17 May Giovanni’s Superfan Sidebar 05/15/2015 – Peter Mehlman
A real time blog where Superfan Giovanni does recap and commentary on the show as it happens and opines on all things ACS
Guest – Peter Mehlman
Recorded 05-14-2015 – Release Date 05-15-2015
Production Number #1576
Adam opens the show with a “Yeah Hello!” #TopDrop from Jim Carolla and Adam asks Gary about the upcoming Amazon fan giveaway they’re doing.
Gary is now on mic telling them to use the new hashtag on twitter #LOTJ for “Lord of the Jungle” and Adam explains they just approved a new logo, cool!
Adam is explaining he was taping as far away as possible, Adam is now asking Matt to go over his schedule for the day and asks if Caelan’s choice for having two fans come out to kick it with the Aceman was the best choice.
Matt is now reading Adam’s schedule and BB is peppering in some one liners.
Adam says he doesn’t know where he is at this point.
Adam is having Caelan explain his thinking, Adam is now riffing about the schedule and the Q&A he did and comments on his agent complementing him to death by passing out during the doc and recommending Adam shorten it to an hour.
Adam says that at some point a blowjob in the most appealing fashion is too much, he’s bringing up a mandatory dessert metaphor which leads to you no longer enjoying Key Lime Pie.
Adam is talking about the Q&A and how he was asked about the missing interview owned by the French of him talking right after Le Mans.
BB and Gina both weigh in, BB brings up a recent doc he saw about The Iron Sheik and the lack of footage of his most famous matches.
Adam is back to the long career of Paul Newman and how they can’t fit his amazing life into just 83 minutes.
Adam is doing a Stamps.com live read
Adam is bringing up the guys who remove the baffles from their motorcycles, they joke about women stuffing their bra.
Q and Ace
1st Caller John, he asks Adam about a variant on the problem of stuffed bras and Adam jokes about the guys he knows with leaky Jizz gaskets who orgasm at strip clubs.
John brings up the lack of lotion for a recent weekend getaway and is now getting too emphatic about Adam and his son and this topic.
Adam comments on how this guy and Ray have the same technique, he wonders if it’s a small cock thing and if guys with over 6 inches use more lube than the guys with under.
BB and Gina riff about this question.
Adam is saying that guys with less he would presume use more, Adam is now asking for the “Baffles” part from his book.
Gary found it in ‘Not Taco Bell Material’ the 2nd book, Gary is now reading the entry on this topic, flawless delivery!
BB jokes about this being the book about Adam’s childhood stories, funny comment.
Adam says he has a bit from his new audiobook and thanks Dawson and Matt for helping him the engineering.
Adam is now talking about kid poop in the clip from the audiobook, hilarious!
ADam is now doing a Try Self Employed live read
2nd Caller Shawn, he’s a huge fan and wants to know about Adam’s finances and his various sources of income, he wants to know if he had to put all of his time into one which it would be.
Adam jokes about winning a lumberjack completion and explains why the podcast is superior to TV, he jokes about travelling to Hawaii and being pissed that he doesn’t “own this shit” hilarious!
Adam is talking about the process of filming ‘Catch a Contractor’ and how he’s now making 9k dollars an hour over the 9 bucks he made while working it as his main profession as a younger man.
BB explains how his wife worked as a food blogger and then drops some probably true but biting comments about the pay rate for bloggers.
Adam is talking about being with otters and BB tells Adam about Anderson taking his wife to a place where they can spend time with otters.
Adam is now riffing about podcasting with otters and needing new equipment from water damage, hilarious working in of Dawson who is still producing.
3rd Caller Chris he’s huge fan and super jealous of BB’s French toast soufflé, he tells Adam about his issue with the new office building and wants to know about the guy who sits next to your stall to shit in unison.
BB and Adam agree he’s not too dissimilar from the guy who sidled up to you at the urinal and Adam is now ranting about urine spray and says it would look like a mentor shower under a black light, hilarious reaction form Gina.
BB is bragging about pooping on the company dime and Adam doesn’t reprimand him for it, Chris is back on the line and Gina asks Adam what time Tennessee is trapped in, Adam says 1994.
Adam is now plugging his live shows in NYC and the Newman doc premier.
Adam is asking Gary about the call he put out for a stage and a PA system for the charity event/screening.
They’re now heading to break.
Peter is making his return to the ACS, his first appearance was on ACS #1031 from 2013, available via the show page link above.
They’re responding to the listener voicemail and Peter is bringing up “Timbuctoo” and Adam is joking about “Bumfuck Egypt” being in fear it’ll become lost to time like the other location names used for comedic purposes.
Adam is asking Peter why he left ‘Seinfeld’ and Adam is asking him about the late Marjorie Gross and he shares the “Kimosabe” joke he may have told last time.
Adam is telling BB how he knew her, Adam explains he got in as a carpenter on the celebrity circuit and jokes about only rifling through 1 out of 3 underwear drawers, Adam says he got hooked up with Marjorie and was listening to Kevin and Bean talk about the boxing match that led to his start in radio.
Adam says he even asked to use her phone to call into the station and offer to train, Adam was dropping off her custom entertainment unit and asked her about her career and the Seinfeld writer’s room.
Adam explains how he wanted to trade places with her and then learned of her death regarding the check made out to him when he was still a carpenter.
Adam tells people to hug their kids and parents and now he’s asking Peter for more plugs and he’s sharing his fear about falling out of comedy.
Adam is sharing his lack of feedback regarding his now aging references.
