24 May Giovanni’s Superfan Sidebar 04/08/2016 – Jim Florentine and Vinnie Tortorich
A real time blog where Superfan Giovanni does recap and commentary on the show as it happens and opines on all things ACS
Guest – Jim Florentine and Vinnie Tortorich
Recorded 04-07-2016 – Release Date 04-08-2016
Production Number #1796
Adam opens the show to a funny Special Ed intro and he says how much he loves to meet the families who come out to the live shows, BB has a Special Ed #TopDrop and Adam welcomes Vinnie back to the show and plugs his book.
Adam says Vinnie has imparted a lot of wisdom to him and he has some questions, Vinnie chimes in and compliments Adam’s family.
Adam is sharing how he nixed the hash browns and he loves them, the breakfast minus the hash browns is a huge step down for him.
Adam is now asking Vinnie what he would pick, a medium cup of rice, hash browns or toast for breakfast.
Adam is talking about Vinnie and his loose “you can eat it” rule of thumb, Vinnie compliments Adam approaching his goal weight and Vinnie talks about having coffee with Gina and how since she’s just started this process she should wait about 60 days before having any hash browns and Adam says he’s hit 186 lbs. and can’t lose the rest, he wants to see if he can get past 186 and down to 180.
Vinnie talks about people trying to game the system and how cutting the calories and excising more can put you in starvation mode, Adam says he’s plateaued for a day and a half.
Adam is back to Vinnie’s carb challenge, Vinnie says rice, hash browns and then toast last.
Adam says he loves white rice and would like rice with eggs, Adam jokes about Natalia’s lumberjack stack and how even a lumberjack came by and said that was too much, lumberjack’s aren’t even that hearty.
Adam talks about slippery slopes and how people will slide when they make one mistake, Adam is telling people to treat it like a DUI not a Freefall, try and avoid it and don’t let it happen again.
Vinnie talks about his Wine drinking clients and he mentions Resveratrol and BB has some fun with the Dr. Bruce drop and finishes Vinnie’s sentences as he says he can’t even pronounce it.
Gina tells them about her soup and salad lunch and how she ate everything sans extra carbs.
Gina says that Vinnie is helping Gina rewire her brain and cravings.
Adam says that people need to move on and grow over time, he says if we didn’t it would mean he would still be grieving the late Norman the cat still today.
Adam says once you get the bagel chips out of life’s pantry you don’t really miss it.
BB asks about a power ranking for booze, Vinnie and Adam explain that booze is sugar regardless.
BB says he would have gotten so much shit for Vinnie’s answer, Adam is trying to explain that he doesn’t get it, booze is sugar and BB keeps trying to work the super sugary booze options into his explanation.
Adam teases the arrival of Jim and Gina says she showed everyone at the morning show the ‘Adam Carolla Teaches Kids Karate’ “Sensei Adam” bit from ‘The Man Show’ and Adam says that Jim can belch like John Popper can sing right after playing the harmonica.
Adam is doing an Oberto Beef Jerky Live Read
BB overcompensates and Adam says it will keep your mouth busy and keep you from pulling into a fast foot place, Adam mentions Blue Diamond almonds edition.
Adam says he ate a Blue Diamond almond off the floor, it was the only one nut he was able to get his hands on.
Adam is now ranting about flip caps being left open, the mayo, the toothpaste etc.
Adam says it’s passive aggressive behavior and jokes about how the person who invented the flip cap could’ve never imagined people would be this lazy, out of it, or purposefully wasteful.
Adam is now showing them the bag of almonds that was left behind with only a single nut left, BB loves that it’s just one.
Vinnie tries to throw Chris under the us and says he ate the Jerky last time he was in the studio, Adam brings up Dr. Drew and his weird wiring and cites how he puts his keys in the fridge to not forget his flu vaccines and how he would call him at 4:59 am while on the road for their various live tours and speaking gigs.
Gary is further on mic and they’re all talking about Drew, Adam is now bringing up the smoke detector underwriters lab and how they set the decibel level and system to assure that someone would change their battery.
Adam is explaining how the smoke detector calls would go on Classic LoveLine and how he would detect it every time, the callers often never knew or even worse, it got really bad.
