Zach Braff Returns
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Umbrella
4.6 • 69.9K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2026
⏱️ 130 minutes
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Summary
Zach Braff (Scrubs, Garden State, Bad Monkey) is an actor, writer, and director. Zach joins the Armchair Expert to discuss his storied doppelgänger switcheroo, coming up with a special camera rig to shoot the game play scenes in Ted Lasso, and the responsibility he feels directing seasoned actors. Zach and Dax talk about how exciting it was for both of them to play rare dramatic roles in Bad Monkey, his belief that longevity in show business is dependent on how you ride the wave, and the fun of returning to direct the first episode of the Scrubs revival 25 years after it first aired. Zach explains how his confidence in his looks and skills as an actor have evolved across his career, surprising results from his year without beer, and navigating romance and relationships at 50.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, welcome, welcome to armchair expert. |
| 0:02.4 | I'm Dan Shepard and I'm joined by Lily Padman. Hi. Do you want to tell people about the housewarming card that Lincoln got you? Of course I do. She just brought it up on our bike ride in it. I did think it was. Yes, it was the sweetest thing. She got me a card. She had it for like a year, which is so sweet. And she was holding it. The card itself says something like, congrats on your new pad. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And it has a frog on a lily pad. And she added the lily. She added Lily before pad. Yeah, yeah. Very cute. And she was explaining to me on the bike ride. |
| 0:38.5 | She's like, you know, because her middle name is Lily. I'm like, uh-huh. I know. I say her name several times a week, Lily. And then Padman is like Pad's a Lily Pad. Yeah. She also added man to the end. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. |
| 0:50.7 | Very cute, very, very sweet, girl. |
| 0:53.1 | Today we have returning doppelganger. |
| 0:56.0 | It's doppelganger month, yeah. Very cute. Very, very sweet, girl. Today we have returning doppelganger. |
| 0:56.0 | It's doppelganger month. |
| 0:58.2 | Zach Braff is an actor and a filmmaker. |
| 1:01.5 | Scrubs, Garden State, a good person, chicken little, wish I was here. |
| 1:06.3 | And the reboot of Scrubs, which is a good show. |
| 1:11.4 | It's a great show. |
| 1:12.4 | It's a great show. |
| 1:13.4 | Monica's back. |
| 1:14.6 | I'm back in. |
| 1:15.2 | Having nostalgic feelings. |
| 1:17.4 | It is on Wednesday nights on ABC and then airs on Hulu. |
| 1:23.0 | Please enjoy Zach Braff. |
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