Adam Ferrara (comedian, actor, host of Top Gear)

Adam Ferrara is a comedian, actor and podcaster. He had recurring roles on Rescue Me & Nurse Jackie and was also the co-host of the American version of Top Gear for seven seasons.  His latest comedy special “It’s Scary in Here” is available now for free on YouTube. We discuss all this in the interview plus where he got his work ethic, living with Kevin James, why performing at the roasts is difficult and more! 00:00 - Intro00:42 - Adam's Studio 01:47 - Beatles & Music Fan 02:50 - Pete Townshend & Writing Bits 06:10 - Work Ethic, Job Experiences & Learning 10:03 - Playing in a Band & Early Stand Up 12:45 - Colin Quinn & Writing to Understand 13:22 - Riffing and in the Zone 15:26 - George Carlin & Chris Rush 16:40 - Picking Up Headliners & Grinding 19:30 - Last Day Job 23:10 - Working with Kevin James 24:20 - Joe Namath 25:28 - Tea Leoni, Michael Tucci & Acting 29:43 - Criminal Minds & Crying 30:30 - Dennis Leary & Rescue Me 32:10 - Rescue Me & PC Culture 33:25 - Nurse Jackie 34:53 - Italian Family, Sopranos & Edie Falco 36:15 - East Coast, West Coast & Woke Culture 40:20 - Adjusting Sets For Different Cities 41:28 - The Roasts 42:58 - Pushing Past Fear & Channeling Energy44:15 - Top Gear & Driving Cars 50:30 - Adam's Dad, Derek Luke & Humanity 54:01 - When The Work Takes on a Bigger Life 56:38 - Leary Firefighter Fund 57:18 - Outro Adam Ferrara website:https://www.adamferrara.com/Leary Firefighter Fund website:https://learyfirefighters.org/grant/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!