Debbie Matenopoulos on Why She Was Fired from The View & Newsom’s Cringy Moment

Summary

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Episode: Debbie Matenopoulos on Why She Was Fired from The View & Newsom’s Cringy Moment
Date: December 8, 2025
Guests: Debbie Matenopoulos (TV host, journalist, cookbook author)
Host: Adam Carolla
Co-host/News: Rudy Pavich

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Episode Overview

This episode features Emmy-nominated television host and journalist Debbie Matenopoulos, best known as the youngest original co-host on The View. Adam digs into Debbie’s unprecedented hiring and firing from The View, the legacy of Barbara Walters, generational clashes in media, and the changing standards for public personalities. The show also touches on the trajectory of major city governance (specifically LA and NYC), a viral Gavin Newsom “leg cross” meme, and cultural observations on media, food, and nostalgia.

The tone is sharp, direct, and comedic, as Adam and Debbie reminisce, reflect, and riff on showbiz, politics, caregiving, Greek food, and more.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Debbie’s Journey: Breaking into TV & The View

• Early Career: Debbie shares that she started in TV as an MTV intern at 17 ([03:31]).
  • “I was there from 93 to 97. You said you were coming in when I was going out.” – Debbie ([03:47])
• Being Hired for The View: Hired at just 21, The View filmed her NYU graduation ([04:13]).
  • “I didn’t finish college yet. The original [panel] was Barbara Walters, Joy Behar, Meredith Vieira, Star Jones, and me. We were the OGs.” – Debbie ([04:24])
  • The concept: “Five women from different generations, different backgrounds, different views.” – Debbie ([10:04])
• Barbara Walters' Influence:
  • “She was a trailblazer. Tough as nails. A perfectionist.” – Debbie ([05:21])
  • “She used to hit me under the table, really…down to what I wore, down to the color of my hair.” ([06:16])
  • “She would never, ever divulge what her political party was. She needed to get interviews from everybody.” ([11:08])
  • Adam: “An umpire can’t announce they’re a huge Dodgers fan…” ([11:30])

The Firing from The View

• Debbie discusses being the first and youngest co-host to be let go ([13:32]).

  • “She fired me. I was the first one voted off the island.” ([13:32])
  • “They liked the idea of the young one but didn’t know what to do with a 22-year-old.” – Debbie ([14:14])
  • “I wasn’t doing anything crazy. I was just being a kid…They cared back then.” – Debbie ([16:13])

• Changing Standards:
  Adam observes that media used to have strict, unspoken “rules” about how personalities had to behave, but “at some point, there are no more rules.” ([17:40])

The Arc of The View & Mediapolitics

• The View was created to showcase multiple viewpoints, but over time became more ideological.
  • “Now there are many organizations that just started off pretty neutrally...At some point, they become…leftist…Which is where everything sort of goes.” – Adam ([08:35])
  • “Journalism is…almost dead…everyone has their own opinion.” – Debbie ([10:23])
  • “She would shut us down a lot…she was tap dancing between ABC News and this lifestyle show.” – Debbie ([12:59])

Life After The View & Personal Evolution

• Debbie stayed connected to the show, returning for multiple reunions and anniversaries.
  • “It was like PTSD. I was so scared, like when you go back for Thanksgiving.” – Debbie ([27:51])
• Moved to LA around 2000 and built a new career – including as a cookbook author.

Greek Identity & Food

• Plug for her cookbook Greekish with “interactive” features (QR codes for video instructions) ([31:39]).
  • “My daughter calls them ‘lamb lollipops’ – if they’re made correctly and juicy…” ([30:19])
  • “I’m a Greek snob…all my friends are like, ‘this is great,’ I’m like, ‘it's actually garbage, but okay.’” – Debbie ([33:10])

Personal Story: Caregiving and ALS

• Debbie details leaving her career to care for her father after an ALS diagnosis ([41:42]).
  • “Your brain is completely intact and you’re a prisoner of your own body.” – Debbie ([42:09])
  • “If you live long enough, you will be a caregiver or need someone to give you care.” – Debbie ([44:10])
• She promotes Nomos Smart Care, a non-invasive home monitoring system for caregivers ([44:44]).
  • “If there’s anything I can do to lift that weight for someone…I know what it feels like.” ([46:23])

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Politics, Culture, and Adam’s Rants

The Decline of Mayoral Leadership in Big US Cities ([50:48] onward)

• Adam launches into his signature rant about the “lineage of dopes” running LA and New York for decades, tracing from Tony Villaraigosa to Karen Bass; Bloomberg to Adams to Mondami ([53:59]–[56:02]).
  • “If you want to know why there’s graffiti everywhere and a homeless problem…you can’t run a city for 20 years with fucking dopes…” ([62:41])
  • “48 years of shit…longer than I’ve been on this planet.” – Adam ([98:33])
• Observations about how ineffective or ideologically rigid mayors have progressively made the cities worse.

Memorable Rant Quote:

“You take these six people…these are the people who ran L.A and New York for the last 20 years. And they’re all fucking dopes. Can you believe? Like, how fucking dumb are we? ...here’s the keys to the biggest city…and we’re going to get these guys with these fucking 10 cent heads.” – Adam ([57:19])

The Gavin Newsom “Leg Cross” Meme & Presentation Politics

• Discussion of Gavin Newsom’s viral, hyper-crossed leg pose, and what “presenting” means in contemporary politics ([76:05]).
  • “He didn’t sit this way 15 years ago when he was 40…” – Adam ([79:31])
  • “It’s 100% progressive dudes. The right-leaning version is Oakley blades on a ball cap—you never see that dude ‘deep leg cross.’” – Adam ([77:16])

The State of Journalism/Media

• Reflections on the decline of objective journalism and the rise of personal brands and echo chambers ([11:39]–[12:59]).
• SNL’s lampooning of The View as a sign of cultural impact.

Whoopi Goldberg’s Transgender Athlete Remarks (and incoherence)

• Adam plays a Whoopi clip; the group debates who or what she’s arguing for; Adam calls her incoherent ([21:20] onward):
  • “She doesn’t make sense when she talks, but she’s on a talk show where she’s paid to talk every day, but she doesn’t string together ideas or thoughts.” – Adam ([21:20])
  • “If you have to hear it again to figure out what she was saying, that’s a bad sign for a person who talks for a living.” – Adam ([22:27])

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Food, LA Nostalgia & American Icons

• Wide-ranging riff on LA landmarks—giant restaurant mascots, diners, and fast food signages (Carpeteria genie, Randy’s Donuts) ([34:09]–[37:46]).
  • “You could open a carpet place or a tire place; you’d need a giant thing. It was a necessity.” – Adam ([37:21])
  • “Guys get nicer, women get crazier—that’s how it works.” – Adam ([92:33])

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Quick Hits: Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Barbara Walters:
  “She wrote the book on female journalism…99% of the women that are in television today would not be in the position they are in if it were not for Barbara Walters.” – Debbie ([05:21])

• On Generational Shifts:
  “Back then, now they [networks] want you crazy, right?” – Debbie ([14:14])

• On Returning to The View:
  “The first time I went back, it was almost like PTSD. Like when you go back for Thanksgiving, you fall back into that place in your family.” – Debbie ([27:51])

• On ALS & Family:
  “I packed all my stuff, put everything in storage, and went back to Virginia and lived in my high school bedroom for three years.” – Debbie ([42:49])

• On LA’s Decline:
  “You can’t run a city for 20 years with fucking dopes and not expect the city to get shitty.” – Adam ([62:41])

• On Leadership:
  “They never had anything in the tank in the first place.” – Adam ([54:07])

• On Progressive “Presentation”:
  “Who changes the way they cross their legs? Unless there’s some sort of psychological thing going on where you are presenting to the audience.” – Adam ([76:21])

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Timestamp | Segment | |-----------|---------| | 03:10 | Debbie & Adam reminisce about early TV careers, MTV, The View origins | | 05:01 | Debbie on Barbara Walters: mentorship, strictness, and legacy | | 08:49 | Adam rants on politics creeping into organizations (incl. The View) | | 13:32 | Debbie explains her firing from The View | | 16:13 | Adam & Debbie discuss generational gaps and changing “rules” in media | | 18:12 | Debbie on the private, funny side of Barbara Walters | | 27:45 | Returning to The View after getting fired; emotional reflections | | 30:03 | Greek cooking, her interactive cookbook, and ethnic food in LA | | 41:42 | Debbie’s ALS caregiving story; promoting smart care technology | | 50:48 | Adam’s extended rant: decline of city governance in LA/NYC | | 76:05 | Gavin Newsom’s deep leg cross and signaling in politics | | 84:15 | Discussion on streaming giants (Netflix-Warner Bros. merger) | | 92:33 | “Guys get nicer, women get crazier—that’s how it works.” |

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Episode Takeaways

• Debbie Matenopoulos’ story is one of both trailblazing and vulnerability, revealing the complicated dynamic of early fame, mentorship under Barbara Walters, and the pressure of “playing a role” on national TV at a young age.
• The legacy of The View, and media generally, is a cautionary tale about generational transition, the decline of neutral journalism, and how organizations shift ideologically over time.
• Adam delivers with trademark wit, dissecting culture, politics, nostalgia, and “the rules”—often skewering both the past and present with equal parts cynicism and humor.
• The episode blends nostalgia, social commentary, and personal stories, resonating with listeners familiar with TV history and those interested in how media, politics, and personal growth intersect today.

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Final Thoughts

From candid conversations about growing up “on TV,” to why “rules” in Hollywood and politics fade, to the importance of family and caregiving, this episode spotlights resilient personalities and unanswered questions about where our culture is headed. The mix of humor, honesty, and personal growth set against the backdrop of pop culture makes this a standout installment of The Adam Carolla Show.

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For more, visit adamcarolla.com or check out Debbie’s latest projects, including her cookbook “Greekish” and caregiving tech partnership.

Transcript

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[Adam Carolla]

Yeah. Get it on Got to get it on a minute. Get it on. Good to see you.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Debbie. Hi, Adam. It's been a million.

[Adam Carolla]

Years. I know. God, it's. It's like an. I don't know when I talked to you last. When was.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

It? A thousand years.

[Adam Carolla]

Ago. A thousand years.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Ago. I mean, I feel like we've both been doing this since they built the first television or radio.

[Adam Carolla]

Series. Well, I mean, you were interning at MTV at.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

17.

[Adam Carolla]

Yes. That's just.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Crazy. Wait, were you around at that time? No. Were.

[Adam Carolla]

You? No. I don't remember. I don't. I got to MTV in the later midter.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

90S. Okay. So I was. Yeah, we were there.

[Adam Carolla]

Together. What year did you start.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

There? I was there from 95 to 97. No, no, no, no. 93 to.

[Adam Carolla]

97. I probably got there at 96 and a half or 97 or something like that. I'm bad with that.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Stuff. You said you were coming in when I was going.

[Adam Carolla]

Out. Yeah. And you were going to the.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

View. Going to the.

[Adam Carolla]

View. 22 on the.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

View. I mean, they hired me at.

[Adam Carolla]

21. They hired you at.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

21? They filmed my graduation from.

[Adam Carolla]

NYU.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Wow. Before I'd even started. Like, I didn't finish college.

