Best Friends with Nicole Byer and Sasheer Zamata - Sasheer Is A Conflict Resolutionist

Episode Date: August 21, 2024

This week Nicole and Sasheer welcome their friend Adam Pally (Mr. Throwback, Knuckles) to the show. The three chat about driverless cars, great dinners, and question Sasheer’s unpaid job as a Conflict Manager at her elementary school.  Nicole and Sasheer don’t answer listener questions this week, but they will next week!  Email or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at:[e-mail] Get access to all the podcasts you love, music channels and radio shows with the SiriusXM App! Get 3 months free using this show link https://siriusxm.com/friends and code FRIENDS.

Wow, wow, wow! Welcome to Best Friends! Today, we have the amazing Adam Pally on the show. He's an actor, a comedian. He's our friend. He's best known for his breakout role as Max Blum on the ABC comedy series Happy Endings. And he's appeared in Iron Man 3, Surge Party, Night Owl, and so much more.

Also, you can see him in the live action series Knuckles. One of my favorite things to come out of Paramount+. You can also check out his new Peacock comedy series, Mr. Throwback, where he stars along Ego Wotum of SNL and NBA legend Stephen Curry. I'm doing bad at this intro. You do that part. You're doing amazing. I did good?

You did so good. You're doing amazing. Okay. Adam, we have questions for you. But first, I want you to tell us what Mr. Throwback is about. What Mr. Throwback is about? It's about a down-on-his-luck vintage and memorabilia salesman who needs help in a short matter of time, and the only person he knows that can help him that way

is his old sixth-grade teammate on his basketball team who turned out to be Stephen Curry. Just happened to be. Just happened to be. I love that. That's fun. Yeah. When was Steph involved with this project?

Did you, like, think of it? Yeah, we thought of it for him. I mean, him and his wife had a talk show on HBO a couple years back where they had married couples on, and my wife and I went on, and we kind of ball busted a little, but we got along with aisha and stefan and then the episode after us was uh david casp and casey wilson and they got along great with aisha and stefan and then after it stefan asked me and david if we had any ideas there was anything like we were working on and we were like, give us 30 seconds. And we called our team, the Lippman brothers from who we create Champagne Ill with.

And we were like, you know, Stefan is interested in something. And this is what we this is what we kind of all came up with. I mean, that's great. That's great. That's a dream to be like, we just had a nice conversation and now we're going to have a show. Yeah. Yeah, it really is. I mean, I think that's, it's like, that's the purpose of general meetings, but they are.

It never happens. Never happen. No. You know, so this was like almost like a very organic Hollywood story of like we met, he wanted to do television. He liked our sense of humor and then everything kind of just kept moving. That's great. That's fun. Are you a fan of basketball?

I'm a giant. I'm a basketball dork, yeah. Who's your favorite team? The New York Knicks. Okay. Have they always been? I've always been, yeah, since I was a little kid, which is hard because it kind of means you're a born loser,

but it's okay. We wear that with pride. Have you seen the movie Eddie? A hundred thousand times. Oh, thank God. Yeah. I'm into your next movie. It's so good.

It's one of the first two. And they were really bad when she was making it. It was really bad. So they got full access to the garden. That's really funny. They're like, please. Please shoot a movie in here. You want to use our building?

No one comes in there. Okay. No one's in there. That. No one's in there. That's so funny. You have to see Eddie's this year. I know. You keep telling me. Eddie's good.

I'll watch it with you. I mean, if you like basketball movies, I really like the recent one, Hustle, with Sandler. Oh, yes. Oh, I haven't seen that one. I liked it. Anthony Edwards. That was great. Is it funny?

Yeah. It liked it. Anthony Edwards. That was great. Is it funny? Yeah. It's great. It's just totally enjoyable. I really like basketball, so it was awesome to do a sports show. Yeah. We saw it posted for a sports movie last night that looks fake. It does. It's with Luke Wilson and Greg Kinnear.

It's called You Gotta Believe. That's the title. Is it like a religious movie? It's wow. Wow. That was our guess because the imagery seemed very like heavenly. Sounds religious. Yeah.

I thought maybe the kids were dead and they're like a zombie basketball team. No, no, no, no. That doesn't sound like Greg Kinnear. You gotta believe. That's not something Greg Kinnear is signing up for. You're right. No, you, no, no. That doesn't sound like Greg Kinnear's sign. That's not something Greg Kinnear's signing up for. You're right. Now you got zombies,

maybe angels? Yeah, angels or ghost kids. Angels, yeah. Angels who want to eat your brain. That you have to shoot in the head to get rid of. Just a few little angels.

Ba-bow! But these angels come from the ground. But they're definitely angels. Yeah, they're angels with wings. Yeah, no, for sure. That's definitely not their ribcage is split open. If you read the Bible, that is the accurate depiction of an angel.

Yes, yes. A zombie angel. I like basketball, too. Do you play basketball on the show or no? I did, yeah. Well, yeah, I play a little on the show, I played in high school and I, you know, I like to play. I still play sometimes if I feel like my ticker can take it up and down the court.

