Fake Doctors, Real Friends with Zach and Donald - 520: The Live Show!!

Episode Date: November 16, 2021

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Hey, where? I don't see you. Joelle? Oh my god, you did not. Where? Are we not see you. Joel? Where are you? Oh my God, you did not. Joel? Where? Are we not meeting at the hospital? Who told you we were meeting at the hospital? I'm at the hospital. Where's everybody else?

We are in our homes where it's safe. You're in your homes? I had to set this whole camera thing up outside of the hospital. What are you doing? For goodness sakes. I thought we were recreating that we're doing this whole thing like you had we had briefly talked about what are you cool we do like a live thing but no no but listen i admire your commitment your dedication i appreciate that thank you this is why we love you here thank you it's amazing hi hi how are you i'm so excited for our second

live show i am thrilled to do our second live show it's going to be great we have a what a banger of a show we have planned for listen the guys have been cooking for y'all made some important phone calls got it going yes it's going to be amazing you guys yes and we were like you guys right we're like yes and now we're here and it's happening and i'm so excited you guys in the chat listen y'all already know fans are what makes the show move it's what what gives us our life blood so we want to hear from you guys throughout you can ask questions in the chat look right above the chat screen there should be a place for you to drop your questions and we've already gotten so many great ones. So I wanted to start

off. Ooh, can I find it? Oh, yes. Okay, so Mike S. asked right there. What was both Joelle and Daniel's history with Scrubs? And what brought y'all to the podcast? Okay, I can tell my story really, really quick.

I was in the office very early one day because I'm an early riser and our boss the fabulous jack said hey are you scrubs fan and i said i'm a human so yes of course i love scrubs and so i had to check it and he was like okay well we've got a really important call with zach and donald today could you come on and talk to them i guys, I was six weeks maybe into my employment. I was like, what is this? What are we doing? Oh my gosh. So we sat down, they started pitching the show, which is pretty much all the core elements we talked about in that conversation did make it to the show. And I was, I was hooked up. I was like, I have to be the one to produce the show.

And so I felt, I got really lucky and I was excited and I loved it. Daniel, how'd you come to be a part of Fake Doctors Real Friends? Well, in very similar experience, I was the only engineer at the office that day. No, at the time, my position in the office was basically to be the person who starts the recordings, who makes sure that every recording goes smoothly um everybody is equipped properly and is good to go when an actual recording starts um and uh same kind of thing where jack was like hey man we need we need someone to you know set up this scrubs recording and uh i knew that high school me who watched scrubs every single episode was a huge fan and actually sang guy love at a high school performance uh was like i oh yeah i was like i got i'm i'm in so i dropped off some equipment for the boys and here we are a whole live show two live shows later

oh my gosh we're so lucky uh that we got to be a part of this show uh you guys the fans are incredible and we're not gonna make you wait anymore. The main attractions are coming up right now. Right now. Guys, welcome Zach and Donald! Woo! Yeah! Aloha! I can't hear our music.

Play our music. Play it loud! Yes. Donald, you pick this jam. It's a banger. I don't know this banger. I don't know this bop. You don't know this bop? No, I need to get to know the bop.

What are you doing? Bop and a half. What has happened in your life that you are not listening to the radio? We are down with iHeart and you don't know popular music? Is that his new jam? Is that Bruno's new jam? It's not only Bruno. It's Anderson.Paak.

It's freaking fire. Silk Sonic, baby. Hi, everybody. We're back live. You wouldn't be $100. Donald, wave to everybody. Donald, wave to everybody. Aloha.

Hi, everybody all over the world. Aloha. We're so glad you're here. We're so excited. We had so much fun doing this last time. I put on Gucci. I put on Gucci for y'all. Yeah, and Donald's in his closet and his daughter just took a shower. It's very hot in there. He's wearing

wool for you people. It's a little misty. I'm wearing corduroy in Manhattan on the summer for you guys because I wanted to look my best. I only have winter suits. I don't have summer suits. I don't have summer suits either. What is a summer suit?

Remember when Obama wore that suit and got all that flack? That's a summer suit. Great suit. I don't have any light suits anyway everybody all i got is winter suits i'm so glad we're here and donald don't feel bad you can strip layers as the show goes on i would like to because this is really hot i know you have a hand towel for your forehead because like rappers you're gonna need

you know like they keep on the stage and they go like this? Yeah, you're going to have to do that. Yeah, because it's warm in this room. Yeah, you look sweaty as fuck already. Plus the light is really, really hot. I'd like to take the jacket off now. No, not yet, Donald. Okay, okay. Come on, at least let us welcome our first guest.

But not just yet. I just want to say I'm so excited. I didn't really know which episode we were doing and I just watched it, and we picked one of the saddest episodes in Scrubs history. You were like, yo, you should do a rap recap for this. And then I watched the show, and I was like, you've got to be out of your mind. There's no way. It's just like everything that could happen,

everything bad that could happen. Yeah, I got a little something. Okay, well, show us where you started and where it would have gone, Everything that could happen. Everything bad that could happen. Yeah, I got a little something. Okay, well, show us where you started and where it would have gone, and then you realized that it was a very depressing episode and you couldn't do it. Okay. It's pretty quick, but it goes like this. Okay, but it's the intro, I imagine. It goes like this.

Okay, go ahead. Do you want your towel? Get your towel. Yo, wait, hold on. Yo, it's back. That fire recap. You could tell by the swell clientele. We attract that.

Me, DJ, Daniel, Joel, and Zach, all the real class act. It's a well-known fact. Yo,

I come through with the good news to kill your blues. And then I watched the show and I was like, wait, hold up. That was so good. Very nice. Oh, That was so good. That was so bomb. Intro. Very nice. That was so good. So I love that in my mind, you like wrote an intro and you were like, this is gonna

be awesome. And then you watch the show and you're like crying. You're like, I can't rap about this shit. No, there's no way. There's no way. There's no way. It's so sad. The shining bright spot of comedy in the show.

We'll get into it is rob is rob rob machio and by the way it's by the way the funny thing about scrubs the ultimate this the ultimate example of you can have the the crazy sad things that happen in the show and then the other main story is the silliest fucking thing with rob with I can't say his name. Rob Moshio. Do you say Moshio or Mashio? I say Mash. I call him Mash. Rob Moshio.

I say Mashio. All right. We'll find out maybe one day what it is. All right. Listen, I have so many surprises. Donald doesn't even know about some of the surprises. I don't know who's on the show tonight. Yes. I wanted to keep it from my lover.

Now, Joelle, we have a poll going just because we want you to know we do polls. How is the poll going so far, guys? We asked everyone what their favorite podcast song is. Daniel, can you give us an update? All right. Well, when this poll comes up again, I'll be able to give you a full-on update. But right now, the chat is

flying so fast. Are people happy in the chat? Oh, they're thrilled. Okay. Now, make sure, you guys, make sure you, I'm going to look directly in the lens. You, Jim're thrilled. Okay. Now make sure, you guys, make sure you look directly in the lens. You. Jim, Carol, Michael, Carl, Steven, Diane, Jabari,

Adeo Shun, Adeo Shun, Howling, Ulisa, yeah, you. If we haven't said your name, I'm talking to you. Make sure you ask a question because

Joel is going to look through them and look for good questions. Okay? Without further ado, I can't waste any more time. Let's bring in Donald Focus. I'm sorry. I was just talking to all the girls. I love you. I'm around the way.

I'm hyped. I'm ready.'m ready i know i know this is very exciting we don't normally because we were naming people and then all of a sudden i got into lisa angela pamela renee i love you you from around the way girl LL Cool J the one for me he's the one for yes totally guys we have a jam packed show we can't waste it on LL Cool J no offense to Mr. Cool J

yo L I love you man for life I love that you always think these people are watching LL LL please don't turn off. I know you're watching the live show. I love you, for real. Donald always talks to these famous people as though they watch.

Like, no offense, LL. But it's true. All right, listen. Why don't we count down to the theme song and then bring in our guest? Sounds great to me. Six, seven, eight. and then bring in our guest. Sounds great to me. I said, here's some stories about a show we made about a bunch of docs and nurses and a janitor who loved to hate.

I said, he's 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. Shout out to Charlie Puth.

Shout him out. Now, the question in the poll is, of course, what's your favorite song? I thought after that, maybe, Joel, we could do what's your favorite sound effect noise on my pad. No, please, God, no. No, no, no, no. Why? Why? Are you worried it's going to be this?

There it is. You're worried it's going to be this? There it is. You're worried it's going to be that? All right. So, Joel, when we're done with this poll, can you switch it to my most common sound effects noises? Daniel will know them. Do you want to check in with the poll right now? Yes, check in with the poll.

Bring the poll up. So the question was, what is your favorite fake doctor's real presence? Can we show the poll? Kayla is our tech rep today. Kayla, is it Can we show the poll? Kayla is our tech rep today. Kayla, is it possible to show the poll? Or is that weird? We could get the main screen up. It would show the entire live stream.

The poll would be kind of small, but I'm happy to read it to you. Oh, you're reading to us in the meantime. At the bottom, The Caller Song by Travi Wavi. Okay, no offense, Travi Wavi. It's a great song. No offense. Fourth place, Zach's Ice Cream Song Travi Wavy. Okay, no offense, Travi Wavy. It's a great song. No offense. Fourth place,

Zach's Ice Cream Song, a.k.a. Oh, the new one, the new joint. I love it. I'm glad that's polling because, sorry, Daniel, I'm glad that's polling because it's brand new, and I took a recording. Sorry, can I digress for one moment? You guys, I want to play, I went out there today

to the ice cream truck. You did? Yes. Oh, my God. And I wanted you to hear what I hear nonstop. Nonstop. My recording, there's a man. The ice cream truck parked and blocked the corner,

and a gentleman in an electric wheelchair couldn't get by, and so you'll hear him complaining, rightfully so, about this frigging ice cream truck. You can say, fucking, it's all right. It's fucking ice cream truck. Okay. This is what I hear all daygin' ice cream truck. You can say, fucking, it's alright. It's fucking ice cream truck. This is what I hear all day long. All day long.

All day, Donald. It's really that perfect, like, slightly off tone on certain notes. It sounds like a Kubrick movie. It's really that perfect slightly off tune on certain notes. It sounds like a horror movie. It's out of a Kubrick movie. You want your fucking ice cream. Come get your ice cream. Come get your ice cream. I'm glad that's pulling.

I like that we get mad when we say come get your ice cream. Come get your ice cream. Okay. Third place is Casey Come Down Here. I thought that would have pulled higher. I thought that would have pulled higher.

It's a bop. Well, in second place, another Travi Wavi classic, Joelle Monique is down to get down. I mean, I really think that's the finest song that's ever been written by Travi Wavi. Well, according to our audience, the number one most favorite song on Fake Doctors Real Friends. What you trying to get into?

