I do feel that, generally, people will see me and go, “He knows where the good food is,” which is an awesome correlative. It’s an awesome simplification.
ADAM RICHMANThe 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.
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I said “I’ve had pho,” and then he goes, “Oh, what do you get, the number one big bowl?” I was like, “Come on, man
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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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Gratitude is the attitude. That’s the thing.
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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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They flew me over, and it was this immersive experience.
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My dad, my step-mom, and I were at the Japan pavilion of Epcot, and my dad was going to get me an origami book.
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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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If I ever took the spare tire off of my car and was on a survival show, and Bear Grylls was like, “What you need to do in a survival situation is eat your tire,” I’d be like, “That’s moose nose!”
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And take on the country’s most legendary eating challenges. I’m no competitive eater, just a regular guy with a serious appetite.
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A kid wrote to me through Facebook because they started a team in honor of their friend who died of leukemia, and he played in the band of this very obscure team in England.
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I’m not kidding you, to utter these words aloud is so surreal to me – but to say, “I had to give up my Super Bowl tickets for my all-expense paid research trip to Argentina’s wine country,”
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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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I’m not a plumber who accidentally blew up or a math professor who accidentally backed into notoriety.
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Generally speaking, there’s a difference. Moose nose is just pure cartilage.
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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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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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It’s by a brilliant reporter named David Holthouse.
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You can change your spouse, your friends but never your club.
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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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If it’s a question about stuff that matters to you personally, like favorite food, favorite piece of knowledge, favorite animal, it’s hard not to have an opinion and want to quantify things.
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I think in the U.K. people perhaps know me for some other stuff because of my involvement with soccer and support of Tottenham.
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To be asked to do the pairing menus by Alamos Wineries in Argentina [was the most interesting opportunity].
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