Adam Carolla – Mark Normand & Sam Morril – We Might Be Drunk Podcast

We Might Be Drunk · Hosts: Mark Normand, Sam Morril · Guest: Adam Carolla · Published Mar 2 2026 · Runtime 1:29:04 · Watch: YouTube

Adam Carolla joins Mark and Sam: the Elliott Gould interview, negging and dating apps, options overload, nanny scandals, parenting, vintage Porsches and Laguna Seca, a Seinfeld snub, the rich-man-poor-man bit, Leno car stories, staying humble, boutique-hotel bathroom horror, and why you never ask someone to guess what your sweater cost.

Chapters
  • 0:00 Scotch, Split Screens & Awkward Interviews.
  • 2:30 Elliot Gould Interview & Difficult Guests.
  • 6:00 Negging, Dating Apps & Too Much Choice.
  • 13:00 Internet Porn, Options Overload & Sad Realizations.
  • 20:00 Nannies, Affairs & Celebrity Relationships.
  • 34:30 Parenting, Kids Growing Up & Family Dynamics.
  • 41:00 Car Talk, Racing & Seinfeld Encounter.
  • 52:00 Seinfeld, Comedy Rules & Rich Man Poor Man Bit.
  • 1:03:00 Leno, Car Stories & Comedians' Relationships.
  • 1:13:00 Character, Fame, & Staying Humble.
  • 1:20:00 Classic Films, Hollywood Stories & Closing Bits.
  • 1:26:30 Upcoming Shows, Bodega Cats & Outro Song.
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People

On this episode

Mark Normand

Host. 0:00

Sam Morril

Host. 0:00

Adam Carolla

Guest. 0:00


People mentioned

Elliott Gould

Discussed for: California Split Amazon

A difficult interview. 2:30

Jerry Seinfeld

Discussed for: Seinfeld Amazon

The snub. 41:00

Jay Leno

Discussed for: Hemi Under Glass Wikipedia

Car stories. 1:03:00

Al Franken

Disagree-with-everything guest. 2:03

David Cross

A tough guest. 2:03

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Discussed for: Kindergarten Cop Amazon

The nanny scandal. 10:04

Maria Shriver

Schwarzenegger’s ex-wife. 10:04

Tiger Woods

Married Elin, a former nanny. 12:04

Elin Nordegren

Worked as a nanny before marrying Tiger. 12:04

John Gielgud

Discussed for: Arthur Amazon

The butler in Arthur. 15:07

Spike Feresten

Wrote the Soup Nazi; the Seinfeld clip is on his podcast. 28:21

Paul Newman

Drove Carolla’s 935 at Le Mans. 28:21

Brad Pitt

Discussed for: F1 Amazon

The F1 movie. 29:21

Bill Burr

The minimizing “Big whoop” inflection. 31:22

Louis C.K.

