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| caption = Adam Carolla hosting [[107.7 The End]]'s 2nd annual Lonely Hearts Valentines Party. Seattle, WA. February 9, 2007.
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| predecessor = [[Riki Rachtman]] on [[Loveline]]
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| successor = [[Stryker (disc jockey)|Stryker]] on [[Loveline]]
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'''Adam Carolla''' (born May 27, 1964) is an [[United States|American]] [[radio personality|radio]] and [[television host]], [[comedian]], and [[actor]]. He is the host of ''[[The Adam Carolla Podcast]]'', before which he hosted a [[The Adam Carolla Show|weekday morning radio program]] broadcast from Los Angeles and syndicated by [[CBS Radio]] until his home station changed formats. Besides these shows, Carolla is well-known as the co-host of the radio show ''[[Loveline]]'' from 1995 to 2005 (and its television incarnation on [[MTV]] from 1996 to 2000), as the co-host of the television program ''[[The Man Show]]'' (1999–2004), and as the co-creator and performer on the television program ''[[Crank Yankers]]'' (2002–2007).


'''Adam Carolla''' (born May 27, 1964)<ref name="birthindex">{{cite web |title=The Birth of Adam Carolla |url=https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/adam_carolla_born_1964_8714691 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170723230230/https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/adam_carolla_born_1964_8714691 |archive-date=July 23, 2017 |access-date=July 23, 2017 |publisher=California Birth Index}}</ref> is an American radio personality, comedian, actor and podcaster. He hosts ''[[The Adam Carolla Show (podcast)|The Adam Carolla Show]]'', a talk show distributed as a podcast which set the record as the "most downloaded podcast" as judged by ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' in 2011.<ref name="digitalspy.com"/>
In 2006, Carolla completed work on ''[[The Hammer (film)|The Hammer]]'', an [[independent film]] that he co-wrote and co-produced. Carolla plays the lead role in the film, opposite [[Heather Juergensen]]. The film was released on March 21, 2008.<ref>{{cite web | title = The Hammer (2007) | publisher = [[Internet Movie Database]] | url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814130/ | accessdate = 2008-08-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = The Hammer - Official Site | url = http://www.thehammermovie.com/ | accessdate = 2008-08-09}}{{Dead link|date=February 2009}}</ref><ref>http://www.toronto.com/movies/movie/597827{{Citation broken|date=May 2008}}
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Carolla co-hosted the syndicated radio call-in program ''[[Loveline]]'' with [[Drew Pinsky]] from 1995 to 2005 as well as the show's television incarnation on [[MTV]] from 1996 to 2000. He was the co-host and co-creator of the television program ''[[The Man Show]]'' (1999–2004), and the co-creator and a regular performer on the television show ''[[Crank Yankers]]'' (2002–2007, 2019–present). He hosted ''[[The Adam Carolla Project]]'', a [[home improvement]] television program which aired on [[TLC (TV channel)|TLC]] in 2005 and ''The Car Show'' on [[Speed TV|Speed]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedtv.com/programs/the-car-show/ |title=The Car Show |work=Fox Sports digital |publisher=Speedtv.com |access-date=November 27, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202012348/http://www.speedtv.com/programs/the-car-show |archive-date=December 2, 2012 }}</ref> in 2011.
==Early life==
Carolla was born in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] to an [[Italian-American]] father, Jim Carolla, a psychologist, and his mother, Chris, a sex therapist.<ref>www.imdb.com/name/nm0004805/</ref><ref>The Adam Carolla Show, 27Nov 2008</ref> Adam's parents failed to give him a middle name<ref>{{cite web | title = Adam with Leanne Tweeden, Dr. Gadget, Jimmy Kimmel, Kenny Morse, and Cle “Bone” Sloan – February 14, 2007 | work = The Official Adam Carolla Show Blog | date = 2007-02-14 | url = http://adamradio.wordpress.com/2007/02/14/adam-with-leanne-tweeden-dr-gadget-jimmy-kimmel-kenny-morse-and-cle-%E2%80%9Cbone%E2%80%9D-sloan-%E2%80%93-february-14-2007/ | accessdate = 2008-08-09}}</ref>. As a joke, he wrote "Adam Lakers Carolla" on his drivers license application<ref name="autogenerated1"> {{cite web|url=http://adamradio.wordpress.com/2006/02/16/adam-with-mark-burnett-rick-fox-finesse-mitchell/ |title=Adam with Mark Burnett, Rick Fox, Finesse Mitchell |accessdate=2008-08-10 |date=2006-12-16 |work=The Official Adam Carolla Show Blog }}</ref>. His drivers license still gives his full name as "Adam Lakers Carolla."<ref name="autogenerated1" />


Carolla has also appeared on the network reality television programs ''[[Dancing with the Stars (American TV series) season 6|Dancing with the Stars]]'' and ''[[The Apprentice (American season 12)|The Celebrity Apprentice]]''. His book ''In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks'' debuted on [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]] in 2010, and his second book, ''Not Taco Bell Material'', also reached ''[[The New York Times]]'' bestseller status.<ref>{{cite news|last=Taylor |first=Ihsan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2012-07-01/hardcover-nonfiction/list.html |title=Best Sellers |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=November 27, 2012}}</ref>
After living in [[Menominee, Wisconsin]] and [[Secane, Pennsylvania]]<ref>The Adam Carolla Show, 2008-10-28</ref>, the Carolla family relocated to the [[San Fernando Valley]], and Adam was raised in [[North Hollywood]], [[California]]. His family was often a topic on his radio show; he claimed that his parents were uninterested in his upbringing, and still have no interest in his life. He describes his family as good people, fair and honest--but often claims that they were opposed to anything that involved getting off the couch and ''doing'' something. He also alleges that his family was incredibly cheap; Carolla would get small amounts of money, usually coins, for his [[birthday]] instead of gifts, and he did not go to any [[funerals]] growing up.


Carolla has made numerous guest appearances on political talk shows as a commentator. He hosted a weekly segment, "Rollin' with Carolla", on [[Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]]'s ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]''.
Carolla attended [http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Colfax_EL/ Colfax Elementary School], [[Walter Reed Middle School|Walter Reed Junior High]], and [[North Hollywood High School]]. Carolla never received good grades, graduating with a 1.75 [[grade point average]]. He claims to have majored in ceramics.<ref> {{cite web|url=http://wiki.lovelinefan.com/index.php?n=Main.AdamCarolla |title=Adam Carolla |accessdate=2008-08-10 |work=Loveline Information Archive }}</ref> Carolla did not receive his high school diploma until years later, because (as he claims) he owed the bookroom $19.95 for a copy of ''We The People'' (ISBN 0-385-41903-1)<ref name="2003-04-01">{{cite episode | title =April 1st, 2003 | series = Loveline | serieslink = Loveline | airdate = 2003-04-01 }}</ref>. Although he eventually did pay for a history book at his high school, it was many years later; he incorporated it into his home improvement comedy "The Adam Carolla Project". Because of this, he also did not participate in his high school graduation ceremony.

==Early life==
Adam Carolla was born on May 27, 1964, to Jim and Kris (''née'' McCall) Carolla.<ref name=TVG /><ref name=birthindex /> Some sources list his birthplace as [[Los Angeles County, California]],<ref name=birthindex /><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Adam_Carolla|title=Drivers > Adam Carolla|publisher=[[National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing]]|access-date=June 23, 2020|archive-date=October 17, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171017012808/http://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Adam_Carolla|url-status=live}}</ref> while others list it as [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]].<ref name=TVG>{{cite magazine|url= https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/adam-carolla/bio/195025/| title= Adam Carolla Biography|magazine=[[TV Guide]]| access-date=June 23, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Hoppes" /> He grew up in the Los Angeles [[San Fernando Valley]], and his parents separated when he was young.<ref name=In50Years>{{cite book |last1=Carolla |first1=Adam |author-link1=Adam Carolla |title=In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks: and Other Complaints from an Angry Middle-aged White Guy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xMys1f3Lno4C |access-date=March 21, 2012 |edition=1st paperback |year=2011 |publisher=[[Three Rivers Press]] |isbn=978-0307717382 |pages=2, 9 |chapter=A Little Bit About the Author |quote=I grew up in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley in the seventies. I was the product of separation. I would have been the product of divorce but divorce includes filling out paperwork and paying a county clerk sixty bucks to file it. }}</ref> Carolla was not given a middle name by his parents; on his driver's license application he listed his middle name as "Lakers" as a joke. The application was processed without notice.<ref name="Hoppes">{{cite news |title=You won't believe Adam Carolla's middle name |last=Hoppes |first=Lynn |publisher=[[ESPN]] |date=June 17, 2010 |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/index?id=5292700 |access-date=March 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106060913/http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/index?id=5292700 |archive-date=November 6, 2012 |url-status=live |quote=Carolla, 46, was born in Philadelphia and his parents didn't give him a middle name. }}</ref><ref name="adamradio">{{cite web |url=http://adamradio.wordpress.com/2006/02/16/adam-with-mark-burnett-rick-fox-finesse-mitchell/ |title=Adam with Mark Burnett, Rick Fox, Finesse Mitchell |date=February 16, 2006 |access-date=August 10, 2008 |work=The Official Adam Carolla Show Blog |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402031453/http://adamradio.wordpress.com/2006/02/16/adam-with-mark-burnett-rick-fox-finesse-mitchell/ |archive-date=April 2, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> His maternal step-grandfather was screenwriter [[László Görög (writer)|László Görög]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.lamag.com/features/2007/10/01/inside-the-revved-up-pissed-off-brain-of-adam1 |title=Inside The Revved-Up, Pissed-Off Brain of Adam Carolla|first=Steve|last=Oney |magazine=[[Los Angeles (magazine)|Los Angeles]] |date=October 1, 2007 |access-date=February 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221030817/http://www.lamag.com/features/2007/10/01/inside-the-revved-up-pissed-off-brain-of-adam1 |archive-date=February 21, 2014 |url-status=dead |quote=Carolla's step-grandfather on his mother's side, a Hungarian Jew[,] ... Laszlo 'Laci' Gorog moved to Hollywood on the eve of World War II and began writing for the movies, receiving an Academy Award nomination in 1945 for ''The Affairs of Susan'', starring Joan Fontaine.}}</ref>