Oh! A day of shooting. What you trying to do? The thing you trying to get into. A day of shooting. What is it? What is it? All right.

What is it? All right. Without further ado, our special guest, one of the greatest actors in the world. If you don't believe that, watch this fucking episode. Holy shit, is he good. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Johnny C. McGinley.

Yes. There he is. Hi, guys. Hey, hey, hey. Hi, Jackie. Hi, Donald. Hi, Joelle. Hello, sir.

Johnny C. How are you? How are you, sir? I'm good. We're back at school. Kate just came home from soccer. Maxie's here. We're in full effect. Johnny, I've got to tell you,

when I picked the episode, I didn't know that it would be one of the saddest episodes ever. Also, I read online that it's one of our highest rated episodes. I guess IMDb or other meta-critic people or fans or, I don't know,

maybe fans and critics, they rate each individual episode somehow. I'm told this is tied with another one for people's favorite. You know why that is, Johnny? Because I'm just going to dive right in. Who wrote this one?

This is Tad Quill. Tad Quill with Bill. Obviously all the writers, but Tad's name is on it. Also, John Michelle. Shout him out, dude. Our editor, John Michelle, directed this episode. Our editor, John Michelle, did a fantastic job directing this episode. But Johnny C., I just got to go right to it.

Holy shit, your performance in this episode is incredible. And I just want to know, how did you prepare for this? How did you, what did, an actor doesn't just dive into a performance like you give at the end of the show. What did you, what was your process? Especially after five seasons. As you know, I keep these, and I had three notebooks for this season because we did 24 episodes, so we were fully into it. And by the time we did this, I wrote down that in September,

we went to the Emmys together, the that the spring the the fall before this would have been in in march or so because it was towards the end of the season in november i went up with uh my girlfriend at the time who would become my wife uh nicole and we went up to see for san francisco uh lose to the giants in the nfc uh championship and so a lot of things were happening this was season five and i i wrote in my in my notebook i was obsessed this year um in the front of the notebook i put show up tell the truth give compassion and give love and i thought that was and i didn't even know that billy was going to write this episode but that's what I was obsessed with this year I was obsessed with compassion and about four years before this uh I went down to uh

to Southport North Carolina and I did a an okay baseball movie um called Summer Catch and one night I was driving to Wilmington which was about 30 minutes from where we were, Wilmington, North Carolina. And on the way home from Wilmington, I heard this song on the radio by a group called Kikta, K-I-K-T-A. And I pulled over, and it was this women's ensemble. You can play it if you want, Dan. Oh, Dan, you have it? I think we do tonight and I pulled over it's it's suffered talking over so it's okay but I pulled over and

I've never heard anything like it I'd always it's a it's a women's Oakland California vocal ensemble group that does mostly Eastern European like harvest songs. I came to find this out. I didn't know any of this. I just pulled over. And the next day, I called the radio station, and I asked them what they were playing,

and they filled in the information, and I just told you. And I felt like this women's choral ensemble was sticking me. And then when we did this episode, I pulled it up, and it was what was going through my mind when you and I were doing the third act of this episode for the whole time. And what it reminded me of was the isolation I felt when Max was born, and we were in the neonatal intensive care unit

for those two or three weeks and it was very confusing and what's down syndrome anyway and I always felt like I had done something wrong and so this blame this blame game happens in the special needs community where you surely you did something wrong and it turns out you had nothing to do with it. And it's kind of an arrogant thing to think anyway. So wait, I just want to pause you there. So you guys can turn the music off. It's beautiful, but I just worry it's distracting for people.

Johnny, just for people that don't know, Johnny has a son with Down syndrome. And so you were saying you tapped into that experience because what Cox is saying is somehow making what happens in this his fault, his doing. That's the connective tissue. And it had nothing to do with I didn't know Billy would render this storyline. But I'm familiar being an Irishish person i'm familiar with blame and guilt and uh i i that was all very accessible to me and immediately accessible as well as the the posture when when you come in and we're in that doctor's room, that lounge.

I remember holding my stomach for two weeks, two or three weeks while we were down at the hospital with Maxie. I just kept, I don't even know why. I don't have any stomach issues. I don't suffer from throwing up and stuff. I just felt like my insides were going to burst and that's that's what was accessible to me in this episode yeah oh god it was so beautiful and i'm sure i speak on behalf of everyone watching but thank you for tapping into that because you know the magic of this show johnny as we always say and as we said before right before

you came on is is that Bill Lawrence could create something that could have... I mean, I got goosebumps while you were talking. I got goosebumps about five times while watching the show. And then the other storyline is Todd pretty much deciding that he's

coming to grips with his sexuality. Joel, what goes beyond fluid? He will have sex with any type of person. He's queer. Isn't that queer? You can use the term queer or polyamorous, whatever best fits your situation. How do you fold in age there? Because at the end he reveals he's also very attracted to seniors.

I mean, you're available to all. You're open to whatever's clever. You're still a person. love that about todd yeah i love that about tonight too listen but he's walking down that fucking hallway at the end dude and he's like that i like that what does he say he's like i like that i like that i like that. I like that. I like that. Ooh, I like that. Can you do that storyline in 2021? Could you do that in 2021? You could go further on that storyline. You could go even further. Yeah, absolutely.

Hot Italian sausage? No, no, no. No, no, no. He can't be a sexual harasser at the workplace. Yeah, he certainly can't be. What does he do to the women's breasts? He can't be doing the motorboating. Motorboating, that's not allowed.

I have a question to ask. There's a little behind the scenes thing. What if I just press record right now? Oh, I didn't press record either, Daniel. Daniel, you never told us to. We did talk about it a little bit. Daniel, you never mentioned it.

And I forgot. But it's on now. For those of you. That's okay. Hello. That's on me. Listen, for those of you in the audience wondering what we're talking about, we're supposed to be audio recording this for the eventual real audio podcast.

And Daniel, our engineer in charge, never told us to do that. Hello? Let's start from the top. Can we take it from the top? Yes, let's start over. Let's just start all over from the very beginning. This is why we have backup recordings. We're fine. Let's start over. Let's just start all over from the very beginning. This is why we have backup recordings. We're fine.

Let's record now. A very good place to start. Daniel, in our defense, you never told us to audio record. That is fair. For those of you who are listening to the audio recording, sorry. I don't know what's going on with my mic either, man. This is not good. Don't worry about it now.

Listen, we have an audience watching the show. Just focus on that. I just wanted to make it clear that I forgot to do that. And I'm sorry. Okay, listen. It's fine. Let's go to the top of the show, guys, because we are here to do a Scrubs Rewatch podcast.

It's called My Lunch. And all JD wants is to go to lunch with his mentor, his hero, Dr. Cox. And he's got an angle for it. And Johnny, you want nothing to do with it. I think it's genius when you go, when you go, because it's ludicrous. It's just because it's ludicrous. It just seems like you're telling your

absolute truth. Yeah. Because it's ludicrous. I don't think J.D. is putting on airs. In his mind, there's no way. There's no way you don't want to. And interestingly enough, Cox doesn't

give J.D. many inklings that he truly cares about him he doles them out very sparingly but he does in this episode at the end he really does say hey hey hey hey hey you need to know this about blaming yourself

and the writing is so genius because of course unexpectedly it's the setup of it's the setup of. Well, it's unexpected to Johnny, but to the audience, I was like, this is such a setup, dude. He's going. Yeah. But you're watching it from an actor writer perspective. I don't think the audience saw any of that coming. Well, I've seen this episode quite a few times now, too.

But I will I will say this from the from my perspective, it was like, oh, he just set himself up. When he's giving J.D. this speech about how you can't blame yourself and he has these three patients in the hospital hanging on by a thread, it was like, dude, you are jinxing yourself. You do what Cox hates hates to do you know what i mean when like the episode when he's pitching the note when he's throwing the no hitter in the hospital with all the patients and somebody's and everybody's trying to keep it down because they don't want him to know it's the exact same thing here but he crosses the line and says

you know this is you know it's it it can't be your fault don't don't blame yourself right and then it kicks him in his butt this And then it kicks him in the butt. This is where it kicks him in the butt. This is where it got me. Because when the first two passed away, it was like, oh, okay. They were going to die anyway. But when the dude with the liver, was it the liver or the kidney? With him, it's a kidney.

Dave Bradford is kidney. Yeah. With the kidney. He wasn't supposed to die. Well, Johnny, Cock says he had another month. He had another month. Yeah. Now, Johnny, you'd work with that actor.

Hadn't you worked with him? Yeah, he's a dear friend of mine. We went to NYU grad together. David Allen Warshawski, who is now the dean of the grad acting theater program at USC. Wow. He's one of the finest actors on the planet and also an acting coach that I use. I use him for, uh, for, to get ready to go do Glengarry Glen Ross. I was, Zach, he came to see, I did a, uh, a revival of Glengarry with Al Pacino and Bobby Cannavale

about five years ago. And I went, I was commuting down to USC to use David as my coach and uh wow so there's a lot of history there can I ask you a question before or after before or during uh while you were uh doing the play did you go before to get coached or during yeah two months I spent two months commuting back and forth to USC from out here in Malibu, and it yielded all the dividends that I wanted it to. I felt very grounded. I was about to say, so you went in there just ready to go then, obviously. Yeah, did you start off, Johnny, did you start off? Yeah, that's incredible.

For those of you who aren't familiar with theater, you start the rehearsal process, and then as you're rehearsing, you begin to memorize. And it's such a baller power move that few men or women would do other than Johnny C. McGinley to show up on day one off book. Because what's genius about that, if you can do it or have the wherewithal to do it, is then you're just then it's about exploring and not worrying about memorization. You're not in your head. You're not paranoid like we all are about getting the memorization down for a play. You're showing up on day one. Okay, let's find this character.

Let's find these scenes. Let me work with the legendary Pacino and the legendary Bobby Cannavale. It was a great production. That's a dynamite cast. Dynamite cast. That was bucket list stuff. It was a great production. That's a dynamite cast. Dynamite cast.

That was bucket list stuff. And to me, it felt like even if you put that to be with Al and Bobby and Richard and everybody on Broadway, even if you put that on your bucket list, it would be fucking folly because you're never going to get to do it. And so when I got to do it, it wasn't lost on me. So I set up a theater boot camp out here, and i had some young kid from pepperdine come over uh and just say the off lines just i said if you fucking say a word to me about coaching or any input i'm gonna punch in the fucking stop so don't say just say the fucking lines and i put a metronome i have a rehearsal space out here i put a metronome in the rehearsal space and so that i

would go at different cadences i go really quick and then sometimes i would go slower because i wanted to be ready for fucking everything i wanted to be ready for the cell phone to go off i wanted to be ready for the purple hairs at the matinee and i fucking well was i was ready and it was the most exciting goddamn thing I've ever done. Listen, you actors who are aspiring actors who are watching, Johnny C. puts the work in. People are like,

how does he do these monologues? You don't just show up in the morning and go, oh, I have a monologue today. Johnny C. has a rehearsal space. He would videotape himself. He would look what he's telling you about the metronome. I mean, man, Johnny, you put the work in, and man, does it pay off. The metronome is genius, man.

