What's Wrong With Orny Adams

What’s Wrong with Orny trying to vacation in Puerto Vallarta! Travel tip... don’t go to Mexico when they are planning on killing the leader of the biggest cartel. 

What’s Wrong with a dark figure on Orny’s security camera? Questions answered on this episode: Are Orny’s teeth real? Do you believe in “Modern Tomatoes.” What Orny ate in college. And companies poisoning us with chemicals so we can have stain free rugs and why Orny needs a bathing suit with suspenders. 

What’s Wrong with company threats? A former head of state at Orny’s show in FL, Health insurance premiums as much as your mortgage, “Unhappy Hour” dinner at 4:30pm, gifts from fans, how to receive a big tip, why Japan doesn’t have trash cans and why Buddhist don’t eat garlic. 

Rigan Machado is widely regarded as one of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu’s living legends — an 8 degree red belt— (I didn’t even know they had red belts) a highly ranked master, dominant competitor in his era, prolific teacher, and influential figure in spreading BJJ both in sport and popular culture, started training at age five in his cousin’s garage in Brazil- who were the infamous Gracies. His professional tournament fight career is an astonishing 365 wins and 0 losses. 

What’s Wrong with not giving free refills on Ice Tea? The recycling scam, The McRib lawsuit, the downfall of Michelin Star rating system, a naked neighbor, companies that want us to take a survey and apartment complexes using dog crap DNA to bust owners not picking up after their dogs. Thumbs up on that!

What’s Wrong with dedicating your entire life to one thing!? Grandmaster, renowned 8th degree black belt in Taekwondo, black belt in Brazilian Jiujitsu and founder of the Lima Academy, Andre Lima is in The Big Yellow Dojo today. Andre is a pioneer who discusses his path and ascent from a child in Brazil to being one of the most respected martial arts teachers today. Andre lives martial arts 24 hours a day.

What’s Wrong with Owen Smith? Comedian, friend, write on Blackish, Whitney, Everybody Hates Chris, Arsenio Hall amongst others. Owen opens up about the obstacles of shooting and producing his comedy special. Owen talks about how his writing career launched, his son playing baseball and how is 6 year old daughter talks like a YouTube influencer. 

Orny and former FBI Profiler, Prosecutor, and Podcaster Jim Clemente discuss the murders of Rob and Michele Reiner and try and understand the mind of the alleged killer. Their son. This episode touches upon three major killings this week: The Reiners, the Bondi Beach massacre in Australia and the mass shooting at Brown University. Jim has made many appearances on WWWOA, please check out previous episodes.

WWWOA Episode 166. What’s Wrong with the profound loss of losing your favorite sunglasses? Is Orny’s brain playing tricks on him? Mick Jagger can’t get no satisfaction getting others to carry out his dream too. Orny gaslights his parents as well. Delta Airlines customer service home run. And What’s Wrong with people doing speak to text in public!

What’s Wrong with morning coffee and the changing face of Americans? Was an Otter kidnapped? Meat clever smuggled on Delta flight, masked men delivering threatening Christmas cards in California, parents raising kids without technology, Kevin Spacey is going broke, the Eddie Murphy doc and former Olympic snowboarder turned drug kingpin. 

What’s Wrong with playing the bass? Orny welcomes new friend, rock star and long time bass player for Ozzy Osbourne and Rob Zombie, Blasko, to Big Yellow.  Blasko explains why he chose the bass, how he is content not fronting a band and explains heavy metal music to Orny. Comedy examined through the scope of a metal musician. 

What’s Wrong with the stress of shooting a new comedy special? Which includes 15 different jackets, three different kinds of mic stands, ten pairs of colored shoelaces and how much time this comedian needs to spend selling tickets. Details, details, details! Orny discusses the guy on his phone during his benefit performance and what it took for Orny to even be there. And finally how little acts of kindness can change the world. 

Star of “Mean Girls” movie but not mean guy Daniel Franzese is Orny’s guest this week. What’s wrong with someone owing Orny $22? They discuss Daniel’s movie roles, how he grew up in a neighborhood of all his relatives, how he was called a greasy meatball as a kid and the night Orny was given a wet painting from someone at the Comedy Store that ruined his cream colored pants.

What’s Wrong with the song “We Built This City” by Starship? NOTHING! Rules for pulling a deli number, how to use a hose without a nozzle, liquid eggs should be banned, Maine pushing fish on us and why is there a dirty plunger in the sink?

What’s Wrong with Orny’s thermostat? NOTHING! How companies make products obsolete to make money. What’s wrong with the way Gen Z stares at us? And are Gen Z’ers really bringing their parents on job interviews? Orny sides with people that are openly hypergamous. 

