Jack McBrayer tells 'Virtual Reali-Tea' about the crazy homes he visited on 'Zillow Gone Wild'

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00:00So I've been audited three times and each time I'm like, whoa, what you want to know?

00:05You're almost like, IRS, please audit me.

00:09Virtual reality.

00:13Jack McBrayer from Zillow Gone Wild, season two.

00:17Here we are.

00:17How does it feel?

00:18It feels great.

00:19It's been a very fun job and we get to do it again.

00:22Yeah.

00:22I know.

00:23It's so much.

00:23And I was telling you before we started filming, I am such a Zillow stalker.

00:27I live my life always looking for a house for no reason.

00:29Was that, what was your relationship with Zillow and house hunting before the show figured out?

00:33Great question.

00:35The house I have in California right now is kind of my dream house.

00:37But with that being said, anytime I'm like strolling around, taking a hike and I see an open house,

00:42I will go inside that open house just to see what they're doing.

00:46So I wasn't necessarily online as much, but I will go to an open house.

00:50And the cool thing is with Zillow Gone Wild, I get to do in person what you're doing on your computer.

00:55I know.

00:55You were literally living the dream.

00:57I know.

00:57That's so fun.

00:57And are you someone whenever, because I'm so like this, when I go on vacation, I'm like,

01:01okay, I'm moving to this, like, city or something like that.

01:04Are you doing open houses abroad, internationally, you know what I mean?

01:07Do you spend that?

01:08Well, I mean, like, part of the job I get to go to other cities that I have maybe not been

01:12to before or just not familiar with.

01:13And so don't get me wrong.

01:15I was in Arizona going like, I see you, Tucson.

01:18Arizona is kind of a vibe.

01:20I love Arizona.

01:21It was, you know, I'm a sucker for warm weather.

01:24So, you know, we were also in Rochester, Minnesota.

01:27Beautiful town.

01:29Not for you.

01:30I could come in mid-August for four days.

01:32How many towns and houses did we check out for season two?

01:36I know we saw 30 houses.

01:38Oh, that's a lot.

01:38And the way we filmed it, they would like, I know it's a lot, but they all kind of just blend

01:41together after a while.

01:42But the network would try to, like, send us to, for example, Florida, and then we do

01:48Orlando, Sarasota, you know, that kind of thing.

01:51So it was definitely 30 houses, and I would say maybe like eight regions.

01:56And so let's say the region of Arizona and the region of Minnesota, that kind of thing.

02:01And it's probably hard to determine, because I'm sure a lot of them blur together.

02:04Did one region really stick out like, oh, they go wild here?

02:09Florida's got some unique houses.

02:11Okay, so tell us about some of the unique...

02:13They got some unique people and some unique houses.

02:15Yes, yes.

02:15Tell us about the unique houses you saw in Florida.

02:18Florida, I mean, there was this one in Sarasota, and they're all so fun, so there's no judgment

02:23here when I say this, but the home, it's a two-parter, and the first house was built

02:29to look exactly like a ship, just on land, but like so to the point that, like, the floors

02:35are slanted, like on a ship.

02:36I kind of love that.

02:38You really feel in the moment.

02:39And then the little guest cottage was a lighthouse.

02:42Oh, wait, that's really cute.

02:43And everyone had skirvy.

02:45Everyone had skirvy.

02:46The end.

02:46Goodbye, everybody.

02:47Watch the show.

02:48Now, we were, because we were laughing, because I, I don't know, what, you travel so much,

02:52I know you're not based in New York, but Boop the Musical, I'm obsessed with it, and

02:56he was, Evan was saying that if I was on the show, I would have like a Boop-themed house.

02:59What, you could inspire a house based on something you're obsessed with.

03:03I know you have your dream house, but like, what outlandish thing do you think would be Jack's house?

03:07I mean, I'm a sucker.

03:09Like an obsession or something.

03:09I'm a sucker for Hawaii.

03:13Oh.

03:13And so, but would it be like appropriation to have a Hawaii theme home in LA?

03:20I mean.

03:20Well, like some like luau's and everything like that.

03:22Yeah, that would be fun.

03:23I could see that.

03:23I love it.

03:24I love tropics.

03:25I love, kind of like that, not that I'm a surfer, but like a surf vibe.

03:30I like, I like coconut.

03:32Okay, there we go.

03:33I love to that.

03:34Was there any house that you saw while filming season two that you're like, you know what,

03:37maybe I will put an offer on this one?

03:40You know, there were aspects of each one.

03:43God, there was this one in San Juan Capistrano, which is right down the street from where I live.

03:47But it was so beautiful.

03:48I'm telling you, my favorite part was like meeting these people and hearing why they chose this house

03:54or they made these decisions or they decided to like, you know, put mirrors on the ceiling or whatever.

03:59Oh, okay.

04:00Well, I mean, I can imagine why.

04:02Maybe there's mirrors on the ceiling.

04:04They love themselves and I love that for them.

04:06We have to talk about this shoe house.

04:08I'm obsessed with the house that looks like a shoe.

04:10Where was that and what was the story behind it?