I am at that age where people drop dead in pickup games. Oh. Drop dead? Is that what you said? What? Drop dead? Yeah. Men tend to drop dead in basketball pickup games when they hit like 40, 45.

Wait, is this a real thing? Are you being a ha-ha jokester? Yeah, men tend to drop dead in basketball pickup games when they hit like 40, 45. Wait, is this a real thing? Are you being a ha-ha jokester? No, I'm serious. It's like one of the ways you die. Whoa! Yeah, because you get like, you start running, you're running a lot. And you don't realize how big the court is. Yeah.

Oh my God. You keel over. And men are also way more inclined to be like, I'm fine, I'm fine. This is true. And then it's like really what's going on is your heart has exploded do you think these are men who

have been consistently active that are dropping dead or it's tough to say because like what do you consider

active you know what I mean like I work out every day and I look like shit so like it's like what do you consider active like I work out every day and if someone was shit. So, like, it's like, what do you consider active?

Like, I work out every day and if someone was like, yeah, Pally had a heart attack, you'd be like, I see it. I don't think you look like shit. Don't do that. Nicole, if Gabriel Scalzi was like, yeah, Pally had a heart attack, you would be surprised? I guess I'd be like, oh, man. I'd be sad. You'd be like, he was on borrowed time. Yeah.

I'd be sad you'd be like he was on borrowed time I guess I'd be like huh yeah it wouldn't surprise anybody yeah if Steph Curry

had a heart attack we'd be like what holy shit so in shape it would be game changing but if Adam Pally had a heart attack

training with Steph Curry we'd be like well he was committed to his craft yeah do you prefer training with Stephen Curry people would be like oh yeah I guess he pushed too hard he was committed to his craft yeah do you

prefer working with friends or do you oh yeah yeah only only I mean I don't

I don't work enough like someone was asking me like how you book something off an audition the other day and I was like

I do not know I don't know I've never when I make an audition tape it's pretty much like lighting it on fire and throwing it over a cliff I have never booked something off that I have like the what you would call not it factor in my auditions and like if you if you're want to not just show up and act if you really want to like get something an idea through I think it's best to have like your friends in the bunker yeah yeah have you ever had like issues with like co-worker friendship boundaries yeah that's good co-worker friendship boundaries what do you mean like uh

like romantically yeah yeah yeah you fucking your friends yeah i always want to kiss my friend no like if like if it's like um someone's like loose on their deadlines, but it's like, oh, it's fine because we're buds and, you know, like it's chill. I think that gets weeded out the older you get. Yeah. You know what I mean? Like I think that stuff happens when you're first kind of getting your first jobs and there's a there's a lot more of you you know what i mean like you're young there's like so many people trying to make it and then you you get your first job and very quickly it's like oh this person it's not taking it seriously or whatever or if they are

they work differently than me and so the next go around they're not there yeah you know and i so i feel like not i i haven't had that in a time. Like everybody that's showing up for our squad is like do or die. And and they know and we've failed so many times together that we know how how like just making it is the is the thing like like what happens this week when it comes out, whatever, people are going to love it, hate it, doesn't matter. But, like, we got to make it and spend other people's money and hire people and pay them and, like, be in the room every day with each other and eat meals together and, like, talk shit. And, like, that is invaluable to us. Yeah.

I agree. Yeah. Wait, okay. i have a question about knuckles i know you're promoting not knuckles no no please yeah no okay not knuckles listen it was so funny thank you okay idris elba dream i know he did voiceover but did you get to hang out with him yes i did get to hang out with him Is he sexy in person and is he nice and kind? And are his handshakes firm? Wait, one question at a time.

You guys, yes to everything. Oh. He is so cool. First of all, his wife is like, she kind of has the body of like Rebecca Romijn in those X-Men movies. Oh. God, damn. And even though she's fully clothed, everything she wears looks like it was painted onto her. Wow.

You know what I mean? What a dream. That's a woman. That's a real woman. Yeah. You kind of like meet her first, you know? And she's, and you're like, oh my God, how's this is going to go? She's so warm and normal.

Oh, that's good. That you're like, you're disarmed right away. You know, she's like, I don't know about that you're like you're disarmed right away you know she's like i don't know about you know kids are shitting over there whatever you're like oh it's actually very normal around here you know and then uh he he is he's just like a you know kind of a dad with a dad sense of humor and he's a really goofy guy you know and he he does have that affect like he he speaks in in these matter of fact

tones like which they nail in Knuckles like he does he says things like I do find that funny you know and that's like a laugh

yeah ugh you know it's like it's just a kind of a he's a dreamboat it warms my heart

that Idris Elba is Knuckles and Knuckles is Idris Elba they're very similar they're very similar they shouldris Elba is Knuckles and Knuckles is Idris Elba. They're very similar. They're very similar. I should do an episode where Knuckles turns into a human and it is Idris Elba. That was one episode that Idris, I think, was really taken with.

There was one episode where I assume the personality of Knuckles and I have his voice. And Idris was very taken. He was like, doesn't it feel good to have such a large voice doesn't that feel better doesn't it feel better to be a good kick-ass person don't you feel better when you're like me and shitty when you're like you yeah get rid of your dumb voice oh my god This makes me so happy. But yeah, he's the greatest.

