Kumail Nanjiani
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Show Summary
Today’s guest hosts a podcast about video games, and Adam jokes about a recent experience he had filming a video game commercial. He then talks about the problems with contemporary strip clubs, and the guys reflect on some of the better strip club bands. Alison also reads part of Rolling Stones’ Top 10 Worst Songs of the 80s, and talks about the latest Johnny Depp project.
Comedian Kumail Nanjiani then joins the podcast, and Adam asks him about being born and raised in Pakistan. They also discuss the recent explosion of Middle Eastern comics, and Kumail talks about his journey to Iowa to attend college. The group then asks Kumail about some of the Muslim practices he was raised to follow, and Adam complains about people trying to follow their dreams.
Returning to the news, Seth MacFarlane was recently on Piers Morgan to discuss reactions to the old writers strike. Adam was coincidentally on the phone with Seth just earlier today, and recalls the conversation they had about animators not understanding the jokes they are writing. Alison wraps the news with stories about a guy arrested for kiddie porn after burglars tipped police, and a new unicycling world record that was set.
Links
Download ‘The Indoor Kids’ off iTunes, or visit www.Nerdist.com/Podcast
Rolling Stones Worst 80s Songs
Show Credits
Executive Producer: Donny Misraje
Producer: Mike Lynch
Producer: Mike Dawson
Audio/Voice Over/Post-Production: Mike Dawson
Newsgirl: Alison Rosen
Sound Effects: Bryan Bishop
Technical Director: Chris Laxamana
Researcher: Gary Smith
Show Summary: Matt Fondiler
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Did Alison fart during the news again?
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Fake Kadoodee Poser B!tch
Waitaminute. That’s not a Kadoodee. That’s a Madoodee.
I guess I’m just a stupid bitch that can’t read.
I’m really sorry everyone, for being such a dumbass.
yeah I am, I’m not quite awake when I arrive at work every morning…
Smug, that’s what religion is.
Everyone else is smug, too — smug in the concept they don’t need religion.
They are not long, these days of beer and chicken, smoke ye buds while ye may.
Enjoy the biscuits. They’re delicious.
Wow, guess it’s right what they say about Christians. No sense of humor.
Go to hell and burn you moronic religious nut case.
Wow, they actually had a good comedian on. Haven’t listened yet, but this should be good.
Wow! What a complisult, how unoriginal.
Wow, I enjoy starting sentences with “wow”!
Wow, this fake May bullshit is really getting on my nerves.
Wow! just wow…
Goddamn you Alison, bringing up bad Rolling Stone’s Bad 80′s songs as a news topic. Zip It
Wow! I finally listened to the Michael Moore episode. Very pleasantly surprised a regular working class guy, I presumed he was a total dóuche, turns out he’s very insightful and I’m the dóuche.
No accent in “douche”. I know, I know, it’s douchy of me to even point it out.
I am with Adam about the state of strippers.
Adam: I feel like Hell is just a maximum security prison filled with rapists…
Kumail:…and Jews.
Led Zeppelin is so damn good, that i stopped listening to the bit and just heard the music.
Good show though.
Likewise. Achilles Last Stand, as a matter of fact. Great song.
I listen to Kumail’s podcast and it really is a great podcast for people who love video games. So many podcasts out there but The Indoor Kids is totally worth listening to.
“He’s got a purple alligator and a sixteen foot hand..”
[Livin'...lovin...]
“You need kool-aid, baby I made kool-aid.”
Excuse me while I kiss this guy – JH
The crossed eyed baby that you gave to me – AM
I just heard the part of the show about Led Zepplin and my comment above is stupid and completely off point, oh well; it’s Friday Whoo Hoo!
I am such a dumbass fucking moron.
A “Gymkata” reference!
it was awesome.
uggh, no more music talk… adam you’re out of your element!
The Cult are from Britain, not LA. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cult
Dustin you are wise beyond your years. LZ is great. And that was one of the funnier bits on this podcast.
