This is probably my favorite episode of this podcast. Love Zach, he's hilarious, but also so warm and compassionate. Not looking for his next words. Just listening intently.
Probably the first guest to immediately sit down and David didn't get to do the traditional ‘awkwardly give the guest the option to choose their seat’, but in true David Cross fashion he made it awkward anyway. Great bit.
This bit says more about comedians than they could say themselves. What it must take for them to get on stage. I need to see an experiment with non-performers. I bet we would all just sit in the couch right away.
This is a great episode. This is a great candid Zach Wood or Woods interview. It shows how kind, intelligent and curious of a person Zach is. David is so unapologetically open and honest. I respect both of them so much.
Zach Woods is such an impressive person. Astute, tactful, intelligent, hilarious, generous, sincere. There are some people out there who are on the level with people like Jackie Gleason and the old greats and this dude is one of them.
Watching celebrities immediately crumble into existential panic from not knowing where to sit is the most fascinating and hilarious opening bit for a podcast.
David Cross: "Hey Zach, wanna come on my podcast?" Zach Woods: "Sure! What are we gonna talk about?" DC: "Childhood stuff." ZW: "You mean my childhood?" DC: "Well..."
Listening to David talk about his father at the beginning was incredibly healing for me. I have a very similar father in a lot of ways, and it was fascinating to hear his story!
37:20 I laughed way too hard at this. Let's put an ad in the episode about shopping for gifts for dad after David tells us stories about how terrible his dad was for 30 minutes. The timing of it was absolutely perfect.
Love Zach! Re: Busch gardens elephant exhibit - I was there when they began mating and the scrambling of parents with small children was hysterical. A lot of chaos, distraction techniques, and strollers zooming away.
I'm sure Zach won't ever see this but he is responsible for the funniest thing I've ever seen. The bit in Silicon Valley where he insults Dinesh's gold chain made me pass out I laughed so hard. He also spells Zach correctly👍
Zach's beautifully complex. His voice sounds relaxed, accommodating, chill -- then his vibe rapidly oscillates to a surreal kind of dark anxiety; all of a sudden he's offering up fellatio. St. Zach: Our Gangly Gentleman of Fraught Compassion. Both David and Zach shine with intelligence and a humor rooted in acknowledging uncomfortable truths. They refuse to turn away from every days of cruelty, then use their wit to manage the implications of what they see. "Show me a rich kid I'll show you a good kid." The inflection, the laughter --the perfect ending to a weirdly touching pod.
For a couple of months the “It’s Not Funny” album was stuck in my car’s CD player. It never got old and I still have it in the armrest console. Thank you for your honesty from a long time fan.
Great word salad from Zach, including, "Lubricates my exit . . . " Good, grimy language for a grimy situation. Also, another example of how a true improv performer uses those skills in other facets of life.
The interesting part of this episode is just how clear it is that David and Zach fits great comedically and could probably riff off of each other for an hour straight, but instead they keep it as real as they possibly can. As someone who grew up with the alcoholic violent jailbird version of the charlatan father in the wind I very much appreciated this episode.
I'm 59 and have just found this year through Ancestry DNA testing that I have about 8, maybe 10 siblings spread around the U.S. my father was stationed at Ft. Mead when my mother met him and got pregnant. And as it turns out he was quite the player. It's never too late in life to be curious.
3 years ago 23 and me, a gift from my husband, was a shot in the dark to see if i could find any relation on my fathers side. I didn't even have a name my whole life and after my mom passed away, i let go of any lingering guilt i felt for some reason. I would have been happy with any relatives bc my mother was raised in an orphanage in 1960/70's Philadelphia, so my family tree had two leaves lol. I have a half sister who is a few years older and a half brother and were juat a few months apart and we grew up minutes from each other. My biological father was on 23 and me because One of his relatives had recently discovered that my father had a secret sister he had never known about and so he got his DNA test as well. I had always known that my father had no knowledge of my existence at all but he was very open and welcoming. Within the same year he found out about his secret daughter, and subsequent secret grandchild in son-in-law. Early in my adulthood I'd moved several states away from where I grew up so it's not been easy finding ways to connect. I will say as a kid who grew up not seeing anyone related to me to share any resemblances to, One of the standout moments of this journey was seeing a picture of my paternal grandmother about 10 years younger than I am right now, And it was like looking in a mirror. The resemblance is all anybody remarked about for quite a while. Sadly she passed before this discovery was made, But from what I've learned she was a very strong woman who was married to a cop and then her two sons became cops too I'm pretty sure she was the toughest of them all. Sorry for this rambling story it's just not very often there's somebody who has a similar experience that understands kind of how crazy it feels
I asked my parents that same question about Santa when I was a kid. They told me he was magic and could just go through the keyhole, and that confused me even more.
