Zach Galifianakis' Frasier audition did not go well - Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Fame is a tricky thing. When he was first starting out Zach Galifianakis 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 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 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 out. 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. 00:00 Intro 00:36 Zach's career 10:20 Zach's kids 16:08 Gardening 18:34 Fame 28:14 Being happy with a career 30:15 Outro Want to hear more? Subscribe to Bullseye now via Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/n... Get MORE of Bullseye with Jesse Thorn: ► FOLLOW us on Instagram: /   / bullseyewithjessethorn   ► FOLLOW us on X: / https://x.com/Bullseye ► LIKE us on Facebook: /   / bullseyewithjessethorn   ► VISIT our show page: / https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/bulls... Bullseye is a celebration of the best of arts and culture in public radio form. Host Jesse Thorn sifts the wheat from the chaff to bring you in-depth interviews with the most revered and revolutionary minds in our culture. Bullseye has been featured in Time, The New York Times, GQ and McSweeney's, which called it "the kind of show people listen to in a more perfect world."