On this episode of Staying Alive, hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally sit down with legendary writer/broadcaster Tom Scharpling (The Best Show, Steven Universe, Double Threat) to talk about their secret friend “food,” eating to live instead of living to eat, hiking, influencers, ice cream, therapy, and Geese. Plus: Gabrus has a Magnum PI fit, and Pally met Larry David who was, unsurprisingly, in a bit of a mood.

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This episode was recorded April 24, 2026 at Forever Dog in Los Angeles CA

Staying Alive is produced by Devon Torrey Bryant and Anne Harris

Engineered and edited by Devon Torrey Bryant, who also wrote the music

Associate producer and video editor is Maddie McCann

Executive produced by Jon Gabrus, Adam Pally, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Bernie Kaminski, and Rich Korson

Keywords for this episode: Magnum PI, Sperry, tuck revolution, Cinderella Man, New Zealand, seder, sushi, fast food, Fosselman’s Ice Cream, Narduwar, Gallagher, Tyler The Creator, Jack’s Dining Room, influencers, therapy, trainers, Arnold, hiking, Kevin Nealon, Geese, Chaotic Good, Jon Wurster, Mountain Goats, WFMU, Dirty Grandpa, Marc Maron, Steven Weber, Larry David, delivery robots

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