Jim Norton (ACS August 5)

Adam sits down with Jim Norton to chat about their broadcasting tendency of saving topics for air rather than discussing them off mic. The guys recall being elected class clown at their respective high schools and Jim chats about leaving school to go to rehab. Adam laughs about meeting Jim's very normal parents in Atlantic City a few years ago. Next, Jim talks about his abstinence from porn and his love for MMA. Lastly, the guys chat about Anthony Bourdain. THANKS FOR SUPPORTING TODAY’S SPONSORS: SimpliSafe.com/ADAM Con-Cret.com/PODCAST Geico.com

Kal Penn joins the gang to talk about his book ‘You Can’t Be Serious’ and tells the story of how he went from working in Hollywood to working at the White House all because of an open bar at an Obama campaign event. He tells them about a mistake he made on a government email reply, calling his parents from Air Force One, working with Hugh Laurie on ‘House’, and going from acting in ‘Van Wilder’ to being cast in ‘Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle’. THANKS FOR SUPPORTING TODAY’S SPONSORS: SimpliSafe.com/ADAM Geico.com BlindsGalore.com

Adam and Chris tell the story of their night at Jo Koy’s premiere for ‘Easter Sunday’ including an overly enthusiastic concession stand worker, a police escort across the street, and Adam’s slipup talking to Jimmy O. Yang. Author and host Dan Abrams joins to talk about his new show ‘On Patrol: Live’, a revival of his previous show that was pulled from A&E following the death of George Floyd. Gina Grad reports the news of today including: Alex Jones finally admitting the Sandy Hook shootings were real, Johnny Depp fans paying to unseal trial records, Georgia saying residents can claim embryos as dependents on their taxes, a woman falling to her death at a Kenny Chesney concert, and Monica Lewinsky wanting Beyoncé to remove a lyric about her. THANKS FOR SUPPORTING TODAY’S SPONSORS: SimpliSafe.com/ADAM Geico.com BlindsGalore.com

‘Animaniacs’ writer and an old friend/colleague of Adam’s comes in the studio and the two remember meeting while writing sketches for Acme. They revisit some of their favorites like ‘Expert Insights’ and ‘Skipper Ned’ and talk about ideas which never made it to the stage. John talks about writing for ‘Animaniacs’ and answers questions from Dawson and Gina. John talks about his new book, ‘How to Run a Marathon in 13 Years: How Hard Would You Fight for Your Dreams?’ which details his experience overcoming every struggle imaginable to run marathons again. Gina Grad reports the news of today including: Biden appointing monkeypox coordinators, Newsom declaring a state of emergency in California, Biden announcing Al Qaeda leader was killed in a drone strike, Tiger Woods turning down $700-800 million to play in LIV Golf, Elon Musk's father saying he hates his son, murder hornets being renamed, and two Italian men breaking the world record for changing a tire on a moving car. THANKS FOR SUPPORTING TODAY’S SPONSORS: SimpliSafe.com/ADAM Geico.com

Adam shares some fine art created by his old friend Chris Darga, and the gang recounts their different childhood experiences at Malibu Grand Prix locations. With his daughter now surfing, Adam remembers helping her cultivate balance at an early age and how that’s different than teaching her. Adam and Chris discuss how they are going to the premiere of Jo Koy’s new movie ‘Easter Sunday’ and Bryan explains why movie premieres are only fun if you’re a VIP. Mike August calls in to defend himself about the incident at the FivePoint Amphitheatre, explaining his whereabouts on the day of the Blues Traveler concert. THANKS FOR SUPPORTING TODAY’S SPONSORS: SimpliSafe.com/ADAM Geico.com

Actor Brian Austin Green joins the gang in studio to talk about his new movie ‘Last the Night’. He talks about how he got his start acting in commercials before being cast in ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’, growing up in the Valley, and building a chicken coop in his backyard. He is joined by the director of ‘Last the Night’, Nick Leisure, who gives some insight into his idea to make a movie about a teacher losing their mind during the pandemic. Gina Grad reports the news of today including: Deshaun Watson getting suspended for six games, Jon Stewart going to war on Twitter with Ted Cruz over veterans' healthcare, Sylvester Stallone condemning the Rocky spin-off ‘Drago’, the Britney Spears memoir being delayed by a paper shortage, and Beyoncé removing a word from her new song. THANKS FOR SUPPORTING TODAY’S SPONSORS: TommyJohn.com/ADAM Geico.com

Adam recaps meeting Jewel and singing backup for Blues Traveler’s cover of ‘Big Bottom’ from ‘This is Spinal Tap’ at FivePoint Amphitheatre last Friday. The gang talks to geopolitical analyst, Peter Zeihan, about his new book ‘The End of The World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization’. They discuss how Americans changed the landscape after World War II, misconceptions about US semiconductor manufacturing, how developing new sources of energy is essential, and how Russia may set their sights on Poland after Ukraine. They listen to Adam’s abrupt exit from ‘The Janice Dean Podcast’ and Gina shows them the trailer for an after school special with a great name. THANKS FOR SUPPORTING TODAY’S SPONSORS: TommyJohn.com/ADAM Geico.com

Comedian and friend of the show, Greg Fitzsimmons, returns to the show and talks to the gang about how you can tell how well a family is doing by the state of their fish tank, interesting costume choices for the guards in the film ‘Beastmaster’, and how he’s pitching a ‘Guinness Book of World Records’ game show. Adam pitches his own game show called ‘Claim the Name’ where fighters from different cities of the same name must compete for the right to keep the name so there will be no more duplicates. Gina Grad reports the news of today including: Will Smith’s apology to Chris Rock, Sesame Place facing a class action lawsuit following claims of racial bias, and monkeys terrorizing a Japanese city. THANKS FOR SUPPORTING TODAY’S SPONSORS: SimpliSafe.com/ADAM Geico.com Keeps.com/ADAM K12.com/PODCAST

John Popper has asked Adam to sing backup vocals on the Spinal Tap song, ‘Big Bottom’ which leads the gang to listen to other covers like the Barenaked Ladies cover of the Happy Days theme song and a Travis cover of ‘Baby One More Time’ by Britney Spears. Gina presents an invention she found called ‘Laundry Jet’ which has a very similar concept to Adam’s ‘Recyclarolla’. Before playing a round of the ‘Rotten Tomatoes Game’ with a summer camp theme, Chris gives an update on the controversial ‘Thelma and Louise’ round they played at the Springfield show. THANKS FOR SUPPORTING TODAY’S SPONSORS: SimpliSafe.com/ADAM Geico.com Keeps.com/ADAM K12.com/PODCAST

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