Orny announces date and location of taping of his 4th comedy special. But first, What’s Wrong with finding out a TV show is using one of your bits word for word? Orny goes over a quick stop in a ghost town on way back from Vegas and how he saved a humming bird’s life.

What’s Wrong with the snack mix on United Airlines and why Orny might sue? Discussed on this episode: Black widows, petting a shark, unnecessary plastic surgery, rich people cutting down neighbor’s trees, and the range of Orny being recognized. 

Someone is murdered every minute in the world. And one idiot hired day laborers to dispose of the people he killed. Orny keeps a death clock going on this episode. Orny discusses details about his next comedy special. Why we should NOT deport everyone. What’s Wrong with Elvis, Jerry Garcia, Southwest Airlines, Amazon’s delivery policy, pranks gone wrong involving fake human flesh and the time someone streaked at the Oscars.

FBI Profiler Jim Clemente is back! What’s Wrong with Saran Wrap? Guest and friend Jim Clemente debunks Orny’s Saran theory pretty fast. They discuss trips to Europe, the Diddy verdict, Jim’s jury duty experience, Orny’s undercover work and true crime documentaries “The Lie” and “The Rev.” 

What’s Wrong with the gift that ruined Orny’s white pants? Orny’s podcast is delayed because someone is late. Why you should be prepared to do everything in your life. What’s wrong with autotune singing, Orny’s new mug, copper cable thieves, asking people where they are from and why are people being attacked with syringes in France.

Why your phone is killing your relationships. What’s Wrong with paying in cash, shrinking orange juice and the couple in Santa Fe that both ordered pancakes at breakfas? Orny recaps his trip to New Mexico. Why the orgasm cult leaders are going to prison and why young adults would rather orgasm alone than be in a relationship. The perils of population decline. 

Comedian, actor, activist Tom Arnold is an open book on this episode. You gotta hear some of these stories! Tom and Hugh Grant stole antiques from Madonna. And how Tom "saved" a very famous rock star from drugs. Tom discusses his childhood in Iowa, his climb to fame in Hollywood, his drug use and recovery and his younger sister who got married at age 12 and then became one of the biggest meth dealers. Also, why this podcast almost never happened. 

What’s Wrong with questioning God about a poem that questions God? Orny wants to be a juror on Diddy trial rather than waiting for the documentary to come out. Why his fans prefer him eating watermelon over his stand up. And finally What’s Wrong with the Sony Walkman, three eyed fish and Bill Belichick and his 49 year old younger girlfriend. Who’s conning who? Or is it love?

(We have a comedian!) What’s Wrong with selecting a Pope? And the “Southwest Airlines” corporate scam model. Why are young people drinking less and older women drinking more? Orny has a mole and hopes a naked intruder kills it. What?!?! And if the 100 Foot Wave exists is it worth surfers chasing it? 

What’s Wrong with Orny’s pants falling down at the gym? The overconsumption syndrome, the modern day lack of sleep syndrome and how devices are causing anxiety. A Hooter’s joke update. And more importantly, you might have a plastic spoon in your head!  

First ever WWWOA podcast recorded live-- from the Moontower Comedy Festival in Austin, TX. And the audience gets megaphones to be a part of it. This episodes's guest is longtime friend Ian Bagg with Rudy Pavich acting as the master of megaphones.

What’s Wrong with Hidden Cameras in Airbnb’s? And deadly jellyfish stinging influencers? More havoc in the ocean! And in Singapore— there are Otter gangs. Why Orny deserves to be Sainted. Even though he called the Fyre Festival the Fry Festival and beat himself up. Why are Americans cluttering so much? 

What’s Wrong with parents bringing their kids to Hooters? And why Orny loves 18th Century French chairs. How some double agents are good for the world. And why does office coffee raise your cholesterol? Why Orny bought a personal carbon monoxide detector. 

What’s Wrong with giant rodents attacking us? And how the internet has become a breaking ground for delusions. And why are people not partying anymore and does it have to do with our epidemic of loneliness? 

What’s Wrong with NOT breaking up a fight because no one is filming? And what’s going on with employee moral— everyone seems checked out. Does this include air traffic controllers? Why it is important to fight your bills and would you eat 55,000 year old bison meat?

What’s Wrong with people eating bird spit? And why is it OK for a company to blatantly rip off Wheat Thins? Orny declares he is now Pro-Ghosting. Also, why bringing manufacturing back to America could be a  mistake. The problem with six part documentaries. And What’s Wrong with how we grieve now. 

What’s wrong with people studying cow language? A listener submits a new version of the theme song.  Trigger warnings that are out of control.  Discussing nerds speed playing vintage video games. And one man is allergic to is own orgasms and how one man lost his penis. 

