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Malik Elisal
Hello and welcome to Wrong Turns. This is a podcast where dignity goes to die. I've already had my own wrong turn this morning in having spilled chocolate cake all over my white bedding of a hotel room that I'm in that I knew the cleaners were just about to come into. I don't know about you, but I'm very intense about wanting to make sure that the. Like, I'm a big pick me for anyone who's cleaning a room that I'm in, I want them to think I'm the cleanest girl in the whole wide. And now it. I mean, it looks unmistakably like there's shit all over the bed. And so I had to go around making notes saying, not poo, not poo. Not poo all over my bed. And then leaving $20 notes on every sign. And that's why I was late today. So I'm sorry, you don't.
Adam Pally
You don't think they would have figured that out?
Malik Elisal
Well, what are they gonna do, scratch and sniff? I don't think. I think that's above their pay grade.
Adam Pally
No, I have children and. And so I have walked into rooms that are both filled with chocolate cake and filled with shit.
Malik Elisal
And you know the difference.
Adam Pally
Instinctively, before you even go through the.
Malik Elisal
Door, you know the difference.
Adam Pally
So, like, it's. I think it would have worked itself out 100%.
Malik Elisal
Now on this show, I bring on my favorite funny people. And the voice you're hearing right now is a comedian and actor who makes shows like Happy Endings, the Mindy Project and Mr. Throwback. He co hosts the new hit comedy podcast about men's health called Staying Alive. It's Adam fucking Pally. Yay. Applause. Just me on my own. Cool.
Adam Pally
Thank you.
Malik Elisal
And we also welcome an actor, writer, and comedian who is named one of the new faces of comedy at the Just for Laughs Festival and one of the comedians you should know and will know by New York magazine. You can watch his new series adults, on FX and streaming on Hulu. It's Malik. Elisal.
Adam Pally
Hello.
Unnamed Comedian
Hi.
Adam Pally
Thank you.
Malik Elisal
The energy in the room, guys, calm the down.
Unnamed Comedian
I just want to keep the levels of the. The mic.
Adam Pally
That's incredibly considerate.
Malik Elisal
Yeah, yeah.
Unnamed Comedian
I'm thinking about people at home, the.
Adam Pally
Producers, cell phones going off. This is like, who insane.
Malik Elisal
It's a fucking wrong turn.
Adam Pally
Who gives a fuck?
Unnamed Comedian
Oh, my. It's my fault.
Malik Elisal
Malik's.
Unnamed Comedian
Oh, it's my fault.
Malik Elisal
Yeah, it's your team.
Unnamed Comedian
Awesome.
Malik Elisal
I just want to say the show's not even out and you're already rolling deep.
Unnamed Comedian
He doesn't need to be here.
Adam Pally
Very clearly. I've never. I don't know why so many wrong things happen in the movie.
Malik Elisal
A legitimate movie star and turned up here earlier than everyone was sitting there, minding his business, eating a sandwich on the street, on his laptop, eating a sandw in the street. No.
Adam Pally
Team mortified.
Malik Elisal
This is a superstar.
Adam Pally
No, no.
Unnamed Comedian
They're trying to show that they're doing something. I think.
Adam Pally
No, I think. Is there. Are there any talking points that have been like, we're working. Are there any talking points that, like, maybe they're concerned? Like, are they concerned or is that everyone liable? Is that, like, a publicist? Because I don't think, like, a. A good career thing ever comes from a producer being like, it's your pe. Like, no, no, no. It's your people. You know, it's like, it's all bad.
Malik Elisal
You know what? I don't protect people from me. That's what it is. It's normally to protect people from me. Yeah, yeah. I'm a moth to a flame for controversy. Yeah, yeah. 100%. Yeah. What are you gonna do?
Unnamed Comedian
If I had shit in a hotel bed and I was trying to cover it up, I would go on a podcast later that day and be like, yeah, it was cake. And I would go and, like, tell that story.
Malik Elisal
Fuck you. You're a. It's a really good way to cover that I've covered.
Adam Pally
Well, that's why. That's why I think that the notes were suspect, because, you know, it's like, the lady doth protests too much. Like, if I walk. And it didn't smell like shit, but there were notes everywhere. It's like, just so you know, I didn't shit everywhere. I'd be like, the next turn I'm gonna take is gonna be awful.
Unnamed Comedian
Yeah.
Malik Elisal
It wasn't lumps. It was just smears, you know, that's worse.
Unnamed Comedian
You can have schmears is worse.
Adam Pally
You ever seen a dog try to get it and they just, like, sit on the carpet and they bring. Yeah, it could be that.
Malik Elisal
Listen, it looks like skid marks all over my bed. And so I just, like, I felt better just knowing that I didn't. I wanted to annihilate the initial shock moment by just the first thing they see is not poo. Then they lift the sign and see something. The first shock is not there.
Unnamed Comedian
You wanted to leave notes, like, momento around to make it less crazy.
Adam Pally
Beautiful Mind.
Malik Elisal
Exactly what I'm going for. Yes.
Unnamed Comedian
Red yarn everywhere.
Malik Elisal
Thank you for understanding, but, yeah, it's just a terrible start to a day. But you're here now, so how are you both?
Unnamed Comedian
I'm good.
Malik Elisal
Yeah. Good. Feeling good. Adam? Feeling good.
Adam Pally
Doing okay.
Malik Elisal
What is this smile? This is like a nervous breakdown smile.
