Adam Carolla

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 worthwile 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 was discovered as a comic talent by Kimmel while working as a boxing instructor. At the time, Kimmel was part of the crew on the KROQ morning show Kevin and Bean, and Carolla soon came on board. He became co-host of Loveline in 1995, did 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 on Family Guy, Spanky Ham on Drawn Together, and at least one occasional character on Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

External links

• Adam Carolla at the Internet Movie Database
• Loveline Animation – Chief Thunderbear
• Loveline Animation – Grand Theft Submarine