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Adam Carolla
Corolla 1 Studios in Glendale, California. This is the Adam Carolla Show. Adam's guest today, Santa Claus. And now, Merry Christmas, Adam Carolla. Yeah, get it on St. Nick's here. Santa Claus. Hello. Hello. St. Nick. Good to see you.
Santa Claus
It is good to see you, my friend. I've known you for a long time.
Adam Carolla
Oh, well, yeah, right. Yes, that's how it works. Yeah.
Santa Claus
I've just been watching you. You haven't really met me.
Adam Carolla
Yeah, yeah, no, I haven't. But it's. It's kind of. Well, you know, it's not that much different than being on basic cable in the late 90s. People see you, you don't really see them, but you, they, you know, they know you, you don't know them.
Santa Claus
Exactly.
Adam Carolla
That was kind of what it was like being On MTV all those years ago. And now I don't know. Either everyone knows everyone or nobody knows anybody.
Santa Claus
Well, very true. Very true. You know, that makes the Naughty List especially difficult.
Adam Carolla
Yeah. Right. Because if you don't really know, it's hard to put them on the naughty.
Santa Claus
Yes, yes.
Adam Carolla
And then also, I know in California and in New York, they want to abolish a Naughty List. I think they say it's unfair to certain minorities or something. Whatever it is, they want to get rid of the Naughty List.
Santa Claus
They're trying really hard, but you got to have, you know, a standard.
Adam Carolla
Listen, you're preaching to the choir.
Santa Claus
I do have to say, Internet searches, they're off the table. That's your business.
Adam Carolla
For you.
Santa Claus
For me?
Adam Carolla
Oh, I see. Whatever I'm looking at, that's your own business. My leisure time. You know what? I appreciate that.
Santa Claus
Thank you.
Adam Carolla
And I'm sure most adult males do, and many high schoolers as well.
Santa Claus
I would have nothing to do with. Everybody would go on the Naughty List.
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Adam Carolla
If you just checked everyone's Internet, you'd get to, like, three guys a year.
Santa Claus
Yeah. And I wouldn't be one of them.
Adam Carolla
No, no, no. Yeah, I understood. Understood. Yeah. I never really thought about technology, you know, because Old Saint Nick, I mean, back in your day, you would just watch people and, you know, pretty basic stuff. If they bullied a neighbor kid or threw a cat in the lake or something like that, that would definitely get you on. Yeah. Like real kind of Bowery Boys, kind of juvenile delinquent stuff, you know, let's go give that hobo a hot foot.
Santa Claus
That's. That would get you on the Naughty list for sure.
Adam Carolla
Yeah. But it's alliteration, so it's nice. Hobo, hot foot. Right. So we get you on the list, but now with what's going on on the Internet and people getting drunk and tweeting.
Santa Claus
Yeah. So many things.
Adam Carolla
And then Covid comes along and. Oh, my goodness.
Santa Claus
You know what? I gave everybody a pass on Covid.
Adam Carolla
Oh, you did?
Santa Claus
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
I didn't wear my mask all the time, I was a little ashamed to say, but I took care of you. You knew it. Yeah.
Santa Claus
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't get into science. Once I start getting into science, it's hard for me to exist.
Adam Carolla
Right. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Because just the circumference of an average flue in a fireplace. You know what I mean? Like, I've done. I've rebuilt a couple of chimneys and a couple fireplaces in my life, and there's not a Lot of leg room in those things.
Santa Claus
Not at all.
Adam Carolla
And at the end, at the bottom, where the fire is about 2ft above it, they have something called a fire shelf. It's kind of a slit.
Santa Claus
Believe me, I know I don't have.
Adam Carolla
To tell you about creosote and preaching to the fire is what I'm doing. But the point is, if we were scientifically inclined as it pertained to you, then you fitting down that chimney would be highly impractical. Improbable. And then, not to mention the reindeer business and the flying and everything.
Santa Claus
That's part of the Christmas magic.
Adam Carolla
Yeah, yeah, the Christmas magic. And what about people wanting to call it holiday instead of Christmas? Oh, come on, you can speak the truth here.
Santa Claus
There's a reason for the season, my friend.
Adam Carolla
Right, right, right.
Santa Claus
I gotta, you know, I gotta. I give some of them a pass.
Adam Carolla
But, you know, you're being pretty magnanimous. I bet if I gave you a couple of hot buttered rums, I'd be talking to a different city.
Santa Claus
You get me talking.
Adam Carolla
You get me talking. That's what I'm saying.
Santa Claus
You know, Betty, I've been around for a long, long time.
Adam Carolla
Yeah. Oh, yeah?