The greatest. Is there going to be more Knuckles? Do we know? I think so. There's more Knuckles? I think so. I don't know. I can't say for yes or no.

But Sonic 3 is coming out. I've seen Sonic 3. It's coming out. You've seen it? It's really wild. It's really cool. Cool. I just love Sonic so much. It's such out. You've seen it? It's really wild. It's really cool. Cool. I just love Sonic so much.

It's such a fun world. Oh, you're going to love this one. Jim Carrey is unhinged. I mean, he usually is. Yeah. And I think this is the finest work of his career. Oh, I think so too. I think so.

I loved Man on the Moon, but this is real stuff. Yes. I'm being dead ass. Really? So am I. What? oh I think so too I think so I loved Man on the Moon but this is real stuff yes I'm being dead ass really so am I what and I'm in the scenes he is so funny

in the first one and does so many fun little things as Dr. Robotnik I mean I saw it I thought it was great too the third one the second one's good too

he doesn't have as much to do but the third one this one's really his movie he's amazing but more than Truman Show I love Truman Show. I mean, they're different. Yeah.

No, I think they're pretty similar. I would say of his Jim Carrey-esque movies, the first Sonic is up there. Okay. I agree. That makes sense to me. But I also really love him as the Riddler. Yes. I just watched that for the first time.

If you don't, yeah. I love the Riddler. It's so funny. He's so funny. He's so funny. He's so funny. Different take than Paul Dano. Very. My thing is, I think they're based on the same thing.

Yeah. A question. A lot of crossover influences. Adam, can we ask you best friends questions? Because the name of this podcast is Best Friends, and we don't want to stray too far from the Lord. I would love it. I would love it. Thank you.

Okay. Which celebrity best friend duo would you want your friendships to emulate, and why? Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Zach Braff, Donald Faison, Patrick Stewart, and Ian McClellan. Ian McClellan? Mm-hmm.

I would, it's, you know, I think it's obvious to be swayed by the answers in this by people whose careers are people you want to emulate. Right, right. But I actually think, and this is no shade at them, the friendship I would like to emulate most is Zach Braff and Donald Faison

because those guys ride together in sickness and in health. Yeah. They will be on a syndicated show, and then they will turn cold, and they will still be together on a T-Mobile commercial. Yeah. And they, like, they really ride for each other. Yeah. And so I think that their friendship is probably more real

than, like, a Brad Pitt, George Clooney, who have never faced adversity. Like, those guys, like, what's the worst that ever happened to the two of them? Someone gave them, like, a low budget number, you know? Like, it just doesn't seem like that friendship could stand the test of time the way that I do believe that Donald Faison and Zach Braff love each other. I like that. Yeah, I agree. That actually reminds me of something you said earlier where you were like, it's so fun to work with friends even when you fail.

Yeah. Can you think of a failure you had with friends that was still like legit fun? Well, which one? They're all failures in a sense. Top three. No, they're not all failures. Yeah, I mean like Champagne Ill is a great example, right? Like Champagne Ill I think is like some of the best work I've ever done. And I got to come up with that idea with these guys who I did happy endings with.

And we cast Sam Richardson and we became really close friends and all the people in the writing staff like Yasser's on the writing staff and it's like all these people that are like my crew and the show the writing was on the wall like it was on YouTube and YouTube like caved as a network like yeah you just had this feeling like no one's gonna see this and it didn't matter because like those 13 weeks in Atlanta, we like left it all on the field and those episodes are awesome. It's really funny. It's a funny show.

And so I almost like feel like, yeah, I guess I would trade like, I guess the money and fame of a successful show for a bunch of those. If that's what it was. If that's what the offer was. Yeah, I like that. I like that, too. What's another one that failed? 101 Places to Party Before You Die, I think.

Wait, is that Dead Dead? You could argue. I don't know if it's Dead Dead, but they don't do shows like that anymore. Right. They're not on television anymore. Oh, God, that show is so fucking fun. You and Gabra, it's truly magic. Yeah, again, and, like, it was just an amazing experience to shoot

and i would i wouldn't trade any success for that production time it was so fun and then the edit it's just like all getting to do that with gabrus is like you know you guys get it here it's it's it's fun it's just feels fun and then you get paid on it on top it's like. It just feels fun, and then you get paid on it. On top, it's like, what could be bad about that? And so that is another one where, and I don't think of these as failures. I mean, it depends on what you think of them as. For me, I got, like, I've never had a pilot not picked up to series,

and I think that's impressive. At the same time, I have, like, one season two. You know? But that's okay, too. You know? And so I okay too, you know? And so I wouldn't trade any of these for success of the other, you know?

No, they're not failures because they got made. Like, yeah, you said it earlier. Getting things made is very fucking hard. And then when you do get to make it, oh wee, that's nice. Getting to make it is a party. Yeah. Like sweating it out waiting for the phone to ring is really the mental exhaustion of the job.