Adam Pally
No, no, no, no. That is. That is way bigger. Can you show me your nervous breakdown? Yeah, my nervous breakdown smiles are joker ass. Joker. Yeah. Joker ass. You pull your. Yeah. I heard the next Joker movie was gonna be about podcasting.
Malik Elisal
Yeah.
Unnamed Comedian
The last one kind of.
Adam Pally
Yeah. I hope it ends the same. I hope it ends exactly the same.
Malik Elisal
Yeah. It had a huge impact on the manosphere podcasting world. This is a show about disaster. It's a show about indignity. Is indignity something that follows you around in your lives, Adam?
Adam Pally
I feel like indignity is kind of something that, like, is similar to beauty in the eye of the.
Malik Elisal
In the eye of the beholder.
Adam Pally
You know what I mean? Like, it feels like I probably do walk. I probably. Indignity probably does follow me, but I feel like both through my job and through years of working on stage and, like, being desperate for people to laugh at you or notice you. Like, I'm sure that I. My. I'm sure that that. That kind of sensory thing is cut off in my brain, and I don't notice it a lot because I'm just like. Well, I don't know why. Embarrassing.
Malik Elisal
I actually feel the same way a bit. Like, with diabetes. Like, a lot of members of my family have diabetes, and they have something called insulin resistance, where, I guess Their insulin stop responding to all the glucose in our diets. I have like, humbling resistance where I've now I've. I've stopped noticing that I'm being humbled.
Adam Pally
Right.
Malik Elisal
It just sort of off a cock's back is what came into my head. It's a duck's back.
Unnamed Comedian
No, no, that's not anything.
Adam Pally
Water off.
Unnamed Comedian
That's not a thing. No, that's never water off.
Adam Pally
What was the first water off a cock's back?
Malik Elisal
Cock's back.
Unnamed Comedian
I think it's duck.
Adam Pally
But is that like. Yeah.
Unnamed Comedian
British people, I think I'm having called ducks cocks.
Adam Pally
Better. At least it wasn't slang for a cigarette.
Malik Elisal
Yeah, exactly. Oh, yeah.
Adam Pally
That would have been awkward.
Malik Elisal
Yeah, a little bit. I've made it weird. Malik, would you say that you have had a humbling life?
Unnamed Comedian
I. I think similarly, like, just doing standup, like, you just have, like, moments quite often that, like, in a lot of people's life would be the worst thing that ever happened to them in their whole life. And that happens to you a lot. So then, yeah, like, your synapses are just different. Like, you just see people bomb and you're bombing.
Malik Elisal
And do you think comedians go in to stand up partially because they've already experienced so much humiliation that they feel ready for that onslaught? It's the first line of comedy, maybe.
Unnamed Comedian
I don't know. I was a pretty. Pretty cringe in my early days of the Internet, so I guess. Yeah. And I was like, kind of like publicly a loudmouth in my class, so I don't think I minded being embarrassed publicly.
Malik Elisal
Yeah. Do you have any examples of micro humiliations?
Unnamed Comedian
I did when I was. I went back recently and I was like, I don't know, the show's coming up, so I'm like, let me look at my Facebook and just like, make sure it's not, like, bad.
Malik Elisal
It's a big show.
Adam Pally
Yeah.
Unnamed Comedian
Got a show coming out, you know. So I was like, let me just, you know, let me check my Facebook. Let me make sure it's like all my slurs. Let me do. Let me go through Facebook memories and delete the slurs.
Adam Pally
Make sure everyone knows where I was on January 6th. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Unnamed Comedian
Tap in, mark myself safe on January 6th. Go back PSYOP. And I was going back and I just like. I kept, like, expecting, like, really horrible things to be there. But what I found was that I was just a really, like, huge and like, public fan of the Big Bang Theory on Facebook.
Malik Elisal
Darling.
Unnamed Comedian
Which not.
Adam Pally
Yeah, yeah, that's almost that's that's almost worse. Really sad. Yeah.
Unnamed Comedian
I wish I had slurred at this point.
Malik Elisal
It'd be much better.
Unnamed Comedian
I.
Adam Pally
So I just. I don't know how you come back from this. I don't know.
Unnamed Comedian
I shouldn't know about this. Kroll, I don't think knows about it because I don't think he would have had me on the show, but I did.
Malik Elisal
I don't really want you on the podcast anymore. I'm not gonna lie.
Unnamed Comedian
No, that's fine. I just want to get this. I just want to, like, absolve myself.
Malik Elisal
Good for you. You know what? Just like, let's just let you cleanse yourself of your sins.
Adam Pally
Sure. Okay. Well, first of all, you probably need to tell people that. Okay, I disagree. You need to tell people that when you come into a room, it's like a sex offender around kids.
Unnamed Comedian
I don't like this anymore.
Adam Pally
You gotta be like, nice to meet you. Just so you know, in my youth, I was publicly allowed fan of. Of the Big Bang Theory.
Unnamed Comedian
The Big Bang Theory.
Adam Pally
What was this?
Unnamed Comedian
Bazinga. Yeah, Well, I had the T shirt.
Adam Pally
And I'm not gonna act was a.
Unnamed Comedian
Red shirt and it kind of had the flash logo on it.
Adam Pally
Okay.
Unnamed Comedian
And I had. I did have a Bazinga T shirt.
Malik Elisal
I want an app that tells me where they are.
Adam Pally
Yes, I need it. And maybe instead of like a red circle, it's like, like a thing that says like, bazinga. It's like Jim Parsons that goes like, bazinga.