Maneater isn’t a horrible song. The chorus sucks, but there’s a nice groove during the verses.
I love Adam!!!
I love Alison!!!
Is it me, or does Adam actually sound like Fran Drescher? know he thinks he’s a Jew and loves chick music, but his influences are fucking berserk here.
The reason Dr. Seuss rhymed only a few words in Green Eggs and Ham was because his publisher bet that he could not write a book using only fifty different words.
There’s an acoustic version of Stroke by Billy Squier that would pull that song out of the basement and at least put it into a ‘not the worst song’ category.
LOL, I feel ya Ace! it all started when meth went main stream and became a way to do everything…and its fucking hilarious when the dollar-whores do the splits and pound their box on the stage like a pile-driver.
Hilarious……..or maybe just a little sad…..
Why do people keep on stating that Allison farted? Is it just some weird fantasy of yours that you like to beat off too or a really lame inside joke?
“How do you spell that?”
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-AR
I think we are all clear on how Adam feels about Maneater, Dirty Laundry and I Love Rock and Roll.
The Stroke hatred was a new one at least.
Acemman, c’mon. Didn’t you get my message yesterday? I said no more music rants and that’s what you start the show with? And A even works it into the news? Don’t you want me to tell you how to do the show and let you know what’s funny? I was so bummed this morning I sat in my cubicle and pouted until my manager sent me home.
LMFAO! Fish sticks!!!
Kumail is awesome. Dude is just plain funny. I first heard of him from Chris Hardwick when his podcast did a ‘Comedian’s you should know about’ episode.
Love him on Franklin and Bash too.
After watching the Adam has Nissian pride video one realizes he is genuinely smart and funny. Good stuff. I guess I wish he was more open minded about a lot of things, but he has to be controversial and opinionated. There would be no show otherwise. All of this is obvious, but the Sly Stone rant just set me off.
Good ear Adam, the Cult are from England
Great show!!!! That guy was really funny.
I think Kumail really does hate the Jews, he made a few references like he was kidding, but I have a feeling he probably wasn’t.
Unless he’s developmentally challenged, it has to be part of his shtick. But is he going for ironic or transgressive? One would hope the former. But the basketball-hoop line seemed the latter. Either way, it’s probably best to save it for his act rather than clumsily deadpanning it into an interview. Might have worked if Adam hadn’t left him hanging out to dry.
I get the same feeling too. It actually didn’t sound like he was kidding. What a hypocrite
Well he said he’s still Muslim, so of course he still hates Jews.
So does everybody already know that Adam is doing Celebrity Apprentice and that is why he will be in NY? I can’t believe he’s doing it. Should be interesting.
So, if your not funny you shouldn’t be a comedy critic cause you don’t know what the fuck your talking about. So, if your not a musician….stfu?
Ha Ha thats fuckin right.
well said
Adam plays guitar, and pretty decently, look for LL episode with Blues Traveler
that was a reoccurring bit. Adam doesn’t play guitar and drew doesn’t play bass.
I bet Adam was going crazy internally with the free schools funded by the US comment
No, I did not know that he was doing Celebrity Apprentice….but I guess they gave me a reason to finally watch that show. Seeing Ace deal with a bunch of spoiled brats(people that are usually cast on the show) will be hilarious!
Strongly agree that Adam is absolutely solid gold choice for Celebrity Apprentice. I’m actually psyched out of my mind if this is true.
Bulldoze OWS? HMMM
Get to the Teabag rally with Breitbart, and hurry
Yeah bulldozers are so low-tech. A Predator drone strike would be much be much more surgical.
Holy shit does adam ever have shitty taste.
It’s awesome hearing musical criticism from someone who can’t even play a tambourine.
It’s awesome hearing movie criticism from a bitter old fart who’s just angry no-one liked his piece of shit unfunny opus.
