Fake Doctors, Real Friends with Zach and Donald - WE'RE DOING IT LIVE, FRIENDS!

Episode Date: May 2, 2023

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Fake Doctors, Real Friends, on June 10th in Seattle. We'll be re-watching the musical episode of Scrubs, my musical. So bring your partner, bring your friends, bring your kids. Maybe don't bring your kids, but bring your dog. I don't think they can bring their dogs. Well, it's Seattle. Who knows what goes on up there? We gonna find out.

Yes, we will. Click on the link in our bios or click on our show description to get tickets to the first and who knows, maybe only ever live version of Fake Doctors, we will. Click on the link in our bios or click on our show description to get tickets to the first and who knows, maybe only ever live version of Fake Doctors Real Friends. Get your tickets now at Ticketmaster.com. Search Fake Doctors at Ticketmaster.com. There he is. Yo, what up, yo? I'm confused. Whenever you're punctual, I'm confused. So good to see you. Wait, here's your new theme song. I don't like my new theme song.

You don't? I'm limited in what I have. Do you like this better? Yes. Way better. Okay. Way better. That's yours, baby.

It's more game showy. That's yours, baby. The other one sounds like an interlude in between. You could also have this. Living single. Sounds like an interlude in living single. Yeah. This is labeled funky.

Do you want this one? Do you want this one? Do you want this one? I thought that was when we came back from commercial break. Yeah, I know. We're still figuring it out, babe. Come on, man. Hey, I got to say, I haven't watched my musical in so long. I've only seen Guy Love nine jillion times.

And not to pat ourselves on the back, this is fucking one of the best episodes of TV comedy ever. You think so? Yes, I think it's brilliant. It is. And we can say that because we didn't write it, and I want to give kudos to the writers right off the bat, Jeff Marks, Robert Lopez, Paul Perry,

and I'm sure a few others I don't know about. Obviously, Deb Fordham, who wrote the episode, wrote a lot of the writers right off the bat. Jeff Marks, Robert Lopez, Paul Perry, and I'm sure a few others I don't know about. Obviously, Deb Fordham, who wrote the episode, wrote a lot of the lyrics with the whole writing staff. Will McKenzie directed. Will McKenzie, brilliant director. Bill Lawrence, of course, overseeing the whole thing. But it is so tight.

I mean, first of all, it's so short. And to think of all those songs and all that in, what is it, 20? Two minutes, I think. 22 minutes. And Donald, you are particularly amazing in it. Every time, I mean, because you really are a singer and a dancer, you shine so bright in this.

Thank you, man. That's very nice of you to say. You know who really shined in this for me was Judy. Yeah. Because I know she broke her back or something like that. Yeah, her hip. I found this trivia. For those of you, here's your first bit of trivia. Wait, should we get into the show? Five, six, dogs and nurses. And a janitor who loves to hate. I said, here's a story that we all should know.

So gather round to hear our, gather round to hear our Scrubs Rewatch Show with Zach and Donald. Okay, tell us about the trivia. There's some trivia I learned on Scrubs Wiki, which is that Judy Reyes had a broken hip. Yes. And other than the tango that she does with Donald, which was shot two months after the fact, they had to come back and shoot it. I remember that. You'll notice that she's always sitting. Yep.

We're going to miss you, Carla. The whole woman is going to miss you, Carla. She's sitting in a wheelchair, I believe. Right? Or no? Why would she be in a wheelchair, Carla. She's sitting in a wheelchair, I believe. Right? Or no? Why would she be in a wheelchair? No, she's sitting in a regular chair. Okay. But anyway, there's some mega trivia for you. There's some new trivia buffs out there. Judy Reyes spent

the whole time sitting, except for the tango, which was shot two months later. She was also out for a bit while she healed, because she... So we didn't see her for a while and when she do you remember how she broke her hip was it sexually related oh my gosh i wish it was sexually related oh boy by the way her voice is first of all i don't know i don't want to begin okay and i'm sure if you're

a mega scrubs fan and you're listening to this podcast you probably feel the same way because i haven't seen it i don't think i've seen it in 20 years it is so good and judy reyes's voice first of all amazing so good everything you do donald and this is amazing but the tango i hadn't seen for the last time turk i'm Dominican. That is so fucking funny. And the dancing is so good. She's great. Do you remember? Like, you guys must have rehearsed a long time for that.

No, we didn't. Oh, don't rub it in for us non-dancers. She was hurt. We rehearsed for 10 minutes. We had like a half a day of rehearsal so we could get the blocking and everything down. But for the most part, she was, I mean, she had to come back and like, kudos to her, man, because she had to come back and learn it really fast. We rehearsed for a week or two before we even started blocking this episode. This was huge for us.

I mean, this was just one of the biggest things we ever did. We prerecorded. uh this was huge for us i mean this was just one of the biggest things we ever did we pre-recorded so so not only did these genius writers that i mentioned write all this music and then it was orchestrated and then we had to go and pre-record all the songs so that we could sing and dance to them you know and have them be filmed and so we had never done anything this epic i mean before this was by far the biggest i'm sure um this and maybe the the the princess bride one were the most expensive ones ever but um this was so fun and will mckenzie i mean he's such a talented director i mean he loved musicals and he had a Broadway background and he's directed a zillion episodes of television. And he just was the perfect man for this assignment. The way this

is photographed, the way it goes in and out of every time, Stephanie DiBruzzo, I believe she was in Avenue Q and she's been in a lot of Broadway things and she's wonderfully talented. But, you know, we only sing when she's around and then it also takes on this little sort of heightened glow of like a Technicolor musical. You know, little things like that and just all the camera moves. I mean, the camera's dancing too

and those overheads. The lights are dancing in this bad boy as well, dude. It's like... John Inwood. We gotta give a shout out to John Inwood who shot it beautifully. I mean, it was nominated for five Emmys. Now scrubs barely ever won Emmys, no bitterness, but,

um, I have no, I have no hate towards anyone. I do. We should have won. We should have won all five, but, um,

again, we lost a dick in the box. No, we won one Emmy for this episode. Do you know what it was? What the Emmy was for? No. I had to look it up. Editing. Sound mix. Sound mix. Sound mix. dick in the box no we won one emmy for this episode do you know what it was what the emmy was for no i had to look at editing sound mix sound mix sound mix we lost this kind of bullshit because because dick in the box i just want you to know that guy love lost to dick in the box oh

for song well dick in the box is a it was was more seen because i'm wise enough to know when a gift needs giving. And I got just the one to let her know that she's second to none. It's my dick in a box. My dick in a box, girl.