Adam asks him about his recent performances and asks him about the plan for this, he says he doesn’t like to leave home and this trip to the studio is a long trip for him.
Adam would like to talk to society and make a deal where he can stay home and not bitch in the public eye, he says 12 cents per month would keep him off everyone radar forever.
Gina is asking Peter about his ‘Seinfeld’ catchphrases and Adam jokes about being the guy who coins the phrase “Behymen” and jokes about moving forward.
Adam is doing a Castrol live read
Gina’s News
1st Story is on the derailed Amtrak train, Adam says this must be very strange for everyone in Japan reacting to the relative slow speed compared to their trains.
Gina says the operator has lawyered up and Adam is being fair to him citing his union protections and protocol.
Adam says this tragic and also quaint, train wrecks in 2015, he jokes about the lack of exploding steam car explosions and dirigible accidents.
Adam is now asking why train tickets are so pricey.
Adam was told it was 879 bucks for the first class train, the business ticket was about 300 and they paid 411 each to upgrade, he says he doesn’t get it and now BB is explaining the old arguments for trains.
Adam says 9/11 was awesome for their industry and presumes they raised prices and dropped quality of services since.
Peter mentions the shoe bomber and Adam brings up the other negative side of these things, Adam is talking about the feeling of doing a fist pump for not having to take your shoes off due to your TSA Pre-check.
2nd Story is on Harry Shearer leaving ‘The Simpsons’ and Adam is commenting on how he is willing to replace him if they want all of the characters to sound the same.
Adam is now saying it’s about money and merch and Gary seem to be telling him he’s right, Adam is trying to figure out if they’re getting favored nations paydays and brings up Gunther from ‘Friends’.
Gary says he’s part of the main cast and Adam is still pondering if he’s getting the same pay as the bigshots on the show.
Gina brings up the Brad Garrett contract negotiations that were in the press surrounding ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ and they all marvel at this bizarre decision.
Adam is joking about his contract renegotiation process, he would go over an air check with the actor from last season, then reveal it’s a kid from out of state that will accept pay in jelly belly beans.
Adam is saying he knows there are a bunch of kids who can replace them all.
3rd Story is on the Steven Tyler solo album, she plays a clip of his country song.
Adam is asking about the mainstreaming of country music.
4th Story is on the report from Australia that Johnny Depp had a deadline to get his dogs removed from the country for violating the countries strict laws.
Adam is now joking about how Johnny must not know which Pirates movie he’s making at any given time.
Adam is bringing up the Whitey Bulger movie that looks promising.
5th Story is on a female police officer who filmed herself lifting ice during an ALS ice bucket challenge video while on disability due to her back issues.
Adam is now asking if you can get yourself up and make food can’t you always do some other job rather than sit at home and collect disability.
Adam wants to know what percent of people on disability are bilking the system vs. completely insane.
Adam is now asking a hypothetical man on the street “money for pushups” challenge to bust disability scammers.
Adam jokes with Peter and says “Fuck Farmers!”
6th Story is on a Vienna traffic awareness campaign, Adam is saying he’s been seeing a lot of gay couples in backgrounds of car and insurance commercials, he praises TiVo so he can stop and marvel at the inclusion.
Adam says the ADT security commercials are the final domain of the white man, good luck taking that back from us ladies.
Adam is joking about the commercial where the guy doubles back to rape and BB quotes the dialogue along with Adam.
Peter brings up the “valet parking” bit on ‘Seinfeld’ and their attempt to get someone vaguely European.
Adam says that his partner Skip’s wife Alison Bedell had to move her seat on a recent flight due to a stinky seatmate.
Adam and Gina talk about the bygone Mad Men era of flying, Adam is now asking for the old ADT commercial and jokes about the guy saying “I forgot my… rape” and Gina has a killer reaction to that line.
They’re now playing the commercial and BB is peppering in some commentary.
Peter offers up an idea after Adam jokes about his son always having work as a criminal in one of these spots.
Adam is now adding a button to Peter’s idea and has a smash cut with an extension cord closer, Peter takes it too dark and Adam jokes with him about shooing both and deciding in post.
Adam is doing a Legal Zoom live read
7th Story is on a Chinese billionaire who took his entire staff on a grand tour of France, she tells them about the world’s ever biggest human chain and the expected income from this occasion.
Adam jokes about loving these events as it flaunts the success of our way of life to the terrorists of the world.
Adam is now riffing about being one of this guy’s staff.
8th Story is on Morgan Freeman’s support for Marijuana, BB mocks Gina’s misspeaking or reading bad copy with a “the more you know” drop.
Adam is now commenting on pot being used to cure chronic pain.
Adam says it alters you, he doesn’t want any moral good or bad designations about it being a drug.
Adam says that his problem with weed is that the dangers were overblown and led to a backlash that denies the realities of the way it alters users.
Adam is talking about how he would rather his kids medicate themselves with pot over heroin, but nothing trumps all.
Gina is sharing the current classification of Marijuana and thinks it’s insane it’s not recognized for its effects on pain.
Adam is now ranting about pot and gay marriage dominating his adult life, they’re talking about athletes who test positive for marijuana and how it’s not a performance enhancing drug.
Gina wraps the news
Adam is now doing a live read for Draft Kings
Adam wraps up the show and gives out he plugs, BB plays the “blowjob with your cock poking through a glass of Jack Daniels” drop from Adam about his schedule wearing him out and making his fun work no longer so much fun, at least temporarily.