B.J. Novak

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2021

⏱️ 132 minutes

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Summary

B.J. Novak (The Office, Inglourious Basterds, The Premise) is an actor, producer, and writer. B.J. joins the Armchair Expert to discuss his time on Punk'd, that he regrets not enjoying his time on The Office more, and what it was like to get cast by his hero Quentin Tarantino. B.J. and Dax talk about how they could never be on a celebrity roast, how Pulp Fiction made him want to be a writer, and that people will always find their way around censorship. B.J. explains that he thinks everyone is actually smart, that he never thinks people are jealous of him, and that one of the most creative things he ever did was write a children's book. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome, welcome to arm chair expert. I'm Dan Shepard. I'm joined by Monica Lily Padman.
0:06.0	Good afternoon, sir.
0:08.0	Good afternoon to you. We have an incredibly talented human being today.
0:12.0	B.J. Novak, of course, B.J. is an actor. an First and foremost he was on punk which is wild.
0:22.8	Followed in your footsteps.
0:24.2	Well, he created his own path.
0:26.3	Listen, he's in the office.
0:28.0	He was also a writer and producer on that show.
0:29.7	He directed episodes, The Mindy Project, and Glorious Bastards, saving Mr. Banks, the founder, and he has a new show called
0:36.7	The Premise on FX on Hulu. And The Premise is an anthology series.
0:42.9	It's very cool because each episode is its own encapsulated story.
0:48.0	Also, it's worth saying that I start out as a shithead in this episode, bear with us I guess that would be my it's a pretty interesting episode it is it is so it's an interesting episode and I learned a lot. Please enjoy, PJ Novak.
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1:16.4	wherever you get your podcasts. He's an up champs bad.
1:24.0	Does it feel too close?
1:37.0	Does it feel too close? Is that what it is? I just don't know how I sound. I sound like Mikey. Yeah, that's the dream. You sound great.
1:40.0	Well listen, I sound Mike. No, no, no, listen. I have a theory give me a worse mic no no no
1:46.1	you know in fact you probably have the nicest it has the lowest miles on it that mic
1:50.4	but don't you think you sound smart because this is what I think happened?
1:53.4	Oh I love when I have a mic on me.
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