You shouldn't be singing the song that beat us Well, you know I'm not a sore loser It was years ago So yeah, sound mixing That's the Emmy we won So there you go The opening dance number

I mean, that took a long time to shoot They have those overhead beautiful What do they call those swimming shots? Crane? No, no, no, no. Overhead? No, you guys know what I'm talking about. Busby Berkeley, what's that expression?

Do you know what I'm talking about? Berkeley's top shot technique. Okay. I guess it's Buzz Berkeley. Busby Berkeley? What's Berkeley's first name, Joelle? Can you find that? Yeah, it's Busby.

Busby Berkeley. Busby Berkeley. So he would do those top shot down things and then an elaborate dance move berkeley what's berkeley's first name joelle can you find that busby yeah it's berkeley berkeley top so he would do those top shot down things and then an elaborate dance move so you'd see it so that's what that's what will is is they do it at indiana jones and the temple of doom in the opening number it's done in blazing saddles when they are busting through all the sets and stuff like that at the end of the movie but i'm about in a moving dance sort of seeing the beautiful choreography. That's what it's done.

That's what it's used for. What's the Coen Brothers movie where Scarlett Johansson rises out of the water? They do it in that one too. Hail Caesar. Yeah. Wow. Nice pull, Joelle.

That's where they found Han Solo. They did. The new Han Solo. What are you talking about? Oh, in Hail Caesar. Yeah. Do you like him as Han Solo. They did. The new Han Solo. What are you talking about? Oh, in Hail Caesar. Yeah. Do you like him as Han Solo? Yeah, why not, man?

Look, man. Other than you, do you think that there's a better choice for Han Solo out there? I do. But no disrespect to him, because I think he did a great job. But I think the person who should have got the Han Solo character is the dude that was in What's That Story? Ansel Elgort? Yeah. No, I think it should be.

Ansel Elgort is a better Han Solo. I promise you, dude. He's got the height. I would have liked Andrew Garfield. Really? Really? Really? Really?

Really? Really? Yeah. I went to some of the Oscar parties. Oh, wow. Saw lots of famous people. Okay. I brought my friend Preston, and when we left, I high-fived him,

and I said, I think we didn't embarrass ourselves in front of anyone. Successful night. You know, because Donald told that story of we've both definitely embarrassed ourselves in front of celebrities. Several times I've done that. But there were lots of cool actors. And it's cool. You go to these parties and you get to walk up to people you really admire and say, hey.

Sometimes you know them. Sometimes you don't. But you can say, hey, that performance was incredible. And that's the thing I like about it. It's cool. And I didn't embarrass myself. How does it feel to be doing that stuff again that's the question i felt great there was a break it felt great it felt great i mean yeah

obviously i haven't done any of that since covid and um it just felt cool you know i'm literally i still feel like the little kid in the room who can't believe he's invited to the party yeah so that's what's so fun about it is to look around the room and go oh my god it's so and so and so and so and then you know my agent would like sometimes introduce me to some So that's what's so fun about it is to look around the room and go, oh, my God, it's so-and-so, so-and-so. And then, you know, my agent would like sometimes introduce me to some mega person. And that was cool. And we just had some good laughs. But mostly we were excited that we escaped the party without embarrassing ourselves.

Biggest name you ran into that you were like, holy shit, conversation be on point um well i did see leo i did see i did see leo but we didn't uh we didn't have a long conversation we had a more of a fist bump a fist doc if you will you guys docked we didn't yeah we had a fist we had a fist doc um i spoke to andrew garfield who I know a little bit, and I went on and on about a tick, tick, boom. But I made sure, Donald, I didn't embarrass us. I know I could picture you over my shoulder

being like, okay, buddy, back away. That's enough. You've done enough. But I did give Andrew Garfield some love because I did think truly that that performance was fucking unbelievable. And I think he's one of the best there is and i told him anyway let's get back to our musical donald yeah um let's open with uh so we talked about the opening number which is incredible and just so well written then we go into our poo song um which is just so funny and the

choreography is so funny yeah we had a lot of fun. Picking our heads in. Hey, Miss Miller, we just need a stool sample. Why do you need a stool sample if you think I'm just a nut? Because the answer's not in your head, my dear. It's in your butt. You see. Everything comes down to poo.

This show should really just be me and Donald singing all the songs for you guys. Whether it's a tumor or a touch of the flu. Please won't you pinch us off a big fat clue. Our number one guess is your number two. If there's no pre-slide or match, please. Everything comes down to doo-doo-doo-do-do-do-do-do. So there's a moment in that song that's very funny, and that's the break where it goes.

Mike Schwartz. Check the poo? Yes. Mike Schwartz says- A homeless guy threw poo in my eye. Check the poo. Check the poo. Mine or his?

First him, then you. Then you. But the way that mike schwartz because if he doesn't have anything in his poo you're gonna be fine the first pretty much but the way that mike schwartz asked mine are his he's so funny versus Versus then you. It may seem gross. It may. You may say shush. See, it used to be.

Originally, it was it may seem gross. It may be crass, but we need to see what comes out of your ass. Yes. Some of the original lyrics were better. Before that, it was a curly or a letter J. As long as it's a deuce. Yes! Everything come down to poo. NBC put their foot down on describing fecal matter as a letter J.

Or a curly. A curly. A curly or a letter J. It's just so funny. It's just so funny. A letter J! It's just so funny. It's just so funny. A letter J.

It's so funny what they allowed, but they didn't allow a curly or a letter J. How many letter J's have you had, though? That's the truth, though. Think about it. A letter J is common. I guess so, because it was in the song at one point. A curly or a letter J, as long as it's a deuce. Yes!

And then we cheer it. It was such a bummer when we'd get lyrics, and they were so funny. And then by the time we recorded, we had to change some of them, because NBC didn't approve them. Well, this episode is completely chopped up also, man. Like there were so many storylines that had or story arcs that had to go. Yeah, that had to go because they wanted to get all the songs in. There's really only two plots.

There's Carla's deciding whether she's going to be a working mom and come back to work or be a stay-at-home mom. And Sarah's moving into her new house and doesn't want me it doesn't want me to move in and then right and then the woman of course who has a who has an aneurysm that's causing her to hear people singing but but the thing that's taking the the plot that takes over most of the show so we could is the music obviously because we wanted to tell that story are Are you OK? Are you all right? Now, there's a they all have like a little bit of an homage to a genre.

