31 Dec Giovanni’s Superfan Sidebar 12/24/2014 – 2014 ACE Awards
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Guest – Ace Awards 2014
Recorded 12-19-2014 – Release Date 12-24-2014
Production Number #1479
Adam is starting the 8th annual Ace Awards (they didn’t do them in 2009) without BB and Alison in studio, Adam is telling the audience about how he will “fucking crack one” and enjoys to drink a beer while celebrating.
He mentions the holiday party, plugs the live shows and Take a Knee.
Best Impression
Dana Carvery as both George Bush’s, Obama and Matthew McConaughey from ACS #1323
Gilbert Gottfried as Norm MacDonald from ACS #1429
JL Cauvin as Adam, President Obama and Donald Trump from ACS #1342 (from his video as played on the show)
Tom Stern as Adam Carolla and the Foreign Tow Trucker Driver from ACS #1344
Alan Tudyk as Fred Gwynne from ACS #1452
Dana Carvery takes the win
Rant of the Year 1st Nominee
Unaired NPR Interview from ACS #1329
BB joins them in studio as Adam is now reheating this rant after again admitting he’s 3 tallboys into his celebration.
Adam brings up the “Bush Lied, People Died” drum the left never stops beating and their hypocrisy in not playing this interview.
Most uncomfortable Moment
Staff Steal Adam’s beer from ACS #1386
Greg Fitzsimmons Pencil Holder from ACS #1261
Gary’s 1st Class Flight from ACS #1437
Alison joins them with a lamentation about the Hollywood traffic that delayed her, Adam catches her up on what she missed.
Adam says the winner is Gary’s jetliner jerk off, Adam is now commenting on how women don’t get how men are wired, Alison is commenting that she’s starting to get that, funny back and forth.
Best Friend of the Show #1
David Alan Grier, 1st clip from ACS #1432
Best Invention
The Wheelchair Dickey from ACS #1345
The “Will Do App” from ACS #1237
The Condiment Dinghy from ACS #1382
The Beet Bracelet from ACS #1346
The Beet bracelet takes the win, Alison says they all still hold up and Adam likes the whimsy of that invention best.
Rant of the Year 2nd Nominee
Dora and Cailou from ACS #1447
Best Reenactment
Adam and Ian Edwards for “Naïve Drug Councilor” from ACS #1345
Adam and Alison for “Premature Ejaculating Caveman” from ACS #1264
Adam and Eric Stonestreet with “Dog Having Sex with Owner” from ACS #1277
Adam praises Eric and his talent, citing his recent viewing of some ‘Modern Family’.
Eric gets the win.
Best Live Read
(Adam and BB seem to be unaware of what these could possibly be)
Mike Rowe for Dollar Shave Club from ACS #1270
Jo Koy for Draft Kings (my favorite) from ACS #1406
Pauly Shore for Life Lock from ACS #1453
Adam comments on Pauly and his “like a newborn” way of living, Mike Rowe takes the win.
Adam is now doing a Hulu Plus live read.
“Oh no, I actually like my family” edition with Adam and BB riffing about Adam assuming everyone else dreads time with their family like he would.
Adam laments his inability to transport “his shows” with him while on the road.
Caller of the Year
Cassius Morris, clip from ACS #1443
Alec Baldwin from ACS #1290
Eric the Vampire Stake Salesman from ACS #1365
Brian the Fake Whitney Houston Drug Dealer from ACS #1457
Zach the Virgin from ACS #1255
Adam says it’s fun to re-listen to this as he forgets most of the details of the show, just remembering the broad strokes.
Rant of the Year 3rd Nominee
Shitty Neighbors from ACS #1465
Adam is now doing another lap on this rant
Best Interview
“I don’t even know what that is” – Adam
Joe Perry from ACS #1438
David Choe from ACS #1431
William Shatner from ACS #1383
Joe Rogan from ACS #1457
Tracy Morgan from ACS #1298
Adam comments on Joe Rogan’s pragmatism and compliments him and how he lives his life, Adam is asking the gang if he told them about his phone call with Tracy Morgan and how he cried on the call, wow.
Joe Rogan takes the win.
Previously Awarded
Best Reality Show “Holy Shit with John Wayne’s Corpse (Hold on Homo!)” from ACS #1463
Best Sitcom “Where are the Merkins” from ACS #1295
Best PSA “Motorcycles and Mushrooms” from ACS #1339
Best Morning Show “Spunk and Vomit” from ACS #1399
Best Airline Food Review from ACS #1333
Best Reality Host from ACS #1451
They head to break and Adam teases some categories.
They’re back from break.
