dancing something that you have fun when you're doing but it's also a great workout so kombucha is kind of like that where you enjoy it and it's experiential in that respect but it's actually also great workout. So kombucha is kind of like that where you enjoy it and it's experiential in that respect, but it's actually also helping your body. I feel that about Peloton.

Um, I've both been spinning and it's like fun. I mean, I mean, granted it sucks sometimes in you and you're cursing at the sky, but, but you're still like, it's definitely the most fun form spinning and, or, or, or cycling, I should say, if you don't have a bike. It's really fun to me. How do you feel about celebration with kombucha, with GTs? Like, you know, like I once put tequila. Yeah, we wanted to ask you because this has come up. Donald and I were like, we know he's a health nut.

Are we allowed to ask him about putting booze in it? Because I want to know what your thoughts as a company are on this. Because I have friends, not just Donald's, who love to mix it with a little something. And I want to know what you thought about that. Well, actually, I'm all for it. Because first of all, as we know, until recently, mixers were just kind of loaded with sugar and loaded with preservatives and had really no nutritional value. So kombucha is a great replacement for those just on that alone.

But then when you factor in that, yes, you could argue mixing alcohol with something healthy is somewhat counterintuitive. But in reality, you're actually reducing the negative impact of the alcohol because a lot of people say that not only do they get a kind of a clearer buzz when they mix their alcohol with kombucha, but nine out of 10 times, if not 10 out of 10 times, they don't get a hangover the next day. That's what Josh Radin says. That's what I told you.

Josh Radin told me that. Our buddy Josh Radin, we went over to his house. Don, were you there? We must have been together. I wasn't there. I wasn't there. I don't know how you told, but we went over to his house, and he's like, my new thing.

At your house, dude. At your house. Oh, at my house. He brought it over to my house. But I first did it. He's like, my new thing. I figured it out. You mix any of the GT's kombucha flavors with tequila.

No hangover. And we were like, what? But that's like his whole jam. That's his drink of choice. No, it's so true. And he's a bachelor. He's a bachelor. So you go over his house.

And the only thing in the fridge is like an array of GT's kombucha flavors and tequila. He knows how to live. No, it's funny. I was like, I said it's all. I was like, I was nervous to ask him. Like, I know he's super healthy. Like, are we allowed to mix booze with this? No, no.

Listen, you know, I'm going to share with you my philosophy. First of all, you should never demonize anything. Right. Like, so whether it's alcohol, whether it's even sweets or things of that nature, like we should allow our bodies to eat whatever we want them to eat, but in moderation, because if I think an extreme of anything is unhealthy. And so, yeah, go ahead, mix your kombucha with alcohol. I mean, again, at least it's a better choice and a better option. Right. And, um, and how are you like, you must be so successful. Like, are you wearing gold shoes? Is your mom proud of you? Is your mom proud of you after all this?

Yeah. Yeah. My mom is very proud of me. But you know what? I really owe it to her. It's her story, her experience, her love, her light, her spirituality that helped me do what I do and navigate it through 25 years. Because I have to be honest, you know, when starting kombucha 25 years ago was not easy.

I mean, I can't tell you how many times people would spit it up in my face or say, no way, no how will this ever be sold in my store? It tastes weird, looks weird, smells weird. But it was really having the support of my mother constantly telling me that you're doing a good thing. You know, it's lonely at the top, but at least it's not crowded. But the reason why it's lonely at the top is it's a long, slow path to success. And, you know, imagine being a teenager, not having any friends, not doing the participating the things that your teenage friends do and feeling completely alone.

It's almost like what I've always said before. It's a lot like being a teenage mom where you're just kind of pushed into this adulthood and you really have to commit to this living thing. In many ways, you have to sacrifice. So yeah, it's been great and I don't take it for granted. Every day is a blessing in my mind and the success that I've been able to experience is something I've never, ever dreamed of um is there a gt kombucha jet and can donald and i ride on wait

hold on let's let's just talk about this 25 years ago you started the company right yes and now we're we're we're coming up on world kombucha day is this really happening yes yeah what is world kombucha day we wanted to ask you what you what that is because we want to participate. Yeah, absolutely. Thank you for asking. So World Kombucha Day is something that we debuted a year ago because kombucha was first consumed in 221 B.C., which is a long, long, long time ago, way before even I started drinking it. Decided to have World Kombucha Day on February 21st. So 221, just like 221 BC. And that kind of the philosophy behind World Kombucha Day is to really share with the world, people who are relatively new to kombucha, its history. Because I think a lot of times, especially in this country, we sometimes overlook history

and legacy and lineage when we just focus on the popularity of something right here, right now. And we kind of forget about its soul, forget about its, you know, its humble beginnings and its origin. So World Kombucha Day is really intended to shine a bright light on that. Talk about its history, its tradition of being consumed, the ritual of making it, and the most importantly, what makes kombucha special, which it's as a nature crafted elixir, if you will, that's rich with so many good things that can make us healthy and happy, no matter who you are, live um so 221 because of 221 bc 221 is world kombucha day yeah we'll be celebrating it yeah we will all of our fake doctors real friends right fake doctors real

friends we got a date y'all dave thank you so much for coming on we really appreciate you and um you know it's it's no bullshit because donald and i always say when we have to have advertisers on the show we would so rather it be something we genuinely love um we try and edit out things that we don't really believe in or or use and well you'd be surprised at what comes at us and it's like yeah come on man i'm gonna say one thing we've also said no to is things that we feel are unhealthy for people. Um, we, we like to, we like to promote healthy things. And so, um, so we're super stoked that, that you support the show and, uh, and we really appreciate you. And I'd also feel like, I'd also kind of feel like a jerk if, you know, I, you know i you know we have something it's such a it's such a healthy product and so

good for everyone i'd feel bad then right after that i was like go eat at mcdonald's by the way i've been watching that i was i was watching um that um jordan documentary about the the bulls uh the last dance which i finally watching, and it's so good. It's so good. But it's so shameless how these athletes who are in the best shape anyone's in are like, sometimes I feel like he is me, and they're drinking Gatorade and eating cheeseburgers. It's like, I know, get that money, Mike, but come on. You got to remember, back in the 80s, man, I remember watching tennis players drink Coca-Cola

on the sidelines and smoke cigarettes during breaks, man. This is real. But when you see those ads because they show the ads of like Michael Jordan happily eating like a gross McDonald's cheeseburger, it's like, come on. Get that money. Get that money, man. I'm grateful to you guys as well because, I mean, we rarely do advertise. And the reason why is we genuinely seek that authentic kind of connectivity that you guys have shared for us so from the bottom of my heart I'm also very grateful well thank you man thank you and you're an inspiration last question just

because I'm sure there's a lot of um entrepreneurs or or young entrepreneurs who dream of having a success like you've had what do you say to people who are just starting out and they're looking up at the giant mountain of trying to create a business or a product? Like, do you have any words of wisdom for them? Oh, absolutely. And I share this with anyone who ever reaches out to me for business advice. I always say, first and foremost, follow your heart and do what you love. But most importantly, do what makes the world a better place. Because I think sincerely gone are the days where we just create businesses and products for selfish reasons. I think, you know, even 2020 has told us we all need to work together to not only heal the planet, but also heal each other's lives. And so I believe that if you follow those tips, if you will, that only good things will come your way

and people will genuinely resonate with what you're trying to offer. That's what we do. We're just offering laughs and giggles. Exactly, making people happy. And that's all we really want, right? Happiness and love. Yes.

That's absolutely, and health. That's all we want. And health. And health, yeah. And health, happiness, and love. The pursuit of happiness, it's in our constitution. Dude. It is.

That's crazy that they said the pursuit. I know it's in that movie and everything the movie is that is that the constitution or the declaration of independence danil life liberty and the pursuit of happening i'm calling on you danil i'm so embarrassed i think it might be the declaration of independence i think you're right i think it check it. Oh, I am right. Hold on, let me ask my wife. She'll know. No, don't ask your wife. Is that the Declaration of Independence

or is that a constitution? Casey doesn't know. That's a hard question to answer. I just want to say Casey knows. She said whatever the fuck that is alright Dave thank you so much for coming on we appreciate it alright say bye

stop talking to your wife talk to Dave it's good to see you man let me ask you a question you're working out like crazy right now what's going on we're having conversations on the show zach's a younger man than i am i have reached that age where i can't cheat anymore if i cheat guess what happens it doesn't go away it never you know what i mean like if i have a cheat meal i'm in deep trouble so my question is my question is are you what what

other than the kombucha what are you doing this? This looks so good, man. You're looking you're looking fit. You're looking probably doesn't get high and eat fried chicken. Shut up already. Well, no, actually, I do get high. I just don't eat fried waffles. So, I mean, I'll break it down for you really simply. First of all, you know, I think being plant based as much as possible is huge, right? But it's not just being plant-based, it's making sure that you're eating a diet that's whole and, um, or rich in whole foods. So things that aren't in a box, a can or a bag, because chances are those are heavily processed and loaded with stuff. That's not good. Um, you know, I don't believe in cheap days, but as I said earlier, I do believe in allowing your body to have a little taste of dessert or a little something just so you aren't depriving your body of it. But then after a bite or two, you kind of push the plate away. And then most importantly, make sure that you break a sweat every day, right?

