The play is called Stalking The Bogeyman. It was a story on This American Life, and my former roommate is the artistic director of the New York Repertory Theater.
ADAM RICHMANAnd take on the country’s most legendary eating challenges. I’m no competitive eater, just a regular guy with a serious appetite.
More Adam Richman Quotes
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I’ve always been a massive Beastie Boys fan, so if you look at their style aesthetic on Check Your Head, that was the headspace I was in for a minute. Whatever that was, that was me.
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I lived in San Jose for a little bit, and one of my neighbors was Vietnamese and was teasing me.
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There are soccer athletes that are known the world over except in the U.S. Thierry Henry, for example.
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If I had Sirius FM and fire-breathing in a giant puppy dragon, I’d be golden.
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I think the most surreal moment for me having been a kid who was on unemployment, was on food stamps
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I love that team, I wear their symbol around my neck on a chain – I’ve always had a soft spot for this little club.
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It’s 24 hours of pretty bright daylight there right now, and I always try to do something nice for my crew every trip or in every other city. So I greeted them with a midnight cruise, but it looked like two in the afternoon.
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I’m not a plumber who accidentally blew up or a math professor who accidentally backed into notoriety.
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If something is nice about you, usually one or two people will tell you. If something is foul about you, everyone will tell you.
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People follow me on social media, and they can tell I have varied interests.
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They flew me over, and it was this immersive experience.
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He heard the NPR show, contacted them, and essentially – shortest synopsis ever, like I’m the Cablevision guide button
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I have a master’s from Yale drama, and I auditioned for this.
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That was another incredible thing: the opportunity to be in Greenland, a place I had read about in NatGeo a decade before.
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He said, “For you, it may be your 50th or 100th selfie, autograph, or whatever of the day. But for that person, it may be the first or the only time in their life that they’ve seen someone they enjoy on television. Never lose sight of that.”
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