Episode
Adam Ruins Everything: Adam Ruins Hollywood
Overview
Straight from the red carpet (and with the help of celebrity guests Rachel Bloom and Ariana Madix), Adam exposes the hidden truths behind Hollywood's glitz and glamour, from the clothes stars wear to the process behind movie ratings.
Details
- Series
- Adam Ruins Everything
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 13
- Air date
- 2016-08-23
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Adam Ruins Hollywood is Episode 13 in Season 1 of Adam Ruins Everything. It aired on 2016-08-23. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 14: Adam Ruins Football
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Episode 11: Adam Ruins Nutrition
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Episode 15: Adam Ruins Weddings
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Episode 10: Adam Ruins Sex
This episode explains why circumcision is common in the United States, how Herpes isn't as scary as the media makes it seem, how most people do not truly understand the hymen, and explains the worst sexual problem of all.
Episode 16: Adam Ruins Malls
Adam illustrates that shopping centres were created as tax loopholes for greedy developers, outlet stores are a scam selling low quality merchandise, and nutrient supplements are often dangerously unregulated.
Episode 9: Adam Ruins Summer Fun
Adam reveals that extended vacation makes you dumber, and that iconic rodent Mickey Mouse has made a mess of our copyright laws.
Episode 17: Adam Ruins Animals
Adam explores how purebred dogs are genetic monsters created by bored Victorians and reveals how domestic cats are overpopulated, lethal killing machines.
Episode 8: Adam Ruins Work
Adam shows how the 40-hour work week not only exhausts employees but also harms businesses, reveals the legal mess of hiring interns and freelancers, and explores how discussing your salary with co-workers is actually a good thing.
Episode 18: Adam Ruins Immigration
Episode 7: Adam Ruins Voting
The twisted history of the Electoral College, explaining that the Founding Fathers did not want most Americans to vote.
Episode 19: Adam Ruins Housing
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