I was going to ask you this. Yeah. See some more than others. But they're all named them. Well, I will see how I do. I wrote down some thoughts on it. So the blanks, we're going to miss miss you carla i don't know what do you think that's an homage to it's sort of like a it's like a song from greece kind of thing

but there's a clear greece song later but right i'm not exactly sure what that is we're gonna miss you it may be barbershop barbershop quartet ish you know what i mean right that's such a good tune i had forgotten about how are we ever we ever going to learn a lot? Da-da-da-da-da-da. It kind of sounds like a barbershop quartet. Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da. Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba. Now, when you come in, my baby's made the choice to be at home and not at work. That was your entrance, dude?

I had to rewind and watch it again. It was so good. Thank you very much. A little homage to, you know. What was your homage to? You know, the king of pop back in the day. Right. Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah. You did that later in Guy Love. But I know it's not probably going to happen, but I wish you'd do a Broadway musical because. They don't want me, man. Ain't nobody offering me no damn Broadway musicals. They don't want me. If they did want me, I would have done one by now. Listen, man, we could talk.

I auditioned for the one I did. They're not going to just give it to you. You auditioned for Bullets Over Broadway? Yeah, hell yeah. Nice. I'm going to tell you something, though. Go ahead. Hold on, hold on. Is it something that's really important?

Let me ask you a question. When you auditioned for it, did you audition against other Broadway performers and stuff? What I did was I didn't go to the actual audition. I had to leave town, and I was very terrified to go in and audition. And so what I did was I had a piano player come over my house and we videotaped me singing the songs. That was the first audition was singing this song. And I then forgot about it like every actor should

because the best way to get a part is to submit your audition and never think about it again until they call you. And I said, I'm never going to get a part is to submit your audition and never think about it again. So they call you. And I said, I'm never going to get this. And then they called me and said, Woody and Susan Stroman, who directed it really liked you. Now will you read the scene?

And then I had a second audition on tape from LA and I read the scene and they said, they're going to do a workshop of it and they want you to play the, the John Cusack part. It was, you know, cause it's based on a john cusack part it was you know because it's based on a um john cusack movie woody allen movie um and so i did the workshop and then officially got the part after the workshop did you listen to any of that i did all i heard was

you had like a boutique audition and then another boutique audition. No, I just videotaped myself. Right. And then they were like. It's no different than you videotaping yourself for a role at home. I just didn't go in. Ain't nobody called me and asked me to videotape myself for this shit is what I'm trying to say. You're sitting here saying you should be a part of a Broadway thing. They got to want you to be a part of the motherfucker too.

These things have to happen. I can't just be like, you're right. I'm now on Broadway, everyone. It doesn't work that way. Listen, do you have, your agency has a theater department, okay? Yes. You're going to go to your theater agent and you're going to say, hey, theater agent, Zach Braff, the amazing actor, director.

The amazing man that he is. The amazing actor, director, singer, dancer. Broadway star. Broadway star says I should do Broadway. Can you, if a musical that's right for me comes up, can you flag it? I'm intrigued. No, because here's the problem. Because then all of a sudden Shrek comes up and they're like,

they want you to play Donkey, Donald. That's how it works. I see how this shit happens. I see how this shit works, ZB. I know how this shit happens. I see how this shit works, ZB. I know how this shit works. I know how this shit works. You can tell the eight. They don't call me and say, yo, Woody Allen has the next freaking part in Bullets Over Broadway.

They go, Donald, we want you to play Mufasa in fucking The Lion King. That's how it goes. I know how this shit works. What? We could all be so lucky to play Mufasa in The Lion King. I'd be there every fucking night if you were Mufasa. I would have to learn how to fucking work puppets,

man. I'm not good at that shit. Come on, bro. You think they're only seeing puppeteers? You think they only audition puppeteers? I mean, when I saw the show, it was magical. The puppetry was amazing. That was really the show.

Let's keep it up. We know the music. We've seen the movie. All right, we're going to get a break. Let Don cool off. I'm just saying. I'm just saying. And when we come back, we're going to talk more about the legendary episode that I'm so honored and proud to be a part of.

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Go Donald. Go Donald. Go Donald. I got to tell you, man, I was very happy to watch Dr. Cox rap. You know, that was kind of cool. So that, I believe, is Gilbert and Sullivan, if I'm not mistaken. That's sort of like Pirates of the Penzance. Pirates of the Penzance, yes.

That was awesome. He killed it. He did a great job. And what about, it all started with a penny in the door. I never felt such hate. I had never felt before. Amazing. Amazing.

And then he calls me a moose-haired something. I don't know. I loved it. lot of it was a lot of it was very like there's no way she could yell at you and all of a sudden you're he's going to give her the surgery or the mri that she wants you know she yells at you to shut up and then all of a sudden she gets the MRI. Well, I think you can complain. I mean, I've definitely had my back problems, and they're like,

you don't need an MRI. I'm like, please, for the safety, for the comfort of my mind. But you pay for it, though. No, it's covered by insurance. I'm enough in this uh country that has a very messed up health system to be one of the insured there you go so anyway yeah you can you can you can say i mean your doctor can i'm sure say no but i've i've had a doctor say yes i think she could convince him and say please from for my peace of mind can i can you do the cat scan i did that with my colonoscopy i was like he was like you're too young you don't need it yet i was like please do it i don't care yeah you wanted you

wanted that shit and then while you're doing it you were like deeper he said we don't go any deeper and i was asleep you idiot i was asleep i got the real deal holy field i mean you were like deeper listen everybody likes a little ass play and everybody likes a little ass play he was like this is the girth of the camera don't even act like you don't like a little ass play. Everybody likes a little ass play. And he was like, this is the girth of the camera. Don't even act like you don't like a little ass play, dog. They were like, this is the girth of the camera tube. And you're like, got anything girthier? Oh, God.

You're hating right now. Everybody likes a little ass play. Don't even act like you don't. Can I have that, Daniel, as one of my new sounds? I'm going to mark that one down. Thank you. Please do. They do.