[Adam Carolla]

Yet. The original was Barbara, right? Who was that? I got the.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

List. It was Barbara Walters. It was Joy Behar. It was Meredith Vieira and Star Jones and me. We were the OGs.

[Adam Carolla]

Baby. So joy Behar is the only.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Original.

[Adam Carolla]

Outstanding. And that was 98?

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

97. No.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

No. We started in 97 because I literally was still working at MTV, and they hired me to the.

[Adam Carolla]

View.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Wow.

[Adam Carolla]

Yeah. And I did it a time or.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Two. Oh.

[Adam Carolla]

Yeah. You've been on with me back in the. Back in the day. How was. What was it like to work with Barbara? Oh.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

My. Incredible. Can you imagine? It.

[Adam Carolla]

Was. Well, sort of. I.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Mean. I mean, she wasn't an.

[Adam Carolla]

Easy. That's what I'm saying. What was her.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Thing? What was her thing? Well, she had a lot of things, Adam. She was. Look, you don't become that successful and that.

As a woman, especially in that time, by being kind and warm and fuzzy and cuddly. She was a trailblazer. She was tough as nails. She was a perfectionist. She was such an incredible businesswoman. Like a businesswoman, I think, more so even than a journalist. She knew how to navigate publicity and this and that, and she just knew how to do it. I feel like she set the groundwork, and she really wrote the book on female journalism and what it is and what it should be for women in this business. And if it wasn't for her, I wouldn't be sitting here. I mean, aside from the fact that she hired me. But I think 99% of the women that are in television today would not be in the position they are in if it were not for how many obstacles Barbara Walters overcame and blew down.

[Adam Carolla]

Doors. Was she tough to work.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

With? She used to hit me under the table, really. But also, I mean, it was like having that motherly figure, a grandmotherly figure, who was really annoyed at the kids. And I felt like she maybe did this show because she was always taken so seriously and she wanted people to see a softer side of her, perhaps. And, I mean, oh, my gosh, she was so controlling, down to what I wore. I mean, if you go back and look at some of these outfits, I was, like, wearing sweater sets down to the color of my hair.

What they thought someone in my generation should say and should sort of be perceived as, you know, so. And think about it. I was 22 years old on a live television show, just coming out of MTV and NYU and trying to navigate my own personal life and who I was and having to sort of grow up in front of the world. Thank God there was no social media, I'll tell you that.

[Adam Carolla]

Much. Because, I mean, it sounds like you're sort of saying two things at once, like, Barbara, like, it sounds like a ball buster. And, I mean, you can be a trailblazer, and you can be everything. And you could also be tough to work with. So she.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Was.

[Adam Carolla]

Yes. Tough to work.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

With. No, I don't think that's a secret. I.

[Adam Carolla]

Think. Well, I don't know. I just assume. But I didn't work. I've never worked with her. So you have. So I figured I'd.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Ask. So there's probably. How many of us that have been on that show through that show? But there's. I think there's like, 18. 18. Who knows what it's like to sit in that.

[Adam Carolla]

Seat.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Right. And the young one seat in particular is not an easy one. I mean, that one is probably the one that is the weakest link and the easiest for people to pick.

[Adam Carolla]

Up. Was she tougher on you than she may have been with some of the others, you.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Think? 1,000%. And I don't think that's a secret either. I think SNL really Caught onto that very quickly. I think that she was. Because she could be. So whatever frustration she had with anyone else was coming was gonna be, you know, targeted at me. And, you know, some of it was deserved. I was a kid and I was not understanding how big this show was. I mean, I'd just come from mtv. I was, like, going to Beastie Boys concerts one night, and the next thing I'm like, sitting next to.

[Adam Carolla]

Them. What was the edict for the. I mean, the show is pretty left leaning now, but it didn't start that way. The thing is, places start off like.

The Sierra Club wasn't left leaning, and many organizations that we're aware of now weren't left leaning. But at some point they kind of go. When you leave something alone, they tend to creep that direction. Now there are many organizations that just started off pretty neutrally, like, we're here to defend free speech, and if the Klan wants to march in Skokie, then we'll defend the Klan's right. And then at some point they become meat as murder. And they start, everything's about the environment. And whatever happened to your initial edict is kind of gone. You became this sort of leftist organization, which is where everything sort of goes. So I guess the View starts off as this sort of center. People, opinions, everything's welcome. I was on the View. You know, I would never be invited back to the View, but I did the View a number of times and stuff like that. And then it just started to move that direction, I guess. But what was the original.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Edict? So the original concept, the original Edict was five different women, different generations, different backgrounds, different views. So they got me, the young one. That's what they called me. Then they had Starr, who was the prosecuting attorney. They had Joy, who was a comedian, who was a former teacher. Meredith, who had this beautiful career as a really respected journalist. And they had Barbara Walters, who's obviously Barbara Walters, probably the most well respected female journalist ever in history. Okay? So the edict was that we would never, ever really take sides. You know, we'd have our opinion, we'd have our view, and then we would. We kind of wrap it up in the end. And we were all friends and friendly. Right now the thing about Barbara was. And I think that was so genius about her as. And really made her probably one of the last great journalists that we know. Because journalism is, in my opinion, almost dead at this point. Like, you don't even know where to look or what to believe anymore. And everyone has their own opinion. She would never, ever, ever divulge what her political party was.

[Adam Carolla]

Right? So she was basically Johnny.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Carson. She would say, you know, she would state the facts. She would tell you what you know. She'd say, well, you know, look at it this way. You can look at it that way. She would never ever say, this is my party. This is who I'm voting for. This is what I do. And why? Why is that, do you think? Because she was so smart that she needed to get interviews with everybody. She wasn't gonna go out and bash someone. So then she couldn't get an interview for 20.

[Adam Carolla]

20. Well, listen, an umpire can't announce they're a huge Dodgers fan because you start questioning the calls they're.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Making.

[Adam Carolla]

Exactly. And even if they go, I'm a massive Dodgers fan, but I can umpire a Dodgers game with. I'm just called balls and strikes. You go, can you? Can you? And you never want that creeping into people's heads. So it's would behoove an umpire not to announce. And if you think about it, referees, umpires, they're all from some.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Town.

[Adam Carolla]

Exactly. And they all grew up huge baseball fans. Cause they're major league umpires now. And these guys had to grow up outside of Cleveland. It was a huge Indians fan. You know, I'm sure there's pictures of them at nine with the banner and the room and the hat and everything. But they don't say anything because we have to. They have to create an illusion. And journalists used to be that way. And now they're just like, fuck.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

It. I.

[Adam Carolla]

Know. And I'm like, well, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Rolling Stone magazine. Hello. I'm not really listening to you since you seem to be all.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

In. It's all editorial. It's like, what are you.

[Adam Carolla]

Saying? Right? And I also don't believe you when you come out with something now. I'm not saying it didn't happen. I'm just Rolling Stones. Like, Trump urinates on the tomb of the unknown soldier. I'm like, did he? I don't think so. I don't believe you is what I'm saying. But I don't know why you wanna get to that point where I don't believe.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

You. And she would have never, ever allowed herself or our show to get to that point. Like, I look back now and I think there's so many things that she would've shut down. She would. Absolutely not. We're not talking about that. They used to call me baby. She'd be like, baby, stop it. This is too controversial. So she would shut us Down a lot. And I think that's also because she was tap dancing between the news department, ABC News and this lifestyle show. So she knew that was a fine.

[Adam Carolla]

Line. How many years did you do on the.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

View? Two.

[Adam Carolla]

Years. And what made you.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Leave? She fired.

[Adam Carolla]

Me.

They showed me the. I want to give you an opportunity to put it in your own phrase it.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Yourself. I was the first one voted off the.

[Adam Carolla]

Island.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Yeah. Yeah, it was. So, okay. Do you want.

[Adam Carolla]

To. Why would they fire you? Well, here's the.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Thing. I'll tell you.

[Adam Carolla]

This. I would say this. You go, we want a young person because this young person has ideas that are young and thoughts that are young and behavior that's young and that's what you're there for. So then to sort of say you're not doing what we want you to do is counterintuitive because we wanted you as the young.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Person. Yeah. Well, I think what happened is back in that day, I'm still, to this day, I'm the youngest person in history to have held a position on a national daytime show. So no one before me was younger than me. They did not know what to do with a 22 year old. They had no idea. And I think they liked the idea of it. And then the network, as you know, you've been in this business a thousand years, the network gets scared, people get worried. Oh my gosh, what if, what if, what if? At least back then, now they want you crazy, right? So they. I'd be out, I'd be photographed by Page Six. I'd be this, I'd be that. It was before social media, so that really probably gave me an extra year on the show. But I think that they were afraid. And because it's a live show, they didn't really know what to do. Number two, the ratings weren't where they thought they were gonna be. Like Barbara Walters thought she was gonna do this massive show and everybody was gonna come do interviews. They wouldn't touch us with a ten foot pole. We booked Regis a hundred times and Lou Diamond Phillips and what's his toes. Come on. Magnum P.I. i love.

[Adam Carolla]

Him. Oh, Selleck. Thank.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

You. Tom.

[Adam Carolla]

Selleck.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Yeah. Every single one of Barbara's friends would come through there. Everyone from All My Children. Cause they were in the same.

[Adam Carolla]

Building. But you weren't getting the kind of a listers you thought you would.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Get. Correct. So they came up with an idea. They were like, okay, how are we gonna make our show pop again? I said to her, when Saturday Night Live jumped on board, I thought finally, this is gonna do something. And it boosted us a little bit because then people who didn't know the show were like, who are these crazy ladies and why are they trying to kill the young one all the time? So they decided to do a nationwide search for the young.

[Adam Carolla]

One. Uh.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Huh. So in a way, you know, was I stepping out of line and doing things that they did not perceive as daytime TV at that time? Probably cause I was young and really didn't, like I said, understand what a big deal this.

[Adam Carolla]

Was. Oh, you were doing it? You mean on your own.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Time? Yeah, I was just being a.

[Adam Carolla]

Kid. You were like going out to clubs at night and having a good.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Time? Sure. And I'd be photograph that's it. I wasn't doing anything.

[Adam Carolla]

Crazy. And they cared back.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Then. They cared. Now it was before the Kardashians, like now they would be celebrating.

[Adam Carolla]

Me. Right. You see kids, there used to be a lot of rules. And the rules were like, speaking of late night, like you'd go, well you're going to do Leno, you're going to do Letterman. And then I'd go well, why don't we do both? And they go no, no, if you can't, you can't do. If you do Leno first, then Letterman won't take you. And if you do Letterman first and Leno won't. And I'd go really? Who cares? Who cares? And they go, those are the rules. And then at some point it goes from those are the rules to there are no more rules. And then you go, but what happened to the rules? And they go, I don't know. It was like I always say, for the first 50 years in this country, if you went to a diner and you ordered breakfast, you got a sprig of parsley on the side of the plate and it showed up. And you couldn't open a diner without getting parsley. You had to have a crate of parsley brought in every week and there was a par. And it would just sit there and fall off and you'd go, where are you going? You gotta put that parsley on it. And then at some point there was no parsley and no one said anything and nobody cared. And I was sitting there going, why does it have to have the parsley? And they'd go, because we're running a diner and you have to have parsley. And then at some point it stopped and no one said.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Anything. I feel like the whole world has gone that.