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Santa Claus
Back in the day, you'd be on the naughty list for teasing a slave.
Adam Carolla
Oh, really?
Santa Claus
Yeah. Now it's way beyond that.
Adam Carolla
Oh, yeah, right, yeah, yeah. Teasing a slave. Which I gotta say, you know, we weren't slave owners, you know, the Corollas, we weren't homeowners.
Santa Claus
We know all about you.
Adam Carolla
Yeah. You know, we barely owned a car, so there's no way the Corollas owned slaves. If they did own slaves, then something went dramatically wrong in a very short period of time. Financially, yes, but I don't think that was the case. I think we were always poor and not poor and proud. We were just poor.
Santa Claus
Right.
Adam Carolla
But slave teasing is something I probably would have participated in back in the day.
Santa Claus
Yeah. It is irresistible.
Adam Carolla
You know, when you're like an 11 year old boy and I would even do. I'd tease a slave. I'd probably tease an indentured servant. I'd probably tease a servant in general. Paid nannies, things of that nature.
Santa Claus
Yeah. It's a risk reward.
Adam Carolla
My daughter, when she was very young, spit at my nanny.
Santa Claus
I know.
Adam Carolla
Oh, yeah, sorry. And I'm only saying this for the listener. And my nanny smacked her.
Santa Claus
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
And then she felt bad and she told me and I go, good, smack her again if she does it again. But guess what? What never happened again. Well, because she got smacked.
Santa Claus
Yes.
Adam Carolla
And I like that world, St. Nick.
Santa Claus
Well, I don't. I don't begrudge anyone of smacking.
Adam Carolla
You don't?
Santa Claus
No. That helps them keep them on the good list.
Adam Carolla
Mm. Not a lot of graffiti in Singapore.
Santa Claus
Not at all.
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Santa Claus
Caning took care of that.
Adam Carolla
That's right.
Santa Claus
Christmas candy Caning. There we go.
Adam Carolla
I think we both got there about the same time.
Santa Claus
Say, Nick. Yep.
Adam Carolla
But I deferred to you because I want something in my stocking this year.
Santa Claus
Oh, you're gonna now what? What was your favorite gift that I have bestowed on you when you were a child?
Adam Carolla
I'd have to say it'd be the gift of brilliance.
Santa Claus
Well, that's me.
Adam Carolla
And secondly, why isn't it a Christmas sock? Why is it a Christmas stocking?
Santa Claus
Well, it's an old tradition.
Adam Carolla
Oh, old, Old. They didn't have those short. Yeah. Calvin Klein's back.
Santa Claus
I mean, you get a little bit more goodies with a stocking. A sock is.
Adam Carolla
Yeah, yeah. Sock wouldn't hold a lot of goodies. Yeah, you get like a pencil and a Raisinet.
Santa Claus
Yeah. I have to apologize to you. Every kid who's grown up poor, I tend to favor the rich kids, if you haven't noticed.
Adam Carolla
Yeah, I kind of noticed.
Santa Claus
They get better presents and a lot more of them.
Adam Carolla
I see them buzzing around in their Schwins while I got my busted up Huffy over here and they get their Levi's and I got my tough skins. Yeah.
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Adam Carolla
What. What about it?
Santa Claus
Well, I. I know which side. My bread's butter. Yeah. Yeah. And you've got to take care of the people that are going to take care of you.
Adam Carolla
I keep the lights on. Right.
Santa Claus
I need a lot of support.
Adam Carolla
Yeah, yeah. No, I. I get it all breaks down to something financial. You're essentially a Somali living in Minneapolis.
Santa Claus
At this point, I am completely alone up there.
Adam Carolla
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Santa Claus
Okay.
Adam Carolla
But I was in Sekane, Pennsylvania when I was about five and I got, I got like a big Tonka truck and you know, and like a semi. They got like a big truck. It was a big deal. I loved trucks back then.
Santa Claus
Elvis made them out of steel.
Adam Carolla
That's right.
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Adam Carolla
Yeah, yeah. None of this cheap Chinese elven magic. This was good stuff.
Santa Claus
Yeah, yeah.
Adam Carolla
Just good lead based paint that bonderized steel. Yep, yep. Good old, always good stuff. Yeah, not this pot metal. No, this stuff. Half the stuff was cast forged. Yeah. When America was great and had great elves.
Santa Claus
We had the best elves back then.
Adam Carolla
I, yeah, I was probably working. I was probably about five but man, I had a real love of trucks and like equipment and you know, it was like a lot of. I guess I had like a lot of like kind of construction fantasies about like oh, dirt truck and cranes and hose and moves. I liked mechanical stuff.
