Zach Galifianakis

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Zach Galifianakis was on the road to become a huge blockbuster actor. At the height of his fame he kind of did the unexpected – he moved to a small rural town in Canada. He has kept working in showbiz, but lately has more important things to do like tend to his garden. Zach joins us to talk about his latest projects The Audacity and This is a Gardening Show. Plus, what it's like to be raising his kids in Canada and how his neighbors react to his fame. Spoiler: they could not care less and he likes it that way.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorne is a production of Maximum Fun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:20.7	It's Bullseye. I'm Jesse Thorne. The last time I talked to Zach Gallifanakis, it was
0:25.0	2016. Ten years ago, almost to the day, he was promoting baskets, the brilliant, bizarre, very funny TV
0:32.4	show in which he starred as chip baskets, an aspiring clown and kind of a jerk.
0:39.1	Prior to that, Zach Alphenakis had been an alt-comedy legend who would regularly collaborate
0:44.0	with Sarah Silverman, Tim and Eric, Maria Bamford, and others of that ilk.
0:48.1	At the same time, he was also a blockbuster actor.
0:52.2	Zach headlined the Hangover franchise and appeared in award season dramas like Birdman.
0:58.1	He also won two Emmys for his talk show between two Ferns, where he would offer questions in the form of backhanded insults to A-list actors and presidents.
1:09.5	You said if you had a son, you would not let him play football.
1:12.8	What makes you think that he would want to play football?
1:15.0	What if he was a nerd like you?
1:16.9	Do you think a woman like Michelle would marry a nerd?
1:20.6	Why don't you ask her whether she thinks I'm a nerd?
1:23.4	Could I?
1:24.2	No, I'm not going to let her near you.
1:26.6	This was a very intense time in Zach's life.
1:29.3	It would be an intense time for anybody, really.
1:31.8	But while Zach loved to work, he didn't necessarily love the experience of being famous.
1:37.9	Zach Galaphanagas is a chill, nice guy who, if it is all the same to you, would rather stay home in garden instead of, you know,
1:46.6	taking selfies with hangover fans. So he decided to stay home in garden. He and his wife
1:53.0	moved to a small rural town in British Columbia. They had two kids. Zach grew a garden, and
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