Gina gets it right by describing them as people who are defiantly dumb.
Vinnie says that every time it’s happened to him it’s been in the early hours of the morning; Gary explains that it’s apparently it’s related to it being the time when your home is the coolest.
Adam says Lynette had to go on a 4 am hunt for a chirping smoke detector, he says she did something that was widely effective whatever it was, he compliments her and they go into a Crank Yankers call.
Adam is now playing the ‘Bobby Fletcher Applies for a Job’ call, but from the internet and not the archive I sent them that has the full collection. They have internet issues and move on momentarily.
Adam is doing a Wix.com Live Read
They’re back to the classic ‘Crank Yankers’ call, everyone is reacting and Adam says he was doing this in real time, Adam comments on the ending to the scene with the puppets and Gina asks how Jim was able to do those burps in real time.
Adam is now joking about photos of random black guys being left around recording studios and how everyone could be convinced they were fictitious famous rappers, such as “3 Chainz” and Adam is describing how they would lay across the studio floor in Vegas and use dry erase boards.
Adam says he has always wanted to the find the callers and compare photos to their puppets, they all discuss the show and the puppets.
Q and Ace
1st Caller Mike, he likes the show cops and wants to know how he can pick up his Ace Award, he’s calling about life in Louisiana and he mentions the movie ‘Trainwreck’ and the shooting during a screening.
Mike wants to know if people who stockpile guns and are less funny now that mass shootings take place on a larger scale and more frequently.
Vinnie is translating Mike’s “Coon Ass Speak” and Adam says Mila Kunis ad BB objects to the use of coon, Vinnie is told to keep going.
Vinnie is paraphrasing Mike and rephrases his question that southern people now seem smarter for having guns and being into concealed carry etc.
Adam says he’s not a gun guy and has never been a gun guy, he’s now making a point about how anyone about to wage a jihad or try to attempt a mass killing would want to avoid any place where they are likely to be shot before accomplishing their death toll bucket list.
Adam is now saying he’s pro people having guns as shooters and terrorists wouldn’t want people to have them, he’s also for bum rushing terrorists on planes and even something like people in a classroom throwing anything they can to stop the shooter, Gina brings up the Dorner case and Adam mixes him up with Darden.
2nd Caller Parker, he’s about to get married and he mentions the song ‘If You Want To Be Happy’ by Jimmy Soul and cites the lyric “but she sure can cook baby” as they listen to it but Parker was calling about ‘Get an Ugly Girl to Marry You’ by The Coasters, essentially the same song if not the same exact song.
BB corrects him and they continue to listen to it.
Adam is now tacking on another wedding song for him to add to the playlist, “Mother-in-Law” a 1961 song recorded by Ernie K-Doe, BB knows where he is going and they’re listening to it.
Adam likes flashing back to the days when brothers still had mother in laws, wow.
Adam is selectively emphasizing a words or two and he’s breaking down the structure of the lyrics and how he gets into his work week, Adam says he loves music when it’s raw like this.
Adam tells Parker he must pay them both and Adam mentions ‘Charlie Brown’ by The Coasters, he adds ‘You Talk Too Much’ by Frankie Ford and BB finds it and plays it for the gang, Adam is commenting over it and suggests if the father in law is a chatty guy they can dedicate this track to him.
3rd Caller Zoltan, he brings up how Adam criticizes the show ‘Caillou’ and how he could enjoy it by thinking of him as having leukemia for the entire series, Adam mocks the mediocrity of the series and says it poisons kids brains.
Adam says cartoons are weird copout and brings up how people recommend kids go to pre-k and Adam jokes about running up to Vinnie and threatening to cut him with a shared of glass as he’s never been to Pre-K to learn how to socialize, hilarious “I’ll Cut You” screaming from Adam.
Adam is talking about how ‘Caillou’ is a copout artistic pile of crap vacuum, like someone who writes children’s books without doing the illustrations, he says he could freeform those books in his sleep.
Vinnie says he wrote a children’s book based on a bet and he’s not good at writing, he wrote it in an afternoon and it actually did really good.
