Ch. 8: Ted Danson, Actor | Dan Schofield, Writer

The Good Place: The Podcast

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🗓️ 20 July 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Acting icon Ted Danson and writer Dan Schofield join host Marc Evan Jackson to shoot the shirt about why Ted accepted his role on The Good Place, why bars freak him out, a behind-the-scenes story about performing his iconic laugh at the end of Season 1 and a fork-ton more.

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0:00.0	Hi there, I'm Janet. Welcome to the Good Place, the podcast.
0:07.5	Janet, what is a podcast?
0:09.5	It's like the radio, but there's no music, and literally anyone can do one at any moment
0:15.1	about any subject. And there's a billion of them.
0:18.9	Sounds great. Hope you enjoy this week's episode.
0:21.9	Welcome to the Good Place, the podcast. I'm Mark Evan-Jackson. I play Sean.
0:33.5	Today we're talking about season one, episode eight, most improved player, directed by Tristram
0:37.9	Shapiro. Guest cast includes Emily Arlach, Sunita Monty, Zeke Nicholson, Tia Sircar, Angela
0:43.6	Trimber, Merrill Hathaway, Jackie Tone, and introducing Adam Scott.
0:49.1	In summary, in the aftermath of Eleanor confessing, Michael conducts a litmus test on Eleanor
0:53.2	to determine if she is a good or bad person. Eleanor tells a damaging story from her past,
0:57.7	which makes Michael Suman Trevor from the bad place.
1:00.1	Cheedy convinces Michael to give Eleanor another chance. Janet recovers from being murdered,
1:04.6	but is still working out a few kinks. We also meet real Eleanor.
1:08.9	My guests today are writer of the episode, Dan Scofield, and Ted Danson.
1:13.6	Dan and Ted, welcome. Everything is fine.
1:17.5	Thank you so much for being here today. Yeah, fun. Thank you. It's a pleasure.
1:20.6	Ted Danson, I'd like to begin this conversation with Dan Scofield.
1:30.0	I do want to begin the conversation, Ted, by already asking you to come back another
1:34.7	time, because we are somehow, somehow already out of time for all the things that I need
1:39.9	and want to cover. Do you commit to that info?
1:43.0	Yes, I'm there for you.
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