That you just do something, whether you swim in your pool if you can or walk your neighborhood or go to the gym or even do push-ups or yoga in your house. Because a lot like brushing your teeth, I think physical fitness is a daily practice. And when you make it a daily habit, you never have to make an excuse of why you need to do it or why you couldn't do it. And so that's what I do. I work out every day. And in addition to that, which goes hand in hand with physical fitness, is making sure you get a good night's rest every night. So I really allow myself eight hours of sleep no matter what.

And that with physical fitness keeps me in shape. Wow. You look great, man. You look amazing. Because Donald and i want to look more like you i really do and i thank you for being on the show man yeah really really really appreciate you coming thank you for having me i'm honored thanks for all the love thank you we love it all right take care god bless be welcome bye-bye you too it's always great to have him on man right it's always great we haven't had him on before what are you talking about

we've had well had him on zoom you know what I mean like when we have when we talk to him on zoom and stuff oh my god fucking hell you're so stoned right now I am blitzed right now you just said it's always great to have him on we haven't had him on before. That's how high the level is.

No, wait. Hold on. Let me finish. Let me finish. Let me try and save what I salvage. Yeah, let me hear it. Let me hear it. Let me hear it.

It's from the Zooms, man, because we've done some stuff. Yes, we and I have privately Zoomed him. Yes, that has happened. And I kind of confused him. Oh, so you meant to say it's always great to have him on Zoom? It's always great to be around him, to talk to him. No, all bullshit aside, he is the inspiration, man.

Because not only is he a super healthy guy, he created this company when he was a baby, and he's the biggest kombucha brand in the world. What's crazy is that I would never have guessed that he was 43 years old. He doesn't look it.

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Donald? Should we talk about what's going on? I don't quite understand. I understand that. I don't understand how the stock is being driven up. I've read enough, and Daniel will probably have a better answer, but I've read enough to let me try. Or Joelle. Joelle also probably knows a lot. Okay, never mind. My guess is, I often guess which one of you will know more about a given topic, and I'm usually kind of right. You always go Daniel.

No. I was going to say, Joel is so knowledgeable. No, Joel, I go for pop culture things because she's a critic and knows a lot about pop culture. Daniel, I go for politics. I think he knows a lot about politics. Well, after what his dad did

that one time, yeah. Yeah. Let's talk GameStop. Go ahead. I'm going to give my quickest take on it. Daniel will correct me. You can bet that a stock will fail

because you think that the company is going to crash. When all these game companies came out with downloading the games and not buying anymore, it didn't take a genius to be like GameStop is doomed. Everyone was even joking about that, like RIP GameStop when all those new consoles came out.

And so the hedge fund and the stock market folks said, oh, we're going to short this, meaning we're going to bet that it's going to fail. Okay. It's very intricate how it all works, but they're basically betting... Like playing the field when you're playing craps. Exactly. And what they didn't expect is that

this group on Reddit called WallStreetBets would say we can do what's called a short squeeze if we all band together, which means if we start buying that, if enough of us start buying GameStop stock, it will drive the price up, which is the exact opposite of what all these people betting against it thought it was going to do. And what happens is they have to then, to get out,

they have to buy it back. And as they buy it back, it drives the price up again. So it creates this loop of the Redditors, the people without a lot of money who are just sort of independent stock purchasers. Their stock goes crazy and they start making insane money and they're burying these huge hedge fund companies. How long does this last for? How long can this go for? That I don't know. Daniel, you go. I think, so Zach, that was 100% correct.

Thank you. Very well put. I didn't understand it at all until I read about it. I also want to preface that I am not a financial expert and this is not financial advice. Yes. Okay. I think an important part to add to this conversation

is that, and one of my favorite tweets about this is that this is kind of like Occupy Wall Street, but twice as stupid, but twice as effective. Yeah. So because they're giving the finger to these hedge funds. Precisely. I mean, Occupy Wall Street was an opportunity for people to express their concern with the amount of money that, you know, Wall Street was controlling and how much that was controlling politics. And this was a way for people to make that like a headline news story by literally destroying these hedge funds one at a time. Now, the problem and the answer to the question of how long is this going to last is that companies like Robinhood or the app Robinhood, who is

allowing this kind of trade or is allowing retail investors to trade in such small ways, has all of a sudden stopped allowing trading on things like GameStop, AMC, Nokia, BlackBerry. Wait. I think they're – wait. Pause there. I read that they're back on. That they're back on. Right. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yes. They are back on. Sorry. That's why I apologize. I'm getting to all that. So they stopped. And that is what is – basically this whole thing was to draw awareness. Yeah.

This was to draw awareness to the power of wall street over politics, over trading, over all of that, because this is a situation where we're saying the little guy has the opportunity to trade and rich people are saying, wait, wait, wait,

don't do that. And I totally, I totally, yeah, dude, that's what, that's where the, that's where it gets messed up. It's like, wait, hold, don't do that. And their control. I totally, yeah, dude, that's where it gets messed up. It's like, wait, hold on. We're just doing what you did. I'm lumping myself in with all of these people, these GameStop people.

I have no investment in GameStop, just to be clear. But let's put it this way. I wish I did. So do I, man. I wish I would have been on Reddit. I'd be selling right now. I'd be selling soon. But wait, that's, wait, Daniel. Hold on, let me finish. Let me finish. Let me finish, Reddit. I'd be selling right now. I'd be selling soon. Wait, Danil.

Let me finish. The thing that's crazy is that it's like out of nowhere all of these people who were working the crap out of this system are trying to stop the common person

from doing it themselves. that's that's and that's wrong that's that's where the bs comes in it's like wait a second yeah how can you shut down the site for one night and or sorry how can you restrict for one night do you know how much money they blew in one night for all of these common people who don't have the opportunity to invest like this that was like what is it like millions and billions they were allowed they were allowed to sell i believe they just weren't allowed to buy more correct but but that is illegal it's a 1936 act about you know you're not allowed to stop trading on the open market at any point you're you you are not allowed that is against the law. And that's what Robinhood did effectively

was stop trading on the open market. And solely because apparently bigger companies called them and said, you got to stop this. We're going to go broke. Or potentially the government, right? Which would be really fucked up. Well, now that's,

isn't there an investigation? Is an investigation happening? Yeah, the government is stepping in now. And ultimately what this will probably lead to is stricter regulations against retail traders, making it harder for the common man to invest or a common person rather to invest into the open trading market, which was the goal of this in the first place was to draw attention once again, to the power that the super wealthy have over what is supposed to be a global stock market. We're talking about billions of dollars in wealth just appearing and disappearing

because people were deciding to be like, hey, guys, see what's going on here? The short squeeze that's happening. Boom. Game stop. This is where it's happening right now. And then the government says, whoa, whoa, whoa. You, you, you know, you, I don't want to say poors. You, you know, regular folk. But are they saying porous?

That's what they're saying. They're saying you people, you little people can't participate in this. It feels like it. It feels like a let them eat cake situation kind of thing. What's the exit though? Where my brain or at least what I

understand about this ends is how does everyone dismount so basically the dism i mean the dismount is that a bunch of people sell their shares at gamestop i mean like this does not this is not a long haul where all of a sudden gamestop is this huge super profitable company well no and one of the the elephant in the room is that gamestop is not worth 300 a share no not at all not at all. Not at all. So what happens now? What we hope for is more transparency on... No, I'm saying,

how did these people get out? They just sell and... Well, somebody's going to be stuck with that bill. Somebody's going to be stuck with a stock that's going to suck, dude. Someone's going to get stuck with the bag,

and that's the problem. Basically, Wall Street Bets at the start was meant to be like stupid-ass stock calls. Wall Street Bets is not a place to give legitimate financial advice. And despite the fact that during this time, it has evolved kind of into that where it's more about like, here's how you can help take down this hedge fund.

Explain what Wall Street Bets is for people who may not know. Zach was saying that at the beginning, but Wall Street Bets is a subreddit. That's the name of the subreddit. Yeah, subreddit. And Reddit is a website that's like a content aggregator. There's a lot of smaller what are called subreddits that are based on different categories. And one of them is called WallStreetBets, which is basically for meme stocks. It's stock memes, jokes about where people are investing, and dumb shit. But over the past couple of weeks, it has evolved into people

taking it more and more seriously. And the issue that it's creating, and I think what should, is going to, or not should, but what is going to become the central narrative of this is that regular people are going to lose a shit ton of money because they participated in this meme stock thing thinking they could make it rich when they're not going to well you can make it rich if you you can make it rich if you get out like before yeah you get out immediately if you're paying attention this whole time but people are seeing this now like even yesterday and being like oh shit i'm gonna put like 10 grand in it's like oh well now it's too late but i mean exactly if they cash out now though they can make a lot of money right i i even feel bad saying that on the

podcast right now because the fact is no the like the fact is no it's like people should not be participating in this at this point no i don't mean investing now but i mean there are people investing in general no i'm saying there are people that are in already. Who made a million dollars or more. There's a user on Reddit DeepFuckingValue who was looking at a $22 million come up

off of this. So how do you get that money though? How do you get that money if nobody's gonna buy this stock now at this point? What, you got credit? Like, what the fuck? How's going to buy this stock now at this point? What, have you got credit? Like, what the fuck? How's he going to claim this $22 million? The hedge funds that own that

stock have to pay it out. And that's the fucked up part. Here's the fucked up part. Instead of those hedge funds dissolving after paying this and going bankrupt and stuff like that, the government is probably going to bail them out to keep the hedge funds going. And that is what we need to all be paying attention to, because that is where we're

going to see. This is like one of those mass. We bailed them out last time. It's like that. It's 2008 all over again. I know there's a movie about this. You think everybody would be worth paying attention to this, but yet money has so much control over politics, like all of this stuff still continues to this.

