Jack McBrayer
5/25/20262 hr 29 min
Jack McBrayer (Zillow Gone Wild, 30 Rock, Wreck-It Ralph) is an Emmy-nominated actor, and comedian. Jack joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in a family of school teachers, finding his people in Chicago improv, and why he’s wary of letting too much private silliness become public record. Jack and Dax talk about the early magic of Second City, his steel trap memory for dates and birthdays, and the wild houses and homeowners of Zillow Gone Wild. Jack explains why reading the room isn’t the same as being inauthentic, how suntanning is his version of meditation in a chaotic world, and why sometimes your skin feeling tight is enough reason to leap into the next chapter.
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First 90 secondsDax Shepard· Host0:00
Welcome, welcome, welcome.
Monica Padman· Host0:01
Oh no, what happened?
Dax Shepard· Host0:03
I don't know. You know the yips? We just had a- Ugh ... we had a guest on talking about the yips.
Monica Padman· Host0:08
Oh, right.
Dax Shepard· Host0:09
So athletes famously get the yips.
Monica Padman· Host0:12
Yeah.
Dax Shepard· Host0:12
And what if I got the yip that I couldn't say welcome, welcome, welcome?
Monica Padman· Host0:14
Oh, no.
Dax Shepard· Host0:15
That's how crazy the yips are.
Monica Padman· Host0:16
I know.
Dax Shepard· Host0:16
Like, you d- take this thing you can do, you've done for decades, and all of a sudden you mentally can't do it.
Monica Padman· Host0:21
Well, that's such a ding to me 'cause I'm reading a, rereading a book right now called Art of Fielding that is this.
Dax Shepard· Host0:28
It is.
Monica Padman· Host0:28
It's about the yips.
Dax Shepard· Host0:29
Okay, so welcome, welcome, welcome to Armchair Expert. I'm Dan Shepherd. I'm joined by Lily Padman.
Monica Padman· Host0:34
Hi.
Dax Shepard· Host0:35
And today we have a very, very, very funny young man.
Monica Padman· Host0:40
One of the funniest.
Dax Shepard· Host0:41
A young boy. He's the cutest and the funniest. He's also an Emmy Award-nominated actor and comedian. Jack McBrayer, 30 Rock, Wreck-It Ralph, Zillow Gone Wild, ding, ding, ding, ding, my new favorite show, and Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Monica Padman· Host0:55
Mm, another ding, ding, ding.
Dax Shepard· Host0:57
Very memorable. Uh, Season 3 is airing right now of Zillow Gone Wild on HGTV, or you can stream it on HBO Max. That's what we're doing. Give a little pro tip.
Monica Padman· Host1:10
Yeah.
Dax Shepard· Host1:11
But yeah, if you follow the account Zillow Gone Wild, which I do, it's a great Instagram account. It's all these very unique homes. Unique.
Monica Padman· Host1:17
Yep. [laughs] Unique.
Dax Shepard· Host1:18
Uh, and, and Jack goes and visits these, and they're, uh, incredible. And before we go, I want to announce some summer Armchair Anonymous prompts.
Monica Padman· Host1:27
Ooh.
Dax Shepard· Host1:27
Here we go. Tell us a foreign