If Zach Woods is still looking for instruction I'm sure an arrangement can be made. We all need good strict boundaries from time to time! Thanks for the pod, boys.
I honestly put this on hoping for a more light hearted episode. I had just finished the a Jake Johnson episode and was looking for something in that flavor. This was the furthest thing that i could have expected from these two. I love it on so many levels while also needing to add to some of the stuff i have to talk to my therapist next week!!
I had no idea David Cross had such a dysfunctional childhood. I only know him from TV and don’t typically follow the personal lives of celebrities or public figures. I’m going to pick up “I Drink for a Reason” and check out his standup. I can’t imagine how anyone would be able navigate the psychological damage done by his father and would love to learn more about how he was able to do that and get some exposure and empathy for a life that is completely alien to my own. I don’t typically read memoirs or autobiographies but his will be extremely compelling.
Zach Woods played the 2nd best character ever written for TV, Donald "Jared" Dunn. Right in front of David Cross' Tobias Fünke. Both are out-shined by the late, great, Nicholas Colasanto's Coach on Cheers. Two of THE~ best to ever do it.
I didn't read the full list, but were the following albums not inluded: Blond by Frank Ocean, The Chronic or 2001 by Dr. Dre, MBDTF or 808s&HB by Kanye, Kid A or the Bends by Radiohead, Take Care by Drake, anything by The Kinks, Head on the Door or Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me by the Cure, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain or Wowee Zowee by Pavement, 1989 by Taylor Swift, Clarity by Jimmy Eat Word (that one is just rhetorical and more for me), Songs From the Big Chair by Tears for Fears, The Cars by The Cars, In Utero by Nirvana, Dirt by Alice in Chains, RATM or Evil Empire by Rage Against the Machine? I could go on and on but the time it took me to type this question, I could have already read the entire Paste list. I'm still curious though.
David's dad tales and the blunt spiked monkey mom experiment hit my narcissist parent trauma button. Oof... glad my blunt spiked mom is dead. But now I understand why David's comedy speaks to me. Hell, I even tore shit up like David and Jon Benjamin when I drank...
I bet the apartments he lived in was Shadowood near beau Rivage. I lived close by in apartments call Shangri-La in Chamblee. My father was also a traveling salesman with no money for us lol also had affairs. It was the times I guess
Not quite the level of joviality and mirth that occurs when you witness an imprisoned elephant urinating all over an elderly congregation of gawkers, but that episode was pretty funny.
I'm so glad Zach got the opportunity to interview David 😄
Almost half way through now. Will Zach be talking ever? These self absorbed celebs are horrible.
sometimes ya gotta mix it up and he did great!
The Lewis Black interview was the same thing. David asks a question, Lewis gets maybe 3 words out before David launches into a monologue.
Came here to say this 😂 WTF?
Zach Woods is a great guest on every pod
This isn't Zach's podcast?
100% agree
Never heard of him before this but he is so funny. Loved this podcast
This is probably my favorite episode of this podcast. Love Zach, he's hilarious, but also so warm and compassionate. Not looking for his next words. Just listening intently.
Zach is one of those people where you just think "I wish there were more people like you."
Zach seems like such a genuine, thoughtful guy. Really enjoyed this episode.
Probably the first guest to immediately sit down and David didn't get to do the traditional ‘awkwardly give the guest the option to choose their seat’, but in true David Cross fashion he made it awkward anyway. Great bit.
Great save by cross. He has a sense of jokiness.