Carolla was raised in the [[North Hollywood, Los Angeles|North Hollywood]] neighborhood of Los Angeles. He attended [[Colfax Elementary School]], [[Walter Reed Middle School|Walter Reed Junior High]], and [[North Hollywood High School]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 13, 2008|title=Carolla Presents 'The Valley'|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-13-gd-cover13-story.html|access-date=March 18, 2021|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref> Carolla did not receive his high school diploma until years later as it was held by the school until a library fine was paid.<ref name="2003-04-01">{{cite episode | title = April 1, 2003 | series = Loveline | series-link = Loveline | airdate = April 1, 2003 }}</ref> Carolla can be seen paying off the book and receiving his diploma in an episode of his 2005 television show, ''The Adam Carolla Project''.<ref name=TACP_episode8>{{cite web |title=Nail in the Head (episode 8) |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adam-carolla-project/nail-in-the-head-554041/ |publisher=[[TV.com]] |access-date=March 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720174928/http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adam-carolla-project/nail-in-the-head-554041/ |archive-date=July 20, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>
He was voted class clown and was the [[captain (sports)|captain]] of his [[American football|football]] team. Carolla played [[Pop Warner Little Scholars|Pop Warner]] football for many years; he later suggested that being involved in sports saved him from a chaotic home life<ref>{{cite web|url=http://adamradio.wordpress.com/2006/10/11/adam-with-kurt-busch-shawn-merriman-and-mistress-melissa/ |title=Adam with Kurt Busch, Shawn Merriman and Mistress Melissa |accessdate=2008-08-10 |date=2006-10-11 |work=The Official Adam Carolla Show Blog }}</ref>.


During his youth, Carolla played [[Pop Warner Little Scholars|Pop Warner]] [[American football|football]] for seven years; he later suggested that being involved in sports saved him from a chaotic home life.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://adamradio.wordpress.com/2006/10/11/adam-with-kurt-busch-shawn-merriman-and-mistress-melissa/ | title=Adam with Kurt Busch, Shawn Merriman and Mistress Melissa | date=October 11, 2006 | work=The Official Adam Carolla Show Blog | archive-date=February 20, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220082736/http://adamradio.wordpress.com/2006/10/11/adam-with-kurt-busch-shawn-merriman-and-mistress-melissa/ }}</ref> During his senior year at North Hollywood High School, Carolla distinguished himself in football. In December 1981, he was named to the First Team Offensive Line, Central Valley League, one of 8 leagues at the time in the LA City Section of the [[California Interscholastic Federation]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/HELMS/Football/CIFFOOTBALL1981.PDF |title=California Interscholastic Federation Football 2011 |access-date=October 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815000623/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/HELMS/Football/CIFFOOTBALL1981.PDF |archive-date=August 15, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In October 2020 he spoke of being recruited by "7 or 8" schools including [[UC Davis Aggies football|UC-Davis]], [[Cal Poly Pomona Broncos#Football|Cal Poly Pomona]], and [[Cal Poly Mustangs football|Cal Poly San Luis Obispo]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v8TELhKk00 | title=Adam Carolla on Playing Football & His College Recruitment | website=YouTube | date=October 24, 2020 }}</ref>
He began living on his own at the age of 18. He briefly attended [[Los Angeles Valley College]], a [[junior college]], where he was placed on academic probation before dropping out to work in a series of jobs, including a [[carpet]] cleaner<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allamericanspeakers.com/newspeakerbio/2358/index.php |title=Biography of Adam Carolla |accessdate=2008-08-10 |work=All American Speakers }}</ref>, [[carpenter]], boxing instructor,<ref name="bankrate.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/investing/20060103c1.asp|title=Fame & Fortune: Comedian Adam Carolla|date=2006-01-03|accessdate=2008-02-20|last=Getlin|first=Larry|publisher=bankrate.com}}</ref> [[traffic school]] instructor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004805/bio |title=Biography for Adam Carolla |accessdate=2008-08-10 |publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]] }}</ref>, and metal worker.
Promotional posters and billboards introducing his [[The Adam Carolla Show|self-titled radio show]] in early 2006 carried the caption "Adam Carolla: American Genius".<ref name="radiohome">{{cite web | title = Homepage | work = The Adam Carolla Show | url = http://adam.freefm.com/ | accessdate = 2008-08-09}}</ref>


He began living on his own at the age of 18. He briefly attended [[Los Angeles Valley College]], a [[community college]], where he was placed on academic probation before dropping out to work in a series of jobs, including carpet cleaner,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allamericanspeakers.com/newspeakerbio/2358/index.php |title=Biography of Adam Carolla |access-date=August 10, 2008 |work=All American Speakers |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217232511/http://www.allamericanspeakers.com/newspeakerbio/2358/index.php |archive-date=February 17, 2009 }}</ref> carpenter, [[boxing]] instructor,<ref name="bankrate.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/investing/20060103c1.asp|title=Fame & Fortune: Comedian Adam Carolla| date=January 3, 2006 |access-date=February 20, 2008| last=Getlin| first=Larry| publisher=bankrate.com}}</ref> and traffic school instructor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004805/bio |title=Biography for Adam Carolla |access-date=August 10, 2008 |publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]] }}</ref> Although broke, Carolla, his friends, and roommates owned a 1963 [[Cadillac]] [[limousine]].<ref>''[[CarCast]]'' episode 241: Pebble Beach auctions</ref>
==Early comedy career==
{{Original research|date=February 2008}}
Carolla claims that his goal from youth was to write comedy. He did not envision working on-air on the radio, or on-camera in movies and television. In his spare time he worked on his comedy skills, training with [[The Groundlings]] and attempting [[Stand-up comedy|stand-up]], but he didn't believe either of these were a good fit for him. He did perform [[sketch comedy]] with [[Acme Comedy Theatre]] for a few years, during which he worked with [[M.D. Sweeney]] (later, his business partner in a restaurant venture), [[Paul Rugg]], and [[John P. McCann]] (with whom he wrote and performed a number of sketches involving Manly Men Doing Manly Things).


In the early 1990s, Carolla studied [[improvisational comedy]] with [[The Groundlings]] and was a member of the [[ACME Comedy Theatre]] troupe.<ref name=In50Years />
During Carolla's early twenties, while working in various jobs, he grew fond of listening to [[talk radio]]. In his late twenties he heard an ad on the radio seeking a boxing instructor to train [[Jimmy Kimmel]]. Kimmel was, at the time, a radio personality on the [[KROQ]] morning show [[Kevin and Bean]] as "Jimmy the Sports Guy." <ref name="bankrate.com"/> Carolla met Kimmel at the radio station, and the two became best friends. Carolla asked Jimmy how he could get into radio; Jimmy replied that Carolla should create a character. Carolla eventually joined the show's cast as "Mr. Birchum," the ornery and [[misanthropic]] [[Vietnam veteran|Vietnam-veteran]] [[shop class|shop teacher]].