Whether it be taking a poop, whether it be a finger, whether it be a tongue, whether it be, you know, everybody likes a little ass play. I need all of that, Daniel, for my sound pack. For fuck's sake, just stop talking about your willies. We're not talking about willies. I was talking about my asshole. He stop talking about your willies we're not talking about we're talking about my asshole and he looks to his asshole what you're trying to get into one day or soon what you're trying to do i think we've already established what we're trying you know what

you're trying to get into okay so um or do not okay there's no try yeah that's true yoda i read something online you're odin on it now i'm sorry i got excited about all my buttons um you've read some line at what i on reddit they had this thread i always send you guys you and joelle these threads that i'm sure you don't read but it's like reddit had this thread that was like what's your most unpopular star wars opinion or something like that and someone said yoda um barely did the the backwards talking in the beginning and then it became like out of control oh wow that's pretty good yeah i see it you see it joel joel's going through every line of dialogue. What did he first say? Yes.

So when the song, when the truth comes out, is sort of a Les Mis homage. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Which I thought was cool. Do you hear the people sing? Yes.

It's that end of act one, do you hear the... No, actually, it's one more day. End of act one, one more day. But one, yeah, same thing. Same Les Mis, big full company more day. End of Act 1, one more day. But yeah, same thing. Same Les Mis, big, full company number, that kind of thing.

Mm-hmm. But I thought it was so well done. I mean, didn't you get excited? I got so excited. All right, this is the song I was talking about. I'm sure you must be scared Not knowing what this test will bring Go ahead

It could prove that you are crazy Do you still hear people sing? Yep It's best to know the truth Of that I have no doubt But you'll have to face the future When the truth comes out That's all we can play

No, I got 24 seconds We are running the test It's a waste of our time, but at least she'll accept that she's medically fine. She'll admit that she's nuts or I'll have to say something. All right, that's 30.

Oh, it's so good. It is really good. Can we play 30 of each song, Jewel? As long as you guys are analyzing the song and talking about it specifically, yes. Okay, well, I'm learning something, but most importantly, I'm learning... Let's face the facts about me and you. Practically, yes. Okay, well, I'm learning something. But most importantly, I'm learning...

Let's face the facts about me and you. I'm unspecified. It's a bop. Though I'm proud to call you Chocolate Bear, the crowd will always talk and stare. I feel exactly those feelings too, and that's why I keep them inside. Moonfire.

This bed can't bear the world's disdain. And sometimes it's easier to hide and explain. Our guy love. That was 30 seconds. That's so beautiful. It's so beautiful. He's mine, I'm his. There's some funny-ass shit in that. Now, I mean, you're the only man who's ever been inside of me, right?

And I hold up my fist. Yeah, meaning, insinuating that I fisted your butthole. But I'm saying, dude, I just took your stitches out. I just put stitches in your butt. Yeah, but I like that I go, there's no need to clarify and i'm like oh no are you sure are you sure because you put your fist up that shit was so funny and my other favorite thing is that when we go let's go and we go to this and we just go to the end of the bed yeah we go right to the end of the bed. Yeah, we go right to the end of the bed. I love how on point you guys were with that.

Also, the facial expressions you give, like, both of you throughout is so fun. Like, really selling the moment. It's so beautiful. I hate to tell you this, but we were really trying to sing the shit out of this song, too. Like, we're sitting there. Like, everybody looks at it like it's a joke because it obviously is a joke and we are making a joke but we're we're sincerely trying to fucking sing i picked that out okay this shit is real deal holyfield this wasn't no fucking let's that was a pre-record though donald wasn't it yeah it was a pre-record but we weren't in the pre-record but they had they had mics on us too. So when Donald did his,

and then when he puts his hand, I go, no hands. Hugs. Dude, I still use no hands. I still use that shit. No hands, baby. Hugs, hugs. Now this is a much underappreciated,

not talked about song In this particular episode I've had it up to here So let me make it very clear Because I swear I'll never Group you in again Every time that you profess I come from Puerto Rico For the last time Turk I'm Dominican

Don't make a big to-do I was simply testing you Then why'd you tell JDR Baby's black-sakin' I'm Dominican. Don't make a big to-do. I was simply testing you. Go ahead. Then why'd you tell J.D.R. Baby's black-sakin'. I'm a little proof-soulist. All you know about me. No sex again.

Oh, my God. That shit was amazing. Your name is Carla. I sent you. I emailed you all the lyrics, by the way, if you wanted to reference them. I love that song. That song, I laughed so much when I first read that song and we sang it. Like, why'd you tell JD our baby's Blacksican?

Then why'd you tell JD our baby's Blacksican? I think that's a great way to describe ethnic children. What are you? You know right away, I'm Blacksican. Half Black, half Mexican. That's a Blacksican baby right there, baby. That's a Blacksican baby. That shit is hilarious to me.

I laughed my ass off at that shit, dude. It was so funny. That was funny. It was so funny. And the lyrics, I think it's Deb Fordham. I don't know. Of course, it's all the writers. But, Deb, you were the head writer on this episode.

The lyrics are so funny. And you guys are just amazing. Like, I would, you know, there was talk of making a Scrubs musical. Yeah, Brando was trying to. Brando Winston was trying to develop it. I'm sure there'll probably be one one day um and we can go see it and i would i will cheer you know they made a clueless musical uh and dove cameron played share and did a wonderful job you know what i mean like amy heckling was involved and directed it and everything you know i don't see why they couldn't

do a scrubs musical. And it doesn't even have to be this musical episode. It could be any episode. Well, you'd have to add songs because it's not... That's right. I get you. You'd have to add a lot more songs because there's not enough.

But you could create a whole brand new episode. It doesn't necessarily have to be about someone hearing sing, even though that works. And, you know, make a – I totally see this happening or see a version of this happening. I don't necessarily see us in it, but I see it happening. We're not going to be in it. We're too old. It has to be about young people.

Like, if they did – like, that's what sucks. If they did scrubs, like, that's what sucks. If they did scrubs now. How many fingers do you see? Call 911 emergency. I'm not used to being interrupted. Why are you singing? I'm really not. Why am I singing? I thought you'd like to hear 30 seconds of this.

Is there someone here with you? Nope, I'm by myself. Is there someone that we could talk to? I said I'm by myself! No! Y'all sing it! Stop singing! I said I'm by myself. No. Y'all sing it. Stop singing.

Stop singing. I'm not. Somebody help. That's what she would really be doing. Why the fuck is everybody singing? What the fuck is going on? Stop fucking singing. You you know it'd be funny if the character hated musicals

that'd be even better oh no not another one another one no hands alright then we get this classic hold on remember this one Donald hold on we'll be friends forever Hold on. Remember this one, Donald? Hold on.