That's how you find the timing. It was. Yeah, that is. Wow. That's amazing. I've never thought of that. That is amazing. Also, their play, it's so about a syncopation.

Yeah, but weren't there times when Al Pacino just totally forgot his lines and you're all like, oh, no. Did he ever go, ha? No. Whenever Al, in the theater, when you forget your line, it's called going up. And whenever Al would go up, he would start to put the front of his hair forward. And he would say, and the door, there was the door. I went through the door and everybody knew, owls up, all hands on deck.

Start circling the goddamn lines, man. Start circling the lines. The second most scary thing is when one of the people that you're with on stage forgets their lines and you're like, oh no, oh no, oh no, I got to help them. But how do I help them? And then the scariest thing is when you're like, oh no, I, and then you start getting panicky and you're like, I don't know what any of my lines in the next scene are either.

I get chills. I get chills. I did Romeo and Juliet as I dido when i first got out of college in regional theater outdoors or it was like a park in connecticut 3 000 people would come and i knew that when i started i would start at the back of the park like 3 000 people on blankets and my entrance is romeo was weaving my way through them and you, I had a mic on and I knew the second I started talking, I Romeo speaks for pretty much two and a half hours with a few interruptions. And I was like, I, I I'm nervous now thinking about it. And this is when I was fresh out of college. And so what I would do is I would every single,

every single show Johnny before I would get there early, and there was a church that was part of our dressing rooms, and our dressing rooms were in a church, and I would go into the chapel, and I would recite my entire show in the church because it was the only thing that would calm me down is I would sit there and recite the entire Romeo performance alone in the church.

And then I would stand at the back of 3,000 people and go, okay, here we go. And I would just start going, oh my God, I don't know if I can do it anymore. I don't know if I can do it anymore. I don't know that I have the memory like that anymore.

No, you still have it. That's the amazing thing about plays. Within a month, you forget everything. But if you have to put it in front of your face and you've done the amazing thing about that's the amazing thing about plays within a month you forget everything but if you just put in front of your face and you've done the show before it's you you jump right back in rather fast uh you know that's that's very interesting that you used you used to do that i i used to wait right before like 10 minutes before i would go on stage I would speed my lines through the entire play I would speed as fast as I could

as fast as I can and then go on stage ready to go there's no safety net for those of you who aren't in theater you might think there's someone who whispers it's them that person doesn't exist anymore you know

you're just on your own. In contemporary play, your fellow actors could be like, you probably want to be asking who's on the phone. Don't you? In Shakespeare, nobody can improv in Shakespeare.

Alright, so let's get back to the episode uh jill tracy um yes no you can't you can't you can't gloss over mash's first entrance because sorry sorry sorry with with two daughters and a and and a part of a community that doesn't abide any bullshit anymore. When he came in and said Italian sausage, I was really proud of Rob for committing and doing it. But I thought it was really fucking offensive. I did. Yeah, dude. Oh, dude.

The Todd is the most offensive character in Scrubs history. The Todd is very offensive. Not as offensive as this was Hall of Fame shit. Well, this is coming out party two. This is coming out party two, though. First of all, even the Todd doesn't ever touch women. And in this episode, he does motorboat two of our lead cast women, which is certainly not appropriate. which is certainly not appropriate.

But I laughed out loud, Johnny, when I say I got a ride from a friend to the supermarket, and then we revealed that I'm white and nuts on the top of your horse. Was that the first eagle? Not the first eagle, but it might be the first eagle that's not riding a human being. Brendan Fraser was the first eagle. And then there were many Donald eagles.

And then we just saw me eagle a patient, what do you call it, a patient's family member. Now you're eagling on the top of a Porsche. By the way, how am I holding onto the Porsche? I'm like, I've got my hands. Johnny, do you remember if that was green screen or if we were really cold? No, no, no. There's no way you're moving. We went right behind the hospital on the other side of the river.

I think we did it. And you got up on top of that car. Maybe it was strapped on or something. No, I had some sort of stunt rig that was strapping me to the top of the car. I was really doing it. I have a question. Go ahead. Where the heck is this supermarket set at? Because it's clear that it's a set, obviously. No doing it i have a question go ahead where the heck is this supermarket

set at because it's clear that it's a set obviously no it's not a set no it's not an actual location no no they found they didn't want to deal with a big corporation so i think they found a mom and pop store you know it's a pretty small looking store they must have been pissed how many days did you spend there blocking their what do you do you mean pissed? They got paid. They got a location fee. Yeah, but they could probably make a lot of money selling that food. No, are you new to the industry? They do a calculation by how much they're going to lose,

and they charge you more than that. Hey, I don't like the condescending tone. Sorry. Sorry. I will say this. I thought when Nicole Sullivan, who plays the gal at the deli, who had been on the show quite a few times. And she's such a good actress.

Donald, you're fixing to shed a layer, aren't you? She just drives that seat. I'm going to shed. Sorry, everybody. It's too hot for Corley. It's getting hotter in here. I'm going to just keep taking shit off. There we go. I wanted to make a good first impression

all right sorry johnny go ahead see your abs she shows up i can't show them i can't show she shows up and she just drives that you and i have nothing to do and she just drives it yeah yeah she does and she does a great job all this shit and all the riffing is like oh no let me have another no wait but i shouldn't that's just that's just her she's so good at that kind of i remember the first time i ever saw nicole sullivan ever do anything and it was mad tv i had never heard of it and they parodied clueless and she played share she played alicia who played you i wasn't in it there was like some dude some how dare they it's all right but when i say she crushed like she was doing such a great alicia silverstone right and i remember being like yo this woman is amazing yeah and so when she came on the show i was i was it was it was an exciting

moment for me because i i i watched her for a really long time. You know what I mean? Her and Michael, who also was on the show. Yeah. What do you guys graze? The supermarket grazing. It seems to be controversial.

I've never been a, let me try this pretzel. No, I don't think I'll buy any today because it is stealing. Yes. It's also, I was going to say beyond theward yes it's also just never been in the grocery i was gonna say beyond actually these days it's gross like people's hands in food and in your mouth and then more

ew i just think about how many times like i touch a tomato or a freaking uh a pear at the supermarket you know what i mean exactly so exact that's my point right there that's my point i'm gonna take no but there are people you can't do that i'm not talking about that the section that we're in with like the yogurt covered pretzels and the little things that you can fill a bag with there's lots of people that consider it fine to just do a little like taste tester no i'm not feeling it today nah man that's. Take your hands off my food. I don't know if I got that. I never did that.

I didn't even do that when I was broke. It just... There's Costco where you walk around and take samples all day. It's different, but... Nah, when you put your hand in that thing, when you put your hand in whatever it is that dispenses the nuts or the pretzels, whatever that is. Yeah.

Nah, man. That's not good. It's nasty. That's nasty, man. You know, another thing that Bill did so well was really make her so lovable. I know she's annoying. Living together.

What is that? And working together we're working together and living together working together and we have to weather any storms because we're living together we're christian And we're living together. What is happening? What is happening? Oh my god! Hi! Welcome to our podcast.

How are you doing? Welcome, welcome. Welcome, welcome, welcome to our podcast. Working together and living together. Working together and living together. We've been hijacked again. We're wearing Charlotte Lawrence swag. Yeah.

As always, I'm here with my wife, Krista Miller. I call you Krista Lawrence. Yeah. Same answer every time. Well, you know, we work together on Scrubs, on Cougar Town. Krista is also the music supervisor on all my shows, even Ted Lasso. And look, you guys all know how this works. If you live with someone

in a relationship who you also work with, you can text Joelle, say where you work together, and hit us up with a question. Yeah, it's Bill and Krista's podcast, just to say that. So look, we've got some cool guests today. Our first guest, you know him from Scrubs, from like every Oliver Stone movie,

from Broadway, so many TV shows, including Brooklyn Nine-Nine right now. Say hi to John C. McGinley. Woo! Welcome, John. How you doing? Hey, good to see you, buddy. Hi. Thanks for being on our show. Thanks for being on here.

Of course, buddy. And look, the next guest, we're going to bring him on right away. You know him from Scrubs, tons of great TV shows, movies, movies, remember the Titans, Waiting to Exhale, Donald Faison. Let's bring on Donald Faison. Hey, what's up, buddy? Oh, yeah, man. Thank you for

having me on the show. I'm from Chicken Little, Zach Braff. Hi. Yes. Hi. Yes. Hi. So we have some questions that we want to start with.

Yeah. Look, the, this is real. Like one of the weirdest things for me. I can't believe you hijacked our show. I love you. Hey,

hey, they'll get a question eventually. Yeah. One of the things that Chris and I love is working together because I find her to be like amused. I really enjoy spending time with her. I love you.

I love you too. But one of the weird things about it for me was on Scrubs, John, you've done constant, you know, movies, TV shows, where you had romantic scenes and sex scenes. It had to be a little weird getting to know me as a friend when you were doing romantic scenes with Krista. Does it change the vibe at all for an actor if you kind of are friends with the spouse who's there and just

around all the time? What are you doing? I told a story on one time Zach and Donald had a show and I told a story on their show. Oh my God, Johnny, don't play into this. Don't make me take a bus.

I had to really make out and you had instructed her or you diabolically told her to to kiss me with her tongue and i and she did and i came up to your room up on the up on the fifth floor fourth floor and i told you you did it and then you waited one one thousand you and you leaned in and you go, how did it feel? Which is just horrifying. Yeah, he liked it. Yeah, what's anything I can do to help the acting process, right?

By the way, a real question of Zach because Johnny and I, you know, we've both been doing this for a good long while when that went down. The first season of the show you had to have a sex scene with Krista was it weird it was a wasted opportunity with me being there and just being on set and she looked smoking hot during that stuff i was so attracted to krista miller and my my new boss uh wrote a scene where

i had to make out with her and i I truly remember being very, very nervous. And I definitely kept my lips very, very closed. I kept them pursed. But then as we got to know each other and we'd come closer, I was hoping that I might get another opportunity, but I never did. No. Well, that brings us to what you said you had a question.

Well, that brings us to what you said. You had a question. Why didn't I get to do a love scene with Donald? Yes. Donald said that he didn't want to do that. You said that to him. Why would you say that? No, no. I would never.