[Adam Carolla]

Way. And now my kids have grown up in a world without parsley. And nobody knows and nobody.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Cares. Yeah. No one even.

[Adam Carolla]

Remember. But they had rules back.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Then. They had rules. And the rule was I was representing the young generation, but I was supposed to be very, you know, prim and proper. Prim and proper. And, you know, I was also representing Barbara.

[Adam Carolla]

Walters. Uh.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Huh. You.

[Adam Carolla]

Know. Yeah. So she was tough.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

And. But also.

[Adam Carolla]

Loving. Yeah.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Yeah. Was there something, you know, when people say, what did I not know? What could you tell me that I don't know about Barbara Walters? I'd say she was so funny privately and had like a dirty sense of humor. And she was also for the tough exterior. She was also very gentle. You know, she had a tough life. I mean, if you go look at her life and what she went through, I mean, they were wealthy, they were broke, they were wealthy, they were broke. Her father gambled all the time. She had a sister with special needs. I mean, she, you know, she always felt like the ugly one. She always felt like she wasn't good.

[Adam Carolla]

Enough.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Yeah. Her father ran something called the Latin Quarter, which was kind of like a mobster club. It was like a go go.

[Adam Carolla]

Club.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Right. She grew up around all these beautiful showgirls, and she always felt like the ugly duckling. I mean, she had a speech impediment. Look, she. And despite all of this, she still blew through the glass ceilings, which is, if that's not like a beautiful story, you're like, look, you can be like that and still be like the most well known female journalist in.

[Adam Carolla]

History. Andrew, get Burt Reynolds and Whoopi Goldberg together. I can't remember if I played this on air or.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Not.

[Adam Carolla]

What? Well, it's a long story, but whenever somebody ambles on, I started doing it with Gavin Newsom. When somebody speaks and it sounds insane, I thought, well, what if we put Burt Reynolds voice instead of Gavin Newsom's voice? And then it bled into anybody who says anything that sounds insane. Because I realized that when you have Burt Reynolds voice over it, you can really hear the words and then you'll know how insane this is. Whoopi Goldberg a couple of months ago, speaking about the transgender athlete issue, and she's insane. Whoopi is.

I don't know if she's just really dumb or she just can't put thoughts together coherently, but this is what she had to say about the transgender athlete movement. But when Burt Reynolds voices hits home.

[Whoopi Goldberg (clip)]

So. Well, I think part.

[Adam Carolla]

Of. Go ahead.

[Whoopi Goldberg (clip)]

Sorry. Well, I think part of the problem that the trans community is facing, and it's the same problem that women Face is, if you don't know anything about our bodies, you. You don't know how it works. So when you come in and you say, oh, you know these men. These are men, you know, competing against women, you're assuming that the women are weak and just can't do anything. Except my hair. Have you seen female athletes? They know what they're doing. So I'm not sure what's going on or why this is an issue. The same for me as when people say, oh, you know, I don't know how I feel about you. You do. God doesn't make mistakes. And the challenge is not to the trans people. It's to the people who are not trans. That's what God is looking to see, how you treat.

[Adam Carolla]

People. Okay. She doesn't make sense when she talks, but she's on a talk show where she's paid to talk every day, but she doesn't string together ideas or thoughts, which is a weird profession for someone who does this for a.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Living. Okay, hold.

[Adam Carolla]

On. Did that make any sense to.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

You? Wait a.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Minute. If you have been. This is live. When you're on a live show, you say things, and sometimes you ramble on. You don't even know what you have said, by the.

[Adam Carolla]

Way. No, no. People I know speak live. Do not speak like that. You get fired if you speak live that.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Way. Well, if you lift something from anywhere, it could also sound a little bizarre. Yes. I will say to you, you.

[Adam Carolla]

Could do hundreds of hours of Whoopi Goldberg not making any sense at.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

All. I'm not sure. The only thing I don't understand here is.

Whose side was she taking there? I don't understand. Who.

[Adam Carolla]

Side. We don't understand anything. That's my whole.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Point. The way that I understood that is she's taking the side of women and saying it's not fair for men to compete with women. That's what I.

[Adam Carolla]

Understood. Oh. She said, have you seen women.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Athletes? Yeah, they're.

[Adam Carolla]

Doing. They know what they're.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Doing.

I don't know. I felt like she was saying.

[Adam Carolla]

If you have to hear it again to figure out what she was saying, that's a bad sign for a person who talks for a.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Living. She is not an idiot. I will promise you that. I know her very.

[Adam Carolla]

Well. If something's wrong, then she needs a full workup, like a functional mri. Like a.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Cancer. She must have met her at some.

[Adam Carolla]

Point. Three years. I.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Have. Yeah, yeah, on the circuit. She's smart, she's funny, she's.

[Adam Carolla]

Trained. Well, then something happened. Cause she's not coherent now with her.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Thoughts. Well, you know, I'm not sure what was said there.

[Adam Carolla]

That's. Nobody knows what was said, but.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

I think if I had to guess, she was taking the side of women and saying, this is not fair for trans women to.

[Adam Carolla]

Be. No, see, now we got to hear it again because I think she's saying the opposite, Dawson. She's saying. Have you seen. She's saying the.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Opposite. Are you.

[Show Producer/Assistant]

Sure? She's saying that women can hold their own against males in their.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Sport. Oh, I don't know if I agree with.

[Adam Carolla]

That. We'll hear it again. Well, no, you know, have you seen that if you're in the wnba, you can't play in the NBA because those guys play above the.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Rim? Yeah.

[Adam Carolla]

Exactly. So. But it doesn't mean you're not a good basketball player. It just means you're not going to play against men. And if.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

The. Even the best tennis player in the world against a man is going to be.

[Adam Carolla]

Smoked. Yeah, I don't know what it is. Serena Williams, I think, said the guy who was ranked 600th in the world could beat me in tennis. Yeah, okay, but there's a difference. I don't know. By the way, it's not a slight or an attack on women or anybody. It's just, there's men and there's women. It's a fact. Yeah, but it works that way with all God's creatures, you know? All right, well, one more time, you tell me what you think she.

[Whoopi Goldberg (clip)]

Said. Okay, well, I think part of the problem that the trans community is facing, and it's the same problem that women face is, is if you don't know anything about our bodies, you don't know how it works. So when you come in and you say, oh, you know these men, these are men, you know, competing against women, you're assuming that the women are weak and just can't do anything except my hair. Have you seen female athletes? They know what they're doing. So I'm not sure what's going on or why this is an issue. The same for me as when people say, oh, you know, I don't know how I feel about you. You do. God doesn't make mistakes. And the challenge is not to the trans people, it's to the people who are not trans. That's what God is looking to see, how you treat.

[Adam Carolla]

People. Yeah, she's incoherent in her thoughts because we just listened to it. And you don't know what she.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Said.

[Adam Carolla]

Okay.

I think she's taking the side. She's saying women can.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Compet. No, but I think she's saying that the men are saying, oh, look, I can go beat this woman because they don't know what they're doing. Because she said men are men. That's the part that I'm teetering with, if you.

[Adam Carolla]

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[Show Producer/Assistant]

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All right, let's talk about. I mean, so. So that show's been going. That show's coming on 30.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Years. Yeah, and I've been back many times. I mean, I go back quite a bit and I have gone back for all the anniversaries then to co host. And we did a flashback Friday one time where they brought all the old co hosts back, though.

[Adam Carolla]

Jesus. Were you okay coming back with.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Barbara? 1,000%.

Interestingly enough, Bill Getty, who has passed away as well, as did Barbara. Both of them. After five years of me being off the show, we became really good friends and close. And Bill Getty and I were in a. Had a production company together and we're about to do a television show before he passed away. But it. The first time I went back after, when she had called me back was almost like ptsd. I was so scared because, you know, like, when you go back for Thanksgiving, you fall back into that place in your family that you were when you left. That's sort of how I felt, like I was gonna be the young one who didn't know anything. And everyone thought I was dopey, but it wasn't. It was great. It was a wonderful experience. And then I went back, and it was fine. So, yeah, I mean, there were a lot of emotions.

[Adam Carolla]

There. Where did you go after the.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

View? After the View. Oh, my gosh. I came here because everyone in New York said, what are you gonna do? You're either gonna go work for Fox News under Roger Ailes, who I met. And by the way, I mean, I've got stories that would make your head pop off and explode that were super.

[Adam Carolla]

Fun. And, yeah, I'd like to hear.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

That some things are better left.

[Adam Carolla]

Unsaid. He's still kicking.

[Whoopi Goldberg (clip)]

Right?

[Adam Carolla]

No. Did he.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Pass?

[Adam Carolla]

Yeah. Oh, I thought he was.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Around. No, no, no. He passed.

[Adam Carolla]

Away. When did he pass.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Away? It's got to be five years, six.

[Adam Carolla]

Years. Well, someone will put it on the screen. Yeah, you're right. You're.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Right. What? Six years ago.

[Adam Carolla]

He.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

2017. There you go. I'm pretty good at.

[Adam Carolla]

That.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Sorry. Continued that. Journalism.

[Adam Carolla]

Brain. Look at.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

That. Store members. So, yeah, like they said, you're either gonna do that or you're gonna work for a soap opera. So I was at William Morris, and they said, pack your trash, and you're going to the West Coast. And I thought, I'm such an east coaster. I don't want to go to the West Coast. I thought, okay, fine, I'll come for a few years, and then I'll decide. You know, I'll just go back to New York or go to Virginia with my family and do something else. And I have been here again since 2000. I've been here 25.

[Adam Carolla]

Years.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Wow. And I thought I'd be here for two or.

[Adam Carolla]

Three. The book, by the way. Greekish cookbook. Greek food's.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Great. Well, I'm happy to come make some for.

[Adam Carolla]

You.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Really? Yeah. I was just testing recipes last night for another show I'm doing.

[Adam Carolla]

Tomorrow. What's your go.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

To? Well, it can be polarizing, because I know not everyone likes lamb, but. But I love lamb. I love a good lamb chop. Dan.

[Adam Carolla]

Loves. You know what's weird? I'm not a lamb guy, but the chop is.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Awesome. It's Alexandra. My daughter calls them lamb lollipops. And when they're on the grill and if they're made correctly and they're juicy, they're.

[Adam Carolla]

Just. What do we do on the side of those? Is there any, like, mint jelly or anything? Like, what do.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

We. That is such a white man American.

[Adam Carolla]

Thing. I don't do it, but I have some sort of memory of the past. You are so white. What do we do? Is there any on the.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Side? Tzatziki.

[Adam Carolla]

Honey. Tzatziki.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Tzatziki. Don't you remember from snl? They'd say, you like of the sauce? You like of the sauce? Yeah, that's the.

[Adam Carolla]

Sauce. All right, so we go with. We like lamb.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Chop. Lamb chops. I like something called porto calopita, which is like an orange cake made of phyllo dough, which is delicious, and orange syrup on top. I also make a Tzureki bread pudding with a beautiful brown sugar and butter and heavy cream drizzle on top that you could just drink. And one of the best things about this book, personally, I think, is that it's like an interactive book, different from other cookbooks because people in this generation. How old are your.

[Adam Carolla]

Kids?

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

19. Yeah, exactly. They're probably not interested in sitting and reading a recipe anymore. So you know what happens? There are barcodes at the bottom of a lot of these.

