Adam Carolla
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Adam Carolla (born May 27, 1964) is an Italian-American comedic television and radio personality.
Carolla is best known for co-hosting The Man Show on Comedy Central. He left The Man Show at the same time as his good friend and co-host Jimmy Kimmel, even after having been reportedly offered $50,000 per episode to continue. He continues to co-host Loveline, a syndicated radio program produced by Westwood One, which was also previously a television show for MTV. Also co-hosting the show is Dr. Drew Pinsky, Board Certified Physician and addiction medicine specialist.
Carolla has continued his work with Kimmel as a writer and regular guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live. With partner Daniel Kellison, they are the heads of Jackhole Productions and created another TV show named Crank Yankers for Comedy Central.
On Loveline, Carolla often gives extended commentary about matters having little to do with the official subject matter of the show. Common topics include his dislike of religion, junior college, traffic and parking enforcement, and political extremism. In early 2005, he did a pilot for a talk show on Comedy Central with viewer calls as a prominent feature, giving him a showcase for his strong opinions.
Carolla is a graduate of North Hollywood High School (from which he claims he did not pick up his actual diploma as this would have meant having to pay for an overdue library book). At North Hollywood High School he was captain of his football team but never received good grades. He went to junior college for a few years and never did anything worthwhile at the semi-college. He still expresses his contempt for the junior college system, and makes fun of Engineer Chris on Loveline for being enrolled at community college and living with his mother. Adam came from blue-collar roots and was on his own at the age of 18, where after graduating high school he worked as a carpet cleaner, carpenter, and boxing instructor. In his spare time he worked on his comedy skills, training with The Groundlings and attempting stand-up, but he didn't believe either of these were a good fit for him. In his late twenties he heard an ad on the radio for a boxing instructor to train Kimmel, who at the time was a radio personality on KROQ morning show Kevin and Bean as Jimmy the Sports Guy. After several failed attempts with calling the station, he found a way into the station. There he encountered Kimmel and the two became best friends. Carolla eventually joined the show's repertoire as Mr. Birchum, the Vietnam veteran shop teacher, a character which can also be seen on "Crank Yankers." He was then offered the job of co-hosting Loveline in 1995 replacing Ricky Rackman. He continued on to do The Man Show from 1999-2003, and often says on-air that he is now "literally a millionaire". He married his longtime girlfriend Lynette in 2002, but currently has no children.
Carolla has also done voiceovers for cartoons, including the Grim Reaper (who was also played by Norm MacDonald on a different episode) on Family Guy, Spanky Ham on Drawn Together, and at least one occasional character on Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
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- Loveline Animation - Chief Thunderbear (http://home.comcast.net/~beefypapal/Pages/DThunderbear.htm)
- Loveline Animation - Grand Theft Submarine (http://home.comcast.net/~beefypapal/Pages/DGrandTheft.htm)