I would never say that. I would never say that. I feel like you would not have a sexy vibe. What? It's really uncomfortable. It's really a sexy vibe. I feel as important. It's really uncomfortable. Can we have

that podcast guys? I did hear that you're about to start work on a movie with your awesome

gal pal. I said gal pal. And I want to hear about that really honestly for a second.

But first, as we do every week, Jalel, we've got a question from the audience. Oh, cool. me and my wife both work at a bank i love it she hates the job i know i should be okay with finding a new job but is it normal for me to be upset too oh yeah i think

i mean look i'll answer first i think it's just probably a product of you missing her and cherishing the time that you guys spend together at work, so it probably means that you guys actually work well together, and you're going to have to find a way to fill that. I will tell you right now, when Chris and I work together, tell him how you treat me. It's the only time that you... No, I respect Bill at work, but I listen to him at work,

not at home, and I think, really, I think your wife, she hates it. She should be able to find a new job. You'll be fine. You see her at home. It's enough. What's in books in mind?

All right, look, I was going to ask about Zach and Flo's movie, but I'm afraid that's all we have time for. No, we have time. We have time for another movie. Daniel, play us out, dude. Daniel, get the song back up. Charlie Cooper and I wrote it. Play us out.

Whoa, Daniel, no. Daniel. I don't want you to leave. Can you stay for a little bit longer? I can stay. Am I allowed to stay? Yes, absolutely. Not a good song. It's going to save you guys, man. I'm just going to stay.

Everybody calm down. You calm down, Zach? This is a good moment right now. I am back to being the host of the show. Oh, geez. Hey, by the way, even though you guys let me joke, I want to sincerely thank you for allowing me to occasionally come on my podcast. I'm only the guy that owns it and financially backs it and makes money from it.

And you guys are nice enough to let me come on here and talk with Chris. This is super cool. I really appreciate it. We love you guys and I'm so happy that you're here. Don't play his bad song anymore. Please. Wait.

No more song. Bring them back. Everybody calm down. I'm so happy you guys are here. This episode, Bill, is I think the ultimate example of your ability to do something so dramatic and something so

silly simultaneously. You've got this tragic death of Jill Tracy alongside Rob discovering that he's sexually attracted to everything that's a human being. By the way, I want to know that you guys were, by the way, first of all, to prove that I listen, I am proudly a grazer even today. I have plenty of money to buy yogurt pretzels.

If you're in a grocery store that you've seen me at, I've had a handful of those yogurt pretzels. that you've seen yet, I've had a handful of those requests. Bill, you're also the type of person that everybody could have a Slurpee in their hand and you're the type of person that would be like, oh, let me get some of that. He does it to me all the time.

And I say, I don't share beverages. I don't share food. There's nothing better in the world than the first bite of somebody else's meal. Oh my God. Bill would walk up to a crew member and be like, can I get a sip of that Coke?

R.I.P. Dion Cougar Townsend. The first time he worked, Bill went and took a bite of his turkey sandwich off his plate. Hey, that's a lesson. The lesson's don't leave your fucking sandwich in there. That's the lesson. Hold on to your't eat your fucking sandwich anymore. That's the lesson.

Hold on to your sandwich. Come on. Billy, tell us about Nicole Sullivan because you guys are friends with her. You heard backstage. We just talked on Sunday. We were just talking about how talented she is and how you geniusly made, even though she's supposedly annoying, she is lovable and you root for her. And then, of course, she dies and it's so sad.

So just tell everyone who's listening, who's watching, how did you guys get to know Nicole and how did she come to the Scrubs world? Nicole was friends with Kristen. She can go. Yeah. No, we lived in this cool place in Laurel Canyon that there's all these houses cut up in apartments. Jennifer Aniston lived up there. All these actors. Nicole was in there.

Gabby Allen, who was a writer on Scrubs, lived in my house. And so Nicole moved into the middle floor, and we became friends. She lived underneath me. And we both always thought she was, especially the world that you guys were all in, Scrubs, where you had to be able to switch on a dime between comedy and goofing around and drama we knew Nicole cadets but we both knew her first and foremost as a female Neil Flynn type in that there is almost no better female improviser when you can go to a grocery store and say hey can you just make up some stuff

about what you're eating and maybe you want a few more nuts? She's so quick. But much like Neil and our old cast, she can turn the corner and crush you and act when you need her. That was so amazing. Just watching her do that a little bit, like, no, I shouldn't have it. Well, I will. But the back and forth turns was so amazing.

I'm working with Nicole now, actually, on an animated show. These guys have all been on it. The Clone Eyes back. Yes. The Clone Eyes is back. Clone Eyes is back. I hope to make a reprise.

Yeah, come on, Bill. Where's Donald's part? Donald's already in the script numerous times, so I know that he's returning. Dude. Johnny, I have a question for you. Have you ever run into Hugh Jackman? Yeah, what's going on here? Okay, I have a question for you. Have you ever run into Hugh Jackman? Yeah, what's going on here? Okay, I need to know the story.

Is this something that you wrote, Bill, or is this something that Johnny has? No, I've never met Hugh Jackman, but that's a Billy question. I can tell you a real story is that I once, and I don't know if it's BS or not, on the Internet, read a real-s sounding thing that said Hugh Jackman had a kid that got shit at school because of scrubs saying you know, Dr. Cox

saying that about Hugh Jackman's kid. I reached out to his agent and I wrote him a note, which is the truth of this. It said we were trying to pick somebody. I wrote the agent a note that said please pass this on to Hugh and his son

if he wants. I think the guy said it wasn't a big deal. It was just somebody trying to get clicks or whatever clicks were back then. But I wrote a letter saying because the writers are what we truly try to do said it would be fun for John McGinley to hate somebody that is otherwise unhatable. For Dr. Cox to love someone, Iley to hate somebody that is otherwise unhatable.

For Dr. Cox to love someone, I mean to hate someone, because he's just too darn talented and good at everything, and nice and accessible and kind and seems to have no flaws. We felt that that human being would bother Dr. Cox to his very core. So it was like an alpha male competition thing, like he's good at everything. Let's be honest right now. The guy can sing, he can dance, he, oh, my, he's good at everything. Let's be honest right now. The guy can sing. He can dance.

He's a leading man. He's a Broadway star. He's going to be a music man, Bill. I will be there opening night. But doesn't it annoy you on some level? Well, this is a big question for Krista, Donald, Johnny C., and Zach. Everybody has a different thing when they see other people that are very talented. Okay?

So when I went and saw Book of of mormon that trey and matt wrote and they wrote to that time before that really done kind of south park and south park movie team america and i saw that and saw that they were able to do that i went from really enjoying it and then to getting furious that was so good and then hating them because i couldn't do it and so that's how I look at other talented people. If you guys don't do that, it's probably healthy. So it probably makes you healthy that you're like the top showrunner in town because you don't have that many people to hate. Like if you had this problem and you were not successful,

you'd have to hate so many people. Yeah, it'd be a problem. I still find ways to do it. But the real question is for you all, do you get blown away? I'll ask you because you're here. Do you get blown away when you see an actress do something that you're just like, oh my gosh, I don't know if I can do that? Or do you just then go like, oh, I can't do that? No, I feel

it's inspiring. Really? Yeah. And then if there's an article that actress has done and I want to read it, I'm really inspired and interested. This seems like a healthier path. What about you, John? I'm interested for all three of you on that. If you see someone while your door is open...

I get inspired. I get really inspired. That's two healthy answers. I'm sorry. Go, Donald, go ahead. I sweat, everybody. I'm sorry. Yes! Virtual high five.

I can't help it. Virtual high five. Here we go. Virtual high five. Bam. There you go. I get humble. I can't help it. I can easily recognize that a great performance. I then get salty and upset because part of it is me realizing I'll probably never be able to do what I just saw. Yeah. And then saw. Yeah. And then fury. Yeah. And then fury.

Then the anger comes. But at the end of the day, I'm always a fan. I hate nobody. I love everybody. I don't think there's real hate. I would like to think in my heart that people would take his respect. But like Kristen, I saw Betrayal, Harold Pinter's Betrayal. And, you know, the guy that inspired David Mamet,

inspired so many different writers. And I was just sitting there digging on the performances in the play, and I just got more and more annoyed. Just annoyed. I feel like, hey, that's something to aspire to. I'm like, fuck that guy.

Fuck that guy. I'm never like that, but I do get mad every time I leave a Marvel movie or something like that. Not because I hate the movie. I love the movie so much. And I'm like, that's never going to happen for me. You know what I mean? That's how I feel. And so, yeah.

He went to see the premiere of Black Widow and Kevin Feige introduced it. And I was with Donald. I'm like, oh, no, he's going to go tackle Kevin Feige. I would have. I would have been like like hold him like on his knees like Kevin you had I need this I need this I got I got a photo of you from my wife and from Zach don't you yeah on one side Casey held his arm and on the other side I held his other arm well I was just saying there's a different version of Zach do you guys ever use

it as bulletin board material like for me sometimes, sometimes I do go, oh, my God, I got to up my game. I got to try. I get inspired. I also get humbled sometimes. I go, I don't think that I can do that. And I, you know, when I saw like Bo Burnham's special inside, I thought like I am good. I'm very lucky to work in this industry and I'm proud of what I do. But I'm not like am good. I'm very lucky to work in this industry, and I'm proud of what I do.

But I'm not, like, that good. That was incredible. You know, like, I get – sometimes it makes me humble. I go, I think I'm okay. You know, I'm proud of the work I do, but I might not be that good, you know. Yeah, man, you guys all have healthier responses. I'll try and get there. You just put it in your lane, though.

You know, the other thing I've been focusing on, been focusing on, is true admission before we have to split, because it's teachers' parent night at primary school. I'm parched because, you can tell them the true story, my wife, I have soda here. My wife has a soda. My wife has a soda. Yeah, I have burped that. I have a soda here, and it was taken away from me before this started. I took it away. Because apparently I burped, but by the time I saw it.

Bill would have burped 47 times times and I would kill him. It's not sexy. It's not sexy. Yeah, but you should burp 47 times. Guys, don't pick her. Please. That's what it's like when you go on vacation with them. That's what it's like when you go on vacation with them and That's what it's like when you go on vacation with them,

and that's what's happening on one side of the table, and then you cut to me, and I'm like. By the way, it becomes so apparent that you just see your mom and dad. It's like, please stop fighting. That's like, stop fighting. Stop bickering. If I play sports, will you fight with us? Do you know how many times I've been in the back seat,

and we're racing somewhere, and they're in the front seat? And they're bickering, bickering. Bill's a horrible driver. Bickering, and I'm just like, guys? And then she'll be like, Zach, will you tell Bill that he's a bad driver? And I'm like, I'm not going to tell Bill he's a bad driver. I'm not going to tell Bill he's a bad driver. I'm like, look at what he's doing and he doesn't use his blinker and he's not paying attention. You know what Johnny Seed does, Zach,

is he just sits back and watches it like a tennis match with the used look on his face. I think it gives him joy. He doesn't get caught in a rush. John likes it. I don't think anybody likes it. We love you guys. We love you. Thank We love you guys. We love you.