[Adam Carolla]

Pages. Oh.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Really? And you scan the barcode. Oh, and I see that QR code at the.

[Adam Carolla]

Bottom. Greek lemon chicken with.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Artichokes. Oh, that's so.

[Adam Carolla]

Good. I love.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Artichokes. Me too. So you scan the QR code and I pop up in my kitchen and I show you how to make the recipe. So that way it's almost like a TikTok or an Instagram or whatever. YouTube. I do step by step for.

[Adam Carolla]

You. Oh.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Man. And it's very casual. And I'm. Oh, look at that. Look at that. Oh, what a.

[Adam Carolla]

Meal. I'm into this. You know, they're finally opening a Greek place in.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Malibu.

[Adam Carolla]

Tavernatoni's. There's a. No, sorry, that's in the mall. There's another one on PCH that they've been messing with for years and years, and they're finally opening.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

It. Do you know who? I know all the Greeks. You know, we all know each.

[Adam Carolla]

Other. Well, maybe we can find a picture. This place evidently was like a Kentucky Fried Chicken or something because it's got the big bucket up on the top. But now it's.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Greek. Oh, I love.

[Adam Carolla]

It. But they've Been fixing to open that place for like a couple years, and now I think.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

It'S. I don't know if now's the best time. There's not a house on the.

[Adam Carolla]

Coast. I don't know. I don't know either. But they're doing.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

It. Maybe it's cheap. Maybe that's why they're doing.

[Adam Carolla]

It. Yeah. So the Greek place in the mall is.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Good.

[Adam Carolla]

Tavernatoni's. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, you're probably a snob.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Right? I'm a Greek snob. I mean, I'll go to any Greek restaurant and all my friends are like, this is great. I'm like, it's actually garbage, but okay. There are a few Greek restaurants that are really great that I stand behind and I will. I mean, look, Papa Cristo's that recently closed. It was like in the Latino byzantine area of Los Angeles. Like on Pico in Normandy, like far. If you saw it on the outside, you'd be like, this place is a dump. It had some of the best.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Greek food you would really.

[Adam Carolla]

Have. What's a place that's open in Los Angeles? Oh, oh, here it is, by the way. And I.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Don'T. Oh.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

No. Did they make the bucket look Greek? What are they.

[Adam Carolla]

Doing? That's what I'm saying. They Greek the bucket.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Out. Oh.

[Adam Carolla]

No.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

No. I love my people. But what are you gonna do, put a lamb in.

[Adam Carolla]

There? Well, there's a. They should put some sheep trying to get out of the bucket. Across the street they have a giant plastic Mexican.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Guy. Oh, that's what I know. I know the Mexican.

[Adam Carolla]

Dude. And I don't know what they're gonna do with that place. It's up the street. But I mean, there's a 20 foot tall fiberglass Mexican guy because that place would sell Mexican food. And now the business is gone. But now what do you do with the Mexican guy? Maybe another Greek place could open.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Up. Why.

[Adam Carolla]

Not? And we could dress him up like.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Zorba. Or like.

[Adam Carolla]

Zeus. Or.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Zeus. Even.

[Adam Carolla]

Better. Dress the Mexican guy like Zeus. First off, there's no way I'm taking down that Mexican guy if I open a restaurant there. So you're just going to have to dress him appropriately.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

No. Or you sell him. There's somebody crazy, some loon in California in L. A. That'd be like, oh, I am a memorabilia collector of these kind things and would pay top dollar for that big.

[Adam Carolla]

Mexican. And by the way, this isn't fire related. The place was closed down years ago pre fire. There's just a giant fiberglass Mexican and an empty restaurant next to.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

It. But it's also like an institution. Like, you know that guy, you know when you hit that place, when you hit the Mexican, giant Mexican guy, that you're like, okay, I'm only about four minutes up to the.

[Adam Carolla]

Left. Well, they're probably pre ways, you know, the people with apartments that were like, if you see the giant Mexican, you've gone too far. Turn around. If you're coming from Santa Monica and you see an 18 foot Mexican, you're going the wrong way, you gotta turn around. Like, people would probably use that guy as a marker for a million.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Years. That's what I'm saying. It's probably.

[Adam Carolla]

Landmarked. We used to have guys who had the carpeteria.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Genie. I don't know. The carpeteria.

[Adam Carolla]

Genie. The carpeteria had a giant genie. I guess a genie travels on a rug, like on a carpet. I never put it.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Together. Smart. Yeah, that makes sense now.

[Adam Carolla]

Right? We had giant genies and Mexicans and giant Paul Bunyan type guys. Like there was a tire place that had a giant guy out. We would just do giant.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Guys. Bob's big.

[Adam Carolla]

Boy. Yeah. You know, I don't think LA would let you permit a giant guy anymore. Like, I think you'd have to. If you're opening a tire place and you go, I want a giant man on the roof, they'd go, yeah.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

No. Or even the donut. Remember Randy's.

[Adam Carolla]

Donuts? Yes. There's a giant. We have to have giant donuts. Giant Mexicans. Someone should put them together. Someone should take that donut and feed it to the Mexican. This is what I mean. Because that is a giant Mexican sized.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Donut. Yeah. And what I mean is if we. There was somebody that would collect all those things and have them in their like yard somewhere and be like, this is that.

[Adam Carolla]

There'S. That there are places that kind of do.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

That. I mean, we could do a whole show about that. I think there was a show. It was called.

[Adam Carolla]

Hoarders.

There are places. There is a place that is just like old valley memorabilia and they just have all that stuff. But it used to be that if you opened a carpet place or Mexican food place or a tire place, you'd need a giant.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Thing. It was a.

[Adam Carolla]

Necessity.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Right. It was like the stuff on the plate that we talked about, like.

[Adam Carolla]

Parsley. It's probably a lost trade too. Like, what did your grandfather do? He built giant Mexicans like his grandfather before him. He came to this country with just a dollar and a giant Mexican and a dream and a Dream. And he built and. Oh, he did the Carpeteria genie. He got a bid. He bid Randy's.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Donut. Yeah. And he got.

[Adam Carolla]

It. He did that. There was a magic muffler genie, too. Like they just had genies and dreams. I've been aware of this carpeteria thing my entire life, and I never did the math of the genie traveling on the.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Carpet. On a flying.

[Adam Carolla]

Carpet. Find me the giant carpeteria genie. And by the way, that. That was entertainment for us. Yeah, we just.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Go. It.

[Adam Carolla]

Was. What are we gonna do? Let's go down and stare at the Carpeteria genie. Because we don't have video games or money or any anything else. I.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Know. We had the.

[Adam Carolla]

Arcade. The arcade arcade was like too rich for my.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Blood. It's 25.

[Adam Carolla]

Cents. It was too rich. I didn't have 25.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Cents. Oh, my.

[Adam Carolla]

Gosh. Could you imagine attempting to pull a permit in Los Angeles where you're like, I'm gonna have a 22 foot genie is gonna hold up our sign. They'd go, no, you're not. You're not doing any of.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

That. You can't get even permit for a house these.

[Adam Carolla]

Days. No, you'd have to.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Go. You get that superior tile. There's.

[Adam Carolla]

Another. No, listen, here's what happens. Vons goes out of business and becomes John's because they're too cheap to change the.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Lettering. I saw.

[Adam Carolla]

That. They just want to buy one letter. And then it looks weird because the J looks brand new and the ons is all faded out. Sun's sun blistered. And now it's.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Weird. It's.

[Adam Carolla]

Weird. Just go ahead and pay for a new.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Sign. Yeah, I think it's going to be okay. The amount of money charge people for the groceries. I think you.

[Adam Carolla]

Could. They take the carpeteria off the genie and they put tile warehouse on top of the.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Genie. Oh, my gosh. Exactly. Not much.

[Adam Carolla]

Different. Yeah. And by the way, if you were ever an IHOP and now you're doing tax preparation. I know it's an ihop. I know what an IHOP and a Der Wienerschnitzel looks.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Like. Or Pizza.

[Adam Carolla]

Hut. Yeah. Now you guys can take a Wienerschnitzel or an IHOP and trade back and forth, but you can't open a tax preparation place at a former IHOP or.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Wienerschnitzel. No one's gonna take.

[Adam Carolla]

You. Cause that's the.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Shape. But do you know this is. It just goes back to if you have a dream, anything's possible here in Los Angeles. If you are a little bit crazy and Have a dream. We can make it happen for.

[Adam Carolla]

You. So they're gonna open that Greek place with a.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Bucket. I mean, who should be coming out? I'm really. Now I'm offended as a woman and a Greek. Who's coming out of the bucket? I don't like.

[Adam Carolla]

This. What if we took the torso of the Carpeteria Genie and we put him, like, with a Greek fisherman's hat, like Zorba, and we put him on top of the bucket like he was in the bucket. You know what I mean? Like, standing in the bucket, but you just see the top part of.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Zorba, and we have fish, like, almost coming out. So it's almost like fish are coming.

[Adam Carolla]

Out. He's bucket fishing. Yeah. Yeah. We get Anthony Quinn's family to sign off on it. Or maybe we don't even need.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Quinn's. We'll solve this. No, we don't even need Anthony Quinn's family.

[Adam Carolla]

Anymore. He probably wasn't even Greek.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Right? No, he was Mexican. Oh, my gosh. It's.

[Adam Carolla]

Perfect. The.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Mexican. There's the.

[Adam Carolla]

Connection. The giant.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Mexican. And we're gonna call it Anthony.

[Adam Carolla]

Grexit. Quinn was.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Mexican. Grexican. It should be a Grexican restaurant. Get these people on the.

[Adam Carolla]

Phone. Andrew, get the.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Mexican. Get them on the phone. Get the.

[Adam Carolla]

Bucket. People on the Mexican in the bucket. There you go. And then let's do lamb soft.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Tacos. That actually wouldn't be.

[Adam Carolla]

Bad. And we call it.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Grexican. Grexican, Right. I like.

[Adam Carolla]

It. I don't think we're gonna do any better than this, Debbie. By the way, the book is Greekish, and also, there's a nomo. Smart.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Cat.

[Adam Carolla]

Yeah. Wait. I've got a bunch of stuff.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

To give away for your viewers and your listeners. Okay? So I don't know how much you know about my story, but you.

[Adam Carolla]

Gave it all up to take care of your father. Yeah, I know that. It's.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Wonderful. Well, I mean, I didn't give it all up. I'm still.

[Adam Carolla]

Here. Well, not all of it, but. Sorry, does anybody know I'm.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Here?

So it was, like, at the height of the E days, my father got, unfortunately diagnosed with als. And I don't know if you know anything about als, but it is horrible. The most hateful disease I've ever, ever been seen personally. It's just awful. Your brain is completely intact, and you're a prisoner of your own.

[Adam Carolla]

Body.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Right. So they basically said, make.

[Adam Carolla]

Arrangements.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Right. And I was on E at all the Red carpets with Ryan, and this and that. And I had the Daily 10 and Fashion Police. And, I mean, it was popping. And I knew that my dad. My Greek immigrant father, who came here with nothing, like you said, but a dream. And like Genie, he came on the carpet from Greece. He did not. He was not. He's not the guy that wants to be in a assisted living facility. That's my dad. So I came back and I said, I made the decision that I'm going to leave. And I left E. And I. I packed all my stuff, put everything in storage, and went back to Virginia and lived in my high school bedroom for three.

