Rob Riggle On Why Young Men Need Hardship
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From Corolla One Studios in Glendale, California, this is The Adam Corolla Show. Adam's guest today, Rob Riggle. Plus the news with Rudy Povich. And now, Adam Corolla. Yeah, get it on. Got to get it on. No choice but to get it on. The mandate you get on. Rob Riggle in studio. Got a book out called Grit, Spit, and Never Quit. Notes, and then it stopped. So now I'm going to look over here. Yeah. Oh, notes. Oh, okay. I thought it was going to be like notes from the edge or something. Yeah, I made some notes. Anyway, Marine's Guide to Comedy and Life. Yeah. Yeah. Rob's one of the good ones. The only Marine on Manhattan Island for a while. Is that correct? Well, I wasn't the only Marine there, but my reserve unit was the only reserve unit in Manhattan.
Yes. Mike August always thought there was a sitcom in being the only unit in all of Manhattan. Well, I remember the first time I think I ever met with him. I was pursuing comedy and acting in Manhattan at the time, but I still had my day job with the Marines. So I think he, somehow he saw me doing something with the UCB Theater or something, but he was like, they're coming for a meeting, kid, basically. And when I went to meet with him, I was in my uniform. And he was probably like, I think he was baffled. He was like, what the hell is this? He decided, as he often does, that the story would be better if you were the only Marine on all of Manhattan, which does not mirror the truth. But how big was your company?
The unit was small. Yeah, the unit was very small. It was probably... 20 to 30 Marines. So that was all though. I mean, it was still kind of an interesting story being one of 20 or 30 Marines in all of Manhattan, right? Yeah. Yeah. Because there were other Marines, but they were on like recruiting duty perhaps or other things. That reserve unit that I was in was more of a training unit. So, you know, it was a lot of FBI agents, a lot of cops that, you know, they had day jobs and then they were in the reserve units, you know. Yeah. As I was looking at your book, there's some similarities like you and I had, which is kind of bopping around. Like you were at UCB, I think. I was at the Groundlings and then Acme.
Sort of bopping around for like nine years and nothing's really happening. Yeah, just grinding. And the not knowing, is all this time and energy that I'm pouring into this, is it going to lead anywhere or am I just wasting my time?
Yeah.
You know, it's kind of interesting, and I've never thought about it, but... I didn't have a sense of wasting my time because I came from a group of time wasters. You know what I mean? Like they just did nothing all, and everyone I grew up with did nothing. So it wasn't like, well, if you didn't, you know, for all the time you spent with the Groundlings, you could have been a great cello player or you could have been a surgeon or a celebrated attorney. Nobody did any of that. So it would have just been more beer and more TV if I hadn't done that stuff.
No, that's a good point.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is discussed at the start of this section?
0:00–6:49
2
How does Rob Riggle's military background influence his comedy?
6:49–23:27
3
What lessons about resilience does Rob Riggle share?
23:27–41:34
4
How does Rob Riggle connect his experiences to today's youth?
41:34–53:25
5
What insights does Rob Riggle share about his audition experience?
53:25–55:33
6
What lessons does Rob learn from standing up to bullies?
55:33–56:36
7
How does Rob describe the impact of hardship on personal growth?
56:36–57:36
8
What reflections does Rob have on success and resilience?
57:36–1:46:36
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