I don't know what it is, but somehow the guest ALWAYS thinks they sat in the wrong place and awkwardness invariably ensues.
Him immediately going to "I'm gonna start breaking stuff" had me dying
This bit says more about comedians than they could say themselves. What it must take for them to get on stage. I need to see an experiment with non-performers. I bet we would all just sit in the couch right away.
How is it awkward to give the guest a choice of seat?
Also, while David wasn't looking, Zach swapped the chairs' MEANINGS and became the interviewER.
This is a great episode. This is a great candid Zach Wood or Woods interview. It shows how kind, intelligent and curious of a person Zach is. David is so unapologetically open and honest. I respect both of them so much.
I absolutely love Zach Wood or Woods 😂 incredibly thoughtful, eloquent and gracious, and his sense of humor is one of a kind
Zach did such a great job interviewing David
Zach Woods is such an impressive person. Astute, tactful, intelligent, hilarious, generous, sincere. There are some people out there who are on the level with people like Jackie Gleason and the old greats and this dude is one of them.
It’s kinda nuts how Zach Woods is such a warm dude that David Cross opens up on these deeper personal stories.
Something I love about this podcast that you don’t see elsewhere is how David will effortlessly force the guest to interview him
It's beginning to seem like Bertcast hahaha
@@Roxas6662except I much rather listen to Cross talk about himself.
I really liked how David talked about his childhood. Not everyone has a great childhood and he has grown to a wonderful and successful person❤
Has he?
Yeah but he’s told the same story across several other podcasts. It was weird he did it again when supposed to be interviewing Zach lol
@@brianchappell4054😂😂
Zach Woods, you flipped the script. You seem very emotionally intelligent. Lovely.
Watching celebrities immediately crumble into existential panic from not knowing where to sit is the most fascinating and hilarious opening bit for a podcast.
David Cross: "Hey Zach, wanna come on my podcast?"
Zach Woods: "Sure! What are we gonna talk about?"
DC: "Childhood stuff."
ZW: "You mean my childhood?"
DC: "Well..."
Listening to David talk about his father at the beginning was incredibly healing for me. I have a very similar father in a lot of ways, and it was fascinating to hear his story!
37:20 I laughed way too hard at this. Let's put an ad in the episode about shopping for gifts for dad after David tells us stories about how terrible his dad was for 30 minutes. The timing of it was absolutely perfect.
6:00 Amber absolutely slayed the room without being there. Incredible.
Zach wood is the king of satire and catching onto the flow of a joke so well he only adds to the punchlines with his interrupting statements
Love Zach! Re: Busch gardens elephant exhibit - I was there when they began mating and the scrambling of parents with small children was hysterical. A lot of chaos, distraction techniques, and strollers zooming away.
I'm sure Zach won't ever see this but he is responsible for the funniest thing I've ever seen. The bit in Silicon Valley where he insults Dinesh's gold chain made me pass out I laughed so hard. He also spells Zach correctly👍
Zach is hilarious. Hey man, I love your stuff. If only he could have been asked a question in the first 30 minutes.
David's childhood life is essentially an indie film that probably already exists.
Slums of Beverly Hills is kind of close if David's dad tried to grab his breast sexually.
Another episode of David invites interesting people to his pod to listen to him tell long-winded, self-indulgent stories.
often the same story to different guests, in the same level of detail and digression. I don't know why i keep listening, it's like a car crash
Zach's beautifully complex.
His voice sounds relaxed, accommodating, chill -- then his vibe rapidly oscillates to a surreal kind of dark anxiety; all of a sudden he's offering up fellatio. St. Zach: Our Gangly Gentleman of Fraught Compassion.
Both David and Zach shine with intelligence and a humor rooted in acknowledging uncomfortable truths. They refuse to turn away from every days of cruelty, then use their wit to manage the implications of what they see.
"Show me a rich kid I'll show you a good kid." The inflection, the laughter --the perfect ending to a weirdly touching pod.
This is my favorite show about young people and their companions.
I want to call in to this show but it's pre-taped.