==Radio==
==Radio==
In 1994, Carolla volunteered his services as a boxing trainer to prepare [[Jimmy Kimmel]] for a bout being staged by [[KROQ-FM]]'s morning radio program ''[[Kevin and Bean]]''.<ref name="IMDB bio">{{cite web |title=Adam Carolla (bio) |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004805/bio |publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]] |access-date=March 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114195602/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004805/bio |archive-date=November 14, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> Kimmel was a regular on the show as "Jimmy the Sports Guy" and he was set to fight another KROQ personality in a boxing exhibition which was being billed as the "Bleeda in Reseda".<ref name=JKbio>{{cite web |title=Jimmy Kimmel bio |url=http://jimmykimmel.net/jkbio.htm |publisher=[[Jimmy Kimmel]] |access-date=March 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130112175200/http://jimmykimmel.net/jkbio.htm |archive-date=January 12, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> Carolla parlayed this opportunity into a long-running friendship and business partnership with Kimmel as well as a recurring role on ''Kevin and Bean'' as cranky woodshop teacher, Mr. Birchum.<ref>{{cite news |title=Infinity Launches FREE FM as Stern Replacement Strategy |url=http://creativemac.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=35329 |access-date=March 13, 2012 |newspaper=[[Infinity Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=October 26, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903183720/http://creativemac.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=35329 |archive-date=September 3, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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===Loveline===
{{main|Loveline}}
{{Original research|date=February 2008}}
Carolla was offered the job of co-hosting ''[[Loveline]]'' with [[physician]] [[Dr. Drew Pinsky]] in 1995, replacing [[Riki Rachtman]]. Pinsky selected Carolla personally, after hearing Carolla's earlier radio work. ''Loveline'' is a [[broadcast syndication#Radio syndication|syndicated]] radio program produced by [[Westwood One]], and was also a television show on [[MTV]] for four years. On ''Loveline'', Carolla often gave extended commentary about matters having little to do with the official subject matter of the show. Common topics included: Carolla's dislike of the negative effects of religious zealotry, criticism of celebrities, and complaints about politically-originated policies that make little sense, such as junior colleges, traffic/parking enforcement as pure revenue-generation, superfluous red left-turn arrows, and other "wastes" such as the abundance of police officers available to serve traffic citations while none seem to be available for important issues like counter-terrorism, and incessant radio weather and traffic reports. ("How many traffic reports have you listened to? Thousands. How many times have you actually changed your route based on a traffic report? That's right! Never!") His impassioned criticisms and observational humor became a central characteristic of the show.


===''Loveline''===
During his time on ''Loveline'', Carolla gradually drew an increasing fan base to the program. Carolla, on ''Loveline'' after earlier attempts at traditional stand-up comedy, eschewed traditional stand-up methods, such as scripted comedic "bits". Carolla has claimed that he has no "act", referring to himself as a "comedy factory, as opposed to a comedy warehouse", distinguishing himself from comics who prepare material. Carolla preferred to use his time on the airwaves—and the subject matter of ''Loveline'' as an inspirational springboard—to launch into rants in a similar fashion to [[Dennis Miller]]. Carolla's presentation of his views frequently fits the description of [[black comedy]]. While Carolla distinguishes himself as being self-educated, he frequently refers to his formal education in abysmal, self-deprecating terms. Carolla claims to have genuinely forgotten several of his own past jokes, insights and innovations that have caught on with fans, attributing his forgetfulness to his "no self-esteem".
In October 1995, after being signed to the [[William Morris Endeavor|William Morris Agency]] by Mark Itkin,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://adamcarolla.com/store/|title=Store|publisher=Adamcarolla.com|access-date=February 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208104906/http://adamcarolla.com/store/|archive-date=February 8, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Carolla was offered the job of co-hosting the evening radio call-in show ''[[Loveline]].'' His co-hosts were the physician [[Drew Pinsky]] ("Dr. Drew") and metal DJ [[Riki Rachtman]]. Carolla received the offer after Pinsky heard him on ''Kevin and Bean''<ref name="IMDB bio"/> (Rachtman left the show the following year.)<ref name="UMNDaily">{{cite news |url=http://www.mndaily.com/sites/default/files/paper-pdfs/1996/08/09/1996-08-09.pdf |title=Laying it on the Loveline |last=Cowan |first=Michael |date=August 9, 1996 |access-date=March 13, 2012 |publisher=[[Minnesota Daily]] |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927010328/http://www.dolland.net/loveline/cache/laying/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Loveline'' was broadcast on KROQ-FM in Los Angeles and was syndicated nationwide on the former [[Westwood One (1976–2011)|Westwood One]] radio network.


While the format of the program was primarily that of a call-in show wherein listeners would ask questions about sex and relationships, Carolla would often spend much of the show ranting about various topics from fart jokes to extended parodies of radio morning shows, including mocking the format's penchant for useless and repetitive weather and traffic reports. In contrast to the reserved, thoughtful Pinsky, Carolla served as the loud, funny side of the show. Carolla's character was described by one reviewer as "a toned-down version of [[Howard Stern]] minus the huge ego".<ref name="UMNDaily"/>
During his final shows on ''Loveline'', the fanbase that he had cultivated was, in his own words, larger than he expected. Carolla often claimed that he had no idea of the effect he had on his audience, saying frequently that, among the small staff in the ''Loveline'' broadcast studio, "no one cares"; he repeatedly drew attention to the apathy of his co-workers—with extended, comedic complaints about the staff, including Pinsky (they both stated they had become very close during their work together). He repeated sentiments of fan appreciation on-air during his last few ''Loveline'' broadcasts, consciously breaking from his black-humor comedic tone to thank his fans in earnest, explaining that the opportunity for his own morning radio show similar to [[Howard Stern]]'s was an opportunity he could not pass up.


In a late-2003 ''Loveline'' episode, Carolla said that Hawaiians are "dumb", "in-bred", "retarded" people who are among the "dumbest people we have". The comments were met with anger in Hawaii and resulted in ''Loveline''{{'}}s cancellation on Hawaiian affiliate [[KPOI-FM|KPOI]].<ref>Cataluna, Lee (December 23, 2003).[http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2003/Dec/23/ln/ln48alee.html "KPOI, listeners cry foul"], ''Honolulu Advertiser''.</ref>
On May 13, 2009, Adam returned to ''Loveline'' as a guest. During a typical discourse with a caller that was giving short, unaccommodating responses, Carolla snapped saying "Oh, Jesus Christ, I don't miss this God-damn show one second!" Adam said being on Loveline was like "visiting your grandfather at the morgue".<ref>Kevin and Bean, 2009-05-15</ref>


===The Adam Carolla Show===
===''The Adam Carolla Show''===
{{ main|The Adam Carolla Show }}
{{Main|The Adam Carolla Show (radio program)}}
In October 2005, Carolla was announced as the host of a new morning radio show on the [[Infinity Broadcasting Corporation|Infinity Broadcasting]] network. His new show would replace the popular syndicated [[The Howard Stern Show|''Howard Stern Show'']] (which was moving to [[satellite radio]]) in twelve of the 27 markets in which Stern had been broadcast including Los Angeles, [[Las Vegas]], San Francisco, [[San Diego]], [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]], and [[Portland, Oregon]].<ref name=SternReplacement>{{cite news |last=Thomas |first=Karen |title=Infinity signs Roth and Carolla |url=https://www.usatoday.com/money/media/2005-10-25-stern-replacements_x.htm |access-date=March 19, 2012 |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |date=October 25, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051223212806/http://www.usatoday.com/money/media/2005-10-25-stern-replacements_x.htm |archive-date=December 23, 2005 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''The Adam Carolla Show'' debuted in January 2006.
On November 1, 2005, Carolla announced that he would leave ''Loveline'' to pursue a position in morning radio, replacing [[Howard Stern]]&mdash;with Stern's approval&mdash;in a number of West Coast markets. Adam's last night on ''Loveline'' was November 3, 2005, to allow him to have time to prepare for his morning debut in January, 2006. He stated that he would love to continue to do Loveline by recording it immediately after his morning show, but Westwood One insisted that the show must be broadcast live. On October 25, [[Infinity Broadcasting]] officially announced that it would be replacing Stern with Carolla on several radio stations in the [[West Coast of the United States|western United States]]. <ref name="usatoday0">{{cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-10-25-stern-replacements_x.html|title=Infinity signs Roth and Carolla|date=2005-10-25|accessdate=2008-02-21|last=Thomas|first=Karen|publisher=[[USA Today]]}}</ref>


In early 2008, actor [[Gerard Butler]] sat in and observed Adam Carolla on ''[[The Adam Carolla Show (radio program)|The Adam Carolla Show]]'' in order to prepare for his role in ''[[The Ugly Truth]]'' as a cynical and crass talk-radio host allegedly based on Carolla.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adamcarolla.com/ACPBlog/2009/10/26/adam-lucas-foster-and-michael-irby/|title=Adam, Lucas Foster and Michael Irby|date=October 26, 2009|access-date=April 11, 2017|archive-date=April 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415015911/http://www.adamcarolla.com/ACPBlog/2009/10/26/adam-lucas-foster-and-michael-irby/}}</ref>
On February 18, 2009 it was confirmed that The Adam Carolla Show had been canceled as part of a format switch at KLSX to AMP FM, a new top 40 station. The final show was Friday, February 20, 2009.<ref name="ocreg">http://www.ocregister.com/articles/cbs-radio-amp-2311999-jack-format</ref>