By the way, if you're so confused and bored about this conversation, I apologize. No, it's fine. But I want to talk about it and so did Donald and Joelle. But anyway, listen. There's a movie that Adam McKay made called The Big Short, right? And The Big Short sort of explains it in a much better, funnier way. Hey, Donald, you never counted us in. Do you want to count us in right before Sarah joins us?

Five, six, 7, 8 I said we've got stories About a show we made About a bunch of docs and nurses And a janitor who loved to hate I said we've got stories That we all should know So gather round to hear our

Gather round to hear our Scrubs Rewatch Show with Zach and Donald. Sorry, I got very heated about that. No, it's good. It's such a great topic. Like, America's changing. America's changing before our eyes, man. Like, literally, we are witnessing a revolution.

Literally. Can you imagine the guy who made $22 million off GameStop? You should see a picture of him. It's really funny. He's in his mom's bed. He better not do what Rerun did. Remember when Rerun got those credit cards and he bought the scuba tank on what's happening? It's not like that.

But this guy needs to be careful. Hold on now. $22 million after taxes. My man is freaking, he is banked, dude. Yeah, he can buy a couple scuba tanks. He can buy more than a couple of scuba tanks. Another funny part of this is that, like, after he made, like, he does a daily update. It's called the GME YOLO update.

Every day about how much money he made. Yesterday, he lost $13 million. One day. Because he didn't get out? Well, it's not that he didn't. I mean, he's holding. Because we're still trying to fuck over this hedge fund. So the people who have all the money in right now, everybody's holding. Diamond hands, as they say. Hold on strong with diamond hands.

Aren't they online like, please, don't sell. Whatever you do, don't sell. But wait, wait. Can you explain? Last point on this. Audience, I'm sorry if this doesn't interest you, but it's so interesting to me. Why now?

Why not sell now? Because it's going to come crashing down. Don't you want to sell and get your money out while you can? It's just, I mean, the goal, again, this is about sending. There's a large part of this, but sending a message and a lot of people are putting a lot of money behind sending a message. And I think that's where the disparity comes in between people who are kind of getting in late, seeing this as a moneymaking opportunity, and people who are participating in fuck all of these hedge funds, just short squeezing companies to make even more money for, you know, nothing,

they're like, fuck you, We are going to get in this. We're going to invest a bunch of money, and we're not going to let go until you pay for it. It is kind of fucked up, though. Can you imagine you create a company, and it becomes huge, and then let's say it's not doing well, and all of a sudden there's people who's,

they're like, what are those birds that fly above a car? Vultures. They're like v what are those birds that fly above a – Vultures. Vultures. They're like vultures who are like, great, let's all bet that this company is going to fail now. When it dies, I'm eaten. When it dies, I'm going to be eaten. And then let's tell everyone it's going to fail because then we're going to make money off of it because we need to broadcast. We need to gossip that it's about to fail because then we'll make money.

I know Elon Musk was really upset because these hedge funds shorted his – They shorted Tesla. Tesla, yeah. And so he's gleeful about this. Yeah. I mean it's just – the stock market, it's controlled by such a small group of people sharing billions and billions of dollars. And it's like the regular person wants to get in and enjoy and people are saying no not for you yeah that's the thing man when when when when when you get into the stock market it ain't like the movies where it's you

know where you're where you're all it's all fly and fancy and stuff like that you can do that but most likely you're gonna lose all your money doing that the best way to do it is to get like little things that are that are solid and can't go down, right? Yeah. I mean, that's – But – It's just a band. It's still gambling.

But the joy is – I know, but the joy is freaking living that fast life and making that fast cash. I don't think a lot of day traders have a ton of luck, right? I mean, like some – don't get me wrong. Some do, but I think a lot of – In the movies, they do. I think Dan, aren't I right that a lot of day traders like really get fucked? I mean, I don't know about, I can't give you a stat on a lot versus a little, but what I can say is that like day trading is not like a, it's a full-time job.

It's like if you decide to be a day trader, you're talking about an incredibly diverse portfolio where some of your money is going up and some of your money is going down. And if you're getting part of one stock, you're failing. You want to have like 100 things you're invested in because then you're just watching all the numbers go up. And it's like, oh, I made $100 here. I made $1,000 here. I made 10 grand here. I lost 50 grand here, but it's OK because blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. It's like day trading is not a joke. And it's not like a small thing either. So it's like, yeah, it's, yeah, it's, you can make money for sure. But it's like, you know, do you want to invest as much time into getting to learn the stock market as you did to get into acting? No, I'm not saying, I'm not saying,

I'm not saying that I want to become a day trader. I'm saying that people that do this, I know they sit in front of a screen and it's their full-time job. But I saw like a doc about it, I feel like, that's vaguely in my brain. Correct. But I think a lot of people, again, I have no stats, but I feel like people get in over their heads. Totally. And just like gambling. Totally. Just like Donald going back to the ATM in Vegas.

They keep going, keep going, and then all of a sudden they fucking lose everything. Yes. The only point I was making about acting was just about an investment of time. Because when people look at you two, they say they're incredibly successful. I could not imagine the skills it took to be as good at acting as these two are. It's like, think about putting that exact same amount of time and investment into being a day trader. I'm not saying that's what you're doing.

I'm saying that as people look at easy money-making opportunities in here, it's not easy. It takes work. It takes time, just like everything else that we do. It's like craps, really. It really is like craps. It really is like you gotta be able to watch so many things when you're playing craps. You make so many

bets, and you put so many things out there, and it's really easy to lose track of what's what and how much what pays and all of that stuff you're really good at craps I've been robbed at craps I know but I've had fun with you I've been robbed

you at least understand every time I step up every time I step up to the craps table I'm usually I only do it when i'm with someone who knows how to play like donald and i'm always like how the hell are all these people keeping track even like the dealers or whatever you call them i don't know if you call them dealers at a craps table but how are they possibly oh isn't it like crew pa or something

i think it's crew pa i don't know joelle all i know is that game is fun dude you know when your brain vomits up a term that you didn't even know? I was like, whatever they call those crap. Croupier? Anyway, I'm always like, how do they keep track of all that's going on? It's so impressive. But anyway, Donald, I've been with you, and we've had some fun. I never know what to do.

I'm like, what do I do? And you're like, do this, do this. Yeah, it's a fun game, even when you just know it a little bit. It's so confusing, but it's like, wait, when you just know it a little bit it's so confusing but it's like wait i get paid i'll take it yeah what do you mean you're taking my money what aren't you aren't you impressed that the uh that those guys the crew pas they can keep track of all that's going on the table i just like the way they call numbers you know what i mean they get very creative with calling numbers like that first time i ever heard somebody do the SportsCenter theme to

999999. Really? Yeah. Is Canada's favorite actress here? Yes, she is. Let her in. Let that girl in. You love to love her.

The cutest blonde on earth. Her camera's off and she's muted. There she is! Let's see if she's figured it out. Let's see if she can figure it out. I figured it out. No, she's muted. We can't hear you.

Oh, it's the AirPods? Should I take the AirPods out? No, no, no. Leave them in. Leave them in. But we can't hear you. Okay. There you are. Better. the air pods out no no leave them in leave them in okay hi hi guys i thought i was gonna get so fancy i just got these air pods and then daniel had told me how to connect them but i guess i don't need them i don't need them you do need them you do need them. No, no, no. You do need them. You do need them. This is so funny.

Sarah, I love you so much. I really thought this many times she'd be like, you know what? It's not going to be funny anymore because she's going to be able to figure out how to get on a Zoom call. So all we need to make sure of is that. I have the AirPods Sarah I just can't imagine how you go about your day I just can't imagine so Sarah this is Zoom and it's a video conferencing software

can you hear me? So, Sarah, this is Zoom, and it's a video conferencing software. Guys, can you hear me? Yes. Okay, so you're not going to believe me, but I just finished this three-day press junket for Firefly Lane, and I was like, I was so proud because there was not one technical glitch, and I just thought I was going to impress you guys. I honestly was thinking to myself in my head. I was like, oh, man, Sarah's got this dialed.

So we're never. Why can't I hear Zach? I can't hear you anymore. Oh, gosh. Sarah, just to make sure. So, you know, in the bottom, in Zoom, in the little next to the microphone. There we go. We're back.

Okay. So just make sure that the speaker is set to your AirPods because we can hear you through your computer's mic, which is good, but we need to make sure we are only coming through your AirPods. Talk to me, Daniel. Hi, can you hear me? Am I coming through just your AirPods? No, you're coming through. You're also coming through my speaker.

Okay, so we need to stop that. Oh, my God. Daniel, don't edit this out. It's too amazing. No, edit. Daniel loves me, and he's going to edit this out. So's too amazing. No, edit. Daniel loves me and he's going to edit this out. So he's going to edit it out. Just remind me really quickly, I'm going to...

The microphone at the bottom of the big zoom window, in the bottom left, there's a microphone symbol. Yeah. Oh, yes. So click that little arrow next to it. And then for speaker, make sure it's set to AirPods. And then for microphone, make sure it's set to like a microphone or a computer microphone.