Unnamed Comedian
Yeah, I have to like, show up at somebody's doorstep and like, knock on the door.
Adam Pally
Just so you know, a big band, a Big Bang Theory fan is moving into the neighborhood.
Unnamed Comedian
Yeah, sorry, but I'm in recovery. It's been a long time.
Malik Elisal
Yeah, listen. We listen and we don't judge here. You know, you don't judge.
Unnamed Comedian
You don't. Oh, that's cool.
Malik Elisal
It's cool that you don't open safe space, my friend.
Adam Pally
Are you going to be okay? The podcast is running. I know. Big Bang Theory comes on at 3:30 and 4:30 on CW. Are you going to be okay to make it okay?
Unnamed Comedian
No, I don't care. I don't need to watch every episode because it's like.
Adam Pally
Yeah, yeah, I did, I did.
Unnamed Comedian
I did say Big Bang Theory equals awesome at some point.
Adam Pally
So you're a poet too?
Malik Elisal
Yeah.
Unnamed Comedian
Yeah.
Malik Elisal
Thank God, though, because, you know, they needed your help. Thank God you were putting the word out about this niche show.
Adam Pally
I have something. I didn't grow up. I didn't grow up in on the Internet, like, Public Eye like that, you know? Like, I feel like all. All of. I feel like people a generation younger than me are like. Or two generations younger than me are, like, you know, their whole life is there from, like. Like, I'm glad I didn't have, like, a 311 fan page.
Malik Elisal
What would yours have. What would yours have said?
Adam Pally
I was like. I really like 3:11, you know, which is, like.
Malik Elisal
What is that?
Adam Pally
It's a ska rock band.
Malik Elisal
Oh, sure.
Adam Pally
It was, like, an American ska rock band that, like, is now thought of as, like, garbage. Like, garbage, garbage. Like, one of the main links.
Unnamed Comedian
Like, Guilty Pleasure now.
Adam Pally
No, I would say, like, you can really draw.
Malik Elisal
No, it's just guilty.
Adam Pally
You can really draw a line from, like, 3:11 to some of our worst music.
Unnamed Comedian
Oh, cool. Okay.
Malik Elisal
I thought you were gonna be some of our worst school shooters or something.
Adam Pally
Oh, definitely. Yes.
Unnamed Comedian
Oh, also, for sure.
Adam Pally
Also, like, you don't get to Linkin park without. Yeah, 311.
Unnamed Comedian
Yeah, it's, like, destroyed. Like, countless.
Adam Pally
Countless drywall. Yes. My God. Countless black. It's the. The sales of black, long trench coats went up huge.
Malik Elisal
Oh, my God. That was my phone that went off. Jesus Christ.
Adam Pally
Dude, I'm gonna take mine off airplane mode because it's a free for all.
Malik Elisal
Yeah, yeah, this is fine. We're taking calls.
Adam Pally
I'm on the Internet.
Unnamed Comedian
I'm on Facebook.
Malik Elisal
You and I are, I think, the same age, and that's impossible. How old are you?
Adam Pally
I'm 43.
Malik Elisal
Okay, well, I'm 40, so therefore, we are not.
Adam Pally
We're not the same age.
Malik Elisal
That is not a big difference.
Adam Pally
Calm down.
Malik Elisal
Your.
Adam Pally
We are the same age, and I look like I was found in a.
Malik Elisal
River, but Adrian doesn't raisin, so that's just how that goes.
Adam Pally
I feel uncomfortable even hearing that. Yeah, don't say anything to that, because Jew does. Ew.
Malik Elisal
Oh, my God.
Adam Pally
We do not.
Malik Elisal
Now I want to.
Adam Pally
We do not laugh. This does not hold up great. As you know.
Malik Elisal
What other things did you tweet?
Unnamed Comedian
I think at some point, I had heard Stand By Eminem, and I made.
Adam Pally
A call to action.
Unnamed Comedian
I said, everybody go listen to Stand By Eminem.
Adam Pally
Wait, I'm just trying to get the. Can I get. Can I. Can I get the. Everyone go listen. But wait, that's in 2010.
Unnamed Comedian
This is 2010.
Malik Elisal
When it picks the most mainstream things on earth.
Adam Pally
Stand. This has come out in years. Years 2002.
Unnamed Comedian
But I didn't know about it, and I didn't have the Internet.
Adam Pally
The gall.
Unnamed Comedian
No, my friend told me about Stan and I heard it and I think I broke down crying. I'm like, I can't believe this kind of stuff happens. I go, it's so fucked up, man. It's so fucked up what happened to Eminem. And I was like. It was just like the most powerful.
Adam Pally
Thing that I had ever witnessed.
Malik Elisal
I'm obsessed with you. You're so pure adorable.
Adam Pally
Oh, my God.
Malik Elisal
I love that you were wishing for slurs and instead found.
Adam Pally
I worry for our future.
Unnamed Comedian
I mean, listen, I still. I'm standing on right now that honestly, if I ran into Jim Parsons, I would still be like, I'm a big fan.
Malik Elisal
Good for you, sweetheart.
Unnamed Comedian
Big fan of what you did. It was huge for me.
Adam Pally
Well, that makes one of us.
Malik Elisal
Yeah. Well, tell me about some of your micro humiliations.
Adam Pally
I was not very popular in high school, but I was known because I did these morning announcements and I made them, like, sketches, and I would put them on tv. So that doesn't exactly make you popular, but it makes you, like, known known.
Unnamed Comedian
Yeah.