Thank you for watching our show. Yeah. Hey, come on, Donald, Johnny C, come on, living together and working together

anytime you guys want. Yeah, thank you so much for doing our podcast. It's a killer show. Thank you. It's my, it's one of my most successful podcasts.

Yeah. Anytime. Anytime, Bill. Anytime. No problem. Thank you, Bill. Thank you, Chris. Johnny C, crush, Bill. No problem. Thank you, Bill. Johnny C, crush.

I love you guys. See you guys. Oh my God, that was exhausting. Wow. Holy cow. I'm so tired, Joel. I need a nap. Holy cow. I love energy so much. By the way, when you go on vacation with them i'm not lying that's that's it's like that the whole time and you're like guys guys guys guys

just let's just all not talk for a second wow really it's fun man i like that energy they're very funny but they're i love them they're my best friends, but they are so intense. Johnny, you know. You spend time with them. This summer, Krista and Billy rented a place right around the corner from here. And they came over, and the two boys, Will and Henry, were with them. And they started talking about summer camp at boys summer camp and they all got into summer camp mode which grosses krista out it grosses her out the whole everything about it

the dirt the filth the things that go on at boys summer camps and they were clear on that and they just pummeled it was like they were giving her a root canal and it was they pick up on billy and krista's way of attack and they just there was three against one there's three against one and so of course i teamed up with kristen to protect her but it it it's brutal yeah they're they're they're it's hilarious but they're brutal're they make it work it's you know by the way it goes without saying audience that uh they are clearly the inspiration for jordan and dr cox uh i think it's safe to say i think i think ketchup i think you're safe to say that let's take a break we'll be right back after these fine words. our reporters. We've covered the news and we know the world can feel heavy, but the Bright Side podcast is a space to have a little fun, to learn something new,

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No, Johnny C. as well. You're going to cover your eyes or close your eyes. And okay, now. I'm back. Surprise guest. Here's what it is. Close your eyes again. Close your eyes again. Oh, my goodness.

You're going to give me a heart attack. Close your eyes. Hey, can I have a sip of your soda? Okay. All right, quiet down, quiet down, quiet down. You guys, everybody calm down. Hey, can I stay a little, Zach? Because I got permission to do this. Oh, my gosh.

You can, but you have to be quieter because you're not the host. You have to be a little quieter. I'm sort of the host. Oh, man. All right, now quiet down. Now, Bill, you're have to be a little quieter. I'm sort of lost. Oh, man. All right, now quiet down. Now, Bill, you're going to be a special guest. All right, let me cover my eyes. All right, cover your eyes. Bill, you cover them, too.

Is surprise guest one here? Oh, no. Guest one is frozen. No. Oh, guest two is here. Okay, let's start with guest two. You want to start with guest two? Okay, cover your eyes, guys. Bill, cover your eyes.

I'm serious. No cheating. Let's bring in guest two. Guest two, please don't say anything. Don't say anything. Okay, now guest two, say something that will reveal to these three men who you are. Let's take it down to the banana hammock. Let's get the party started.

Let's take it down to the banana hammock. Here's the party starter. Rob Mash, yo, in the house. Rob is in the house. Rob Mash, yo, what is in the house? Here we go. Here we go. Now, Mash, I'm glad to have you here because this episode is really mostly about you and Johnny C., but at polar opposite sides of the drama comedy spectrum.

Guest one is back for now. I know, but guest one is going to wait while Joelle and Dan will figure out her tech issues, his or her tech issues. Bill. Yes, go ahead. Go ahead. Johnny C McGinley. Haven't seen him in a long time.

Dr. Cox. Haven't had a chance to tell you this yet. Your name rocks! Come on! Rob, I missed you. Good to see you, Rob. What up, Robert? Rob, I have a question about the banana hammock, because I was in the Central Park at Sheeps Meadow. Johnny C., you know it well. Johnny, you know it well.

Bill, you know it well. And there's a lot of gay men and European men and perhaps straight men, although stereotypically not their thing, wearing Speedos. And their penises are held pretty tightly, I think, against their bodies. Whereas you in the show, I've now watched five seasons. There's a lot of balance. There's a lot of jiggle in your hand. Why is yours not held like the men in Central Park? It's got a lot of swing to it, like an elephant trunk. Well, listen, as you get older, there's even more swing and sway to it, guys.

It's called old man balls. Are you familiar with it? Oh, yeah. It's not your balls, Rob. It's the Old Man Balls. Are you familiar with it? Oh, yeah. It's not your balls, Rob. It's the actual trunk. You see, Donald and I have studied five episodes of the show. There should be a separate podcast on the hog, the Tim Tate, the pork and beans, the fiddle saddle, the wham bam,

the zoo ender. Boom! Ten hog jokes in one thought all right listen what's the anaconda joke donald um someone says is that judy who says is that the one someone says i went to see anaconda and and then someone i think it's Carlos, says, is that the one with the giant snake? And he pops up and goes, no. And he pops up and says, what, Rob? Go. No. This is the one with the giant snake. I went back there for an hour for a setup. My back is killing me, but I nailed it. It's about

commitment. We should just do lines from the show all the rest of the podcast. Do you remember all your lines? I remember them all. We should just do lines from the show all the rest of the podcast. Do you remember all your lines? I remember them all. By the way, if you ever wonder what it's like to have an erection that lasts nine hours, ask me in 20 minutes.

By the way, these are all bills. All come from the mind of Bill. No, I'm Gary. I'm Gary, sir. I'm Gary. All the comedy genius of Bill. I'm going to be semi- I'm Derry. All the comedy geniuses. I'm going to be semi trying to keep us on the episode

a little bit. Then we cut to a series of people who say that you lied. Rob, the character, Todd, has lied about having sex with them. The first two are Sarah. I've been on the show before. Renee, who's Sarah's stand-in. You remember that she was a bartender at a wedding,

was it, Donald, where she served someone a drink? And then the next is Katya, who was Judy's stand-in and says, God, no. And then another woman says, are you kidding me? And then we cut to Gloria. She goes, is that the big, tall,

black security guard with the hook hand? Yes. And they go, no. Well, then, no, I have not slept with him. Which means that not only is – Bill, it means that not only is Gloria sleeping with Leonard, but she hasn't learned his name yet. No, she never bothered asking his name. I'm fast.

Do you guys want to know, by the way, I'll tell you something that is interesting, because I heard you guys are in the show. So it could be argued that some of the Todd's jokes cross the line into inappropriateness. And by the way, I'm going to throw out a big word because I'm being fancy. It's anachronistic. I think back in the day, I'm going to throw out a big word Because I'm being fancy It's anachronistic I think back in the day

Shows would have Jokes like that dropped all the time Even on 6 and 7 o'clock syndicated shows It was just Part of the lexicon And gags But you guys started to talk about I think this is the episode

It becomes fairly clear that Todd maybe was overstating uh you know in a turn in a way of overcompensating and he's kind of attracted to all hobbies in any gender and uh and I thought that was sorry but I can tell you the way writer's rooms evolve it's because people go as much fun as it is for the men and women in this writer's room to obsess about writing these jokes. I did not write In Your Endo, but I remember whoever did was proud of it for a month. You know?

I think In Your Endo is probably the best one of all of them. The point being that this is where we decided that Todd should be an equal opportunity offender he should be obsessed with all hotness it should obviously be indicative of the overcompensating young you know kind of alpha male jockey surgeon males do and we kind of adopted one of the reasons that

todd existed in the first place you guys talked about banana hammock is as we were showing the women of this show scantily clad in bras and nightgowns, including my wife, we said we have to always match that with fortuitous male nudity. And you gave it wrong. By the way, nobody wants to see it now. No.

It's a little long on the tooth now. No, no, no, no, no. It's a little frayed around the edges now. Let that just be there. You got a little salt and pepper going on. It's distinguished. Wow. So I got to say, a funny bit here is that Bill's trainer, Juergen Demay,

he wrote that book that Todd is reading called The Action Hero Body, which I'm sure you can buy. We'll give Juergen a plug. And that's actually Juergen in the photo that Rob is looking at for no reason. Can I ask a question? Go ahead, Donald. Did y'all laugh when Neil does the face while he's spying on JD and the big guy?

Like, if you watch the end credits for this show, like, just the end credits alone, you will laugh so hard. Because Neil Flynn has the perfect sitcom face. You know, when the name bounces under, you know, when it's under, so it'd be like Donald Faison and I'd be like at my locker and then I'd look at you and be like, can I go back to my locker? He has the perfect, when he sees you

rubbing the oil on the guy's pectorals and he pops up, just look at the, for those of you who watched the show with us rewind go back to the credits and just look at it and then i laughed so hard i didn't understand that moment though so the janitor they're they're gossiping about whether the todd is gay but the janitor pipes in they janitor assumes talking about me is that what he's doing yes and of all the things you and your writers came up with, is that I am painting oil on a muscular man?

Olive oil, so you can eat it off him later. That actor was a football player from USC. Oh, was he? He was in very good shape. He was ripped. He became a broadcaster. He did color for a little while for a local Fox affiliate. And I don't know what happened to him, but he was an aspiring television journalist.

Well, that's the body I have in my mind, Johnny C. That's the one I have in my mind. Now, I laughed out loud when Sarah and Elliot says her brother Barry used to dance in leather jeans. Sorry, sorry. He used to dance in leather jeans. Sorry, sorry. He used to dance for Japanese businessmen. Yes. And then there's a couple sentences, and then she says sort of wistfully, Barry used to dance in leather jeans.

He'd come home, and they'd be stuffed with yen. Yeah, by the way, I had a good brother, Barry, which I love because her parents were so conservative. I didn't get a chance to join you guys. Such a sad thing that that great actress played Sarah's mom

passed away, man. Yeah, Marky Post. Marky Post. She was so funny in so many things. I used to love her on Night Court. I grew up with Night Court as a favorite show. That was one of the ones I used to watch regularly. Much like all the people

that we respond to because you guys are talking to Nicole. Isn't it fun when you think of guest stars that show up on this show and are just game? Do you know what I mean? She was someone that just showed up. I was like, you're the worst mother in the world. You say short bangs, give her a pig face and you should just be awful and not have a sympathetic bone in your body and she was like gotcha and she was just awesome awesome um hey there's another guest

here should i close my eyes wait no the guest guest two is having technical problems no they're ready to go hold on let, guess one is out. Yeah, Donald, do you think I'm not micromanaging the problems? I don't want the audience to know about our technical issues. So then we touched on this podcast earlier. You can come on my other podcast if you want to talk to you. It has less technical problems than this one. Oh, my God, Donald, I'm going to kill you.

