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From Corolla One Studios in Glendale, California, this is the Adam Carolla Show. Adam's guest today, David Arquette. Plus the news with Jason Mayhem Miller. And now, even though they stopped making pennies, he'll still give you his thoughts.
Adam Carolla
Adam Carolla yeah, get it on. Got to get on a choice. We're gonna manage to get it on. Thanks for tuning in. Thanks for Telling friends. Love that about you. Looking forward to talking to David Arquette coming up in a couple of few. But until then, we got mayhem. Mayhem's got the news.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Got the news. Hey, a big one here. Just a pun for you. The Golden State Killer was brought to justice in part because of his distinctive micro penis. A new book about to capture details. Just how small the penis is, smaller than a pinky figure, really explains a lot.
Adam Carolla
Well, I guess if you really break it down. First off, you wonder if these guys are motivated by this. Like it caused the anger and hate. Maybe there was. Maybe the first time he dropped his pants in front of a woman, she broke out in laughter.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Not just laughter like Ed told everyone.
Adam Carolla
Although I was talking to TJ Hooker's Heather Locklear, and they're okay with a micro penis. But it's weird. I think women have to pretend like they're okay, like. So here's what women do. You ready? Okay. Well, they do the opposite of whatever we want, right? So when we go, oh, man, that guy's got a huge hog. Women must love us. And the women go, I don't want that. I don't know. We don't like it. It's too big. And then you go, oh, man. But a micro penis, man, what do you do with that? And they go, I don't mind a micro penis.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
I saw that clip. Heather Locklear was being very pragmatic.
Adam Carolla
I think it's the story. You know what it is? I think it's an extension of the story where every celebrity's like, we were very lower middle class. We didn't have. I think what they do is they go, we didn't have a lot of money. We grew up very middle class. I like a micro penis. I don't need a big hog. Like, this is all the stuff they say. But when you kind of look at them, they're driving a Rolls Royce, they're wearing a Rolex, and the boyfriend's got a huge hog. So I think women. I think. You know what I think? I think women are very like, okay, every time you'd read a centerfold in a Playboy back in the day, what do you look for in a man? Great sense of humor, caring eyes. And by the way, but she's dating Lorenzo Lamas Jr. You know what I mean? So it's like he's got the six pack abs. So is that what you care about or is that what you say you want us to think you care about?
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
That's one thing. Heather Locklear is A politician.
Adam Carolla
All women are politicians and they're always stumping. Speaking of stumps, that's all he had in his pants.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Not even the poor photographer. That had to take. He said, d'. Angelo. It was directed to spread his legs and pull back the foreskin. And when the photographer finally got the money shot, it proved how small it was. Smaller than the circumference of a dime.
Adam Carolla
I wonder if that photographer. You can't just do micro penises. There's not enough business. He probably does kids, pets, and micro penises. Like, he'll do the thing. I'll be at the mall around the holidays. You want to dress your dog up like Santa and bring your toddler over there. I'm the guy for that.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Glamour shots for junk too.
Adam Carolla
And if you have a micro hog, I will definitely. I'm that guy too. Like, I got a lot of. I got a lot of range, I guess. I guess it's good because you sort of go, well, he suffered in silence. As much misery as he brought to the world.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
It's more instructive. It's more instructive that society needs to take it easy on those micro penises because they pushed him into this strange world of hating women so much that.
Adam Carolla
He would go around and do it. So you're making the Bad Ronald argument where he wasn't a bad kid.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
No, no. He was a bad guy. But what I'm saying is societal pressure.
Adam Carolla
They push Bad Ron, they pushed Bad Ronald and they called him bad. And then eventually he lashed out. You see what I'm saying?
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Yes. Yes.
Adam Carolla
So if only the Golden State killer got with Heather Locklear, then she would.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Have saved so many lives.
Adam Carolla
Listen, I don't buy it. Yeah, I think women. Let's try to figure this out. I don't think they want a micro penis. I don't think they want a massive penis.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Nah, they prefer a macro penis.
Adam Carolla
I think they want a little bigger than average. That's what I think. But they think average is smaller than it is. I think they want a little bigger than average.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Yeah, they don't quite want the hog leg. They just want.
Adam Carolla
You know what I mean? Step a blow. Yeah, I was just hearing a story about somebody that got divorced from their NFL lineman husband cause it was too much.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
It's a damn shame. Should have used uber lube.
Adam Carolla
Too much. I'm gonna add that to my list. All right. I got a list. You want to hear my list?
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
You know, I'm always ears open for a list.
Adam Carolla
I want to say that I have Been banned from a casino for counting cards and winning too much. I want that. I also want to say that I did a little bit of time in Nevada because I did kill a guy with my hands and my hands are registered as weapons. And that was the problem. There's that. And I'd like a woman to divorce me because I had too much in the manhood department. I'd like three for three. Three for three. Wow. All right, so he had a micropathy. What'd he do? Was he a serial killer or was he a rapist killer?
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
He chewed the next level. I studied this guy actually. He would do some way far out stuff. Was taunting the DA's taunting the police. He just ran all over. Before DNA was a thing.
Adam Carolla
Yeah, he used to be able to taunt. Yes, every third Clint Eastwood movie is about him being taunted.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Yeah, he did horrific things like place plates on the male and then do things with the wife. Why the man was there.
Adam Carolla
Yeah, he went.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
He absconded from the police for years and years until they finally tracked him down through DNA website that one of his nephews was on.
Adam Carolla
Whenever they catch a serial killer, at some point they tell you what his job was. And then we always go, oh, of course. He was a truck driver. Aha. I knew it. Meanwhile, there's 10 million truck drivers. None of them are serial killers. A lot of time he was a cop.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
He was a former cop.
Adam Carolla
He's a former cop. Oh, I knew it.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
So he knew the methods of investigation. So, you know, he was kind of one step ahead of him the entire time. And he thought he got away scot free, I guess.
Adam Carolla
But it's gonna be weird cause now it used to be like we used to have. He was the son of a sharecropper or he was a whatever, farmhand or something. Now future generations of serial killers are gonna be like, he was a coder and he drove for Uber and doordash. And we're gonna be like, yeah. Doesn't sound very serial killy to me.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
He just left his phone in the car when he did the murders.
Adam Carolla
So that's good. I'm glad he had a micropenis.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Micropenis. And now look, I'll tell you what, that's a weird. He's serving his time in administrative segregation, like far away from everyone. He's in a small box for the.
Adam Carolla
Rest of his life. So he's still alive?
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Yeah, he's still alive. Yeah. Serving a life sentence without parole.
Adam Carolla
A micro penis is not a bad thing to have in the joint because.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Listen, with those charges, they're going to get him. Somebody will get him.
Adam Carolla
Well, he's going to be out of general pop, right?
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Yeah, obviously, but even amongst like what they call special.
Adam Carolla
But don't you feel like in the joint a micropenis, as long as you're out of general pop is an advantage because all you want to do in the joint is rub one out in peace, right? And if you got a big Ron Jeremy type hog, that's going to be tough to holster when the guy's guard's coming around the corner. You know, you got this 11 inch dong swinging around like you're going to have a hard time turning your back, you know, getting a little privacy. You got the little piece of chapstick and you just, you know what I mean? Like you got plausible that you can do it inside your prison uniform. You drop your hand down your pants, shove some Kleenex down there, suddenly taking care of business. You got that big swinging hog. Cannot, you cannot. You can't hide it.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Catch a charge like that.
Adam Carolla
Well, it's like saying what's easier to smuggle, a AAA battery or a large gourd, you know what I mean? It's like, well, I think. I think I'd be having easier time in prison with that aaa. Like it's better whacking. It's better whacking.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
You always look on the bright side.
Adam Carolla
Lube's at a premium.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Yeah. Yeah, you're right. Yeah.
Adam Carolla
There's a premium for lube in the joint. You know, you're right.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
So it's less lube.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Yeah, yeah.
Adam Carolla
Less maintenance, less cost of ownership.
David Arquette
Yep.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Less trips to the chow hall for vegetable oil.
Adam Carolla
That's right. You've been there. You know it. All right, so anyway, we don't like this guy, but he's behind bars. But he's got the micropenis, which serves him for masturbatory stuff in the joint, bless his heart. All right. And he'll never get out. And he killed. How many people did he kill?
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Oh, yeah, this is so many. At least 16 been attributed to him.
Adam Carolla
Hey, can I say this? 13.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
13.
Adam Carolla
We did some shows in the Portland area, I think Seattle, I can't remember. And I wanted to go out and walk with nature. Then I was in Willamette. Was that in Washington? Yeah, yeah, I was in Willamette. And I was walking and I walked outside the hotel and it was all green and beautiful and lush and Pacific Northwest. And I started walking and I saw this river and this trail and I started Walking down it, and I was like, oh, this is beautiful. I've never been more at peace. It was the Green River. There's a killer called the Green River Killer. Okay, first off, do not name your serial killers after nature's wonder and beauty. Or you gotta change the fucking name of the river. Yeah, because instead of tranquility, I'm thinking about a serial killer. Because I'm walking along the Green river and you guys name this guy the Green River Killer. You're gonna ruin it.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Yeah, no, they need to really change. Ted Bundy Gulch.
Adam Carolla
Yeah. All right, let's see. What are we looking at? Starring in what? What? Today's guest, David Arquette, Nick Stahl, and others are starring in the Green River Killer. About the hunt for the Green River Killer. Gary Ridgeway. What? We got to get the name of that movie changed. I started walking. I was like, where are we? We're at Pacific Northwest. What's going on? Oh, the Green River. Oh, it's beautiful. Wait a minute. Is there a serial killer?
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Did.
