15 Sep Giovanni’s Superfan Sidebar 09/14/2016 – Hal Linden
A real time blog where Superfan Giovanni does recap and commentary on the show as it happens and opines on all things ACS
Guest – Hal Linden
Recorded 09-13-2016 – Release Date 09-14-2016
Production Number #1901
Adam opens the show to a topical “can’t even spell pneumonia” and Adam riffs on it and jokes about trying to spell it while BB cranks the “No!” drop of Pamela Adlon in character as Bobby Hill.
Adam brings up ‘Barney Miller’ and praises the show, he mentions Steve Landesberg and they play the theme song for BB who is unfamiliar.
Adam wants the official show theme song, he teases the arrival of Hal Linden and he announces he got BB some pie for his birthday.
BB says his daughter was due to today but is likely not to make it, she’ll be born the day after and Adam talks about his pragmatism and BB explains how people asked if he was going to be ok with giving up his birthday, he is fine with it and does not care.
They are now listening to the official theme song and Adam wonders if it’s a Quincy Jones original or a knock off, Gina brings up the Bill Cosby theme Adam loves riffing on.
BB is now giving out some credits from the composer and BB says the movie ‘Oh God’ needs to be remade.
Adam wants a clear cut cheese definition, he is saying he wants nachos with real melted cheesed baked onto them, he describes the cheese ratio process and contrasts them against the chips with cheese sauce that passes for nachos at ball parks and other shitty food places.
Adam is now going off on Sunny Delight and American Cheese, he’s mocking the cheese omelet he was served with American cheese on top of it, he brings up a recent trip to a hotdog place with Sonny, he ordered a chilidog and Adam wanted cheese on the chili fries only to learn they had covered it in fake cheese before the chili.
Adam feels duped and it was a clear bait and switch, Adam wants to know how he would know they use fake cheese, he doesn’t get that they don’t fucking care and don’t understand the difference themselves.
BB feels the same way about movie theater butter and he also hates Skippy and Jif peanut butter, he talks about good country jam and real peanut butter.
Adam is now saying it was god paying him back move when Sonny didn’t order cheese on his chili dog, Adam felt like he was getting over on the world with the fries and got burned by it.
Adam is telling them about the kids on the road with Lynette going to Boston to see Bruce, Gary has some of the details and Gary mixes up Lynette with Lynch, Adam has him clarify.
Gary says there was a flight cost issue hence it was cheaper for them to stay an extra day.
BB brings up traditional cheesesteak that often uses fake American cheese, he cites the use of provolone by the other major chain in Philly.
Adam is now talking about dumb people and he brings up lawyers and publicists, he says dumb people like nostalgia and have nostalgia based taste buds and musical interest.
Adam is saying he’s thinking about complimenting his mom, Gary has a killer “how much of that cheese did you eat!?” one liner that even BB proclaims as strong, indeed!
Adam is saying his mom and her teachings, he prefers glass plates and cups and hates fake food that other people blindly eat.
Adam wraps up his “heads up on cheese” topic and gets into a live read.
Blinds Galore
Adam dialed in some more sunlight just this morning, again, again, again edition
Hooray for BaldyWood
BB saw the movie ‘Sully’ and Gina is curious as she tweeted BB right after she saw it and wants to know his take, he brings up the real story behind the movie.
BB says this is your dad’s favorite movie of the year, it’s good but not that memorable, not every movie can change your life, he says it felt disposable, he even cites ‘United 93’ and Adam asks if it can be because the story is so recent and you are so familiar with the events.
BB says the stakes may be lower and Gina says her boyfriend the screenwriter told her about the lack of an antagonist in the movie.
Adam wants to know what happened to the plane, BB says the main mistake of the film is the NTSB investigators that are not based on the real world guys who didn’t hassle him that much nor were they as antagonistic.
BB says it reminded him of the family from the movie ‘Million Dollar Baby’ and Adam says it might be because Clint Eastwood is from a bygone white hat and black hat era, Adam is now riffing about the family from the movie and how cartoon like they were.
Adam is echoing his epic 2004 rant on the movie and how absurd it was, Adam is now recalling the movie from memory 12 years later, whoa!
BB says the crash scenes are gripping and Gina agrees, Adam says it reminds him of the movie ‘Cliffhanger’ and he brings up the opening scene that led to Sylvester Stallone being blamed for the tragedy and getting him off the mountain.
BB has a killer closing line.
Gary now updates them on the aircraft that they recovered, Adam wonders if they can reuse the plane again and Gary shares how it was disassembled after the crash.
BB brings up salvaged titles and Adam reveals that Mike August is currently driving a car with a salvaged title, Adam says you might want to hear the story of what body of water it landed in but you can save money.
Adam is saying he was doing an interview with Rich Eisen for his ‘Game Day’ program that Gary steps in to plug after Adam says he’s not sure where it airs.
