“I’m starting to really hate people, let me start out with that,” says Orny Adams at the beginning of his 2017 stand-up special “More Than Loud.” What’s setting him off? A multitude of things, from gluten allergies to warning labels on bottles. For this particular intro, it’s a simple handshake.
“I went to shake a guy’s hand the other day. He goes, ‘Oh, no no no no no, I just washed.’” Adams pauses and then delivers a furious reply: “That’s when I want to shake your hand.”