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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.

Adam Richman

There are soccer athletes that are known the world over except in the U.S. Thierry Henry, for example.
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Athlete Country Example Except Known Over Soccer
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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Early Floating Look People Somewhere Stuff
Gratitude is the attitude. That’s the thing.
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Attitude Gratitude Thing
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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Anand Thakur
I thought maybe I would be everyone’s favorite dude-food friend.
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Dude Everyone Favorite Food Friend
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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Chain Club Like Little Neck Soft Spot Symbol Team Wear
We were filming in Greenland, and I treated my crew.
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Anand Thakur
I was 12 or 13, and I had seen a demo about origami at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
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Age Book Botanic Brooklyn Demo Garden Origami Thirteen Twelve Year
I’m not a plumber who accidentally blew up or a math professor who accidentally backed into notoriety.
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Accidentally Drama Math Professor YaleM Plumber
I lived in San Jose for a little bit, and one of my neighbors was Vietnamese and was teasing me.
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Bit Little Man Neighbour Number Yield
I’m Adam Richman. A food fanatic who’s held nearly every job in the restaurant biz.
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Country Fantastic Food Help Job Journey Nearly Restaurant
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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Anand Thakur
I’m a big soccer fanatic, and although I support a team called Tottenham Hotspur in London –
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Although Big Fantastic Soccer Support Team
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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Attitude Better Gratitude Now Pissy Saying Watch
If I had Sirius FM and fire-breathing in a giant puppy dragon, I’d be golden.
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Breathing Dragon Fire Golden Puppy Sirius
I sponsored every team in the Park Slope Little League for years.
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Kid League Little Soccer Sponsored Team Year
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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Country Died Facebook Friend Honour Kid Obscure Started Team Write
Man V. Food is the highest-rated show in the Travel Channel’s history, so clearly there’s going to be a correlation.
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Anand Thakur
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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Big Bowl Comen Man Goes Like Number Pho
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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Nice People Something Tell Two You
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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Animal Favourite Food Matter Personally Piece Question Stuff
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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Bowl Expense Kidding Paid Research Super Surreal Ticket Wine
. You don’t have to come at me like that.” But yeah, I’ve tried tendon. Tendon eventually yields.
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Come Eventually Tendon Tried Yield
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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Doll Episode Felt Hand Shook Soup
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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Appetite Challenge Competitive Country Eater Eating Guy Legendary Most Regular Serious
I think the most surreal moment for me having been a kid who was on unemployment, was on food stamps
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Country Giving Up Kid Moment Nice Surreal Think Unemployment
He heard the NPR show, contacted them, and essentially – shortest synopsis ever, like I’m the Cablevision guide button
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Contacted Essentially Guide Heard Shortest Show

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