Discussed for: Louie Amazon

“Punching down is hilarious.” 51:36

Steve McQueen

Discussed for: Le Mans Amazon

His 917 from Le Mans. 59:44

Rick Caruso

Yacht trip at Monterey car week. 56:42

Elon Musk

Rich man, poor man: doesn’t wear a condom. 1:11:56

Kim Kardashian

The rich man, poor man closer. 1:08:53

Ron Howard

Discussed for: Rush Amazon

Directed Rush. 1:14:56

Niki Lauda

Discussed for: Rush Amazon

Subject of Rush. 1:14:56

Elon Gold

On the Seinfeld clip. 1:14:56

Tom Papa

Opens for Seinfeld. 1:14:56

Peter Bogdanovich

Discussed for: The Last Picture Show Amazon

“What a generational run.” 1:16:58

Jeff Bridges

Discussed for: The Last Picture Show Amazon

Young in The Last Picture Show. 1:16:58

Cybill Shepherd

Discussed for: The Last Picture Show Amazon

Young in The Last Picture Show. 1:16:58

Dorothy Stratten

Discussed for: Star 80 Amazon

Subject of Star 80. 1:16:58

Mel Brooks

Discussed for: Mel Brooks documentary YouTube

The doc is “unreal.” 1:20:01

Michael Jordan

Discussed for: The Last Dance Netflix

“MJ in Utah.” 1:20:01

Tom Waits

The 1977 photo print gift. 1:22:02

Sal Iacono

Gave the Tom Waits print; runs Negative Collection. 1:21:02

Todd Barry

The sweater-guessing aside. 40:31

Charlotte McKinney

Pulled up on screen. 1:15:58

Jordan Jensen

On the May 7 LA lineup. 1:26:06

Joe List

On the May 7 LA lineup. 1:26:06

Rachel Feinstein

On the May 7 LA lineup. 1:26:06

Richard Pryor

Freebasing joke. 1:04:50

Evel Knievel

Leno comparison. 1:04:50

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Products

California Split — 1974 Robert Altman movie with Elliott Gould. Amazon 0:01

Bumble — The dating app where women make the first move. Bumble 3:03

The Last Dance — “MJ in Utah.” Netflix Amazon 7:04

Enya — Mood music. Amazon 7:04

Nivea — Lotion brand. Amazon 8:04

Jergens — The jumbo-sized drum. Amazon 8:04

Parasite — Bong Joon-ho movie, the nanny-scheme reference. Amazon 12:04

Mr. Belvedere — Sitcom with a British male housekeeper. Amazon 14:06

Mrs. Doubtfire — “The only male nanny.” Amazon 14:06

Family Affair — Sitcom with Mr. French. Amazon 14:06

Arthur (1981) — John Gielgud as the sarcastic butler. Amazon 15:07

Kindergarten Cop — Schwarzenegger comedy. Amazon 16:08

True Lies — Schwarzenegger action movie. Amazon 16:08

Pokémon — Kid dinner conversation. Amazon 24:17

Peppa Pig — Kids’ show. Amazon 25:17

Dora the Explorer — Kids’ show. Amazon 25:17

The Deer Hunter — “Can we watch Deer Hunter?” Amazon 25:17

Porsche 935 (Paul Newman’s) — Carolla’s Le Mans class-winning race car. Wikipedia 28:21

Seinfeld — Soup Nazi, The Opposite, the coma episode and the masturbation episode. Amazon 28:21

F1 (Brad Pitt movie) — Starts with a Porsche winning Daytona; “40 minutes shorter would have been amazing.” Amazon 29:21

Le Mans (1971) — Steve McQueen film; Seinfeld owns its hero 917 Porsche. Amazon 29:21

Rush — Ron Howard’s Niki Lauda movie. Amazon 44:32

The Shawshank Redemption — Andy Dufresne’s noisy prison break. Amazon 45:32

Louie — Louis C.K.’s show: “that show could be anything.” Amazon 51:36

The Smoking Tire podcast — Where the Seinfeld clip might be. YouTube 58:44

Porsche 917 — The Steve McQueen hero car. Wikipedia 59:44

Jackass — Leno “should be in Jackass” with his injuries. Amazon 1:03:49

Hemi Under Glass — The wheelie car Leno rolled. Wikipedia 1:04:50

Inception — “An Inception loop of the story.” Amazon 1:15:58

The Last Picture Show — Bogdanovich classic. Amazon 1:16:58

Star 80 — The Dorothy Stratten movie. Amazon 1:16:58

Paper Moon — Bogdanovich movie. Amazon 1:20:01

The Sopranos — Bogdanovich played a therapist. Amazon 1:20:01

Mel Brooks documentary — “Unreal.” YouTube 1:20:01

Tom Waits print (Negative Collection) — 1977 Los Angeles photo printed from a flea-market negative. Search 1:22:02

Lunchables — Joke pairing for the PB&J drink. Amazon 1:26:06

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Places

Laguna Seca — racing flexes. 41:00

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Peeves
  • 39:31 The guy who needs your reaction — He talks you into the chicken marsala, then stares at your first bite waiting for an “OH MY GOD.”
  • 40:31 “Guess how much I paid for this sweater” — Puts the onus on you to guess the answer he wants.
  • 40:31 “You don’t remember me, do you?” — Designed to put you on your heels and make you feel bad.
  • 41:31 The slow-walking tag-along — Asks to come along, then can’t keep up.
  • 42:31 Giant toilet paper rolls (Adam Carolla) — Great in theory, but they don’t fit the holder in the wall.
  • 43:31 Commercial toilet paper dispensers (Adam Carolla) — No silent way to get paper out; hotels also need a real fart fan.
  • 45:32 Super-thin toilet paper — You end up stacking it into a two-ply.
  • 46:32 Guys who piss on the public toilet paper roll — “The worst of the worst” — Singapore rules for those people.
  • 51:36 Comedy hall monitors — People who don’t do comedy making rules about it.
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Recs
  • 0:01 California Split — “That’s a good movie,” with Elliott Gould. Amazon
  • 44:32 Rush — Ron Howard’s true story of Niki Lauda — called a better racing film than F1. Amazon
  • 1:16:58 The Last Picture Show — An old movie that’s “unbelievable”: young Jeff Bridges and Cybill Shepherd, directed by Peter Bogdanovich. Amazon
  • 1:20:01 Mel Brooks documentary — “Unreal” — how tough Mel Brooks was, including his World War II service. YouTube
  • 1:20:01 Paper Moon — Another great Bogdanovich movie. Amazon
  • 1:22:02 Negative Collection — Prints made from found film negatives; the Tom Waits 1977 print was a gift. Search
  • 1:26:06 Analog’s PB&J drink — A Village bar cocktail that tastes like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Search
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