Oh, thank God. Yay! So now we're just coming through your AirPods and not coming through the speaker. Just sweating. Just dripping. Just dripping with sweat right now. You're killing it. I'm just nailing it. I'm really fucking nailing this, guys. You talked about it earlier. You talked about it. Tell everybody about your new show, Sarah.

Yes, Sarah. Tell us about your new show. Congratulations. Catherine Heigl, right? Yes. Thank you so much. It was, uh,

it was, uh, Catherine Heigl and I playing best friends over three decades. And it's based on a, a book, Firefly Lane. And, uh,

we play these two best friends. We get to play ourselves at 18, 23 and 43. Nice. How did you possibly do 43, Sarah? Because I don't think you're believable as 43. I love you. It is a mystery, really.

I mean, the aging we have to do. Did they do prosthetics, Sarah? Because I don't understand how you would ever play 43. I know what they did. They got like Elmer's glue and they rubbed it on their hands and then put it all over her face. And they just put it on my face. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And they're like, it's still only 36.

We've got to get some other – I don't know what we're going to do. It was so humbling to sit in a hair and makeup trailer and have people consult on how to make you look younger. So if you put tape right on your neck, like what if we just – Oh, my God. And I was like, what? Oh, my God. did they do the things where they tape here on your eye we tried that but it just instead of making you look younger

just made you look like you had like a kind of like a facelift yeah and we were because we were in wigs too so the wigs kind of naturally and then i think they just benjamin buttoned us and used some cgi um but that i mean that was like so ridiculously fun obviously the 80s is like my favorite decade i still have like a drawer full of dress-up clothes for my kids of my own things from the 80s and uh so yeah that piece was ridiculous we got to go and play so what network is on how do we find it. When do you want a Netflix and chill? When does it come out? February 3rd.

Tomorrow, guys. Tomorrow on Netflix. You know you're tired of all the shit that you have on your streaming. You look and you're like, no, no, no, no. Well, guess what? Sarah Chalk is giving you a present. It's called Firefly Lane, right? Yes.

Tomorrow on Netflix. Maybe say it a little bit more confident, Zach. Sorry, let me do that again. You guys, it's called Firefly Lane with the Sarah Chalk and the Katherine Heigl. And it's funny. And I bet it's charming. Is there romance? Do you have a love interest?

Should I be jealous? There's actually, I have a few. I was at one day where I looked on the call sheet and I was like, there's not one boy on this call sheet that I haven't made it with. Um, and, uh, and it was definitely, uh, yeah, I got, I mean, obviously on scrubs, like I had to wear a lot of broad underwear, but it's very different doing that in your twenties versus your forties. And so, I mean, there was a lot of days where it was like, Oh, naked in a pool pool swimming at night in Canada. Excellent. And so Wally didn't like showing. Oh, so sorry to interrupt you, Sarah.

But for those of you who might be interested, Sarah is often scantily clad. So watch that tomorrow. Do we see crack? Do we see butt crack? Do you show coin slot? We don't. No, there was a conversation about that. We did not.

But, you know, it still was definitely getting like so far out of my comfort zone because even though the way you know obviously you can shoot it in different ways but you're still there in front of like a hundred crew members who you know very well by this point in not a lot more than stickers oh boy let me ask you a question yeah and you can answer it or don't answer it. Are you simulating sex in this movie? Yes. Is there simulated sex in this show?

I mean, you know, Katherine Heigl's character Tully goes a little bit further than mine in those types of scenes. I do have to do, like, kind of, no, it's more like the beginnings of it. It's never, no. You're not humping. There's no humping. You know what? You just got to watch. Everybody, you's more like the beginnings of it's never, no, you're not humping. There's no humping. You know what? You just got to watch everybody. You got to watch the show. You got to watch this show. I'm kind of going to watch now.

I was going to watch, but now I'm going to extra watch. I'm going to sit closer to the TV. Now you guys are going to relate to, you guys are going to see you in a long time, Sarah, you're looking good. Yeah. You look beautiful. Oh, it's because I just had to do this junket thing, and they showed me how to go into Zoom, and there's a button to touch up your appearance. So I think it's just... Yeah, there is.

You don't need that, Sarah. You don't need that. Well, you guys are going to be able to understand why this was scarier for me than any of that you know level of undress the thing that was the most terrifying uh and the thing i had to get most outside of my comfort zone was i had to sing no way oh no no you're the one who's always broadcast that you're you always broadcast that you're a horrible singer but i'm sure you can carry a tune. No, she cannot. You lip sync.

No, I can't. I truly can't. So Maggie Friedman, the creator of our show, said, so how do you feel about karaoke? Or you can rap. We're going to have you rap an Eminem song. And I was like, I'm so down. That's so fun. I love it.

I can't wait. So then the Eminem song did not clear. And it was right before like a two-week break for Christmas holidays. And she said, OK, so we've cleared these five songs so pick any one that you want and you can sing it for karaoke and I I was like oh but like these are all singing there's no rap here and she said yeah you have to pick one so I'm driving up to Whistler my sister Piper's driving I'm in the passenger seat my kids are in the back and I'm just like giving Whistler. My sister Piper's driving. I'm in the passenger seat. My kids are in the back. And I'm just like giving her, just belting out one after the next. And Piper's like, nope, next one, not a chance.

Next one, 100% no. Next one, don't even think about it. And so then I'm like, Piper, we're out of songs. Like, we're out of songs. I have to pick one of these. So I call up Maggie. And I was like, Maggie, you sure there's like not any rap song in the history of time that would clear? Please, please, for the love of God, I was kicked out of the choir by Mrs. McKinnon in grade five in Scars for Life.

And I, you know, told chalk girls, mouth the words for this performance, singing Christmas carols in a mall. And she said, no, it's really, it's one of these five clear songs. So I had to sing and i i asked for a singing lesson so they gave me a singing lesson which was great oh my god and then it comes to the day to do it and we get to the bar and they're like well there's no place to set up a screen for karaoke and we really want to get the audio from today so we're just going to put an earwig in your ear and so you're going to be singing The Bar Will Be Silent.

And you're just going to have the sound of my grating voice belting out Tub Thumping by Chumbawamba. Wait, what's that song? What's the Chumbawamba song? I Get Knocked Down. It's a whiskey drink.

I like that song. You sing the songs that remind you of the good times. He sings the songs that remind him of the good times. He sings the songs that remind him of the better times. Like Danny Boy. Will you give our audience a little preview of this, Sarah? Go. They got to see the show, man. Wait, hold on.

Yeah, you know what I mean? They got to see the show. It was, I will just start sweating even more than I did trying to figure out the headphones and the earpods piece of this interview. I love that you are singing now. Well, so I came, I mean, I came home and told my sisters this story and they were like, stop talking. I can't, they were like, I can't even hear it. It's just the idea, like, they just got so uncomfortable hearing that I had to get up in front of 100 people and just like fill this bar with the sound of only my voice and I had this earwig not with um the actual song playing but just sort of like this clicking

rhythm of like but you know that I'm not musical and I don't understand when to jump in like just jump in with my dialogue and um so I was just like okay the only way out is through just gotta I just started dancing like while I was singing to try and distract from the fact that I was singing. Let me ask you something. You went 100% though. I went all in. How was your Katherine Heigl experience? Did you enjoy working with her?

So Katherine and I had never met. Dulé Hill is a mutual friend. Oh, my God. Why does Dulé hill come up every episode of the show we gotta have him on no we gotta have him on now when we don't bring even when we don't bring him bring him up our guests bring him up because he's the yeah when you have him on let me come on and say thank you to him because what happened was he called me and he was like my friend katherine heigl is doing this new netflix series called firefly lane in vancouver

your hometown can you guys you know chat about neighborhoods and schools and stuff that for her kids? And so we got on the phone and we talked for like an hour and just really had the best time. And it was like a month later, I think I got this script in my inbox and I opened it up. I was like, wait, this is this is Catherine Heigl show. And I read it and it was just this incredible story and I was so in love with the part and in love with the idea of playing somebody over three decades and um so then we met at the cast party and then our first two days together were like you know playing dress up in the hair and makeup trailer going like wait put

that wait cut your hair shorter longer try this wig on more blue eyeshadow less shoulder pads more stirrup pants and um and then we just uh you know started hanging out on the weekends and hiking the dogs and and uh then she would have wine and cheese nights for the cast at her house and then I had parties at my house and her husband Josh would come over and bring his guitar and then it evolved into like dance parties in my backyard and it was just one of those things where we got so lucky because I think you know to have to fake I mean it's like you guys are best friends in real life and so that just like translated in the show we just got along so well and I think having to fake when you're actually doing scenes where you're sobbing on someone's shoulder okay you're not gonna believe this hang on a second i'm taking this with

i have it's been a crazy day i had a time to eat so right before we started i thought i would make a grilled cheese which is never oh no oh my god oh my god oh my god she's holding up in case in case anyone didn't know if Sarah was her real character as Elliot. It's fine. It's fine. It's fine. You know what? I was like, what? It smells so good and bad all at the same time.