Adam Carolla
Oh, there's probably bodies floating around here. I was annoyed. I'd immediately go back to the hotel and flog my micro penis. It ruined it. So listen, do not name your killers after stuff families like to enjoy. You know, if somebody kills somebody at Leo Carrillo beach, don't call them the Leo Carrillo Beach Killer, because people like to go there and camp with their kids and they're reminded of this. Or you now have to change the name of the river. Yeah, the good. The happy fun time river or something. The non serial killer. The live forever, Live forever river or something. But don't name them after beautiful stuff that I want to go enjoy. When there's hiking, there's hiking trails. And now I'm walking down the hiking trail. I'm looking over my shoulder. I'm looking for the Green River Killer.
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That's the last time we camp at the that don't get in the van River.
Adam Carolla
That don't get in the van River. That's right. How many bodies? And where is that green River? And aren't all rivers kind of green? I mean, that's not that creative. You could easily. Oh, you know what? Let's do this, folks. Of the Willamette. It's off the. There's the Willamette River. And where's. It's in Willamette's. In Oregon. Where's Green River? Is that Washington in Washington? I think it's Washington. Here's the whole point. We've already established a Green River Killer. Arquette's making a movie about it. So we can't get rid of that, okay? That's locked in. That's in the psyche of America. Okay? We're gonna have to change the name of the river, by the way. It's not like I knew that river. It's not like I walked up before I saw the sign and go, I know the shape of this river. This is a green river. I just walked up and went, it's a river. And then I saw a sign, it said, green River. All you gotta do is change the sign. You're not gonna get any complaints from me. I'll never know. The better. I was just walking along. Why don't we do this? There's a stretch of Mulholland that Bette Midler, the actor, has adopted. Okay? And you adopt highways. Because in California and Los Angeles, we can't keep our shit together. Like, we. Even though we pay $6 for a gallon of gas, we can't keep the roads clean or nice or graffiti free or trash free or anything. We have to go. Bette Midler, you want to adopt a stretch of highway because we can't do our fucking job? So what do they do? They adopt it.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Wait, are you proposing the Adam Carolla Green River Killer?
Adam Carolla
I am saying you're sponsoring them. Let's. The Green River's where Andrew. Okay, I'm asking. Here's what I'm saying.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
It's Washington. Nope.
Adam Carolla
I think it's in Washington. But I asked five years ago so we can figure this out. Here's my point. Are you ready?
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
I'm ready.
Adam Carolla
Let's let Costco or Starbucks, A and W root beer or Starbucks adopt the river. So to now be the Costco river. Or it'll be the Starbucks river. Or it could be the George Clooney river. Or maybe the Bill Gates river. Okay? Or maybe we'll get the divine miss oh, Bette Midler, the divine Mrs. M to. You know, we'll go to her and go, hey, Oprah, Mississippi, you adopted this stretch of Mulholland. How about you adopt the Green River?
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
And then we'll put your name on it. But by the way, you gotta pay to keep it clean. That's the whole thing. Everyone adopt everything.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Got it.
Adam Carolla
The Green river is in the Pacific Northwest. Locate in Washington State. All right, so far is right. It flows from the Cascade Mountains near Mount Rainier, through King county and into Elliot Bay, passing cities like Auburn, Kent, Tuck, Villa, whatever. Tuck, Nutta. Green river in Oregon. Sorry, this is also a smaller green. There Is also smaller. Green river in Oregon. It flows through. Okay, so two rivers are now destroyed by this serial killer. You've destroyed the lives of the remaining family members and you've destroyed all the hikers lives who have to walk by and see a sign that says, welcome to the Green river, home of the serial killer.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Yeah, every time I'm in the majesty of nature, all I do is hyper fixate on serial killers.
Adam Carolla
You should. Especially if they're gonna hit you over the head with it and remind you of it this way.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
True crime podcast.
Adam Carolla
Did Arquette already shoot this movie or are they set to. And how many bodies did the Green River.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Yeah, yeah, that's the. What's the body count over there?
Adam Carolla
And let's just. You know, I was probably staying at a Ramada Inn or Red Roof Inn or something nearby, and I just walked by, let them pick up sponsorship and they don't have to do the entire river from the Cascades to the. To the. To the bay. They can just pick up a mile that's next to their Holiday Inn and then after that we'll go into the next one. Arco gas. You know, whatever.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
You know what Mahatma said, man, be the change that you want to see in the world. I say you do it, Corolla. I say you take over the entire Green River. In fact, if you'd like to, I'd like to do a military offensive.
Adam Carolla
Well, the Green river movie is rap production, so it's already in the can.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Sweet.
Adam Carolla
But I can clean that up in post. Every time they say Green River Killer, we'll just put different words in our cat's mouth. I'm telling him he's got to do some adr. We'll loop it here. Well, we can do it in the studio right here. Perfect. Let's get some wild lines of him going. You mean the Costco River Killer? The Exxon Killer, The Del Taco Killer. Non river. We'll work it out. We'll give him three. Play with it. Have fun with it. All right. That is. I mean, it's weird that I brought up the Green River Killer and then there's a movie that our guest who's waiting to come in here, stars in.
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It's not weird anymore. Now it just happens all the time.
Adam Carolla
Yeah, it's a great magnet. Yes, indeed.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Magnets.
Adam Carolla
So what do you. What is that? Is it what it what? What? You know, we don't talk about the Green River Killer on this show very often. Our cats sitting 30ft from here. Just something he's Given off. It's.
Show Announcer
I'm just convinced that, yeah, you and him are connected on some vibe length that we are unaware of. Maybe you're both aliens.
Adam Carolla
Yeah. I mean, there is that time I made fun of him into a microphone and he walked into the studio. No, it's like. It'd be like. Let's just say there was somebody. All right, let's say there was a celebrity. All right? And let's just say you just started saying that Anthony Michael Hall's a douche. I don't trust that guy. He's nuts. And then 10 minutes later, Anthony Michael hall walked through that door. That's what happened to me.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
He plays Stifler.
Adam Carolla
Anthony Michael Hall. No, that's Sean Michael Scott.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Sorry. So picks up three names.
Adam Carolla
Yeah. Now he's. Think more pretty Pink. And others. And many others. Yes, many others. All right, let's do one more because now we gotta get our cat in here and talk to him about this Green. How many. What was the Green River Killer. How many did he get?
Show Announcer
49. He convicted of 49 women. At the time believed to be the most prolific serial killer in the United States. From 1982 to 1988.
Adam Carolla
I mean, would you let your daughter into that river knowing this? I'm sorry.
Show Announcer
From 1982 to 1998.
Adam Carolla
Wow.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
They got him, right?
Adam Carolla
That's a run.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
He's still hanging out.
Adam Carolla
Did they catch him? I guess our cattle.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Our cat will tell you.
Adam Carolla
Our cattle tell us.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
Yeah.
Show Announcer
Well, he was arrested in 2001.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Oh, great.
Adam Carolla
Okay. A pretty long haul there. Still alive. Still alive.
David Arquette
Jesus Christ.
Adam Carolla
Here's my thing. Can we look. I get that as far as the death penalty goes, where they go like. Well, what about that poor black teenage guy at night, the eyewitness with the cataracts. The old lady says he killed the guy in the liquor store. Has his whole life in front of him. All right, I get that guy. But once you get past 30 bodies, can we. At that point, can we just go. We'll just kill this guy. You know what I don't get about the death penalty is like, okay, the poor inner city kid who got caught up in gang violence and a stray bullet caught another. Oh, I know that kid. You know that kid. Okay. Okay. I'm talking about a guy took 50 souls. That guy would that harvesting could that guy. We. Could we take that guy out?
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Yeah. It's a strange argument to make.
Adam Carolla
Yeah. All right, let's do one more.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
All right. Well, mom is suing Qatar Airways for 55 million whole dollars. After her daughter, three, goes into Sphere anaphylaxis from a Kit Kat bar.
Adam Carolla
Three old time.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Yeah. This mother Sweeta, near Kunda, she's 33. She was on the Qatar Airways flight and her daughter, you know, she went to the restroom and left her daughter with the flight attendant. She told the flight attendant that she has a severe allergy to dairy. The flight attendant gave her some Kit Kat bars and was like giggling about it and downplaying. Oh, it's no big deal. Well, the girl went into anaphylactic shock. Scott froze up and. Yeah, they.
Adam Carolla
Because of milk, trying to do a cover. Milk chocolate?
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Yes, milk chocolate. It's the most. Yeah, it's a very bizarre. Yeah, a lawsuit for 5 million though, because they had, you know, she had to go to the doctor two days later because there was another reaction and still with this being allergic.
Adam Carolla
How long you going to the bathroom that you gotta drop off your kid with the. And by the way, the flight attendant, like, I'm up, I'm in. I'm waiting on my drink, babe. You're doing what? Doing a little house, you're doing a little daycare over here. I don't know. I always blame the moms.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Yes.
Adam Carolla
Strap the kid in the seat, go to the bathroom, shake the dew off the lily, then come back.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
The sketchy thing about this story is that she had mentioned the, you know, according to her, she had informed the cabin crew of her daughter's severe allergy to dairy and nuts before going, you know, and during the flight. So before the flight, she told them, she like set this whole thing up and then the Kit Kat explosion.
Adam Carolla
What is. I mean, the Kit Kat's milk chocolate. I mean, that's all that's in it.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Yeah, I don't. And maybe it's made in a facility that processes nuts. They always warn you because they also make other products. So whatever, you know, I guess she's allergic to dairy.
Adam Carolla
All right. But the kid's alive.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
The kid's alive.
Adam Carolla
All right, well then screw you. Five years. No money.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
No money, no zero dollars.
Adam Carolla
Listen, here's the thing. When you have this situation that's kind of on you, sadly, but it's on you. You got dealt a weird hand. Your kid's allergic to whatever. You're the guardian. It's kind of on you, society. There's Halloween, there's bowls of candy in front of every counter and a diner and stuff like that.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
In Japan, there's stairs everywhere. No ramps. Stairs, stairs.
Adam Carolla
You cannot walk.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Sorry. Too bad. Yeah. We build a City right here with stairs. So it's like, very different than America where we are.