It’s awesome hearing stripper criticism from a desperate symp who has no game and married a gold digger with huge tits.
It’s awesome reading podcast criticism from someone who doesn’t run a podcast.
Awwww Strauss.
It’s awesome that you are so angry over a podcast.
It’s awesome that your mom left you alone with the computer today.
It’s awesome that one man can make millions complaining and you do it and just look like a bitter A hole.
One of the reasons I post on message boards is that I have very strong feelings about entertainment media. I use message boards to share these feelings with other people on the internet, and a part of me feels validated every time someone directs their time and attention toward me with their response(s).
Sounds lonely.
I have been a long time fan of the show and a long time fan of Adams so I am not a hater nor am I wishing anything but the best for this show however what the F? Since when did Adam get so damn angry? The rants on music, on other people’s books, on other producer’s movies…and so on. I think everyone of us finds that at least once in our life we may have gotten an exaggerated view of our place, our importance…or our own value to society. I honestly think Adam is in that place…the only cure, humility. Put some humble on Adam, remember part of your charm has been the fact that you are an ordinary guy and we all relate to you. Second bitch of the day…Alison, say less and change that flippin sign off. I am going to skip the news from now on.
Holy fuck, State of Shock again?!? That’s it! Goodbye, cruel world!
Also, Clay Aiken is gonna be on Celeb Apprentice with Ace…I only hope they’re on the same team so Ace can make numerous gay jokes. Har!
Don’t get me wrong I love this podcast and think Adam is funny as hell. But the music thing….Rollingstone has no credibility? how about someone that says their such a simple band AND Led Zeppelin in the same sentence. Fuck, that is zero cred.
yup…i think both have zero credibility (ace and rolling stone)
Watch “Adam Carolla has Nissan Pride” on the front page with google’s experimental closed captioning (CC button). It’s funny twice. Good stuff Aceman.
Charles Schultz? Really? That’s like saying apple pie is lame, or the American flag, or Chevy trucks. Peanuts was awesome. It’s called subtlety, Aceman. Not everything that came out of Schultz’ studio was gold, but the guy was pretty good at articulating the human condition and by the way, an icon the world over. You can go to the deepest, darkest shithole anywhere in the world and they know who Charlie Brown and Snoopy are.
Oh man, that Zeppelin bit was fucking great. The superset! Zeptember! Gets me every time. “Is this that Rocky Mountain oyster dude? … Misty lovin’ hop? Achilles’ Last Woman?”
Quit yer grinnin’ and drop your linen!
c’mon Ace…you have your own network now…create a music criticism show if you want to criticize music…create a politics show if you want to voice your political opinions…you had a movie criticism show and you cancelled it…the ACP was originally a COMEDY and interview show…how bout’ bringing back the funny part and not mail it in when you don’t like the guest…interviewers generally do at least a small amount of research on their subject…for f$%&s sake start by learning to say their name before the ON-AIR light goes on
Anyone sickened by Adam’s Occupy Wall Street Right Wing POV? They just need to get jobs? Adam pays too much in taxes therefore there isn’t an issue? Or maybe this issue sounds like something his mom would support.
How about the median family income declined by 6.7 percent over the past two years, the unemployment rate is stuck at 9.1 percent in the October report (16.5 percent if you look at the more meaningful U6 number), and 46.2 million Americans are living in poverty—the most in more than 50 years. The issue of equity, fairness, justice, income distribution, and accountability for the economic cataclysm. (elliot spitz)
Oh just shut up you loser slackers. You just don’t have Adam’s work ethic.
Nice job keeping your mouths shut Allison and Brian. He’ll pay right someday… right?
Always the poor or blue collar or foreigner-turned american nouveau riche becomes the most ardent, intransigent, ugly conservative.
Get DAG back so we don’t have to hear this shit.
WAIT A MINUTE. For all Adam’s music bitching, he thinks THIS is okay???? WTF?!?!