On February 18, 2009, ''The Adam Carolla Show'' was canceled as part of a format switch at [[KNX-FM|KLSX]] to AMP FM, a new top 40 station. The final show was Friday, February 20, 2009.<ref name="ocreg">{{cite web |url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/cbs-radio-amp-2311999-jack-format |title=KLSX will drop talk radio format to play Top 40 music &#124; cbs, radio, amp, jack, format – Entertainment |publisher=OCRegister.com |date=February 18, 2009 |access-date=October 10, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603075655/http://www.ocregister.com/articles/cbs-radio-amp-2311999-jack-format |archive-date=June 3, 2009 }}</ref>
===The Adam Carolla Podcast===

As of February 23, 2009, Adam began hosting a daily podcast at [http://www.carollaradio.com/ www.carollaradio.com]. The show is available through iTunes: [http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=306390087 The Adam Carolla Podcast]. The RSS feed is [http://cioffi.cachefly.net/acp.xml The Adam Carolla RSS Feed]. In the initial 24 hours, the first Adam Carolla podcast was downloaded over 250,000 times and, as of the third podcast, it was the number one podcast on iTunes in both the U.S. and Canada.<ref>http://carollaradio.com/2009/02/24/thanks-everyone/</ref> During the debut week, the Adam Carolla podcast recorded 1.6 million downloads. In the second week it recorded 2.4 million downloads. By the second week of the show, the fourth episode of the podcast featuring former [[The Adam Carolla Show|Adam Carolla Show]] sidekick [[Dave Dameshek]] was downloaded over 500,000 times.<ref>http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/la-oe-stein6-2009mar06,1,4616454.column</ref> Adam stated that [[bandwidth]] costs over $9,000 per month as of May 2009.<ref>Loveline, 2009-05-12</ref>
==Podcasts==
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===''The Adam Carolla Podcast''===
! Episodes
{{Main|The Adam Carolla Show (podcast)}}
Carolla started a daily podcast on February 23, 2009, at his personal website, which would evolve into the [[ACE Broadcasting Network]]. The first Adam Carolla podcast was downloaded more than 250,000 times in the initial 24 hours, and by the third podcast, it was the number one podcast on iTunes in both the U.S. and Canada.<ref name="podcast">
{{cite web |url=http://www.edibleapple.com/the-adam-carolla-podcast-jumps-to-1-spot-on-itunes-in-1-day/ |title="The Adam Carolla Podcast" jumps to No. 1 spot on iTunes in 1 day |date=February 7, 2009 |work=Edible Apple |access-date=December 6, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226111922/http://www.edibleapple.com/the-adam-carolla-podcast-jumps-to-1-spot-on-itunes-in-1-day/ |archive-date=December 26, 2010 |url-status= live}}</ref> During the debut week, the Adam Carolla podcast recorded 1.6&nbsp;million downloads. In the second week it recorded 2.4&nbsp;million downloads. By the fourth episode of the second week, featuring former [[The Adam Carolla Show (terrestrial radio)|''Adam Carolla Show'']] sidekick [[Dave Dameshek]], the show was downloaded more than 500,000 times.<ref>{{cite news|title=Getting the ax – it's awesome|author=Stein, J.|url=https://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-stein6-2009mar06,1,1953463.column|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=March 6, 2009|access-date=June 7, 2013}}</ref> Adam stated that [[Bandwidth (computing)|bandwidth]] cost more than $9,000 a month as of May 2009.<ref>Loveline, May 12, 2009</ref>

At the end of 2009, ''The Adam Carolla Podcast'' was selected by iTunes for its end-of-the-year awards as the Best Audio Podcast of 2009.<ref>{{cite web |last=Paul |first=Ian |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/185663/itunes_picks_the_best_of_2009.html |title=iTunes Picks the Best of 2009 |publisher=PCWorld.com |date=December 31, 2009 |access-date=October 10, 2011 |archive-date=November 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123014652/http://www.pcworld.com/article/185663/itunes_picks_the_best_of_2009.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On the April 4, 2010, episode of ''[[The Adam Carolla Show (podcast)|The Adam Carolla Show]]'', Carolla referred to Filipino boxer [[Manny Pacquiao]] as a "fucking idiot" and said of the [[Philippines]]: "They got this and sex tours, that's all they have over there. Get your shit together, Philippines." A spokesman for President [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]] called Carolla an "ignorant fool". Carolla subsequently apologized via Twitter.<ref name=pacquiao1>{{Cite news |title=US comedian calls Pacquiao 'illiterate', bashes Pinoys |newspaper=ABS-CBN |location=Manila, Philippines |date=April 4, 2010 |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/04/04/10/us-comedian-calls-pacquiao-illiterate-bashes-pinoys |access-date=January 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202175833/http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/04/04/10/us-comedian-calls-pacquiao-illiterate-bashes-pinoys|archive-date=February 2, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=pacquiao2>{{Cite news |title=Adam Carolla Angers Philippines With Rant About Pacquiao, Sex Tourism |work=HuffPost |date=April 5, 2010 |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/adam-carolla-angers-phili_n_525412 |access-date=January 24, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|last=Carolla|first=Adam|user=adamcarolla|number=11625856966|title=Read your comments.Sorry if I offended many of u.I don't preplan my commentary. I try to be provoctive,funny but I crossed the line&im sorry|date=April 5, 2010|access-date=October 19, 2021}}
</ref>

On May 18, 2011, Carolla noted on ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'' that ''The Adam Carolla Show'' had taken the [[Guinness World Record]] for the most downloaded podcast ever from previous holder [[Ricky Gervais]]<ref name="digitalspy.com">{{cite web |last=Still |first=Jennifer |date=May 19, 2011 |title='Adam Carolla Show' breaks podcast world record |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/celebrity/news/a320520/adam-carolla-show-breaks-podcast-world-record.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002144509/https://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/a320520/adam-carolla-show-breaks-podcast-world-record/ |archive-date=Oct 2, 2019 |access-date=September 22, 2011 |website=Digital Spy}}</ref> by receiving 59,574,843 unique downloads from March 2009 to March 16, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://community.guinnessworldrecords.com/_THE-ADAM-CAROLLA-SHOW-BREAKS-RECORD-FOR-THE-MOST-DOWNLOADED-PODCAST/blog/3640661/7691.html|title='The Adam Carolla Show' breaks record for most downloaded podcast|publisher=Guinness|date=May 19, 2011|access-date=April 11, 2017|archive-date=January 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126092055/http://community.guinnessworldrecords.com/_THE-ADAM-CAROLLA-SHOW-BREAKS-RECORD-FOR-THE-MOST-DOWNLOADED-PODCAST/blog/3640661/7691.html}}</ref>

In 2010, Carolla posed for the [[NOH8 Campaign]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noh8campaign.com/photo-gallery/familiar-faces/photo/5658 |title=Familiar Faces |publisher=NOH8 Campaign |date=February 1, 2010 |access-date=November 27, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.advocate.com/news/daily-news/2011/08/15/adam-carollas-antitrans-rant|title=Adam Carollas Sorry for AntiTrans Rant |work=Advocate.com|last=Garcia|first=Michelle|date=August 15, 2011|access-date=September 5, 2012|quote=In 2010, the same year he posed for the No H8 campaign (pictured), Carolla said he believes that "a mom and a dad is better than two dads or two moms."}}</ref> In August 2011, Carolla released a podcast where he mocked a petition to the producers of ''[[Sesame Street]]'' that demanded [[Bert and Ernie]] get married on air. He said on air that gay activists should "[j]ust get married, and please shut up" and that "Y.U.C.K." would be more memorable acronym than [[LGBT]], and referring to [[transgender]] people he asked: "When did we start giving a shit about these people?"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://paperlined.org/external/Adam_Carolla_2011-08-11.html |title=Transcript of the August 11, 2011, Adam Carolla Show |publisher=Paperlined.org |date=August 11, 2011 |access-date=October 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204222454/http://paperlined.org/external/Adam_Carolla_2011-08-11.html |archive-date=December 4, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[GLAAD]] characterized the previous remarks by Carolla as offensive, including an assertion that "all things being equal", heterosexual parents make better parents than homosexual parents. Carolla responded: "I'm sorry my comments were hurtful. I'm a comedian, not a politician."<ref>TMZ Staff (August 15, 2011).[https://www.tmz.com/2011/08/15/glaad-adam-carolla-lgbt-lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-the-adam-carolla-show-podcast-loveline-comedy-intolerance-transgender/ "Adam Carolla – Gay Rights Group PISSED Over Anti-LGBT Tirade"], ''TMZ''.</ref><ref>Rich Ferraro (August 15, 2011).[http://www.glaad.org/releases/08152011carolla "GLAAD Taking Action Against Adam Carolla's Anti-LGBT Remarks"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831001438/http://www.glaad.org/releases/08152011carolla |date=August 31, 2011 }}. GLAAD. (press release).</ref>

