Ed Begley Jr.

Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)

Team Coco

Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen love Ed Begley Jr. and his beautiful mind! The actor, author, and environmentalist talks with Ted and Mary about his Forrest Gump-like life that has included near-death experiences, addiction and failure, encounters with Charles Manson and Cesar Chavez, and many more stories from his memoir, “To the Temple of Tranquility…And Step On It!” To help those affected by the Southern California wildfires, make a donation to World Central Kitchen today. Like watching your podcasts? Visit http://youtube.com/teamcoco to see full episodes.

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0:00.0	It is a miracle that you're sitting here.
0:02.3	It is a miracle.
0:03.5	How did I live through that?
0:04.4	Somebody was looking out for you, man.
0:16.7	Welcome back to where everybody knows your name.
0:19.7	Today I'm joined once again by my wife, Mary Steenbergen.
0:23.3	She's with me because we're talking to a close friend of both of ours.
0:28.0	One of the most unique people we know, Ed Begley Jr.
0:32.6	As an actor, Ed is in rare company.
0:35.5	He's been steadily working since the 1960s in both TV and film,
0:41.0	delighting us in movies like This is Spinal Tap and Best in Show, as well as shows like
0:46.6	Arrested Development and Better Call Saul. But if you ask me, what truly makes Ed special is that
0:53.8	he practices what he believes.
0:56.5	Ed was an outspoken environmentalist long before it was cool.
1:00.7	You might have heard that he rides this subway to the Oscars because he believes in public
1:05.4	transportation, or that he lives in a solar-powered home and has a bicycle that he rides
1:10.6	to toast his bread.
1:12.6	All of it.
1:13.5	True.
1:14.1	And he's an incredible advocate behind the scenes as well.
1:17.9	Ed is also one of the smartest people we know, like a beautiful mind type of smart.
1:23.7	He's authored several books, the latest of which is a memoir.
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