Oh Mickey, you’re so fine you’re so fine you blow my mind,
hey Mickey , hey Mickey
Oh Mickey, you’re so fine you’re so fine you blow my mind,
hey Mickey hey Mickey
Oh Mickey, you’re so fine you’re so fine you blow my mind,
hey Mickey hey Mickey
Oh Mickey, you’re so fine you’re so fine you blow my mind,
hey Mickey hey Mickey
No shit
Yeah, he craps on the Eagles left and right but loves shit. Look Carolla, the radio stations in so-cal overplay the Eagles. That doesn’t mean the Eagles suck. I’d rather hear Don Henly’s boysofsummer for a trillion years before the Mickey song. Adam needs a serious beating.
“Bulldoze the protesters”? Not that you’ll miss me or anything but I’ve been a fan since 1997. Just thought I’d let you know why I’ll never listen to your podcast again. Let me know when you get around to flip-flopping your opinion about the Occupy movement (just like you did with the show Modern Family). You’re funny as hell…wish you would just stick to that. While I’m saying goodbye, there are two things you say that you support. Mushrooms and the death penalty. You should try combining those two experiences and see which end you come out on. That would be entertaining. Maybe you really are dead inside? I dunno. I don’t know you. Okay, bye for now.
- A pussy, leftist ex fan
Critics of the growing Occupy Wall Street movement complain that the protesters don’t have a policy agenda and, therefore, don’t stand for anything. They’re wrong. The key isn’t what protesters are for but rather what they’re against — the gaping inequality that has poisoned our economy, our politics and our nation.
The great thing about a movement of deadbeats is how quickly this thing is gonna fizzle when the weather turns cold and it becomes shitty to hang out outside smoking weed.
Ha. A couple weeks ago it was supposed to be done already. Now you’re counting on snow. What a pathetic bootlicker you are. How do Grover Norquist’s balls taste?
Can we get back to the issue of central importance -Allison’s chub factor?
Don’t forget about us.
Wow stop the presses ACE badmouthing Charles Schultz,from some of his political rantings,I wonder if he is a big Mallard Fillmore fan,cause if he says that Peanuts is an unfunny piece of shit,then him being a Mallard Fillmore fan is a giant what the fuck,also sorry ACE but that Rick Ashley song is not even a good pop song,just another stupid bubblegummy piece shit,however I will concede that it is a huge copout to badmouth it however!!!
drunk…i’m drunk
Love me some DAG
this podcast has gone to shit…see ya…i will not be subscribing any longer
I’m not gonna stop listening to the show but adam’s criticism of music, children’s books (which are navy
occupy wall street are a bunch of faggot hipsters on their ipads crying like maggots and wanting radiohead to play on their stupid faggot thing. you want a job? get a job cleaning shit, or pumping gas. oh no but you went to college you “deserve” better. go fuck yourself you entitled hipster maggot faggot
I assume this opinion is based on your extensive research.
kumail was great btw
what was the saxophone drop BB used to discuss 50s strip clubs?
I almost bought a Jon Hiatt album once, based on Adam’s constant harping about what a genius he is, then I was like, “what the fuck am I doing?”
Don’t know why they even bother booking guests on this show. They never get a chance to speak much less plug what they’re there for. Stop booking guests and just try and be funny you comedy factory you.
Hey Aceman! Back when you were still on the radio, with good ol TS and the hated little redheaded cocktail weiner, you guys used to have like a theme music show like once a week, where you all would pick your top 5 “whatever the topic was” songs. It was really cool, and so much better than this kind of stuff. Anyone can bitch about music, and a lot of people do. They are mostly stupid people, and folks who like to hear the sound of their own voice. But it takes talent and intelligence to talk about the finer points of music in a funny way, and even with that Axetard on your show, you all pulled it off. Can you try it again? Love the podcast, keep up the great work!
hey adam shut the shut the fuck up about occupy wallstreet.. you know youre wrong so you try to justify your stand..come on you got bigger problems in your life like picking out the color for your next ferrari .Just shut the fuck up
Spoken by a true liberal hipster…it’s not our fault you hate your dad.
