My mom always says, “Pack your smile,” but [the sound guy] articulated it beautifully, because he saw me go from Joe Schmo who had been on food stamps to Adam Richman from Man V. Food.
ADAM RICHMANI think the most surreal moment for me having been a kid who was on unemployment, was on food stamps
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They had these really sick origami books with an overleaf, but those packs can sometimes blow, because they give you, like, eight sheets.
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I’m a big soccer fanatic, and although I support a team called Tottenham Hotspur in London –
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Did you see The Never-Ending Story? That’s one kick-ass dragon. It’s basically a giant puppy dragon.
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So obviously I want to be in the limelight in some capacity, or I want to be in entertainment in some capacity.
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In the early ’90s I was floating somewhere between the Brat Pack/Andrew McCarthy/James Spader/Pretty In Pink kind of stuff and the alterna-pop look, crossed with a very distinct grunge sensibility.
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They flew me over, and it was this immersive experience.
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People believe what they want to believe. You have to run your race and be proud of the person you see in the mirror.
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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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What they’re saying is, “I know who you are. I watch your stuff.” What’s better than that? Gratitude is the attitude. That’s the thing. What am I being pissy about?
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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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The first one that I went to with my friends was with my buddy Michael – and we actually cut class to get tickets – was INXS at the Garden.
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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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There are so many chefs out there, and so if you were to say, “The dude who used to host Man V. Food is doing pairing for Jim Beam,” you’d say,
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Shaq is Shaq. I did an episode of The Soup with Shaq, and he shook my hand, and I felt like I was a Ken doll, like I had no hand.
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. You don’t have to come at me like that.” But yeah, I’ve tried tendon. Tendon eventually yields.
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