Yeah, definitely. Do you have any like that? I mean, Grand Crew, we didn't really get, like, we kind of just got pushed aside our season two-ish, it felt like. Yeah. But, like, getting to make it was, like, we didn't think we'd get to make that. Yeah. Like, when we were shooting the pilot, I said to Phil, I was was like we were playing in a basement 10 years ago I know yeah and now I'm getting paid by NBC like this is fucking nuts it's wild and that's that's exactly how I feel

like every day so I just try to keep that as much as I can and then I try to like really have a good time everywhere I am I think it's like so important that you get because like you're traveling so much you're doing guest spots on shows you're a bit player here you're the lead there you're a small thing here you know it's like you're not in control of any of that

but what you are in control of is like you can get a great dinner yeah you know you can get a great dinner. Yeah. You know, you can get a kick-ass dinner. And if people are mean to you on set, you don't go with them. You're like, fuck that shit. You go get your own nice dinner. And people are like, what did you do last night?

And you're like, I had a fucking nice dinner. I had a really nice dinner. I had a great fucking dinner. Wish you were there, don't you? I had a great fucking dinner. It's like, yeah, you can always get a nice dinner or meal or do something where you are that can, like, bring you up. Where's your favorite place to get a meal? Did I say that weird?

Yes, you did. Are you all right? Yeah. I don't know why I brought that out of you, Nicole. I've never, I don't even know if it's 15 years, I've never heard you talk like that. It was almost like you were asleep and tired of me. She got possessed somehow. She put on her like Stepford wife interviewer voice. Well. What is your favorite meal? Are you AI? Is this AI, Nicole? If you were to have a meal,

where would it be? Adam Pally often likes to eat. It didn't feel weird coming out of my mouth until everyone was like, that was weird. It was really weird. We're having a really nice, even-flowing conversation. It sucks when you do something weird and you're like, please don't. And we're like, what's that? I felt that from your face. I was like, no, no, no. No, no, no, no.

Get back here, you fucking weirdo. It happens all the time where I do something and I'm like, hopefully nobody's noticed. And I'll look around and someone will be staring at me and I'm like, you saw it, didn't you? And they're like, yes. Oh, my God. I had that during production. We were shooting in San Francisco and I became obsessed with the Waymos, which are the taxis without drivers. Oh, yeah.

I was like, I love them because there's no driver. You can like really get in there and like, you know, it's just like great. It's great. What are you doing in there? Phone on speaker. Having a party. Having a party, you know. And everyone was like, they're not safe.

Like, I really don't want you taking them. And I was like, yeah, right. You guys are just like big, big travel. You just don't want me following the new wave, you know. And then I got in one from set one day and it got stuck behind a car parked illegally. Like it couldn't read it. Oh, no. And it just kept going forward and going backward and going forward and going backward and going forward and going backward.

And at first I didn't notice because, like I said, I'm just chilling in the back of my phone. And I'm like, wow, this is weird. He must be trying to like you forget, you know. And then I turn around and there's like 50 tourists with their phones out filming and I was like oh shit and then one of them goes

oh my god it's the dude from Happy Ending and I was like oh no and I put my window up but they could still see me you know cause it's like not tinted and so then I was like do I just pretend that they don't see me you know because like not tinted and so then i was like do i just pretend that they don't see me do i just like and for like 10 minutes the car was just like and then finally it moved around and the people i could see in the mirror the people filming the car

like go around that's really that's so funny so there is part of a prank or something? Are we being filmed? That's what I thought, but it was great. I love it. I love driverless. You still love it? You'll still go back? I still think it's honestly like, I think it's the future when you do it. It's coming to LA. We're all just going back and forth.

It's coming to LA, and I'm telling you, if I could buy my own, I would. Really? It is. Imagine getting into a really nice. for it's coming to la and i'm telling you if i could buy my own i would really is imagine getting into a really nice they're all really nice cars imagine getting into like the back of a tesla x and it's like a hot day and the air conditioning is going and you just put the thing on you hit a button and that's it and you don't have to like talk, smell, like, you know. Touch, taste. Touch, taste.

You don't have to do any of that stuff. You don't have to be like, oh, it's actually over here. You know what I mean? And they're like, I know how to drive. You're like, you know, none of that. Like all that stuff in an Uber is very uncomfortable. And I feel like you don't realize it because you're like, this is better than being on mass transit.

But there's something even better, which is being in a car with no one at all. It's awesome. It scares me. What if we hit somebody? And then I'm like, I'm now part of it. I'm part of it. What if you hit someone when you're driving in an Uber? Interesting.

What does happen? I don't know. I don't know. Do you just get out and be like, I'm going to order an Uber? You're part of it. Really? I'm part of it. I don't know. Do you just get out and be like, I'm going to order an Uber? You're part of it. Really? No, I'm part of it. We're part of it.

You don't just get to go, mm-mm. I've decided. I've told my therapist, told me to not take on things. I'm choosing me. Not take on things I cannot control. I can't do that. This is not for me. I'm prioritizing my life.

