Jesus, if this guy has one more diploma, it's going to have to go on the ceiling.

And I just kind of giggled to myself and wrote that down, diploma on the ceiling because he's out of space.

Welcome back to where everybody knows your name.

I am thrilled to welcome Zach Brath today.

He is so creative as a director, writer, actor, I really can't wait to talk to him.

You know him from his many projects, from his hit sitcom Scrubs to his directorial efforts like Garden State.

Scrubs is back on ABC now and is available to stream on Hulu.

So here we go.

Let's talk to Zach Graff.

I too find it weird that we haven't met.

We've never met.

And the first story I have to tell you right off the bat because I was thinking about you so much on the way over here. And I said,

when I was probably 13 or so, my parents wouldn't let me have a TV in my room. Not that I would

have an elaborate TV, but I thought I could get like a little color. And they were like, no, no, no, no.

And I eventually found one of these like black and white portable TVs that, you know, I imagine people who watch baseball on if they're, you know, out in the park or something. And I showed it to my mom. I said, this isn't a real TV. It's portable. It's like I can put it on my bedside table.

It doesn't count.

And she rolled her eyes and she said, fine.

As long as you go to bed at like 10 or something.

Well, I knew that Cheers was on reruns in Jersey on, I think it was Picks, Channel 11,

and it was on, I think 11, 1130, maybe both. And every single night, I would go to sleep

watching Cheers. It was my comfort. You know, people always talk about their comfort shows.

And so I grew up what, that was my go-to comfort show, was one of the, my favorite sitcoms,

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