[Adam Carolla]

Years.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Wow. And took care of my D. With my.

[Adam Carolla]

Mom. And that's a kind of a.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Sitcom. It is a. Oh, my gosh. The material I got from.

[Adam Carolla]

That. You gotta write.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

That. I really would love to you and I should talk about this later, because the stories I have and, like, you see other people from high school, and you're like, wow, this is hysterical. Okay. So anyway, I. You know, he progressively got worse and worse, and then he couldn't move at the end. And, you know, it was. And I made their house, like, so the doctors could come to us and he wouldn't have to go anywhere and whatever, go to a facility. So this company came to me recently and said, we know your story, and we'd love for you to be our ambassador. And I was like, wow. If I had this technology back then, when I was looking after him, he passed away. It'll be 13 years coming up, and it feels like yesterday, but it would have helped me so much. So National Family Caregivers Awareness Month was. Last month was November. And so from the first of the month to the end of the month, I was out screaming from the mountaintops how important it is to shed some light on caregivers, like, whether you are a caregiver now or not. If you live long enough, if you have the good fortune of living long enough, you will be a caregiver or you will need someone to give you care. That's just the bottom line. Unless you die.

[Adam Carolla]

Suddenly.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Right. And, you.

[Adam Carolla]

Know. Got.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

It. So anyway, I partner with them, and I partnered with this technology company called nomosartcare that has these little tags and these little. These little, like, satellites that you plug into the wall and stuff. They almost look like an air.

[Adam Carolla]

Freshener. And.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

You. And it has an app on your phone, and you can monitor your mom's house or your dad's house or whatever without. It's not invasive. There are no cameras. It's like these tiny Little tabs you put on. So, you know, if they open the refrigerator, you know, if they got out of bed and opened their bedroom.

[Adam Carolla]

Door. Right.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Right. You know, if they picked up their pill box and it alerts you on your phone before there's a problem. You know what I mean?

[Adam Carolla]

Right. They didn't take their medication today.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Yes. And there's people who have Alzheimer's or dementia or anything like that don't like cameras. You know what I mean? They're already having an issue with paranoia. They don't want cameras in their house. My mom has forgotten the thing is there. So now I'm in la, she's still in Virginia. She's healthy as a horse. Great. Whatever. But it allows me to know if there are changes in her behavior. Like, she gets up at 8. Why is she not opening her bedroom door till 10:30? And it'll alert you. I mean, it gives you peace of mind in a way that I did not have. So today, 63 million Americans are in a caregiving position, and that is gonna grow. And if there's. Look, is it a sexy topic for me to talk about? Did I want to be the girl who was talking about losing her dad from ALS when I was in my 30s? No. But, you guys, we're all going there. We are all going to be there. So I think it's super important for us to talk about it, for us to acknowledge that you may be a caregiver and not even know. Like, I didn't know I was a caregiver. I thought I was just being a good daughter. Right. It's not to step out of it and you go, gosh, I kind of have ptsd. That was a lot. Mentally, emotionally, financially. The insurance don't pay for everything. Let's be real clear. That could break someone's bank. It's a heavy load. So if there's anything I can do to lift that weight a little bit for somebody from knowing what it feels like. Cause you feel so alone, Adam. You feel so alone, and you're like, what am I doing? How can I. How can I keep this person healthy? Healthy. As healthy as they're gonna be alive and comfortable for as long as they can hang.

[Adam Carolla]

On.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Right. And if anyone's lost a parent or a loved one and you've been there and you see the decline, it changes you. It just does. Then you realize in the end, it's all, like. All this is great and fun and whatever, and it's just passing time while we all share a.

[Adam Carolla]

Planet. Yeah. You know.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

What? I mean.

So. Oh, I'm about to cry. I'm.

[Adam Carolla]

Sorry. All right. I don't want to break you up. I just want to give you a.

[Show Producer/Assistant]

Plug. Thank.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

You. Oh, by the way, so having said that, we're going to give away three nomos. If anyone needs one for their home and you have a caregiving story and a reason that you could use this for one of your loved ones, then I guess they'll go to your website maybe.

[Adam Carolla]

Huh? Yeah, we could do.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

That. How do we do that? Should we ask questions and see if they get it right? So we're gonna give three of those away and also three year subscriptions so you don't have to pay a subscription. You won't have to pay.

[Adam Carolla]

Anything. All right. Well, go to AdamCroll.com and we'll figure.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Out. There it.

[Adam Carolla]

Is. It looks like a Siri something for you if you need.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

This.

[Adam Carolla]

Yeah. And only if you need.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

It.

[Adam Carolla]

Yeah. Debbie, thank you. Let's not take so much time off in between visits. I know next time I might.

[Debbie Matanopoulos]

Need a caregiver if we wait that.

[Adam Carolla]

Long. We'll take a quick break and Rudy Pavic will have the news right after this.

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[Adam Carolla]

Adam.

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LA Such a piece of shit city.

Au revoir. Au revoir. Tony Valar.

One day you just move.

Away.

Did we? I. Dawson, I'm gonna get you fired up. But we had Antonio Villaragosa, whose name is Tony Villar, who failed the bar more times than every Kardashian combined. He. He failed the bar four times. And then he never passed. Yeah. And then we said, let's put this line retard in charge of Los Angeles. And he was a horrible mayor. And then I was like, well, we're not going to do any worse than Tony Velar. And then we got Eric Garcetti, who's in the leg crossing competition.

He's a full pussy and he's horrible. And he's the guy who made the statement that said when people are paroled after they've committed their crime and served their time, we owe them our gratitude. And we need to welcome them back into the States. It's a tough on crime. Yes, you owe the guy who tried to rape your sister and was in prison for 11 years your gratitude. Or pushed your fucking grandma onto the subway tracks. But anyway, we owe them our gratitude when they come.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Out. And a Target gift card. Here you.

[Adam Carolla]

Go. And a Target gift card. And they should be able to stay on a futon. Yeah. And that guy was bad. And then we can't do any worse than this guy. Then we got Karen Bass, who's basically just a full socialist. And she's a dope too, but that's our trajectory. But New York had Eric Adams and now they got Mondame. And there's gotta be a handful of Republicans in New York. They're like, well, we're not going to do worse than this guy. Yes, you will hold my.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Beer. Yes, you can hold my high.

[Adam Carolla]

Ball. You didn't think this house had a basement? It does. You're on the first floor. You didn't think we had a.

[Show Producer/Assistant]

Basement? Makes you long for those golden Tony Velar.

[Adam Carolla]

Days. Yes. Come back, the genius. It was Tony.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Velar. Yeah. All the Democrats that are like, man, I thought I hated Bush. Like, God, I wish I had that guy.

[Adam Carolla]

Back. Yeah. Now they got Trump. So we had worse than Tony Villar. It's funny, I got into this big argument with Mike August a few weeks ago because there was an event and Tony Velar was gonna be there. Who's Antonio Villaragoza, who, by the way, was the mayor for eight years of Los Angeles. You know these people. Let me explain something. When there's a guy like, you take the Brady Bunch, right? You take the cast of the Brady Bunch and you go, how come they never did anything after the Brady Bunch? And they'll tell you it's because they were typecast and people looked at them as Jan Brady. But the real answer is they're talentless fucking hacks. The answer is they don't possess ability or talent. Johnny Depp was on 21 Jump street and then managed to extricate himself from that group and become Johnny Depp. That's.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Fine.

[Adam Carolla]

Yeah. So they'll always go, oh, it's because of this. I got that Tony Villar runs Los Angeles for eight years and then goes off and does nothing. And by the way, Eric Garcetti does nothing. Like, you're the mayor of Los Angeles and then you go on to nothing, which means you never had anything in the tank in the first place. So there's some event and they want me to speak at it. And then Tony Velar's there and they're like, me to interview Tony Vallart. I'm like, he's not going to let me. He's had an asshole of me talking about him.

So I ended up doing a big, confusing argument with Mike August. We've all heard those a million times, but a zillion times.

But he was an event I was speaking at. And he didn't leave. He sat there front and center while I.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Spoke. Oh, front and.

[Adam Carolla]

Center. In the crowd and watching in the crowd. He would not. It was, no, I'm not going to interview him. As previously.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Discussed. Was it arms folded like comedy.

[Adam Carolla]

Club? Like, no, I was being funny and he was laughing. Oh, wow. That was.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Fine.

[Adam Carolla]

Yeah. Yeah. So that was. That was fine. But you can do. Here's the moral of the story is you can always do.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Worse.

[Adam Carolla]

Yeah. And now LA has done progressively worse. Like, Tony Velar's a dope. But he was inert, you know, he didn't. He's just didn't do anything. But Karen Bass is like a socialist sack of shit. So you can do worse. And in New York, you can do worse too. It is weird that if you take LA and you take New York, right? And you go, two of the premier biggest cities in the world, and financial hubs and innovators and everything like that, and you go, here is the starting lineup of the mayors they've had for the last.

20 years. And you go, okay. Tony Villar, least impressive guy. You failed the bar four times. Four times you failed the bar. And you sound like a fucking dope when you talk. Eric Adams. Guy's a fucking idiot. Karen Bass, Socialist dope. No one's run a business. No one's done anything. Nobody's had any success. Nobody. Eric Garcetti. Eric Garcetti's in India right now. I don't know, working in some. They gave him some consulate job just to fucking give him the fuck off the United.

[Show Producer/Assistant]

States. He was the ambassador to.

[Adam Carolla]

India. He stopped doing damage here, and we send it. He's gone. The point. And then there was de Blasio. De Blasio, Remember de Blasio sitting there going.

Hey, if you eat a cheeseburger and you get a shot. Well, no. What are these? Crinkle fries. Hip hops are too early to eat crinkle fries. It's never too early for crinkle fries, okay? You get an experimental vaccine and you can get a two and a half dollar cheeseburger. You want a free burger.

You take Eric Adams. You gotta write this down. Now, let's.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

See. All right, give me a.

[Adam Carolla]

Pen. We got Eric Adams, we got Mondami. Who's gonna be fucking worse? You got Antonio Villa Rugosa, you got Mayor Bass, and then you got. Who'd I just say? Out of New York. Oh, here he is. Sorry. We'll play this. Who is this? Sorry, this is Bill de Blasio. Bill de Blasio. Bill de Blasio. You take these six people. This is the last. The people. These are the people who ran L. A in New York for the last 20 years. And they're all fucking dopes. Can you believe? Like, how fucking dumb are we? Like, hey, here's the keys to the biggest city in the financial hub and the Hollywood and everything else. And we're going to get these guys with these fucking 10 cent heads or worse, in Mondami or Karen Bass, like, physically don't like the people that make the money in the city and the financial people and stuff like that. Here you go. Run the fucking city. That's how fucking dumb these two cities are. And I mean, you go back, I will hear him, but you go with Viragosa. We're going back like 16 years. I don't know when de Blasio started. You can. We can work it out, but I mean.

[Show Producer/Assistant]

Together. He was a one term mayor.

[Adam Carolla]

During COVID We'll look that up. And then who before him, though? I mean, we got Bloomberg. I don't know if it's Bloomberg. Yeah, combined, it's 30 years of dopes running these cities into the fucking ground. But we're just getting started with.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Mondavi. Yeah, this sounds like the worst word problem ever. Where you're like, Karen Bass, Mondame Garcetti are all on a bullet train. Well, a non existent bullet train. One that doesn't exist, but they're all traveling at the speed of light to a place of.