What’s wrong with the Los Angeles Fire “Go Bag” concept and loud gas powered leaf blowers? Orny reveals another near death experience with a wild animal in Costa Rica. Why Orny does not want to alter his mind. And why is being boring the biggest sin.

My home, my story,  the LA fires. And what’s wrong with Orny Adams trying to vacation.

What’s Wrong with British people who have to be subtitled? (Now we have overly descriptive subtitles.) Is this the year of the sex robots? And why do these robots look like Orny. Are ants smarter than humans? And who cares about the hula hoop.

What’s Wrong with a 5pm snack hour? Why are the Belgium called Flemish and not the Blemish? Orny discusses more Otter news, more missing feet found, his dryer repair incident and how one country kidnapped the leader actor and director from another country and forced them to make films. 

What’s Wrong with driving your car through the dealership window when they won’t take it back? Orny recaps an old episode of Magnum PI. Time to ban cell phones in schools. A tale of two bats. And how countries are stealing other country’s water. 

What’s Wrong with Orny’s hips? And streaming services with commercials? Is drinking coffee good for you or not? We need another study! Orny’s goes home for Thanksgiving  and runs into an old teacher who had a very vivid memory of him. Why are people eating sticks of butter and some of California’s new laws.

Time to focus on the small things… and the two boat accidents one was real and one was fake. How to avoid methanol poisoning. What’s Wrong with the hypocrisy of the young? Former vs Latter vs Ladder. And the world is going soft sober. 

Hell hath no fury like a man a year older. And if the jukebox keeps playing the same tune… I’ll see you on the dark side of the moon. What’s Wrong with the man that wrote the hymn Amazing Grace? And what’s up with turmeric, our latest obsession? Wait til you hear who should be eating turmeric now. Orny applauds the youths in Riverside county that took down a predator. 

What’s Wrong with weaponizing crows to take out your enemy? Lot’s of fan mail on this one! Orny discusses how spoiled Americans, the Most Hated Generation, Kamikaze Venezuelan gas smugglers, turmeric and who in the band is most likely to be a serial killer. And finally, why you should NOT befriend an otter. 

Jim Clemente is back to discuss the integrity of toast in restaurants and solving crimes like a 100 year old missing foot! What’s Wrong with a murder of crows, Las Vegas, daylight savings, work integrity with newer generations, and a “Bear” attack in Montana. And finally how did a woman ON THE RIGHT TRACK have her life saved.

What’s Wrong with an older listener thinking Orny is whiney? Orny is being stalked by a Praying Mantis. And this has got to stop— restaurants overcharging us for fountain drinks! Standing desks are NOW bad for our health. What’s wrong with class action lawsuits, inflation and your wages, old people road tripping to my comedy shows, MSG and crows holding grudges!  

What’s Wrong with a 100 year old missing foot? Whose is it? Why you should not feed raccoons. And remembering when dogs used to be dogs. Natural sleeps throughout history. And the bullshit of health food industry. And What’s Wrong with comics doing benefits.

Orny welcomes comedian Jim Jefferies. They discuss violence at comedy clubs, Jim being held up by a machete, everyone being triggered, Jim’s kidney stone and why Jim’s son called him a fail. They reminisce about how the first podcast Orny ever did was Jim’s in 2011. And What’s Wrong with crime in Australia… it’s different… maybe because they don’t have guns?

Bill Burr and Orny reminisce about starting out in Boston 30 years ago and the current state of comedy. And What’s Wrong with growing older?

1992! Beavis and Buttloads. What’s Wrong with being unworldly? NOTHING! And glam rock metal bands of the 90s? How the modern world has changed our faces. Orny shares his thoughts after he receives an old video from his college days. And why can’t people separate people from their political views.

What’s Wrong with modern art and the $70 breakfast? Why it is time for parents to go back to ignoring their kids. Somebody owes Orny money and he can’t figure out who! Orny discusses how he saved another life and his recent trip to NYC. And finally What’s Wrong with seeing a rat in a restaurant? 

What’s Wrong with doing too much in a day? From being stuck in a coma to being stuck in space. Angry people with DNR requests that were saved by their doctors. And can you imagine being stuck in a coma with a huge “To do” list running through your brain? And how reading could kill you!

Warning this episode of What’s Wrong with Orny Adams contains conversations with my guest about sex, drug use, violence, death, suicidal thoughts, incest, molestation and skateboarding. Please be aware my guest is very open and raw and frank about his experiences. As a podcaster, journalist, conversationalist, I felt it was my responsibly to let him tell his story, at times uninterrupted. Please proceed with caution. This episode is not for everybody.