No, I can't do this. I did not see what happened. That's so, yeah, I guess if any car you're in hits something you're part of it yeah it's and like truly you forget

within two seconds that there's no one driving and you're just it's very peaceful and you can like true take a phone call do a phone call

like you know it's just choose your music but what if there's recordings happening what if they're recording you they are and you don't care you don't care what? What if they're recording you? They are.

And you don't care? You don't care? What do you think they're doing in a regular Uber? Every single Uber you get is one of those cameras that look like what I'm talking to right now. No. You guys look like Chris D'Elia when he found out about Snapchat. Ha, ha, ha. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. People see that?

Wait, people see me in cars? Yes, you guys. Yes. Oh, my God. That's so funny. I just recently had an Uber where I'm convinced he was drunk. Yeah. He turned left from the right lane.

He was speeding. He was tailgating. He had a big smoothie that I was convinced was full of vodka. It could have been. As we approached the airport, he was like, you know, I'm sober. And I was like, I don't know you. He's drunk. Anyone who says that, there's no reason to have that conversation while you're drunk.

There's no reason to reinforce that. Yeah. For no reason. He told me he started drinking at 12 and he stopped at 18. This dude is drunk. He's trauma dumping.

He's taking a trauma dump on you. Yeah. Yeah, he shit it all over me. I had an Uber that was driving an electric car and he had to stop and let it restart while I was still in it.

And then after five minutes, he's like, it's still not doing the thing. And I did choose myself, and I got out of the car. And you're like, I'm just going to walk away. What happens if these driverless cars just stop? You just get out? Get another one, right? Yeah. I guess so.

Right? Yeah. I mean, the customer service could not have been better while I was going back and forth. They got right. They saw. They rang the thing, you press the button, they're like, we noticed that you may be experiencing some trouble. Then you explain it to them and they're like, okay, well, either a tech will be on their way or we'll have it figured out shortly. And then it was figured out. Oh, that's good.

I would have been worried that there's no one to talk to if something happens. Oh, no, no, no. The customer service is all over it. But if we replace people with driverless cars, where will the people work? Who drive cars? In the call center for the company? Oh, I guess so. They'll figure it out.

I'm not worried about them. They'll figure it out. I mean, the other night I went to a- I'm not worried about them. Whatever. The other night I went in a driverless car to a conveyor belt sushi and speak to one human. Feed me with a treadmill and then take me in a driverless car. I'm a human from WALL-E.

And then I went to the Amazon store and I scanned my palm. I didn't even take my wallet out. My cornea chucked out for me. Wait, Adam, what is your favorite meal? You know, like pizza is so is like an easy answer, but I really do have like a problem when pizza's around. I can't stop eating it. The other night I ate almost a whole pizza. From where?

From this place, La Parmigiana. Ooh. In Southampton, yeah. Ooh, you're in Southampton. I was, yeah. Oh, my God. Boy, boy, boy, did that pizza go down easy. Too easy. I was like, how many slices are in a pizza?

My wife was like, eight. How many did you eat? And I was like, close enough to eight to be worried. All that was left was like some crust and some toppings. It was not a good look. Listen, you enjoyed yourself. You're on vacation. Yeah.

And then I slept for like 14 hours. Yeah, that'll do it. A lot of cheese, a lot of cheese on the top. Yeah. And then I love really good sushi. Like a good sushi dinner is really fun. I'm a new sushi head. I really like sushi.

Welcome. Thank you. I had these, they're little bubbles. I think they're salmon eggs. Yes. They pop in your mouth like a heart Welcome. Thank you. I had these. They're little bubbles. I think they're salmon eggs. Yes. Yes. They pop in your mouth like a hearty gusher. And I couldn't stop laughing when I was eating them.

Yeah, they're delicious. They're great. You want me to give you a hint with what you do with those? Yeah. Go buy them at the supermarket. Then get your best bagel and whipped cream cheese. Ooh. Oh.

And take a heaping spoonful of it and put it on both halves of the bagel with the cream cheese. That sounds really nice. Very savory. Go get it. Go get it. Yeah, sushi meals are great too. I love

an omakase. I love sitting down and having courses brought out. You don't have to think. They're giving you drink pairings. That's all there is to live for, really. Everything else is bullshit. Just food. I do love food. It's the only thing worth—

What else is— Life is just fresh hell every day, but you get to eat dinner. And just have a nice dinner. That's so funny. Life is fresh hell every day, but you get to eat dinner. Yeah. I get that. That's true.

I really do. That's true. The happiest I am is when I'm eating. Yeah. Or planning the meal or getting to the meal. Yes. Looking at a menu. Oh.

I mean, yeah. Truly. We went to Dave and Buster's yesterday, and I was looking at- I'd fuck up at Dave and Buster's menu. I would fuck up at Dave & Buster's menu. I would fuck up a Dave & Buster's menu. Well, it was so hot outside because we were in Arcadia because we went to Subie Fest

and I was like looking at the menu and I was like, boy, I want food, but I'm not taking in any information. Yeah, we weren't really anything else. Well, that's a big menu. That's a big menu. Yeah, I get too overwhelmed. I just need a few choices.

