Comments on: Adam, Sonny, Jim & Ray

By: Big Ed

Big Ed — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:01:24 +0000

This was one of the best shows I’ve ever heard. For a while. Getting into what makes Jim, Jim was incredible. I thought for once Adam was finally going to have some understanding and compassion for his father.

And then Adam did what he seems to do the best these days: grab onto something totally unrelated (his grandmother), strangle the shit out of it, and never let it go for the rest of the program.

Kudos to Jim and Ray for standing up to the man who is quickly becoming an enormous douchebag who lives in his own self-entitled world. I’m seeing the same thing here that happened to Dennis Miller circa 2001.

You used to be cool, Adam. I’d say “what happened?”, but anyone who’s listened to you for years knows the answer.

By: Paul Santos

Paul Santos — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:07:05 +0000

Because it is not the truth. It’s his public persona. People would be bored with the truth, so he exaggerates everything and fabricates where exaggerating the truth just wouldn’t do it.

By: Don S

Don S — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:24:25 +0000

On Thanksgiving Ace! not cool.

By: eric

eric — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 02:52:32 +0000

Adam hates america cause he like European sports cars. And drives a datsun race car hows my logic

By: stacey

stacey — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:10:21 +0000

couldn’t do it. listened for about 15 minutes but that’s it. can’t listen to jim’s drone (sp).

By: Susie-Q

Susie-Q — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:51:03 +0000

I think Adam is deep-down more upset about how uninvolved his own parents were in his life but he couldn’t say that directly to his dad because he was there in the room. He did talk a lot about how his dad’s parents shaped him (Jim) as a man. But he could talk a lot about the only one who was not there to defend herself (but was very instrumental in shaping his mother to be the way she was), his grandma. I think that he’s right. His parents are the product of their parents before them, good or bad and in this case it was bad. It sounds like he’s changing the template and not doing that with his own kids. Good for you, Adam!

Really enjoy the podcast and I listen every day!

Susie in Seattle

By: Winsten

Winsten — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:16:26 +0000

Great point. How can an 80 yr old man keep up with the constant
insults.

By: BIRDY

BIRDY — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:05:37 +0000

wow, Sonny looks like Pop’s “mini-me”!

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:21:47 +0000

Seems to me Ray and pops were saying that Adam isn’t going to get this angry about a relative purely because they didn’t like American things (taking him at his word on this). As he said, she did a lot of good things. So, what else happened in his life that causes him to show such vitriol? It’s awfully hard not to connect this with his opinion on the liberal Hollywood folks. I wonder if his anger is that he sees their attitude in her actions, thus causing him to speak with such passion.

For his general apathy about his family in general, this is clearly a sore point for him. Something in his childhood cause him to build up these feelings. Hoping it’s what caused him to pull himself out of his lower class experiences. It is 90% attitude, 10% ability. He didn’t let himself get into that cycle, and that is commendable. OF course, the whole getting a job with Jimmy Kimmel was pure luck, but you gotta believe he would have had some success some other way.

Luck is where the crossroads of opportunity and preparation meet

By: Terrence

Terrence — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:08:39 +0000

Now this was an honest podcast. Ray and Jimmy were’n't afraid of underminding Carolla’s statements while on the air. The ending was also very tense and dramatic. Adam needs to invite more of his family on the show so we can get another episode of this soap opera.