Santa Claus
Very young, you know, not many young boys want that anymore. I had to shut the whole elf Tonka division.
Adam Carolla
Tonka's closed down.
Santa Claus
Well, the elf version.
Adam Carolla
Oh yeah, yeah. It's a sad state of affairs because I work in this building with like five dudes and stuff comes up where someone goes, could you hang a curtain on the back thing. And I look around and I go, I'd love to tell one of these spastic guys to do it, but they'd only fuck it up royally. So I'm just gonna do it myself. Even though I'm the millionaire old guy who's the boss, I still have to go hang the fucking curtain myself because there's no capability in young men anymore. They don't like it. I blame college. I blame women. I blame everybody but me for that.
Santa Claus
Yeah, well, same thing with the elves.
Adam Carolla
They don't they hard to find good.
Santa Claus
Anymore, you know, since everything is video games and downloading.
Adam Carolla
Oh, right.
Santa Claus
They just get lazy and they just kind of hang around and drink a lot.
Adam Carolla
Now, do they compete with like the Keebler elves or other elves? You know, Disney elves, people like that. Is there a rivalry?
Santa Claus
It's a big feud.
Adam Carolla
Like an Army Navy type situation?
Santa Claus
More like the Hatfield McCoys go to town.
Adam Carolla
Oh, wow.
Santa Claus
Yeah. They are not. They are not friendly at all. You are a bunch of bastards. Or the Tolkien elves.
Adam Carolla
Tolkien.
Santa Claus
They're beautiful and they know it and they let everyone know it.
Adam Carolla
Yeah, but the Keebler guys with their Toll House cookies living in that hollowed out oak tree, they got a little attitude dripping off them as well.
Santa Claus
Not a lot of women Keebler elves.
Adam Carolla
I didn't notice that. Yeah. Maybe that's why they're so angry. Yeah, I wonder. It's sort of like being in prison. That tree. Right?
Santa Claus
They got a shot caller.
Adam Carolla
Really? Someone's calling shots. I shot good fellas.
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Adam Carolla
You gotta slice the Toll House morsels extra thin.
Santa Claus
That's exactly it.
Adam Carolla
That's from the movie.
Santa Claus
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Thursday night is fudge night.
Adam Carolla
Oh, yeah. Packing, that is.
Santa Claus
That's it.
Adam Carolla
Interesting. I never really thought about where are the female Keebler elves. But then I thought about it. They're all a little androgynous because they're kind of wearing the same pointy shoes and the same pants and the same vest.
Santa Claus
Look again, I don't want to get into science, but they just split in half like amoebas.
Adam Carolla
The elves do.
Santa Claus
They're asexual.
Adam Carolla
Oh, okay. They're like the Keebler elves. They're like a platypus.
Santa Claus
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
Well, what's a platypus? Do I think they lay eggs? They lay eggs.
Santa Claus
They're like an amoeba.
Adam Carolla
But the platypus is. The platypus is a.
Santa Claus
It's a half beef or half duck.
Adam Carolla
Yeah. God, you know Everything. They're also venomous platypus. Platypi.
Santa Claus
They're venomous platypi. Yep. Now.
Adam Carolla
But are they mammals?
Santa Claus
Yeah, they're mammals.
Adam Carolla
They're mammals who lay eggs.
Santa Claus
Mm.
Adam Carolla
That's rare. Right.
Santa Claus
Well, first of all, it's Australia.
Adam Carolla
Oh. So. Yeah. It's all. Bets are.
Santa Claus
So. It's hard to get there.
Adam Carolla
Oh, my God. With the time difference. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's gotta be rough. So do you start. Is Australia in front of us or behind us? Oh, no, they're behind us.
Santa Claus
They're behind us.
Adam Carolla
Can I say this? A male platypus. Yes. Yes. Male platypuses are venomous. Yeah. Posing a sharp. Can I ask you this, St. Nick.
Santa Claus
Yes, sir.
Adam Carolla
They call Australia down under.
Santa Claus
Yes.
Adam Carolla
And they love it. They're so enamored. I'm from down under. Yeah. Okay. That's mildly amusing. Stop saying it. But they keep saying it. You know, it's kind of like get er done. You know what I mean? Like, okay, it's not that funny. We get it. We get it. It's not funny. Oh, ho, ho.
Santa Claus
Same way. Well, you can be honest.
Adam Carolla
Okay. It should either be one ho or three hoes, but ho, ho. Oh, there's three. Okay. Yeah. Ho, ho. Good. All right. So we call them down under. What about us calling ourselves up over? I mean, if they're down under, it.