[Adam Carolla]

Nowhere. Right. All right, so de Blasio hits in 14.

So that's 11 years. And then when you go back to.

Antonio Villaragoza, he hits in, I don't know, 08 or something. Something like that. You basically got 30 years of both these cities being run by incompetent fucking dopes, which is, by the way, why they're falling apart. Everybody, if you'd like to know, but. All right, let's listen to retarded de Blasio telling you, hey, take an experimental vaccine that may have long term negative ramifications, but you can get $4 worth of crinkle.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Fries.

Free.

[Adam Carolla]

Fries. When you get vaccinated.

I got vaccinated.

You're saying I could get this delicious fry.

Man, but there's also a burger element to this. It's a fucking retard. That's why they put toys in Happy Meals. Too early in the day to eat. This could be breakfast. Okay, I want you to look at this and think about again. Some people love hamburgers. Some don't really want to respect all ways of life. If this is appealing to you, just think of this. When you think of vaccination.

Vaccination. Side of Christ. Jesus Christ. These guys are criminal. I'm getting a very good feeling, a very good feeling about $4 worth of fucking junk food. You get your kid experimentally.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Vaccinated. Yeah. You also get a case of the shakes, too. After you get that vaccine, you get the.

[Adam Carolla]

Shakes. In this case it'd be vanilla, but in Eric Adams, it'd be a chocolate.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Shake.

[Adam Carolla]

Yeah. Jesus fucking Christ. Yeah, the two biggest cities, really, in the world, governed by semi retarded fucking dopes for a 30 year run.

30.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Years. Yeah, yeah, I was thinking about.

[Adam Carolla]

That. Okay, listen, whoever's writing on the screen, de Blasio, followed by Eric Adams and now Mandami. Yes. The thing I've been yelling about for 20 minutes, I'm aware the.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Order. I.

[Adam Carolla]

Asked.

I asked that. And I asked, when did Villaragoza take office? Not if Eric Adams came after and not who came after Eric Adams. I just told you. I told you all that stuff, but I'm asking when did Villa Retardo. Excuse me, Tony Velar. Excuse me, Antonio Villaragosa, when did he start? That was my question. Not if Eric Adams was the.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Mayor. All right, yeah, Minnesota, when we had Tim Pawlenty, people bitched about that guy for a long.

[Adam Carolla]

Time. And then it moved over to 2005. Sorry for cutting off 2005. So we're going back 20 years of retarded, 10 cent headed dopes running Los Angeles. And by the way, if you want to know why, there's graffiti everywhere and garbage everywhere, and a homeless prom. And everyone goes, oh, there's a problem with homeless, there's a problem with graffiti, and there's a problem with crime. And where's all the runaway production? Why is everyone shooting in Atlanta, New Mexico? You can't run a fucking city for 20 years with fucking dopes and not expect the city to get shitty. But you couldn't run an unfinished furniture company either with 20 years of dopey family members running it. That's.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Why. Yeah, all.

[Adam Carolla]

Right. Sorry, you were telling.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Me? Well, first off, hang on, boys, we gotta update the Rant of the Year section for the ACE Awards coming up in two weeks, because, boy, this is a top contender, I'll tell you.

[Adam Carolla]

That. Well, what do we expect? And by the way, fuck y' all who keep voting for dopes. You get.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

This. Yeah, in Minnesota, Tim Palenty. Everybody went, oh, this guy. We got to get this guy out of here. So they bring in Mark Dayton, who is, to put it in your terms, a big fat nothing burger. He does nothing for his entire term. And then they bring in walls. They bring in walls and they go. They go, oh, look at this guy. Look at this guy. He's progressive. He's getting everybody, you know on the right track. Minnesota's finally on the right track. And look what's happened over the last two and a half weeks. And we're looking at their state going, well, this is all one big facade. It's all him and his waving to the crowd and him getting up on stage. All of the stuff that has come up about this guy was like, well, how did you guys expect this was gonna. And you knew this was gonna happen down the road, of course. So the fact that you're saying that things can get worse. Yes. Obviously Minnesota right now is in an awful.

[Adam Carolla]

Place. There's a thing going on that I recognize that people don't recognize dopes. And like, Gavin Newsom is a dope. It's not a traditional dope, but he never says anything and he doesn't know what he's talking about. Tim Walls is a fucking dope. Like, Tim Walls is a.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Dope.

[Adam Carolla]

Yeah. And Karen Bass is a dope. And these people. Now, listen, you can hate Trump all you want. He's not a dope. Pete Hegseth is not a dope. You just disagree with him, and I'm fine. There's people on the other side I disagree with, but there's lots of dopes. And I don't know why that's attractive. I think it's attractive to dumb people who don't really know their dealing with a dope. But we got a lot of fucking dopey ass adults running shit. And it's not a coincidence that the wheels are coming off the wagon because you have unskilled, unqualified, and sometimes corrupt people in. In Minneapolis. It's all, you know, we gotta. I love it. I. I don't mind. Like, I would like a politician that go, like, look.

Somalis at. Listen, they're fine. I mean, we'd be all right without them, but they're not fucking hurting anything, so leave them alone. But they go, these people are the backbone of this community. It's like, really, if you check the illiteracy rates and how many on fucking welfare and how many are living in poverty.

This state was built on the backs of Somalis. Like, oh, really? What? By the way, I say the same thing with the slaves. Why'd they knock it off? They built everything and then just called it quits. Like, what happened? All right, Somali. So Somali, you built.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Minnesota?

[Adam Carolla]

Why? How long you been taking a break? Get back to the building. Yeah, yeah. Mayor Fry. Oh, Mayor Fry's eating Somali.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Food. Oh.

[Adam Carolla]

Boy. At the restaurant. Cause it's important that he let them know that he likes goat. All.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Right.

Is he trying to suck that down? Look at his.

[Adam Carolla]

Face. Oh, Somali guy. Somali guy. I love. I love root based plants with goat.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Mm.

[Adam Carolla]

Yeah. It's funny that Somali cuisine, second to none. I mean, that's why all the big high end casinos serve exclusively Somalian food. Cause everybody loves Somalian. Anyone who has kids knows, oh, daddy, can we get Somalian tonight? No, we're getting de Blasio burgers and crinkle fries.

They're free now. Get another.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Shot. Get a.

[Adam Carolla]

Vaccine. Get your booster, bitch, so I can get a crinkle fry.

By the way, he's offering up 80 cents worth of food. Yeah, that's like you have contempt for your constituency at that.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Point. And it's so funny that they're kissing the ass. They always say, like, you know, there's. In this whole state of Minnesota, there's only 60,000 Somalians that have shown up, and they're a part of the state.

[Adam Carolla]

Okay. Of.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

That. How many of those people can vote? So they're basically just pandering to, like, a small amount of people. Meanwhile, the rest of the state is going, hey, man, what about the rest of.

[Adam Carolla]

Us? They built the state. They're the backbone. By the way, whenever you have to start bragging about stuff like, Irish people are schoolteachers, they're lawyers, they're fathers, mothers, okay? Some of them have jobs. And then there's a whole bunch of them who don't. You're not allowed just to pick perfection. They're butchers, they're bakers, they're candlestick makers. The Somali, you want candles, you want a stick to put them on or you want them to fall.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Over? I mean, the candles that they make have fuses coming out of the outside of them, but they're still candlestick.

[Adam Carolla]

Makers. That's right. They have caps on. They're galvanized caps on both sides of their candlestick.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Making. They know how to make leather vests. They also.

[Adam Carolla]

Have. These are hardworking, valued people who are moms who are dead. All right. All right. Okay. All right. Thank you. They built Minnesota. Yeah. I don't know. You lived in Minnesota before Somalis took over. Was it.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Okay?

[Adam Carolla]

Yeah. What did they do? They fly in and build it during the summer of like, 62, and then go back to Somalia and then let you enjoy it for a while or. How'd they build the.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Minnesota? Yeah. Yeah. That was how. Yeah, you're right. They needed to take a little bit of break from the heat, get rid of the sunburn. So they came to Minnesota for a short amount of time. In that short amount of time, I believe it was 18 months. That's when they built the entire infrastructure of 35W. They built the Mississippi bridge, the stadium, the Stadium went up. Yeah. I mean, that was the Metronome, obviously. That was the 80s. They had to move from Bloomington. I do believe that actually during the 90s, they flew small, you know, the more talented carpenters to put together Mall of.

[Adam Carolla]

America. Oh, the Somalis.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Built. They built that. Yeah. I mean, yeah. Under the guise that they were going to call it the Mall of Somalia, which is.

[Adam Carolla]

Now. Sounds like that's kind of.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Somalia. Yeah, Somalia. Yeah, you're right. M A L L. Somalia.

[Adam Carolla]

Somalia. Somalia. Come on.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Now.

[Adam Carolla]

Yeah. And they built the Metrodome.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Too. Metrodome as.

[Adam Carolla]

Well. Was one of the first domed roof stadiums, Right? Yeah.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Earlier.

[Adam Carolla]

Yeah. You know, those guys can.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Build. They took a lot of heat when the roof.

[Adam Carolla]

Collapsed. Oh, the snow.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Load.

[Adam Carolla]

Yeah. Yeah. You know, to be fair to them, the Somalians who built Minneapolis and the Twin Cities and most of Minnesota.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Good chunk of Edina as well, there.

[Adam Carolla]

Was a collapse of the roof because of the snow load. Understand that when they came to Minneapolis, they brought Somalian structural engineers who don't have a calc for a snow load. They deal with wind and shear. Okay, but they don't deal with snow because obviously they don't get snow in Somalia. So when they built it, they didn't. They calced it out to Somalian standards. And they have wonderful buildings over there, but they don't deal with a snow load. So that's not on.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Them. You're right. Yeah. They did bring rock proof glass over to the Metrodome. You can't shatter it by throwing a rock at it, which is very good. I thought that was good on their part. I mean, we don't have a lot of rock throwers in Minnesota.

[Adam Carolla]

Dome. So they built all that and then they moved back to Somalia and then they came back and got on welfare and started building the system. Okay, all right, good. Good to know. Good to know. So what's Fry doing in this video? He's just eating Somalian food and looking.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Miserable. You can always tell when you don't like a dish because you just constantly keep moving it around with the utensil that you're eating it.

[Adam Carolla]

With. That's all he's doing. I've also learned from 80s sitcoms, it's when you have something to say but you don't want to say it. Like, you know, you say at some point the dad goes, what's eating you?

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Podcast.

Working with these Somalians down at the Mall of.

[Adam Carolla]

America. Yeah, it was always. It was a trope. We moved your food around. It meant you're thinking. And then the mom or somebody had to ask you at the dinner table, what's.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Up? That music would pop in. Little piano music in the background.

[Adam Carolla]

Yeah. I just don't think I want to come to the law firm. I want to dance. I want to dance. It's the only time I feel.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Free. Yeah.

[Adam Carolla]

Yeah. I wish someone had asked me about my food when I was. Yeah, we didn't do.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Dinner. You can also tell he doesn't like it because he's just given the thumbs up. But he's chewing for an extraordinary amount of time. He just keeps munching down because I don't think he wants to take another bite. So he thinks if I keep chewing after like the second bite, he'll just go, okay, I'm good. I'm.