Adam is now talking about the local NFL fans who all have their own team from another city, Adam says the silver lining of the Rams is they are the tomato can of the league.
You can live in Los Angeles and get the joy of your home team coming to your new backyard to beat the Rams.
Nick is now in studio and he’s dressed like a fairy, he explains why and shares that Sonny lost this week to “White Kevin Hart” from the fantasy league, aka Chris Atkins, a taller Kevin Hart with no money.
Adam says he found Sonny talking crap about him regarding the father son draft, he was telling Lynette about Adam not being invested in the picks, he was holding court and chatting while everyone else was buried in their laptops.
Adam is saying he loves Sonny and his mouth of babe’s comment, he runs off the crazy NFL players’ names, hilarious “Negarius” and other made up names that sound like someone is making fun of black people.
Q and Ace
1st Caller Chris, says he was suspended for living trash in his work truck, he left Del Taco the truck.
Chris now describes the events and how he was warned about the trash last week, he asks if there shouldn’t be another form of punishment than this.
Adam is now giving his take about having to repeat things and not being heard, Adam talks about trying to get things organized over at the other shop and he brings up the various Paul Newman car records and various accoutrements and accessories that go along with them.
Adam says he just walked out of the wood corral pissed off, he says he doesn’t need scraps of wood, no need for 2×4’s that are only 4 feet long.
Adam says it’s the not being heard part that drives him nuts, Adam says Jimmy Kimmel will break off any amount of time needed to help you get something done but he gets pissed off when he feels like he’s not being heard.
Gary is now on mic as Adam says he would’ve liked to know it sooner, Gary says Adam gave him a phantom thumbs-up and acknowledged it, Hal has been there for some time already.
Gary is apologizing up and down and Adam is taking long pauses, Adam goes to another calls with light chiding for Mr. Patrick Smith.
2nd Caller Sam, he wants to see how Adam would react to a scenario.
Sam is telling them about a hand tossed pizza experience, the dough lands on Adam’s head, would he remove it or tear a hole in the dough and reveal a sad face.
Adam misses that sitcom trope and they move on.
3rd Caller Eddie, Adam has no time for compliments and tells him to explain what’s going on with the separation with his ex, they’ve gotten back together and she wants full transparency and access to all of his accounts.
Adam says he would go with that since he got caught.
4th Caller Pete, he says a guy walked into his office and stole $150.00 from a woman’s purse, he recognized the guy didn’t belong in the building but didn’t react and tampered down his gut instinct.
Adam says when it comes to terrorism we’re going to have to react to this stuff and he wraps up the call.
Draft Kings
“You show the world who the superior GM is” – Adam
They head to break
They’re back from break with Hal Linden making his ACS debut, they have a new ‘Great Moment in Local News’ and Adam plugs Hal’s show in Pasadena, Adam compliments his performance, especially him being so vibrant at 85.
Adam was watching some clips and he asks him about keeping the edge sharp on his talent sword, he says it gets a little physical but he says he thrives and thinks the lights help somewhat.
Adam is sharing how ‘Barney Miller’ was in his prime sitcom watching wheelhouse, he watched it with his dad as his dad has him on Thursday nights at the time, Adam jokes about the family and their broken custody battle in reverse where his mom eventually pawned him off full time on his dad.
Adam is now talking about the super uncomfortable moment he had with his mom watching ‘Maude’ and there was a joke about black men and large penises, some innuendo and Adam asked his mom what the joke meant, hilarious description of the sitcom esque moment happening while they watched a sitcom, not too dissimilar to a recent topic of a For Crying Out Loud Episode.
They’re now talking about ‘Barney Miller’ and the diverse cast, they talk about Jack Soo and his role as Nick Yemana, along with his real life internment before he enlisted in the armed forces.
BB has an inappropriate laugh.
Hal tells them about the X-rated sitcom plot of ‘Wojo’s Girl’ and Adam talks about all of the art by committee discussions he’s had to endure with producers and non-creative types, he cites his CBS sitcom and the efforts to work ‘Burning Man’ into a joke in the pilot that was kyboshed by an old guy producer with the network.
Adam is now remembering an article where Hal proclaimed how handsome he was; it was some TV Guide article his grandmother was reading that he says just popped into the side of his brain.
Adam is asking him about his upbringing and journey into show business.
Hal tells them about his family and how he first got bit by the acting bug, he says they lived with their cousins and he was the youngest kid of 8, at one point 6 of the 8 became professional musicians.
Hal says that hormones led him from classical music to acting and drama, he says he took his sax skills to the clubs to smile at girls instead of heading towards an orchestra.
Hal talks about the death of the big bang era, Adam shares how his father went to a trade school to learn the trumpet, back when being in a band was a legit job.
