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Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?
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From Corolla One Studios in Glendale, California, this is The Adam Corolla Show. Adam's guest today, actress Padgett Brewster.
Plus the news with me, Mike Dawson. And now, Adam Corolla. Yeah, get it on. Got to get it on. No choice but to get it on. Mandate, get it on. Padgett Brewster, back after all these years. Touch Me is the name of the movie. Very good. Limited theater run, and I'll give you some more details about that on demand. Coming up April 7th. Man, it's been a while, hasn't it, Paget?
It has. I can't believe you remember. You've met everyone.
Well, it's true, and to be fair, super fan Giovanni sent me a note, and he said, don't forget, Padgett was on Loveline a couple times, and she's a fan favorite. Like, you guys had a good time.
Oh, I had the best time with you, and I'm so glad you said that, because it was in 2001. That was the last time I saw you on Loveline.
Yep.
And... I had just broken up with my boyfriend who was living all alone in this house I bought, and I asked you for help. on what power tools I should buy. And you emailed for a couple of weeks. You were sending me the power tools that I needed to DIY fix up this ancient 1920s house and wanting nothing in return. You were such a gentleman and so kind. So I'm so glad I get to tell you that.
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Chapter 2: How did Paget Brewster get her start in acting?
And in the moment that they're about to fight, they realize, I don't know this person's skills, training, ability, weaponry.
Right.
Of course you'd be scared. Have you ever been, like, rushed in a bar? Have you ever... Had anyone like the chest smash try to fight you?
Every fight, street fight, we'll just term it a street fight, I have been in, which has been a couple, have been brought on by me saying, I don't want to fight. That always makes the other person want to fight. Oh, so they look at that as a weakness, you know, and that that will bring on that will bring on the fight. I'm only laughing because one of my more famous street brawls was me.
This is insane. By the way, my son, my 19 year old son would never do that. I walked into a cabana. Now, it was a room in Palm Springs. Everyone would go to Palm Springs for spring break. Lots of drunken 18-, 19-, 20-year-olds wandering around. And we never had money to stay at a nice hotel or anything, but we would go to the hotel that had the pool scene and have fun. And I was walking around.
And they had these rooms that were off the side of the pool on a pathway. And like the door was just open. And I just like wandered in, maybe looking for a beer or something. And, uh, And the phone rang. And by law, back in the day, when any phone rang, you had to pick it up. Pay phones. People would just pick up a pay phone if they're standing next to a pay phone.
Like, what are the chances it's for you? I don't know. But you just pick it up. I picked up the phone. And I just go, hello? And some guy on the other line, he goes, where's Julie? And I go, I don't know. I'm just wandered in. I'm just hanging out. And he goes, you put that Julie on. Put her on now. And I'm like, I don't know who Julie is because I just walked in.
And he goes, you put Julie on right now or I'm coming over there and I'm going to beat your ass. And I was so bored. That I said, come over and I'll be here. And I hung the phone up.
And you waited?
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Chapter 3: What impact did 'Friends' have on Paget Brewster's career?
They were 19. Yeah, they were kids too. Yeah, they were young. Yeah, no, they weren't in their 60s, but they could cause damage because they were like real guys. What happened? He came walking in the room and he goes, you the douchebag who picked up the phone? And I said, yeah. He goes, well, come outside so I can give you your beating. I was like, okay.
And we walked out to the pathway in front of this bungalow and we fought.
Fist fights. He took a swing. You took a swing.
I knocked him out or down or whatever because I used to box. And then his friend came at me and then I knocked him out or down. And then they both were just down. And then I said, you guys got to get some ice on that because it's going to swell up. And then they got up and left.
And that was it. Did any of your friends witness this?
No, I was just wandering around. There's nobody around.
It's a very successful street fight.
It was successful for me. I don't know whose room it was or who Julie was. To this day, I don't know any of that stuff. But it was really out of boredom, essentially. Yeah.
Well, that's how kids get into all kinds of trouble.