I agree wholeheartedly.
Old Man Carolla is WILDLY uninformed about corporate crimes against America.
Since he doesn’t read or research anything … I just hope he stops giving us his Rush Limbaugh opinion
All you occupy wall street crybabies, shut up. He hated the tea party just as much. He just hates whiners, he doesn’t mind if they are left or right wing.
Lol@the people who just realised that on some issues Adam is insanely right wing. Did you never listen to loveline? or the old radio show? or the podcast these last years?
Suck it up, Adam wants to bomb the towelheads, and exterminate hippy protesters (they remind him of his mother). He wants to abort black babies. He want’s to pay less taxes.
Behind a few.. just listened to the Riki Lindhome podcast. And I looked up Syd Hoff. Agree or not, Adam is consistent.
Couple things:
- he is listed as a “humorist” … which Adam has ranted about previously as being code for unfunny
- the weak book may actually be a result of an unfunny chick who was the editor then VP at the publishing company (Ursula Nordstrom). Sound familiar to Adam’s rants about the unfunny VPs at Comedy Central and other television networks? Hang with me a sec…
- I dug a little deeper and on the late Syd Hoff’s website, they have posted letters from her giving critique of the book. She actually does the “not this, but something like this… you think of it” approach. Exactly like Adam has complained about. Check it out: www[dot]sacreddoodles[dot]com/SydHoff/pages/dannythedino[dot]html
As far as the content of the actual book – the guy was a cartoonist and did the artwork. Clearly the writing was secondary (and ruined by that unfunny chick).
volkan has a problem because of jealousy. If what he has is unfair in relation to what you have, then maybe you should have tried harder in life.
Adam’s taste in music…. well he dislikes things that suck, but he likes things that suck as much too it seems
YIKES are you people paying Alison Rosen by the word? Because her useless yappiness has reached a fever pitch lately.
Im not muslim, but even I was offended by adams borderline racism towards the religion
This comedian was not funny. I looked at some of his youtube videos and he is so lame. Not sure why he was on the show.
you dumb fucks shut the hell up. dont listen! go listen to bill mahr duschbaggs. maybe we should be paying more attention to the anti-Semitic comments from the muslim guy. he might not be fully muslim but still hates jews. Rock on adam. people who disagree will be the demise of the country
what’s a duschbaggs?
please please please stop ranting about bad music and bad cartoonists. we get it. really. your observational conversation is way better and more interesting.
I wish Ace wasn’t a liar about Man Eater and Steve Miller… he for sure secretly like those songs, because he plays them about 5x more than the stuff he likes! Suuuuuuuure it’s just to complain about them.
Kumail is actually a very funny comedian, I randomly saw him in sf a few weekends ago not knowing who he was and he straight destroyed his set, very funny and if please go see him if you get a chance. His humor didn’t really show in this episode which was a lil dissapointing but he is still a very funny and nice guy
Adam defending “Mickey” as a good 80′s song is hilarious. That song will slowly drive you to put a gun to your head.
Don’t Worry Be Happy” NOT grating?! Listen to it again Adam.
One of the very few times I fast-fwd the podcast is when Adam starts going off the rails about what is and is not shitty music. It can get unbearable very fast.
Kumail was hilarious in an episode of Portlandia (Fred Armisen’s show), you might have mentioned that since Fred was on a few months ago.
Anyone who complains about Alison’s contributions is an idiot. She is gold.
please can someone let me know that saxophone riff bald bryan played when they were talking about strip clubs!!
Pretty sure the song is called Comanche by The Revels. You probably recognized it from being in Pulp Fiction. Just released on Blu-Ray, btw!
“The Whole Mountain?!?!”