Fake Doctors, Real Friends with Zach and Donald

Fake Doctors, Real Friends with Zach and Donald

You know what's long, tedious and boring? Surgery. You know what isn't? This new podcast! Join Scrubs co-stars and real-life best friends Zach Braff and Donald Faison for a weekly comedy podcast where they relive the hit TV show, one episode at a time. Each week, these BFFs will discuss an episode of Scrubs, sharing behind-the-scenes stories and reminiscing on some of their favorite memories from filming. They’ll also connect with Scrubs super fans and feature beloved show cast members for exclusive interviews.

Episodes

January 23, 2025 89 mins

The will they/ won't they that is JD and Elliot begins to simmer in episode three as Scrubs tackles "the friend zone." In the real world, Zach and Donald talk to show creator Bill Lawrence about the first days of the series.

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Reid Scott might be best known for his role as Dan Egan on Veep. He tells Zach and Donald about the early days of working on the comedy in Baltimore, Maryland. Despite frequently playing a jerk, he's got a big heart and shares his vulnerability around improving with some of the greatest comedians working. Plus Zach and Donald have an official doughnut out for sale right now. Zach's got a new lady awaiting the Donald cut.

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January 16, 2025 58 mins

This week, JD tries to help a patient stop smoking, while Turk works up the nerve to ask Carla out. In reality, Zach and Donald continue their binge, sing the song that made Leroy famous, and share some never before told stories of what happened at the 2001 upfront Scrubs' party.

 

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January 14, 2025 57 mins

Zach and Donald have known Charlotte Lawrence since before she was a baby. Now, she's all grown up. Charlotte recently completed a tour with Madison beer and had a fabulous turn on Bad Monkey, where she sang a duet with THE Paul McCartney! She discusses her thoughts on being a nepo baby, why Johnny C kicked her and bestie Olivia Rodrigo out of his house, and what it's like to finally start feeling like an adult. 

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Relive the very first episode where Zach and Donald talk about filming in an abandoned hospital, discuss the audition process, and explain why they were so starstruck by Sarah Chalke, aka Dr. Eliot. 

 

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January 7, 2025 67 mins

Joel McHale's built his career with guest comedy host spots and catapulted to The Soup. He tells us about how he worked through his dyslexia and doing live teleprompter readings navigating the rise and fall of daytime talk television, and how he juggles so many jobs concurrently and the "horrors" of working with Sarah Chalke. Plus he talks about the celebrity basketball club with Donald. Zach finally started The Penguin and Donald'...

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On this week's episode, JD finds a list of things he wanted to accomplish before he turned 30. When he discovers he has accomplished none of them, he enters a triathlon. In the real world, we remember that time Tom Hanks became a superstar, the collapse of Victoria's Secret, and that Lord photo.

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December 24, 2024 74 mins

Welcome back to our annual relisten of the best Scrubs' Christmas episode. In this week's episode, Turk questions his faith after a particularly difficult Christmas in the ER. In the real world, Zach and Donald recount the inspirations behind one of the best dream sequences in Scrubs' history.

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December 17, 2024 74 mins

Zach and Donald went to Vegas and shut the F1 circuit down. They partied with Snoop Dog and had an awkward encounter with Michael Fassbender. It's a road trip for the books, and they're breaking it all down for you. Plus, new Scrubs!

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Brett Goldstein's been listening to Fake Doctors since the beginning, and we may have a new number-one fan. He tells us about his first time working with Donald Faison on the pilot Spced Out. Zach tells us about the first time he met Brett while working on Ted Lasso. We also learned that Brett's mom likes to text during movies. Donald and Brett share their mutual love of Jason Segel's Muppets movie. Plus, we get a classic Bill Lawr...

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December 3, 2024 83 mins

Michael Urie of Shrinking and Ugly Betty fame joined us and shared his storied career, from being booted from his Broadway debut to straight men discovering him in Shrinking. He laments the woes of auditioning and the awkwardness of announcing you went to Juliard. Plus, CaCee and Zach are watching Anatomy of a Lie and are enraptured by the national scandal. Zach and Donald debate how far is too far for Only Fans. 

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Ronald Gladden looked for a job online and wound up in a real-life Truman Show when he learned the documentary he signed up for was actually a reality TV show where he was the main character. Since Jury Duty became a national sensation, Gladden moved to Los Angeles and began a new life. But he never forgot who he is: a down-to-earth, hard-working, nice guy. Zach and Donald talk to Gladden about dating after a reality TV series, liv...

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Scott Galloway, also known as Professor G, made a career in business. In today's episode, he discusses how he made his first million and why he chose to move on from the rat race and center his family. Professor Galloway discusses everything from how the culture can help produce healthier young men, the damage social media does to the psyche, how the addiction to cell phones has reduced the "slow-dopa" teenagers produce, and how yo...

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November 12, 2024 71 mins

Nicole Sullivan walks us through her break out role on Mad TV, her loving relationship with our favorite gal, Christa Miller, and how she discovered her talent amongst a team of superstars. 

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November 5, 2024 100 mins

Rick Glassman is an actor and comedian. You know him from the TV show Undateable and the film A Futile and Stupid Gesture. But you probably know Rick best for his hit podcast Take Your Shoes Off, where he gets personal about his life and the Autism level 1 diagnosis he received when he was 30. 

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October 29, 2024 89 mins

Zach and Donald are joined by relationship guru and British heartthrob Matthew Hussey to discuss all things meeting, courting, and figuring out love. Sorry ladies, he's taken.

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October 22, 2024 67 mins

Isabelle Fuhrman got her big break when she was cast as the titular character in the horror film The Orphan. Not to be undone, she quickly followed that up by appearing in The Hunger Games. Going completely against casting, she was younger and smaller than they were originally looking for, and she blew everyone away with her performance. And then, during the pandemic, she became a doula! Her infectious positivity and endless grind ...

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October 15, 2024 72 mins

Brian Baumgartner is best known as Kevin from The Office. He outlines the series' rapid growth on DVDs, streaming, and the video iPod after its original run on NBC. The series' universal reliability, impeccably stacked cast, and four-episode arcs helped make it a classic. A theater kid at heart, Brian stumbled into television acting after falling in love with Los Angeles. 

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October 8, 2024 58 mins

Heather Graham gets out of our dreams and into our podcast. She tells us about working with the Coreys, Vince Vaughn, Eddie Murphy, and Mark Wahlberg on her second visit to the show. Zach and Donald play crooners and sing to the woman of our dreams. She talks about adding her iconic skates from Boogie Nights to the Academy Museum, and what it was like to be part of the pop culture experience that was Austin Powers. 

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October 1, 2024 74 mins

Henry Winkler learned he was dyslexic while helping his son with a school project. He and Donald discuss what it's like to be an actor who frequently reads in front of large groups with a disability. Later, Winkler wrote 40 children's books with his partner Lin Oliver. Mr. Winkler walks us through his time on Happy Days, watching Ron Howard evolve into a director, and the first time he saw Robin Williams.

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