We'll be friends forever. We're going to be friends forever. We will always be true. Friends forever. We're going to be friends forever. I'll always be there for you. We're as close as the beingicata and the Aorta. We're best friends just like

the Why are you trying to diss Sarah's singing? Because she sounds like a gremlin when she sings. I love Sarah. Oh, there's our girl. I love Sarah, but I have to say amongst her many talents, and she has many talents. She's a phenomenal actress.

She's beautiful. She's so kind. She's an amazing mom. Singing is not in her top six things. No. No. I would say it's sports and singing that she's probably not the best at.

Well, she can snowboard. I know that she's a good snowboarder because she's Canadian. You know, Sarah was looking for a school sport when she was younger and had to settle for shot put. Can you imagine Sarah doing shot put? No. And the only reason why she got shot put is because there wasn't enough interest.

Shot put is the dumbest sport. No, I disagree. I disagree. I'm sorry if you're into shot put, but can you imagine putting that much time into shot put? It's a technique that is, yeah, and it goes nowhere. The thing is, it goes nowhere. After you become the best shot putter in the world. That's the one with the ball where you spin around? Yeah.

I mean, come on, dude. Unless you got to take someone out from far away, though. Yeah, with a stone. Right. Right. If there was an attack. Right. Right.

If there was an attack. No, maybe if they added an element to shot put, like hit a dude. Right. Moving targets. Moving targets is a good idea. That's, well, then it's no longer. What's another funny one? Throwing the hammer?

No, throwing the hammer. Is that the same one or is that a different one? That's different. It looks cool as hell. There's javelin. Javelin. Okay, javelins. Is javelins still in the Olympics?

Yeah. I've always thought this. Oh, that's another dumb one. I'm sorry, discus players. Heavy frisbee. What about hacky sack? That's an Olympics sport. Not in the Olympics. What's not in the Olympics? That's an Olympics sport. Not in the Olympics.

What's not in the Olympics? That's just Stoner College kid. Hold on. Hacky Sack has been in the Olympics before. Look it up. No, Joelle. I am. It's not.

Look it up. But you know who I've always been jealous of is those people who can do the stick thing. Hijack? Running stick. Hijack? Hij stick. Hijab? Hijab. Pole vault. Running stick!

Oh my god! Oh my god, running stick! I think pole vaulting is cool. Oh, yeah. Vancouver Olympics 2010. Hacky sack footage, crazy skills, Vancouver Olympics 2010.y Sack footage crazy skills Vancouver Olympics 2010

I think this is simply at the Olympics I don't know if this is because these people are just in the street dude Hacky Sack is not in the Olympics I played it in the video game dude I know it was well maybe in the video game it was in the was

that's fine I digress I'm seeing a lot of love for the new Star Trek video game Dan and Joel Star Trek video game? There's a new Star Trek video game out I don't know on which console but for some reason it keeps coming

up in my feed saying it's getting good reviews Interesting I have not seen a trailer. Let me see. Star Trek. The reviews I said said the best video game ever to be made about the property. The IP.

Definitely. Are you intrigued? Yes. A little bit. And the article I saw had an image of the Spock character. Oh, it's Ubisoft? Star Trek Resurgence. Isn't Ubisoft our friends?

They are. Yeah, yeah. And Hasbro and Sega. Can we ask our launch in spring 2022? Okay. All right. Look at this.

Well, can you ask our friends at Ubisoft to send me the Spock game? Because I think I might need to get in a video game. I have a little downtime now, Donald. Come on, Zach.

I told you what to get into, dude. You didn't want to fucking listen to me. Zelda. I don't think Zelda's going to be my thing. I don't want to have a little downtime now donald come on zach you what to get into dude you didn't want to fucking listen to me zelda i don't think zelda is gonna be my thing i don't want to have a i don't want to i'm way into more than natural like like hitman or the cowboy one you mentioned i like it i like option two red dead yeah i just finished that on it was the story of that game is so gripping it's so good so so good, I think that's more my speed. Now, I do have the latest Hitman, and it made me really scared.

I was – it was so realistic that I was frightened. I panicked. Okay, it hasn't been in the Olympics, but it was one. Okay, fine. It took me long enough. Okay. Guests just arrived, by the way. Okay, we're going to let the guests in in a second,

but I want to give a shout out to the You're Going to Be Okay. That was more of like a rent song. That's what's going to happen. Everything's okay. 5,000, 25,000, 695,000. Beside you, we won't let you slip away. Plan for tomorrow.

Cause we swear to you, you're going to be okay. I got a little emotional at this. I was going to say, this song makes me cry every time. We're going to be okay. That's what's going to happen. It's so pretty. It's really lovely. This would not have worked at all if all of these creative groups didn't come together.

It's, you know. All I kept thinking about was how many of these dancers were in La La Land. A lot of those dancers are, all the background people were professional dancers. And, well, keep in mind this is 20, I don't know if it's 20. How many years ago was 2006? I'm bad at math. 16 years ago. So some of them may have retired.

Some of them were in La La Land. Okay, don't yell about La La Land. Some of them even sang in La La Land. Listen. Candice sang. All I got to say is that Donald found, Donald's connection to this was trying to figure out how many people from this may have been in La La Land.

That's right. I think about that day. Cause this is the, this is the opening number all over again. I met, I left him at a Greyhound station, West and Santa Fe. We were 17 and he was young and it was

true. I knew what I had to do. She didn't even give him a chance to come to Paris. Give him a chance. There's jazz clubs in Paris. Jazz clubs in Paris. Why not invite him?

Jazz is huge in Paris. Jazz is huge in Paris. We have this insane connection. Why don't you come work out? Did you ever watch the Aristocrats? Did you ever watch the Aristocrats? No. Or freaking Cruella de Vil, the 101 Dalmatians?

Jazz was huge. Cruella de Vil. Okay, that's a weird reference. But I just want to say that there's no reason that he couldn't have gone to Paris. All right, let's go to break. And when we come back, we're going to have a guest. And they better have a good musical question, Joelle, or I'm going to flip this desk. All I'm saying is, he could have went to Paris with her.

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And we're back. We're back. Welcome to our show. All right, kids. Ready? We're back. Let's bring in the caller. I'm so excited.

We missed a caller last week. I apologize. It was my fault. And now we have a caller. Let's do it. Play that song. We got a caller last week. I apologize. It was my fault. And now we have a caller. Let's do it. Play that song. We got a caller who gave us a holler. We can talk, start wars, or sing show tunes, you know, like a baller.

