06 Apr Giovanni’s Superfan Sidebar 04/01/2015 – John Ridley and Deaf Frat Guy
A real time blog where Superfan Giovanni does recap and commentary on the show as it happens and opines on all things ACS
Guest – John Ridley and Deaf Frat Guy
Recorded 03-31-2015 – Release Date 04-01-2015
Production Number #1543
Adam opens the show with a plug for John Ridley and welcomes DFG, Gina and BB to the show, BB has a new selection for today’s #TopDrop.
Adam is asking all ball or J.V. and brings up hanging out with Pat Smear, Adam says he saw him putting ketchup on his hotdog, Adam shares his take and BB asks if he was doing a combo with mustard.
Adam says under the age of 10, its ketchup or nothing.
Adam says until this day he didn’t know any adults, BB is now weighing in and asking if this a backyard BBQ discussion or a fancy hotdog place type dog.
Adam says it’s 90% ketchup among kids, 10% among adults and Gina asks about his mustard approval.
Adam is teasing a round of DFG’s famous game after he weighs in on this discussion.
Adam is now telling BB that ketchup alone is an attack, mustard only mitigates some of the damage caused by the ketchup, DFG brings up diced onions and other accoutrements.
Adam is bringing up something he heard on the news and says it will be rolled out nationwide permanently, he’s making a point about taste buds and “losing wood” as DFG puts it.
Adam explains that when you crave a sausage egg McMuffin after a late night driving back from some odd place, the worst thing can be missing the McDonalds breakfast window.
Adam explains the process for making the egg McMuffin and is now elaborating the 24/7 breakfast menu topic he’s been hinting talking around, he thinks it will be permanent and a huge hit.
Adam says it’s the same amount of work to have both menus all day, Adam is now riffing about parfait and how he can’t simulate or recreate and egg McMuffin at home or anywhere else, not exactly the same thing anyway.
DFG has a funny Bob Kraft hypothetical about a super-rich guy getting breakfast at any hour and now Adam wants to know why they have to only experiment with this in San Diego, what’s the worst that can happen.
BB is now getting the story that Adam was referencing and Gina steps in to explain the story, Adam is riffing about the 25 years of people begging for them to extend the breakfast window, we don’t need experiments just start serving it.
DFG is talking about fish sandwiches with ketchup and tartar sauce, Adam is now riffing about it being the worst substance for humans to consume, he says batter acid would be a lateral move, this is a killer riff.
Adam has a lot of thoughts about Tartar Sauce.
Adam is now doing a Burger King Croissan’wich Live read
Without irony.
Adam is now responding to the ingredients listed for tartar sauce, Adam objects to the capers and Gina shares her disgust with olives, DFG is further sharing some culinary wisdom.
DFG pulls an April fool’s day prank by telling them that Poochie’s Uncle is dead, he quickly tells them that he’s fine, sadly that fake man will one day die.
Adam is now having DFG list all of the frat members of Delta Fu, Adam is going over the basic details of DFG’s life, almost unchanged since 2006, trapped in fraternity life until the end of time.
Adam is differentiating between the two Ashley’s and DFG says he loves all of his bros.
Q and Ace
1st Caller Clayton, he wants the entire gang’s opinions on the Dave Matthews Band, Adam is saying he likes them but immediately goes to their most famous incident being the “tour bus/fecal matter” story.
Adam says he likes ‘Ants Marching’ and he seems like a cool enough guys, he says it’s hard to conjure any bad things to say about him.
Gina says it’s not her genre but she respects what they do, Dawson likes “their song” and everyone gives a knowing reaction in unison, solid. BB talks about his brother the DMB Superfan.
2nd Caller Daryl, he’s calling about the recurring theme of Tex Watson having kids from prison, he heard it on AOTH and BB jokes about it being a fitting topic for a show about construction.
Daryl worked with Tex’s son and tells them about his profession, sharing that Tex also has a super-hot daughter, Adam is now making a point about guys on death row getting hot wives to have sex with.
Adam brings up teachers having students and makes a funny connection between attractive and unattractive ratios of women who sleep with students or marry prisoners.
DFG and Adam are now talking about the students who have slept with their teachers, Adam is riffing about getting them on the witness stand, he’s sharing his “if you beat off to it then it’s not a crime” defense strategy, Gina reacts as if she’s never hears this before, which is possible, nice reaction.
DFG has a funny but kinda gross addition to Adam’s riff, Adam’s reaction to DFG’s comment is wonderful.