You are such a character, Sarah Chalk. Should we get into the show? Yeah, we should probably talk about Scrubs. All right. Sorry, guys. Sorry for the one-hour prologue. It's time to talk about theubs all right sorry guys sorry for the one hour uh prologue it's time to talk about the television show scrubs donald ready are you ready with your recap ready let me set my timer because everyone wants to know

and go carla has competition in the advice department cox needs a win jd and elliot seem And go. Competitive is one of the most resourceful human assets in life. It can fuel a person to greatness. Some people go too far. Some people have a problem. Life isn't a competition. But I often find I'm most effective and successful when I compete in its game. In its game. Nice. 46 seconds, Graph Guy.

Hey, not to mention the Jordan documentary again, but you just made me think of it. They were like, do you just made me think of it. They were like, do you have a gambling problem? He's like, no, I'm addicted to competing. And it made me think of what you just said because he just wanted to bet. He wanted to compete on anything and everything in his life. And my point is it drove him, like you're saying, the characters in this episode. Yeah, I mean, you can become great just because of your competitive nature.

You know, half of the game is to compete. Yeah, and everybody in this episode is competing. Absolutely, in some way, shape, or form. Yeah. Now, this episode has a very famous moment in it for Scrubs fans, and that is when Johnny C. McGinley starts the episode off by saying, either this kid has a light bulb up his butt or his colon has a great idea. The best line of Scrubs history. The x-ray.

That is one of the funniest jokes, I think, ever in Scrubs history. Now, off the x-ray. That is one of the funniest jokes I think ever in Scrubs history. Now, was there another episode about the ass box or was this the only ass box episode? No, there were a bunch of... No, there's an episode that's solely about the ass box. And as Scrubs Wiki points out,

the light bulb that's finally pulled out of this young man's sphincter anus cavity would likely go in the ass box if it weren't for the fact that the guys decide to put it in kelso's lamp right when he lights it and it's that scenery smells that's so funny he goes good lord the heat from the light. That's so gross. Percolates the shit. The bulb.

The whole, the major storyline of this episode is how do you get a light bulb out of someone's anal cavity? You gotta go from the top and push. I mean, everyone has different theories. And the janitor. The janitor's involved. Who knew? Who knew the janitor would be of such service? And what the fuck is the janitor's involved who knew who knew the janitor would be of such service and what the fuck is the janitor doing in an operating room i had the same thought

i had the same thought and nobody has on a mask nobody has on anything at this you know it's framed out obviously but you have to imagine that the guy is on all fours with his anus open to the sky right and and and the two doctors, okay, they're there. But so is the janitor just looking down at his asshole. Like, how is that guy okay? It was like, would he never think to say, guys, can you fucking kick the janitor out of here? Well, the fact that they're doing it for this guy. And Kelso's like, Cox is like, let me guess.

He donated a wing. And Kelso goes, he donated a wing, a thigh, and a breast. And Kelso's like, Cox is like, let me guess, he donated a wing? And Kelso goes, he donated a wing, a thigh, and a breast. And a breast. And he goes, yes, genius, in this metaphor, the hospital is a chicken. That was very

funny. I laughed at this episode. Yeah, there's some funny shit. I don't remember this episode at all. I don't remember this at all. First of all, it's the first time you ever call Neil janitor. That's usually Sarah's thing. But you're like, janitor. Right.

Yeah, yeah. Janitor. Dude, like, I loved the three of them together. Yeah, they were funny. The three of them together was a lot of fun. It was like a little adventure. When Neil shows up in a doctor's coat and then he puts on the old school mirror. Where'd you get the coat?

There's some very funny Neil things. What about when Sarah and I are in the – we're co-chiefs, right? And we're in our tiny office and Neil comes in and he bangs his card against our desk. He's like, sorry. Sorry, time to clean. And we're like, and then he goes, oops. He's spraying. He goes, oops, that one got away.

And I'm like, oh, it burns. It's in my eyes. He goes, ammonia burns. Write that down. Write that down. I want to talk about the supporting cast in this episode because the three of them were hilarious. Todd, Doug, and Nurse Roberts have some of the funny. I wrote down, Aloma was on fire in this episode.

When she goes, maybe she's racist, that shit had me rolling. Why is everybody, why is Elliot taking advice from Molly and not me? Maybe she's racist. That was funny. What about when Loma's so straight so straight and so dry she goes, Doug wants to give this guy 500,000 milligrams of morphine.

I thought I'd check with you before I killed him, man. That delivery was amazing. Delivery was perfection. I thought I'd check with you before I killed a man. We've got to have Johnny Castle and Aloma Wright on the show. We've gotten a lot of requests. Joel, we've gotten a lot of requests.

Let's have both of them on at the same time. How about that? And what about when Zeltzer and Bob Glennon says, that's why my wife and I use candles? Yeah. What does he mean, though? He means they shove candles up each other's ass, dude. They jam candles up each other. It's weird.

It's a lot of this. Yeah. Ow. Ow. It hurts. Zeltzer's such a twisted fuck. I love Bob Clinton and another person we need to have on the podcast. That'd be great. And Nickhead was so funny in this one. Nickhead has a line again. I want to talk about Beard Fosse or Beardface in different points in the background. Yeah, they can't figure out where Beard Fosse works in this hospital.

Like he's all over the place. And do you even notice, I really noticed because I'm always tracking the progress of Beard Fosse. He's very often in the pharmacy window. So like, is he a pharmacist? And if he's a pharmacist, how come he's everywhere else? Like, shouldn't he be filling prescriptions? What does Beard Fosse do in this hospital? Right.

He's in the ER all the time. He's everywhere, Beard Fosse. Yeah. The thing about the key background players, like Beard Fosse, Mick Head, Snoop Dogg resident, they always knew where the camera was. So they were smart. They knew, like, my Dogg resident, they always knew where the camera was, so they were smart. They knew, like, my background work will be, like, where the camera is, obviously. But I'm trying to, like, process who Beard Fassay is in the hospital.

Like, if he's not the pharmacist, why is he always in the pharmacy window? Right. Mick Head is a doctor. Snoop Dogg is an intern. What the fuck is beer for say? Johnny Castle's a resident. Johnny Castle didn't make resident. He didn't make resident.

That's funny. Doug doesn't make resident. Doug doesn't make resident. It's so funny when Sarah and I each have to pick our interns, and Doug goes, pick the hot chick. And I go, shut up, Doug. We'll take the hot chick. pick the hot chick and I go shut up Doug we'll take the hot chick

so that was very funny when Cox on the ramp tells me that Sarah has been chosen as the chief that was very funny you throw all the cards in the air I go I just like

this is a meme that I see all the time or a gif. Why do you hate me when I show you nothing but love? And then I scream and throw all the cards. It was one of my favorite moments of the episode. Then you're like, I just have three questions. Why do you hate me? Who's going to tell my mom? And what the hell am i gonna do with

5 000 john dorian res the chief resident business card yeah i made the cards made and then i and then right away i use it to hit on a hit on a chick um we should talk about heather because she's really good and and and even though this is an episode and you're narrating she kind of is the storyteller in this episode. She jumps around. Yeah, popping in and out of everywhere. I thought she did a wonderful job. This actually could be a show.

I remember that after she did her run with us, she went on and did another show for a little bit, but I don't know what that show was. Emily's Reasons Why Not? Yeah. Was that a, was that the medical show that she did right after us? It wasn't medical, but it was, it was, it was short lived. It didn't, it didn't have a long run, but yeah, I mean, I think that this, I mean, I just, and I'm sure Heather would agree that this,

like this showed a new side to her. People knew her as like, you know, the sexy blonde, you know, leading lady. And this really showed that she could be versatile and be really funny. Yeah, she very well. She's a character actor. She showed that she has the skills. Yeah, she's really funny in this.

Yeah. One of my favorite moments is when Judy goes, why did you just close your eyes at me? She's like, oh, I can't blink. And she just. She's so weird, the character. She sets up work on a bench because she can't find her office yeah this is not much she walks into your office and goes this is not my office you know what movie that's from yeah freaking come on man beverly hills cop this is not my office is it too

this is not my locker is the first one this is not my locker it I think it's two. Is it two? This is not my locker. This is not my- It's the first one. This is not my locker. It's the first- Is that motherfucking Axel Foley in here? Yeah. That guy was so good, that actor. The guy who played the- The deputy chewed off the beef.

The man- You see, I ain't got no ass left. You still got a little bit of ass left. Still got a little bit. Don't fuck with me, Axel. That guy was amazing. What a good actor. Yeah, man, great actor.

So was the captain of the Beverly Hills when he's like. Yeah, Bo Gomel. Is this the man who. Oh, that guy, right. We, me and my sister used to laugh so hard at him going, is this the man who wrecked the buffet at the Harrow Club this morning? And then he walks out and Eddie Murphy picks up on it.

Is this the man who wrecked? Is this the man who disabled one of our patrol cars by sticking a banana in the tailpipe? No, disabled our... Disabled one of our patrol cars with a banana. That guy is amazing.

That guy is amazing. I bet no one has ever pointed out that both captains in Beverly Hills Cop are masterfully played. Well played. Well played. Guys, did you 5, 6, 7, 8? Oh, before you came in. We did it before you, Sarah.

