Navigating the Challenges of Sitcom Writing

Adam welcomes Orny Adams for his 20th visit to ACS and they open by talking about the 20th anniversary of Dave Matthews’ tour bus dumping its waste onto a tour boat in the Chicago River. Then they discuss how auto commercials went from selling toughness to selling love and how this is mimicked in politics. Next, Dawson joins to read the news including stories about how the California plastic bag ban actually led to more plastic waste, Snoop Dogg’s rumored $500k Olympics day-rate, a new Australian “flying car” and a revised way to sing the alphabet song. Finally, director Paul Feig returns to the show to talk about his new movie “Jackpot”, dealing with network/studio notes, working with John Cena, starting comedy at the age of 15 and if he ever thinks about returning to stand-up. For more with Orny Adams: ● INSTAGRAM: @ornyadams ● WEBSITE: www.ornyadams.com ● The Comedy and Magic Club - Hermosa Beach, California August 15th ● CB Live - Phoenix, Arizona August 30th through September 1st ● Ice House - Pasadena September 14th For more with Paul Feig: ● INSTAGRAM: @paulfeig ● New film Jackpot on Amazon Prime August 15th Thank you for supporting our sponsors: ● http://SimpliSafe.com/Adam ● This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp http://BetterHelp.com/Carolla ● http://ForThePeople.com/Adam or Dial #LAW (#529) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.