Randall. Randall Winston Randall Winston, our line producer, making out with Gloria was very funny. Yeah, by the way, one of the cool things that you guys should point out, and I'll go back to the little trivia question for John and Donald and Rob, if they remember.

If you're a crew member on one of our shows, and we all became family and friends, I'm sure you guys still talk to and see some of the gang around town. I talk to a lot of them. More than most shows, they appear in our show and have huge funny moments. Renee and Katya were in this one.

Do you guys remember all the different, whether it the different whether it was uh sean or ethan we talk about it yeah we talk regularly on the podcast bill you should tune in it's a good podcast bill i didn't say that i didn't say that though i could by the way do you want me to hit the button that allows along the internet the button that allows it on the internet don't ruin it i think i just did the down in the place i just did the janitor reaction everybody calm down calm down. Calm down.

I'm so sorry. I have to apologize. Let her in. Let her in. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. It was so unintentional. I wanted to say special guest, and I forgot that I had it. Donald, Donald, that's a surprise.

Let a Loma in. Oh, yeah. Yeah, y'all better catch me while you can, because this is ridiculous. You know, you can't trust all people with this electronic shit. You can curse all you want. How you doing? You look so beautiful. It is so good to see you.

It's good to see all of you guys too. As much as I could hear, it was horrible. I'm like, I'm in a nightmare. I was watching. We had this little chat. How's everybody doing? We're just so glad to see you, Aloma. I'm so happy you're here on my podcast, Aloma.

It's so good to see your face. Oh, boy. On your podcast. Literally, the only reason I stayed was I wanted to apologize in front of God and everyone for killing you when I thought the show was over. Oh, yeah. I thought the show, I thought the series was over. And I'll wait until the last episode to see if I've ever done. I thought the series was over. And some of the best episodes we've ever done.

I can't wait to see you, Bill. Zach, by the way, out of love, I'm going to let Zach tell this story because I so ruined the surprise by accident. Zach, it's one of my favorite stories. You have to tell it. It involves a car. Oh, I watched. I knew that a Loma was going to die in an episode because Bill thought that the show was coming to an end. And he thought, well, we've got to go out with something dramatic. Like Nurse Roberts is one of the most beloved characters. Let's, you know, that's what you do.

The show's ending. We've got to kill somebody off. So I pull into the driveway, the parking lot of the hospital, and I see a Loma in this brand new, beautiful, like, Escalade. And I'm like, because I was close to Bill and I knew inside Scoop, I knew this episode was coming. And a Loma's like, me, me, pie. And I'm like, oh no. Oh no. So then Bill

kills off Aloma. When you told Aloma yes, I'm like, no, why? I was like, shit. You might want to tell Aloma because she just got an escalator. Yeah. Yeah, that would have been real

nice. I would still be driving to Santa Fe if I'd known that. I'm just saying. I'm just saying. But Loma, it is a testament to Bill that when the show got picked up again, he went,

oh shit, I feel bad. I gotta bring Loma back to life. I go, how the fuck are you gonna bring a Loma back to life? He goes, she's gonna have a twin sister named Shirley. Oh, off the cuff! Oh my God. See the truth comes out. I thought this was Bill's brilliant idea right now. I felt so bad

because I wanted you there at the very end, you know, and that was when the show was supposed to end. I was running around on that right stretch and all that stuff.

And I was like, no, I'm going to go ahead and do one more season. I'm like, I'll be right back. And by the way, the best part

is we didn't do the... And I'm like this. By the way, the best part was the network going, hey, who's this new nurse? Shirley. I'm like, don't worry about it. When they started seeing Damien, they're like, didn't that character die? He's all good. It's all good.

he's all good when I walked in my dressing room and Bill came in I was like oh no this can't be good oh no no nothing and I'm like yeah yeah no they don't show up in my dressing room okay ever I knew my ass was

going to die I knew you know my absolute favorite thing is it's a different episode I knew my ass was going to die. I knew. You know, my absolute favorite thing is it's a different episode, but I've watched it a hundred times alone. And you and Judy over the years were so good together. And she is doing her goodbye to you. And you're brain dead and the phone plug. And she wants to say goodbye before you go. And she's given this amazing speech

and in a couple of the dailies I could see you getting emotional and crying while you were there. Yeah, man, I remember that. And it touched my heart so much you know what I mean? And made me not only about the show, but about you too and how special that shit was. When people talk about

really emotional moments in the show, obviously this was an episode, and of course the Brendan Fraser episode, but they so often talk about that episode of Loma with the connection that you and Judy had and how beautiful your performances were together. Then you got to tell off Johnny C in that episode. Yeah, that was one of my favorites as well, I must say. It was awesome. We could have killed the Todd,

but I don't think it would have been as emotional for people. But anyway, it would have been funny if you had his twin brother come back and he's like the most respectful person. Oh, shit. Hey, Loma, because we haven't had you on and we've had these other guys on, do you remember your audition story or how you came about getting the landing the role of nurse Roberts I remember the audition it's one of my favorite stories how I went in because this was a four-line role and I go into this audition I'm totally unimpressed and I'm

like okay let me get in here and say these four lines but I get the hell out of here laughing and shit and then I'm like what is his problem and then uh the casting director said he told me later he said boy she better get this part or she's gonna kill me and then I go home I you know my agent says oh you got the part and I was like oh that's great and then she calls me and says they want you to do a table read I said for four lines she said yes and I was like all right all right so she gives me the address it's up in some deals somewhere I have a raggedy Jaguar she She always liked my cars. And it's got bad brakes

and I'm trying to get to Bill's house and I'm like, what the hell? So I get up there and all you guys know each other. The only person I halfway know is Donald. Yeah, because we did Trippin' together. Not one scene together.

Not one scene. That's what I'm saying. I halfway knew him. And I'm like, oh, hi, you know Great time you're all getting you know, damn. I'm like I'm ready to go. So wait, I'm sitting here reading a script and I get ready to say the first two lines and Some girl over there says them and I'm like oh lord I was up here for two lines I couldn't believe it I was floored so I get in my car and I'm like I have two lines in this series two lines Carol can you believe it I had four okay fast forward I'm doing an interview and the and the person interviews me says, I heard you did the pilot for Scrubs. And I

said, oh yeah. And she said, it got picked up. And I said, wouldn't it be funny if they picked me up with that show? Well, it turned out to be the best job I have ever had.

I was like, damn, this is good. So, Bill, thank you for my retirement. It's fabulous because it's fun. By the way, I'll tell you why. I can tell you exactly why you had to go to that table reading our heads. Everyone here will tell you what it means to be a home run hitter. And this weird thing of table reads for networks

which we had to do to get that show picked up in the first couple episodes is one person coming in and just body slamming a scene with one line can literally change the vibe when you guys all leave and the network people go,

oh, that sucked, or oh, that was great. And I don't know if you remember, but everybody at the network level thought that one of the core lines of the pilot was, can you just pronounce him dead so I can go home? Literally, I know that line. By the way, no one expected it to be poignant and funny at the same time because it also said what the difference was between the dude on the first day and

the woman that had been there for a couple years. You know what I mean? And it was a huge kind of building block of the show. I'm so grateful you stayed around and you didn't get so pissed that you just refused to come back. Truly. No, I was coming back, honey. She got to work now.

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Listen to Queer Chronicles on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your most fabulous shows. Aloma, you're so funny, and we've been watching the show for five seasons now, and you make Donald and I laugh so much. We just crack up. You are so funny on this show. Well, you two were scandalous on the show. I'll never forget the time that you mooned Sarah,

and I was right next to her. And I was like, oh. I'm sorry. By the way, speaking of which. It's going to be that kind of party. Speaking of which, Rob has a hilarious picture. Rob, can you hold it up, or is that just digitally? Rob has a hilarious picture.

Rob, can you hold it up, or is that just digitally? But it's a picture of both Loma and Judy looking at you in your banana hammock. In your blue banana hammock. It's blue. I never saw such hungry looks in their eyes. I don't know about Judy, but hey, I was getting it where I could. Hold it up. No, hold it up. Put it in focus, Rob.

Look at the eyes and look at what they're looking at. It's hard to see. Okay. All right. All right. I never saw two women so hungry in my life. Rob, if anybody ever asks you what being an actor is like you should just show them that picture let's just get right there man just take it down to the banana hammock and let the magic happen

listen no i mean i don't know about you guys i know rob you've been very very very nude on the show gb you have johnny uh i know i have it was something that we kind of as the men on the show we kind of had to do it though you spoke about it earlier bill but it was something that we kind of as the men on the show we kind of had to do it though you spoke about it earlier bill but it was like we got really we got really really nude like i got forever and ever and ever on shows when it's a soap opera movie or whatever the women go down to underwear nightgowns and shit and the dudes don't do jack and so we knew we were being inappropriate in a lot of ways, so we thought we had to go.

When I'm watching back now, I'm watching Rob's body and Johnny's body, and I'm just like, oh my goodness, dude, do some fucking push-ups. Yeah. Johnny C set the bar, you guys. Come on.

I remember lunch time, and Johnny would just get fuel. He didn't get lunch. He just got fuel. That's what he would say. We had a gym down in the basement that we could go lift down in the morgue. Dude, you brought an exercise bike into your dressing room and would literally read your script and do exercise for hours.

He gave me all those rewrites, so I had to figure out a way to learn them. I'm still out there, by the way, leaving everything to the last second, if that makes you guys happy as a group of contestants. Really? On Ted Lasso, you do that too? Jason and I both kind of do that a little bit on rewrites on Ted Lasso. It's true. John, you remember getting scripts

when they weren't done yet and you'd be like, why are we standing on the table? And he'd be like, oh, oh, oh yeah. Yeah, you guys, we're still writing that, but there's a reason you guys end up on the table. These guys don't work that

fine. We're all here 20 years later. Let Johnny go. Go ahead, Johnny. Go ahead. Dressing rooms were all up on the fourth floor as well as administrative at the hospital. Whenever I say hospital, people think I'm being all method. We shot in a defunct hospital. And dressing rooms were up on the fourth floor, makeup and wardrobe. Billy would do these rewrites.

I'd memorize whatever he sent here on Sunday and Sunday night and Sunday morning. And then I'd get to the hospital on Monday and the poor ADs and second and thirds, they wouldn't knock on my door anymore. I'd just see them slide the pages

under the door. They didn't want to incur my wrath. I want to share with you one quick memory about Johnny C., if I can. It was season nine, one of, if not the last days of the series, and he had a page-long monologue,

and I was in the scene, and he nailed it in one take, and I couldn't believe after nine years he was working this hard and doing this well, and they shot it in one take and i couldn't believe after nine years he was working this hard and doing this well and they shot it one more time just in case but i just will never forget the workahook of john c mcginley and i just want to share that with you guys right now yeah billy's rewrites that you memorize the first and second and third draft and then god damn it the the fifth draft is really freaking good.

