Bill Lawrence (Bad Monkey, Ted Lasso, Scrubs) is a writer, director, and show runner. Bill joins the Armchair Expert to discuss not watching his friends’ shows, how powerful the concept of story can be, and what having a renaissance later in life is like. Bill and Dax talk about what it’s like to be related to a famous family, the path to being a comedy writer, and how hard it is to build a world on screen. Bill explains why he wanted to transition from network to streaming, how difficult it is to make a show that relates to everyone, and the process of writing for specific actors. Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch new content on YouTube or listen to Armchair Expert early and ad-free by joining Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. Start your free trial by visiting wondery.com/links/armchair-expert-with-dax-shepard/ now. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Welcome, welcome.
Welcome to Armchair Expert.
Experts on Expert.
I'm Dan Shepard and I'm joined by Monica Lawrence.
Oh, hi.
Completing Bad Monkey week, we advance on Monday.
Yep.
Which aired on Tuesday.
Just kidding.
Callback.
Fast forward, Easter egg.
Fast forward, go backwards.
And then today, of course, we have Bill Lawrence, who is one of the co creators of Bad Monkey, but he's also a writer, a director, a producer, award winning.
He created one of the biggest showrunners.
Of all time, created scrubs, co created Cougar Town, co created shrinking Ted Lasso, Spin City, and now bad monkey legend.
He's a monster.
Yeah.