Smoke some jazz cabbage. Maybe talk about the episode. So come on, Joel. Let's get the show on the road. Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Ryan and Jenna. Before you even say anything, I just want the audience to know that they couldn't have a more perfect background for this podcast. audience to know that they couldn't have a more perfect background for this podcast. One is a poster of Star Wars, and one is a poster of Cosette and Les Miserables.

And you get us. You get us. You guys should just come. Before you even speak, you should just join the show as regular co-hosts because you understand us. Do I care if I should die? Now she goes across the sea. Life without Cosette means nothing at all. Okay.

Cosette, if I were to fall, would you be Cosette for me? All right. Hi, guys. Welcome to the program. We obviously have shared interests. Tell us about yourselves and how Joelle chose you. What did you write? You must have written something juicy. I don't know about juicy. You know, we've been fans of the podcast. He sounded like Elvis, man. He came in smooth with it, didn't he?

He came in real smooth with it. Okay, Ryan. I don't know about that. I don't know about all that, but I'll tell you, I did have a brief call with Joelle, and I told her how much I love her. For real? Oh, my gosh.

I was able to talk to Joelle. You came in smooth with it, Ryan. All right, baby. Don, you want to get that recorded for me so I can play my students and up my street cred a little bit. Rather than send an email, I asked Joelle to hop on the phone. Oh, my God. So now I've got, you know, with the beard, it's a bit different, but a lot of my life I've been given the, you look a little like Zach Braff and now I've got Zach doing an impression of me. That's pretty surreal. Well, you're going to have it because

this podcast will be out there for all the world and you can make it your ringtone. Can't wait. All right, guys, what's your question? Go ahead. Tell us, tell us about yourself. So we, uh, we wrote in because, um, um you know besides from being great fans of the show we thought it would be really neat if you had a couple of music teachers on to uh for the my musical episode that's one of our favorites good all right joel i'm not gonna have to flip the desk thank god thank god thank god you're Thank God. Thank God. Thank God. You're both music teachers. And for what, for what grade? Um, I teach, or I guess what ages?

Yeah. I'm a middle school teacher. I teach band and orchestra and jazz. And I do a choir with six through 12, grade six through 12. Oh my God. Is it as fun as it seems on Glee? Because it just looks like they're having such a good time.

I can't stand Glee because it's so not real. It such a good time. I can't stand Glee because it's so not real. It's so not real. But I love the music. The music of it is really, really great. And I've done some of those arrangers, arrangements with my groups before. So there's, that's always- Now you must have a kid, both of you, who you, I imagine this is exciting when so many of the children have good talent and average talent and it's just they're living their best selves because they're expressing themselves through music and song but it must be so thrilling when you go oh my god we got one on the hook we got a kid that's extra special we've got a few of those and the the really rewarding part is when that

that creates a feedback loop with other kids and and they see that passion and it becomes um contagious they get inspired they go i want to be as good as so and so right very much it's fun to watch oh i want to i want to be a teacher donald you are a teacher i i occasionally would go to northwestern where i went to college and uh and and give a try and give you know speeches and give speeches and give back to the college kids in some way, which I should do again because I got so much out of it. It's so fulfilling. But you're doing this at such a young age where you're really shaped. These kids who are in your classes, they must love it.

This is probably their favorite class, right? For many of them. Yeah, for so many, it's the reason that they choose to come to school, you know, particularly now when we're all going through various struggles, um, over the last couple of years, if you can tell a kid, Hey, you know, we'll get you out of a textbook and we'll get you out of, you know, all the rigors of your typical subjects and you can come in and create and, and, and be who you are and be accepted for who you are. And that's, that's mostly what, mostly what everybody needs.

How are you as a teacher? Are you able to teach any instrument? I mean, how does that work? That's a good question. So we actually, the short answer is yes. We compliment each other pretty well. Part of our collegiate training is learning how to play all these instruments so we can be effective instructors but whatever i don't play she plays and vice versa so it sort of just it worked out are there kids in your class that play the any of the instruments better than you that's the end goal uh that's what i would like yeah no they will they will eventually eventually

they will eventually i just wondered if there's anyone who's like a mega standout i definitely have a few absolutely i love that i love that you're you're sharing music because it can be taught in so many ways there's so many instruments there's so many ways to use your voice. There's so many ways to be musical. And just opening the door for someone like you guys are talking about. Yeah, sure, there's standouts. But there's going to be somebody that takes what you teach them and take it to a level that you guys never expected to ever, ever see. And the impact you're going to have on these children because of course some of course a few may pursue music but also the skill sets you're giving them to stand in front of an audience to have the courage to to put themselves out there to perform to work with each other i mean think of

all the different skills you know we you think about all the bullshit there's an old paul simon lyric um when i think back on all the crap I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all. And, you know, there's a lot of stuff you learn that you're like, why the fuck did I learn that? I would have rather learned how to fix my car. I'd rather learn how to do my taxes. I'd rather learn how to play a fucking instrument for the love of God.

So my point is that you're teaching them a skill set that isn't just singing and and and or playing an instrument it's collaborating with their peers having the courage to stand in front of a group um you know so that's so important anytime you want to come on by and give the pitch man man, we'd love it. And a lot of programs. It sounds like you guys are doing good on your own. Where are you? Where are you? Where is this happening?

We live in a very little town called Bern, Indiana, near the Fort Wayne area. And I teach in Fort Wayne and she's here in town. He's from Chicago and I'm from Ohio. And we kind of ended up in the middle. Fort Wayne, Indiana. In the middle. We have a friend that was on a show about the middle.

Indiana. Neil Flynn. Isn't Indiana considered the middle? Well, that's where the show takes place, isn't it? Oh, I guess it's a middle class that they're talking about on that one. Yes, I think they're referencing being...

But not in the middle of the country, because the middle of the country isn't the DNF. I don't know. I don't know. When you find that bright spot to help you get through your day, it's powerful. That's where The Bright Side comes in.

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It's always the feeling when you're getting ready. You know, people give up right before they get what they've always wanted to get. People quit. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts. All right. So do you guys have a question for us? Yes, absolutely. We kind of had a thought we'd start with a fun one.