Adam Pally
You know, you're doing something. And so I was like, you know what? I'll take this up a notch is if I run for student body president, because then I'll get like five minutes with a microphone to, like, talk and basically do stand. Do stand up, you know, to a bunch of my peers.
Unnamed Comedian
Yeah.
Adam Pally
And it was like the. The worst five minutes of my life.
Malik Elisal
The longest five minutes of your life.
Unnamed Comedian
Did you know as it was happening, this is bad?
Adam Pally
Oh, I knew right away. I had that. It's the first time you bomb, you know, and. Cause, like, I was just used to killing. I was used to being the funniest person in my classes. The funniest. You know, like. Like, I only knew killing.
Unnamed Comedian
I only knew the light.
Adam Pally
I only knew the light.
Unnamed Comedian
Yeah.
Adam Pally
And like, I. I didn't write material. I was literally just like thinking of stuff beforehand. Like, I was such. I had such hubris.
Unnamed Comedian
And you just thought you were just gonna be like. Just catch the whole Bill Murray.
Malik Elisal
Yeah, yeah.
Adam Pally
And it was like. And I was like, talking about. I was like, really shitty stuff. Like, you know, there's a teacher's lounge. How come there's not a student lounge if I'm. If I'm get elected president or me a student lounge, but, you know, there's nothing I can do about the smoking, you know, and it was like. Like crickets. Like, beyond crickets. Like. And it would have been better if I got bullied. Like, it would have been better If.
Malik Elisal
I didn't boo you, they were just confused.
Adam Pally
If a jock stood up and was like, sit down, loser. Like, that would have been better if.
Unnamed Comedian
They threw stuff at you.
Adam Pally
This was just, like, people uninterested, people, like, waiting and. And all looking at you because there's no phones. There's. You know, everyone's just, like, looking. And every sentence was, like, a deeper hole that I was going into. And, like. And, like, I was like, and if I'm elected president, everybody gets a piece of gum when they walk in school in the morning, keep everybody's breath fresh. And, like, one of the, like, advisors, the teachers were like, we can't. We can't do that. Like, you could, like, hear it. You had a fact checker.
Jameela Jamil
Yeah.
Adam Pally
Like, they're like, kids, like, didn't want kids to be like, where's my gum?
Malik Elisal
You know, and, like, just Anthony Fauci standing behind Trump.
Adam Pally
It was just so horrible and embarrassing and, like. But, yeah. And, like, truly, like, a cringy moment. And still. I like that feeling I have often.
Malik Elisal
Does it come back to you now in your marrow?
Adam Pally
Oh, I have that same feeling.
Unnamed Comedian
Because my blood feels cold hearing that story.
Adam Pally
Yeah, I have that same feeling, like, anytime. I mean, we have as actors, I.
Malik Elisal
Literally started to tense my core during that story.
Adam Pally
It was so stressful. It's really stressful. I mean, like, I have it all the time as actors. I mean, we live in that feeling. You know what I mean? Like, you get to set, and they're like, you know, it's early in the morning, and, you know, the director's like, okay, here's what we're gonna do. You're gonna go there, and you're gonna go there, and then. And it's just the wide. So we do it, and then you go do it, and you're like, I'm gonna try something. And you're like. And then they're like, cut. And they come around. They're like, you know, let's not do the ta da da at the end. I know, I know. I know. You're right. I'm just trying something. Like, no problem. And like, yeah, that's. It's that feeling, that same feeling, you know, that, like. And. And. And. And I think when you quickly are like, no, no, no.
Unnamed Comedian
Like, as they're walking over, you're like.
Adam Pally
No, I know, I know. Yeah. I think from that moment, became, like, addicted to that feeling where, like, I. If. Unless the stakes are that I could give two shits, like, I. And that's like. I think that's why I like acting and like, doing this because.
Malik Elisal
Yeah. Well, it triggers your little shame. Pervert.
Adam Pally
Yeah, shame on the line. Yeah, I need shame. I need like embarrassment on the line because I'm so not dealing. I don't get embarrassed.
Malik Elisal
Does that extend into other areas of your life, like your sex life or your personal life? Or is it just something you reserve for the stage?
Adam Pally
No, I don't have like. No, I don't have like. I mean, I'm like a freak, but I don't have like. But I don't have like that side of it where I'm like, I need to be like, embarrassed.
Unnamed Comedian
Someone needs to chew a stick of gum and be like, she's allowed now.
Adam Pally
Yeah. You stand behind me and say, we can't do that. Yeah, like, no, like, I don't need. I don't need that. But yeah, I'm sure that I have like freakadillos that, you know, bleed into that.
Malik Elisal
Perfect. Well, on that note, we're gonna go to a quick break.
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Malik Elisal
And we are back. All right, Adam, tell me what was your big wrong turn? In life.
Adam Pally
Well, I mean, I don't know if it was a wrong turn, but it was. It sucked. But my mother in law caught. My wife gave me roadhead.
Malik Elisal
I would say that's a wrong turn.
Unnamed Comedian
Wait.
Malik Elisal
What'S your idea of a wrong turn if that's not a wrong turn?
Adam Pally
Well, I mean, things are fine now. Okay, so, like, you know, life is good, like, and.
Malik Elisal
Yeah. It's not the end of the road.
Adam Pally
Yeah. Oh, no, it wasn't.
Malik Elisal
Okay.
Adam Pally
There was a lot more living to do. We just started dating again and we have an interesting story. Well, we actually dated in high school and then we broke up real quick.
