Paul Walter Hauser on The Luckiest Man in America, Outsourcing Hollywood, Sobriety, and the Time a Joke Went Too Far


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Mar 27 2025 119 mins   25

Actor Paul Walter Hauser joins The Adam Carolla Show to discuss his latest film, The Luckiest Man in America, which tells the true story of a man in 1984 who cracked the game show Press Your Luck. Paul shares behind-the-scenes details on working with Clint Eastwood in Richard Jewell, working on the new Naked Gun film with Liam Neeson, his love for wrestling, and Hollywood’s tax-driven exodus to international locations. He and Adam riff on everything from George Clooney’s perceived intelligence to America’s obsession with aesthetics over substance. Paul also opens up about his personal journey, including sobriety, therapy, and learning to balance fun with wisdom, and how his casual joke about Vin Diesel spiraled into a viral controversy, forcing him to issue an apology he never expected to make.



In the news with Jason Mayhem Miller; Squatters take over a storage lot full of luxury RVs. A chilling warning from a tech columnist urging 23andMe users to delete their DNA data before the company gets sold, raising concerns about genetic privacy in the wrong hands. A Georgia healthcare worker lands felony charges for twerking on a disabled man. Finally, the growing industry of foreskin restoration, with men reportedly willing to pay upwards of $20,000 to undo a circumcision.





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