Jack McBrayer
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Umbrella
4.6 • 69.9K Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2026
⏱️ 150 minutes
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Summary
Jack McBrayer (Zillow Gone Wild, 30 Rock, Wreck-It Ralph) is an Emmy-nominated actor, and comedian. Jack joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in a family of school teachers, finding his people in Chicago improv, and why he’s wary of letting too much private silliness become public record. Jack and Dax talk about the early magic of Second City, his steel trap memory for dates and birthdays, and the wild houses and homeowners of Zillow Gone Wild. Jack explains why reading the room isn’t the same as being inauthentic, how suntanning is his version of meditation in a chaotic world, and why sometimes your skin feeling tight is enough reason to leap into the next chapter.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, welcome, welcome. |
| 0:02.0 | Oh, no, what happened? |
| 0:03.0 | I don't know. |
| 0:04.2 | You know the yips. |
| 0:21.8 | We just had a, we had a guest on talking about the yips. Oh, right. So athletes famously get the yips. And what if I got the yip that I couldn't say welcome, welcome, welcome? That's how crazy the yips are. I know. Take this thing you can do. You've done for decades. and all of a sudden you mentally can't do it. Well, that's such a ding, ding, ding, |
| 0:23.0 | because I'm rereading a book right now. Like you take this thing you can do. You've done for decades. And all of a sudden you mentally can't do it. |
| 0:21.8 | Well, that's such a ding, ding, ding, because I'm reading a rereading a book right now called Art of Fielding that is this. It is. It's about the yes. Okay. So welcome, welcome, welcome to armchair expert. I'm Dan Shepard. I'm joined by Lily Padman. Hi. And today we have a very, very, very funny young man. |
| 0:40.2 | What is the funniest? I'm joined by Lily Padman. Hi. And today we have a very, very, very funny young man, a young boy. |
| 0:40.9 | What is the funniest? |
| 0:41.7 | He's the cutest in the funniest. |
| 0:44.2 | He's also an Emmy Award nominated actor and comedian. |
| 0:47.3 | Jack McPraer. |
| 0:48.8 | 30 Rock, wreck it Ralph, Zillow Gone Wild, ding, ding, ding, ding, my new favorite show. |
| 0:55.7 | And forgetting Sarah Marshall. Another ding, ding, ding, ding, my new favorite show. And forgetting Sarah Marshall. |
| 1:10.6 | Another ding, ding, ding, ding. Very memorable. Season three is airing right now of Zillow Gone Wild on HGTV, or you can stream it on HBO Max. That's what we're doing. Give a little pro tip. Do that. |
| 1:11.4 | But yeah, if you follow the account Zillogon Wild, which I do, it's a great Instagram account. |
| 1:15.3 | It's all these very unique homes, unique. |
| 1:17.8 | Yep. |
| 1:18.9 | And Jack goes and visits these, and they're incredible. |
| 1:23.7 | And before we go, I want to announce some summer Armchair Anonymous prompts. |
| 1:28.1 | Here we go. |
| 1:29.1 | Tell us a foreign object story in body. |
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