===="Patent Troll" Lawsuit====
In 2013, [[Personal Audio LLC (patent holding company)|Personal Audio]] filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Lotzi Digital, Inc., producers of ''The Adam Carolla Show'' and several other [[podcasts]] on the Carolla Digital Network, in the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas|U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas]]. The suit alleged that owner Adam Carolla and his network of content infringed on Personal Audio's patent 8,112,504.<ref name="Economist-Carolla-2014">{{cite news |url=http://www.economist.com/node/21599498 |title=A podcast patent piper wants to be paid |publisher=The Economist Newspaper Limited |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |date=March 25, 2014 |access-date=August 20, 2014 |author=Fleishman, Glenn}}</ref>

Using the [[crowdfunding]] site FundAnything.com, listeners contributed more than $475,000 (as of August 2014) to support Carolla throughout the legal proceedings.<ref name="FundAnything-CarollaDefense">{{cite web |url=https://fundanything.com/en/campaigns/patenttroll |title=Save Our Podcasts Legal Defense Fund |work=[[FundAnything]] |access-date=August 20, 2014 |author=Carolla, Adam |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822035605/https://fundanything.com/en/campaigns/patenttroll |archive-date=August 22, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Personal Audio dropped the lawsuit July 29, 2014, stating that the defendants were not "making significant money from infringing Personal Audio's patents". However, Carolla countersued, having already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars mounting a defense against claims he deemed unfounded. Among claims sought by the countersuit was a request that the initial patent be invalidated.<ref name="Upstart-2014-Carolla">{{cite web |url=http://upstart.bizjournals.com/entrepreneurs/hot-shots/2014/07/30/adam-carolla-relentlessly-pursues-a-patent-troll.html |title=Adam Carolla relentlessly pursues a patent troll, raises $458,000 for his countersuit |work=Upstart Business Journal |date=July 30, 2014 |access-date=August 20, 2014 |author=del Castillo, Michael}}</ref> On August 15, 2014, Carolla and Personal Audio filed a joint [[motion to dismiss]] after reaching a settlement, the details of which were not made public but included a six-week "quiet period" during which neither party could speak to the media.<ref name="EFF-CarollaSettlement-2014">{{cite web |url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/08/good-bad-and-ugly-adam-carollas-settlement-podcasting-troll |title=The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Adam Carolla's Settlement with the Podcasting Troll |publisher=[[Electronic Frontier Foundation|EFF.org]] |date=August 18, 2014 |access-date=August 20, 2014 |author=Nazer, Daniel}}</ref> Both parties' claims were dropped without [[prejudice (legal procedure)|prejudice]] and, as such, could be refiled at a later date.<ref name="ArsTechnica-CarollaSettlement-2014">{{cite web |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/08/adam-carolla-strikes-a-deal-with-podcasting-patent-troll/ |title=Adam Carolla settles with podcasting patent troll, agrees to 'quiet period' |work=[[Ars Technica]] |date=August 19, 2014 |access-date=August 20, 2014 |author=Mullin, Joe}}</ref>

==Television==

===1996 through 2004===
From 1996 to 2000, Carolla and Dr. Drew hosted ''[[Loveline (TV series)|Loveline]]'' on [[MTV]], a television version of the radio show. Carolla began his first original television series with ''[[The Man Show]]'', along with partner and friend Jimmy Kimmel, on [[Comedy Central]] from 1999 to 2003. He left ''The Man Show'' at the same time as Kimmel. Carolla has continued his work with Kimmel as a writer and guest on ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]''. He also appeared on an episode of ''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]'' around this time.

Carolla and partner [[Daniel Kellison]] are the heads of [[Jackhole Productions]]. The two created the television show ''[[Crank Yankers]]'' for Comedy Central, which revived the Mr. Birchum character. The show premiered in 2002 on Comedy Central and returned to MTV2 on February 9, 2007, running again until March 30, 2007. The show screened in Australia on SBS Television and The Comedy Channel between 2003 and 2008. The show was again revived in 2019, returning to Comedy Central.

Corolla also starred in the role of Spanky Ham for the [[Comedy Central]] adult animated series, [[Drawn Together]].

===2005 through 2008===
From August 2005 to November 2005, Carolla hosted the talk show ''[[Too Late with Adam Carolla]]'' on Comedy Central.

Also in 2005, Carolla was featured in a home remodeling program called ''[[The Adam Carolla Project]]'' wherein he and a crew of old friends renovated his childhood home. The 13 episodes aired on the cable channel TLC ([[The Learning Channel]]) from October through December 2005. The house was then sold for 1.2&nbsp;million dollars.<ref name="sfgate.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/11/20/REG7IFO80R1.DTL|title=Adam Carolla selling TV series house|date=November 20, 2005|access-date=February 21, 2008|last=Ryon|first=Ruth|work=[[The San Francisco Chronicle]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080404164939/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2005%2F11%2F20%2FREG7IFO80R1.DTL|archive-date=April 4, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://epguides.com/AdamCarollaProject/ |title=The Adam Carolla Project |access-date=August 10, 2008 |publisher=epguides.com | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080809124701/http://www.epguides.com/AdamCarollaProject/| archive-date=August 9, 2008| url-status= live}}</ref>

In 2006, Carolla appeared on the special summer series ''[[Gameshow Marathon (US TV series)|Gameshow Marathon]]'' as a celebrity panelist on the [[Match Game]] episode.

On the February 18, 2008, broadcast of his radio show, Carolla announced that he would be one of the contestants on the next season of ''[[Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]''. Later in the broadcast, it was revealed to Carolla that his partner would be [[Julianne Hough]].<ref name="ew.com">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2008/02/19/dancing-stars-announces-lineup/|title=Dancing with the Stars announces lineup|date=February 18, 2008 |access-date=February 20, 2008 |last=Bruno|first=Mike |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> He was voted off on the April 8, 2008, episode after his performance of the [[Paso Doble]], after incorporating a demonstration of unicycle riding in his dance routine.

;''Dancing with the Stars'' performances
{| class="wikitable" style="float:left;"
|- style="text-align:Center; background:#ccc; background:#ccc;"
| rowspan=2|'''Week #'''
| rowspan=2|'''Dance/Song'''
| colspan=3|'''Judges' score'''
| rowspan=2|'''Result'''
|- style="text-align:center; background:#ccc; background:#ccc;"
| style="width:10%; "|Inaba
| style="width:10%; "|Goodman
| style="width:10%; "|Tonioli
|- style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6; background:#faf6f6;"
||1
||[[Foxtrot]]/ "[[Mellow Yellow]]"
||5
||5
||5
||N/A
|- style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"
||2
||[[Mambo (dance)|Mambo]]/ "[[Andy Williams|House of Bamboo]]"
||6
||7
||6
||Safe
|- style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"
||3
||[[Tango (ballroom)|Tango]]/ "[[I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango]]"
||7
||7
||7
||Safe
|- style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"
||4
||[[Paso Doble]]/ "[[James Horner|Plaza of Execution]]"
||6
||7
||6
||Eliminated
|}{{Clear}}

On June 16, 2008, Carolla was selected to host a pilot of an American version of the popular [[BBC]] show ''[[Top Gear (American TV series)|Top Gear]]'' for [[NBC]]. In December 2008, NBC decided not to pick up the show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jalopnik.com/5108040/nbc-cuts-top-gear-usa-due-to-knight-rider-failure/ |title=NBC Cuts Top Gear USA Due To Knight Rider Failure |website=Jalopnik |date=December 11, 2008 |access-date=October 10, 2011}}</ref>

===2009 to present===
On February 21, 2009, a day after his Los Angeles-based morning radio show was canceled&nbsp;– as part of a format change at KLSX-FM&nbsp;– CBS ordered a comedy pilot, ''Ace in the Hole'', starring Carolla as a husband and father who works as a driving instructor. Carolla created and wrote the pilot with Kevin Hench (''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'').<ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2009/scene/markets-festivals/adam-carolla-gets-cbs-pilot-1118000437/ |title=Adam Carolla gets CBS pilot |first=Michael |last=Schneider |date=February 21, 2009 | work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> Carolla stated that [[Pamela Adlon]] was to play his wife and [[Windell Middlebrooks]] would play his best friend. During his March 30, 2009, podcast, Carolla briefly described the show as being "''[[All in the Family]]'', essentially", with Carolla playing a similar role to that of [[Archie Bunker]]. On the July 23, 2009, episode of the ''Adam Carolla Podcast'', Carolla announced that CBS was not picking up the pilot for the 2009 season, "in any way, shape or form".