Santa Claus
Never really caught on.
Adam Carolla
It didn't catch on. But I'm saying we could. You keep talking about the floor, but what about the ceiling?
Santa Claus
That's right.
Adam Carolla
You can't have a house without a ceiling and a floor. And you're just floor, floor, floor talk. You're down under. Well, who's up over? And then why aren't we calling ourselves up over? Because I'd rather be a top than down under.
Santa Claus
That's very true. Rather a hammer than a nail. I'm just North Pole, so I'm just over over.
Adam Carolla
You're over.
Santa Claus
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
Yeah. The Keeblers. Are there any females amongst the Keebler elves? That's the question.
Santa Claus
Now, there are plenty of female North Pole elves. Oh, there are Plenty.
Adam Carolla
Plenty.
Santa Claus
Yes.
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Santa Claus
And I have a hall pass from Mrs. Claus. Any elf?
Adam Carolla
Any elf?
Santa Claus
Yep.
Adam Carolla
At any time?
Santa Claus
Yeah.
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Adam Carolla
You know, I don't want to pry too much into your private life, but you know, Mrs. Claus, we talk about the seven year itch, you know, and we talk about, you know, these guys have been together for 20 years and it kind of the spark is gone. It's run its course. But being with the same woman for 2000 years or 900 years or I don't know how long ago. 2000. You guys have been together 2000 years? I mean, again, I don't know how you keep it fresh.
Santa Claus
We do not.
Adam Carolla
You don't keep it fresh?
Santa Claus
No. We haven't had sex in a long, long time. Like 400 years, 19, 10 years.
Adam Carolla
Oh, you're counting.
Santa Claus
Oh yeah.
Adam Carolla
Oh yeah.
Santa Claus
That's why I'm okay with the elves.
Adam Carolla
Mrs. Claus, right?
Santa Claus
She gets nothing.
Adam Carolla
Yes, there are female Keebler elves. The Internet is amazing, is it not? Though the famous male characters like Ernie and Elwood are more prominent in the lineup and includes female elves like Joy, known as the organizer. It's almost like a shot caller. And other females like Ma, as in Matriarch and Florence. I never really thought of Ma and Matriarch, but anyway, Florence. So evidently there's some. But they're.
Santa Claus
But Those elves are 6 foot 115 pounds.
Adam Carolla
Oh, those aren't Elv elves.
Santa Claus
No, they're.
Adam Carolla
Or maybe they just keep them barefoot in the kitchen, where female elf just don't own commercials.
Santa Claus
Right.
Adam Carolla
They didn't want to get their SAG after the card, but anyway. So you and Ms. Claus have an open relationship?
Santa Claus
Very open.
Adam Carolla
Sorry.
Santa Claus
You've got. You have to.
Adam Carolla
Yeah. Well, it's been, say, almost 16. Let's see, what'd you say? How many years? Sixteen, 10 years, at least. Okay. Yeah. That's a while. Yeah.
Santa Claus
Now, I've been taking care of your kids very well.
Adam Carolla
Oh, God damn.
Santa Claus
Yeah. Am I overdoing it? Am I overdoing it?
Adam Carolla
I yelled at a group of dads the other day. I said, you know, my son, he's been to Japan two times and he's 19. And then I said, I'm 61. Have I been to Japan? No, I haven't been to Japan. You want to know the answer? Why I haven't been to Japan? I can't afford it. That's my answer.
Santa Claus
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
Yeah. So my son, my daughter. I gotta tell you, you screwed up one Christmas for my daughter. Just one.
Santa Claus
Okay.
Adam Carolla
She put the list together, and you must have been feeling pretty generous that year, but you bought. I'm sorry. You created everything on that list. And she got it all. And when she got it all, she went nuts. She was like 6 years old and she was running around opening everything. I learned a valuable lesson, St. Nick, that when you have too much or all, you kind of go nuts. What you need is the one thing that you really focus on and enjoy. She was tearing open one package, and before she even got the toy out of it, going to the next package and tearing that open. And you just helped her out a little too much.
Santa Claus
That's a lesson I try to teach rich kids.
Adam Carolla
Oh, you do?
Santa Claus
Yeah. You gotta be happy with.
Adam Carolla
Oh, that was intentional.
Santa Claus
You know what? It almost never works.
Adam Carolla
It worked.
Santa Claus
Oh, good. It did work. Did she learn her lesson?
Adam Carolla
She's in rehab right now.
Santa Claus
My fault.
Adam Carolla
But. Well, not totally. There's blame to go around for her mom, but no, it taught me a lesson, and I think one for her as well, which is too much. It became almost a. You ever see that show Twilight Zone?