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Chapter 4: How has the portrayal of women in fights changed over time?
By the way, you're going to tell me no compliments for anybody ever? You know what I mean?
Yeah, that's where we've gotten now, where you're not allowed to say anything. You look like you've been working out. Not allowed to say it. Instead, the lady, the last speech we had, the lady said, you can say, I like your hat, but you can't say, hey, have you lost a couple of pounds? Are you working out? You can't say anything about someone's appearance. You can't even say, hey, are you OK?
You look a little tired because it's all considered microaggressions and abusive. Right.
So.
At work, we're just every morning coming in and going, I like your hat, Adam. I love that hat.
New frames on those glasses. Gorgeous. Gorgeous. Not you. The frames. No, the frames. The frames. Yes. I had a funny story I haven't told in a million years, but. I had a couple stories like this. I had an outburst at one of these meetings. So I said, first off, these people don't know anything. They know as much about this subject as Gavin Newsom knew about COVID, which is nothing.
They're just saying stuff. There's no rule that you can't compliment someone on a new haircut or something. You just made that shit up 10 minutes ago. Fuck off. You don't know anything. You act like you're a mechanical engineer. You don't know anything. This wasn't even a job interview. 10 years ago. Now you're an expert on this? Fine.
So we had to have our diversity training thing at the radio station. And my whole morning show had to go in and put it on the calendar. And it's just, you finish work and then you have to sit there for two hours doing nothing. And I said to everybody, nobody ask a question.
I will fire your ass. I know, I know.
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Chapter 5: What clip does Carrot Top play in response?
I will play you the clip that Carrot Top played in response to me. Okay. Yes, this is awesome. Here we go. You build all the puppets, right? Yeah, I build all the dummies, yeah.
And I'm pretty proud of myself. Those things have lasted for decades.
Yeah, no shade for Carrot Top. But he makes his own props with taking a Barbie and stapling it to a 2x4 and going, baby on board.
Ha, ha, ha.
Difficult.
It's not my fucking prop is the reason. If you're going to fuck with me, fuck with my act. Fuck with my joke. That's Gallagher. Gallagher did Baby on Board.
Baby on Board.
If you're going to do a joke about me, pick my joke. It's like saying, yeah, the Rolling Stones weren't that. I mean, Jukebox Hero wasn't really their best song because it fucking wasn't their song. You got to see this. This is all.
That's Foreigner. Yeah. It is a horrible song. He's right. I owe him an apology. I don't remember Gallagher, you know, I remember the Sledge-o-matic, and I remember a giant bed that he'd bounce up and down on, but I don't remember him doing Carrot Top-esque prop stuff. I just remember the Sledge.
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Chapter 6: What is the significance of the Mach 10 goal in Top Gun Maverick?
But apparently, he did prop stuff like that.
Well, I would imagine that Gallagher was probably a big inspiration on Carrot Top.
I guess so. So I owe Carrot Top an apology. And I know you like him. He's a nice guy. He's been in here before. He's what we talk about. He's the comedian's comedian. And I'm glad I got coached up because my whole life I thought baby on board was a Carrot Top.
Well, there you go.
Now Gallagher's dead. But yeah, wiring a baby onto a piece of plywood isn't a really great guy. Good job. Yeah, so I owe Carrot Top an apology. I'm glad we got that cleared up. Got that cleared up. Now, I am owed an apology by the makers of Top Gun Maverick. You think you're going to get it? It won't be as fast as Carrot Top's response. I don't know why this, but...
I'm bothered when movies do stuff where you try to make the person the hero, but they're really behaving in a way that would be wildly irresponsible and dangerous, and it's not hero action at all. I hadn't seen that movie in a couple years. I just thought, yeah, it's a good movie. I want to watch this movie, Tom Cruise.
Tom Cruise, I mean, act one, and listen, anyone who wants to pick holes in this, you can. Andrew likes the movie. Tom Cruise is a test pilot. Right. And so he's all excited that he gets to, there's no helmet laws wherever he rides his motorcycle, I've learned, in Top Gear. Even though he frequently goes down to San Diego to Top Gun whatever. Miramar. Miramar.