For a couple of months the “It’s Not Funny” album was stuck in my car’s CD player. It never got old and I still have it in the armrest console. Thank you for your honesty from a long time fan.
Great word salad from Zach, including, "Lubricates my exit . . . " Good, grimy language for a grimy situation.
Also, another example of how a true improv performer uses those skills in other facets of life.
Can Zach be my therapist?
The interesting part of this episode is just how clear it is that David and Zach fits great comedically and could probably riff off of each other for an hour straight, but instead they keep it as real as they possibly can. As someone who grew up with the alcoholic violent jailbird version of the charlatan father in the wind I very much appreciated this episode.
Now David can call his memoir, Coal Miner's Father.
Zach is such a fun, intelligent interview
One of the best ones David great introspective and being so open
YES! These two are both in my top 5 favorite comedians, so happy to hear them chat!! Just a few minutes in and I’m already enjoy the ride 😎
Zach gets the best intro award thus far
amazing Aura read after the (genuinely riveting) dad talk
I feel like i was just a fly on the wall of a David Cross therapy session😂😂
This is a certified banger
Loved Zach in Avenue 5! This is my first time seeing him talk outside of that hilarious show. Seems like a really great person!
Growing up I always felt like I was the only one with a less than stellar dad. Really enjoyed this episode, even the parts that made my eyes water.
I'm 59 and have just found this year through Ancestry DNA testing that I have about 8, maybe 10 siblings spread around the U.S. my father was stationed at Ft. Mead when my mother met him and got pregnant. And as it turns out he was quite the player. It's never too late in life to be curious.
3 years ago 23 and me, a gift from my husband, was a shot in the dark to see if i could find any relation on my fathers side. I didn't even have a name my whole life and after my mom passed away, i let go of any lingering guilt i felt for some reason. I would have been happy with any relatives bc my mother was raised in an orphanage in 1960/70's Philadelphia, so my family tree had two leaves lol.
I have a half sister who is a few years older and a half brother and were juat a few months apart and we grew up minutes from each other. My biological father was on 23 and me because One of his relatives had recently discovered that my father had a secret sister he had never known about and so he got his DNA test as well.
I had always known that my father had no knowledge of my existence at all but he was very open and welcoming.
Within the same year he found out about his secret daughter, and subsequent secret grandchild in son-in-law. Early in my adulthood I'd moved several states away from where I grew up so it's not been easy finding ways to connect.
I will say as a kid who grew up not seeing anyone related to me to share any resemblances to, One of the standout moments of this journey was seeing a picture of my paternal grandmother about 10 years younger than I am right now, And it was like looking in a mirror. The resemblance is all anybody remarked about for quite a while. Sadly she passed before this discovery was made, But from what I've learned she was a very strong woman who was married to a cop and then her two sons became cops too I'm pretty sure she was the toughest of them all. Sorry for this rambling story it's just not very often there's somebody who has a similar experience that understands kind of how crazy it feels
Wow!
I asked my parents that same question about Santa when I was a kid. They told me he was magic and could just go through the keyhole, and that confused me even more.
When the guest picks their seat, David immediately knows whether he is going to interview or be interviewed.
Zach is so naturally funy
27:22 welcome back
38:49 aaaand we're back
Bring back Avenue 5! Fantastic episode, couldn't stop watching.
If Zach Woods is still looking for instruction I'm sure an arrangement can be made. We all need good strict boundaries from time to time! Thanks for the pod, boys.
i guess it worked out well that david got the couch.
finally a podcast with guests i like, a host i love!
"Dad talk" was fuckin good. Def can't relate 😂😂
Great episode. Thank you for sharing those stories.
Your pod went straight to my favorite. Thanks The 1 with your father-in-law was Brillant. Plug it relentlessly
The Book
“All about himself” is the quote of the interview.
Good shit!
I love Prof. His Live shows are so much fun.
I honestly put this on hoping for a more light hearted episode. I had just finished the a Jake Johnson episode and was looking for something in that flavor. This was the furthest thing that i could have expected from these two. I love it on so many levels while also needing to add to some of the stuff i have to talk to my therapist next week!!
