Ep. 22 Literally Pretty Wild w/ Dan Levy
Recovering From Reality
Dear Media, Alexis Haines
4.8 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2019
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
“You’re literally pretty wild if you’re going on a reality show.”
In this episode, I’m joined by Dan Levy to discuss my experience with reality TV. Dan is a comedian, writer, and producer and one of the creators of Pretty Wild. He was just ballsy enough to take on the project, and to work with a family as crazy as mine! Dan and I talk all about Pretty Wild behind-the-scenes, what he thought of the show and working with us, and what Dan is creating in the present day. A lot has changed in both of our lives since filming, so it was cool to share who we are today. Living as a happy, sober person is a side Dan never saw from me, and I’m grateful we got to talk about it. Dan is also an incredibly funny and talented guy, so I know you all will enjoy hearing his take on life.
I was definitely living a double life while filming Pretty Wild. On camera, Tess and I were just these little party girls, but in reality, we had debilitating addictions. We were a chaotic bunch, but that’s what made the show a pop culture phenomenon. I’m now so far removed from that Alexis, and truly believe going to jail was the best thing that ever happened to me.
Here are some episode highlights:
- Dan’s career prior to Pretty Wild
- The difference between working on sitcoms and reality TV
- Tess and I: then vs. now
- How Bustle named me “most meme-able person of all time”
- Dan’s time producing on The Goldbergs
- Dan’s new show called Indebted, coming to NBC around Christmas time
So sure, my life may not be reality TV-worthy anymore, but it’s crazy and exciting in new and special ways. Just a little less wild.
Where to find Dan’s work:
IMDb: Dan Levy
Instagram: @danlevyshow
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| 0:00.0 | Today I'm sitting down with Dan Levy. Dan was one of the producers of Pretty Wild. He actually discovered us and |
| 0:09.6 | we're sitting down to have a hilarious conversation about |
| 0:13.6 | just his take and perspective on Pretty Wild and how we met and how the show evolved and |
| 0:21.8 | We catch up a little bit into what his life is like today |
| 0:26.3 | This is a hilarious episode actually I feel like I laughed through like 70% of it |
| 0:32.5 | Just because hearing about that time period of my life through somebody else's |
| 0:39.9 | Lens was really funny and quite refreshing. I hope you guys love this episode |
| 0:56.4 | Hey, it's Alexis Haynes and this is my podcast recovering from reality |
| 1:12.0 | Dan and I are rocking out to my music right now. It's really easy. I love it. You know what my insta was what I'm obsessed with this band called |
| 1:22.6 | War on drugs, okay |
| 1:24.6 | So good. It's kind of like a mix between YouTube |
| 1:34.2 | And Bob Dylan oh, I like that. Yeah, I might play you some before you leave because it might become your new favorite band |
| 1:41.6 | I think so but my music taste hasn't changed them 15 |
| 1:45.1 | I still listen the only green damn like 180. Yeah, well you might like this. I think you might I don't know |
| 1:51.1 | It's so I saw them a couple of years ago at Coachella and |
| 1:55.9 | Evan was like we got to go listen to this drug. I have this band war on drugs. I was like okay, so we get there |
| 2:01.8 | We have the artist passes so we're like right against the stage and this guy walks out and the whole band |
| 2:07.2 | They're like at least 50 and I'm like okay like |
| 2:12.0 | Evan loves like |
| 2:14.0 | Red flag your 50 |
| 2:17.0 | It's just like I just didn't know what to expect like are we gonna look be is he really loves the grateful dad like Evan's like a huge |
| 2:24.5 | Huge and they're a hundred they're a hundred. We saw them last night at the Hollywood ball. Yeah, they're really a hundred except for John |
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