Unnamed Comedian
Yeah. Did she see you run for class president? Was she, like, around?
Adam Pally
No. Great question. Thank God. No, she's a year older than me, so she had no idea that that even, like, happened, which is like a saving grace. But there was other.
Malik Elisal
I was gonna find out on this podcast.
Adam Pally
There were other. Oh, she's not gonna listen. She will not listen to this. So we had just gotten back together and we were like, very much like, in love. And her family was going on like a big family vacation. And they invited me to go, but her family's a little more conservative and I had to share a bedroom with her brother, which is totally fine.
Malik Elisal
He's so arbitrary and annoying.
Adam Pally
Yeah. But it's like, he's a sweet kid. And I was like, whatever, you know, like, fine. I wanted to go on vacation. I was like, you know, a struggling improv teacher. I was like, this sounds great. And we went on vacation and it was really fun. To Los Angeles. And we were in separate rooms, and so there wasn't a lot of, like, time together. And so every chance was it building, like a tension. It was. I mean, look, we're adults, so like, we were able to find places to go in a hotel. Like, you know, you're an adult. If you want to get it done, you can get it done, you know, but it was added a little bit of, like, heat to, you know, a family vacation. So I'm so excited. We. And meanwhile, her brother and sister are much younger than us, so it was, you know, this family vacation was a little, like, spread out. The things of interest were different. We were in our mid-20s, and so we were going out to dinner in Beverly Hills with some of their friends. And then afterwards they wanted to go to Universal CityWalk, which is across town, so to speak. And in order to get there, we need to have to take rental cars. And so they rented three cars. And I would drive one of the cars. And so after dinner, we got. Everyone started getting in the cars. And it just so happened that the car that I got in was alone with my wife or my then girlfriend, and we had. She had had a few glasses of wine at dinner. You know, it was like things were. There was a lot of build. Things were building.
Malik Elisal
Cooking.
Adam Pally
Cooking.
Malik Elisal
Yeah.
Adam Pally
And we thought we had a little time, you know, going from Beverly Hills to the Valley. It's like, I could get that done probably by the time we hit Laurel Canyon. You know what I mean? We could stop and get a change. But so we. It started and the. And we were, like, in a train of cars.
Unnamed Comedian
Yeah.
Adam Pally
And the first car. We were second. And the first car, like, is this.
Malik Elisal
Pulling into the parking lot?
Adam Pally
No, this is, like, leaving the parking lot.
Malik Elisal
Okay.
Adam Pally
There's three cars.
Unnamed Comedian
You're all behind each other.
Adam Pally
Like, everybody.
Unnamed Comedian
You know everybody who's in the car.
Adam Pally
Yes, we know everybody's in the car. Okay.
Unnamed Comedian
And what kind of car is it?
Adam Pally
Just real quick. Ours was like a Mustang. Like a rented convertible Mustang.
Malik Elisal
It's a sexy car.
Unnamed Comedian
Real quick.
Adam Pally
You're a car guy. So the. Anyway, the car in front of us got lost, and then we got a text because it was still texting time. You could do that still. This was, like, fresh, but it was like the people in the first car got a flat tire. Meanwhile, I'm, like, driving and reading texts and ostensibly receiving.
Malik Elisal
So she's giving you head while you're driving.
Adam Pally
That's what roadhead is?
Malik Elisal
Yes. Oh, okay. I didn't know that. I thought it was maybe you'd pulled over by the side of the road.
Unnamed Comedian
No, I don't think that would be.
Malik Elisal
Side of the road I took. I see. Okay, good, good.
Unnamed Comedian
Feels impressive.
Malik Elisal
All right. Sorry.
Adam Pally
It's less of, like, a male.
Malik Elisal
Some of us haven't received roadhead.
Adam Pally
Or there's like, a male. It's like a male. Especially, like, I feel like my age. There's like, a male. Like, I don't know. It's one of those stupid young male things.
Malik Elisal
Right, right, right, right.
Adam Pally
Right now I wouldn't even want it. Well, I don't know about that, but it would be, like, so quickly. Like, it would be so cumbersome. It's just like. You know what I mean? Yeah. It's enough entourage, though.
Unnamed Comedian
You want that?
Adam Pally
Yeah, well, yeah. And Turtle was getting it, but, like, you know, it's like. It's one of those things where it's like the effort is. Is more than the.
Malik Elisal
Well, it's. It's Jacuzzi sex, isn't it? Or like shower sex where you have this fantasy of what it's going to be like. And then it's all like, Jesus Christ. The water makes the friction very painful, right?
Adam Pally
And then it's like, well, how am I going to stand in the shower? So it's all that. But. So anyway, the. The next.
Malik Elisal
So can you just take in like the cheekiest look of all time that's on his face?
Unnamed Comedian
I'm just listening to the story and I'm like. It's just like, you know, I'm. I'm just. I'm just wrapped up in the story as well.
Adam Pally
So then the next text I got was, at the next light, pull over and wait till we find out what's going on.
Malik Elisal
Oh, no.
Adam Pally
So I was like, oh, God. So. And I didn't know where anyone was or anything in the line of cars, and I just saw this text and I was like, I gotta pull over. And I was like, what? And I was like, I gotta pull over. I got texts, pull over. So I'm pulling over and everybody's trying to like, get it together. And like in the middle of that, there was like a knock on the window. And I turned and saw my mother in law. Future mother in law. Well, yeah. Well, I guess that's when I knew. Trapped for life with her until she dies. I've been trying to get that to come sooner, but. And like we like locked eyes. And I was like, oh my God. And I remember. And like my wife was like moving. Like the whole thing was just like happening and everything adjusted and she just immediately turned around, went back to the car and then there was like a. What just happened? What do we. What just like, what do you.