Santa Claus
Yes.
Adam Carolla
It'd be like a kind of a thing where you went, man, I love women. What if I could have a thousand women, a thousand wives, and then at some point you kill yourself because they're bugging the hell out of there. Too many. There's too much. Too much. Or it's a sort of. A sort of A. I love ice cream. Well, what if we threw you in a giant vat of ice cream? Like how much you'd be throwing up. You know what I mean?
Santa Claus
Dying and getting 42 versions.
Adam Carolla
Right, right. Old quickly, you know, I don't know all the world's religions, but yeah. And then also, it kind of makes you ask about the virgins. How'd they get there?
Santa Claus
They had no choice. They get yanked away.
Adam Carolla
Yeah. So kind of what I'm saying is, you know, I'm from LA, so the over under on the average virgin is 15 and seven months. So that means we had to cap a lot of 16 year olds to get them up there so they would maintain their virginity.
Santa Claus
Right.
Adam Carolla
Which seems needlessly cruel to the young high school girl who's just beginning her journey in life.
Santa Claus
It is a tough life.
Adam Carolla
Mm. Yeah. Also, it's a weird. It's a random number. 42. Do you know?
Santa Claus
Yeah. I think that. Because it's divisible by seven.
Adam Carolla
Huh.
Santa Claus
I think they're. They're very into the number seven.
Adam Carolla
They are. I think so. It's divisible. But here's the thing. I would be okay with seven virgins. You know what I mean?
Santa Claus
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
I don't. Wouldn't need 42. I. Yeah, well, you know better than I do. But anyway, I'm sorry, you were saying? What? I. I can't remember.
Santa Claus
Oh, we were just talking about the lessons you learned. Having to. It's like a Scarface scenario.
Adam Carolla
It's a Scarface scenario.
Santa Claus
He got what he wanted, but he wanted more.
Adam Carolla
Yeah. Sorry. 72 virgins. When you said 42, I thought it was wrong. But then, I don't know, you know, maybe your big.
Santa Claus
Look, I'm old. I'll get a lot of facts wrong. I was wrong about the elves, wrong about the platypi.
Adam Carolla
Yeah, no, you weren't too.
Santa Claus
You were wrong a lot.
Adam Carolla
You weren't too. You weren't. I thought maybe you're just a huge Jackie Robinson fan.
Santa Claus
I was.
Adam Carolla
Well, I mean, we all are, but anyway, I think he went by 42. That's his.
Santa Claus
They retired that from all of baseball.
Adam Carolla
All of baseball.
Santa Claus
No one can have it.
Adam Carolla
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Santa Claus
Oh, please.
Adam Carolla
They eat in the dugout all game long. But you can't.
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Adam Carolla
On Jackie Rob. Okay, let's just say. Let's see. Let me. Let me try to.
Santa Claus
Yeah. They have a separate tent. If that. You might have a concussion, Right?
Adam Carolla
It's a separate tent.
Santa Claus
Yeah. You go in there and get checked out.
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Adam Carolla
See, James Harris was a black quarterback. I'm well aware. I know you know, but I'm saying this now. They played for the Rams, but he was one of the first black quarterbacks. Maybe the first black quarterback may have been Briscoe for Denver. Was the first. Look it up. First black quarterback, I think played for the Denver Broncos and was. I don't remember his first name, and that's something. James Harris was very close to the first black quarterback. But here's what I'm saying. I gotta know, is it Briscoe for the Denver. I think it was Denver. First black quarterback.
Santa Claus
Pollard.
Adam Carolla
Fritz Pollard. Was he a Denver guy? Oh, he was. He was a Denver guy. All right, so it was Fritz. They're like, look, as long as you got a German name, we can let you start. Black guy. Fritz Pollard is the widest sounding.
Santa Claus
They were super surprised when he took.
Adam Carolla
The crowd was chanting, fritz. Fritz.
Santa Claus
What?
Adam Carolla
What? Yeah, Fritz Paul. All right, 73. I'm sorry. Oh, wait a minute. Early days. Wait a minute. Hold on.
Santa Claus
See, that's 1923.
Adam Carolla
No, this is. I'm sorry. In the modern. In the modern era.
Santa Claus
They didn't throw in 1923.
Adam Carolla
Yeah, they carried that ball in an underground railroad back then.
Santa Claus
Was it Jim Thorpe?
Adam Carolla
Well, there was no Denver Broncos. And. Okay, you asshole. There's Marlon Briscoe. God damn it. All right. See what they do to me, Santa?
