I've never related to anyone more than Adam when he talks about his family. Both of my sisters and I just stopped going home at some point in our teens. Our parents weren't drug addicts, they were just completely checked out.
Can there be a part 2? I would love to know how he became a comedian and that process of being successful. Hats off to Carolla for overcoming childhood trauma👊
The main advice people starting out in comedy get is to get on stage as much as you possibly can. Everything comes from being on stage. You really don’t have to think to much about anything else, just get on stage. That’ll lead to growth on and off stage. The hardest part is paying the bills. If you got the bills covered and you know where and how to get on stage every night you choose to, then you’d be in great shape. Good luck! “Just do it”-Nike
Adam was never a great standup comedian. He is great at improvisational comments and stories…. Similar to a Jay Leno…. Or his nemesis Jimmy Kimmel. But i agree how he got his start and found his rhythm would be good.
Did like open mics and met Jimmy who was doing radio and Adam was a boxer and trained Jimmy for a celeb fight. Well, was supposed to and they instead talked about comedy and fucked off instead. Pretty interesting.
When Adam said "Yeah you're poor? That means you can't go to disney land. That doesn't mean you can't hug, or have a dance party, or be silly, or crack a joke, or throw a ball in the front yard.." in reference to growing up without much money, it leveled me. I know it's more complicated then that but thats quite a gem.
Honeydew and AYG gives me comfort in two ways; I now know for a fact that I grew up trash, am trash and will always be trash, and second that I had a gnarly childhood but it made me who I am and I can laugh at the shit.
I grew up poor without knowing it! My brother pointed it out as adults. I had a great time all alone as a 8 yr old running the streets. Now my kids just watch youtube or movies all day. I relate to Ayg alot.
Sure, but my problem is that AYG came out first, and I'm not going to watch Carolla give a sub-par version of that interview on the Honeydew. Even if there are some gems in here it's the same extact thing beat for beat but not as funny.
Ryan’s deep ability to listen is the fucking engine of this podcast. He comes out with the best questions after letting the guest respond. This episode was a great example.
For someone who was in high school and didn’t know how to read and now he’s on his 6th book!!! Wow He was on AYG and talked more about his crazy childhood is any of y’all are interested.
First time here, Stickler is good; any reason to hear Adam Corolla, he is a major cog in our culture - grew up poor and intelligent...never a victim...big time talent.
so glad Adam told the story of his dad having to move into his ex wife's parent's house. Every time I've heard that over the years always just throws me for a loop, incredible.
So glad this exists. You don’t get an intrusive “Diane Sawyer” interview. You get a relaxed history and sometimes a free theory session out of the deal. Great guests and host. I’m not a spokesperson for this channel lol. Much love.
Adam, Loved all your comedy. My mom gave birth a year after I was born with my brother Adam, but sadly he didn't survive. I was 1 so didn't really know or understand, and hearing how life was for you makes me reflect. It weirdly makes me feel proud that you pulled yourself out of the hell, and I'm not insane thinking any connection between you and I other than the name Adam. My mom wasn't very interested in the sports or plays I was involved with, and Dad was to wrapped up in himself to even be around.
Ryan, here's one of the reasons the Honeydew is mandatory watching...every single guest will, at some point, say something so Fing bizarre that you can't believe they said it. Adam hasn't gotten around to telling his kids grandma croaked 6 weeks ago?!?! Ok,pass the joint, I'm listening
I haven't ever let my biological mom meet my children, when she dies I probably won't mention it to them. I haven't seen her since my oldest was born 18 years ago. It just won't matter, they don't know her and they have never met her. I related to that so hard. I've always related to Adam when he speaks about his (lack of a) relationship with his immediate family, most people don't get it- you have to live it to understand.
Damn, Carolla seemed so depressed in this interview. And, unless I missed the news on his podcast, I think this is the first time he’s mentioned his mom’s passing.
@@RolandDuke yes, very strange. He has never missed a chance to trash his mother in the 20 years that I’ve been listening to him. You would think that he would celebrate her passing.
i love Adam. when i was younger he taught me about sex, life and love along with Dr. Drew,; now through his podcast he teaches me about politics and the harsh realities of life that i need to hear.
Ryan is very very good at interviewing. To start off with a vague question like tell me about times when you were at you lowest and branch off in an interesting clear and informative direction I feel is pretty hard and he makes it seem effortless.
Good show Ryan ! Always liked Adam an like him more now. Ryan really makes these people relatable Some of the stories you hear from different people near your own life and experiences.
Me: Has sub 1000 sqft house and is proud of having a place I own. Sickler: "Man, 900 sqft?! The blood stains must be on the other side of the house!" Me: Ouch lol. True though.
I totally understood about not knowing your parents.My mom died, at 20 years old .I was 3 years old.After fighting over me.Ha! No.i ended up at my moms mother's house She resented me.I was physically and verbally/ emotionally abused.And my biological dad//, aka sperm doner , many years later he said,"that I'm a fat whale and he doesn't give shit about me.So when he died, this year. I actually was relieved. The jerk, tried to leave me with everything, after he died.So I csn say , I treated my kids/, the way I deserved to have been treated.Good for you coming out,and not being like your parents. I know I did /doing the best , mom I can be.💗
You’re self made and already way more emotionally evolved than your elders. Prescience is the best present you can give kids and you seem to have that dialed in. As we say down here in Australia, “ Good on ya mate”!
My older sister would post a tribute to my dad who was in WW2 on Facebook on veteran's day. I'm all for that obviously. I'm an USAF veteran. I texted my sister "you forget someone?". She never updated the post. Did the exact same thing the next year. Family. Love it.
