The Adam Friedland Show
| The Adam Friedland Show | |
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| Presentation | |
| Hosted by | Adam Friedland |
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| Language | English |
| Production | |
| Production | Nick Mullen |
| Publication | |
| Original release | 2022–present |
| Related | |
| Related shows | Cum Town |
The Adam Friedland Show is a talk show created by New York City-based comedians Adam Friedland and Nick Mullen.[1][2]
History[edit]
The Adam Friedland Show was preceded by Cum Town, a comedy podcast hosted by Mullen, Friedland, and fellow comedian Stavros Halkias.[3][4] On June 25, 2022, Halkias announced that he was no longer part of Cum Town.[5] Subsequently, Mullen and Friedland revealed their plan for a spin-off production—The Adam Friedland Show—to be hosted by Friedland and produced by Mullen.
During the summer of 2022, test episodes of The Adam Friedland Show were released while the show's set was being constructed. These episodes began as audio-only conversations between Mullen, Friedland, and an occasional guest. The first episode to feature a video recording was shot in the creators' unfurnished studio and released in August 2022.[6] Audio-only podcasts continued to be released to the public, with the full video-based episodes available only to Patreon supporters.
The set for The Adam Friedland Show was completed in the fall of 2022 and modeled after that of The Dick Cavett Show. The show's first official episode was released on October 31. Mullen co-hosted the first two episodes and then stepped back to focus on his work as executive producer.[7]
After the establishment of the talk show, the Adam Friedland Show Podcast was released for free streaming. The podcast has both an audio and a video version.[8]
Content[edit]
Episodes of The Adam Friedland Show are available for free on YouTube. They typically open with a metafictional sketch involving Friedland and Mullen discussing the show and its production, including their feud with fictional producer Dracula (played by Mullen.) The sketch is followed by a monologue in which Friedland comments on recent events. The monologue is followed by a conversation between Friedland and the guest. Featured guests include astronomer and science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson, businessman Dave Portnoy, musicians Mac DeMarco and Matty Healy, rapper Jadakiss, and journalist Chris Cuomo.[1][2][9][4][3]
Free and paid Patreon episodes of The Adam Friedland Show Podcast do not follow the talk show format and are reminiscent of Cum Town. Mullen co-hosts the podcasts with Friedland.
Guests[edit]
2022 guests[edit]
- Shane Gillis as Frankenstein's monster, featuring Nick Mullen as Count Dracula
- Mike Recine, comedian and prior Cum Town guest[10]
- Mac DeMarco
- Douglas Levinson, businessman and internet personality[11]
- Gene DiNapoli, Brooklyn-based Elvis impersonator who had previously appeared on a Cum Town' episode featuring Bam Margera[12]
2023 guests[edit]
- Simon Rex
- Ariel Pink
- Jim Norton
- Ernie Hudson
- Norman Finkelstein
- Andrew "Babish" Rea
- Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Chris Cuomo
- Jadakiss
- Chet Hanks
- Dave Portnoy
2024 guests[edit]
Additionally, podcasters Will Menaker and Brace Belden, comedians Rick Glassman, Jordan Jensen, Brandon Wardell, and Chris Distefano, as well as Jackass star Steve-O and singer Matty Healy have appeared as guests on the weekly podcast. Healy's appearance has been the source of some controversy due to the ribald nature of the show's humor, amid rumors of a relationship with Taylor Swift and an apparent call-out by Rina Sawayama during a concert. Healy has since dismissed the outrage as a "bit mental."[13][14][15]
Availability and listenership[edit]
The show itself is available for free on the show's YouTube channel.[16]
Free episodes of the audio and video The Adam Friedland Show Podcast are available via Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Audible, and YouTube, among other services.[17][18][19] Subscribers who contributed at least $5 per month via Patreon gain access to an additional podcast episode each week, as well as additional bonus content, including TAFS Digital Shorts and TAFS Scraps.[20]
As of March 2023[update], the show was the seventh-most popular podcast on Patreon and the ninth-most popular creator on the platform overall; with more than 18,000 paying members, it had around $88,000 in monthly earnings.[21]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Chery, Samantha (May 25, 2023). "The Matty Healy, Ice Spice (and Taylor Swift) drama, explained". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
While a guest on "The Adam Friedland Show" in February, Healy laughed as the two podcast hosts, Friedland and Nick Mullen, made fun of Ice Spice
- ^ a b Graye, Megan (February 10, 2023). "Matty Healy sparks backlash over interview that mocks Japanese, Hawaiian and Scottish people". The Independent. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
The 1975 frontman appeared in the latest episode of The Adam Friedland Show with comedians and podcast hosts Friedland and Nick Mullen.
- ^ a b Lindsay, Kate (May 27, 2023). "My Boyfriend and I Are Closer Than Ever, Thanks to the Taylor Swift-Matty Healy Drama". GQ. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
The niche comedians behind that podcast are now indirectly responsible for the soft cancellation of one of the music industry's biggest artists. The Adam Friedland Show, known in an earlier iteration as Cum Town, featured Matty Healy as a guest on February 9.
- ^ a b Tolentino, Jia (May 29, 2023). "Who Is Matty Healy? For the front man of the 1975, fame is its own kind of performance". The New Yorker. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
A month later, Healy went on a podcast called "The Adam Friedland Show." Friedland, whom Healy had befriended in the past couple of years, used to host the podcast "Cum Town," a title that reflects the "Borat"-esque level of seriousness that he and his co-hosts generally brought to the table. Friedland is part of a downtown New York scene referred to as Dimes Square, which, during the pandemic, became widely known for an ostensibly transgressive rejection of liberal pieties and a reactionary brand of post-left politics particularly associated with another podcast, "Red Scare."
- ^ Halkias, Stavros [@stavvybaby] (June 25, 2022). "We had a good run 🤍🤍" (Tweet). Archived from the original on June 16, 2023. Retrieved June 25, 2022 – via Twitter.
Wanted to let everyone know that I'm not a part of cum town anymore.
- ^ "Ep. X010 - TAFS Video Test". Retrieved January 2, 2023.
- ^ "The Adam Friedland Show Ep. 011". Retrieved January 2, 2023.
- ^ Ep. P01 – The Adam Friedland Show Podcast, December 29, 2022, retrieved January 2, 2023
- ^ Chilton, Louis (June 24, 2023). "'He owns my masters': Rina Sawayama publicly calls out Matty Healy at Glastonbury Festival — Musician appeared to castigate The 1975 frontman for his controversial remarks on a recent podcast episode". The Independent. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
- ^ "Mike Recine". Mike Recine.
- ^ "Trumpet Guy". May 30, 2021.
- ^ "Home". Mr. Entertainment - Gene DiNapoli.
- ^ Tolentino, Jia (May 29, 2023). "Who is Matty Healy?". The New Yorker.
- ^ "Rina Sawayama Calls Out Labelmate Matty Healy at Glastonbury: 'I've Had Enough'". Rolling Stone. June 25, 2023.
- ^ "Taylor's Fans Are Distancing Themselves After Matty Said He Masturbates to Black Women Being "Brutalized"". BuzzFeed. May 15, 2023.
- ^ "The Adam Friedland Show". YouTube.
- ^ "Cum Town". Spotify. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- ^ "Cum Town on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- ^ "Cum Town: Nick Mullen". Amazon. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- ^ "The Cum Boys is creating Cum Town Podcast". Patreon. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- ^ "The Cum Boys: Patreon Earnings + Statistics + Graphs + Rank". Graphtreon. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
