The Adam Friedland show / cum town

Nick and Adam are also leftists, so I don't think this is an ideological schism. Stav was on board when they almost invited Weev on the pod and he himself wanted to have Sam Hyde as a guest (early days), so it would be weird MDE connections are the reason for the break-up.

Stav always sucked as a human being and has gotten so much worse with the years, he was just the walrus that laughed at Nick's jokes.


Maybe we are extrapolating too much and this is just a normal thing cause the show was getting stale (but I think there's some drama behind the curtains).

>8hrs of work a month
>$4,125 an hour

And that's not counting all the ad revenue, really weird to see Stav walking away from the podcast.
I just think it's weird that Adam and nick did a thing with Rochefort of MDE but stav wasn't there. This probably tracks back 3 weeks.
 
I just think it's weird that Adam and nick did a thing with Rochefort of MDE but stav wasn't there. This probably tracks back 3 weeks.
Is there a chance the break up happened before then and is just going public now?
 
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Nick and Adam are also leftists, so I don't think this is an ideological schism. Stav was on board when they almost invited Weev on the pod and he himself wanted to have Sam Hyde as a guest (early days), so it would be weird MDE connections are the reason for the break-up.

Stav always sucked as a human being and has gotten so much worse with the years, he was just the walrus that laughed at Nick's jokes.


Maybe we are extrapolating too much and this is just a normal thing cause the show was getting stale (but I think there's some drama behind the curtains).

>8hrs of work a month
>$4,125 an hour

And that's not counting all the ad revenue, really weird to see Stav walking away from the podcast.
i'm honestly surprised he can't negotiate something, like you said its 4k an hour, probably more like 10k with ad revenue. And its not really edgy, if you listen to the post-2016 election episode you know they're all being ironic and are extreme leftists. Nick Mulen himself admitted its content is not any spicier than old comedy death ray or madtv.

its not hurting his career, although maybe he is still getting paid, like chapo splits the revenue in an odd way too. at least one person quit that show but is supposedly still getting something.

Haven't listened in years. don't care about it. i met them pre-podcast and they were normal overall. people seem to forget these podcasters aren't "always on"

i think just the overall hatred entertainment has for even these "dirtbag left" types means there is no way stav will be more than a podcast guy. even if he moved to LA he could still do the show.

even the MDE stuff is probably overblown, but i don't know. Emily youcis wasn't even allowed on Gas digital despite them "ironically" chanting white power during every LOS show and her having the same political opinions as the founder ralph sutton. So maybe Stav or some chapos or their friends truely do hate the MDE co-mingling that much.

IIRC MDE was supposedly dirtbag lefty types back in 2016 but were fucked by eric andre and others because of a smal following by right wingers. but Cumtown has pretty much the same political demo following and that hasn't ffected them much in terms of friend groups.

Stav would be such a fucking hypocrite to leave. honestly surprised no one has really messed with Stav or Nick's family, they're both upper-middle class business owner types and truely should be fucked with if you believe in any socialist ideals. Nick's mom is even a vocal pro-lifer supposedly.
 
Nick and Adam are also leftists, so I don't think this is an ideological schism. Stav was on board when they almost invited Weev on the pod and he himself wanted to have Sam Hyde as a guest (early days), so it would be weird MDE connections are the reason for the break-up.

Stav always sucked as a human being and has gotten so much worse with the years, he was just the walrus that laughed at Nick's jokes.


Maybe we are extrapolating too much and this is just a normal thing cause the show was getting stale (but I think there's some drama behind the curtains).

>8hrs of work a month
>$4,125 an hour

And that's not counting all the ad revenue, really weird to see Stav walking away from the podcast.
Maybe it wasn't cuz of political differences; it could've also been Stav's laziness.

He's said on the podcast before that he needed to wait until he had 'figured out his schedule' to exercise and lose weight, when all he really did was a podcast eight hours a week and some spots at clubs. When he moved to LA and started to try to break into the mainstream and found out he had to do another 8 hours of work on top of the podcast, he probably just said "Fuck it" and left because a 20 hour work week to him is basically indentured servitude.
 
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Nick created something great with good balances to himself, but now that he's established himself the podcast is weighing him down. He can probably start up something new and even better if he has the drive to create still. I legitimately think Stav is too retarded to realize he bowed out of the only thing he will ever be known for. Subconsciously or consciously, people will forget about him, he will always be that guy that laughed at Nicks jokes. The money he's got saved will dry up very quick with his eating, substance, and woman habits. He can't be showering groupies with thousands of dollars in gifts for vagina anymore.
Adam is a jew, he'll be fine.
 
Nick created something great with good balances to himself, but now that he's established himself the podcast is weighing him down. He can probably start up something new and even better if he has the drive to create still. I legitimately think Stav is too retarded to realize he bowed out of the only thing he will ever be known for. Subconsciously or consciously, people will forget about him, he will always be that guy that laughed at Nicks jokes. The money he's got saved will dry up very quick with his eating, substance, and woman habits. He can't be showering groupies with thousands of dollars in gifts for vagina anymore.
Adam is a jew, he'll be fine.
nick is lazy and retarded, the patreon buxs were supposed to go towards doing skits remember? how many did they produce? 3 in 6 years?

two hours is the best he can do. if he didnt have the podcast he'd just be a struggling comic in NYC. getting bit parts and writing jobs. people with much less money have done way more while juggling jobs.
 
I gotta say I have listened to the first 20 or so cumtown podcasts and thought they were really good, and there are channels that cut their bits into short videos which are great as well. That being said, I've tried listening to their newer podcasts recently and it's awful, there's almost nothing funny unless Nick happens to think of something that isn't mindless rambling.