Santa Claus
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
I say, Briscoe for Denver. They go, no, there's a guy named Fritz Hayward from the. He was from the. He was from 1923. All right, that guy played one game. He never threw the ball. In the NFL. In the modern NFL. Was Briscoe the first. Marlon Briscoe was the first in modern NFL. Thank you.
Santa Claus
I remember the winter of 53 when I was born.
Adam Carolla
Him. Gave him life. Oh, no. You got him a Tonka truck.
Santa Claus
I got him a Tonka truck and a ball.
Adam Carolla
He was 8. Oh, football.
Santa Claus
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
All right, so he was.
Santa Claus
So I got him a basketball.
Adam Carolla
Oh, sure. You're doing the math, right? Yeah.
Santa Claus
He had other interests.
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Adam Carolla
You didn't give him any lacrosse gear, did you?
Santa Claus
No, no, no.
Adam Carolla
Yeah, but James Brown, he got some lacrosse gear. So. All right, now, James Harris entered the league. What? Then he started. He must have just missed Briscoe by. All right, here's my whole point.
Santa Claus
Please.
Adam Carolla
You ready? Briscoe was the first black quarterback in the NFL. But we can't have Briscoe Day. We can't have Marlon Briscoe day because all the players can't wear the same number because we're doing a sport here. In baseball, on Jackie Robinson Day, they all just wear 42 because who gives a fuck? They could wear all the same number, no numbers, a swastika on the back. It wouldn't matter because it's not really a sport. You see what I'm saying? James Shaq Harris. No one called him James Shaq Harris. Entered the NFL in 1969. Drafted by the Bills, ended up on the Rams. But James. So James Harris is drafted in 69 and then Briscoe, 73. Is that what it was?
Santa Claus
Well, if they all had the same numbers in football, they wouldn't know who committed any penalties.
Adam Carolla
That's right, because they have rules and it's an actual sport and it moves fast. Whereas baseball is just gonna wear the same number. Don't forget your food. But the last World Series, I mean, come on, Santa.
Santa Claus
Yeah, that was great. That was my gift to the world.
Adam Carolla
That was your gift to the world? To all of us. Wow. Marlon Briscoe, drafted in 1968. Oh, man, who knows more about damn shit than me? So Briscoe beats James Harris by just one year as really the first modern player. Although I would argue James had a longer, better career, I would say. And then there's Rodney Pete. Don't get me started.
Santa Claus
And he was fantastic.
Adam Carolla
Oh, Rodney, good.
Santa Claus
Is he an LA guy?
Adam Carolla
USC guy?
Santa Claus
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
Mm. Well, you.
Santa Claus
I think he went to Hamilton.
Adam Carolla
Really? Maybe, yeah.
Santa Claus
Can your elves figure that out?
Adam Carolla
Well, if Rodney Pete went to Hamilton High School in la. Alright, so you know everything. You're omnipotent. You know all. You don't tell all, but you know all.
Santa Claus
Yeah, I keep a lot of secrets.
Adam Carolla
Mm. So where were we?
Santa Claus
I don't remember.
Adam Carolla
Yeah, of course you don't.
Santa Claus
For being omnipotent, I've got a short term memory issue.
Adam Carolla
Well, you know we're talking about my.
Santa Claus
Wife and my open marriage, right?
Adam Carolla
So you can have at any elf, anytime.
Santa Claus
Well, I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus. True story.
Adam Carolla
Oh, really? Yeah, yeah, A lot of. A lot a lot, a lot, yeah. What is? You have a holiday song she like.
Santa Claus
That's a biggie. Brings back good memories. Mm, let me see. Jingle Bells. Of course.
Adam Carolla
Of course.
Santa Claus
That's a good one. I'm not a big fan of Mama Got Run over by a Reindeer.
Adam Carolla
Yeah, Grandma, I think. I think it was grandma that got. Yeah, yeah. But novelty song.
Santa Claus
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
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Adam Carolla
What do you, what's your, where do you come down on Elf on a Shelf? I, I, here's, let me explain something. It's more work. It's just more work for the parent. Like when my kids were little, my wife decided Elf on a Shelf, and I was like, okay, go ahead and put the elf up. And then at some point, I got yelled at for leaving it in the same place, like two nights in a row, you know, which is what I would do if I was an elf. You know, I would have a spot that I enjoyed. You know, I wouldn't keep moving all about the house.
Santa Claus
Elves, first of all, think it's racist. Oh, they're not fans. They know they're small.
Adam Carolla
It's cultural appropriation for them, isn't it?
Santa Claus
I like to think as Elf on the Shelf is, people that would use Advent calendars but can't read.
Adam Carolla
Huh? Right.