Well, yeah, like it depends on where you're going. Like those like a Dave & Buster's or, like, a Cheesecake Factory has a menu of legit, like. Cheesecake Factory has way too many pages. Cheesecake Factory's menu is, like, Epcot. It's Epcot Center. Yeah. But one of the best things they have is a burger with bacon shoved in the burger with cheese. The cheese is in the burger?

The cheese is in the burger with the bacon. And then they put more bacon on top. And then more cheese on top. Yes. Yes. And it's, oh my God. Interesting. It's so good.

It sounds really good. I'm going to have to get down to some very populated area of whatever city I'm in and get a cheesecake factory meal. God, it was so fucking delicious. I also recently had a peanut butter hamburger. Doesn't sound good. at Cheesecake Factory. God, it was so fucking delicious. I also recently had a peanut butter hamburger. Oh, that's been a lot. A lot of people are talking about that. It's like chicken.

It's like beef satay, right? No, it's like a hamburger, like a straight up patty with peanut butter on it. And then like a like bacon. And I think it's like a jelly, like maybe there's like a jelly onion jelly or something

it was the most delicious thing I've had in a very long time it blew me away I'm skeptical of these PB&J burgers though they're popping up everywhere I'll give it a try you'll like it I got it from Damon's Steakhouse in Glendale

it's a Hawaiian themed or tiki themedthemed steakhouse. It's a nice time. They got Dole Whips that you could put vodka in. Woo, woo, woo! I love that. It's a fun time.

I love a tiki bar. A nice painkiller. Ooh, like a frozen painkiller. Ooh, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. That'll do me right. Wait, what's in those? Rum? Who gives a fuck?

Tropical something. Tropical something. Adam, I have a question a question okay what's the best thing that a friend has ever done for you um gabrus and i when we were uh rapping 101 places to party we decided we were gonna each buy each other a gift a rap gift that's something that the other has always wanted but has never um bought for themselves and so i bought gabrus a really nice watch and gabrus bought me an infrared sauna whoa that is very nice yeah and i use it every single day whoa that's That's so nice. Yeah. Yeah. It's awesome.

And I mean, you know, you can look it up. They're not like insanely expensive, but it's just like... You just wouldn't think to get it yourself. Yeah, I have like an infrared sauna at my house and that's like a true luxury. Yeah.

God, that's so nice. How do you feel after you do it? Yeah. Because it like heats you up from the do it? Yeah. It's amazing. It heats you up from the inside out, right? It just feels like a regular sauna. You're not like being boiled. Yeah, I was like, whoa, you get heated up from the inside out? That's what I thought infrared was.

No, they're not cooking you like a turducken. No. You're like on a stick, and then they rotate. That's called a spit. The sauna, it's really, it really... And it only fits one person. It's like little, but it looks cool. It's like got glass. You like being solo.

You like being in a place alone. I do like my alone. I do like alone. I have kids, so I like being alone. You're like, I'll take it wherever I can get. How many do you have? Three? Three.

I have three. Nice. Do you like them? They're okay. Kids are funny because it's like you have them and then you're like, I like you, but sometimes they're annoying. But they're like kids, so it's like you are annoying. Very much so. Yeah, and they cost so much money.

They're very rich. I could have been like a rich person. Yeah, kids are expensive and they're constantly needing things. Yeah, never is enough. Yeah. I was a nanny for a while. Always like, Nicole, I need, I need. And I'm like, oh my God.

Hell on earth. More milk. Oh my, you need more milk. Having kids is like buying a boat and then keeping it docked for the rest of your life. Are they fans of Sonic and Knuckles? Yes. Well, my youngest is seven, Drake, and he loves it. He is like, couldn't be more proud.

He's so excited. He likes to show me off to his friends, you know, and he'll be like, it's really cute. And then my older two, they're 12 and 11. They're a little more like, it's not so cool. It's like, you know, like my son will say things like, who do you think you are, John Wick? No one's psyched to see you. Wow.

You know? And you're like, true. Yeah, but it's a different kind of hero. It is a different kind of hero. And you're fighting your own fight. No. It's okay. No, Knuckles is a warrior and then helps Wade learn that bowling is a war too and that his dad does.

Yeah, my son's like, yeah, they call me Officer Farface Jr. What do you think about that? Oh. Kids are also so mean. They need things and then they're like, I'm going to be mean to you. And you're like, but why? Why? Truly, yeah.

And it's okay. It's okay. Wait, is a sauna, that's dry. What's the wet one? Dry. A steam room? Oh. A schvitz.

I was going to say a wet box, and I knew that was wrong. A wet box. No, it doesn't sound good. It does sound good, but it doesn't sound good. Yeah, it depends on the context. It doesn't, yeah, does sound good, but it doesn't sound good. Depends on the context. It doesn't, yeah, it sounds good,

but not like what you're trying to say. I like the steam room. Sauna's too, too hot. Yeah, I like,

I love a steam room too. I like it all. I like any kind of like schvitz, cold plunge, spa activity. I'm down for that.