Do you want to try it? You can do it on the way out, Sarah. You got the extra. So let's explore this. This is the beginning of JD and Elliot rekindling their friendship. Trying, but I mean, I don't understand what the hell JD is doing. He's like, he just broke this woman's heart. And I mean,

just watching these back, Sarah, I'm so infuriated by my character sometimes. It's like he just broke up with her and broke her heart and broke her up with Sean for no reason. And now he's like, hey, it'd be really great if we could hang out, you know, like as friends. Like outside coffee. And she's like

so nice to him, like, well, I need a like outside coffee. And she's like, so nice to him. Like, well, I need a little more time. Like, she should be like, fuck you. Agreed. Although she is like,

fuck you for a lot of it. But then they do have, I thought, I don't know. I thought that coffee, like that coffee scene was kind of sweet. So did I know, but didn't you feel that it was a little soon?

Like knowing what JD has done to this poor woman? Yes. I don't know how she can ever forgive. I don't know how she can ever forgive. I don't know how she could ever forgive you. The thing is, I mean, she has to because you guys work in the same place. So eventually you guys are going to have to be – and you guys seem to have the same shifts all the time. So you're going to have to be friends. I wish they'd explained a little bit more.

And I know the truth that fucking people do this all the time and and it's and it's real but i wish they'd explain a little more like what what jd was so afraid of because he's clearly crazy about her he's afraid of commitment or something whatever i just feel like it's never really exposed like why is he playing such mind games with her it's not he's not sinister because he obviously does truly love her. Because we're trying to go nine seasons, dude. That's why. I can't remember.

Do we find out later? Donald's right that the production reason is because people are so into will they or won't they, get them together, break them up, get them together, break them up. I don't remember. Just watching it, I'm like, why is this guy such a fucking asshole?

People, and it's not like that in real life, too. The will they or won't they, get them together, break them up, that's only for movies, man. Well, I don't know. There's a lot of people listening, I'm sure, who've gotten back together, broken up, gotten back together, broken up with the same person. Yeah, and that relationship still didn't work.

You're saying that in the end, if you're doing that bullshit, you can't really work ultimately? There's no way getting back together, breaking up, getting back together, breaking up, getting back together, breaking up works out in the end. There's no way. I can't imagine that. Matthew McConaughey's parents were married three times. Right. Really? It stuck eventually.

Yeah. Wait, who was Joe? Matthew McConaughey's parents. And then his father died while he was having sex with his mom. That's impressive. I did not know this either. Joelle with the trivia. Imagine you get married

and then it doesn't work out. You get divorced. And then you go, I regret it. Let's get married again. No, we get divorced again. You know what? I miss it. Let's get married again. No, no, no. Okay. No, we got divorced again. All right. You know what? I miss you.

Should we get married again? Like, why? Why not just date? I just don't see that happening. Like, I think even when you get back together with someone and who you've been with a long time, like, let's say it was years since you had dated and then you meet each other again and you date again. I think the minute that I don't think people change that much to where, you know, the things that annoyed you back then are going to pop up eventually.

And you're going to be like, this is the same shit that it was 10 years ago. Oh, but I'm a romantic. Don't you believe that you can meet someone down the line that you had a thing with and you can be like, all of a sudden it's new context and you've both experienced a lot of life and you go, Eureka, oh my god. When Harry Met Sally is a movie, that shit does not happen in real life, man. People don't have – people aren't that busy. That's bullshit. I'm telling you right now. I don't think people are that busy, man. I don't think people are that busy.

I don't think people are that busy, dude. I don't think people have that much going on in their life that all of a sudden four years, five years makes such a big difference when it comes to relationships. I don't, especially if the person, if the person annoyed you five years ago, most likely they're going to annoy you to five years later. Well, listen, if you're someone that like got back together with their like high school or college sweetheart after so many years of, and maybe you both got married, other people, and you came, will you contact Joelle? Because I'd like to have you on. Well, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. You dated in the past. This is what it has to be.

You dated in the past. You broke up because it was a broke. The relationship sucked and then 10 years later however you got married and then later on you got back together because you both have changed so much i am i am eager to talk to you yeah we want to hear and it has to have worked out so please slide it has to have worked out you have to still be together it can't be all we dated for like a year and then it shit didn't work. Or we've been dating for a year now and it's going okay.

You have to have did it, broken up, and then been a success again for at least what? How long should we say, guys? Two years. Two years. Two years. Two, three, yeah, two years. And the sex has to be better than it ever was. Oh my gosh.

And y'all better be fucking. That's right. Y'all better be fucking. And we want to hear about. And Jewel wants to be better than it ever was. Oh, my gosh. And y'all better be fucking. That's right. Y'all better be fucking. And we want to hear about. And Joelle wants to hear about that. We want to hear you fuck. We're going to have you on to fuck on the show. Right.

Oh, my word. We're going to start OnlyFans, fake doctors, real friends, OnlyFans. Are we allowed, Joelle, to have a couple copulate on the show live? Is that my heart? I mean, I think legally, yes, but I don't want to do it. It'll be the realest OnlyFans ever because we'll actually have OnlyFans of fake doctors, real friends,

doing sexual deeds. Sarah, do you want to come back when the couple bangs on the show? You're welcome to join us. This podcast has just changed a lot since last time we were here. We're trying to tone back. We're trying to tone back. We're trying to trim back the sexual talk a tiny bit,

but in this context. Why do people write in? Do people comment? No, nobody's really gotten upset. People don't complain about the R-rated stuff that much. Joelle's making faces. Hold up, Joelle. They definitely don't.

No, they don't complain about that. I think they love it. I got a woman who berated me for talking about how I was starving myself and drinking smoothies to lose weight. She said that I should be more responsible because children have eating disorders. And I completely respect that. But I also feel like I should be able to say like i'm don't follow me i don't have the healthiest diet in the world i'm just sharing what i do but i mean by all means um i respect that that young people people of all ages have eating disorders i got i got a i got two letters this one was polite and one was not so polite.

One was polite like, hey, listen, guys, I know that you're very busy and you guys have your own lives and stuff like that. But a lot of us really look forward to when the show comes out. So if you guys would not take breaks in between shows, that would be great. Like if you could just, if you always did Tuesdays and Thursdays, that'd be great. Right. And then, and then,

and then he goes, and this was this Thursday. And remember the, the past episode dated late. It posted late. Yeah. And so then an hour later, I get another one.

Oh, nevermind. It's just, I see that you posted late, right? That's the first one. The second one is like, you guys are fucking rude, man. What the fuck, man? Don't you know how much I fucking need this shit?

Fuck you for this. And then an hour later, I apologize. My bad. I see you posted late. Is that why you texted us early in the morning? Like, the show didn't post? Yeah, that's exactly why. But that's so cute

how much it means to people and how much they're counting on it. People are very into the show and we're very grateful about it. But man, I'm always surprised too, Sarah. Like people are, we have the most incredible fans and people really, really love this

for some reason. I'm very, very, very, very surprised and very grateful. We have a fan caller, speaking of which. We're going to go to break. Sarah, would you like to toss to break? I would love to. So what you're going to say in Canadian is we're going to take a quick break and be right back with a guest.

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Jamie Fullerton. Welcome, welcome, welcome. Thank you. Donald, I always wanted to do that. It's yours. It's yours. Jamie, welcome to the program. You have a special treat today because the Sarah Chalk,

everyone's favorite Canadian, is on the program. Well, I am blessed then. Thank you. Yes, sir. Not everybody who comes on the show gets a Sarah Chalk Zoom personal meeting, but you are getting it. I know because y'all are treating me good like that. Are you going to watch Sarah's new show tomorrow, which premieres on Netflix?

What is the show's name? Sarah, go. It's called Firefly Lane. Firefly Lane. I will make it a point then. Yeah, please do. It's with Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalk. They're both scantily clad.

Oh, now we're in. Yeah, everyone's going to love it. Donald and I will both be sitting way too close to the TV. Rewind, pause. Rewind, pause. There'll be a lot of that, yes. Yes. Welcome to the show.

Where are you calling from? You have a southern accent. Dallas, Texas. Right on. Dallas in the house. One of my favorite cities, Dallas. Dallas in the house. My wife spends a lot of time in Dallas.

She is from the Texas area. We love that area. You know what I love? I love, okay, so I love the Tex-Mexx one of my favorite places in dallas is me casinos yes we just we just went there for my birthday last week nice congratulations i love what is it what is it what is the drink called the where it's like a slushy and it's got the uh what's it called what's it called? Margarita? No, not the margarita, but it's like... The hurricane? No, it's like the... Type of emia? Orange Julius?

No, it's a... What color is it? Hold on, hold on, hold on. I'm not going to get her. I'm just going to ask her. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Donald has a real doctor's fake...

Fake doctor's real friend's one. You might want to learn the name of the podcast, Sarah. But yes. Sarah, do you want one of those? Will you wear it around? Are you kidding me right now? I want one. I want a Zach and Don onesie.

Sarah, if you send me a picture of you in the fake doctor's real friends onesie, I'll be so happy. The Mambo Taxi. Did you have a Mambo Taxi? I did not because we were going to my son's first communion so i thought about it oh you didn't want to be hammered congratulations well even though i'm not catholic but no you probably had the mombo taxi before i think i had it one time many years what's in a mombo taxi i don't know but it's like it's it really is like it's like a delicious tangy sherberty type of alcohol and

it gets you so drunk like it's going to kill it oh it's a sangria and a margarita mixed together yeah so much sugar so good you're not too bad hangover all that sugar listen have you ever had a mambo taxi oh my god all right dude welcome to the program jamie do you have a question for any of us Mambo Taxi. Great! Oh, my God. All right, dude. Welcome to the program, Jamie. Do you have a question for any of us?