Unnamed Comedian
How do you.
Adam Pally
What do we do now? Like, what.
Malik Elisal
How's your wife doing in this moment?
Adam Pally
She's just so mortified and like, she's. She. I just remember the shock of like, her being like, not upset at me, but upset at the situation and being like, I don't know how I'm gonna look at my parents. Like, you know, meanwhile, she's in her mid-20s. It's like, not that big a deal, but, you know. Yeah, it's tough.
Malik Elisal
No, it's hideous. There's no age at which that feels fine.
Adam Pally
Right?
Malik Elisal
Most people I know can't even watch a sex scene with their family, never mind do a sex scene.
Adam Pally
Exactly.
Malik Elisal
Yeah, exactly.
Adam Pally
And there was no.
Malik Elisal
Everyone needs to go for a shit, like during a sex scene.
Adam Pally
Yeah. And like things were wrapping up, like nothing I don't think she saw anything, like, going on because I think she'd probably blow her brains out. But I just, like, it was very obvious that, like.
Malik Elisal
Your dick had been in her baby girl's mouth. So I.
Adam Pally
So it was like. How do you say baby girls?
Unnamed Comedian
Crazy.
Adam Pally
So it's like.
Malik Elisal
That's how they always view us. Like that's it. But so my baby girl's mouth.
Adam Pally
So I don't think. I don't. I'm assuming what happened because what we did was we just. We got the text. Okay, everything's good. We're gonna go to the movie now. We pulled out. They pulled out behind us. We drove to the theater, parked, we said hello, got, you know, like. And never talked about it again ever. Still have Never, like, mentioned it, brought it up ever. And I don't think to, like, my.
Unnamed Comedian
Mother in law's credit.
Adam Pally
Cause she's a G. I don't think she went back into the car and told her husband, like, I don't think he would have gotten out of the.
Malik Elisal
Car and fought you.
Adam Pally
Yeah, she's a real g. I think she went back in that car and was just like.
Unnamed Comedian
You know, flat tires, crazy.
Adam Pally
Yeah. You know, and then. And so we. And now we're married.
Malik Elisal
Is it just in the back of your mind whenever you look at her or.
Unnamed Comedian
No.
Malik Elisal
Okay.
Adam Pally
No. There's been way too much life that's happened.
Malik Elisal
Yeah.
Adam Pally
It's like. That's the last. There's so much. Yeah, it's like, whatever.
Malik Elisal
Yeah.
Adam Pally
You know, like, that is a.
Malik Elisal
That's my fucking nightmare. I have never. I have never been in that situation where a family member has caught anything. I did used to. I used to live as a carer for an old man with my first boyfriend. And we used to sleep on the floor in between the sofa and the pool table. And that's where we would live and sleep and do other stuff. Yeah. But his brother was in the next room. And houses in England are made of paper. You can hear everything that's happening. And his brother was a wannabe rapper. Had like a very funny rapper name. Something with like, speaks with a Z on the end.
Adam Pally
The Streets.
Malik Elisal
You know what I mean? Yeah, that sort of thing. No, not the Streets. Yeah, they were great. And so we would listen to him having sex with his girlfriend in the next room. And he would have sex with her to his music, and he would rap at her while having sex with her face to face. And that alone mortified me enough to make sure that I never made a fucking peep so now I have sex. Like the dog from the artist. It's not necessarily the dog, just anyone from the artist. Just completely silent.
Adam Pally
Well, the dog paints a different picture.
Malik Elisal
Yeah. Yeah. I made it weird, so. But it's very, like, mime. Like. Yeah. You know, it's. It's complete silence. Ninja.
Unnamed Comedian
Yeah. There's, like, soundproofing on the wall.
Malik Elisal
100%. Yeah.
Adam Pally
Right. Well, it's private.
Malik Elisal
It's so private.
Adam Pally
Right? You want it private. And that's. I understand that and agree and whatever, but it's like, when you're young, you're like, you know, whatever. You're like, just give it a shot. I'll try anything.
Malik Elisal
Weirdly, that just also surfaced memories of one of the people I dated. He would come very fast, so he would want to. I don't know why I'm telling all this. I'm just putting everyone's digits in the street. He would come very fast, so he would want to time how long he was having sex, for, which I didn't realize was happening. So he would always insist on having sex on the radio, like, when the radio was on. So that. Because the songs are always three minutes. Yeah, the songs are always three minutes for radio play. So he'd come and then just go. Three songs. Took me ages to work out. What the fuck?
Adam Pally
Honestly, you're lucky you're alive.
Malik Elisal
I know.
Adam Pally
That's like some American songs.
Unnamed Comedian
Yeah. That's crazier than the rapper.
Adam Pally
That's way crazier than that guy. You're luckier.
Unnamed Comedian
Yeah. This guy also hasn't heard of a clock he measures by the radio.
Malik Elisal
Yeah, I know.
Unnamed Comedian
That's insane.
Adam Pally
But it isn't.
Malik Elisal
But we couldn't have sex with Spotify because the songs are uneven in length. And also, we couldn't afford the upgraded premium. Right. So we had to listen to all the ad. Yeah. And the adverts. Well, I didn't have a choice. But the adverts were so disturbing. When Spotify first came out, it was more sort of PSAs rather than actual adverts. So it'd be like a woman getting into a cab and then realizing the door's locked and she can't get out. And then we hear her screaming. And you're in the middle of sex when you're hearing this. And then the tagline is, just don't get into unlicensed mini cabs. And just. The boner is dead. Yeah, you just heard a woman die.