Adam Carolla
We accommodate everyone, and then everyone is fat, entitled, and then everyone sues everyone. All right, David Arquette is in there. He's got a Green River Killer movie coming out. We got to talk to him about that. He's also got another movie coming out, the Perfect Gamble. Also, he's in Bone Tomahawk, which is the guys I watch football with. All they do is tell me, you gotta watch Bone Tomahawk for six years. Watch Bone Tomahawk. It gets people fired up.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Yes.
Adam Carolla
They feel like they're ambassadors for Bone Tomahawk. All right, we'll take a quick break. We'll bring our cat in right after this. Ridge. Oh, man. I used to lug around crusty old leather wallet. Yeah, they get a little crusty. A real brick right in the back pocket there. Throw your back out sitting on that thing. Then I switched to the Ridge wallet. Where is it? Here it is. The Ridge wallet. And now the Ridge 2.0. It's even better. This thing is 10% lighter, still holds all of my cards up to 12. Plus the cash without any the bulk. The new modular design means you can swap between cash straps, money clips, even add airtag attachments so you never lose your wallet again. And let's talk materials. They're using aluminum, titanium, even carbon fiber. I mean, stuff F1 cars are made out of. Feels premium, looks sleek, matches anything. Even if you're rooting in the NFL or MLB or college team, they got it because Ridge has a wallet for all of them. Trust me, this is the gift that stays out of the junk drawer and actually changes your everyday routine. It's Ridge, right? Dawson.
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David Arquette in studio. Renaissance man. I don't say that that often, but not many people are professional wrestlers and certified in the Bob Ross style of painting, which I gotta get into. The new movie the perfect Gamble is going to be available November 14th. That's tomorrow's you hear this. Also in theaters, also streaming on Apple TV, Prime Video, Vudu, Google Play, YouTube Movies, and Moore. David, good to see you, my friend.
David Arquette
Great to see you, Adam.
Adam Carolla
You retired from pro wrestling?
David Arquette
Sorta. I mean, once you're in the wrestling world, you're kind of always in it, I gotta say.
Adam Carolla
I don't know who else has watched him, but super impressive. I know. I bring it up every time. Very athletic. You know, there's a certain point in an arc of pro wrestling when I didn't appreciate it and I wasn't into it, and now I don't appreciate it. I'm not into it. But I go, that's athletic. That's really hard to do. And so now I appreciate it from, like, a difficulty standpoint.
David Arquette
Yeah. You just have to find the right wrestlers that you, like, connect with.
Adam Carolla
Well, it's so athletic now.
David Arquette
Yeah, it is. It's incredible what they're doing.
Adam Carolla
And it seems a little more dangerous than it probably was.
David Arquette
I think it's a little more dangerous. I think they're taking more risks right now.
Adam Carolla
Sort of. It's sort of X gamey. Right. Like, guys used to just do a wheelie on a Schwinn and they'd go, all right, give him the gold. And now you gotta do a triple backflip off a ramp. And it's like, that's great, but you could break your neck.
David Arquette
Yeah, you definitely can. I mean, I've known tons of wrestlers that happen to.
Adam Carolla
It's a weird, weird.
David Arquette
And then they go back and wrestle.
Adam Carolla
Oh, yeah. Oh, no. They all. They all go back and there's no expiration date anymore. No one needs to retire.
David Arquette
Wow. Yeah. Well, that's good when you get old. Like, I wrestled Honky Tonk man once.
Adam Carolla
The Honky Tonk Man?
David Arquette
Yes. That was amazing. And the old timers, they get this sort of routine down where they can do their moves or whatever moves they can do. It's not too taxing on the body.
Adam Carolla
The Honky Tonk man was sort of husky. Elvis with the guitar, with the jumpsuit.
David Arquette
He's great. He's still out there. He's still around. He's not wrestling anymore.
Adam Carolla
Hit the scene in the mid-80s or something.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
So by the time you get.
David Arquette
Well, he was probably in the scene in the 70s for sure, but probably found his gimmick and everything in the 80s.
Adam Carolla
Oh, it is true. Because these guys float around for six years before they get the good. Years and years, years and years.
David Arquette
It takes a long time to break through.
Adam Carolla
Right. So it depends, you think? But I mean, it's not so different than standup comedy or acting or something where you go, this guy hit the scene, it's like, oh, no. He's bouncing around doing bars and stuff like that for years before you even know who he is.
David Arquette
Sort of like, yeah. Before you find your voice or your character, what works for you?
Adam Carolla
So the perfect gamble, which is. Is that Tarantino's wife that's in that Film with you.
David Arquette
Daniela picked Tarantino. It's her first lead role in a film. She's great in it. She's really talented. Danny. A. Danny Abacus is the director. He's also in it. So it's about two friends that, you know, get, like, they're bookkeepers in. In New York, and they get busted. They do their time. When they get out, they decide to start a illegal underground casino in Georgia. The country Georgia. And then the Russian mob finds out.
Adam Carolla
Huh? You know, action ensues.
David Arquette
Yeah, exactly.
Adam Carolla
Yeah. Good. I don't know, caper action.
David Arquette
Yeah, totally. Romance. There's some romance.
Adam Carolla
So I was saying before you came on, I have this crew that I watch football with on Sundays, and it's nonstop Bone Tomahawk talk.
David Arquette
That's pretty intense.
Adam Carolla
But there's an interesting thing with some movies. Some movies are just good movies, and then people watch them and then they go, I'll keep that to myself. And then other movies where people feel like they're deputized, like they gotta walk around and go, have you seen Bone Tomahawk? No, you better. They get you to headlock and drag you to see Boned Tomahawk. And it's good that that movie brings that out in people, that kind of enthusiasm or something.
David Arquette
Yeah. Scarred them to a point of wanting to tell other people to get scarred.
Adam Carolla
Yeah. I mean, way back in the day, I could. I will tell you, like, way back in the day, Spinal Tap was that way. Like, you're hanging around with comedy people at the ground links or whatever, they go, you shouldn't Spinal Tap. And I go, no. And they go, you gotta see. You. We're seeing it now. Like, they got energized.
David Arquette
Yes. Or Kentucky Fried Movie.
Adam Carolla
Kentucky Fried Movie.
David Arquette
When you were young, much younger.
Adam Carolla
Well, that's back when titties counted for something. Like, it was like the movie had titties in it, and that was enough.
David Arquette
It was the Bone Tomahawk scene of titties.
Adam Carolla
Yes. I still. I mean, I can do half the dialogue from Kentucky Fried Movie. She was six feet of Black Dynamite. He was a short Hasidic Jew. Together they burnt the ghetto to the ground.
David Arquette
Oh, my gosh.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Wow.
Adam Carolla
He kindled the Sabbath candles. She burnt the ghetto to the ground. Yeah.
David Arquette
I love that. You remember?
Adam Carolla
I remember. That's all I had. I didn't even have it. My friend. My friend had a dad, had a vcr, and we could watch it. But also, there was a simpler time when titties was enough for box office. Oh, yeah, that was enough. Porky's is a weird, dark, semi anti semitic, bizarre film that just has titties. And that was enough. And. And as I was thinking about it, and they were smart because they just go like, well, look, the script sucks, the acting sucks, the direction sucks, everything sucks. But there's titties. And that's enough for good box office.
David Arquette
I think they might be missing something. Missing out of this, like, culture that's taken away certain things.
Adam Carolla
Well, the culture, like, I could remember when I was a kid, there was a place up north and my grandmother who worked for the VA in Westwood, once a year they'd have their whatever, meeting up north in San Simeon or something like that. Like, ah, these poor people work these shitty jobs. I got to go to, like, their convention and hang out. They do it somewhere nice. And so my grandparents who took pity on me and my sister for the parents we got would say, you can come with us and we'll just stay at a motel and it'll be like a little vacation, you know, your grandmother's going to some event. And the motel we stayed at had a big thing on the sign. It said free jelly beans. And that was a big deal. Yeah, like, oh, man, we're definitely staying here. They got jelly beans and they're free. And it was like, it was a thing. Like, it meant something like titties, jelly beans. That stuff was hard to find. And now it's just like, there's shit everywhere all the time and no one gives a shit.
David Arquette
Like, now they'll throw penises and butts all over the place. Can we have some titties back?
Adam Carolla
I'm just saying there's penises and butts everywhere. What happened to the titties?
David Arquette
I mean, it's fine for the, you know, now that, like, can we all just be naked?
Adam Carolla
I agree. And also, how about big titties? Because they just show small titties. Because that's our artistic. But big titties is not artistic. And somehow I would argue there's plenty of big titties that could be considered artistic. Absolutely. We got to make our own movie.
David Arquette
My wife, my mom, your mom? My mom had large breasts and she did a film called Olga's House of Shame, which was like an old exploitation.
Adam Carolla
It really sounds like a place at the mall for plus size women to shop. You know what I mean? You heavyset, you eat too much. Come to Olga's House of Shame. Get our matronly gowns, size xl, xl, xl. Wait a minute. Listen, I hate to do it, but is there a Trailer for this.
David Arquette
There's definitely a poster somewhere.
Adam Carolla
Olga's House of Shame. Yeah, it was that kind of B movie esque.
David Arquette
Absolutely. It was like Waters. What's.
Adam Carolla
Oh, like a John Waters.
David Arquette
Like one of his favorite films.
Adam Carolla
Oh, really?
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
Oh, that's perfect. Oh, like an Ed. Oh, God, who am I thinking of? Who's the director? Wow. Oh, Ed Wood. Ed Wood.
David Arquette
So yeah, that's my mom down there.
Adam Carolla
On the bottom left.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
With the C. C cup. Yeah, it's. It's interesting because. Let's see if we can relive some of our past titties. Nudity, it was at a premium back then. And so what you'd have to do is you'd have to see movies that were horrible, but they had some titties in them. And so they'd have. So what would happen is they'd have these weird art house movie theaters and then you'd find out that Russ Meyers Valley Beneath the Super Vixens is playing Saturday night at this art house place in Hollywood. Hollywood. And then you and your buddies would have to go. We gotta go to see Vampire Succubus.
