Bruce McCulloch

Weekends are about cocktails, kids and sticky buns for Canadian-born Bruce McCulloch, 46, creator and executive producer of the ABC sitcom “Carpoolers” -- a sort of “Men Bond in Cars, Women Are From Venus.” If his name sounds familiar, it’s because he’s been a member of surreal sketch-comedy troupe Kids in the Hall for more than 20 years. He lives in Runyon Canyon with wife Tracy and their children, Ivy Sue, 3, and Otis, 1.

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BEST BAR IN TOWN That’s at my house. So when I get home Friday night you hear the Tinker Bell sound of the martini shaker as Tracy and I look at the romantic view. We go to bed early. When I was younger I wore pajamas ironically -- now I just wear them. MARGARITAVILLE Around 10:30 Saturday morning I take my jumbo poodle, Lulu, running through Runyon Canyon Park. Then I come home, put the remote under my chin and watch college football. For dinner my wife and I meet friends at the Gardens of Taxco, the first “fun” restaurant I ever went to in L.A. Years later it’s still the same. There’s no menu -- they just come around and tell you about the food and it keeps coming. At this point 10 years ago, I might have gone to the Viper Room. But now, after all the wine margaritas, I just try to make it up the hill to my house. CARBO LOADING Sunday morning I run through Beverly Hills to UCLA and back. That’s my heart attack insurance. For brunch we go to our favorite restaurant, Jar. They have these sticky sweet pecan buns that are a whole meal. You don’t need to eat breakfast after that, but we do anyway. They have the best pancakes I’ve ever had. My wife has lobster Benedict. I know it’s good -- I’m not allowed to talk to her while she’s eating. They have big booths where you can barricade your kids in and enjoy yourself. PLAYING DADDY Then I play games with my children: Monster Daddy, the Thinking Game and Get Out Ghost. We made them up, but we haven’t copyrighted them yet. For dinner I’ll make spaghetti. This takes us to when the good shows come on HBO. I’ll watch “Flight of the Conchords” or we’d check out our TiVo backlog -- “The Sarah Silverman Program” is probably the best show on TV.

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-- Vicky Jo Radovsky

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