Lamorne Morris

Episode overview

Lamorne Morris (New Girl, Woke, Unwanted) is an actor, comedian and podcaster. Lamorne joins the Armchair Expert to discuss growing up on the southside of Chicago, how he knew he wanted to get into comedy at a young age and his relationship with his father. Lamorne and Dax discuss systemic racism, the time he got handcuffed after trying to stop a fight, and the conflicting nature of playing a police officer on tv while also confronting what's going on in real life. Lamorne talks about auditioning for New Girl 15 times before he finally got the role, his new scripted podcast Unwanted, and Dax opens up about a deep insecurity.

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1. 0:00welcome welcome welcome to armchair expert I'm Dash Shephard and I'm joined by Monica platman hash padman hashish
2. 38:36a movie because I just remember like watching SNL and going oh that character is going to be a movie and then it would
3. 1:17:36but you're not expecting that kind of ceremony no they really presented him with the whole pig and everything the whole pig yeah all...