#2024 - The BRUTALITY of German Fairy Tales with Mario Adrion

The Adam and Dr. Drew Show

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Comedy, Talk Radio, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 25 July 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Comedian and YouTuber Mario Adrion joins Adam and Dr. Drew for a lively conversation about the dark origins of German fairy tales, the cultural insanity of Where the Wild Things Are, and how the self-esteem movement has warped a generation. Mario shares what it was like growing up with a stoic German mom, leading to a hilarious sandwich evaluation from Adam and Drew. They also react to a baffling clip from an old children’s show, explore the differences between male and female aggression, and hear about Mario’s recent marriage—including the surprising culture shock he and his wife experienced.

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0:00.0	Recorded live at Corolla 1 Studios with Adam Carolla and board certified physician and addiction medicine specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky.
0:11.3	You're listening to The Adam and Dr. Drew Show.
0:15.7	Yeah, get it on.
0:16.6	Got to get on a choice, but they get a mandate.
0:18.7	Get it on, Dr.'s board certified decision, Dick's Medicine Specialist.
0:22.8	We have a guest, Mario, Adriane, comedian, former model, influencer, and it's got some
0:29.7	stand-up shows coming up.
0:31.6	It's going to be at the comedy store in Los Angeles coming up July 31st, and then the
0:35.9	stand in New York on August 14th and then
0:39.1	Celebrity Theater in Atlantic City good to see again my friend get to see you guys
0:43.4	Mario's kind of international guy speaks a lot of languages does a lot of traveling
0:49.6	recently went viral poking fun at German versus Disney fairy tales and the cultural
0:57.3	stereotypes.
0:58.0	So let's talk about that for a second.
1:00.4	What, uh, it, it does strike me that some of those international fairy tales like Hansel and Gretel
1:09.8	and stuff like that. And also, you know the one I always think about? I always think about the one. Whatever you're going to say next, I'm all ears. I go, the one of you always think about. Well, no, what does I go? You don't have thing with your kid's toes. Those little piggy went to the market. This little piggy went home. This little piggy had roast beef. this little piggy had none. That's a weird, first of that's not creative. No. And then how to catch on? Yeah. Why is it 700 years old? Who went, oh, that's good. You know, this one went, we, we, we, we, we. Is it only English? Is there anything like that in German? No, but we have the hardcore German fairy tales.
1:45.6	Like, so every Disney fairytale is based on these German fair tales from like the 1800s.
1:50.1	German or northern?
1:51.8	Well, some of them are from Denmark and stuff, but it's all very dark.
1:55.4	It's consistently extremely dark.
1:57.6	And then Disney had to change the original version because it's too hard and too tough
2:01.7	for American kids to handle. Right. And hang on. Isn't it normal, often kids being eaten
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