David Schwimmer Brought His Own Corny Dad Jokes to ‘Goosebumps: The Vanishing,’ Showrunners Say

Hilary Winston and Rob Letterman tell TheWrap they loved that the actor researched bad botany bits for his character

David Schwimmer in "Goosebumps: The Vanishing"
David Schwimmer in "Goosebumps: The Vanishing" (CREDIT: Disney)

David Schwimmer brought his own corny dad jokes for his botanist character in “Goosebumps: The Vanishing,” the second season of the Disney+ and Hulu series inspired by R.L. Stine’s iconic stories.

For example, the punny plant joke that makes his teenage kids on the show — Devin (Sam McCarthy) and Cece (Jayden Bartels) — wince the hardest is, “What plant should you watch out for? An ambush.”

Showrunner Rob Letterman told TheWrap in a recent interview, “He did a deep dive on, ‘OK, botanist. Bad dad jokes. Bad dad plant jokes.’”

Fellow showrunner Hilary Winston added, “He sent us a list of these jokes.

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