The Mortified Sessions

Digging up mementos of a celebrity's childhood to discover the seeds of who they became.
Cougar Town's Busy Philipps
S2 E1

Actress Busy Philipps "Cougar Town" shares her misadventures of growing up.

Comic Marc Maron & Community's Gillian Jacobs (Ad-Free)
S2 E2

Ad-Free with AMC +. Two stars share their strange but true childhoods. Comedian Marc Maron reflects on using humor to deal with a depressive dad, and Community's Gillian Jacobs reveals some unusual interests for a lonely kid.

Filmmaker & Actor (The League) Mark Duplass
S2 E3

Mark Duplass traces the roots of his creativity and discusses how he beat depression.

Actor Adam Goldberg (Ad-Free)
S2 E5

Ad-Free with AMC +. Actor Adam Goldberg (Saving Private Ryan, Dazed and Confused) goes out of his way to share some of the most mortifying memories of his childhood.

True Blood's Kristin Bauer & Comedian Matt Walsh (Ad-Free)
S2 E6

Ad-Free with AMC +. Kristin Bauer attributes her ability to play a dangerous outsider on HBO's True Blood to a childhood of rebellion. Matt Walsh (Veep) explains how his comedy stems from a youthful urge to do anything for a laugh.

The Office's Ed Helms & Oscar Winner Mo'Nique
S1 E1

Ed Helms' nerdy rock lyrics; Mo'Nique's childhood lessons.

SNL's Will Forte & Dirty Dancing's Jennifer Grey (Ad-Free)
S1 E3

Ad-Free with AMC +. Will Forte reveals how he learned about the birds and the bees from his childhood teddy bear. And Dirty Dancing star, Jennifer Grey, opens up about the pressures of coming of age in a family of famous entertainers.

Parks and Rec's Nick Offerman & Will & Grace's Megan Mullally
S1 E4

Comic couple Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally.

Back to the Future's Lea Thompson & The Breakfast Club's Anthony Michael Hall (Ad-Free)
S1 E5

Ad-Free with AMC +. In a special tribute to the 80s, actress Lea Thompson opens her angst ridden adolescent diaries. And, Anthony Michael Hall reveals whether his own teenage years were as geeky as his iconic characters.

Curb Your Enthusiasm's Cheryl Hines & Comedian Margaret Cho
S1 E6

Actress Cheryl Hines; comic Margaret Cho.

NYPD Blue's Rick Schroder
S1 E7

Actor Rick Schroder.

Filmmaker Ed Burns & Bridesmaids' Director Paul Feig (Ad-Free)
S1 E8

Ad-Free with AMC +. Actor, Ed Burns, opens up about being raised a blue-collar jock with a secret sensitive side. And film director, Paul Feig, reflects on life as a teen outcast, a doomed first kiss, and a cross-dressing catastrophe.

Singer Alanis Morissette & TOMS Shoes Founder Blake Mycoskie (Ad-Free)
S1 E9

Ad-Free with AMC +. Alanis Morissette shares the nerdy childhood poetry she penned prior to Jagged Little Pill. And founder of TOMS shoes, Blake Mycoskie, shares his first influential forays into business selling lemonade and cookies.

Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston and Community's Danny Pudi
S1 E10

Actor Bryan Cranston; actor Danny Pudi.