Zach Braff Is Back In SCRUBS
4/16/202654 min
What can’t Zach Braff do? Seriously—he directs his own T-Mobile commercials, and today he joins Dana and David for a hilarious convo. They dive into Zach’s love of The Church Lady, what it was like having dinner with Spade and Howard Stern, and David drops an all-time story: which one of Zach’s close friends did he once have a threesome with??? Plus, Zach reflects on his journey—from making a pilot with Gwyneth Paltrow at just 14, to starring alongside Natalie Portman in Garden State, to what hosting SNL is really like. They also get into how Scrubs found new life without feeling like nostalgia bait, and why Zach and Donald Faison remain one of the great on-screen duos. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsZach Braff· Guest0:00
I saw the church lady, and I honestly thought, sh- I'm not just blowing smoke, I thought it was the funniest fucking thing I'd ever seen in my life. That era, '86, '87, '88, that was the, that was my first exposure to it, and I just thought, "Oh my God, this is the funniest shit I've ever seen." In post we put this big face of Momoa, like a bobblehead size- Mm-hmm ... and then move the mouth like South Park style.
David Spade· Host0:19
Mm.
Dana Carvey· Host0:20
Right.
Zach Braff· Guest0:20
Um, and so then we think they have a total proof of concept before they ever buy it. I, I got 'em all, and my, my producer at the time said, "Just so you know, that will never happen again in your career," and it never did. [laughs] [laughs] [laughs] And then I showed up and there was that meeting in Lorne's office where everyone, uh, goes around- Name meeting ... and says an idea. [laughs] [laughs] Yeah. And I really did, I was sitting in a chair, but a lot of them were on the floor.
Dana Carvey· Host0:45
[laughs] Yeah.
David Spade· Host0:45
Yeah, you get the King Tut chair. So we've got, uh, Zach Braff, who pretty much everyone knows Zach Braff.
Dana Carvey· Host0:53
Zach Braff.
David Spade· Host0:54
Very likable guy, very funny guy.
Dana Carvey· Host0:56
Mm-hmm.
David Spade· Host0:57
Always with- Scrubs ... always with Donald Faison. [laughs] The, we talk about the T-Mobile commercials, which he has a, a big hand in helping with writing.
Dana Carvey· Host1:05
They, they, they really, yeah, they really re- they shoot them ahead of time on their phones and show them to the ad agency [laughs] and stuff.
David Spade· Host1:12
Yeah.
Dana Carvey· Host1:12
I was thrilled to hear the, the kinda control they have, but that's, uh, very interesting. That's why they really click.
David Spade· Host1:16
Yeah. Uh- And- ... he's got, um, you know, Scrubs is back.
Dana Carvey· Host1:20
Scrubs is back- Mm ... which is, uh, I think it's like a 15-year hiatus.
David Spade· Host1:26
Yeah.
Dana Carvey· Host1:27
And they're back.
David Spade· Host1:28
I like that.
Dana Carvey· Host1:29
And better than ever.
David Spade· Host1:29
I like when they bring