321 - The Guidance Counselor (w/ Brittany Ross & Natalie Lander)

Middling with Eden and Brock

Eden Sher & Brock Ciarlelli

Abc, Rewatch, Eden Sher, Tv & Film, The Middle, Rewatch Podcast, Comedy, Brock Ciarlelli

4.7 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Always known on set as "The Cheerleaders," today we're joined by Brittany Ross (Huge in France, Mythic Quest) and Natalie Lander (Goldie and Bear, Grey's Anatomy)! They played Courtney and Debbie, and they’re here to break down episode 321, "The Guidance Counselor." We dive into their unforgettable audition story, their real-life “life partnership,” and share TONS of Whoopi Goldberg stories - including Eden’s very first day on set, when she threw up in front of Whoopi.

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0:00.0	Eden, in the spirit of the presidential fitness test, how many pushups do you think you could do?
0:08.0	Well, okay, are you talking about now?
0:11.0	No, no, no.
0:11.9	Pre or post baby, yeah.
0:13.7	Yes.
0:14.4	Well, also, I have two different answers.
0:16.7	Okay.
0:17.0	Let's hear.
0:18.3	Pre full pre childbirth, like any sort of child, like pre-2020.
0:23.4	I could do, I could do, I think, 12 regular push-ups.
0:30.3	Okay.
0:30.5	Or I could do, like, 30 knee push-ups.
0:35.8	Ooh, okay.
0:36.9	I know, I'm like, I'm on the, I'm not terrible.
0:40.0	I'm like, I'm, you know, I'm a Pilates junkie.
0:42.9	Obviously, I, I have bad, like, hips.
0:46.7	My core is really, or was, was really strong.
0:50.3	Now the answer is 100% zero.
0:53.6	Sure.
0:54.3	A fourth, just like brick. A fourth, exactly. I can get myself up one. Yeah. I don't know if you're even supposed to. Are you supposed to, can you do push-ups pregnant? Yeah. Oh, okay. I just, I don't know if the core strength. I mean, if you're arching your back because you have no core strength, that's a different story. But yeah. I think I'm such a form junkie also because of my like Pilates, you know, background. I will never, if I can't do something right, like I will not do it. Especially like I do not want to mess up my hip flexors. I do not want to miss up my knees. I don't to mess up my back. So like, no, if I'm not going to do a right, I will not do a push-up.
1:28.2	Okay. Oh, how about you? How many'm not going to do a right, I will not do a pushup.
1:45.8	Okay. Oh, how about you? How many can you do? Okay, can I tell you the truth? I don't know a number, but I know the duration I could go for with like constant pushups. It's probably, it's probably like, I would say maybe 75 seconds worth of like constant pushups. And are you, but what's your pace?
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