Bill, would you ever be nervous to go tell Johnny like, hey, I know you memorized everything. I'd only be nervous if it sucked. If it was exponentially better, even though he'd get mad and he'd read it and he'd always be like, ah, this is better. I'm like, yeah, I didn't see it around. Sorry I didn't do it the first time.

Peace. 100%. I gotta go back downstairs and ah, this is better. I'm like, yeah, man, sit around. Sorry I didn't do it the first time. Peace. 100%. I'm going to go back downstairs and hide from all of them. Dude. Bye, Bill. All right, listen. We have a question here. Yeah, go ahead.

Let's take questions. I hear John C. McGinley speaks often of living life with gratitude. Yes. This is from Eric Weiss. How could each of your characters incorporate that philosophy into this episode? How could each of our characters? Well, I wanted to say on a serious note, you know, this episode is about missing clues. I mean, we all, you know, have people in our lives that we assume are fine and aren't.

And I think that J.D. really struggles with the fact that he found this woman annoying. You know, she had been suicidal before, I believe. And he's just like, you know, both Cox and and and and J.D. are just want to get away from her. And I think there's a there's a really serious conversation about missing clues with the people we love in our lives and and and not checking in on our on our people. And, of course, in terms of gratitude, being grateful and being filled with gratitude when you are feeling mentally healthy and not. And thank God that you don't have a mental health problem that would make you consider taking your life.

You know, my daughter wakes up every morning. She's 22 now, right? consider taking your life? You know, my daughter wakes up every morning. She's 22 now, right? And I go, then I say to her when I see her in the morning, hey, how you doing? And she always goes, I'm alive, Dad. And you know what I mean? And that is, I am so grateful that she understands the moment that she's in right now and that she's living at this young age and understands that tomorrow isn't promised. So I got to go get it today and I got to go live it today and go make it happen today.

I'm so grateful for that. I'm grateful for her mother and putting that in her. And I'm grateful that, you know, I get to witness it. And so living with gratitude, I am so grateful that I get to witness it. Living with gratitude, I am so grateful for my children and my wife. I totally get it. I totally understand that

just that quote, living with gratitude, I'm so grateful for you guys. I'm so grateful to see you right now. It could be the weed wearing off. I don't know what it is, but I just love it. I told you not to get high. What's wrong with you?

I smoked a little bit like an hour before the show. My bad. Aloma, we have a question for Aloma. Go ahead. Now, Aloma, a lot of times on the show, they reference all the hijinks that happened at Nurse Roberts' above-ground pool party. Do you remember this at all?

No, I don't remember the above ground pool parties because my pool was in ground as well as the jacuzzi. So clearly I put that out of my mind. Did y'all go to those parties? What parties? is y'all going to those parties what party yeah the the above ground pool party was actually something that was i think it's mentioned in season one or two uh and there were a lot of there were a lot of references to life yes and we never go there there's never a scene there like there was a fight there was a fight one time where johnnyokes out, where Cox chokes out Ted, the lawyer. Apparently, a lot of fans on the chat are asking, what does Zaloma think may have gone down at those above ground pool parties?

And I just wondered if you had any idea. Yeah, she would only be thinking about it because clearly you guys talked about it. I probably never had a line about it. So I'm like, yeah, no. And also nurse Robert. What you need to understand is I only read my scenes.

So I don't know what's going on. That's hilarious. Okay. Well, put that question up. What was the scariest, something about stunts from, Put that question up What was the scariest something about stunts Put that one up please You all had to do on Scrubs

I told you LL watched the show Oh it's LL Cool J I told you all Okay from LL Cool J What were the scariest stunts In my mind Donald So what were the scariest stunts in my mind donald it's um um so what were the scariest stunts um

rob i i imagine for you it might have been that uh bungee jumping through your underwear yeah the four-story atomic wedgie was the scariest because i was hanging from the roof and then they dropped me and i had a harness around my upper inner thigh. And it hurt. By the way, you guys talked about why was I wearing a bespeckled banana hammock in that scene a couple weeks ago on your podcast. And the reason was they made a Speedo to cover the harness. And it was not quite my go-to banana hammock. I see. But it was really big and thick because there was a harness, and I was strapped in it.

It left a bruise. Well, you yelled like it did, too. It hurt. It hurt, but it hurt in a good way. Mine was being on fire. In that scene where the episode I directed, actually, JD catches on fire, and I didn't do the full burn we switched to a stuntman who did a full body burn um but i had to have um my back catch on fire

and they put me in a suit and they they covered my hair with the anti-flame stuff and they gave me this like pep talk and everything. But I was legitimately on fire, which I couldn't believe they were letting me do, but they did. And I definitely remember that being the scariest thing. And, Donald, you had to put me out. Do you remember that? Yeah, but I don't know if that was really you. That's the thing.

I don't know if that was a switch. I don't know. No, it was a cowboy switch so what happens is i well that was a different part when i popped up smoking but when i first ran into the bathroom i was legitimately on fire on my back and then then i had the guy come out and he was fully on fire like no no effects were added he was it was fucking insane and then he went down and you and another stuntman off camera put him all out and I popped up smoldering and I'm like, that was a doozy or something like that. I do remember

I remember the stuntman saying to me, when he goes down, you gotta put him out, Donald. I do remember that. Donald, do you remember your scariest stunt? Did you have any super scary stunts? No. I don't think Turk did a lot of scary stuff. No,

not on this, not on this one. At least it wasn't scary for me. Oh, I see. Cause you're so darn manly. I wanted to talk about your chiropractic adjustment from the janitor, which is hilarious.

Wait, so this is what happens. Elliot and Carla feel like, uh, they, uh, need to nurture relationships in the hospital. And so now that Todd is no longer this straight sexual harasser, they're like, well, he could be our new gay best friend. Yes, they're excited to have a gay best friend.

They're very excited to hang out with Todd as a gay man because they're excited to have a gay best friend. Right. But this happened before in some way where the janitor had dreams of being a chiropractor and the girls wanting to nurture that relationship

somehow convinced Turk to play guinea pig for the janitor's adjustments. Right. And Turk gets his neck almost broke for the janitor's adjustments. Right. And Turk gets his neck almost broke. And it's fucking hilarious. Donald, I don't know what it is about you screaming in a high-pitched voice. We all know it began in Clueless.

I didn't scream in a high-pitched voice in Clueless. In Clueless, I go, ah, I scream in a low-pitched voice. Okay. Well, okay. I take it back then. There is something about you screaming in a high-pitched voice that makes me crack up every single time. And the way that John Michelle shot that, where you turn the camera and the sound effect, and then you scream, that was fucking hilarious. But then he does a dead sailor drop.

And then dead sailor drop is when you drop like a plank yes Johnny you always fall like that in the show it's my favorite and Donald does a dead sailor drop and Zacky you did it perfect out of the bath when you're in the ice you get and that was a big fall dead sailor drop scene yeah um okay so that that was amazing now todd um uh the todd is so confused okay he says he's getting his gay on and um but is he i don't think he's confused well what do you think rob i mean it's funny to talk about this seriously but like okay okay so you mostly were heterosexual and then the women sort of talk to you because

they think you're gay and then you came out of that meeting like maybe i am fluid whatever queer and you just really embrace it i say uh hey hey, hey, Mickhead, is that package for me? You know it is. And then I say to Donald, hey, buddy, we should totally have sex sometime. Yeah, they totally ruined it for me. See, they totally ruined this for me. And then you go, you were really, you said it's someone else.

You were really impressive, though. The young, handsome guy comes up to you and goes, hey, you were really impressive in surgery. And do you know the line or do you want me to say it? And I go, hey, thanks. And you were really impressive in the shower this morning. You know, dong-wise.

To this day, that's my most requested joke on Cameo. Really? Oh, that's it. Dong. You're impressive. Hey, happy birthday birthday i'm really impressed with you you're really impressive in the shower you know dong watch we should mention that you're on cameo johnny c are you on cameo yeah sure so there you guys go aloma are you on

cameo no i don't know what that is i told you okay well we're gonna get you no but we're gonna get you on Cameo because it's a fun thing. And if you're listening, if you're viewing, you can get both Johnny C., you can send messages to your friends from Johnny or Rob.

I'm sure Rob has to say dong jokes. How many times a day do you have to say dong jokes? All my Cameos are in character or in varying degrees of character. So it's just, you know, bajingos, boobs, and hogs. Bone organ suction. Let's play John Madden

football on her Xbox. It just keeps going. I do like two to three minutes of all you know, it's a pure sexual innuendo. Innuendo. In your endo. By the way, aloma keeps saying how old she is but i swear to god i haven't seen you in so long you look exactly you look the same thank you thank you that's great um do we um

oh you want to ask sorry one second i just want the other Rob line that made me laugh out loud was he turns to the girl, one of the nurses and he says, admit it, we doinked. And she says, I was sad because my dad died. And he goes, I wasn't. We watched this show the other night, Amanda and I

and she said- Are you and Amanda still together? Are you just- Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. We love watching- We can't keep- Wait, you're still together?

Yeah, Amanda and I are going strong. Everything's great. Our dog, Max, is right here walking around. What Donald's trying to say is we didn't know if you were still together or not, but we just watched the episode where I'm flirting with her at the bowling alley. The bowling alley. Yeah, right. I saw you guys watch it.

Jesus. Sorry. You guys are animals. Jesus. No, no. She's a very beautiful lady. What are you going to do? I don't blame you.

I don't blame you. But we watched the episode. And then the janitor's like, what are you? Because I'm checking out all the people. And I'm like, I'm the Todd. Yeah. And then it cuts to Johnny C and losing three patients. And she said, that was so funny. And now I'm crying. Yeah. That's the magic of the show. Yeah. And then it cuts to like Johnny C and like losing three patients. And like, she said that was so funny.

And now I'm crying. Yeah. That's the magic of the show. That is it. That is it. You know, and I didn't, I didn't get,

I didn't really get emotional until the third dude. Cause that's the one that hurt. You know what I mean? When the guy with the, with the kidney issue, when he goes, that's, that's the one that hurts,

you know what I mean? Because he was friends with Dr. Cox, and the other two, at least we knew, the writing tells us that they could die at any moment, whereas Cox reveals he could have lived another month. Right, Johnny? But I think there's two interesting things there. One, that lands when we uh turn on to judy and judy's reaction to cox flipping things and yeah it's like a light switch for me it's the waterworks just go because it's

off of judy to me it's all about judy and then the other thing that was really interesting there was that we shot it a bunch of times. And the line was he wasn't about to die. Was he newbie? He could have waited another month for a kidney. And we shot it up. We were done. And, Jackie, you came over and I'll bastardize this.