Adam is mocking ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ and says it’s like writing books for retarded people, he breaks down the plot and jokes about a peyote button being involved in the bizarre plot.
Gina has a funny anecdote about her friend’s daughter and the show ‘Ni Hao, Kai-Lan’ and they move on to Vinnies’ game and Adam jokes about backhanding a kid that reminded him of Caillou, just reflexively.
Fit or Bullshit
1st FOBS Which seed packs the biggest health punch; Vinnie says the answer is D the cop out answer, that they’re all good for you.
Vinnie is now breaking down the origin of chia seeds being considered a superfood and how it’s no different than sunflower seeds.
2nd FOBS Gym Etiquette, do you leave the bar with the weight you found on it or do you return it to empty, Adam is unsure of the proper etiquette and says leaving it with the amount of the weight that was on there could be like being the guy to use the restroom after someone else just shit it up only for you to be seen leaving and get the blame for making everything smell like poop.
Gina is breaking down her thoughts on this and Vinnie says always breakdown the bar and return it to nothing, Adam is bringing up the Bench Press with the baseline two 45 lb. plates.
BB suggests Adam return to the gym just to get material to riff on and BB tells him about a guy using his phone while exercising and they move on.
Vinnie has footage of some guys running around the gym instead of using treadmills.
3rd FOBS Which artificial sweetener is safe to use on a daily basis, Adam goes weird with Saccharin to rage against his mom and her crazy beliefs.
BB and Gina weigh in, Vinnie says pure stevia from a dropper is ok and the mixed Truvia branded stuff he doesn’t recommend due to “Cancer stuff” and cites BB’s tumor.
BB says it’s clarified Stevia extract, the best of all of the evil that are sweeteners.
Adam is doing a Zip Recruiter Live Read
Adam gives out the plugs for Vinnie and says he’s listened to the entirety of ‘Fitness confidential;’ and they head to break.
They’re back from break with a listener voicemail asking if he should branch out and listen to more topics and podcasts or double down on his strict intake of daily Carolla pods, Adam suggests the guests he has on makes the show not only about him, so it is enough variety.
Jim is making his 5th appearance on the show, he was first on ACS #53, then he did the 1st Live show in Ontario California that’s current unavailable online unfortunately then he came back for ACS #511 & ACS #593 in 2011 and was last on ACS #1237 in 2014.
Adam is talking about Jim’s book and his girlfriend who committed suicide and Adam talks about her gift of not being attracted to screwed up people.
Jim Florentine is citing his time in the late 90’s and early 00’s living in apartments and crappy houses with Jim Norton, early Opie and Anthony website material.
Adam is talking about suicide and how nobody is responsible for someone else killing themselves, he cites the infamous roommate homophobia case that was manipulated by the media that he mentions from time to time.
Adam is asking about his ex and how the relationship went, he is talking about the “fresh start” mentality and how the first think you’re going to pack is yourself, BB plays a ‘The More You Know’ drop and Adam is making a point about how deep depression runs.
Jim says he didn’t know anything about depression and the extent of it, Jim has a quote that he was told about being “chapter three” in her life and he couldn’t’ fix what happened to her in chapter 1.
Adam is now making a point about a car being in an accident and how can never truly get it back to the shape it was in before the Collison, it might look good from afar but it’s not going to ever be the same.
Adam has a funny Stripper DJ bit and he tells Jim he married his wife Lynette specifically because she was normal and he says he wanted a good mom and a non-addict who can engage in normal activities and participate in the fun parts of life.
Jim describes his boring teacher ex who made him want to crawl out of his skin, Adam says you cannot rewire these wrecks you get from the salvage yard.
Jim says his marriage just blew up about a year ago and Adam plugs Jim’s stuff.
Adam is doing a Harry’s Live Read
People steal razors to buy themselves some crack edition
Gina’s News
Gina comments on this show being riveting to everyone but Adam’s dog Phil who his terrorizing everyone in the studio and Adam says he appreciates the tweets and feedback but his family is never going to train up and enforce strict rules.
Adam says he’s a wild beast and he lives in his house and he’s come to accept that, Adam says Phil ate a sack of joint compound in a paper bag, he’s sleeping behind Adam right now and he says he’s like a cockroach, he’s either not moving or running at full speed.