04:12The shoe house was in York, Pennsylvania, and the home was actually designed as a marketing campaign.

04:18The original owner and builder was a shoe salesman.

04:21And so built a house that looked like a shoe and guess what?

04:25It worked.

04:25We're still talking about it.

04:26That was some Bethany Frankel level genius.

04:28You know, the skinny girl when she had her car just driving around town with her like logo on the side of it.

04:33Well, I mean, even the Hollywood sign was an advertisement back in the day.

04:36It was like Hollywood land.

04:38And now it's iconic and so is this shoe house.

04:40Exactly.

04:41We were laughing about how because obviously you're in L.A.

04:44but you spent some time in New York, of course, for 30 Rock.

04:46And then before then just kind of like getting out, you know, grinding and everything like that.

04:51And how New York is a very special type of apartment hunting.

04:55Do you still remember some horror stories from, you know, the trying to make a Jack apartment?

05:01Well, the very, very first apartment I was in was on 9th Street and 2nd Avenue just by the Vasilka.

05:08And I will never forget.

05:11It was a fifth floor walk up.

05:13And my room wasn't big enough for a mattress.

05:16So they had built like this little loft and it wasn't even a real mattress.

05:19It was almost just like a sleeping bag full of hay essentially.

05:22And I was there for three months.

05:25And I got to say, when you're young and broke, you can do something like that for a limited amount of time.

05:30Yes.

05:31I eventually moved into a somewhat bigger apartment in Alphabet City, 2nd Street between B and C.

05:38It was directly across from a fire station.

05:40So very quiet.

05:42Very quiet.

05:43And yet my roommate, it was a room, but it didn't have any doors.

05:48So we had to tack up like accordion, oh, yes, you know.

05:52So a great deal of privacy.

05:55Wow.

05:56Religious, you, yourself and you.

05:57How long were you in Alphabet City before you booked 30 Rock?

06:00Well, I mean, all told, let's say about three years.

06:03Okay.

06:04Because, you know, I was hustling.

06:05I was doing the UCB comedy scene.

06:08I was doing bits on Conan O'Brien's late night show.

06:10So I was just like any struggling actor, just a hustling.

06:14And so then I actually decided, you know what?

06:16This has been fun, but I'm freezing cold.

06:18Let me go to L.A. and be, you know, tan and broke.

06:21Tan.

06:22Right.

06:22Tanning mom.

06:23There you go.

06:24It was way too tan.

06:25You always looks insane.

06:26It's glowing, though.

06:27You're glowing.

06:28And also, if I had a, if my house had a pool, I would be this tan too.

06:31I spend a great deal of time by that pool.

06:33Yeah, as you should.

06:34I live in a studio apartment.

06:35There's no pool.

06:36Not yet.

06:38That's right.

06:38But yes, I, wait, what was I just talking about?

06:42You moved to L.A.

06:43Oh, hustling.

06:44Yeah, so I moved to L.A. and I was there for not even a year.

06:46Got 30 Rock.

06:47Had to move back.

06:48Oh my God.

06:48That's always how life works.

06:50When you got 30 Rock was, because we were saying that you were able to, you know, get

06:53into a better apartment.

06:54Yes.

06:54Was an apartment the first thing you splurged on or was there something else you splurged

06:57on?

06:58Well, the first thing I splurged on was getting my old metal fillings replaced with, like, tooth

07:05colored fillings.

07:06Wow.

07:06Oh, okay, that's important.

07:08Hey, yeah, help as well.

07:10Yeah.

07:10Well, it's true.

07:11And also, I mean, like, my smile, I've got, like, a thousand teeth and say, you know,

07:14you just want to make sure they look like teeth.

07:16You want to take care of them.

07:17They're so bright and white, too.

07:18I love that.

07:18Compared to this.

07:21With the tan, they really pop.

07:22You know who you are coming to because we love a tan.

07:24I'm from Jersey, so I love, that's why I was like, you are, yeah.

07:27Jersey Shore.

07:27Yes.

07:28Yeah, exactly.

07:28Did you have a vacation there?

07:30Um, I, do you call it a vacation?

07:31It's everyone shouting and, like, like, throwing four locals around.

07:34If that's a vacation in your mind, yes.

07:35Danny took me to the Jersey Shore once.

07:37It was wonderful.

07:38I loved it.

07:38We took him on a lot, I guess.

07:40Is that true?

07:41Yeah, we hung out with all the Jersey Shore kids.

07:43Oh, my gosh.

07:43It was a great time.

07:44Do you watch reality TV?

07:45Are you into reality TV?

07:46Is it rude if I say no?

07:48No.

07:48We want to hear the truth.

07:49You don't, okay.

07:49The reason I think you would like it, though, because basically, you get to see inside all

07:53these people's houses.

07:53Yes.

07:54And so many times they lose their houses, which is sad, but interesting.

07:57Okay, so, let's talk about this real quick.

07:59The one reality show I thought I might tune into, because, of course, I have control issues.

08:04Of course.

08:05But, you know, there was once upon a time, there was a show called Hoarder.

08:09Oh, yeah.

08:09And so I thought, well, if I'm feeling bad about myself, let me watch this show.