I like Sickler cause he comes prepared with good questions… and quick follow up questions…. And he listens to guests Edit: Sickler is 60 minutes material minus the laugh
The most wild part for me is the fact I intimately have known people in my life that have a closer relationship and even love for parents that actually abused them physically in some way. Is active abuse preferable to the human psyche than indifference? I'm not advocating for it of course but I suppose you have to at least care enough about someone to be abusive vs indifferent. It would explain why people stay or even got back to people that are mentally and or physically abusive vs indifferent. 🤔
Damn Adam got me in my feelings talking about making the best with his kids and being a goofball I do the same thing with my kids and I had a similar childhood
i can kind of agree with Adam sometimes family is no more then a genetic connection and the people might as well be the mailman droppin off your packages.
I've heard Adam's 1960's-70's childhood stories plenty of times. What always strikes me is how he didn't like the "trade-off" he had of freedom and no questions asked on his parents part, since they weren't providing anything. It's wasn't good parenting but, I don't think he realizes just how many Gen X kids that _did_ have parents that gave them food and a few dollars for lunch money, that would have given _anything_ to have been deprived of those things, if it meant they could come and go as they pleased. Also ironic as it is, I don't think Adam would have had the hunger to be where he's at today, if his parents had just bought a damn box of Pop Tarts, Swanson dinners, and gave him a few dollars every now and then. Weird how life and upbringing works out sometimes.
I knew this would be phenomenal but this conversation was prime tier. Ryan your love brings out best in your guests. Very rare to be deep and effervescent, both 💐
@Slightly Crippled 2 I live in Brevard county and fuck I have been absolutely DYING in this heat, I mean worse than it's ever effected me and I'm a native Floridian but this shit is KRAZIE! Stay hydrated homie!
@@gldnsunrising7761 yeah maaan . I'm working at a dog park currently .... I got my leg removed not to long ago so this is my first job as an Amputee. I'm in Broward County, Dania Beach . Everyday I pray for rain but it keeps out west .... stay hydrated too . Drink lots of water and watch out for wasps's
Corolla's been around for me since my adolescence started listening to Loveline around my 15th birthday I'll be 42 next week. This podcast does such a good job of making these comedians the regular Schmucks the rest of us are
Thank you so much Ryan. I was raised like Adam. Thank you also Adam for being on the Honeydew. Your legendary. Thank you for being a human. The both of you
I understand not having a relationship with parents. Mom bailed and took my sister with her. I barely know them or talk to them. They feel like strangers.
His parents remind me of my dad. My dad was in the house growing up but he kind of just existed. I had friends over one time and one of them told me they thought my dad was dead because they had never seen him or heard me talk about him.
I've listened to Adam since 1997, listen to his podcast every day since it started...I just found out on here that his Mom died. Holy S Adam....I guess if there's no relationship, but I don't think he told his audience 2 months after she died
My grandmothers second husband raped and impregnated her 16 year old daughter not only did she not leave him but blamed her her. Not just that but she told my father that he was his father until after he committed suicide. He was 17 at that point. Then she sent him to live with his real father. A man he didn't even know existed. Which ended up being the only real stability he ever had and by then he was basically an adult and the damage was already firmly rooted in his soul. After her 3rd husband who was a computer programmer in its infancy and made a fortune installing computer systems in middle Eastern oil refineries in Saudi Arabia Qatar and Dubai when it was just oil and sand and genuinely good man died my cousin Robin who was her stepdaughter\grand daughter who was really sick with Lupas moved in and proceeded to slowly kill herself with prescription narcotics and do nothing else until she died of a heart attack in her sleep at 42. My dad was always very protective of her and her passing was harder for him than his mothers death was. My grandmother was not a pleasant person. She was extremely narcissistic and self centered. She was the queen of backhanded compliments She never did anything nice just to be nice. Everything was held over your head and for that my dad wouldn't ask her for anything even as a young father with no clue and no direction who needed help badly. To this he resents her. He loved her but he resents her even more for not just the initial damage she allowed to come to her children but the unwillingness to not only acknowledge that she allowed damage to be done but that any damage was done at all. In her warped view of the world her children had this perfect idyllic Leave it to Beaver upbringing. You know minus the physical , mental and sexual abuse. But the closest she ever came to acknowledging or admitting any guilt was when she died and she left her house to the daughter that her husband raped and impregnated and whose daughter had just died a couple years before of what is presumed to be a drug-induced heart attack
She still the woman that left you and didn’t want anything to do with you for 30 years. She’s just old and scared now. Tell her to take a walk. There was no love put in the piggy bank so the piggy bank is empty. No equality of outcome you put in effort and then you get a good outcome if you put in nothing you get nothing. Thanks mommy
His story is so fucking sad. I think he’s lucky that his parents were completely indifferent to his existence, because had they shown any sort of interest, love, or care, he may not have separated from the pack of losers who “raised” him.
Loveline was in a way my first podcast - cool seeing my childhood voice coming around to see Sicklecell, and the sk@nks. Talk about making me feel old tho..
I feel for you Adam, bits and pieces hit home, not as much, but dude you're a good man for raising yours like you do. We all have shit in our lives, and empathy can stretch miles. Well done brother
29:50 In a way, Adam was lucky that his parents lack of interest didn't also include authoritarian issues. I've had friends growing up whose parents didn't care much but the only time they cared is when it came to rules that didn't make much sense. At least Adam had the opportunity to find a way out of his parent's chaos because they never bothered to close the gate.
Her eyes moved because she was trying to say, forgive me for what I forgive you. She was a horrible person. She has not owed anything. Neither is your father. Nothing in nothing out.