David Arquette
Russ Meyer was amazing. His stuff, Faster Pussycat, Kill Kill is incredible.
Adam Carolla
Russ doesn't get his due. No, he's innovative, a big titty guy, but funny.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
Like quirky.
David Arquette
Yeah, absolutely.
Adam Carolla
Like sort of took the B movie and went, well, what if we. What if we up the cup size and up the humor?
David Arquette
Absolutely.
Adam Carolla
And the other ones were being kind of serious. He was being kind of funny, but also kind of dark and off a little bit.
David Arquette
Yeah, I think there's a whole market and room for some of that stuff still. But who's gonna do it and who's gonna put it out?
Adam Carolla
Now?
David Arquette
You could just put it out.
Adam Carolla
Who's the next Russ Myers? I mean, it's an interesting story.
David Arquette
It's probably out there already. The whole. The world so big and crazy.
Adam Carolla
Russ Myers is weird in that his whole thing was like, I don't just want titties, I want big titties.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
And that's his basic claim to fame. Big titties.
David Arquette
Well, he knew what he liked and what he wanted to make films about.
Adam Carolla
As a matter of fact, Kentucky Fried Movie, which starred Ergie Da Garde as the topless chick in the shower scene.
David Arquette
She was one of.
Adam Carolla
Russ was also Russ gals.
David Arquette
I don't, I don't. I don't doubt that.
Adam Carolla
You would be a fool to doubt.
David Arquette
That you might have even cast from it. Who knows? Or who. Which. The chicken or the egg?
Adam Carolla
Yeah.
David Arquette
What came first?
Adam Carolla
So there were all these weird B movie esque things and most of them weren't good, but because there was the promise of titties, you would go sit in these movie houses.
David Arquette
I would still.
Adam Carolla
He would still do it. Now, did you actually have to watch the movie with your mom in it?
David Arquette
Oh, no.
Adam Carolla
Good.
David Arquette
Although there's been a world of uncomfortable stuff like that for me. Oh, because of your sisters and my, you know, pictures of my mom. She was a pinup model and we discovered all these photos of her after she passed. After she passed? Yeah. But even when we were growing up, I don't know, there was home movies and then some. Well, do you feel pop up.
Adam Carolla
All right, let's explore this. I had a hippie mom.
David Arquette
Yeah. So, you know.
Adam Carolla
I know. Except for she was. She was modest in the bra department and didn't do any acting. But I had the hippie. Hippie mom. And there was a time when it was part of the whatever movement where it's like you had to expose your kids to everything and they had to see everything and there's no secrets. And I remember, like, as a kid, you'd go, oh, we're gonna go to this guy's house and we're gonna go swimming. And then you go, okay. And then you'd be driving to the house and go, by the way, they're nudist.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
And you'd go, what? They're nude. They're nudist. You go, I'm nine. Yeah. Yeah. They walk around naked.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
And it's like, okay, but it's a little weird. Like, it's all. It's all a little weird. And then they had this thing where it's like they had to expose you to all this stuff. And it's like, you're not too young to be exposed to all this stuff. But all it did was serve to kind of weird me out.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
Like, I wanted to say to him, hey, I'm fucking nine. Just like, let me be nine. I don't want to know about all this stuff. I don't want to see it. I don't want to hear about it. Like, it was, it was, it was a cultural thing where we needed to expose kids to everything and know the truth about nudity in Vietnam. And it's like, I just like to be seven.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
How about I believe in the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus?
David Arquette
Absolutely.
Adam Carolla
So you had, like, bohemian parents.
David Arquette
Yeah. There was this famous photo of speaking in nudist colonies of my parents and Rosanna and my brother Richmond, all from behind, like, showing their butts, walking. I'd always remembered it as a kid, like, like their butts. And then I was doing a movie called Stealing Sinatra that was based on the kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr.
Adam Carolla
Right.
David Arquette
Set in 1964 and shooting in Vancouver. And I go into the set of my character. I'm playing the kidnapper. And they've set this room up totally 60s cool furniture and all this stuff and then some vintage Playboys. So as I'm sitting waiting to shoot my next scene, I start flipping through this vintage Playboy and lo and behold, there's this like, you know, article written by Shel Silverstein.
Adam Carolla
Oh, Shel Silverstein.
David Arquette
And it's about his love of being a nudist. And as I'm flipping through, I see pictures of my mom playing volleyball and doing all these nudist colony things.
Adam Carolla
Where at?
David Arquette
It was at this nudist colony in upstate New York where they shot this thing and where that picture was actually from.
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David Arquette
Yeah, he was a poet. I mean the Giving Tree. He wrote A Boy named Sue.
Adam Carolla
Oh, he did. He wrote that song.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
Did he have a really crazy voice?
David Arquette
Yeah, he had a really crazy voice.
Adam Carolla
He where the Sidewalk Ends.
David Arquette
Yeah. Very strange looking picture on the back of his books. That was kind of frightening.
Adam Carolla
Was all of this just an attempt to see people naked?
David Arquette
Probably because they're like he was in the 60s, like full on culture.
Adam Carolla
Did he, did, did Shel Silverstein have Dr. Demento songs?
David Arquette
Yeah, I'm sure he did.
Adam Carolla
And did he have the one about. There was a story, I think it was a Shel Silverstein one where he talked about a guy who's the fastest joint roller in the world and then the other guy was the fastest joint smoker in the world and they had a standoff. But I have no idea whether it's just my weird childhood. So your dad was an actor, right?
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
And the whole family was just sort of bohemian actor.
David Arquette
Yeah, great. My grandfather was Charlie Weaver, an old, like comedian.
Adam Carolla
Oh, right, right, right.
David Arquette
And then my great grandparents were in vaudeville.
Adam Carolla
Charlie Weaver was back when he was original Tonight Show. Yeah. And the Jack park comedians could have a sort of angle, like an outfit, a thing. Like Charlie Weaver would be up there in Hollywood Squares and he had his hat on. He had his mustache and his hair and it was like Minnie Pearl had her tag hanging off her thing. And people had their calling card stuff. I mean, it was kind of like Larry the Cable Guy. Except for if everyone was labeled Larry the Cable Guy.
David Arquette
Absolutely. Yeah, for sure. He wrote letters home to mama. His whole thing was he is this old man that could get away with saying slightly risque stuff.
Adam Carolla
Right.
David Arquette
Because he was kind of old and would say crazy stuff. But, you know, he'd make jokes, you know, sort of sexual India innuendo and drinking and silly jokes that you couldn't really get away with on national tv.
Adam Carolla
The Smoke off is by Shel Silverstein.
David Arquette
There you had it, dude.
Adam Carolla
Epic poem.
David Arquette
But that's why they exposed you to so much. So you'd have a memory Remember all of these random things.
Adam Carolla
But it's a song that ended up on Dr. Demento or somebody read it for him so we can find that the other. I don't know if you ever saw the movie trailer to the man with Two Heads. Sounds really familiar with, like, Rosie Greer was in it. It's the craziest trailer. They used to make weird B movies, but they would find their way to the mainstream. It wasn't like now you'd make something weird and small and someone just see it on YouTube or something. They beat. They would get out there. The trailer for the Man With Two Heads, Dawson, it makes me laugh every time because it's insane. And you don't really even need to see it. You can hear it. It's Rosie Greer, who was the LA Ram, who was also Robert Kennedy's bodyguard when he was shot at the hotel. Like, he was, like, standing there. Well, because they'd go, I need a huge guy who's cool. And Rosie Greer was. Was. Was considered cool. He was into, like, needle points. He was like a gentle giant, I guess.
David Arquette
Not a great bodyguard.
Adam Carolla
That's what they call it. Not a fantastic bodyguard. All right, here we go. Let's say.
David Arquette
Oh, my goodness.
Adam Carolla
Seemed like a good idea at the time. The white bigot was dying, and the black soul brother needed time to move.
David Arquette
I know exactly. I've seen this. Oh, no.
Adam Carolla
I want to transplant my head. Not a healthy body. I think I like to donate my body to science after all. So they transplanted the whitehead onto the black body.
David Arquette
Oh, God.
Adam Carolla
Who would have suspected that neither would care for the idea too much. What are you guys doing to me? Shut up. Where's the rest of you? We are joined together temporarily.
David Arquette
It's an entire movie with.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Stop this.
Adam Carolla
A white guy and a black guy.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Don't you shut up?
Adam Carolla
Hey, that's telling him your kind stick together.
David Arquette
He's sitting behind him. He has. They're so close. Their cheeks are touching.
Adam Carolla
You, doctor. So far, so good.
David Arquette
Oh, my God.
Adam Carolla
Then how about you taking old happy.
David Arquette
Face off of here?
Adam Carolla
Are you shooting at us? Back when cops used to shoot at cars. You know, like, car ran away. Start shooting, man. This car's a real duck. Could I have a cigarette? Oh, here's the joke. He's gonna smoke and the other guy's gonna smoke. Hey, man, we smoking while I'm eating? Also, they had to have the dirt bike scene. They had to have the helicopter scene.
David Arquette
Did you show this to me last time?
Adam Carolla
I swear to God, I probably did. All right.
David Arquette
Every time we go.
Adam Carolla
It's crazy.
David Arquette
It is bananas.
Adam Carolla
But entertaining.
David Arquette
Yeah, they got to make. And just think if they would have thrown some big titties in that movie.
Adam Carolla
Oh, my God. If they just took a titty and put it next to Rosie Groove's ear. I will tell you this. You must share weird stuff with the next generation. I was talking to my son a few days ago and he was talking about some film thing he had to review or something. Something, something. And then he brought up Phantom of the paradise, which I forced him to watch with me when I was doing a car race up north. I was like, we're watching a weird movie tonight. And we sat there in that Airbnb and we watched the Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paris. And he's like, I liked it. And then he went, I'm the only 19 year old I know that's ever seen that movie. And I'm like, you will be the only 19 year old. But it's good. It broadens it out. Right.
