Between two ferns

Contrary to what its title implies, this post is not another ode to nature.

It's an ode to Zach Galifianakis. 

Between Two Ferns is the name of an internet comedy series Galifianakis hosts on funnyordie.com, a "comedy video website that combines user-generated content with original, exclusive content." It's called Between Two Ferns because he basically interviews celebrities positioned between two ferns.

Like this.

Some of the funniest, and most popular, interviews Galifianakis has conducted (firmly nestled between two ferns) include ones with Jennifer Aniston and Tila Tequila, Sean Penn, Jon Stewart, Charlize Theron and, as pictured above, Steve Carell. He also interviewed Jon Hamm (ahem) among many others.

Who am I kidding. They're all hilarious!

The reason I decided to write about Galifianakis today, even though I think of this nearly every day and literally laugh out loud...

... is because I came across the coolest story about him and the lovely lady he took to The Hangover III premiere.

Her name is Mimi Haist and she is an 87-year-old woman who is now homeless but used to know Galifianakis when he was a down and out comic who laundered his clothes at the laundromat she volunteered at.

But back to Zach.

I first came across the little bundle of joy (who is often compared to a garden gnome) when I watched The Hangover (way, way, way after it came out) at home in Montreal with my beau.

You know those moments when you catch yourself being really happy. That was one of them.

Since then, I've been a fan of pretty much everything he does.

Including being a philanthrope instead of a misanthrope. 

Word.