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 RICHMANOne of my great personal triumphs is, because I stay vigilant about my health
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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.
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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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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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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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One of my great personal triumphs is, because I stay vigilant about my health
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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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I have a master’s from Yale drama, and I auditioned for this.
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Actually, I am loathe to admit, but I also remember freshman year of Emory – and I’m so sorry to have to admit this – but there was a Domino’s Pizza in Emory Village, where I went to college, and I was ordering a pizza.
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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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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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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 was never going to give my detractors the satisfaction of not feeling well, or allowing my health to falter while eating rich and indulgent food all over the world.
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I thought maybe I would be everyone’s favorite dude-food friend.
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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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This is my ultimate hunger quest. This is Man v. Food.
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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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It’s the true story of a man stalking and plotting to kill the man who raped him when he was seven.
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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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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 was 12 or 13, and I had seen a demo about origami at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
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I sponsored every team in the Park Slope Little League for years.
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It’s by a brilliant reporter named David Holthouse.
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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 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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People follow me on social media, and they can tell I have varied interests.
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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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