And he rides that motorcycle all over the place. And he never wears a helmet. In California, you'd be pulled over 30 times from the base on the back of your apartment. But anyway... He's a test pilot. So he comes pulling in to, well, first he works on his vintage P-51 Mustang, which is always what they do is they always pull the plugs.
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Chapter 7: What are the implications of the USC debate cancellation?
They're always putting the plugs in or pulling a plug and looking at it because that means the character knows. he can read a plug. Right. He's old school. Right. You know what I mean? So he looks at the plug, you know, because they always do that.
It's also a good way to get a little bicep flex in there because you reach up, you kind of show the guns off a little and they haven't pulled, but it means you're salted air. So then he gets on his motorcycle and he breaks the speed limit all the way down to the center because it's time to test the new Air Force supersonic aircraft. Right. And I am guessing,
The Air Force has several billion dollars into this program. The plane itself is pretty damn expensive looking. And it can fly. They want to get to Mach 10. Right. Which is... It's a lot of Machs. It depends whether you're at sea level or wherever. But I'm going to go with Mach 10 as being somewhere around 7,000 miles an hour. Look up Mach 10. I bet it's 680 miles an hour.
6,800 miles an hour or seven. It'll probably give you a range. It'll go if it's at sea level, it's at this. If it's that altitude, it's that. But 7,000 miles an hour. Oh, 767. So over 7,000 miles an hour for the Mach. Okay. Now, the plane he's due to test.
Chapter 8: How does the conversation address media accountability?
And it's a very high-end experimental aircraft led by a black guy with a couple of young black chicks in that booth, too, you know, because you've got to even it out.
Okay.
They say, today's the day we bring it to Mach 9. And the plan was if they could get this plane to Mach 10, they would order more whatever. They'd get a full order. So they go, today we're supposed to get to Mach 9, but... The head general's coming in, and he's going to shut this thing down. No more program. And Tom Cruise goes, what if we get to Mach 10 today? He'd have to keep the program.
And they're like, well, today's only slated for Mach 9 because we're testing this thing as we ratchet it up. And, of course, Cruise... because he's a test pilot, gets to go, no, we're going for 10. Everyone, get to your stations. And they all hustle up. Evidently, there's no one really in charge there, but the general guy's coming.
And don't worry, he's going to be here in like 10 minutes, so we've got to get going, right? Got to hurry up and reach Mach 10. Hurry up and reach Mach 10. Cruz jumps into the plane, and right as, of course, he's taxing, of course, the general guy's pulling up to the base. And, of course, the airstrip goes right to the guard shack. So he's going to give him a flyby as he takes off.
He's going to buzz the tower. So then the head general guy, Ed – Andrew, tell me who he is – Ed Harris, who's always the general guy. He's an angry general guy. He comes in and he goes, bring him down. Bring him down. We're not going to get to Mach 10. And they're like, what do we get to Mach 10? Bring him in.
And then they do a thing where he calls them to come in, but they pretend like the radio doesn't work. He speaks in staccato. And then they realize if they could get to Mach 10 with the general there, they could save the program. Okay. And the billions of dollars that went into it. Right. And everyone would have a job. So Cruz, because he's a maverick, says, I'm going for it.
And he throttles that thing all the way up, right? And now we're Mach 7. We're in Mach 8, and it's ticking up, you know, 8.2, 8.3, outside, planes shaking, starting to heat up on the control surfaces, red hot. Now we're going to Mach 9, and everyone's glued to the set, watching it down at the base. And all of a sudden, we get—hold on, you're making a great movie. But listen to me, listen to me.
We get to— 9-2, 9-3, 9-5, 9-7, 10. We've made it to Mach 10. Everyone celebrates downstairs. Oh, they're at home base. But we made it to 10. We've reached our goal. Now bring that airplane back and let's have an order for a dozen of these bad boys.
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