David Arquette
I hear they're making a stage production of it. I talked to Paul Williams.
Adam Carolla
You talked to Paul Williams?
David Arquette
I performed with Paul Williams at Coachella last year as Bozo the Clown.
Adam Carolla
What?
David Arquette
Yes. It was absolutely incredible. Paul Williams and weird album. And Portugal the Man. It was just Thundercat. It was amazing group.
Adam Carolla
That was at Coachella.
David Arquette
Yeah. With Yo Gabba Gabba. That's whose performance we were all backing.
Adam Carolla
Hold on, I feel high. Okay, so let me.
David Arquette
Yo Gabba Gabba had a big performance at Coachella.
Adam Carolla
Well, you did it as Bozo because you're a bozo aficionado.
David Arquette
I'm. I'm Bozo the Clown now. I bought the rights.
Adam Carolla
Oh, you are Bozo the Clown.
David Arquette
Yeah. It took me 15 years to acquire the rights and now I was just Bozo last night. I probably still have glitter.
Adam Carolla
I wonder if I can do that with Russ Myers. You probably just become Russ Myers.
David Arquette
You absolutely could. Now you don't even need to. You could just. Well, you could buy the rights to his movies to recreate them, or you could just make your own. You don't need your Adam Carolla. You don't need to be Russ Meyer.
Adam Carolla
I don't know.
David Arquette
If you don't have any, like, hang ups about certain things, then go for it. Like why? I mean, why is it somebody done, like, really quality pornography? You know what I mean?
Adam Carolla
I will tell you. They used to. Or they tried. Because I will.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
I will.
Adam Carolla
I will come up with it for one second. Okay. They did Caligula.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
Caligula had, like, Roddy McDowell or something in it. Like a. Like a major movie star.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
Big sets, all porn.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
And with lots of weird stuff in between.
David Arquette
Yeah, yeah.
Adam Carolla
Like, they would do these movies.
David Arquette
Yeah. I think it was after, like, you know, Deep Throat or some. Something came out. The cheerleader one, whatever.
Adam Carolla
Debbie Does, Dallas.
David Arquette
Those, like, broke through. Those became huge hits. And Caligula. Caligula ran on Hollywood boulevard for, like, 40 years.
Adam Carolla
Oh, yeah. The Deep Throat would, like, be in Manhattan at the movie theater. There'd be a line going around the block.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
All right, so let me just get this down. Paul Williams.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
Now, Paul Williams is the guy who was little Enos on smoking the Bandit. And he's also the guy who looked for a long time like Jodie Foster looked when she was 9. Because he had the same thing with the bangs and the glasses and they just looked like Jodie Foster. He'd written many a song, like Barbra Streisand stuff. Evergreen. Wrote tons of songs and starred in Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise.
David Arquette
And wrote all the music.
Adam Carolla
And wrote all the music. And he's a prolific, amazing songwriter.
David Arquette
He also wrote Bugsy Malone, which was incredible. The whole music in that movie.
Adam Carolla
Right. With Scott Baio and. Is that Jodie Foster? It was a crazy movie.
David Arquette
Lord. Diane Lane.
Adam Carolla
Well, they're all in it. It's a crazy movie about kids playing gangsters in the mob. And it's all kid stuff, but it's gangster stuff. But it's a musical. And it was, like, a real interesting movie. It's not 32% on Rotten Tomatoes, like, 80%. It was a well received, interesting movie. So Paul Williams is up on stage at Coachella. You're up there as Bozo.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
You are Bozo now.
David Arquette
Yes. The funny thing is, we're in the trailer and I'm becoming Bozo. And he comes in and he sits there and we have a long chat. And I told him how much I love Phantom of the paradise and all of his, you know, work. And he was just such a generous, kind soul. He's like the nicest person. Like, works with ASCAP for years and all that.
Adam Carolla
So he said they're going to do the Broadway version.
David Arquette
Yeah. He was talking about in there. They're just about finished. It's taking them years to put together.
Adam Carolla
I think I looked it up, but I think. Did that come before Rocky Horror or after? Cause now we gotta look.
David Arquette
I'm not sure. I think maybe after.
Adam Carolla
If Rocky Horror can be that big, then Phantom of the paradise can be that big.
David Arquette
Well, if Rocky Horror was like super underground, that it didn't only caught on like in after it had come out. And then they started doing the midnight screenings and that's what made it so.
Adam Carolla
Right.
David Arquette
Incredible.
Adam Carolla
So you're on stage with Paul Williams, you're Bozo. Who else was on stage?
David Arquette
Oh man, we had the Teletubbies, we had Care Bears, we had all of these iconic children's. Because they were singing the rainbow. Why are there so many songs about rainbows? Yeah, Rainbow Connection.
Adam Carolla
Yeah, Rainbow Connection.
David Arquette
That's his song. That's why.
Adam Carolla
Now how does, how does one acquire the rights to Bozo?
David Arquette
I had a production company years ago and I loved Bozo when I was a kid. When I was a kid I was like, I want to be him when I grow up. And I was three. So me and my friend would act like I'd be Bozo, he'd be Cookie. I lived in Chicago at the time, by the way.
Adam Carolla
Phantom of the Paradise 74, Rocky Horse 75. They basically ripped him off.
David Arquette
Yeah, no kidding. I apologize.
Adam Carolla
All right, so go ahead.
David Arquette
So then. Yeah, so like 17 years ago now probably I met with Larry Harmon, the guy who bought the like it used to be a read along record at Capitol Records where teach kids how to read. And there was this cartoon version. So he bought it and made it a live action version in like 1957 I think and then created the whole look and branded him Bozo the world's most famous clown and then cloned him throughout the country to 200 plus more markets. And they. So each little area had their Bozo. So everyone like fell in love with Bozo. And Chicago being the biggest sort of market because they had the superstation there, WGN and then became the superstation. And then cable happened so it went all over the place. So I met with him then we just, I, you know, had all these meetings with him, connected him with author to help him write his memoir. And then he passed away and then his wife passed away and I finally had made it deal with the daughter for Boza.
Adam Carolla
Yeah, the rights.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
So you pay them money and they go, you can wear the outfit, you can use the name, you could make a movie, you could make a cartoon series.
David Arquette
Yes.
Adam Carolla
And you own this thing.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
And we've, we've sold it to you. Like you could sell someone a condominium.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
You just have it. And there's no they. Well, on the case that you do a TV series about Bozo, like a three part thing on Netflix. You have to get their approval or any of that. It's just. You own Bozo?
David Arquette
Yeah. I mean, there's a lot that goes into that. There's a lot of lawyers, and there's a lot of stuff. And the. Larry Harmon's family still owns 5%, so he still partners with them.
Adam Carolla
And is something like that good? Is that six figures plus?
David Arquette
Not yet. I mean, it's still in the building phase.
Adam Carolla
I know, but to acquire. To buy the rights to Bozo, it's not eight grand. It's big. It's six figures plus. And then you.
David Arquette
And then also to deal with all the archives and all the stuff. There's a lot that costs.
Adam Carolla
And now then. Is there gonna be a movie?
David Arquette
Yeah, we have a script.
Adam Carolla
Oh, you do?
David Arquette
Yeah. We're just, you know, it's crazy business. You have to raise money and you have to do all this stuff.
Adam Carolla
No, I know.
David Arquette
Never ends.
Adam Carolla
No, I mean, it's a. It's an interesting thing because even though you're the celebrity and you're the artist, you're constantly just rattling a can going, can you give us some money?
David Arquette
It's crazy.
Adam Carolla
In which case you're not really the celebrity. You're sort of kissing their ass. Gone. Could we get some. Some money to make this thing? But, you know, you show a lot of range, because going from Green River Killer to Bozo, that's a lot. There's a lot of range as a performer.
David Arquette
There's a lot of inspiration there, for sure. Cause there is, like, a scary clown thing, and we don't want to make that connection.
Adam Carolla
Are you. When you would play Bozo?
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
And the Green River Killer. Isn't it weird that I brought that up?
David Arquette
Yeah, that was strange.
Adam Carolla
When did you wrap that?
David Arquette
Two months ago. A month ago or something.
Adam Carolla
And was that a crazy story? Yeah, 49 people.
David Arquette
Yeah. They had to wait. They had. They sort of had figured out it was him, but they had to wait for DNA to catch up. The whole science behind it, to finally.
Adam Carolla
Be able to, like, nail it down and. Are you a detective? Yeah.
David Arquette
One of the detectives. Yeah.
Adam Carolla
You're one of the detectives.
David Arquette
There's two detectives that stuck it through.
Adam Carolla
The whole case for all those years. I mean, 16, 18 years, right?
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
Do you agree with me that they need to change the name of the river from the Green river so it doesn't haunt everyone who walks along it?
David Arquette
Yeah, I know, but there could be a problem if it were the Costco river and then there was a killer. The Costco River.
Adam Carolla
There could Be a Costco killer.
David Arquette
Yeah, they don't want that.
Adam Carolla
What if we just called it like, you know, it comes from the Cascade.
David Arquette
Nirvana. Nirvana.
Adam Carolla
Nirvana, that's got a band. I mean, it comes from the Cascades, which is called the Cascade River.
David Arquette
That's kind of a beautiful name for.
Adam Carolla
A river, but it's also the name of a product for dishwashers.
David Arquette
You know, what happens is it's pretty much like the media or something. Or the community, I guess.
Adam Carolla
Pretty much. Right.
David Arquette
Media.
Adam Carolla
That. Yeah, right.
David Arquette
Or some, you know.
Adam Carolla
Yeah. Like the cops don't do it. No, the media does it.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
Because they found their third body in the Green River.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
Right. And then kind of finds itself.
David Arquette
Itself. Those names like Golden State and all the kind of different things. Happy Face and all the baloney.
Adam Carolla
Yeah. There's the Hillside Strangler. The Night Stalker. Yeah.
David Arquette
Those are like, actually made to like.