That's what Gabrus and I have changed our, we used to go to Vegas once a year, and it was like if we weren't gambling the entire time, our hands would shake. Like we would be like, we're going out for one dinner. I got to get back to the table. And now we'll be like, you want to go to Vegas in March? Yeah, I heard the Vidara Spa is really,

really awesome. They do like a natural rainfall. I'm like, oh yeah, let's check that out. You know, like it's just everything has changed. I love that. Wait, how long have you and Gaber been friends? You've been friends for a long fucking time. Yeah, we met when I was 21.

So we were put on the same Herald team together. So yeah, it's got to be like 22 years 23 years have you guys ever gotten into a fight yeah yeah you know gamers how do you solve conflict no we don't we we don't really get into fights because neither of us really like conflict and so we'll either avoid it until it's unavoidable or one of us will be like, Hey, we're, we have to have this conversation.

And then, you know, I think we're both really sensitive and empathetic. So it's easy to have those conversations with someone like that because you're, you're already kind of in their shoes a little bit. And I think we, we both do that really well. That's very good.

I feel like a lot of men need to hear that, that they can be empathetic and have hard conversations with people. For sure. Yeah. I mean, I hate it. I don't hate being empathetic. That's something that is natural. It comes natural.

But I don't love conflict resolution. I almost want you to figure it out yourself. I don't have time for your fucking conflict. You know what I mean? You it's like figure it out yourself I don't have time for your fucking conflict like you know and I mean like you want to get into it it's like

I don't have time I feel like so much conflict is just attention based it's like people just want eye contact and they want to be heard

just tell me or listen you know and it's like I don't got time for that shit I don't listen to you I don't have fucking things to do

just tell me you're listening well I'm not I'm not listening it's like, I don't got time for that shit. I don't listen to you. I don't have fucking things to do. Just tell me you're listening while I'm not. I'm not listening. It's either you understand or you don't understand. If you're mad, it's like, whatever. What the fuck? I just don't, I can't deal with it. I don't like conflict because I feel like people are going to react negatively to me.

But hardly does that happen. No, you're so likable. Like, why would anyone act negative to you? I don't know. I just feel like if I tell someone how i feel they're gonna be like you stupid bitch and like kick me down the stairs that's that's wildly crazy i know i asked you once has that happened has anyone ever kicked you down the stairs or even yelled at you no no not at all yeah no it's it's it's a wild it's like we cook it up in our heads. And I'm sure that I'm doing something similar. But I just, yeah, I just like don't want to deal with conflict resolution.

Like, why, why, why, why, why? Yeah, why can't we just get over it? Yeah, what do you want? What do you want? I'm sorry. All right, I'm sorry. I'm a sociopath. What do you want? What do you want? You want a sock that I'm sorry? Sorry right. I'm sorry. I'm a sociopath. What do you want?

What do you want? You want a sock? That I'm sorry? Sorry. Let's go. We got, we don't have time. I'm dying. I, I like conflict resolution.

You love resolving things. I do love resolving things. I was a conflict manager in elementary school. What the fuck? We would not have hung out. No. But I would have helped your problems. You make up

things about school. What do you mean you were a conflict resolutionist? Resolutionist? A conflict manager. Whatever. A revolutionist. You want a sorry, sorry. A conflict manager. Well, a resolutionist seems like you had made them all act it out again.

We had these like black aprons that we would wear and it said conflict manager and it had a little clipboard and I'd walk around the playground. And if someone had a conflict, they'd come up to me and say, hey, I'm having this issue with this other person. And then I'd write everyone's names down and what the conflict was. And I'd use the tools that I learned to, like, figure out, like, what are the goals of the conversation. Sashir. Sashir, you were unpaid and an employee of that school. You were working for the teacher. An adult should have been doing that.

That teacher was off, like, no joke, taking quaaludes in the closet. That is literally like when your mother goes, go check on the baby. Yeah. Wait, did other students do this or was this just you? No, there were other students too. And then if the conflict was too hard, we would bring an adult into the matter. I'm sure they loved that knock. Leave me alone in this closet.

What do you need? So she can't end any conflict. She never made her conflict resolution. Wait, that is so wild. So she like you have so much school stuff that like I have never heard of. Well, yeah. I mean, from the sounds of it, you went to like fucking Hogwarts. Black aprons.

Like, where the fuck were you? Black aprons? It was just a public school. So wild. I'm sure there were other little annoying kids like me who were like, I need a job. And they're like, here. They would just send me away. Away?

My second grade teacher would make me walk around in the hallway when I was being too annoying. I mean, that's good actually walk it off walk it off yeah walk it off that's not bad I loved it because I was like

I don't want to be in here with these kids these fucking idiots I could not stay awake during school I would like I think my teachers thought that I was sick

like they'd be like and Adam I'd be like what do you have ADHD so bad yeah that's like an ADHDhd thing it's hard to pay attention so you're like i'll just go to sleep yeah totally 100 yeah it happens it happened to me up until i got diagnosed and now i know what's happening i'll get really overwhelmed i'll be like nothing

bad happens when you're sleeping and you don't have to do anything when you're sleeping so i'll just go to sleep and then your body gets really tired. Yeah. A hundred percent. I wish it would happen, though, like on a normal nightly basis. Same. Like instead of instead of me being like, I'm not going to drink tonight. I'm going to get a full eight hours.