You know, for my musical, you guys turned the sitcom Scrubs into a musical. What musical would you then try to turn into a sitcom and who would you cast? Oh, shit. Wow. If I could turn a musical into a sitcom well that's a really hard that's a tough one they do it a lot you know uh huh ish if okay so let's go disney musicals because that's probably ones that are easily viewed like they did cind Cinderella and they made it so it wasn't a musical. And that worked kind of, I guess any of those fairy tales could work, uh,

not as musical, but if you like talking traditional Broadway, that's a tough one. Zach's way more versed in that. Yeah. Donald just knows Disney musicals. I'm trying to think of what would be a good, what's, um,

um, something rotten was a great musical that i really loved i know this is sort of a weird reference because most people won't get it unless you're a broadway geek but um i think that could make a good uh that would have made a good series um they made the noise bringing the funk would be a great live action series. Just take out all the tapping and all the music and just have people talk. Oh, my gosh. So then what if you were to take his gear, which comes now.

Well, then what if you were to take, you know, something that's been on TV, you know, if it was MASH or Cheers or I Love Lucy or, you know, something like that and put it on Broadway, what would you pick there? Oh, well, that's, I mean, you could do anything with that. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a great Broadway show. All of these things. Like, when you really think about it, any television you could turn into a musical because you're adding an extra exciting element I didn't see it but Buffy did a musical it's one of the best it's one of the best TVs ever

it's like this witch, not a witch, it's like a demon comes to town or something like that and makes it so everybody has to sing the shit's scary too, it's not like some there's a silent episode yo, you to talk about dope television. Buffy the Vampire

Slayer? Yo, that's some dope TV, B. 100. Joelle is furiously gnawing her head. Oh, it hits. It hits. I've never seen an episode of Buffy. Have you, Dan? Oh, dude, it's good, man. It's good, B. I'm not much of a vampire guy. As soon as

you say vamp, you don't have to give me the word. This is the show that started it all, though. You know what I mean? Buffy, the movie, started all of that shit. And then the television. Other than Dr. Acula, I'm not much interested in anyone else's telling. Dr. Acula would be a great musical. Dr. Acula the musical.

Great musical. Maybe Alabama Jackson the musical. Alabama Jackson the musical. That would be a great musical. I'd love tola the musical. Great musical. Maybe Alabama Jackson the musical. Alabama Jackson the musical. That'd be a great musical. I'd love to make that musical. Adult Swim, let's make it. Absolutely. All right.

What's your next question? We love watching shows repeatedly and tracking character development and evolution through those shows. Sometimes JD and Turk, as you guys have said, are indistinguishable from zach and donald um in in what unexpected ways did these characters evolve during the show and i guess in what unexpected ways did portraying these characters change you as people it became it's a great question and it became more and more me and donald because um bill would like you know run on a storylines and he would just be like what did you and Donald do this weekend and then it'd be in the next

episode and then it'd be the next episode no we really you know because the characters I think one of the reasons we got the parts was we were similar to the characters really I mean and then we leaned into it and Bill evolved the characters really. I mean, and, and then,

and then we leaned into it and Bill evolved the characters around us and around our strengths and around what we found funny and thank God, you know, Bill and, and, and we, is that the way we say it? We and Bill, Bill and Bill and us. I don't know. It sounds fine to me. Have the same sense of humor. I'm not going to get upset about it. I don't think that we – here's a great question. I'm going to build off of yours.

Donald, is there any way that you're nothing like Turk? No. I mean, I'm so much – It feels like that was – I mean, I'm not a doctor. No, I mean other than the obvious I mean like personality wise I think you're pretty

I mean he is I'm a family man you're very funny everything that I played in Turk was I don't like appletinis and that upsets people so I'm sorry to have to tell you that only ever had one I love sports. Like.

I once tweeted that. I once tweeted that and everyone, someone wrote everything I believed is a lie. That's a little hard. Easy on the teeny. Yeah. I, I, I, I mean, I, I think that, yeah, I think, I think. As you see from, as you hear from listening to the podcast, we are quite similar, I think, to the characters.

That's probably one of the reasons this has been so popular for people because it's kind of like just chilling with J.D. and Turk in a lot of ways, except we're allowed to curse now. And we sometimes get explicit, like when we had that couple on Jewel, we're due for them to come back. We need to check in, see if there's been any evolution. You mention them every single episode. No, we don't. It's the most fascinating situation I have ever heard of.

It's the most Jerry Springer we ever got. I don't think it's Jerry Springer. It's just the most Jerry Springer we ever got. And we're kind of now. Don't, don't, don't, don't. I don't think it's Jerry Springer. It's just the most fascinating situation. We both are into what they were talking about. And so we want to hear more. We're curious. They're very good guests, but you guys are better. All right.

It's time for Fort Wayne, Indiana's favorite segment, Donald. It's time to fix your life we have some new sound effects to go along with that one you just heard um i might try this one or i might try this one all right that's jerry springer that's jerry springer yeah that one is jerry springer you both listened to the last episode that you posted this morning. Whatever came up this morning, you both listened to it already. So you've heard some of these sound effects.

The ever-expanding sound effects. Yeah, pretty much my whole desk is sound pads now. All right, go ahead. How do we fix your life? We're good at this. We're all rusty. We haven't had a guest in a moment, so we're ready. Donald, lean forward. Here we go.

Donald, lean forward and go like this. So our Fix Your Life is on behalf of fine arts teachers and students everywhere. We feel that a lot of our students are stressed and drained. Mental health is suffering in our schools. And the arts, as we said earlier, give students and communities a creative outlet and an escape. But nationwide, a lot of these programs are facing cutbacks. You both clearly had meaningful arts experiences as part of your education. Drawing on those, how would you advocate for fine art programs in schools? Or help us advocate?

Tell us. First of all all you've got a whole fuck ton of people listening right now so tell us and them um what to do i i i i know that this is a problem i know that schools are cutting back on these programs um because of budget cuts particularly public schools um that's where the hits are really taking it you know we go to private because of all of the budget cuts that are happening to public schools which is it's it's it's you know i've for people that are in public school and have to deal with some of these cutbacks it's very very scary like yeah you know schools in la there's a nurse that comes once a month you know what i mean there's no nurse stationed in schools So if your child has a nut allergy or if something happens and a nurse just

doesn't happen to be there that day, you know, it's like, there's so many, there's so many things, gym, that's, that's, that's on its way out the door. You know what I mean? Physical, physical education, that's out the door, you know? And music and music that you know we've been fighting for music for how long now and and and and it still can't you know the bill still can't get passed to keep music in all schools it's such a it's so it's draining especially for someone who's in the arts you guys are in the arts and you're trying to teach the arts to kids i can't imagine all of the barriers you know like i don't know what your school is like but how do you get music into the teach the arts to kids. I can't imagine all of the barriers, you know,

like, I don't know what your school is like, but how do you get music into the school? Like it, maybe if you tell people, you know, about the problems that you're dealing with, maybe that'll help people.