Adam Carolla
And still a little fear.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
Night Stalker is a good one. That's a strong one. Yeah. And poor Ted Bundy just got Ted Bundy.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
Once in a while he just gets your name.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
You know what I mean? I mean, I don't feel bad for the guy, but I do feel bad that he never got a good handle.
David Arquette
He contacted the Green river detectives and wanted to help him out.
Adam Carolla
Oh, really? Solve it?
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
Ted Bunny from prison.
David Arquette
Yeah. They met with him and he gave him some. Like, the killer thinks this way.
Adam Carolla
Really?
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
That's interesting because Bundy did get put to death and.
David Arquette
This guy made a deal so he would show him where all the bodies were so that he wouldn't get killed.
Adam Carolla
The Green River Killer. I don't know if I like the. Cut the deal because I can. It's a weird thing. So they go, you finally get caught, right? And then they go, we got you down for 26 bodies. And then you go, well, there's another 18 bodies out there. And you go, where are they? And then you go, not so fast. I want something. I don't want the death penalty. And then you go, okay, no death penalty if you show us the shallow graves. Him's hair. Well, you know, hair loss isn't just about hair. It's about that moment when you look in the mirror and think, all right, when did this start happening? But you shouldn't have to stress over it or spend your weekends trying random junk that doesn't work. That's where hims comes in. They make it simple, personalized, expert backed care for guys who just want real results. Their ingredients can stop hair loss and start the regrow in as little as three to six months. And the best part? It's all online. You talk to a provider from home, get your plan, and have it shipped right to your door. No surprise fees, no awkward appointments. Just real care that fits your life. Think of HIMSS as your digital front door to getting back to your old self. 100% online, trusted and designed around you. It's hims. Right, Dawson?
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I don't know. I feel that's a weird. That's a weird deal to cut. I feel like we just go, look, we're gonna kill you or show us where the graves are. And then when you show us the last one, you go. We change our mind. And then people go, what happened to dignity in a man's word? And it's like, well, you're a serial killer, so we don't really need to do that. But Bundy.
David Arquette
But finding the bodies for the family, yeah, that's pretty obviously important.
Adam Carolla
I don't think my family would need my body back. I think they'd go, good, he's gone. I mean, look, nothing's gonna bring him back, really.
David Arquette
Yeah, that's true.
Adam Carolla
You know what I mean? I mean, I come from atheist. I feel like they'd be good with that. Yeah. Well, in that case, yeah, I'm one of the few. I'm one of the few people, the only people in my family were my mom, my dad, my grandfather, my grandmother. And they all died. And there's no funeral, there's no wake, there's no headstone, there's no urn, there's no ashes, there's no anything. They're just gone.
David Arquette
No meeting, no party.
Adam Carolla
No party, no ambrosia salad.
David Arquette
I find that sad.
Adam Carolla
It is.
David Arquette
If that's the atheist way. I don't think that's fun. Well, because part of it's about the living that are here.
Adam Carolla
I don't see. I think there's two kinds of atheists. There's downtrodden, poor, lazy atheists, and then there's non religious atheists. So what the non religious atheists do is they go, well, Harold's dead, but man, that guy loved wakeboarding. So we're all going to the lake and we're wakeboarding and we're bringing booze and fireworks and we're gonna throw a big party. Cause Harold loved to wakeboard and drink Coronas at the beer at the lake. And that's not. Then there's atheists because you're just so fucking lazy. You don't want to do anything. So you just announce your atheist. But you're really de facto atheist because you don't want to go to church and do the tithing and sit and get dressed and put a tie on like you don't want to do anything. So I come from lazy atheists. Lazy atheists just say they're atheists, but they're really just lazy. And so when people die, there's no throw a party for them. See, I figured that the atheist death can be a bigger party than a religious death because you're just having fun and that's the way he liked it and blah blah, blah, like sense of humor stuff. But the atheist death is just a nothing.
David Arquette
That's sad.
Adam Carolla
I know, but that's why if I know. I guess that's the point of is the point. If the Green River Killer killed me and left me in the forest, I think it would be bullet dodge for my family. I think they would think, okay, we don't have to do anything. They wouldn't want my body recovered, okay? They'd be like, is that a cadaver sniffing dog? Yes, it is. You know, why don't you put them back in the car?
David Arquette
They would go swimming in the river.
Adam Carolla
I don't, I just don't feel like they'd look for me, that's all. But I don't know.
David Arquette
Hey, listen, that Makes it easier.
Adam Carolla
Did you do a thing like, when your mom died, when your dad died? You've had family members die? Was it a thing? Was it a. Because you guys don't strike me as religious.
David Arquette
Yeah, I mean, we are. I was born on a commune. We're not religious. We're spiritual. I'd say. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Adam Carolla
Born on a commune.
David Arquette
Yeah. Talk about that's rough.
Adam Carolla
Oh, God.
David Arquette
Yeah. We threw a big party for my dad, although my dad had converted to Islam. So he said. I invited the people from his mosque, and they said, we don't celebrate death. It's like, okay, well, we're still gonna. Even.
Adam Carolla
I don't know, is. I don't want to put words in your mouth, but I grew up kind of around hippies, and I realized they're mainly just lazy. Like, they're atheists. Well, they do. They talk about a movement, but it's not really a movement. It's like, I don't fucking want to do shit.
David Arquette
Yeah. I don't know. I mean, there was a lot of.
Adam Carolla
What was the commune like?
David Arquette
I was really young when we were there, but it was just a group of people that live and sort of, you know, help in a sense. There's a communal aspect to the living. But, you know, the guy who started the spiritual philosophy, which it was based on, showed up and said, what are you guys all doing here? You shouldn't be isolating yourself.
Adam Carolla
Right.
David Arquette
You should go out and find, you know, what your special gift is in the world. Take it out into the world. Make the world a better place. So it sort of broke up the commune.
Adam Carolla
Well, that's an authentic commune leader.
David Arquette
Yeah, for sure.
Adam Carolla
Because, you know, that's a good sign.
David Arquette
Yeah. I mean. Yeah, he didn't believe in the commune at all.
Adam Carolla
That's who you want. Like, you almost want that guy, because the other guy is like, I'm going to play an acoustic guitar. I've wrote some original songs. You just bring your daughters by the hut, you know, and it's like, enjoy the Kool Aid. Enjoy the Kool Aid. Yeah. I don't trust that guy.
David Arquette
No, for sure.
Adam Carolla
You want the commune leader who doesn't want to lead the commune.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
So your parents were cast out with young David Arquette.
David Arquette
We went to Chicago, where I then fell in love with Bozo.
Adam Carolla
And we fell in love with Bozo.
David Arquette
And then we moved to la.
Adam Carolla
And your family, everyone was acting at a young age.
David Arquette
Yeah, we all acted. You know, grew up doing it. Like, improv and different stuff. My dad was an Improvisational actor. We studied with a bunch of improv greats. And then what started doing plays in high school. That's what. I had a real great high school teacher, Ben Dibaldo, who really made me sort of believe in myself, was.
Adam Carolla
I'm thinking Chicago and improv and like, sort of that whole John Cusack. Yeah. He was around Jeremy Piveny kind of thing. Is that part of it?
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
Did they. They were an acting school and that kind of stuff?
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Yeah.
David Arquette
I think one of them may have studied with my mom for a second. She taught improv as well.
Adam Carolla
Your mom with the C cups?
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
Taught improv?
David Arquette
Yeah. I remember as a kid, for some reason, one memory is like, we all, like, formed a dragon. So someone's the, you know, mouth and someone's the head and someone's the arms. Some, you know, other people are the body and other people are the other arms, and everybody's the tail. And then you all move together, and then you make the dragon move. That kind of stuff.
Adam Carolla
Yeah, they do a lot of. I did a lot of improv stuff. They do a lot of, like, a machine thing where you'd go, ching, dong, ching, and then someone joining bonk, bonk, bonk. It was sort of dumb. But also, it bothered me because I, like, have hypervigilance, and it bothered me when they'd go, all right, they got a giant manhole cover in the middle of the room. We're all gonna lift it. We're all gonna lift it. We're all getting a circle. Be, like nine people in a circle. Like, let's get down. Let's lift this big, heavy steel manhole cover. But there'd always be one guy standing across from me that'd be three feet higher. And everyone else is a down low going, this guy's up here. And I want to yell at him, like, get your fucking hands down. It's one manhole cover. Where are you with the manhole with.
David Arquette
That guy doing it?
Adam Carolla
I hate it.
David Arquette
Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's not playing by those.
Adam Carolla
He's not playing by the rules.
David Arquette
I mean, you're supposed to go with it.
Adam Carolla
You gotta go with it.
David Arquette
Everybody's going.
Adam Carolla
So does that background, do you think it makes you, like, sort of creative and artistic, or do you rebel against it, or does it kind of scramble you a little bit?
David Arquette
I use it a lot.
Adam Carolla
You do?
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
Your upbringing?
David Arquette
In my upbringing, but, yeah. In my work, it. You know, I always look for little things. Depends on how open the directors and writers are to that type of thing. But especially if there's little moments because you want, like, I don't know, you want to keep things moving. You want to keep things fresh. You want to find little buttons and scenes and little threads throughout the movie that kind of, like, make it interesting. And, like, you know, you find a character, it's all character based. It's all relationship based. So as long as you find it from that place, you can do it. But there's different stuff. Like, if a, you know, character is having a hard time in this scene, so everything's going wrong, you know, he's on the wrong track. Like, you can find things within there that can also, you know, identify the character, but also kind of be some comedic moments or lead to a sort of joke or something.
Adam Carolla
What was the first big break for you?
David Arquette
Well, the first job I got was the Outsiders. It was a TV show based on the movie and book. Yeah. So that was my first job. It was 13 episodes, hour long on Fox when they first started as a network. And then on my second was Parenthood, which was also based on a movie.