And it's like three in the morning. Uh-huh. Fuck. It sucks because I won't even be awake with my eyes open. My eyes will be closed. I'll have a night mask on and i'll be awake for hours like that you think it's the phone oh for sure it might be the phone the screen it's like so much screen that even when you go to sleep you're like your mind it's like when you look at

the sun and you close it yeah your mind can't not buzz from the speed with which information's coming through maybe reading always puts me to sleep. And I never think of it either. I mean, like when I read, I just immediately fall asleep. And so at night I'm like, I probably should read to go to sleep. Yeah, maybe I'll start doing that. Because that would make me go to sleep. But I never do.

Yeah, I'm definitely not going to start doing that, but I appreciate it. I'm not going to do that. No, thank you. Maybe I'll start. I don't know. It's bad. I'm going to start reading. Okay. Sounds good. Count me out. Okay, here's a question.

Can you describe a time where you and your friends laugh so hard that your stomach hurt and you think about it sometimes? Yes, I can. My friend Gil Ozeri used to do a character just for our friends that you probably couldn't do now. But it was a businessman of nondescript descent who would sing karaoke and get the words like just slightly wrong enough that it would be the funniest thing and then he would sing it as loud as he could, you know, and then say, like, more requests, more requests. And it was one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

I remember, like, dying laughing. Like, because it would be very serious. And then he'd sing, like, when the streets have no, like, he'd sing, like, a full U2 song. And then get to the chorus and be like, the streets have no, like, he'd sing, like, a full U2 song and then get to the chorus and be like, the streets have no title. When the streets have no title. See, we don't know U2. It doesn't matter. We heard a laugh from the other side.

Yeah, but it was like, you just, and it was like the smallest thing. And you would be like, you know, here's another example. Like, I don't want no stop instead of scrub. So it's like this drunk businessman who would get all the way to the end. And then it just wouldn't work the slightest bit. And it was just so simple and small and funny. And Ben and I, I remember schwartz and i sitting in his like disgusting cum dumpster of an apartment and just like dying like throwing up from laughing at that

that's very i love that so much i love to giggle it's one of my favorite pastimes like i love laughing yeah it's the best yeah that's kind of how you sing songs anyway like in earnest have you read all this stuff like do you ever get that come across your feed like people who laugh a lot live longer

oh no oh fuck I don't I life is long and I'm I kind of want to be done at like

70 oh wow you're looking at the end you got a real escape plan. Yeah. She's an expiration date. I mean, I think things are just going to get worse.

So I'm like, 70 is good. You know? 70. Yeah. I think that's a nice time. My grandpa's 90 fucking five. And he's like threatening to die every time I speak to him. I don't want to get old enough to be like, I might not be around soon.

Yeah, I do feel like. Yeah? Yeah, ghost me out. Like, I want to get old enough to be like i might not be around soon like yeah i do feel like yeah yeah ghost me out like i want to be dust i want to be like you know as long as there's like a dispensary and a cable i'm like i will be fine put me in a nursing home that looks out onto the ocean it doesn't even have to look out on the ocean set a screen up outside of my window and I will be chill good to go good to go nah I wanna

I'm out when are you out I don't know I don't know when are you checking out I don't know if I have a number for it guys let's all

let's all pick a date and do it together it's a pact yeah yeah well we're sneakers like the heaven's gate cult did you know

after they died they discontinued those Nikes? Well, of course. Not on my eBay page. Big ticket item. Kind of wild that they would do that. Yeah, it would be like a big warning sign if someone walked into the gym wearing the Heaven's Gates. Hey, dude, I just want to make sure you do have plans for later right

it's like yeah yeah i'm just wearing these shoes for fun yeah don't worry about it okay cool but weren't they wearing like sweatsuits too yeah yeah do they discontinue the sweatsuits or just the sneakers that's what i'm gonna go i'm i'm going is that for halloween wait what am i gonna to be for Halloween? It's a little early. It's pretty early to think. It's August. I guess we're right around the corner.

The Halloween adventures are popping up left and right. They're popping up. Yeah. I had fun. At the whatever haunted house we went to last. Oh, that was so fun. Yeah. We went to the haunted hayride at Griffith Park. Oh, that's right.

Yeah. Oh, yeah. It's supposed to be a blast. It was so fun. Very scary. What are you going to be for Halloween this year? I... Probably nothing.

Wow. Okay. I'm not really a costume person. All right. Fair. Well, on that note, we got to end this. We got to wrap this up. Adam, thank you so much for being here.

When does Mr. Throwback come out? It comes out Thursday, August 8th. And where can people watch it? On the Pecock. On NBC's streaming service. Right on the Pecock. Right on the Pecock. Well, bye Adam.

Bye Adam. Bye guys, love you. Bye. Normally we answer questions and queries, but today we didn't. But on another day, we will. And the email that you can email is NicoleAndSashir at gmail.com. We also have a phone number. You can leave a voice memo, a text message, or a voicemail.

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Glad to see you. Greetings and tidings. Salutations and goodbyes.