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Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Marcello Hernández

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Comedy, Music

4.669.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Summary

Marcello Hernández (American Boy, SNL, Happy Gilmore 2) is a stand-up comedian, sketch performer, and actor. Marcello joins the Armchair Expert to discuss unsponsored gift selections from Marshalls, why Dominican kids are 12 years old but they’re also 40, and thinking he may have finally found his writing process. Marcello and Dax talk about the influential character he adopted during Model UN, leaving his first wife (soccer) for his mistress (stand-up), and how a depressive episode amid Covid lockdown led to a full-time job in comedy. Marcello explains his uncertain fate at SNL following an initial sit-down with Lorne Michaels, the wholesome reason for featuring his mom in his work, and what his aspirations of becoming a teacher and a comic had in common.

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0:00.0

Welcome, welcome, welcome to armchair expert. I'm Dan Shepard and I'm joined by Lily Padman. Ding,

0:05.3

ding, that'll come up in the fact check, Lily. And in the episode, Lily. That's right.

0:10.1

Today we have, boy, one of the cutest guests we've had in a very long time. He's such a charming,

0:15.5

talented, cute, fun-loving, effervescent, life-affirming.

0:21.9

Oh, Marcelo Hernandez.

0:24.4

You know I'm from Saturday Night Live.

0:25.9

He was in Happy Gilmore, too.

0:31.3

He has a stand-up special out right now that is so fun and unique and has such a vibe called American Boy on Netflix.

0:34.4

So check that out.

0:35.8

And really just prepare to be charmed for the next two hours.

0:38.4

It's so fun. This is such a fun episode. Please enjoy Marcelo Hernandez. This podcast is brought to

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