Adam Carolla
I was gonna say. I didn't. I forgot they did Parenthood. The mo. The series.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
It's a. I want to say underrated movie, but I don't think it's underrated. But I don't know. It's not fully appreciated for how good that movie was, you know, complex it was. And how, like, kind of nuanced it was and how funny it was.
David Arquette
Yeah. Like, there's a phone. Hawk. Tomahawk.
Adam Carolla
Oh, you got to see Bo Tomahawk.
David Arquette
You got to see Paranoid.
Adam Carolla
Paranoid had a lot of really, like, touching stuff in it and, like, good reality stuff in it and then humor in it as well.
David Arquette
Yeah. I did a movie called Beautiful Girls shortly after that that I feel like it has that kind of cool, like.
Adam Carolla
Beautiful Girls, like, group. Yes.
David Arquette
Movie.
Adam Carolla
Okay. Who was in that? Tim. Who am I thinking of?
David Arquette
Tim Hutton.
Adam Carolla
Tim Hutton.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
Right. He was in that. And what's her name was in that. Young. Yeah, Natalie.
David Arquette
Natalie Portman.
Adam Carolla
Natalie Portman. Rosie o'. Donnell.
David Arquette
Yeah. Rosie o' Donnell is incredible in that.
Adam Carolla
Who else was in that?
David Arquette
Was it. Uma Thurman was in it.
Adam Carolla
Uma Thurman was in it.
David Arquette
Was Matt Dillon was in it.
Adam Carolla
Matt Dillon was in it.
David Arquette
Rapaport. Michael Rappaport.
Adam Carolla
Michael Rapaport. Yeah. It was a good movie. Yeah, it was kind of. See, I remember seeing it in the theaters. It must have been, like, 94, 95, 96. I'm trying to think, like, when it. You remember.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
When was it?
David Arquette
It was after. I think it was after 96.
Adam Carolla
After 96. It was a good movie. And I would say.
David Arquette
Oh, maybe it was before 96.
Adam Carolla
I think it was. Yeah, it was Beautiful Girls. Let's see what year it is. Beautiful Girls is sort of like Diner, the movie.
David Arquette
Yeah, Diner's such a good one.
Adam Carolla
You gotta see Diner, and then we're gonna see both Girls.
David Arquette
That was one of those. When we were growing up, you gotta see Diner.
Adam Carolla
All right, so Beautiful Girls was like Diner in that. It was like. It didn't really have a category. It wasn't like a comedy and it wasn't a drama. And it was just kind of slice of lifey. Lot of different people, lots of different stories going on. But, like, funny but, like, touching, but sort of interesting, but low key. And it was really good. And it sort of slides by the radar. Like, it doesn't pop up all the time on cable, but it's like Diner in that It's a great cast, it's a great story, it's well directed. Ted Demme, and it's kind of. Kind of got lost. Like, I don't know why it's not showing up more with the cast.
David Arquette
Yeah, totally. Kind of. It's kind of a little weird in retrospect. I don't know how much it holds up. It's going to get to the.
Adam Carolla
Well, it's because an underage girl has a crush on an older guy.
David Arquette
Yeah. And nothing, like, creepy happens, but.
Adam Carolla
February 96, by the way. Early 96. So that was like.
David Arquette
That was right before. I might have. No, I don't think I'd shot Scream yet.
Adam Carolla
Scream was a big deal.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
And that's coming back, right?
David Arquette
Yeah, scream 7.
Adam Carolla
And your character was killed, but he's coming back anyway.
David Arquette
All I'm allowed to say is I'm glad to be part of the Scream family again. That's all I'm allowed to say.
Adam Carolla
So how much of. Well, first off, do you audition these days? Or is it just sort of like they know who you are and they'll get you the script or not get you the script?
David Arquette
There's different levels of films. You know, for certain things, you definitely have to audition. Other things, people come to me and. And, you know, make me an offer or see if I'm available or try to package me with other people to get their film financed.
Adam Carolla
Right. And then there's movies where there's a huge mega budget, whatever, and you got to come in.
David Arquette
Oh, yeah. Those kind. You. Yeah. Still you just right now it's like you send tapes in and then you send them into this void. And you typically. Like in the past, you'd hear, oh, it's not they liked you a lot, but they're going a different way or whatever it is now. You just never.
Adam Carolla
You're just saying, and nothing happened.
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Adam Carolla
I have an interesting question for you. Do you feel like you've gotten saner over the years?
David Arquette
Yes. Absolutely.
Adam Carolla
And do you feel like. I feel like guys get saner as they get older and women get crazier as they get older.
David Arquette
I'm not sure about that.
Adam Carolla
You don't want to get into trouble. I'll get in trouble. I know a lot of guys that were. Seem to be crazy when they're like 23.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
And now they're 55 and they're not. Yeah.
David Arquette
I mean, I think. Yeah.
Adam Carolla
And I know a lot of women that weren't crazy at 23 that seemed crazy at 55. But maybe it's like a hormonal thing or something.
David Arquette
Hormones involved. For sure. We get less testosterone.
Adam Carolla
Yeah. We're just kind of waiting to die at this point. I mean, nothing left to prove except for Bozo.
David Arquette
I know you have to keep the. Keep it fresh things going that you're excited about.
Adam Carolla
You seem a lot saner now than you were. Like when you're in your 20s.
David Arquette
I. I guess I am. You know, you get humbled with life, for sure. You also like, look back at certain things and like cringe at, you know, things I've said or ways I've behaved for like the earlier conversation about big boobs and movies. I'm sure I'll knock myself. No. You know. Yeah. So I think you kind of hopefully. And I know, I don't know. I know I have an incredible wife who's really sort of grounded me. You know, I got relatively sober. I mean, I don't drink anymore or do anything else, but. But you know, I smoke pot once in a while if I have to go to sleep at some point.
Adam Carolla
Yeah. Yeah.
David Arquette
If it's legal in the place.
Adam Carolla
Yeah. I mean, sleep is tough for the creative types. Cause you feel like your brain's always kind of spinning around. Like it's always like, I got an idea.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
Like it just like trying to figure out how that works. But like I have a 110 pound Labrador and he can just sleep anywhere, anytime. Cause he doesn't have a lot going on, you know, and he's just kind of, I'm going to sleep.
David Arquette
That's the way to go.
Adam Carolla
And when you're nine, you can just go to sleep because you're not really. Mortgages and insurance and weight of the world. What's going on in the Middle east or like whatever, it's not really up. You just go to bed, someone tells you a story, boom, you're out. And then a lot of the guys I realized who, like I worked construction with who are like, let's just call them simpler guys, you know, just blue collar dudes. Those are the kind of guys you'd be driving with them in the car, and you, like, look at them and they're just asleep, you know. You know, also a fair amount of those guys fall asleep while driving, which I feel that seems difficult, but a lot of people do it.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
And then I started thinking, like, the simpler people seem to just go to bat and they can just do it. And then there's this sort of creative types, the artists and stuff. Always feel like the hamster wheel's spinning and they can't slow it down. You know what I mean? And then they go, I'm going to bed. And then they lay there and then their brain starts moving real fast and they're thinking about all this stuff. Stuff they want to do, stuff they wish they'd done, stuff they're gonna do. And then the substances come in. Because then you go, I gotta just knock this down. Like, I gotta slow the wheel down a little with, you know, a couple of drinks, you know, or something. Something like that. Just to slow it down. So, you know, being like an artistic type and I have the same thing. I'm like, have hyper vigilance, you know. I just feel like it's never a good time to go to bed. I wanna keep a notepad by my bed so I can write stuff down.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
Like, the people that keep a notepad by their bed don't sleep as well as the people with nothing by their bed.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
Cause they don't have that. So is that. Is that, like, a thing for you? Like, I've always felt, like, sort of artistic. And your mind was always just kind of going 80 miles an hour.
David Arquette
Definitely. Yeah. It's hard to shut it down. But, you know, I try to, like, do something creative or go for hikes or nature really helps, or doing some exercise and just. I don't know. I've learned that I kind of only need six hours sleep. Not. I think I'd like more, but it's hard for me to sleep more than that, really.
Adam Carolla
Because you feel like there's something to do.
David Arquette
I don't know. There always is sort of something. Well, I wake up so early. We live on a farm, so I wake up pretty early and I don't know, I'm just early. But I also go to bed pretty early.
Adam Carolla
Now you're on a farm?
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
Where's the farm?
David Arquette
Tennessee. And outside of Nashville.
Adam Carolla
Oh, really?
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
Are you working that farm?
David Arquette
Yeah. I mean, if you go. I mean, it's a. You know, there are pets where they're not. We're not raising them. For meat garden and stuff. But we don't have like, you know, crops like. Like that. But yeah, I mean, we shovel poop all the time and put them in the poop spreader and. Yeah, all that. Feed the animals twice a day.
Adam Carolla
Is it. Is this.
David Arquette
My wife does the heavy lifting.
Adam Carolla
It's a better life, right?
David Arquette
It is.
Adam Carolla
Very saner life.
David Arquette
Like, it does ground you immediately.
Adam Carolla
I mean, we're just not. We're not really meant to be like in the city staring at our phone all day. Right.
David Arquette
We're definitely not. Yeah. I mean, I'm still guilty of looking at my phone too much, for sure.
Adam Carolla
Well, I mean, there's a part. I mean, there's a business part where you like, you gotta make hay while the sun shines, as they say.
David Arquette
Yeah. And stay up on sort of current stuff. But I don't know, there's something about hauling hay and, you know, bedding and all this stuff you have to do. We just put the blankets on the horses after the first, you know, frost and had to give them their worming medicine, like all this weird stuff.
Adam Carolla
How does the Bob Ross artist thing come in and how does the certified instructor part?
David Arquette
Well, you go to New Smyrna Beach, Florida and you take a three week course. Really become certified? Yeah.
Adam Carolla
It's all in Florida, isn't it?
David Arquette
Yeah, it's incredible.
Adam Carolla
And you become a certified Bob Ross instructor.