I hope Nick goes on to do something else because I do think he's one of the funniest comics when he has his moments. I look forward to some retrospectives being made about the podcast in the future.
 
I just think it's weird that Adam and nick did a thing with Rochefort of MDE but stav wasn't there. This probably tracks back 3 weeks.

That's suspicious, for sure, but Stav is the one that's always on the move doing other things besides the pod and Rochefort is not a controversial figure; it's probable that he had some other stuff to do and Rochefort being invited was the perfect excuse for him to be absent, in the past one of them used to leave (usually Adam) if they had a guest. Two years ago they didn't even had a fourth mic, if I remember correctly.

I'm not a Sam Hyde fan so I don't know if he's taking too far the Hasan stuff for Stav to be comfortable with it, but Stav is a bitch so I wouldn't dismiss that he's butthurt.

Maybe it wasn't cuz of political differences; it could've also been Stav's laziness.

He's said on the podcast before that he needed to wait until he had 'figured out his schedule' to exercise and lose weight, when all he really did was a podcast eight hours a week and some spots at clubs. When he moved to LA and started to try to break into the mainstream and found out he had to do another 8 hours of work on top of the podcast, he probably just said "Fuck it" and left because a 20 hour work week to him is basically indentured servitude.

Stav is the least lazy of them in terms of professional obligations and he's the one that pushed Adam & Nick to do more stand-up when the podcast was booming and they were getting complacent, he's the least dependant on the pod's money and he has some momentum to reach for bigger things.

i'm honestly surprised he can't negotiate something, like you said its 4k an hour, probably more like 10k with ad revenue. And its not really edgy, if you listen to the post-2016 election episode you know they're all being ironic and are extreme leftists. Nick Mulen himself admitted its content is not any spicier than old comedy death ray or madtv.

its not hurting his career, although maybe he is still getting paid, like chapo splits the revenue in an odd way too. at least one person quit that show but is supposedly still getting something.

Haven't listened in years. don't care about it. i met them pre-podcast and they were normal overall. people seem to forget these podcasters aren't "always on"

i think just the overall hatred entertainment has for even these "dirtbag left" types means there is no way stav will be more than a podcast guy. even if he moved to LA he could still do the show.

even the MDE stuff is probably overblown, but i don't know. Emily youcis wasn't even allowed on Gas digital despite them "ironically" chanting white power during every LOS show and her having the same political opinions as the founder ralph sutton. So maybe Stav or some chapos or their friends truely do hate the MDE co-mingling that much.

IIRC MDE was supposedly dirtbag lefty types back in 2016 but were fucked by eric andre and others because of a smal following by right wingers. but Cumtown has pretty much the same political demo following and that hasn't ffected them much in terms of friend groups.

Stav would be such a fucking hypocrite to leave. honestly surprised no one has really messed with Stav or Nick's family, they're both upper-middle class business owner types and truely should be fucked with if you believe in any socialist ideals. Nick's mom is even a vocal pro-lifer supposedly.

MDE was never dirtbag left (that's Chapo, Cum Town), they were associated with the alt-right. I don't think Sam cares about politics anymore because he seems to understand that bipartisan politics in a western democracy are an illusion to distract us from where the real seats of power are and he sounds profoundly disenchanted and apathetic about the way things work. Same happens to Mullen and to any dude with half a functional braincell. Both of them use politics for their own comedic purposes but they do not engage with politics on a public level nor they do proselytism.

>they're all being ironic and are extreme leftists

They aren't, really. They are regular ass socialists in the european sense.

PS: We shouldn't keep talking about politics if they are no relevant to this issue cause it's fucking gay.
 
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People new to the podcast think Adam is the weak link. Veterans know Stav is.
Nick can just have text-to-speech that occasionally says "you are gay and have a small penis", "Pussy is cool" and, occasionally, "Yeah, I'd fuck a guy if he got my cockarello hard."

Hopefully Stav gets replaced with someone good though, Nick needs people to riff off of.
 
Nick and Stav riff off each other well, but it's obvious that Nick really carries the podcast and Stav is replaceable.
Stav is stronger just as "funny podcast man to hang out with" rather than a stand-up comedian. His special was good, but nothing really spectacular. I don't think going mainstream is going to work out for him in the end. I watched him on Flagrant and he was okay, but I always hate it when comedians unironically espouse their political views through comedy. It just feels awkward.
 
From where I sit, sure there's probably a little behind the scene drama but I think Stav is just doing better as a touring comedian and probably wants to spend more time on the road. IDK though, just speculation. I fucking hate his laugh and he brings very little to the podcast so who fucking cares.

Looking forward to Nick appearing on more gas digital shit though because he's legit funny as fuck and we need more people who aren't afraid to talk real shit unlike people like Big Jay who is too industry to talk shit about all the retards in comedy. Christ, the collective comedy scene is just finally vaguely mocking Brendan Schaub and they still tip toe around Owen Benjamin and openly say that he was funny when the nigger never was.
 
People new to the podcast think Adam is the weak link. Veterans know Stav is.
Nick can just have text-to-speech that occasionally says "you are gay and have a small penis", "Pussy is cool" and, occasionally, "Yeah, I'd fuck a guy if he got my cockarello hard."

Hopefully Stav gets replaced with someone good though, Nick needs people to riff off of.
I don't know if I am an autistic hipster but sometimes I can actually appreciate Adam.

Wish Nick would give him more space tho.
 
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