Santa Claus
Advent calendars is where it's at.
Adam Carolla
Yeah. All right. Not down with Elf on a Shelf.
Santa Claus
No.
Adam Carolla
Yeah, I'm not either. It's too much more work for this.
Santa Claus
But surprisingly, I do love that dreidel song.
Adam Carolla
Oh, yeah.
Santa Claus
Love it.
Adam Carolla
I had a little dreidel.
Santa Claus
That's not it.
Adam Carolla
But I made it out of clay.
Santa Claus
Oh, that's it.
Adam Carolla
And when it's dry and ready, O dreidel, I will play goat. O dreidel, dreidel, dreidel. I made it out of clay and when. And try and ready, O dreidel, I shall play your first song you like.
Santa Claus
I've heard the. I know it in Yiddish.
Adam Carolla
You know, the Yiddish version. Yeah. Well, let's not beat around that Hanukkah bush too much longer.
Santa Claus
Okay.
Adam Carolla
And what do you think about the Seven Days of Hanukkah? Are they just kind of ripping you off and Then what about Kwanzaa? Give me a break. You invented that shit right around the time Briscoe hit the NFL.
Santa Claus
Yeah, well, Hanukkah.
Adam Carolla
I dig Hanukkah.
Santa Claus
Yeah, that's okay. That's a good one. I never understood the rules to Kwanzaa. Right? And when I try to wear the Kwanzaa hat.
Adam Carolla
Yeah.
Santa Claus
I get yelled at.
Adam Carolla
Yeah, Yeah.
Santa Claus
I flat out yelled at. It's kind of like a Jamaican macrame kind of deal.
Adam Carolla
Oh. I thought it was canary yellow and felt, you know, like a pimp might wear.
Santa Claus
Well, maybe I'm ruining the wrong one.
Adam Carolla
Listen, I just want to say this to the black community. You don't need Kwanzaa. And by the way, you don't need your national anthem sung before the Super Bowl. Just have the one. Just have Christmas and just have the national anthem. Not yours and yours and yours. That's the problem.
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Adam Carolla
Harvard's gonna have all black dorms. Okay, good. That's gonna help heal this nation.
Santa Claus
Yeah. Well, do you think they should spell Kwanzaa with a Q?
Adam Carolla
I would. Isn't it?
Santa Claus
I think it's a K. Really?
Adam Carolla
Like Kawhi Leonard.
Santa Claus
I thought so.
Adam Carolla
Kwanzaa Leonard. Hmm. I gotta look it up.
Santa Claus
Do other nations have. I should know this. Do other nations have Kwanzaa or just ours?
Adam Carolla
I think it's just ours. Yeah. Ours is K, W, A, N, Z. Can you misspell a word that was made up 10 minutes ago? Do you know what I mean? That's my question. It's an annual non religious celebration of African American culture, community and heritage. Okay. It's gonna help. That'll work. That'll work. Raise your kids. Dads. Let's do that instead of Kwanzaa for one year and see if that works. Created in 1966, two years before Briscoe got into the NFL, and it was by activist and professor. Now all professors are activists. Milana Carruca, whatever holiday, blah, blah, blah.
Santa Claus
Who also started the first Kwanzaa card.
Adam Carolla
Company, really did not know that.
Santa Claus
Yeah, they're making a little mart.
Adam Carolla
Making scratch.
Santa Claus
Which it created demand.
Adam Carolla
Last question for you of Saint Nick, famous Christmas movie. Now, I watched Jingle all the Way the other night with Sinbad, and, yeah, it didn't really hold up, but keep going.
Santa Claus
Well, I think even though I'm not in it. Even though I'm in it, It's a Wonderful Life. Even though I'm not in it.
Adam Carolla
You're not in it?
Santa Claus
No, not at all.
Adam Carolla
I'm sad to say I've never seen.
Santa Claus
That oh, well, yeah, it's pretty wonderful.
Adam Carolla
Yeah, I heard it was good. I should watch that. All right. It's a Wonderful Life.
Santa Claus
I don't like when they try to modernize me.
Adam Carolla
Aha.
Santa Claus
Like a Rock just did one.
Adam Carolla
Tim Allen. Yeah, he did red one.
Santa Claus
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
A friend of mine, Chris Morgan. Chris Morgan wrote that. He's the. Oh, God. Let's see. He's Hobbs and Shaw. He's fast and furious. He does all those talented men. Yeah, yeah. Good dude. Super. Nice. He'll be here later. I don't know. I think. But you're right. Let's not turn you into a jacked action hero.
Santa Claus
Miracle on 34th Street.
Adam Carolla
Now that's old school.