On October 22, 2009, it was reported in ''Variety'' that Carolla had struck a deal with NBC to produce a half-hour pilot for a sitcom. The report was later confirmed on January 4, 2010, and was the first comedy pilot ordered by NBC for the season.<ref name="reuters">{{cite news| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6040D820100105 | work=[[Reuters]] | title=NBC picks up Adam Carolla pilot | date=January 5, 2010}}</ref> The untitled project, written by Carolla and Kevin Hench, was a single-camera sitcom that starred Carolla as a contractor and father who attempts to rebuild his life after his wife leaves him.<ref name="hollywood reporter">{{cite magazine|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|via=[[The Associated Press]]|date=October 13, 2010|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/nbc-picks-adam-carolla-pilot-19106|title=NBC picks up Adam Carolla pilot|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref name="variety">{{cite news | url=https://variety.com/2010/scene/markets-festivals/adam-carolla-lands-nbc-pilot-1118013310/ | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120915063900/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118013310.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 | url-status=live | archive-date=September 15, 2012 | work=Variety | title=Adam Carolla lands NBC pilot | first=Michael | last=Schneider | date=January 4, 2010 }}</ref> Carolla was set to executive produce the NBC project along with frequent collaborators Kimmel and Hench, as well as his agent James "Babydoll" Dixon, Jon Pollack, Gail Berman, Daniel Kellison, and Lloyd Braun. Universal Media Studios, BermanBraun, and Carolla and Jimmy Kimmel's own Jackhole Industries.<ref name="hollywood reporter" /><ref name="variety" />

On the February 13, 2010, episode of Carolla's ''CarCast'' podcast, he revealed that [[The History Channel]] had picked up ''Top Gear US'', which NBC had decided against in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adamcarolla.com/CarCastBlog/2010/02/13/adams-miura/ |title=Adam's Miura &#124; CarCast |website=Adamcarolla.com |date=February 13, 2010 |access-date=September 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908013408/http://www.adamcarolla.com/CarCastBlog/2010/02/13/adams-miura/ |archive-date=September 8, 2011 }}</ref> On the March 26, 2010, episode of ''CarCast'', Carolla said that he would not be co-hosting ''Top Gear US'' because of scheduling conflicts with his NBC sitcom project. In June 2010, Carolla said that his NBC pilot had not been picked up and was now "dead".<ref>{{cite web |last=Bacon |first=Caleb |url=http://laist.com/2010/06/11/adam_carolla_talks_about_talking.php |title=Adam Carolla Talks About Talking And Pie |publisher=Laist |date=June 11, 2010 |access-date=September 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615170344/http://laist.com/2010/06/11/adam_carolla_talks_about_talking.php |archive-date=June 15, 2010 }}</ref>

Premiering on February 19, 2012, Carolla was also one of the contestants in the 12th season of NBC's ''[[The Apprentice (American season 12)|The Celebrity Apprentice]]''. He was fired in Week 4, because host [[Donald Trump]] perceived that Carolla did not utilize teammate [[Mario Andretti]]'s car background during a [[Buick]] presentation.

In 2022, Carolla competed in [[The Masked Singer (American TV series) season 8|season eight]] of ''[[The Masked Singer (American TV series)|The Masked Singer]]'' as "Avocado". He was eliminated on "Comedy Roast Night" alongside [[Chris Jericho]] as "Bride".

==== ''The Car Show'' ====
Carolla's ''The Car Show'' debuted on Speed TV July 13, 2011. Appearing Wednesdays at 10&nbsp;pm Eastern, it featured Carolla as the host, along with [[Dan Neil (journalist)|Dan Neil]], [[John Salley]], and Matt Farah. It had a format similar to ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'', mixing car reviews, tests and humor. The show was initially met with positive reviews from car enthusiasts and comedy fans. Talk show host and comedian [[Jay Leno]] called ''The Car Show'', "a lot of fun".<ref>[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xk259q_the-tonight-show-with-jay-leno-adam-carolla-part-2_news "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Adam Carolla Part 2"] (video). DailyMotion.com. Event occurs at 3:33. {{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
''The Car Show'' was cancelled after one season, after undergoing format changes due to low ratings, as Carolla mentioned on his podcast on January 13, 2012.

==== ''Catch a Contractor'' ====
''[[Catch a Contractor]]'' is a non-scripted, original series on [[Spike (TV network)|Spike]], hosted by Carolla along with "no-nonsense contractor" Skip Bedell and his wife, investigator Alison Bedell. Together they expose unethical contractors and seek retribution for wronged homeowners.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.spike.com/press/2013/08/05/spike-tv-teams-with-adam-carolla-to-catch-a-contractor/|title=Spike TV Teams with Adam Carolla to Catch a Contractor|publisher=SpikeTV|date=August 5, 2013|access-date=February 6, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222162442/http://www.spike.com/press/2013/08/05/spike-tv-teams-with-adam-carolla-to-catch-a-contractor/|archive-date=February 22, 2014}}</ref>

The show premiered on March 9, 2014, to 1.2&nbsp;million viewers, the largest audience for a series debut on Spike since ''Coal'' in March 2011.<ref>{{cite web |first=Tony|last=Maglio|url=https://www.thewrap.com/adam-carolla-catch-a-contractor-spike-tv-ratings-bar-rescue|title=Adam Carolla's 'Catch a Contractor' Debut Is Spike's Best in 3 Years|website=[[The Wrap]] |date=March 11, 2014 |access-date=March 17, 2014}}</ref> The show was cancelled in 2015.<ref>{{cite tweet|first=Adam|last=Carolla|user=adamcarolla|title=sorry, thats it RT @DanicafanJohn @adamcarolla is To Catch a Contractor coming back this season|number=726173382803255297|date=April 29, 2016|access-date=July 31, 2016}}</ref>

==== ''Adam Carolla and Friends Build Stuff Live'' ====
Premiering on [[Spike TV]] on March 14, 2017, ''Adam Carolla and Friends Build Stuff Live'' features Carolla building projects live and in studio with some of his Hollywood friends, and tackling viewers' home improvement projects via social media.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spike.com/press/category/adam-carolla-and-friends-build-stuff-live/|title=Adam Carolla to Host Live Innovative Interactive Talk Show on Spike|publisher=SpikeTV Press Release|date=April 7, 2016|access-date=April 15, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416050006/http://www.spike.com/press/category/adam-carolla-and-friends-build-stuff-live/|archive-date=April 16, 2017}}</ref>

===Voice acting===
Carolla has also done [[voice acting]] in animation, including Commander Nebula on the [[Disney Channel|Disney]] animated series ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]'', [[Personifications of death|Death]] on ''[[Family Guy]]'' (replacing [[Norm Macdonald]]) and Spanky Ham on ''[[Drawn Together]]''. He was also the voice of the [[éclair]] police officer, Wynchell, in the Disney film ''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]''. In 2008 and 2009, he was the spokesperson for T.G.I. Friday's.

==Film==
In 2003, he appeared in ''[[Windy City Heat]]'' as himself.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383053|title=Windy City Heat (2003)|date=October 12, 2003|publisher=IMDb.com|access-date=February 3, 2014}}</ref> In 2006, Carolla finished work on ''[[The Hammer (2007 film)|The Hammer]]'', a semi-autobiographical [[independent film]] he co-wrote and co-produced, in which he stars opposite [[Heather Juergensen]]. The film is based loosely on his own life and is filmed at a gym he helped build with his co-star, Ozzie, played by [[Oswaldo Castillo]], his friend in real life whom he met while building the gym when they both worked in construction.<ref name="SI">{{cite news| title= New boxing movie, celebs' fight-Derby dilemma, more| date= May 3, 2007| url= http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/arash_markazi/05/02/adam.carolla/index.html| work= SportsIllustrated.com| access-date= November 6, 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071009134255/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/arash_markazi/05/02/adam.carolla/index.html| archive-date= October 9, 2007| url-status= live| df= mdy-all}}</ref> The film made its [[world premiere]] at the 2007 [[Tribeca Film Festival]] in New York City and shortly thereafter received a positive review in Variety.<ref name="SI" /> The film was released on March 21, 2008.<ref>{{cite web | title = The Hammer (2007) | date = April 26, 2007 | publisher = [[Internet Movie Database]] | url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814130/ | access-date =August 9, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080828034631/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814130/| archive-date=August 28, 2008| url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = The Hammer – Official Site | url = http://www.thehammermovie.com/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060622053359/http://www.thehammermovie.com/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = June 22, 2006 | access-date = August 9, 2008 | df = mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.toronto.com/movies/movie/597827 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071227141136/http://www.toronto.com/movies/movie/597827 |archive-date=December 27, 2007 |title=The Hammer}}</ref> The film is rated 80% on [[Rotten Tomatoes]].<ref>[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10009253-the_hammer/ The Hammer]. ''Rotten Tomatoes''.</ref>

Carolla made a short appearance in [[Jeff Balis]]' ''[[Still Waiting...]]'' (a sequel to ''[[Waiting... (film)|Waiting...]]'') playing a pick-up artist guru.