David Arquette
Yeah. You learn from. My instructor was a guy named Doug who studied under Bob, who's teaching you his exact technique that Bob came up with to teach the course. And you're doing it with about another 20 people in the room, maybe 30, and you're surrounded by Bob Ross paintings. It's pretty awesome because I learned it because we were pitching a show where I would teach somebody how to paint like Bob Ross and have conversation with them would be the premise of the show. But I wanted to be certified, to be able to do that. So I went there and I always loved Barras as a kid. I remembered him growing up and then he sort of became more visible. I was like, wow, I remember this guy. And like, and then started watching a lot of them and just sort of falling asleep to it. And like, I just wanted to learn the technique. And now I just pretty much use it for charities and stuff.
Adam Carolla
Maybe you could combine your two loves and make Bob Bozo like an artist clown with a huge afro.
David Arquette
We did a little cartoon version with an orange afro for sure. And I have taught the Bob Ross technique because they have a kid's kit.
Adam Carolla
Oh, really?
David Arquette
Yeah. So I have taught it asposo at Madame Zuzu's in Chicago with Billy Corgan and his wife Chloe. They have an amazing place called Madame Zuzu's, a tea place.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Okay.
Adam Carolla
You have taught Bob Ross painting as Bozo.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
At Billy Corgan's from Smashing Pumpkins and his wife's tea house.
David Arquette
Tea house. Yeah. So I come in and I came in. It's Bozo. I'm like, I'm starving. I'm starving. I'm so hungry. And then it's a vegan place. I'm teaching the course and I'm, you know, just telling them how hungry I am. And then I paid a guy down the street, the pizza place, they come in with a meat lovers pizza.
Adam Carolla
Really? Yeah. Is Billy Corrigan funny?
David Arquette
He loves Bozo.
Adam Carolla
Yeah, he loves bozo. He's.
David Arquette
He loves Bozo and wrestling. We both have those two things in common.
Adam Carolla
Oh, my God.
David Arquette
Yeah. So, yeah. Yeah. It's random but true. Yeah, we had a really fun show there. We did a whole weekend of Bozo shows.
Adam Carolla
I mean, you're really taking this whole artist thing and running with it, so to speak.
David Arquette
Well, you got to. I mean, it's all like. That's the only thing. Since I don't drink anymore. Like, I still like to have a lot of fun and, like, do crazy things, and I like to bring people joy. And part of the whole thing of being an actor is, you know, doing something that hopefully people will like and enjoy and have a good time and like, kind of take the edge off. That's like what it's all about. Last night I was at a charity for Art of Elysium, and I dressed as Bozo and I went up and I sang a couple songs. Because we have a record now. I can take it. Give you one if you want. I have it in the car.
Adam Carolla
I'll take it.
David Arquette
Yeah, yeah. It's.
Jason 'Mayhem' Miller
Yeah.
David Arquette
It's a double album I did with Chippy the Clown Court conductor, my friend Graham Wheeler.
Adam Carolla
You brought up Elysium?
David Arquette
Yeah, Art of Elysium.
Adam Carolla
Which is weird because Elysium was the name of the nudist camp in Topanga Canyon that my grandmother wanted me to go to when I was like, 19. And she would go, like, you should go. And I'd go, no, I was like, 19. I was like, I don't want to go to somebody weird nudist camp in Topanga Canyon with your old friends. She's like, it's called. Was called Elysium.
David Arquette
The Elysium Killer. I'm just Kidding.
Adam Carolla
Sorry.
David Arquette
Sorry.
Adam Carolla
Well, I love. Well, first off, I love anyone who's interested in stuff. Like, it bothers me when people are like, yeah, I don't know, who cares? We're not gonna do that. I don't like when people go, like, where you go, hey, why don't you do blah, blah, blah? And they go, I'm not gonna do that. I don't like that. I like the every good experience or meaningful experience I've really ever had in my life is cause someone went, hey, you want to do something? Something? And I went, yeah, let's do it.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
And then at some point, you're doing it. You know what I mean? And it's like sometimes you show up and you go, what am I doing? But you agreed to it and you just went, I'll do it.
David Arquette
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
And there's a good. People should say yes to more stuff, for sure. People sit around and go, why did you do this? And why did you? And I go, I don't know. Someone asked me, me. I just did it.
David Arquette
Absolutely.
Adam Carolla
And it was like a cool experience. And then I met a bunch of people.
David Arquette
Well, that's what it is. You love, like, racing and stuff. When you get into that world and you find out, like, how I love wrestling and all these things. When you get into that world, you meet all these people and they also love it. So you're surrounded by people who love the same things you're doing that you love. So you're constantly. Then you're surrounded by vendors who carry that stuff, and you're, you know, meet these legends who've done it for years. So it's like when you get involved in different things and you never know where those sort of surprises are going to come from.
Adam Carolla
I agree. Versus, I'm not going to do that. I know. I. When I was saying, I was thinking about this race that somebody said, you want to do a professional race, a Trans Am race? And I went, yeah.
David Arquette
Oh, yeah.
Adam Carolla
And then next thing you know, I'm just showing up and there's trailers and semi trucks and techs and cars and officials and stuff. And I'm just like looking around going, what are we doing? And they're like, you signed up, we're doing it. And next, you know, you're in the race. And it's crazy, but it's because I didn't think about it that much. My default reaction was to go, yeah, let's do it. And I don't know, I think in a weird way, we're telling people to be Too safe or too careful or too guarded or too like, well, is this. How are you going to be perceived? Or what is this? People get really suspicious, like, what is it? How many followers do they have, like, all this stuff? And I'm just like, I just say yes, by the way, half the time when people go, why'd you do this? Or, why'd you do that? I just go, they asked. And I just went, yeah, why not? As opposed to what? No. Go home.
David Arquette
Yeah. I think experiences are one of the great things about life. Like when you can find these different experiences and these random things and moments. And, you know, one thing I did love about drinking in the past is that I, I was the kind of drinker that I guess it would be like, ADD juice. Because I'd just be like, yeah, I'd do all these things. Like, if I cured someone's birthday, I'd be like, it's your birthday. And then I'd zero in on them, like, we're gonna make it the best birthday of your life. And then we. I take them on this, like, birthday mission or, like, you know, whatever. I would just have these random things, like somebody new in town, like, you've never seen Hollywood. Let's go. Like, take them to every weird.
Adam Carolla
Never seen bone. Tomahawk. Yeah, we're going now.
David Arquette
We're going on a survivalist mission. We're gonna find them.
Adam Carolla
All right. The movie, by the way, the Perfect Gamble, in theaters and streaming November 14th. That's tomorrow. So you hear this. And it's in theaters and it's also on Apple tv, Prime Video, Vudu, everywhere, Instagram, Avid. Arquette. Always a good conversation. David Arquette.
David Arquette
Yeah. It's great seeing you again.
Adam Carolla
Yeah. Come back anytime. Come off the farm and come say hi. Yeah. Saturday night I'm gonna be in Los Angeles at the upstairs doing stand up there. And then I'll be November 24th, Woodlands, Texas, at the Do Si Do Big Barn. Cause I said yes. And then Corona at Das Lagos Amphitheater with Jay Moore is going to be there. You go to AdamCoroll.com for all the live shows. Until next time, Adam Carolla for David Arquette saying, Mahala, pick up your phone.
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Episode: David Arquette on How He Purchased the Rights to Bozo the Clown
Date: November 13, 2025
In this episode, Adam Carolla welcomes David Arquette to the studio for a lively, wide-ranging conversation touching on Arquette’s acting and wrestling careers, growing up in a bohemian household, and, most notably, how he came to own the rights to Bozo the Clown. The show also dives into 1970s B-movies, the state of modern pop culture, and the darker corners of true crime with references to the Green River Killer—against the backdrop of Carolla's trademark comedic riffing and banter. Arquette shares memorable stories about his family, creativity, and the challenges (and joys) of embracing diverse interests and careers.
"Do not name your serial killers after nature's wonder and beauty. Or you gotta change the fucking name of the river." — Adam Carolla (14:12)
"Once you're in the wrestling world, you're kind of always in it, I gotta say." — David Arquette (32:25)
"Russ doesn't get his due. No, he's innovative, a big titty guy, but funny." — Adam Carolla (42:05)
"I was born on a commune. We're not religious. We're spiritual." — David Arquette (74:14)
"I'm Bozo the Clown now. I bought the rights." — David Arquette (56:47)
"There’s two detectives that stuck it through...for all those years." — David Arquette (65:47)
“You go to New Smyrna Beach, Florida, and you take a three-week course to become certified.” — David Arquette (93:20)
"People should say yes to more stuff, for sure. People sit around and go, 'Why did you do this?' and I go, I don't know. Someone asked me. I just did it." — Adam Carolla (98:04)
"Going from Green River Killer to Bozo, that's a lot. There's a lot of range as a performer." (65:05)
"All it did was serve to kind of weird me out. Like, I wanted to say to them, 'Hey, I'm fucking nine. Just let me be nine!'" — Adam Carolla (45:29)
"Every good experience or meaningful experience I've ever really had in my life is cause someone went, 'Hey you wanna do something?'..." — Adam Carolla (97:26)
"There's something about hauling hay... bedding and all this stuff you have to do. We just put the blankets on the horses after the first, you know, frost..." — David Arquette (92:52)
Adam Carolla’s signature uncensored, irreverent, and observational comedic style is on full display. David Arquette matches this with earnestness, warmth, and a sense of fun, comfortable being both self-deprecating and reflective. The episode offers a blend of candid stories, pop cultural critique, philosophical musings, and absurdist asides—making for a mix of laughter and genuine insight.
This episode of The Adam Carolla Show dives deeply into the blend of showbiz, eccentric family legacies, pop culture nostalgia, and the perpetual necessity of saying “yes” to new adventures. David Arquette’s journey to becoming Bozo the Clown, along with reflections on his family and creative choices, provide an entertaining and thoughtful listen for those interested in Hollywood’s less-traveled paths—and the value of remaining curious and engaged with the world.