Adam Pally
And he's like, three rape creatures. Um, I was gonna say, though, like, when you're in a relationship. It is. There is always like a very disconcerting thing when you're in a relationship and you're like watching a show together or a movie and then things escalate and then you, you have sex and then you like, like wind down and you realize that like not much time has passed in the movie.
Malik Elisal
Still the same scene.
Adam Pally
Yeah. And you're like, that's sobering. Like, you know, and you're like, wow. I thought I was. That was like hot. I was like hot, right? It was like.
Unnamed Comedian
You're like, the wife hasn't even died an up yet.
Adam Pally
Yeah. It's like there's. I'm not even through a montage.
Malik Elisal
Like they're still doing a choreograph. Channing Tatum is still dancing.
Adam Pally
Yeah. He's still doing this thing. Yeah. That is magic. It's incredible.
Unnamed Comedian
No, it's amazing.
Adam Pally
I was like, that's a magic. No wonder the title. I didn't understand it at first.
Malik Elisal
We'll be right back off the break.
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Malik Elisal
We are back. Okay, so you've both been a fucking delight, and I feel as though I know you better now. And I feel as though we've all. We've all shared parts of ourselves that maybe we didn't intend to. I certainly didn't expect to blow up all my old shit from the Internet, but you brought that out of me, so thank you for that, Malik.
Unnamed Comedian
Yeah, we were all very open, I felt.
Malik Elisal
Before you go, will you tell everyone where they can find you and what you want them to watch and listen to?
Unnamed Comedian
Okay. I have a show called Adults that's out on Hulu right now, and I think Disney plus in Canada or elsewhere, so please check that out. I love it. Thank you.
Malik Elisal
Thank you. And, Adam, knowing how much you hate self promotion, I have a. It's my favorite thing about podcasts.
Adam Pally
What? It's horrible. It feels horrible to say. I hate that people say, like, actor, writer, podcast host. It makes my fucking skin crawl.
Malik Elisal
Thanks, man.
Adam Pally
But you're great.
Unnamed Comedian
I don't have a podcast.
Adam Pally
See? And you feel great about it.
Unnamed Comedian
I feel proud.
Adam Pally
Yeah. Anyway, that's. You can find that. You can find that. You can find that wherever podcasts are. I don't know. And then you didn't say what?
Malik Elisal
You didn't say what.
Adam Pally
It's called staying alive. It's called staying alive. It's, like, about wellness.
Malik Elisal
It's like, are you a big wellness guy?
Adam Pally
No, but that's kind of the point. It's like, I am open to hearing it, and I don't ever, like, follow it, really, but I like hearing it.
Malik Elisal
Cool, cool, cool.
Adam Pally
And. Yeah, and then I think I do this show with Arnold Schwarzenegger called fubar, and I'm pretty sure the second season's coming out soon, but I don't know.
Malik Elisal
I haven't looked great. Yeah, you're a publicist's dream, Adam.
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You know, they can't all be clients like me.
Malik Elisal
No.
Adam Pally
Yeah, you're called a big whale client. I'm a whale client.
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Malik Elisal
Great. Thank you. Thank you both so much for coming to Wrong Turns, even though you fucking hate podcasts.
Adam Pally
No, I was really happy to see you.
Malik Elisal
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Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil
Episode: Adam Pally and Malik Elassal
Release Date: August 7, 2025
In this engaging episode of Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil, host Malik Elisal welcomes comedian and actor Adam Pally alongside an unnamed comedian to share their most mortifying and embarrassing stories. The conversation delves deep into personal anecdotes, exploring themes of embarrassment, indignity, and the human experience of making “wrong turns” in life. As always, the episode revels in the humor found within these uncomfortable moments, offering listeners a candid and laughter-filled journey through the comedians' less-than-dignified experiences.
Malik Elisal opens the episode by introducing his guests with enthusiasm:
Malik Elisal [02:10]: "On this show, I bring on my favorite funny people. And the voice you're hearing right now is a comedian and actor who makes shows like Happy Endings, The Mindy Project, and Mr. Throwback. He co-hosts the new hit comedy podcast about men's health called Staying Alive. It's Adam fucking Pally. Yay."
Adam Pally responds with gratitude:
Adam Pally [02:29]: "Thank you."
Malik further introduces the Unnamed Comedian, highlighting his achievements and current projects:
Malik Elisal [02:30]: "We also welcome an actor, writer, and comedian who is named one of the new faces of comedy at the Just for Laughs Festival and one of the comedians you should know and will know by New York magazine. You can watch his new series Adults, on FX and streaming on Hulu. It's Malik Elisal."
The unnamed comedian greets the audience, setting a casual and open tone for the conversation.
The episode kicks off with Malik sharing a personal mishap:
Malik Elisal [01:01]: "I've already had my own wrong turn this morning in having spilled chocolate cake all over my white bedding of a hotel room that I'm in that I knew the cleaners were just about to come into."
He elaborates on his intense desire to appear clean and how the mishap turned out:
Malik Elisal [01:45]: "...I want them to think I'm the cleanest girl in the whole wide. And now it looks unmistakably like there's shit all over the bed."
Adam Pally empathizes with Malik’s situation:
Adam Pally [01:45]: "You don't think they would have figured that out?"