😂😂 there's only ONE way outta this 😆👏
"You could be missing out on the best sex of your dumb life." Lmao, best blue chew ad read ever
David’s “Cadavers” hat 😂
Love Zach. Thanks Dave, for the great guests.
such a great ep! how I love Zach Woods- the best!
I had no idea David Cross had such a dysfunctional childhood. I only know him from TV and don’t typically follow the personal lives of celebrities or public figures. I’m going to pick up “I Drink for a Reason” and check out his standup. I can’t imagine how anyone would be able navigate the psychological damage done by his father and would love to learn more about how he was able to do that and get some exposure and empathy for a life that is completely alien to my own. I don’t typically read memoirs or autobiographies but his will be extremely compelling.
Check out Gary Vider's new podcast. His dad was a sociopath.
Will do- thank you!
Zach Woods: "Wow... wooooow" lmao
These two are funny as hell together.
That canary riff. 😂
Zach Woods played the 2nd best character ever written for TV, Donald "Jared" Dunn. Right in front of David Cross' Tobias Fünke. Both are out-shined by the late, great, Nicholas Colasanto's Coach on Cheers. Two of THE~ best to ever do it.
Love u david. Thx for sharing ur past that shaped u into the man u r
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Favorite episode so far.
2 of the best ever!
Maybe there should be a David Cross special with the title my dad: a cautionary tale.
"You can sit anywhere but that's my seat." David Cross
This was another really sweet, cute interview. I loved it.
I never knew Zach was this charming
Hey David, during the Blue Chew promo, you mentioned that "the best part" was "it's all done online". I was thinking the best part was different.
I'd still subscribe to this podcast if Zach Woods was the guest every week.
I will continue to absolutely love established actors/comedians have panic attacks about what ugly sofa/chair to sit.
Damn. The chair and sofa look fine
I didn't read the full list, but were the following albums not inluded: Blond by Frank Ocean, The Chronic or 2001 by Dr. Dre, MBDTF or 808s&HB by Kanye, Kid A or the Bends by Radiohead, Take Care by Drake, anything by The Kinks, Head on the Door or Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me by the Cure, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain or Wowee Zowee by Pavement, 1989 by Taylor Swift, Clarity by Jimmy Eat Word (that one is just rhetorical and more for me), Songs From the Big Chair by Tears for Fears, The Cars by The Cars, In Utero by Nirvana, Dirt by Alice in Chains, RATM or Evil Empire by Rage Against the Machine? I could go on and on but the time it took me to type this question, I could have already read the entire Paste list. I'm still curious though.
David's dad tales and the blunt spiked monkey mom experiment hit my narcissist parent trauma button. Oof... glad my blunt spiked mom is dead.
But now I understand why David's comedy speaks to me.
Hell, I even tore shit up like David and Jon Benjamin when I drank...
A traveling salesman for women’s bathing suits is honestly the funniest things ever
that ad drop was compelling
51 seconds in, and im already dyinggg
I bet the apartments he lived in was Shadowood near beau Rivage. I lived close by in apartments call Shangri-La in Chamblee. My father was also a traveling salesman with no money for us lol also had affairs. It was the times I guess
Not quite the level of joviality and mirth that occurs when you witness an imprisoned elephant urinating all over an elderly congregation of gawkers, but that episode was pretty funny.
Does THIS David guy always talk so much? (big fan)
Zach Woods is fiendishly fucking funny!!
Its fine guys his 7year old daughter works for the Coal Mine’s HR Department
Was this before Claregate?
Not the same but hearing David's stories about his dad reminds me of The Slums Of Beverly Hills a bit.
Had the same thought!
God damn I love this podcast
"Oh, get out, Skeleton Man!"
I watch for the fashion.. those outfits!
Cross on the Couch
I cannot find the movie they were talking about. May-dawan...wtf?
Matewan, West Virginia
That was fun.
Two of the funniest motherfuckers out there imho (talking about zach and amber on the phone, unfamiliar with the hosts work)
Great chat
My favorite part of this podcasts is knowing how bad David hates doing ad reads…
Anyone else see Mel Brooks’ Frankenstein monster in Zach’s face? Who plays gene’s part