Adam is talking about the economics of big bands vs. smaller outfits, which probably helped the switchover to rock and roll.
Hal tells them about his time doing ‘Summer Stock Theatre’ and he gets to his Broadway debut, Adam says people who are plotting a course should keep their eyes open and develop relationships, don’t have ambition to trick someone into doing something, instead have them actually want to do it and want you to do it for them.
Hal has a solid line and Gina steps in to praise the show ‘The Fantasticks” Adam mentions the iconic songs and once again plugs Hal’s work in ‘The Fantasticks’ which you can see in production in Pasadena right now.
Life Lock
Gina’s News
1st Story is on the drunk fans who ran onto the field during the L.A. Rams opening game, Adam says the network doesn’t want to cover the crazy fan as not to encourage the behavior, which leads to bizarre close ups on officials and coaches faces.
Adam shares his “missing kids” idea for them to show in lieu of a fat coach’s mug, Adam was expecting the best as he saw the guy taking his shirt off, Gina plays the clip for the gang.
Adam says if they went full ‘Planet of the Apes’ and caught these guys with horses and nets.
2nd Story is on some protestors who interrupted ‘Dancing with The Stars’ and Gina shares how it was in protest to Ryan Lochte.
Gina has a clip of Ryan talking to Tom Bergeron after the protest.
Gina asks Adam about his time on Dancing with The Stars, he says the thing he remembers most is the floor of women working on custom clothing and accessories, Adam remembers they made him a fresh shirt out of cloth, they take pride in their work.
Hal says costume departments always want to do the best they can do even if it’s not financially feasible, Adam is complimenting Rodney who was the wardrobe and costuming guy for ‘The Man Show’ and because he was gay he could enter rooms they could not, rooms with nude Juggies.
Adam talks about fashion and how it means nothing to him, he says people who care about fashion really care about it, he contrasts it to something like food, even those who aren’t into still have to eat.
Adam is now recalling his unicycle arrival on DWTS, he gave his wife a “hey, how you doin’?” with his eyes when he was rolling past her, nice!
Adam says Ryan and his behavior is a big “who cares” and he doesn’t have time to roast him over the coals, Adam brings up the crosswalk flags in Kirkland Washington that indicate my hometown is out of problems.
Adam says he’s almost jealous of people who don’t have to know about Ryan Lochte, Adam says if you’re this outraged about Ryan how do you feel about terrorists and warlords training and capturing children they turn into soldiers, you must be pissed about something like that, right?
They wrap up their thoughts and move on to the next story.
3rd Story is on the Galaxy Note 7 recall, Adam is saying he would spin the young boy who had a phone blow up in his hands by telling him it was punishment for playing too many video games.
Gary has a photo of a car that was burned down by a Galaxy Note 7 and they move onto the airline response to this hazard. Adam is now riffing about a Great Dane that was spotted flying in Frist Class.
Adam says do we hate the person who brings the giant dog or do we wish we were them, they all weigh in.
Adam is talking to Hal about autographs and fan encounters, he shares how would react to people wanting to interrupt him during meals at restaurants.
Adam is talking about the era of success Hal experienced while starring on ‘Barney Miller’ and Adam says the community of employed television actors was a very small group and you knew everyone on TV.
They talk about Alan Alda and how uptight he is about autographs, Adam jokes about not carrying a pen and he recalls the Kareem Abdul Jabar Dodger Celebrity game, Hal says he messed up his knee playing one of them back in the day, when it was still hardball like Adam’s first game in 1998.
Adam is now recalling the experience with Kareem and he describes how Kareem refused to sign a baseball for a woman’s son who was standing nearby, Adam was very uncorrectable witnessing it and shares how the boy then approached and asked him, he still said no.
Hal is recalling the year he played in the celebrity game, he brings up tommy Lasorda who remembered his son Ian’s name 20 years later after meeting him once at the game.
Adam is now talking about the all-star game and how you have perennial stars who played every year and the one hit wonders of the era who seemingly appear and then vanish from the rosters from year to year.
Adam is telling Hal about threatening to beat up Jack Gilardi and he explains it to Hal who knows the man, hilarious “sign the ball” line from Hal.
Adam is now telling Hal about this being a dream come true for him, he even took some batting practice and he tried to tell the coach he was good and he had some game, Jack took it the wrong way and put Stephen Baldwin and Kevin Frazier in multiple times instead of Adam.
Adam asks Hal if Jack Gilardi was always a douche and he says he was always riding the pine with the guy too, confirming Adam’s feelings.
BB loves Hal’s reaction to this story.
The TrackR
Adam gives out the plugs and he wraps up the show, Hal was a fantastic guest and they should have him back very soon, great episode with lots of hilarious one time only reactions and comedy, the repetition elements made it a superior ep!