Maybe that'll make people want to invest. What comes to my mind is, is getting people to show up to these, these meetings, these budget meetings where these decisions are made. I know they're all gone. Those meetings can get pretty wacky. But if you have people that come and can add, if you can rally the people in the community

whose children have been affected positively by this, and probably bizarrely not even just like, oh my God, these amazing teachers made my son an incredible pianist or guitarist or horn player, that they've changed him. He's got confidence. He's got this. He's got that. He has friends that he's never made before talking about the impact, like a little, that rant I went on before and, and, and having people advocate for the budget appropriation towards,

towards that I assume would be the best route. Right. I mean, unfortunately we try to fix your life, but you guys know the world of this better than we do. Yeah. It's just, it's, it's so much more than just, I go to class and play an instrument for 45 minutes and then leave. Like that's how a lot of people see it. Even the other teachers sometimes see it that way. But, but the kids will tell you also that that's not the case. And it's really hard to convince anyone in the

community sometimes, or in communities that it's it's not just that it's so much well these things get decided you know there there are um i guess it's the school board or it's the city council i don't know i'm sorry i'm i'm naive in this area but i would i would i would rally if you're facing this in your town you're listening to these two amazing music teachers it's it would be about rallying people to show up at those hearings and give testimonials and really discuss why it makes such a difference. The other thing I know the public school in my neighborhood does is they fundraise to augment the program with the parents

because it just wouldn't, I don't even know if it would exist without hardcore, getting sponsors, getting, you know, that's why the school outside is covered with like ads for realtors and things because they've given money to have their giant, I'm a realtor in the neighborhood poster. Anything like that that's outside the box that helps raise the money so the program doesn't go away. That's the only way things are getting done is parents have to get involved. Even though you're going to a public school, you got to treat it like a private school and put the money and invest back into the school in order to get some of these programs going yeah that's that's the honest to goodness truth uh you can have a because the government ain't gonna do it they're trying to stop public broadcasting yo i'm just saying man

like i don't want to get political i'm gonna shut the fuck up you can have a fundraising um a fundraising concert where um where you know maybe you guys play a little bit, maybe the kids play a little bit, maybe some of your adult friends who are a really talented play. And then the children play, maybe some particular standouts have solos and that kind of things just to just to and then maybe even at the fundraiser the kids share what why the program has meant so much to them and then you do like you know you do like you auction off things like um a personal piano lesson from one of you guys or you know things like that things that are in the community thing you get people that you get parents to donate things and i don't know i know these are these aren't like like revolutionary ideas but um it's just tough when you don't have the instruments and stuff like that to put on

some of these shows i know that that's what happens a lot also you know well i bet they could get a local place to to to donate some amps and some instruments and we're lucky yeah yeah they could say this event is sponsored by so and so's music rental place that'd be great that's actually a great idea but it doesn't happen that way all the time you know sometimes kids have to share instruments

yeah and that sucks you don't want to share a recorder with somebody I don't want to share anything we asked that remember those sticks with the grooves, do you still have the sticks with the grooves on them? we're a

I remember that from my childhood, that was the first thing they gave us two sticks with the grooves in them make the rhythm I was like, this is fun this is class go ahead Daniel, what are you going to say? what are you going to say Daniel? it's, I mean, it's I was like, this is fun. This is class. This is so much fun. Go ahead, Daniel. What are you going to say?

What are you going to say, Daniel? I think playing to the strengths of things like social media can also help. I see so much kind of advocacy happen on things like TikTok right now because people take in so much media and listen to so much stuff via that and sharing the powers of music and music teaching through things like TikTok. And just, you know, I hate to put it this way, but like going viral with teaching people about music is a way to really show the power of teaching music in public schools and how underfunded it is. So I think if you can just if you do a fundraiser, put videos of it on TikTok, if you see kids that are like, you know, espousing the values of music teaching, throw that on TikTok as well and just create a presence for yourself in a

social media that people are taking in all the time. It's, it's free. It's on your phone. And I think, you know, that's a way that you can get yourself out there. That's smart, Dale. And I also think, you know, not to be a dead horse, but to, to, to really highlight, cause some parents will be, some parents will be like, okay, great. I'm glad he's having a good time, but he needs to get a job. He's not going to be a guitar player um you need to highlight the the ways that these classes are are shaping them and and and and and making them better young

men and women boys and girls whatever um in in ways that aren't even related to the instrument you know i think that parents who aren, who are like, oh, great. I'm glad he likes it, but he's not going to be a trombone player. You know, you're, you're, you're explaining like, no, you don't understand the value this child is getting out of this class. You know? Yeah. All right.

You're welcome. You're welcome. I don't know how well we did. I mean, we didn't really help that much. They helped us. They educated us. If anything, like I feel i i i know i know what you're going through and i i don't understand how this is such a uh why this not how

but why this is such an issue music opens up so many doors so much uh it's mathematical there's so many things that you can teach through music and for some reason uh people don't think it's it's it's useful uh or at least the government doesn't think it's useful as far as educational goes and that just makes no sense to me for me most of most of my education was in theater camp but that's's no different. It was a teacher teaching me. And it's where all my self-confidence for public speaking and being in front of people came from. All of it. I didn't learn that in a math class. I didn't learn that in any other class.

I learned it from having the huevos to get on stage in front of people and, and have a great teachers push me and encourage me. And, and it made me someone who could perform and, and speak in front of people, which is an incredible skill to have for whatever you're going to be in your life. You know, those aren't,

that's not a skill set you're going to learn in any other class. Yeah. True. True. I don't say preach. Chutch. You know what my favorite instrument is? What?

Nobody gives a fuck what your favorite instrument is, Zach. Nobody cares. No one gives two jackass shits. You honor me. You honor me. I really like the oboe.

Okay, yeah. Yes, beautiful when done well. It's beautiful when done well. Yes. I like, you hear it in scores a bunch, and I like movie scores, and I like movie scores. And a well-placed oboe is beautiful.

Let's go out on that note. How can you beat the sentence, a well-placed oboe is so beautiful? Well, I think Jenna got you beat. What did you want to say? I was just wondering, I wondered if either of you play any instruments at all. Because I don't. Donald plays the skin flute. You can't open that door. You can't open that door. wondered if either of you play any instruments at all because i don't know plays the skin flute and on that note five six seven eight stories about a show we made about a bunch of and nurses and a janitor who loved to hate.

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