08:13And so I thought it would make me feel like a little more in control, and it didn't.

08:17It's very sad.

08:17It was hard to watch.

08:18It's also what I would do, say.

08:19And I didn't realize what hoarding meant, and I didn't realize, like, oh, this is a clinical

08:25thing.

08:26So it brought about a bit more anxiety and not positive feelings.

08:30So I was like, I might be done with reality TV.

08:35But to be fair, I haven't watched, like, a more ensemble-based.

08:38Or, like, where we have characters that we're visiting.

08:41Would you ever do any more reality TV, beyond this show?

08:44I mean, this is fun.

08:44This is hosting.

08:45This is visiting homes and such.

08:47But would you do, like, a Traitors?

08:48Like, I feel like you would have so much fun on the Traitors.

08:50Okay.

08:50So that show is about who's the best liar?

08:53Is that right?

08:53Yes.

08:53Or who's the best faithful?

08:55Well, we know that I'm neither the best actor.

08:57Stop.

08:58But I'm also, I'm not a good liar.

08:59Like, that is, that brings me anxiety as well.

09:03I don't even like knowing about a surprise party or something.

09:06Because then it feels like I'm lying.

09:07Oh, okay.

09:07So, all right.

09:07So, I just don't tell you about a surprise party because I don't like surprise parties.

09:10Traitors might not be.

09:11But, I mean, I do got to say, like, there is a difference between reality and unscripted,

09:15right?

09:15Yes.

09:15Right.

09:15Yeah.

09:16Okay.

09:16So, like, the fact that I'm a host on an unscripted program right now, it has made me wonder,

09:21like, oh, well, this is what it feels like to be Jack McBrayer on a TV show.

09:25Yes.

09:25Instead of, like, a character reading a script kind of thing.

09:27So, it does make me think about what else could this look like?

09:30What else could I do along these lines?

09:32Oh.

09:33Because also, and also, Donna Kelsey, you know, like, Travis Kelsey's mom is going on

09:36The Traitors now.

09:37So, there are, like, fun, like, sweethearts going on the show.

09:40I don't know how well she'll do because she's going on with a lot of housewives that, um.

09:44Who are good at lying.

09:45Who are good at lying.

09:45Yeah.

09:46I know.

09:48That kind of thing probably wouldn't make me feel good.

09:50I mean, have you played the game, like, what do you call it?

09:52Mafia.

09:53Oh, yes.

09:54Or werewolves or whatever you call it.

09:55Which is kind of the same concept.

09:57Right.

09:57I'm not good at that.

09:58It, it, it makes me, I'm just not good at it.

10:02Wait, and before we let you know, I am curious.

10:03No, but I'm curious because you go into a lot of people's homes on the show.

10:07Yeah.

10:07But if people were to go into your house, what would be, like, the most surprising thing

10:10they would say?

10:13I mean, I'm telling you, I'm a boring person.

10:15Now, this.

10:16You call your house boring beautiful, so.

10:18I know there's some stunning art in there.

10:19Two things can be true.

10:20I don't have stunning art.

10:21Here's one thing.

10:22Oh, I can't, this is the first time I've ever told people this.

10:24Again, I have control issues.

10:26And I would not be so glib as to say I have OCD.

10:28But, I have every pay stub, every invoice, every receipt, going back for 10 years, organized,

10:38labeled, filed.

10:39Wow.

10:40In my closet.

10:40So, I've been audited three times, and each time I'm like, what you want to know?

10:46You're almost like, IRS, please audit me.

10:48Right.

10:48See, this is why you can never be on reality TV, though.

10:50They don't want to get audited.

10:51Yeah.

10:52They don't get along with the IRS.

10:54So, you're, yeah, you're not a man.

10:56You're friends with the enemy.

10:57You're not going to be on.

10:58I'm in.

10:59That's really cool.

11:00What inspired you to start doing that?

11:01I don't know.

11:02Mental health issues.

11:03Right.

11:03Wait, that's amazing, though.

11:04This couch can serve a lot of purpose.

11:05Wait.

11:06I need to know.

11:07What's your sign?

11:08Gemini.

11:09Okay.

11:09I was giving Virgo energy.

11:11Yeah.

11:12How dare you.

11:12But I love a Gemini.

11:14I'm married to a Gemini.

11:15Don't ever speak to me like that again.

11:15I do love a Gemini.

11:16Well, here's the thing.

11:17I defend my Gemini-ness because, you know, it's duality.

11:22You're adaptable.

11:23Sort of.

11:23It's just like, I like control.

11:25I like routine.

11:26I like structure.

11:26But then I've chosen improv as my art form.

11:29There you go.

11:30There are no rules.

11:31Control chaos.

11:31Yeah, a little bit of both.

11:33Here we are.

11:34With some house tours mixed in.

11:35We did it, Dad.

11:37Oh, my God.

11:38Thank you so much for taking the time to join us.

11:39This is really fun.

11:40Yay.

11:40Okay, we can't wait to watch the rest of the season.

11:42Yeah, please do.

11:43You'll enjoy it.

11:43Oh, it's happening.

11:44Yeah.

11:44Yay.

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