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Fame is a tricky thing.
When Zach Galifianakis was first starting out, he was an alt-comedy legend who regularly collaborated with Sarah Silverman, Tim and Eric, Maria Bamford, and many others.
Eventually, headlined the Hangover franchise and appeared in awards season dramas like Birdman. He’d won two Emmys for his talk show Between Two Ferns, on which he’d interviewed A-list actors, presidents, and more.
Zach was on the road to becoming a huge blockbuster actor. At the height of his fame, he kind of did the unexpected – he moved to a small rural town in British Columbia, 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. We also get into a particularly brutal audition for Frasier when he was first starting. Plus, what it’s like to be raising his kids in Canada and how his Canadian neighbors react to his fame. Spoiler: they could not care less, and he likes it that way.
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