Yeah. In fact, in a couple podcasts ago, you mentioned how much you were into cinematography. Yes, sir. So my question for the group is, what movie has the best cinematography? Oh, how could you possibly ask that question? I'm going to have to go with Garden state yes sarah good answer the best photograph movie of all time thank you although that film was

photographed by larry schur who i like to think i discovered because then he went on to become one of the famous now he's very famous well he's had a lot of big movies, but The Joker has made him an Oscar nominee. Oh, I didn't know that. Yeah. Who wants to go first? Donald, I'm sure it's going to be a Star Wars movie. Do you have a favorite cinematography film? Yes, The Empire Strikes Back is filmed actually very well.

If you want to look at any of the Star Wars movies, I think that's the most innovative out of all of them. From that moment on, I'm not going to say it was the same thing over again, but they just figured out a way to, I mean, before that, everything was really slow. And then the Empire Strikes Back happens, and everything is ramped up, and it's really fast, and the action is fast-paced, and so I'm going to go Empire Strikes Back. The asteroid field part. I remember that part always blew my mind. It's one of the first tracking shots of something that isn't real. They developed that shot,

just the Tauntaun running in the snow in the beginning is something that's never been done before. It had never been done before, and they had to figure it out at ILM. Just putting it out there. All right. Sarah, do you have a favorite movie uh in terms of cinematography i mean it's been years since i've watched it definitely deserves a rewatch but i remember at the time being obviously so mind blown by um

eternal sunshine of the spotless mind yeah that's a great one what a beautiful movie that is you didn't say that about empire strikes back and i'm very disappointed well i just i really to be honest i zoned out i was like i'm gonna let him do a solid two minutes on star so it's your face um the first thing that popped into my head was the movie manhattan um it's black and white it's a it's a woody allen movie um i know uh know people have very passionate feelings about Woody Allen and his films now, but that doesn't change the fact that it is a beautifully filmed movie. That's like the first thing that popped into my head. I have a similar thing with like Bradford Young, who's just like this incredible cinematographer for you,

people who are like really into popular movies. He did Solo, but then he also was a director of photography for selma but my cinematographer david charry his favorite movie is mother of george and the way he just shoots like skin which seems silly and maybe weird but it's just so beautiful everyone is luminescent and the whole movie has this like gorgeous glow and it's it's really great i love bradford young's work okay daniel joel i'm writing that down mother of george because i have not oh yeah definitely check it out really powerful movie uh if i get if i get the chance i would also say goodfellas that's yeah it would be great if you it would be funny if you would if i get the chance i'd also like to say Return of the Jedi.

You thought it was coming, didn't you? That would have been funny. I would like to give you a second take on that joke. Okay, you ready? Yeah, go ahead. Take two, go. If I get the chance, I'd like to also say Return of the Jedi. The way that they captured that Ewok fur.

There was a beautiful backlight on the Ewok's fur. Go ahead, Daniel, your turn. The one that comes to mind recently, Blade Runner 2049. Shout out, Roger Deakins. You liked that? Yeah, I loved it. Not a lot of, really? Did you like the movie?

The movie was fine, but the experience of watching the movie was unmatched. It's just gorgeous in so many different ways. By the way, you just made me think of another one that I don't know who shot it. Will you look up for me, Joel? But Mad Max Fury Road. Oh. So good. That is. That shot well, yes.

The fact that that movie is not only beautifully photographed, if it weren't for even independent of the way they're filming it but there's no green screen and they literally are all flying through the endless desert and did you know that why are you making that face daniel but they're you're right there's a lot of practical but there's also a shit ton of green screen i'm sure there's a little green screen but dude for in terms of movies that have that amount of action i've watched behind the scenes featurettes on it i mean totally totally, totally. You could feel that heat. When that shit comes out, you feel that heat, man. I mean, there's a million examples,

but it's always interesting to know what your brain vomits up first. For me, it became I went Manhattan. Oh, and Donald said Goodfellas for some reason. That made me think of no, it was probably you, Donald. It was probably when you said Blade Runner because it made me think of a remake or something. But anyway, those are our answers.

There's a zillion answers. I think it's important if you're a film lover to start to get to know cinematographers because they are such an enormous part of the film that you love. I mean, directors in varying degrees are either super involved in the cinematography or not at all. And so it really is creating the images of the movie you love so much is really a

partnership between the director and the cinematographer. So take note of who they are because their names are important too. John Seal is the DP who shot on that. Thank you. Hey,

Jamie, let me ask you a question. What's yours? Well, Zach kind of stole my thunder there with fury road. That's not only was it great, well shot, of course,

but it's also like my second favorite movie. So that, that movie, that movie is such an adrenaline rush. I watch it. I watch it every year just for the, just cause it's so good. All right.

What's your next question, Jamie Fullerton? Well, I guess this is a real quick one. Will Ken Jenkins be coming back to Scrubs, to y'all's podcast? Because the way his podcast episode ended, that was my favorite. That was amazing. The way he ended it. that was my favorite the way he ended it and if the people out there

haven't seen it Donald's giving him praise he's such a great actor, he does this, he does that I called him the MVP of the show I was like, Ken, you are the MVP of the show Donald gave him a very nice thing for a couple minutes

and then Ken with his gravelly voice says, Faison, one of the reasons I agreed to come on this podcast was to hear beautiful bullshit like that. Zach was in the background, just shut it off, we're done. I was like, you can't beat that. We should have him back.

Joelle, will you do me a favor? Do everyone, do Jamie Fullerton and you do me a favor? Do everyone. Do Jamie Fullerton and all the listeners a favor. Find out the most Ken-heavy episode, and let's ask him. Sarah, do you want to come back when we have Ken on? Yes. All right. I would love it.

Oh, I miss Ken. Ken, his son was very helpful in orchestrating getting Ken on. And I'm sure he'll help us again because Ken is a barrel of laughs. Maybe Ken's son could also help me with the technical piece. All right, Jamie, it's time for everyone in Dallas' favorite segment. It's time to fix your life. And we also have the beautiful Sarah Chalk here to help you all the way from Vancouver

or Van Groovy. Don't they say Van Groovy, Sarah? Van Groovy. All the groovy people do. Yeah, I've heard it called Van Groovy. Sarah has new color hair. Yeah, Sarah, what color is that? Oh, it's called Quarantine Chic. Oh, so that's your natural, is that your natural color?

This has been a year and four months. You natural color this has been a year and four months you haven't dyed it in a year and four months oh i like it um i have not beautiful i have not dyed it in a year four months i also left it a boot uh i think it was almost a year but i hadn't cut it and i was just like so annoyed with it and done. And my friend was like, if you put it in a ponytail on top of your head and you just cut the end of the ponytail, it kind of makes layers naturally. Did that work? So I did it. I did it.

And it does not make layers. Naturally. You don't have any gray though. Professional sticks. What's that? You have no gray. Oh, that's like Zoom. That's the Zoom. I don't have any gray though what's that? you have no gray oh that's like zoom that's the zoom I'm sure there's some in there if I got close enough

I'm sad to say that my beard is like all gray I thought that was your white ass skin I thought that was your white ass skin Zach's not laughing that's not racist it's true man i thought you're saying that i'm you're saying that my skin is as white as gray hair i don't even have any beard on dickhead you're just a fucking dick all right let's focus on too much right today i know sarah he smoked so much pot today he can barely focus.

It's Friday. Do it, man. He does it on a Monday morning, Jamie. Jamie is my kind of— Jamie, you don't have— I'm here in a normal taxi. Jamie, you probably don't have legal weed down there yet, right? No, I don't think so. Not yet.

Yeah, well, yeah. It's going to take the South a smidgen longer. But Donald, it really takes advantage of the recreational legal weed here in California. Go for it, right? You know, I'm going to be honest with you. Go ahead. I am trying to stop. Well, it's not going well.

It's not. I'm failing this one. All right, Jamie, how can we fix your life? Okay. Now, I'm glad Sarah's here, too, because as a fellow parent, I have a question. Did you all find having an eight-year-old to be very difficult? Whenever it's about eight years old, is it very difficult? It's always difficult.

I'm just saying it seems to be getting yeah a little more difficult yeah there's started he's very my son's seven he's very rebellious now and very he's starting to uh he's very funny he's very uh immature and very loud and when i say immature i don't mean immature like uh like he's not keeping up he's immature like his jokes albeit they are a little bit grown for his age are a little immature like you know what he finds funny is potty jokes and stuff like that well we find potty jokes funny and we're i still do yeah yeah i know i know but but ain't nothing like a seven-year-old telling a poop joke what's an example of one of his jokes? He'll be like, knock, knock. Who's there?

Okay, so look. We were watching Splash on Disney Plus the other night. And I remember my wife was, at the beginning it says this film has been modified because I remember when I was a kid, there was a little bit of nipple slippage in Splash. Oh, I remember Daryl Hannah triggering some things inside me. Yeah, go ahead.

Right. And so we're watching the movie, and they've now covered all of that. So I'm like, great, we don't have to worry about it. But then the Swedes come to Eugene Levy, Tom Hanks, and John Candy pose as these scientists. So Eugene Levy returns as the scientist, and then John Candy and Tom Hanks pose as the Swedes. But they don't speak a word of Swedish,

of the Swedish language. And the guy, the guard at the gate is the guard at the door is like you know guys i gotta be honest with you before you go in i took uh swedish lessons in college and so i am actually kind of fluent i'd love to practice on you guys and so he says something and they look at each other and they're like, sure, yeah, yeah, sure, yeah. And then they try to walk by. He's like, wait, hold up, hold up, hold up. And then he says something like, what are in Swedish, he says, in Sweden, he says, what are two guys like you doing in New York this time of year?