Adam sums things up and Daryl tells Adam that Tex’s son is a great guy, spitting resemblance physically but honorable and completely his own man otherwise.
Adam is now doing a live read for Legal Zoom
Adam plugs the live premier for ‘Winning’ the Paul Newman Documentary.
Adam is now asking for a clip of Mark Geragos on ‘Take a Knee’ and it’s of him talking about picking rocks on the weekends.
Adam is commenting on how successful people roll with intense schedules and don’t need or get weekends off or regular time off, they just show up and get it done.
J.V. or All Balls
1st Topic Competitive Arm Wrestling, Adam says All Balls, BB and Gina agree.
2nd Topic Electric Eels, DFG just moves on and doesn’t tell them, funny movement.
DFG gives them a lesson on eels, Adam says All Balls, BB agrees and Gina says J.V.
“Here I’ll make myself electric and shock shit!” – DFG
3rd Topic Black Pussy – The band
“Crossing the street in front of you or are we talking about ladies?” – Adam
They all get it right with ‘All Balls’
4th Topic Goodluck Jonathan the Nigerian president
DFG has some funny lines, Adam is telling DFG to stop going up on the Goodluck wording and Adam is on a role with another ‘All Balls.
5th Topic Rode Microphones
Adam compliments their quality, Adam is saying All Balls and everyone agree with him.
Adam is reading facts about electric eels, DFG is pitching this as Adam’s next movie, an electric eel monster flick.
DFG shares his worst fear of a snake coming up from the toilet, Gina suggest “Eelon Musk” after DFG brings him up and pronounces his name strangely, nice.
DFG is now getting worked up about feeling blackballed from the network, he jokes about “Ookie Cookie” and working his ass off on his new podcast, he asks Adam if he can count on him.
DFG says that Gina is on his show, Adam says they’ll run it as a bonus after this episode.
6th Topic Whittling, Gina injured herself when she was younger so she finds the practice J.V. and Adam says it’s fine if you’re making a pipe, BB agrees and DFG respect craftsmanship.
Adam asks if John is here and tells Caelan if a guest shows up he should alert Gary and jokes about a new day bringing a new chance to shake that Etch a Sketch.
Adam gives out the plugs, and they head to break.
They’re back from break with John Ridley making his ACS debut to a ‘What Not to Watch on TV Tonight’.
Adam gives out the plugs for ‘American Crime’ and goes right into ’12 Years a Slave’ and he explains how surreal it truly was to attend and win at the Academy Awards.
John makes a point about having to film a movie about Los Angles outside of the state due to tax incentives, Adam brings up the ‘Breaking Bad’ anecdote about the show originally being eyed/scripted for Riverside CA.
Adam asks what Los Angeles could do to keep productions in town, John is very well versed and explains how this all works.
Adam is asking him about his journey and start in standup comedy, he jokes about Eddie Gorodetsky and John confirms that everyone in the business does know him and he punches things up, ain’t nothing wrong with that.
John tells them about transitioning into a writer and tells them about ‘Three Kings’ and how he feels that Drama is an older man’s game.
Adam is asking how ’12 Years a Slave’ came about and John says it was a 4 years process that started with a memoir.
Adam asks if he’s found drama or comedy to be more challenging, he is saying that comedy is particular and drama is more universal.
Adam says he thinks that John is right about comedy due to it being viewed as subjective, he brings up Mitch Hedberg and the Blue Collar Comedy guys, and he’s making a point about the success for each performer and relatability to a particular audience.
Adam is asking John about his next project and if he feels the need to rush, he cites his TV show and feels comfortable waiting until something interests him and says the show keeps him busy.
Adam asks if there is something to do with age and lowered testosterone and he now makes a point about guys losing their impulse to perform and “pop off” as they age, relaxing and mellowing.
John has a great horse metaphor and Adam kills it with a funny one liner, he then observes how strange it is we spend so much time in other people’s cars and how it’s like being in their home, it’s a smaller version of their home.
Gina brings up BB beating off in his uncle’s semi-cab, John brings up ‘White Line Fever’ and Adam can’t believe it as that was just referenced on recent show.
Adam is sharing what he learned about truckers from 1970’s films, Adam is breaking down the plot of ‘White Line Fever’ and cracks up John with his funny riffing.
They’re now playing a clip from the film and further reminiscing about the bygone “Trucker” themed movie, BB has a funny ’13 Years a Slave’ comment.