Carolla helped write an unproduced screenplay for a film entitled ''Deaf Frat Guy: Showdown at Havasu''.<ref>Adam Carolla interview on Leo The Film Freak, June 21, 2008.</ref>

He is the voice of Virgil in the independent short film ''[[Save Virgil]]''.

In July 2013, Carolla used crowdfunding for ''[[Road Hard]]''; a film he directed and starred in, about the lives of aging road comics. Adam confirmed through a press conference that the film would co-star [[David Alan Grier]], [[Illeana Douglas]], [[Diane Farr]], and [[Larry Miller (comedian)|Larry Miller]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Ford|first=Rebecca|title=Adam Carolla Announces Cast for Crowd-Funded Film 'Road Hard'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/adam-carolla-announces-cast-crowd-583183|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=July 10, 2013|access-date=July 12, 2013}}</ref> It had limited theatrical release in the United States. Several minutes of the credits are devoted to listing the names of those who helped crowdfund the film.

Carolla also directed the documentary ''[[Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman]]'' on the 35-year car racing career of [[Paul Newman]]. The documentary showcases Newman's racing life as both a prolific driver and owner.

In 2017, Carolla and [[Dennis Prager]] began filming ''[[No Safe Spaces]]'', a documentary about political correctness at universities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/adam-carolla-launches-crowdfunding-campaign-no-safe-spaces-movie-1007546|title=Adam Carolla Launches Crowdfunding Campaign for 'No Safe Spaces' Movie|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=May 24, 2017}}</ref> ''No Safe Spaces'' had a limited opening on October 25, 2019, and did well enough to open nationwide on December 6, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/no-safe-spaces-fans-critics |title = Moviegoers flock to free speech doc 'No Safe Spaces' despite panning from mainstream critics|website = [[Fox News]]|date = November 18, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/nov/24/inside-the-beltway-victory-no-safe-spaces-heads-to/ |title = Victory: Adam Carolla, Dennis Prager film 'No Safe Spaces' heads to major markets|website = [[The Washington Times]]}}</ref>

==Books==
Carolla and Drew Pinsky co-wrote (with [[Marshall Fine]]) the [[self-help]] book ''The Dr. Drew and Adam Book: A Survival Guide to Life and Love,'' published in 1998.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Dr. Drew and Adam Book|url=https://archive.org/details/drdrewadamboo00pins|url-access=registration|publisher=[[Dell Pub.]]|access-date=March 14, 2012|isbn = 978-0440508366|year = 1998}}</ref> The book is a compilation of some of the advice the pair compiled while producing Loveline.<ref>{{cite news |last=Cruz |first=Clarissa |title=Book Review: The Dr. Drew and Adam Book: A Survival Guide to Life and Love |url=https://ew.com/article/1998/10/30/dr-drew-and-adam-book-survival-guide-life-and-love/ |access-date=March 14, 2012 |newspaper=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=October 30, 1998 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928011510/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,285444,00.html |archive-date=September 28, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In November 2010, Carolla's ''In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks... And Other Complaints from an Angry Middle-Aged White Guy'' was published by [[Crown Publishing Group|Crown Archetype]] and debuted at number eight on [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]] for hardcover non-fiction on November 21, 2010.<ref name=NYTBestSellerList11-21-2010>{{cite news |title=''The New York Times'' Best Seller list for November 21, 2010 |url=http://www.hawes.com/2010/2010-11-21.pdf |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=March 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528052721/http://www.hawes.com/2010/2010-11-21.pdf |archive-date=May 28, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> The book was compiled from rants Carolla had delivered on his radio show and podcast along with some new material and was dictated to and [[ghostwriter|ghost-written]] by Mike Lynch.<ref name=BookProcess>{{cite web |title=Book Talk w/ Mike Lynch |url=http://www.adamcarolla.com/past-shows/book-talk-w-mike-lynch |publisher=[[The Adam Carolla Show (podcast)|The Adam Carolla Show]] |date=November 1, 2010 |access-date=March 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130708190343/http://www.adamcarolla.com/past-shows/book-talk-w-mike-lynch |archive-date=July 8, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Carolla published a short, illustrated e-book entitled ''Rich Man, Poor Man'' in January 2012. The book details some similarities in the experiences of the very rich and the very poor which are not shared by the middle class.<ref name=DanielGross>{{cite news |last=Gross |first=Daniel |author-link=Daniel Gross (journalist) |title=Adam Carolla's Rich Man, Poor Man |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daniel-gross/adam-carolla-rich-man-poor-man-150936949.html |work=[[Yahoo! Finance]] |date=February 2, 2012 |access-date=March 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206033159/http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daniel-gross/adam-carolla-rich-man-poor-man-150936949.html |archive-date=February 6, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> The book was illustrated by Michael Narren.<ref name=RichMan_PoorMan>{{cite book |title=Rich Man, Poor Man |date = January 17, 2012|publisher = Crown Archetype|url=https://www.amazon.com/Rich-Man-Poor-ebook/dp/B006T5HD0A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326112534&sr=8-1 |access-date=March 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121145159/http://www.amazon.com/Rich-Man-Poor-ebook/dp/B006T5HD0A |archive-date=January 21, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Carolla's book ''Not Taco Bell Material'' was published by Crown Archetype on June 12, 2012.<ref name=NotTacoBellMaterial>{{cite web |title=Not Taco Bell Material |url=http://www.randomhouse.com/book/212426/not-taco-bell-material-by-adam-carolla |publisher=[[Random House]] |access-date=March 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511181038/http://www.randomhouse.com/book/212426/not-taco-bell-material-by-adam-carolla |archive-date=May 11, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In ''President Me: The America That's in My Head,'' Carolla presents the comedian's fantasy of the United States with him at the helm.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/adam-carolla-outlines-his-america-in-new-book-president-me/2014/05/23/e5a7f80e-dabf-11e3-b745-87d39690c5c0_story.html |title=Adam Carolla outlines his America in new book, 'President Me'|first=John|last=Wilwol|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=April 11, 2017}}</ref> When asked in separate interviews, both before and after the book's release, about whether the "if-I-were-king" critique of America was a serious piece, he said it's both: "Well, there's a lot of jokes in it, but you know, it's like... Well, if you have a fat friend you may make a lot of fat jokes about your fat friend, but he's still fat".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/oreilly/index.html|title=The O'Reilly Factor|website=[[Fox News]]|date=May 12, 2014|access-date=May 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513031315/http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/oreilly/index.html|archive-date=May 13, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://funemploymentradio.com/2013/08/27/funemployment-radio-episode-929/ |title=Funemployment Radio Comedy Podcast – Adam Carolla |publisher=Funemploymentradio.com |date=August 27, 2013 |access-date=February 3, 2014 |archive-date=November 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113061841/http://funemploymentradio.com/2013/08/27/funemployment-radio-episode-929/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In ''Daddy, Stop Talking!: And Other Things My Kids Want But Won't Be Getting,'' Carolla writes about modern parenting. Carolla describes what he believes adults must do if they don't want to have to support their kids forever. Carolla uses his own childhood as a cautionary tale, and decries [[helicopter parenting]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/comedian-adam-carolla-on-new-book-daddy-stop-talking/|title=Adam Carolla's parenting advice in "Daddy Stop Talking!"|date=May 26, 2015|website=www.cbsnews.com|language=en|access-date=October 24, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2015/06/17/daddy-stop-talking-adam-carolla|title=In 'Daddy, Stop Talking,' Adam Carolla Takes On Parenting|website=www.wbur.org|date=June 17, 2015 |language=en|access-date=October 24, 2019}}</ref>

Carolla's book, ''I'm Your Emotional Support Animal: Navigating Our All Woke, No Joke Culture'', was published by [[Post Hill Press]] on June 16, 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title = I'm Your Emotional Support Animal: Navigating Our All Woke, No Joke Culture |url = https://www.barnesandnoble.com/enwiki/w/im-your-emotional-support-animal-adam-carolla/1135615127 |website = barnesandnoble.com |date =n.d. |access-date = October 27, 2021}}</ref>