Adam reacts to the clip of Howie Mandel from the recent live show, Adam says Howie’s “Hey” sounds just like Mike Dawson’s vocalization.
Dawson is now on mic and Adam is explaining it.
Outstanding achievement in shitting on a point or story
Ray Oldhafer from ACS #1370
Bald Bryan from ACS #1436
Ray Oldhafer from ACS #1370
Bald Bryan from ACS #1442
Mike Dawson from ACS #1384
Dawson takes the win, he is telling them about his mom’s great pineapple upside down cake that even he doesn’t enjoy, he claims to love pineapple, just not on pizza or in cake form?
Dawson shares his rules for mixing fruit and dessert, Adam is mocking people who make up these rules about nuts not mixing with ice cream etc.
BB calls Adam out for liking cheese, he then says goat cheese is a cheese and Adam objects with some funny replies.
Rant of the Year 4th Nominee
Patent Trolls from ACS #1388(?)
BB says you can tell these are these best rants as they get Adam fired up when he re-listens to them.
Best Friend of the Show #2
Jo Koy, 1st clip from ACS #1456
Best Live Musical Performance
Adam and Lisa Lampanelli for ‘Young Girl” from ACS #1426
Adam and Chris Jericho for “Undone” from ACS #1381
Kelley James with “Drunk Fish” from ACS #1353
Adam gives out a plug for Kelley, cool!
Kelley James takes the win, deservedly!
Song of the Year
Rich Banks and Mike Lynch with “Cook for Me” from ACS # (?)
Adam Ray with “Adam Laker’s Carolla” from ACS #1419
Rich Banks “Ruby Was a Dude” from ACS #1287
Rich Banks and Mike Lynch with “Jackin’ on a Jet Airliner (First Class Fun)” from ACS #1419
Rich Banks “Big Black Dong” from ACS #1419
Rich and Mike win for the parody song about Gary jacking off in 1st class.
Worst Impression
Adam doing Bill Cosby from ACS #1458
Best Drunk Best Friend
Adam Ray “Drunk Best Friend” from ACS #1322
Best interruption
Dawson from ACS #1470
Best Drop from a Female Caller
Jamie with “Holla!” from ACS #1363
Best Drop from a Male Caller
Tony with “Yes” from ACS #1369
Special Award for LGBT Awareness
Asa Akira from ACS #1308
Best Improvised 80’s Song
Adam “Rode All Night” from ACS #1410
Biggest Daddy Issues
Dov Davidoff from ACS #1271
Nobel Prize for Science
Adam and Chris with a Biorhythm wheel from ACS #1344
Best Guest Host
Dana Gould on ACS #1316
Adam expresses his love for Dana Gould
Best Drop by a guest
Rob Hubel “Oh Fuck” from ACS #1258
Greg Fitzsimmons “Get These Motherfuckers out and get me some Jews” from ACS #1440
Shaun White “Yolo Man!” from ACS #1331
Dr. Drew “What I Do Now!?” from ACS #1455
Alec Baldwin “Quiet!” from ACS #1290
Best Drop by a Staff Member
Adam with “Germs, Germs, Germs, Germs, DOGS!” from ACS #1304
Alison mocking Daniel’s snoring from ACS #1380
Adam shouting “Nobody!” from ACS #1365(?)
Dawson “you better give me a lotta lumps” from ACS #1437
Alison “I found my soulmate yay…” from ACS #1435
Alison’s soulmate drops take the win.
Best Friend of the Show #3
Jay Mohr, 1st clip from ACS #1474
Adam says that Jo Koy takes the win for Best Friend of the Show.
Adam is once again nearly salivating about the BBQ awaiting him, he now just swallowed said saliva loudly into the mic.
Adam praises ‘Zeke’s’ BBQ restaurant and explains his frequent hankering for BBQ and his family’s unwillingness to join him despite his workload.
Adam is really making lots of mouth and throat noises.
Rant of the Year 5th Nominee
Maxipada gets a ticket from ACS #1345
Rant of the Year goes to #1 the unaired NPR interview rant.
BB praises the rant, he says it met the criteria of taking place in 2014 and was on point, vague praise.
Alison comments on the insane waste of time it was for Adam, Dawson mocks the “isn’t good radio” excuse the radio show used, Dawson makes a great point about that being great radio, the most compelling possible.
Adam says it was because of their bias and further laments the experience.
Adam thanks the listeners for tuning in, BB thanks all of the staff for their long hours spent cutting together the episode.
Dawson gives me a nice thank you for an assist, I didn’t do much.
Funny “Do you need a last name” riff about my name, thanks Dawson, great work guys!
Very funny closing credits sting for Matt Fondiler, what a solid year of shows!