Buying Tom’s makes me feel like I’m a good person. on truTV."As Conover cites statistics, literally wheels out experts (on a cart), and offers up a wide array of playful visual aids from claymation to jaunty re-enactments, his once blissfully ignorant co-star groans with dismay as her prized delusions are pulled away. New episodes of “Adam Ruins Everything” air Tuesdays at 10 p.m. “I think that at the end of the day correcting misinformation and questioning what we think we know as a habit of mind is incredibly important…one of the purposes of the show is to make people feel inspired, make them feel curious and remind them that they have the power and ability, I think responsibility can make change in the world.”
Still, there are certain virtues to being someone who ‘ruins everything,’ Conover says. What I say in the writer’s room is that he’s always factually correct, but socially incorrect.“ “The way that I correct people on the show, I don’t advise people do in their real life. “The Adam character is based on a younger version of myself, because I’ve always collected the kind of information that I tell on ‘Adam Ruins Everything,” he said. He found this niche while writing for CollegeHumor, where he wrote and starred in the “Adam Ruins Everything” web series, playing a heightened, know-it-all version of himself who shares facts with good intentions, but without much tact.Īlso Read: How 'Barry' Avoided a Sophomore Slump and Allowed Bill Hader to Embrace His Dark Side Recent episodes on the Earwolf-produced show have explored the perceived link between video games and violence, the science of sleep and the legacy of the American Civil War.Ĭonover has built a career on what he calls “investigative comedy,” a combination of education and entertainment that focuses on dispelling false cultural narratives and uncovering hidden truths about everyday life. These behind-the-scenes conversations inspired his new podcast, “Factually! with Adam Conover,” a sort of companion to the TruTV show that allows the professors, activists and researchers featured on the show to discuss their field in depth. “On TV, I only get talk to them for a couple of minutes, but…we would have these incredible conversations on set, in between takes or over lunch,” Conover said. “The fact that they’re game and giving it an effort is what makes them funny and charming.” “The audience can tell instantly that they are not trained actors,” he said. These experts do add to the show’s credibility, but Conover admits that they also add to its entertainment value. Citations are clearly displayed on-screen and real-life experts in science, history and politics make frequent appearances in the cartoonish world of the show.
The sort of double Black Diamond topics,” Conover said.īut even as the show wades into loaded topics like economic mobility and the Constitution, it maintains its basis in fact and research. “We’re always looking to go into topics more deeply, to be able to do topics that are, for lack of a better word, more controversial or more difficult to do. Also Read: James Earl Jones, Kiki Layne Among 'Coming 2 America' Cast Additions
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