[Adam Carolla]

Good. I love.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

It.

[Adam Carolla]

Yeah. I love, I love goat and I love root based plants and I love things that are.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Fermented.

Little dash of welfare in.

[Adam Carolla]

There.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Yeah. And look at the guy sitting next to.

[Adam Carolla]

Him. Look at him. He loves.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

It. It's just like shoveling it into his mouth. He looks.

[Adam Carolla]

Miserable. Yeah, but listen, you're a white guy. You got to pretend.

All right, what's in the.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

News? All right. Governor Gavin Newsom was roasted online. You and I saw this the other day and talked about it. But his online for his bizarre AI created reaction to being called out for sitting in a testicle crushing pose during an interview. Democracy requires flexibility. Governor Newsom's press office wrote in a caption to the Post, you showed me this the other day and you're right. That is a deep, deep, deep leg cross. Only compared to that. Is the guy sitting next to.

[Adam Carolla]

Him. Well, he's from the Times. He's from the New York Times. So he has to present with his leg crossed. They do it in the animal kingdom. It's like when a woman wants to get.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Fucked. Oh.

[Adam Carolla]

Presenting. She presents. It's called.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Presenting. Tail goes.

[Adam Carolla]

Up. It's progressive presenting. I want to say to my audience, here's, here's who I am.

Now. Here's how you know it's bullshit. And all these people. I think we'll give Obama the credit for being the Rosa Parks of the deep leg cross. He said, no, I'm not gonna sit with my knees apart. I know I cross my legs like a chick, but that's because I'm super sensitive and I'm going to present that way. So he is the grandfather, Obama of the deep leg cross. Since all progressive politicians look at Obama, sort of the poster child for all progressive politicians, they then want to Mimic them as well. Now, here's how you know these guys don't sit this way. When they do interviews and they're not in front of an audience, they often sit in a normal fashion, but when they face the audience, they present with the deep leg cross. They'll cross their legs in interviews as well, but it's 100% when they're in front of an audience. So what we're saying is, to the New York Times crowd, hey, I am down with your progressive bullshit. Watch how far I can cross my legs. And then the guys from the New York Times is like, I cross my legs that way too, because I'm from the New York Times. And then what Newsom does is he goes, I'm gonna go for a deeper leg cross. I want you to show that I'm more progressive. Brunt Workwear. Work boots used to suck. Uncomfortable. They fell apart. They were just bad. Back in the day, Brunt said, screw that and built boots that work great and look great all day and they're comfortable. These are the Omen boots. Yeah. You see these right here? Mm. They blew me away. They're so comfortable. It's not like you're wearing work boots and you don't have to break them in. Some boots you have to break in. It's uncomfortable getting blisters and everything. They're tough too. Protection, durability for real jobs. Perfect gift for hard working guys in your life. Keep him comfy all day. It's a great gift. Brunt is dropping limited edition styles all month. They'll sell out fast, check back often, grab one before it's gone. It's Brunt.

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[Adam Carolla]

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Here's my challenge.

Gavin Newsom is.

57 years old or something. Can we find pictures of him in his 30s doing a deep leg.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Cross?

[Adam Carolla]

No. Well, why do you change? You can find pictures of me when I'm seven crossing my legs the same way I cross my Legs. Now, who changes the way they cross their legs? Unless there's some sort of psychological thing going on where you are presenting to the audience. And what are the chances that every single one of you dudes sits like a chicken? And it's 100%, it's 100% progressive.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Dudes. I wonder if there is a epidemic where guys are seeing this like you talked about. Oh, I have to align with this group. So now I'm starting to cross my legs like that. But how come guys don't notice it? I notice when guys do it that they great Photoshop, but when I see guys that do it, they don't recognize that they're doing it and think to themselves, I am smashing my balls into my thighs. Why don't I uncross my legs? But they continue to sit like that. And it's gotta be, it's gotta like, it's gotta be Torquin on your ball.

[Adam Carolla]

Sack. I'm telling you it is. So here's the deal. There's the tons of yarn or string bracelets. That's the one way you present. You just wear like, if you're not flexible enough to do a super deep leg cross, you just wear a whole bunch of stupid yarn bracelets that your fucking daughter made you. And you walk around with that. And then I'll let you know how I think and how progressive I am and how inclusive I am and so on and so forth. Now the right leaning version of that is I take the Oakley blades and I put them upside down on my ball cap and then you know how I sit. And I don't sit like this homo. You've never seen a dude with the Oakley blades on his ball cap sitting like fucking Gavin Newsom sits. It's impossibility. You could search the Internet for 10,000 years. You never find a guy with the Oakley blades on top of the ball cap, sitting with the deep leg cross. All right, you can get rid of this picture, by the way. We've seen.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

It. When we were on vacation, my daughter was with me. I went to go buy a new pair of sunglasses and I was looking at the Oakley blades, the old school, like the Jose Canseco. And I wanted to buy them. And my daughter's like, you put those on. I'm hightailing it out of here. She would not hang. I was like, why? She goes, because there's people that are looked at a certain way when they wear those sunglasses. I'm like, I don't give a shit how I get looked at. I just want cool Sunglasses I want to enjoy. I pay for them, damn it. I earn these.

[Adam Carolla]

Things. Yeah. Oakley blades. Once they make it on top of the ball cap, and if they're upside down or maybe worn backwards on the ball.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Cap. I was going to say the guys with the visors that are also backwards and upside down, that's wearing the Oakley.

[Adam Carolla]

Blades. You voted for.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Trump.

[Adam Carolla]

Yeah. If you put him on top of your ball cap, you are the head of the Maga movement. And if you put them backwards on your ball cap, you're in the.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Climb. You're in the.

[Adam Carolla]

Illuminati. You're heading to a climbing Grand Wizard. But you will never see that deep. That deep leg.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Cross. No, of course we can't, because we have a handgun taped to the inside of our thigh. How are we going to be able to cross our legs? Doesn't work that.

[Adam Carolla]

Way. Now, as per usual, I'm just onto stuff early. I was complaining about this shit early. And now when you turn on Jesse Waters, he's referencing all the crosses, the late cross, and giving them all the names. But let it be known, I was early money on the deep leg cross and what it meant. And by the way, when people go, who cares? Well, there's an answer. The answer is he didn't sit this way 15 years ago when he was 40. He didn't sit this way, by the way. As a man gets older, the nut sack descends more, becomes greater in size. Sometimes you grow into your dad bod a little. You are less likely to sit that way as you get older. Like a kid can sit in front of TV and sit on their feet. When you're a kid, you could sit and just sit on your feet. When you're old, you can't sit on your fucking feet. You gotta. Your compression socks will fall apart. So, like, the idea that you're sitting more and more like a kid and a chick, as you get older, that's just signaling. That's not.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Comfort. Yeah. Yeah. Progressively, I think maybe. I don't know if I told you this story on air if I was the other day, but I was talking about being at the airport and I saw the guy in the pajama pants with the crocs and the blankie swinging his arms, and I'm. I actually, I turned it into a bit. I was doing it this weekend in Las Vegas and it's. And every guy that I talked about it with, I brought it up because there was a guy who was a. The rodeo was in Las Vegas this weekend and there was a dude Sitting front row, big old cowboy hat on. Dawson, you saw that guy? We chatted with him after the show. He was great. But that guy was a.

Army sniper. Like, big old farm guy. Him and his, you know, super fun, hot wife, they came from Ohio, come to the rodeo, and I'm like, what happened to dudes? Why aren't there more of. Why isn't there more dudes? And he goes, there are in Ohio, there are in Illinois. There are in. We're still out there, man, but nobody wants to listen to us. It's everybody on the. On the coast. It's east coast, it's west coast, it's big city, New York, Louisiana. Nobody wants to look at us. And I'm like, well, finally, there's. People are getting a little bit of a light shown on.

[Adam Carolla]

Them. The rodeo is. There's two sports where the audience dresses like they may get in the.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Game. Oh, yeah.

[Adam Carolla]

Yeah. Rodeo. They dress like someone's gonna point up there and go, okay, one of the riders take an L, played pick up hockey, come down here, get on that bull. Like, they dress like they're getting on the ball. That's how rodeo works. The other sport that does that, which is weird, Women's rugby.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Tennis. Oh, yeah, you're.

[Adam Carolla]

Right. Yeah. I went and saw the US Open with Kimmel a million years ago, and like, Flushing Meadows or wherever it was, train ride from New York or whatever, we were there, we knew Pat o' Brien or something invited us out, blah, blah, blah. And each stop, people were getting on the train and they're wearing the wristbands and the head thing and the fila's shorts and the thing and the head. You know, I was like, what are these players? It's like, no, no, they're watching. It's like, yeah, okay. You don't have to dress like you're getting in the game. Tree torn shoes. They dress like they're like they're out.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

There.

[Adam Carolla]

Sure. And I get it. Football fans, you know, put the jersey on or whatever, but they're not pads and a helmet. Rodeo guys dress like they're in the rodeo, and tennis guys dress. And I bet you the tennis guys would make fun of the rodeo guys immediately, but they do the exact same shit. Yeah.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Mm. Yeah. That was the thing about playing pickup hockey in Minnesota. You'd have guys out there, you know, maybe a little older, upper 30s, low 40s, and they just want to get a good skate in. And then there's dudes out there that think that there's a scout from the Minnesota Wilds sitting up in the stands at the Richfield Rink, just waiting to be like, you know, we could use a winger. Punch us up on. Down on the axe. We'll throw some pads on and get you out on the. On the ice tonight. Yeah. So anyways, if they want to make a documentary about you calling all this stuff early, well, maybe they can do it through Warner Brothers and they can put it on Netflix. Have you seen.

[Adam Carolla]

This?

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Yeah. Okay. Republicans in Congress have warned of potential antitrust problems with Netflix absorbing HBO Max and Warner Brothers content rights. Some members of Congress on Friday deemed Netflix's $82 billion proposed acquisition of Warner Brothers Discovery studios and streaming unit as an antitrust nightmare. Netflix said the deal would create jobs and give its 300 million subscribers more bang for their.

[Adam Carolla]

Buck.

Yeah, I don't think there's an antitrust thing. There's so many platforms and outlets and.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Whatever. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you're right. You can sort of segregate all of this content. And I don't know, sometimes when you get. Things get bigger, though, they always say things like get worse or the content goes down, the quality of it. Have you watched a lot of the stuff that's out there nowadays? A lot of it's garbage. A lot of it's not worth watching at.

[Adam Carolla]

All. Yeah, I tend to stick with the docs. I watched a five part Scorsese doc. You know, I tend to watch the docs. And I tend to watch the docs, I think, because I don't feel like they're empty calories. I sometimes feel like.

If I'm just sitting around watching Jingle all the Way, which Rudy and I watch, but if I'm just sitting around kind of watching binge watching another episode of this show, another episode of that show, and then you sort of check your watch and three hours has gone by. I'm the kind of person that I'm not a heavily disciplined person, but I do also feel like you should kind of work a little bit every day, you know, you should work a little bit, you know, like, I don't like the feeling of not working for, you know, five days in a row. And I don't like the feeling of just vegging out in front of the tv. But if I watch a doc, I go, okay, now I learned something. And then it doesn't feel empty calories to me. And so it's like the Scorsese stuff is interesting. And then you find out about this and what year he did that, and then you have some reference points and then you come in you start talking about it, it's sort of like, well, now it's a write off, because it's my business. So I tend to watch docs. And.

