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Bald Bryan (Carolla Classics)

Adam Carolla Show

September 20, 2026

#1 ACS #225 (feat. Bryan Bishop) (2009) #2 ACS #314 (feat. Matt Silverstein, Dave Jesser, Teresa Strasser and Bryan Bishop) (2010) #3 ACS #333 (feat. Billy West, Teresa Strasser & Bryan Bishop) (2010) #4 ACS #2185 (feat. Brian Whitman, Gina Grad and Bryan Bishop) (2017) #5 ACS #345 (feat.

Speakers Adam Carolla, Giovanni, Teresa Strasser, Bryan Bishop, Dawson, Colin, Brian Whitman, Billy West

TopicsComedy

Adam Carolla (0:00)

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Giovanni (1:21)

Welcome to Cruel Classics. I'm your host, Superfan Giovanni. This is the podcast where we put the best moments, highlights and fans, select clips from all 17 years of the Adam Carolla Show. If you'd like to gain access to the ad-free archives, the Adam Carolla Show, the Adam and Dr. Drew Show, as well as the newer podcast, Beat It Out. Make sure to check out Adam Carolla's sub stack, adamcarolla.substack.com. Sign up, listen ad-free. And if you'd like to request a clip, please email us, classics, adamcarolla.com.

All right, let's get to the clips. So as announced yesterday, Christie shared the unfortunate update that Bryan took a turn for the worst while getting treatment. It seemed like he was going to come out of this one again, and he's now non-responsive. We're going to continue to highlight some of the best moments in the evolution of Bryan throughout the history of The Adam Carolla Show podcast. Coming up first today, we have Adam Carolla Show 225 This one's just Adam and Bryan. Bryan giving an update on his life and his health. Hope you guys enjoy.

Teresa Strasser (2:16)

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SPEAKER_4 (2:29)

Fantastic.

Teresa Strasser (2:30)

The Matrix trilogy.

SPEAKER_5 (2:31)

Welcome to the real world.

Teresa Strasser (2:33)

Mean Girls.

SPEAKER_4 (2:34)

Shut up.

Teresa Strasser (2:34)

Titanic.

Bryan Bishop (2:35)

I'm the king of the world.

Teresa Strasser (2:37)

And so much more. For showtimes, press nothing. They're free. 24-7.

Adam Carolla (2:42)

That is so fetch.

Teresa Strasser (2:43)

On Pluto TV. Stream now. Pay never.

Adam Carolla (2:49)

And we're doing another Day in Date show.

It is the 16th of December, in case you thought I was a liar. Bald Bryan sitting in. Well, Bald Bryan usually sits in, but this time he's sitting in with the news.

Bryan Bishop (3:02)

Yeah, I'll be getting it on for two today.

Adam Carolla (3:04)

Yeah. Teresa Strasser is, I don't know where, but wherever it is, it's somewhere that's important.

Bryan Bishop (3:11)

She's in a better place.

Adam Carolla (3:12)

She's in a better place.

Yeah. So, so Bryan, now Bryan, how are you feeling?

Bryan Bishop (3:18)

Feeling good. Feeling good doing therapy four days a week and chugging around alone. It's getting better, a little bit every day. You know, not a dramatic day to day, but it's a little bit every day.

Adam Carolla (3:28)

Your speech has improved at least 60%.

Bryan Bishop (3:33)

Good. That's really good news. I can tell because people ask me, what, a lot less.

They get that sort of glazed over look and they kind of like nod, like uh-huh, uh-huh.

SPEAKER_9 (3:43)

They don't do that as much.

Adam Carolla (3:44)

I do the two watts. Two watts is my limit. And then the third thing comes in the form of a laugh and a point. So if I talk to somebody I can't understand, whether it's a language, you know, in LA, you pretty much have, well, in LA it's an issue because you have people that don't speak English and they abound and, you know, here's the whole thing. If you don't believe me, come out to Los Angeles, do it from the safety and comfort of your own home.

Just dial 818 prefix or 213 prefix and see what crazy language answers the phone. As I've said many times, that's one of the indicators it's time to move. When the last six times you've redialed or misdialed, you've gotten somebody who you couldn't understand on the other end of it, it's usually decent, it's about time to head to Oregon.

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