But the operative word was he not that he was going to die. The die wasn't the operative word. It was that he. And so I went over to John Michelle and you were right and I hadn't tracked that in my brain and I went over to the director John Michelle who was also the editor on the show and I said can we do one more because the operative word is not die

it's he that's what distinguished this room and it was a note that you gave and it was genius I gave you a note that you gave and it was genius. I gave you a note? You absolutely did. Oh, God.

I hope that was appropriate and I wasn't directing the episode. It was appropriate and it's the take that's in the show. Wow. Well, you've done so much

fabulous work on this show, Johnny, but your work at the end of this episode, I'm sure there's so many doctors and nurses and healthcare professionals that have been in the position that that you so beautifully articulate um with just wanting to trash the room um out of frustration and um i get goosebumps and tears in my eyes every time i i see it.

And then you turn around as you're leaving, and I try and go, I'm like, where are you going? By the way, with the worst. It's just not over. Yeah. And the tears in your eyes, it's just like, you're like, I'm out of here. And I know we then go into a little bit of an arc of you not wanting to come back to work, which we're're about to start uh yeah you get real depressed uh the character gets real depressed cox gets real depressed um i thought for some reason that when brendan frazier passed that was the that was the big one but this one that's coming up is a like you don't you don't want to come back and then we have the big party for him right in there welcome back it doesn't that happen welcome back coxer you don't want to come back. And then we have the big party for him, right? In there, welcome back.

Doesn't that happen? Welcome back, coxer. I don't know. Is that going to happen? I don't know. I wish I still had the t-shirt though. Let's take a break. We'll be right back after these fine words.

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or wherever you get your most fabulous shows. Joel, and Daniel, you can come back in for a second. How's the chat? Are people enjoying the show? The people are loving it. It is insane in there. Hi, everybody.

Thank you for your thoughtful questions and your love. I love it. Yeah, they really have so much love for everybody. Has there been an answer on which sound effect they like the most, Daniel? What's happening with that poll? I bet you it's what you're trying to get into a day or two. Well, we will have that

poll up shortly, but in the meantime, everybody in the chat is just saying hi over and over. Hi, okay. I that poll up shortly. But in the meantime, everybody was saying hi over and over. Hi. Okay. Thank you so much. All right. And we'll get back to you shortly. Okay.

Put up the new poll because we only have about 10 minutes left. Right? Is that one up yet? I think it should be up shortly. We submitted options for the poll a little while ago. I had some good suggestions. Okay, it's up. Yes, that is up.

Here we go. Okay. You ready? Oh, we're getting results. How many results come in? Oh, we got some results. Okay, let's see. At the bottom of the table.

Yeah. Tied for last place. Bong noise and thunderous applause. Whoa. Whoa, these results! Y'all, what? Thunderous applause for y'all. How about that? We're about

300 votes in. Oh, we just started. Okay. Second to last. What you're trying to get into Odeo Shun. Thought to be closer up. In third place, Zach, stop talking about your willies.

Okay, go ahead. Second place, well, shout out to me. You honor me. Yes. Do you hear this? No. This shit's broken, Daniel. I know.

Daniel broke that shit. You broke it again. And the number one Zach I love you Yes Most popular vote By a long shot You guys have betrayed Donald Johnny C and Loma if you don't know

That's Donald's wife Casey saying Zach I love you Very popular sound effect Tell us what you're wife Casey saying, Zach, I love you. Zach, I love you. Very popular sound effect on the show. Tell us what you're up to. Johnny, I know that you're doing Brooklyn Nine-Nine. It makes me jealous that they get to work with you. Tell us how

that's going. That's great. We shot it right in the middle of COVID. They had the same arc as us. They got canceled and then they got picked up like scr us. They got canceled. And then they got picked up, like Scrubs. Yeah. They got canceled, and then COVID happened. So they took a whole year off.

And then when they were back on, they said, you want to come and do a big bad arc on this thing? It was fantastic. So it was a great gig in the middle of COVID. Did you get to work with Andre Brouwer? Yeah, he was a total Hercules. I think he's such a fine, fine actor. He walks on water.

It's fantastic. Yeah. And Rob, how's the real estate going? If you want to buy a house in Santa Monica, Rob is the guy who will sell it to you. Yo, Rob, what the heck is going on with these prices, though, man? It's not his fault.

1.5 last year is now $3 million, man? You're blaming Rob on the housing market? 1.5 last year is now $3 million? For real? Because of COVID, people want their own castle so they can be away from everybody else. And there's this mentality of, like, my home is my sanctuary from the world we live in. And there's a scarcity of inventory and interest rates are down.

And in the last 12 months, I've sold like $16 million worth of real estate in Santa Monica. So it's just like- Wow, good for you. Good for you. I just did the math on 20% of that, Rob. And the-

Not 20%. Oh, it's not 20%. The cameo money. That's where the big money is. The cameo money is where the money is. And, Loma, you made a joke about being retired. I hope that's not true. Yeah.

Didn't I just see you on a show recently? Weren't you doing a Disney show? Oh, no. And you guys just got picked up for a new season? Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, Loma, no. she was grooving for a while that was great

damn well she went out with a bang oh hey I'm tired of this damn thing so I'm going to say very quickly I am collecting my retirement

and have been since 2009, but I have not stopped working. I am still working. I'm doing a show in Atlanta called Young Dylan with a little kid that was discovered on the Ellen show. I play his grandmother.

It's for Tyler Perry and Nickelodeon. Are you living in Atlanta right now? Are you living on the Tyler Perry and Niccolo. Are you living in Atlanta right now? Are you living on the are you living on the Tyler Perry in the Tyler Perry compound? No, no, we did do the compound in December, you know, he locked us all in and flew us on a private jet I was like, oh yeah, this is I want to get on the commercial But yeah, we were locked in but now no we go and you know i have a house there so i go and stay in that house when i'm there and then i hope you never stopped working aloma because i hope you never stop working because you are a fine fine actress and you're hilarious and your drama work

is beautiful and you don't look like you've aged one hour since we saw you. Well, you're so kind. It was good seeing you guys. All right. Goodbye, Loma. I miss you so much. Love you. I love you guys. I would give a thunderous applause, but my machine's broken.

Apparently, thunderous applause isn't liked either. No, that's just it. The poll's going to have new results. Rob, it was great to see you. We love you. You guys go to Cameo if you want Rob to send a message about his great to see you. We love you. You guys go to Cameo if you want Rob to send

a message about his dong to your friends. That's a great idea, actually. I might do that for Christmas. Do you get in the banana hammock? No, that's extra. Yeah, that's like on our show. Could you hook up an old

friend? I wouldn't say dynamite. It's extra for dynamite. It's extra for dynamite. It's extra for dynamite. Hey, it's great to see you guys. This is a beautiful episode. There's a nice walk down memory lane for me. And I'm glad to share it with all of you. All right, Rob.

We love you. And Johnny C. McGinley, I say it every time I see you. You're one of the finest actors I've ever met. You're one of the finest actors working. And met. You're one of the finest actors working. And it's such an honor to be your friend. Thank you, Zachy. Can I mention that on November 13th, we have our Global Down Syndrome Foundation. We have our big, giant fundraiser that will be virtual this year.

It's called the Be Beautiful, Be Yourself Fashion Show, where all our models usually walk down a catwalk accompanied by big stars that come into Denver. It's our big fundraiser, and it's for the Global Down Syndrome Foundation. It's called Be Beautiful, Be Yourself Fashion Show, and it's on November 13th this year. Anybody who's

looking for something to do on a Saturday night, November 13th, please join us. Is there a place, Johnny, where anyone can donate to that cause? The website for the Global Down Syndrome Foundation. And from there, it's all easy. Also, if anybody watching or listening to this does have the great fortune of having a child or a young adult born with Down syndrome, the Global Down Syndrome Foundation is an indispensable resource that if you're not aware of, you should be. syndrome, the Global Down Syndrome Foundation is an indispensable resource

that if you're not aware of, you should be. It's the Global Down Syndrome Foundation. It's easy to find. Just go to that website and there's all sorts of tools and information for you that are limitless, limitless. Awesome. Great. And you are such a good father

and you're such a good friend and we love you and thanks for coming on. Thank you for being on the show Johnny It's so good to see you brother And I'm glad to hear your golf game is on the level bro Yeah Johnny shot par today Which apparently is very good It's tiny

Par is good right Donald Yeah par is great Have you shot par before Donald A few times yes I've shot par before, Donald? A few times, yes. Okay. I've shot par on the mini-golf, but... You've never shot par in mini-golf. You're lying right now. I have. You're lying.

I got it in the windmill. I got it in the windmill. That's great, but you didn't shoot par. I think the show went good, guys. What do you think? I'm exhausted. Oh my god, it was a blast. Dude, we did two hours plus. I'm just saying. Aloma? Oh my gosh. Oh my god, how funny a blast. Dude, we did two hours plus. I'm just saying. Oh my gosh.

Oh my God, how funny is Aloma? The most funny. Oh my goodness. Well, thank you, Daniel and Joelle. You guys are the best. I know we didn't get a lot of time with you because we had all these surprises. No, we needed the surprises.

We need to shout out Kayla also. Kayla, who did all the behind the scenes tech uh thank you so much you did a great job that doesn't mean get on camera kayla just stay on yeah kayla oh my gosh kayla alone calm down kayla i'm just kidding um we uh hey fans we love you and thanks for tuning in um We do this podcast. If you're new to joining us, every Tuesday we release an audio podcast. You can find it anywhere. There's merch. Apparently podcast people really like merch.

Oh, we got the merch. And we have merch. We put some out. We put some out. We're talking about the holiday season right now. Oh, yeah. And we're thinking about ugly Christmas sweaters. You guys can let us know what you think of that.

Yeah. Ugly Christmas, fake doctors, real friends, ugly Christmas sweaters. And, and a shout out, of course,

to all the healthcare workers on the front lines during this insane pandemic that seems to be endless. We know that a lot of you listen to the show because you tell us, and this is the most sincere thing we can say. It's still going. orderlies and janitorial staff and people who work at supermarkets if you're out there in front of a bunch of people you are on the front lines and we totally appreciate you Donald I love you more than you know how to love

that's not possible it's not possible alright thank you everybody we'll see you next time bye gang 5, 6, 7, 8 All right. Thank you, everybody. We'll see you next time. Bye gang. Five, six, seven, eight. So gather round to hear our, gather round to hear our Scrubs Rewatch Show with Zach and Donald. Guaranteed to light up your day. Every weekday, we're bringing you conversations about culture, the latest trends, inspiration, and so much more.

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