Adam says Phil has passed out mode and raping his son mode, those are his two modes.
Jim mentions his 8 lb. Yorkie and his puppy pads he has in the house, Adam wanted a brute male of a dog and he describes how sweet Molly was and how she would massage the gristle away from his hand and never bite him.
Adam says Phil will go up to your elbow to get the table scrap, poor Molly.
Adam says that Phil is going off to Doggy camp, he’s throwing money at the problem and BB asks about getting him neutered and Gary gets on mic to talk about what is recommended and what he and his gal did with their dog and what the breeder recommended.
Adam cites his 1998 puppy Lotzi who died after being spayed, he says he can’t tell Lynette there is nothing worry about when they lost a dog that way.
Jim says he got his dog fixed early on and she’s still horny, humping his leg and his son like crazy.
Gina gives some trivia about neutered cats, she tells them about “tipping” and Adam jokes about it indicating if the cats are a Crip or a blood.
1st Story is on the Police Officer in San Antonio who body slammed a girl to the ground, Gina has the names and all of the details of the Officer’s paid leave.
BB jokes about all of the teachers now eyeballing kids to body slam, Adam asks about the cop being kicked and Gina shares some of the footage of what happened.
Adam asks about what was going on before the cop showed up.
Adam says he doesn’t give a shit about people getting hit for kicking or assaulting a cop, Adam says we’re trying to reverse engineer police shootings, he’s not for cops shooting 17 yr. old boys or body slamming girls.
Cops become cops for a reason, the want to ruin peoples’ days and or get yelled at by heavy set women of color or getting shot at, you need to be wired for action.
Jim confirms that and tells them about his cop friends who prefer the night shifts as there is more chaos and action.
Adam says when he was a kid someone would yell cops and they would all run in the opposite directions, Jim talks about the mouthy person in the car who would always talk shit to the cops and get everyone searched or fucked with.
Adam is now bringing up a cop who was swinging haymakers on a kid, some other footage he saw.
2nd Story is on Ivanka Trump’s Chinese made flammable scarves, that don’t meet the burn rating for safe clothing in the United States.
Adam is talking about business and the fastest and cheapest process being the most likely avenue for doing said business.
Adam says it’s never going to end and gets to the notion of tax shelters, he says as long as there are poor people without ID there will be check cashing places.
Adam cites his Gavin Newsom interview and he asks Gary to tell him as he understands this stuff better and he makes a point about outsourcing and Trumps proposed policy on trade laws and China.
Gary says Apple is the biggest company in the world and an easy target for this and chalks the conversations about it to rhetoric and explains Bernie Sander said the same thing.
Adam says that he understands Business going where the money is best, Adam says you can’t shame Apple, it’s like trying to shame the Terminator, it doesn’t work.
Adam is doing a Life Lock Live Read
Good luck Unringing that bell an IRS mistake ruins your credit for 10 years’ edition
Adam is now getting the footage of the black cops swinging away on a black kid, Adam asks if the school administration is going to be able to do anything when a kid decided to stand up and trade blows with a cop.
Adam asks if there is anything a counselor could do about this and says they need family to raise them to not ever consider doing this.
Adam says if that child doesn’t experience fear when he looks at that cop, then there is nothing we can do to prevent you from being killed by him or one of his coworkers in your life.
Gins asks about Safe Spaces and the rise of victimhood, Adam is now talking about his relative problems and rough life compared to people in truly horrific poverty.
Adam wants the footage again and has him go back to the beginning to break down the fight.
Adam says the kid is squaring up and asks everyone to imagine this was their 9th grade classroom, could you imagine this in 100 yrs. ever happening?
Adam says his plan to save more young black men gets him called a racist, how dare he suggest ways to prevent this from happening.
Jim has some funny comments and they wrap the news to Gina saying “Ni Hao, Kai-Lan” and Adam goes into a live read.
Adam is doing a Stamps.com Live Read
Adam plugs their upcoming live dates and he wraps the show joking about Mike August’s awesome crowd control.
Adam plugs Jim’s stuff and wraps up the show with a drop of Vinnie saying “Rack” as per usual.