-We're back.
Dax Shepard is here. Congratulations.
"Armchair Expert," a new deal with Wondery. And how many episodes
have you done now? -I think we're approaching 800.
-Okay. -Which is wild.
I'm sure -- How many? What number are you on?
-We're at, like, I think 1,500. -Aye yi yi.
-Aye yi yi. -Do you have the feeling
I do, like, when I look at that number, 800,
I'm very proud of it. But I do imagine if you told
me seven years ago like, "Hey, you got to go do 800
of them." Not a chance.
-Yeah. -Right? Saying 1,500!
-1,500's crazy. But you also have this --
which is the nice part -- I remember when I started, you know, I'd remember each one
and be like, "Six wasn't great,.
Nine was better." And now they're just like,
they just all blend together. In a good way.
-Yes. You're right. You're like,
"I could worry about that, but a new one comes out
in five seconds and then I got to go on
to the next one." So there is some weird freedom
in the totality of it. -This was really --
I think now it's like so well known, like, this
is a real grassroots operation when you started it, and
it was sort of before the era where I think anybody
was thinking about podcasts as being the sort of thing
that would go 800 episodes. -Yeah, it's been
in the whole time in an attic above a garage
at our house. And now we have -- We're now offering video,
which is really exciting, so then I just converted
the garage to the video space. So you're either in the attic
or my garage. If you come over
to do the show. -The video space element means
that being on camera, uh, you've got to do
some hair and makeup. -Well, right,
the thing that I liked most about the podcast taking off is that I wasn't acting anymore, and I didn't have to go
get hair and makeup. And then of course,
now we're doing video. So I do require some makeup,
but we don't have anyone. So I'm doing my makeup now. -Yeah.
-3 or 4 times a week. -And do you feel like
you're picking up any skills? -Not at all.
-Yeah. -In fact, Kristen,
ever the pragmatist, was like, "Let's give you
something you can handle." So I have a brush, Seth,
and I dab it in some bronzer, and I just dust myself. And then I have a little
matting thing, so I'm not shiny. And then I put this powder
all over, it's in the corner
of my mouth. And I also cut my hair. I don't
know if you if you can tell, but I cut my own hair. Oh, it's all right.
-It's pretty good right now. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-How long have you been cutting your own hair, though? -Intermittently since I was 12. [ Laughter ] -And are you worried
about the fact that, like, the arrow hasn't,
like, gone up at all? -I think this is
all right, gang. I mean, yeah. [ Cheers and applause ] I do think most people
in my position who are regularly on TV do see
someone to have their hair cut. So I think the fact that
I'm pulling this off is okay. But yeah,
I got my first set of clippers when I was 12 years old. I bought the little kit and I just started giving
haircuts in my junior high. In fact,
got in very, very big trouble. If you go to the Muir
Junior High yearbook '88, '89 -- '89-'90 year, there are 4
or 5 kids with mohawks in their class photo. Because that's a
very good starter haircut. -Yeah.
-Zip, zip, zip. And yeah, all these kids
in the yearbook all had these mohawks and their parents
were calling the principal, and then the principal called
my house. -It feels like
you shouldn't get in trouble for someone making a
personal choice to get a mohawk. -Or a young man starting
a business. Yeah, these are all things
that I thought the call was going to be
like, "Hey." -"Congratulations."
-"Good on you." Not a lot of kids
have started a beauty shop in their basement. But then I learned scissors
along the way, and I'm even -- This would blow your mind, but Kristen's mother was
visiting, my mother in law, Lori, and I was looking at her
the whole week. Not critically, just... -That face does look
a little critical. The one you're making.
-I know. But my critical face and
I love you face are very close. -Oh, yeah. Okay.
-So, um, I just thought this isn't
the right shape for her head. -Okay.
-And I said, "Would you be open
to me giving you a new style?" And I don't know
why she agreed to this, but you guys, I nailed it. -Really?
-[ Cheers and applause ] -Yeah. I gave her a whole new look
and sent her back to Michigan. And I promise you,
I got at least 20 text messages from her saying,
"Oh, my God. Everyone at work
says my hair looks so great. It's so wonderful."
Like it was a big, big hit. And my assumption was
she would go to the beauty salon and say,
"Do this again." -No? -She thinks
I'm her hairstylist now. Yeah.
-So she's just out on salons. -So when she comes,
she's expecting and I'm like, "I only do new looks." [ Laughter ] "I give you a new look, and then
I never cut your hair again." -One last thing I want to say. January, turning 50. Congrats.
-Yeah, yeah. And you... -Last year.
-Last year. -Last year, I hit 50. How are you feeling emotionally? -Well,
that's the misleading part. Emotionally, I feel great. -Yeah.
-And I feel 12 still The young boy who bought
the clippers, still alive. But there's hair
growing out of every -- I mean, every time
I look in the mirror, I'm like, "Get out of here.
Why are we growing hair there?" -Yeah.
-Put more up here and stop all this business. But, yeah, I had Poehler on,
and she's strongly -- our mutual friend,
Amy Poehler -- A goddess on planet Earth.
-Absolutely. -We love her. [ Cheers and applause ] She's strongly recommended that I do a 50th birthday
dance party. Which you attended hers, right? -I do believe I did, yeah. -Yeah, well,
hers was a big hit, and she really got me
into a lather on the show. And I kind of committed to it.
-To doing a dance party. -Yeah, doing a big dance party. And then three days later,
I remembered I'm very scared
of my birthday and afraid to invite people
that they won't show up. -Right.
-Sorry. That's just my nature. So I'm like, "There's no way
it's too stressful. Who will show up there?" Of the pathetic things
that could happen, being the only person
at a dance party... -Yeah.
-That's high. -Yeah.
-So... -Also, by the way, I think the older you are,
the more pathetic, right? -Yeah, yeah.
-Like 12 year. -I might just have picture of
my daughters walking by like "Dad,
any of your friends here?" Me be like, "No. Gotta be the first one
on the floor, though." So what I'm doing instead
is I saw a video on Instagram of a man cooking
a tomahawk steak in the woods. In the wilderness with a lot
of butter and some other things. And I sent that
to my best friend, and I said, "I expect you to cook
this for me on my birthday." And then a month later,
I saw these incredible deviled egg hamburgers. I sent those to a second friend, and I said,
"I need you to cook these for me on my birthday in the woods." So, so far
the party is going to be me and to my bros in the woods. One guy cooking a tomahawk and the other guy making
deviled egg hamburgers. -You really have gone
the opposite side of the coin from dance party.
-Yes. -You're like, "Hey,
dance party's off. I'm going to go eat woods food." -"But you're gonna love this. Everyone else,
you're gonna love it." Dance parties off. -Well,
happy birthday in advance. It's just wonderful
to see you. Thank you, buddy.
-Yes, you too. Dax Shepard, everybody. The full video episodes of "The Armchair Expert
with Dax Shepard" can be found
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with Carrie Coon.