Hey, Bookchook, Dave here letting you know that my stand-up special, Even Hodder in Real Life, is live now for free to watch on the Humdinger YouTube channel. If you've never seen me do stand-up before, well, now's the time to watch a 50-minute, free your money back, guarantee. Obviously, I can't give you a time back if you don't enjoy it, but hopefully you will like it. It's called Even Hottor in Real Life.

Like I said, you can type that into YouTube and watch it now.

My good buddy, Matt Stewart, also has his live stand-up special,

The Best Man, also on the same channel.

So Dave Warnocky, Even Hotter in Real Life,

my new stand-up special is out now on the Humdinger YouTube channel.

Love you.

Hello and welcome to Book Cheat, the Book Club podcast where I've read the book so you don't have to.

My name is Dave Ornicki, and on each episode of this show, we look at one of the classics and joining me to look at such a classic this week.

It's Jackson Bailey. It's Adam Carnivalet. Hello. Hello to you. Hi. I had to really pull my head back because I was still finishing a cookie.

And that cookie comes with a story.

Oh, it does indeed.

So, we are not getting it to today.

Just believe it at that.

You got to tell the story, you're going to take a step back to, we arrived and Adam was a little bit late. Like, minuscule. Not in a way that really mattered. It just, okay, four minutes. Adam was counting. And Adam said, oh, I'm late because I wanted to get a coffee, but the coffee place was closed. Then you, so kind, said, well, let's get, we'll order a coffee. Let's get you. I was thinking, you're not going to be feeling good.

You're not going to be far on all cylinders without this coffee. Exactly. I'm not a coffee guy, but I know coffee people. They need the coffee. Don't talk to me unless I've had my coffee. I've seen the t-shirt. I would have lied and said that I would have been fine. I would not have been fine.

Well, it's good to know.

And then we're like, let's order a coffee.

Let's get to know.

An investment. And then we're like, let's order a coffee. Let's get one delivered. And we spoke about a lot of stuff. We're Uber, we're Uber eating it, so we're talking Uber eats. Yeah, we're talking about exchanging stories. And Adam tells a story about a time where he accidentally, he'd been staying at the Sandspan's studios.

Yep.

And then he'd gone home and he'd been staying at the Sandspant Studios,

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