Santa Claus
That's a good one.
Adam Carolla
Nice. That's a good one.
Santa Claus
I think they get me right there.
Adam Carolla
Yeah. Yeah. And like Trading Places. Not like Weird with Bill Dan Aykroyd playing Drunken Santa.
Santa Claus
Yeah. I'm not that guy.
Adam Carolla
That's not you.
Santa Claus
No.
Adam Carolla
Yeah, you take a little side piece, elf, every once in a while. I got the permission, but you got a pass. You got an elven.
Santa Claus
I am not on the naughty list.
Adam Carolla
You got a tree pass.
Santa Claus
Yeah.
Adam Carolla
All right. St. Nick, always good. January 8th, Loveland, Colorado. Rialto Theater, everybody. That'll be me. And then Colorado Springs, January 9th and 10th. Come on by. Doing some stand up there. January 11th at Greenwood Village Comedy. I don't know. Go to AdamCroll.com for all the live shows. Saint Nick, great job. Merry Christmas and Merry Christmas to you. Until next time, it's Adam Kroll for Saint Nick saying mahalo. You can leave us a voicemail at 888-634-1744 and get tickets to see the Ace man at AdamCola.com.
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In this special Christmas Eve episode, Adam Carolla welcomes “Santa Claus” to the studio for a rollicking, irreverent conversation that blends holiday nostalgia, candid confessions, and Carolla’s trademark comic cynicism. The two cover everything from the evolving standards of the Naughty List to Santa's open marriage with Mrs. Claus, the demise of good elves, and the true meanings (and marketing) behind Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. The episode is peppered with social commentary, personal anecdotes, and an ongoing riff on holiday pop culture.
Surveillance and Judgment in the Internet Age:
Santa’s Stance on Internet Privacy
COVID-year Policies:
Chimney Science and the Suspension of Disbelief
Holiday vs. Christmas Debate:
On Discipline and Changing Times:
Santa's Bias Toward Rich Kids:
Adam’s Favorite Childhood Gift:
Modern Kid vs. Past Kid Capabilities:
Elves: Then and Now:
Feuds Among Elves:
Elf Biology:
Open Marriage with Mrs. Claus:
Santa’s Gifting for Adam’s Kids:
On Hanukkah and Kwanzaa:
Adam: “What do you think about the Seven Days of Hanukkah? Are they just kind of ripping you off and Then what about Kwanzaa? Give me a break.” (Adam, 40:11)
Santa: “I never understood the rules to Kwanzaa. Right? And when I try to wear the Kwanzaa hat, I get yelled at.” (Santa, 40:24)
Adam: “Listen, I just want to say this to the black community. You don't need Kwanzaa. And by the way, you don't need your national anthem sung before the Super Bowl. Just have the one. Just have Christmas and just have the national anthem. Not yours and yours and yours. That's the problem.” (Adam, 40:47)
Cultural One-liners:
Holiday Songs:
Favorite Christmas Movies:
Elf on a Shelf:
Surprisingly Jewish Festivities:
“Internet searches, they're off the table. That's your business.”
— Santa Claus (04:17)
“I tend to favor the rich kids, if you haven't noticed. They get better presents and a lot more of them.”
— Santa Claus (09:57)
“I've got a hall pass from Mrs. Claus. Any elf.”
— Santa Claus (19:30)
“We haven't had sex in a long, long time. Like 400 years, 19, 10 years.”
— Santa Claus (22:11)
“She put the list together...she went nuts...I learned a valuable lesson, St. Nick, that when you have too much or all, you kind of go nuts.”
— Adam Carolla (24:20)
“I like to think as Elf on the Shelf is, people that would use Advent calendars but can't read.”
— Santa Claus (39:16)
“Elves...just split in half like amoebas. They're asexual.”
— Santa Claus (16:54–17:01)
“I never understood the rules to Kwanzaa...and when I try to wear the Kwanzaa hat, I get yelled at.”
— Santa Claus (40:24)
“Let's not turn you into a jacked action hero.”
— Adam Carolla (43:16)
The episode is characteristically irreverent and no-holds-barred, with Adam’s deadpan, acerbic style playing off Santa’s performed mirth and weariness (“That's why I'm okay with the elves”). The conversation frequently veers into social and cultural critique, holiday myth-busting, and quick-witted improvisation.
Even if you missed the episode, this conversation delivers classic Carolla: wry takes on tradition, open mockery of societal shifts, and a comic deep dive into the fun (and dysfunction) of holiday culture. Santa, meanwhile, upends his jolly persona with candid admissions and unexpectedly adult humor, providing a delightfully offbeat take on Christmas lore.