And John Candy goes in Swedish, hey, babe hey babe you know i have a 12 inch penis and then they all start laughing my son can read now he's seven yeah right so now everything every joke he tells is knock knock Knock, knock. Who's there? Hey, babe. Hey, babe. Hey, babe who? Hey, babe. You know I have a 12-inch penis. Oh, my God.

That's not. That's problematic. So, Jamie, all you got to do is watch Splash with your kid. Yeah, there you go. Problem solved. They're always going to be that way, dude. They're always going to be difficult is my dude. They're always going to be difficult, is my point. You're never, ever going to be comfortable in this situation as a dad. Your best job, your best thing you can ever do, the best thing you can do is try to raise a good person,

and they're going to annoy the shit out of you, but you got to persevere. You're the adult. You're in charge. What about you, Sarah? You got any child advice, child rearing advice? Okay, so Jamie, tell me, what is it specifically that's happening right now? Well, it's just a lot of times we need him to do something and he just starts to try to make jokes. He tries to just blow it off. I'll give you an example. Yesterday, his mom wanted him to put away some clothes, just something simple. And he was playing on his Switch. So I told him, hey, and she said it twice. He didn't do it. I said, Hey, hit pause on it and, you know, get these clothes put away.

He says, there's no pause button. I'm like, wait a second. I know how this thing works. You hit one, you hit this button and it pauses. Yeah. But daddy, it doesn't say pause. What's it matter? Smart kid. You can't be mad at that. I'm guessing at that age, they're close away smart kid smart kid you can't be mad at that you can't be trying i'm guessing at that age they're trying they're trying to test limits exactly exactly but it's like you're in charge dude yeah sarah go ahead sarah you've got canadia's best here go ahead i think you know it's it's at every age there's just like another another challenge and it just you're always one step behind right because you know I have a four

year old and an 11 year old and obviously like at every age I was like oh I have never parented that age before and dealt with these challenges and keep in mind like you're not just dealing with an eight-year-old you're dealing with an eight-year-old who's in quarantine in a you know completely unprecedented pandemic so the things that are coming up, I mean, I feel like, you know, certainly in our household, it's that, you know, that balance of like, you're trying to set limits and also be compassionate for what they're going through, because it's certainly, we did not have to go through anything like this. And they're under so many challenges to wrap their brains around what's happening and try not to absorb our stress over

it. But what came to light for me in this pandemic was like, I thought I was like doing all of the things that I thought were important in terms of making my kids contribute in the house and doing things like you're talking about, like, can you fold this laundry? Can you do that? But life is so busy. And it wasn't until it all of a sudden settled that I was like, Oh shit, we're actually not doing nearly as much as I thought we were of that. So we made that a huge priority at the beginning of the pandemic. We've got chore charts. And if you don't like, you know, there's, there's laundry and vacuuming and, you know, dishes and whatever. And if you don't do your chore, then you have to swap out. You could, someone else can pick your chore the next time and make you do the bad chore,

which is take out the compost. It's like a reality show. I like that. It's like a reality show. And, yeah, we just sort of had shit get real. Like, you know, I think I thought I was saying no more than I was, and I realized I have to do that more, which is not always been my strong suit. Right.

How do you feel about saying – that's a good question. How do you feel about saying no? Like I have a – I don't mind saying no, but I have a problem saying no. You know what I mean? Like I have an issue with being like, you can't do that. I, I, you know, it's interesting. I, I really thought I was great. I thought I was good at it. I thought I actually did that until I realized that I didn't. And so that's been a huge thing is like more boundaries, more no. I think, you know, obviously as they get bigger and bigger,

actually that's not true when they're little too, structure is so key and so important and feeling the, you know, the walls and the boundaries, cause they're always looking for them. And if you don't put them there, then they're going to, they're just going to test, test, test. Okay. Well, what if I can never find the pause button on my Switch? And... Bring a little optimism into your life with The Bright Side, a new kind of daily podcast from Hello Sunshine.

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Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your most fabulous shows. Yo, you got to take charge, man. Like, put the game away. That's what we're learning. That's what we're learning that's what we know we put the game away for a bit and because we were realizing that he was doing things for the game like everything he was doing just was just so he could play the game and it was like uh we're gonna take the game completely away so now everything you're doing is because you're doing it and then every now and then we'll let him play. And it's so much more rewarding. And then I don't have a hard time being like, get off the game, because he knows if he says, hold one second, can I get five minutes?

Yeah, he's tried that too. He's never going to play that shit again. It's always a negotiation. There's never like, it's always like, but how about, okay, 10 more minutes, okay, five more minutes? I'll give you five more. I say, I'll give you five more minutes, but then you can never play again. Okay, I'm done. Good idea.

Excellent. All right. Well, Jamie, you're welcome. Thanks, guys. You're welcome. You're welcome. You're so welcome. You can stay on because you're delightful and we love Texas.

And I think we're done, guys. We did the show. I wanted to say one last thing. Aloma was fire in this episode. Yeah. Fire. Shout out. Shout out to Aloma Wright.

And we hear you fans, and you've said it a lot, and I see it, and Joelle is going to be on it. We want to book Bob Clendenin. We want to book Johnny Castle. And we want to book Ken again. Aloma Wright. Aloma Wright, sorry. And we want to book Ken again. Aloma Wright, sorry. And we want to book Ken again. Maybe we do all three of those favorite secondary characters on the same episode.

That could be fun. That would be a lot of fun, actually. One last shout out to Judy when she said, you don't have that cookie. We're getting a divorce. She was so good in that moment. I love that. You don't eat that cookie. That made me laugh out loud.

Right, yeah. And I like it when Kelso says to the guy who's given all the money regarding his son, who had the light bulb up his ass, he goes, Lyle might be ready for that rough sex talk you had with your other boys. I just love the name. His name is Lyle. This is a funny picturing him. Oh, and then Zach jumping around with the movers on a bubble wrap. Yo, I was going to say this earlier.

Come on, Dorian. You've got to want it. You look like you were lifting weights back then, huh? I was in shape. You came back into season four in shape. You had some triceps there. Yeah, I'm trying to get back there. I was there.

I had some nice definition. You see, I put that whatever that thing is, the mover's wear that supports around your waist. I had that on. Looked good. I'd hit it. Alright. We love you, everybody listening. Thank you for

tuning in. Sarah, I don't know what to say. The amount of love that Donald and I have for you is just too much. I'm really excited for your new show. Yes. Plug your show tomorrow. It's time for everybody. It comes on tomorrow, Wednesday, guys. Donald, you don't

remember the title name, do you? Yeah, I do. What is it called? It's called Scrubs Rerun Show. Yes! I'm going to try and do like a charades for Donald and I told you. Kids, kids, weed. I was going to try and do like a charades for Donald and act it out. Kids, weed, not even once. All right, go ahead, Sarah.

Plug your show. It's Firefly Lane on Netflix. It's Firefly Lane, people. Listen, you guys know what's going to happen. You're going to do the same thing you do every night. You're going to be scrolling through Netflix, scrolling through all the other services going, no, no, no. And you're going to think of my voice going, Firefly Lane.

No, I'm going to think of Sarah's voice going, Firefly Lane. It's way better. Right. Firefly Lane. Well, I'm going to think of Zach's voice actually now. Because that was a little scary. Sarah, sell it in a seductive voice for the listeners. No!

Okay, sorry. Don't. This ain't OnlyFans yet. Say it in French, Sarah. It ain't only fans yet. We are going to be on. It's February 3rd, tomorrow. Netflix.

I will watch it. Excellent. Sarah, when you were, did they ever ask you to dub yourself in French? Because they should. Because you can do it. They haven't, and I have offered, so I don't know if I should be offended.

They don't want to pay you that check. They don't want to pay you that check. They don't want to pay you that check. I was like, I need to find some way to make sense of my life that I went to school in French all day from the age of 5 to 18 and to German school after school. So I was like, if you want, I'll do the dubbing in French and German, and then they didn't call. You're the rare person. What's the most you've had to use your German or your French? Have you had to be like, other than like vacationing to places where they speak said languages, what is like the most you've ever had to use it? Has it come in handy once?

I feel like I have to thank Bill Lawrence for that because I think the most I've had to use it is on Scrubs. You know, Bill would write it into the show and I would have to. What about when you do that? That was one of my favorite skits that we did. When we were standing in front of the international press junket and zach steps up and says sarah you know we're because we're international we bought our own translator and he brought you up and so zach says some very nice things about the show and when we'll be coming on and he goes now sarah and then you said and then you said it in french and then everybody applauds and then zach goes now german and then everybody applauds and then Zach goes now German

and then everybody laughs and then you did it in German and everybody applauds and then me being the dumbass that I am I grabbed the microphone and I said and now in Ebonics for shizzle nizzle I forgot about that alright on that note 5, 6, 7, 8 I forgot about that. I totally forgot about that.

All right. On that note, five, six, seven, eight. No, Sarah's supposed to do it. Daniel, no. Daniel, no. Sarah, go ahead. C, C, C, B. Here's some stories

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