I'll tell you the people that are probably the most intelligent people.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

I think, mayors of New York City.

[Adam Carolla]

And LA and LA combined, 30 years.

What will they have?

Here's one for you, Dawson or Andrew. By the time you get done with Karen Bass Run, and by the time you get done with Mondame's Run, and you put those two numbers together, we're gonna be at like 36 years of horrible, retarded people running these two cities. Cause, you know, it's.05 to like 27 or something with bass or something like that. 26, 27. And then Mandami's gonna go for another four years or whatever. Anyway, be interesting.

Here's the thing. If you show me a person that just goes, I don't like docs. I go, all right, it's gonna be a dumb person I wanna hang out with. Or I don't like listening to talk radio. I go, okay, Dumbo. If you show me a person that will watch docs but only about shit they like, then that person is smart, but not as smart as the person who will watch a doc on anything. That's the person you want. And if they can watch a doc on something they're not interested in, that's the person you want to.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Be. Yeah, I don't know if there's ever been a bigger doc that has created more interest in the last probably two years than this Puff Daddy documentary that has come out. I don't know if you've seen any of it. I think you and I watched like 15 minutes of it, 20 minutes of it the other night. Yeah, but even my mom, who is not somebody who would typically, you know, she was more of a East coast rap fan, not really West.

[Adam Carolla]

Coast. Yeah, she was.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Biggie. Yeah, she was. Yeah. Definitely more Biggie than, you know, Tupac. But. But even she had called me and asked if I have seen this. And I was like, yeah. So it seems like it's one of those things that everybody's kind of watching it, but maybe it'll sort of bring people down another direction and go, hey, maybe I can start watching some documentaries and learning about other things besides just my own little.

[Adam Carolla]

Bubble. Also, like, talentless as an artist or something. Like, I feel like I've been telling people the whole time like, you remaking Cashmere does not make you a shit fucking artist. And you know what? Everyone's number one answers. I like that song. Yeah, I know. You like Kashmir from led Zeppelin from 20 years before. Yes, me too. Now he's. What's wrong with sampling? What's wrong with sampling? It's somebody else's song. You fucking idiots. Make up a song or shut the fuck up because he can't do.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

It.

Yeah. We had somebody tell us the other night that they go on stage and do some David tell jokes every once in a while. I don't know if Dawson was in the room when he went. Yeah, it's like, maybe you should not tell people out loud that you do.

[Adam Carolla]

That. I sample Carlin so I can save.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Sample. Well, you do sample. It's not like. Yeah, you pay him exactly what he is owed. His estate. Yes, absolutely. Yeah. Right wing political commentator Tim Pool said that his home was involved in a late night gunfire attack. In an ex post on Saturday, December 6, Poole wrote. Last night a vehicle approached our property and. And opened fire. He lives in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Detailing that no one was hurt. Our security team is reviewing the incident and we'll be relaying the report to appropriate law enforcement. This is the price we pay for speaking out against evil. Poole concluded on his social media.

[Adam Carolla]

Post. Hmm. Poole's a real smart guy. He's a very serious guy. Look, I haven't met young dudes who are as serious as he.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Is. Yeah, I like that. He looks like he plays in the band Rise Against. He always wears black. He's got a little bit of a beard. He looks like a rocker. He'd have like the fingerless gloves, you know. He listens to Papa Roach, but he's very smart and.

[Adam Carolla]

Intelligent. Yeah, listens to Papa.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Roach. I'm just saying he's got the look, those.

[Adam Carolla]

Guys. I mean, I'd interview all those bands on K Rock back in the day. God, Papa Roach, what happened to.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Them? Cut My Life in Two.

[Adam Carolla]

Pieces. Oh, yeah, that was them. But you see all those bands.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

When they go out constantly and I'm still in the fold, I still gotta go out and sit through half that stuff. Yeah, it's.

[Adam Carolla]

Awful. Did. Did.

So. All right, so. Wait a minute. Gotta remind me. I.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Gotta. I gotta contact Papa.

[Whoopi Goldberg (clip)]

Roach.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

No. Kobe.

[Adam Carolla]

Shadix. I invited John from System of the of A Down to come to the Christmas party. I wanted another member of System of A Down to come as well, but I've forgotten his name.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

So. Oh, it's not Serge.

[Adam Carolla]

Darren.

There's one.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

More. The one I can't think of.

[Adam Carolla]

Either.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Right? Yeah. Drummer.

[Adam Carolla]

Right. No, John's a drummer. Oh, I think John's a.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Drummer. Are you thinking of.

[Adam Carolla]

Shavu? Oh, God. Let's see. Let me see which system of a. Down, guys.

There's. Oh, no, it's Chavo. Yeah, Chavo. I gotta invite.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Shavo. Oh.

[Adam Carolla]

Yeah. That's who I gotta invite. Okay, sorry. I'm gonna write that.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Down. Okay. More Papa Roach talk. If we.

[Adam Carolla]

Could.

I would interview all of these bands. I mean, there were the presidents of the United States of America. Yeah, there was, you know, Art Alexakis of Everclear. Everclear. I mean, it's just band after band of the Verve pipe, all those.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Bands. Art Alexakis is the epitome. And you talk about this a lot with Jay Moore early on. Huge douche. Go through a little bit of hell, come out the other side. Salt of the earth. ARV is one of those guys. I remember he came to the Warehouse. It was a venue in La Crosse, Wisconsin, when I was working there. And he was impossible to be around. Huge dick to Everybody. Met him 20 years later, shaking hands, giving hugs. Yeah, Just a good dude, you.

[Adam Carolla]

Know? Yep. Guys get nicer, women get crazier. That's how it works. All right, you got one.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

More? I got one more. Let's do it. So, yes, even after MDAMI takes office in the first year, Benjamin Netanyahu will visit New York City, if you remember to have Bibi arrested under an International Criminal Court warrant for war crimes. Being in a city of international law means looking to uphold international law, and that means upholding the warrants from the International Criminal Court, whether they're from Benjamin Netanyahu or Vladimir.

[Adam Carolla]

Putin. All right, where's my number, Andrew? This should be very. I'll do it. Oh, five. When's Karen Bass is out in.

27 or 26, I.

[Show Producer/Assistant]

Think. 20.

[Adam Carolla]

26. Go on the computer machine and do this thing, is what I'm saying, Andrew. Otherwise, it seems dumb because I just yelled at no mic 10 minutes ago. And then we don't do it. She's six or seven, you can tell.

[Show Producer/Assistant]

Me. And New York is.

[Adam Carolla]

29. Is she six or seven, though?

14 to 29. Karen Best. 2026 is when her mayoral term. All right, write this stuff down. So we go.05 to that. So we got 21 years in LA. And in New York, you can do all this. Put on the screen, or I'll do it. Andrew. You go 14 to 29, which is 15 years. So it's 36 years, but write it down, Andrew.

Okay, 36 years of combined horrible governance in LA and New York. All right, we got Benny Netanyahu saying.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Something. Let me ask you a separate question. We've long wanted to do one of these interviews in person right here.

[Adam Carolla]

In New York, by the.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Way. And I was an.

[Adam Carolla]

Answer. I didn't answer your question, Andrew. I'll come to New York.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Okay? And that was my question. Would you come to New York given what the mayor has said about arresting.

[Adam Carolla]

You? Yes, of course I.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Will. And you will test that. I mean, what is the thought.

[Adam Carolla]

About how that would work? Well, why don't you wait and see? Yes, I'll come to New.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

York.

Would you want to talk to him, by the.

[Adam Carolla]

Way? Well, you know, if he changes his mind and says that we have the right to exist, that'll be a good opening for a conversation.

Oh, good. Mandami. So, you know, these people, they're just like Ilhan Omar and all of Rashida to leave and stuff. They're. They're constantly going, no, no, no, I got nothing against the Jewish people. And then everything is just against them all the fucking time. And then their heroes are the people that are the fucking terrorists and the Jew killers. That's who they. They defend them. And they're always attacking the Jews. At some point.

You can just go ahead and be anti Semitic. I'll just go ahead and say you don't like.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Them.

[Adam Carolla]

Yeah. Because.

You are a fan of the group that wants them dead, and that's who you defend. And then the group that is being attacked, the Jews, are the ones you're constantly attacking. So I think I know which way the wind is blowing in terms of how you think and what you're saying now, it wouldn't be, listen.

I have twins.

Boy, girl, twins. And if you were around me for a long time, and I kept constantly saying what a horrible twin dope the boy was and how dangerous he was and how he didn't have the, you know, the right to exist. And then I kept blowing smoke up the girl's ass. After a number of years, when I said to you, oh, no, I like them both equally, you could tend to not believe me. Yeah, that's what I'm.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Saying. And this is the same group that when you say, hey, Somalis, please don't come to my state and make it a shithole. You're more than welcome to come here, but just try to, you know, clean up a little bit, they go, you're a racist. How dare you?

[Adam Carolla]

Racist. That's.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Right.

[Adam Carolla]

Yeah. All right, Thursday night. Gonna be in Fort Lauderdale That'll be at the Improv. And then Friday, Saturday, they'll be at the Miami Improv doing two shows Friday, two shows Saturday, and then back to Fort Lauderdale, the Improv again. I have no idea how that works, but That'll be Sunday, December 14th. Go to imcroll.com for all that. New York is. 27 years of governance. Did I figure out is this stuff? I figured all out, Andrew. Yeah. Keep a pad.

Since Rudy G. All right, listen, there was an easy assignment. You just take the two numbers and then you put them together, and then you have 36 years of that number, which I. I think I already did, but I'm saying goodbye now. And you're typing numbers in the thing, but I think we already did it. You ready? 05 in LA to 26 in LA, right? That's 21 years. And then New York is 14 to 29. Right? That's 15 years. 15 years. And you put those two numbers together and we get 36 is the number. Right. All right.

You're counting Bloomberg? Oh, I don't know. Was Bloomberg that bad? Bloomberg was bad. Okay, so now Bloomberg started what year then? Now we got to add to our number.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Right? Oof.

[Adam Carolla]

Man. Bloomberg started in 10 or 2. 02. 2 oh 02 to 13. So now it's New York's 02 to 29. Oh, so now they got 27 years, and now we add 27.

To our 21. Is that right? Yeah, 27 to 21. Now we got 48 years of.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Shit longer than I have been on this.

[Adam Carolla]

Planet. Oh, man. All right. And that's why the two cities have turned to shit, everybody. So let's just get a smart first in there. Let's get Rick Caruso in there, everybody, and we'll solve this. All right, Rudy, what are your.

[Co-host/Guest (possibly Andrew or Dawson)]

Plugs? You can find me this weekend, I'm gonna be in Huntsville, Alabama with Jonathan Kite at Levity Live Thursday through Saturday. The following weekend, December 19th and 20th, I will be with you in Las Vegas. And January 16th, I'll be at the red carpet in St. Cloud.

[Adam Carolla]

Minnesota. So until next time, Adam for Debbie and Rudy saying.

[Show Producer/Assistant]

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[Adam Carolla]

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