Adam is doing a Stamps.com live read
Gina’s News
1st Story is on the airing of the Justin Bieber Roast, Gina sets up a clip of Hannibal Buress and Adam asks why rich guys never seem to work, why does Justin have time to do this shit and isn’t as busy as Adam.
Adam is asking about brand awareness and wants to know how hard you actually must work, he uses The Foo Fighters as a counter point to Justin.
John is sharing some wisdom about longevity of a career and now Adam is commenting on his lack of awareness of Justin’s music.
Her next clip is of Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy listing off Justin’s various offenses, BB praises this roast and thinks they perhaps build them up too much, if this one is considered a letdown.
Adam is riffing about spunk rags and talking about his experience on stage for a couple of Comedy Central Roasts.
Adam is now using a dual blowjob analogy to explain what happened to Detroit and the car industry, Adam is further explaining his idea and now explaining the pressure of performing at one of these roasts, you see comics burning calories for the first time much like a dual blowjob.
BB asks Gina if she watched it, Gary is now on mic sharing how they’re both right and Adam jokes about BB having to disagree with everyone.
Adam is now asking about the origin of the Super Bowl and brings up the Grey Cup, which started as a hockey award and Adam jokes about them naming their trophy after such a plain metal.
2nd Story is on a YouTube video of a man in a jeep driving off of a tow truck, Adam is sharing he’s been tweeted about this but it doesn’t look as impressive as described, it’s amateur hour.
Adam is now watching the video and sharing his own experience doing this with an M3 off of a real tow truck, Adam says it wasn’t a man show “season wrap” party, just the weekly wrap of shooting party.
Gina asks Adam if he damaged the car and he explains how it messed with his head despite getting away.
Adam is now giving a short version of this story, he explains how the break ballast works in most cars, Gary pulls a photo but it doesn’t have the rear spoiler so Adam insults his google abilities once again.
Adam shares the “hey why don’t you stop being an asshole” that led to Tom Stern and the last minute getaway, Adam describes the hairline scrape and the spare tire beneath, Adam says he was waiting for the cops to show up after eating a box of baking soda.
Adam describes how he massaged the spare tire space back into place, John compliments Adam and calls back the trucker movie.
Adam recalls the tow truck driver had his girlfriend in the cab with him, a rare detail.
Adam is doing a Simply Safe Live Read
3rd Story is on the 2 6th row ringside tickets for the Mayweather vs. Pacquiáo fight, Gina is now having everyone guesses the estimated cost for these tickets being offered by some NYC concierge service.
Adam says that Jimmy is in trouble after offering to buy tickets for Adam and the rest of the boys, Adam is joking about inviting Carmen Electra after buying these two tickets and making out with her the whole duration of the fight, she’s now getable.
John is now setting up Adam’s “X Theory” that explains how beautiful famous women slide down a scale and eventually hit a crossroads with all men, famous or not.
Adam is now breaking down the scale and the women who were once sex symbols and how you want to get these people right as you’re crossing.
Adam jokes about Lisa Whelchel and asking her, Adam jokes about buying both tickets and playing with his iPad the whole fight.
Adam asks for some pictures of ladies he mentioned including Charlene Tilton, John has a kind way of bringing up Lisa’s faith and Adam finds out about her divorce and argues that Christianity frowns on divorce as well as making out with strange dudes at boxing matches.
Gina wraps the news.
Adam references “Fan Man” while John expresses his concerns about the possible riot after the fight, John compliments Adam’s references/cultural touchstones.
Adam is talking about the time when Fan Man landed near Riddick Bowe’s people and got bashed with a cellphone.
Adam is doing a Future Advisor Live Read
Adam reads the grim news about the later years of ‘Fan Man’ and then compliments his huge balls to fly across buildings, Gina asks if Fan Man is J.V. or All Balls.
Adam mixes up Riddick Bowe and Idi Amin, Adam invites John to the premier of ‘Winning’ and further gives out the plugs, he wraps up the show to a new drop “You Don’t Fucking Cross a Trucker!” – Adam
Did John say Alan instead of Adam?
And now a special presentation of the Deaf Frat Guy Podcast, he introduces the announcer and co-host Gina Grad, he mentions the other staff and they introduce a special guest.
DFG, Gina and Bridgette are all interviewing this character from an Auto Erotic Asphyxiation prevention society, LitehouseLastGasp.org.
This podcast has some intense production, DFG is now getting heated with the caller.
DFG is being pitched as the public face of AEA and they play a Mangria Commercial, almost as bit, but it’s actually a commercial.
The interview wraps up and there is a cool new theme, so far so good.