Malik responds humorously about leaving misleading notes to cover up the mishap:
Malik Elisal [02:10]: "...I had to go around making notes saying, not poo, not poo. Not poo all over my bed."
This exchange sets the stage for a candid discussion about dealing with embarrassment and the lengths people go to maintain appearances.
The conversation shifts to the concept of indignity and how it affects the guests' lives. Malik introduces Adam's perspective on indignity:
Malik Elisal [05:40]: "This is a show about disaster. It's a show about indignity. Is indignity something that follows you around in your lives, Adam?"
Adam Pally reflects on his experiences:
Adam Pally [05:52]: "I feel like indignity is kind of something that, like, is similar to beauty in the eye of the beholder."
He discusses how his career in acting and comedy has desensitized him to feelings of embarrassment:
Adam Pally [06:00]: "I'm sure that kind of sensory thing is cut off in my brain, and I don't notice it a lot because I'm just like. Well, I don't know why. Embarrassing."
Malik connects this to personal challenges, sharing his own struggle with diabetes and the accompanying humility:
Malik Elisal [06:35]: "I have like, humbling resistance where I've now I've stopped noticing that I'm being humbled."
This segment highlights how personal and professional experiences shape one's resilience to public embarrassment and personal setbacks.
The unnamed comedian shares his early experiences with public embarrassment, tying it back to his career in stand-up comedy:
Unnamed Comedian [07:25]: "I was a pretty cringe in my early days of the Internet, so I guess. Yeah. And I was like, kind of like publicly a loudmouth in my class, so I don't think I minded being embarrassed publicly."
He also recounts his experience managing past online missteps:
Unnamed Comedian [08:26]: "I was like, really shitty stuff. Like, you know, there's a teacher's lounge. How come there's not a student lounge if I'm get elected president... I kept expecting, like, really horrible things to be there. But what I found was that I was just a really, like, huge and like, public fan of The Big Bang Theory on Facebook."
Adam Pally humorously reflects on his own past fandom:
Adam Pally [11:26]: "I really like 3:11, you know, which is like... It's a ska rock band that, like, is now thought of as, like, garbage."
The trio shares laughs over shared past embarrassments and the universal nature of such experiences, reinforcing the podcast's theme of collective human fallibility.
The cornerstone of the episode is Adam Pally's personal "wrong turn" story, recounting an awkward and mortifying encounter during a family vacation. He describes the setting and buildup:
Adam Pally [21:16]: "We rented three cars. And so after dinner, everyone started getting in the cars. And it just so happened that the car that I got in was alone with my wife or my then girlfriend..."
He narrates the incident with vivid detail:
Adam Pally [24:28]: "And Malik, would you say that you have had a humbling life?"
Malik interjects with humor:
Malik Elisal [25:21]: "Right, right, right."
Adam continues, sharing the climax of the story:
Adam Pally [27:02]: "And I remember... like, how do you say baby girls? So, I don't think... I think she went back in that car and was just like."
The story reaches its peak embarrassment when Adam's mother-in-law unexpectedly catches him in an intimate moment:
Adam Pally [26:16]: "I was pulling over and everybody's trying to like, get it together. And in the middle of that, there was like a knock on the window. And I turned and saw my mother in law... We like locked eyes."
The group reflects on the mishap, with Malik expressing the horror of such an encounter:
Malik Elisal [27:52]: "Most people I know can't even watch a sex scene with their family, never mind do a sex scene."
Adam summarizes the aftermath of the incident:
Adam Pally [28:31]: "We got the text, pulled out, drove to the theater, parked, said hello, and never talked about it again."
This segment not only provides ample humor but also showcases the ability to navigate and move past deeply embarrassing moments.
Following the main story, the guests delve into reflections on past relationships and personal growth. The unnamed comedian shares his experiences with short-lived relationships and the accompanying awkward moments:
Unnamed Comedian [32:08]: "I have something. I didn't grow up... My public eye... I felt like, just give it a shot. I'll try anything."
Adam Pally adds his perspective on maintaining relationships and navigating public perception:
Adam Pally [31:33]: "I wish I had slurred at this point."
The conversation naturally flows into discussions about maintaining privacy and personal boundaries, even in intimate relationships. They explore how past experiences shape current behaviors and attitudes toward embarrassment and personal disclosures.
As the episode draws to a close, Malik Elisal wraps up the conversation by acknowledging the deep and personal stories shared by his guests:
Malik Elisal [36:05]: "We are back. Okay, so you've both been a fucking delight, and I feel as though I know you better now. And I feel as though we've all shared parts of ourselves that maybe we didn't intend to."
Adam Pally humorously addresses his discomfort with self-promotion while still mentioning his projects:
Adam Pally [36:55]: "What? It's horrible. It feels horrible to say. I hate that people say, like, actor, writer, podcast host. It makes my fucking skin crawl."
The episode concludes with Malik providing information on where listeners can find more about the guests:
Malik Elisal [37:05]: "Before you go, will you tell everyone where they can find you and what you want them to watch and listen to?"
The trio bids farewell, leaving listeners with a sense of camaraderie and shared human experiences.
This episode of Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil offers a raw and humorous glimpse into the most embarrassing moments of Adam Pally and his guests. Through shared stories of personal mishaps and awkward encounters, the conversation emphasizes that everyone experiences "wrong turns" in life. The candidness and humor with which these stories are told foster a sense of relatability and solidarity among listeners, reinforcing the podcast’s mission to celebrate the hilarity in human imperfection.