Carolla's latest book, ''Everything Reminds Me of Something'', was published by [[Post Hill Press]] on July 19, 2022.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://radio.foxnews.com/2022/07/24/even-more-of-adam-carolla-on-comedy-cancel-culture-and-america/|title=Even More Of Adam Carolla On Comedy, Cancel Culture And America|date=2022-07-24|work=Fox News Radio|access-date=2022-07-25|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Views==
=== Religious ===
Carolla's parents raised him in a light form of Buddhism, which he continued to practice for the sake of a girlfriend until age 21.<ref>''Loveline'' July 9, 1997 episode</ref> He also discusses being familiar with Judaism, though he is not Jewish by biological descent, due to a close relationship with his grandmother's Hungarian Jewish second husband. Since beginning his media career, Carolla has consistently identified as an atheist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/269881-i-am-not-agnostic-i-am-atheist-i-don-t-think|title=A quote by Adam Carolla|website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ffrf.org/ftod-cr/item/14966-adam-carolla|title=Adam Carolla – Freedom From Religion Foundation|website=ffrf.org|date=May 27, 1980 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQMQxJKKjcU|title=Adam Carolla on Atheism|date=February 5, 2008 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>

=== Political ===
Regarding his political views, Carolla has stated, "I guess I would be [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], in the sense that I want a secure border, I'm not into the [[Social programs in the United States|welfare state]], I'm not into all those [[National School Lunch Act|freebie lunch programs]]. It just kind of demeans people." He goes on to state, however, that he is also in favor of typically [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]] causes such as the [[Legalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States|legalization of marijuana]] (he is a member of the advisory board of the [[Marijuana Policy Project]])<ref name=MPP_Board/> and support for some [[Progressivism in the United States|progressive]] causes such as "[being] against [[Semi-automatic firearm|semi-automatic]] and [[Automatic firearm|automatic weapons]]. I'm not an [[National Rifle Association|NRA]] guy by any stretch of the imagination. I'd like alternative energy to be explored and electric cars to be used, but I want them to be powered by nuclear power plants."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popeater.com/2010/11/05/adam-carolla-interview-book/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103114440/http://www.popeater.com/2010/11/05/adam-carolla-interview-book/|archive-date=January 3, 2015 |title=Adam Carolla: 'I'm Republican, But I'd Like Pot Legalized' |publisher=PopEater.com |date=November 5, 2010 |access-date=September 22, 2011}}</ref> Elsewhere, he has stated, "My feeling is this whole country is founded on the principle of 'If you are not hurting anyone, and you're not fucking with someone else's shit, and you are paying your taxes, you should be able to just do what you want to do.' It's the freedom and the independence."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adamcarolla.com/ACPBlog/2010/04/19/adam-with-cheech-and-chong/ |title="Adam Carolla with Cheech and Chong" Podcast |publisher=Adamcarolla.com |date=April 19, 2010 |access-date=October 10, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009023734/http://www.adamcarolla.com/ACPBlog/2010/04/19/adam-with-cheech-and-chong/ |archive-date=October 9, 2011 }}</ref> In an interview with ''[[Reason (magazine)|Reason TV]]'', Carolla described his views as [[Libertarianism in the United States|libertarian]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urdV5DwT4Ns| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211122/urdV5DwT4Ns| archive-date=November 22, 2021 | url-status=live|title=Adam Carolla Uncensored: Legalize Drugs, Cut Taxes, Drive Through Red Lights! |publisher=YouTube|date=September 20, 2010|access-date=April 11, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
Carolla expressed his support for [[Andrew Yang]]'s 2020 presidential run.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://castbox.fm/episode/ACS-(Part-2)%3A-Todd-Garner-id6927-id153136689?country=us|title=Adam Carolla Show (Part 2): Todd Garner|author=Adam Carolla|date=May 13, 2019|publisher=Castbox}}</ref>

=== Women and comedy ===
In June 2012, Carolla gave a printed interview to the ''[[New York Post]]'', where among other things he stated that "chicks" are "always the least funny on the writing staff" and that "dudes are funnier than chicks".<ref>Larry Getlen.[http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/the_man_man_NS5UgwY5j06KwJp4WY1OJL "The Man's Man"]. ''The NY Post''. June 16, 2012.</ref> Carolla's comments were criticized as sexist.<ref>Marah Eakin.[https://www.avclub.com/adam-carolla-doesn-t-think-women-are-funny-1798231845 "Adam Carolla doesn't think women are funny"]. ''The AV Club''. June 19, 2012.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/Comedian+Adam+Carolla+says+women+aren+funny+jokes/6813170/story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624021949/http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Comedian%2BAdam%2BCarolla%2Bsays%2Bwomen%2Baren%2Bfunny%2Bjokes/6813170/story.html |archive-date=June 24, 2012 |title=Adam Carolla says women aren't funny, but gay jokes are |date=June 20, 2012 |first=Tim |last=Kenneally |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Jennifer Brett |url=http://blogs.ajc.com/the-buzz/2012/06/20/adam-carolla-women-are-not-funny/?cxntlid=thbz_hm |title=Adam Carolla: Women are not funny &#124; The Buzz |publisher=Blogs.ajc.com |date=June 20, 2012 |access-date=November 27, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118122937/http://blogs.ajc.com/the-buzz/2012/06/20/adam-carolla-women-are-not-funny/?cxntlid=thbz_hm |archive-date=November 18, 2012 }}</ref><ref>Natalie Finn.[http://www.eonline.com/news/jokes_on_him_adam_carolla_slammed/324634 "Joke's on Him: Adam Carolla Slammed for Saying Men are Funnier Than Women"]. ''E! Online''. June 19, 2012.</ref> Carolla criticized coverage of his comments as over-simplistic and misleading.<ref>{{cite web|title=Brad Williams Live From the Irvine Improv|url=http://www.adamcarolla.com/brad-williams-live-from-the-irvine-improv/|work=Adam Carolla Show Podcast|publisher=ACE Broadcasting|access-date=June 23, 2012|date=June 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624211210/http://www.adamcarolla.com/brad-williams-live-from-the-irvine-improv/|archive-date=June 24, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Cancel culture ===
Carolla said, "If you meet anyone over 45, they'll tell you they got paddled, they got swatted, the teacher would smack them with a ruler. ... Paddling a kid sounds pretty outrageous in 2020 and nobody would stand for it. ... But the people who engaged in it at the time when it was common practice or had a context, we don't need to build a time machine so we can cancel-culture them".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Keveney|first=Bill|title=Adam Carolla backs Jimmy Kimmel but says Karl Malone, Oprah impressions are 'not blackface'|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/06/23/adam-carolla-backs-jimmy-kimmel-says-impressions-not-blackface/3247417001/|access-date=April 9, 2021|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US}}</ref> In an interview with [[Tucker Carlson]], Carolla said that [[cancel culture]] is "destroying free speech and killing comedy."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Koberg|first=Kelsey|date=April 16, 2021|title=Comedian Adam Carolla tells 'Tucker Carlson Today' cancel culture is killing comedy, dividing the country|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/comedian-adam-carolla-tells-tucker-carlson-today-cancel-culture-is-killing-comedy-dividing-the-country|access-date=April 23, 2021|website=Fox News|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Personal life==
On September 28, 2002, Carolla married Lynette Paradise. The couple's twins Natalia and Santino "Sonny" Richard Carolla were born June 7, 2006.<ref name="people.com">{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/adam-carolla-wife-welcome-twins/|title=Adam Carolla, Wife Welcome Twins|date=June 7, 2006|access-date=February 20, 2008|last=White|first=Nicholas|work=People|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080324021119/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C26334%2C1201577%2C00.html|archive-date=March 24, 2008}}</ref> Carolla announced in May 2021 that he and Lynette were divorcing after 19 years.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mauch |first1=Ally |title=Radio Personality Adam Carolla and Wife Lynette Getting Divorced After Nearly 19 Years of Marriage |url=https://people.com/tv/adam-carolla-wife-lynette-getting-divorced/ |website=People.com |access-date=July 13, 2021 |date=May 7, 2021}}</ref> He currently lives in [[La Cañada Flintridge, California]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-adam-carolla-20181213-story.html | title=Adam Carolla nabs a contemporary home in la Cañada Flintridge | website=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=December 14, 2018 }}</ref>

Carolla was a part owner of Amalfi, an Italian restaurant in Los Angeles, saying, "I own about two percent of it, but I've never seen a penny."<ref name=MyLAtoZ>{{cite news |last=Reich |first=Ashley |title=My LA to Z: Adam Carolla |url=http://www.lamag.com/culture/mylatoz/Story.aspx?id=1335283 |access-date=March 15, 2012 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles (magazine)|Los Angeles]] |date=December 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127191313/http://www.lamag.com/culture/mylatoz/Story.aspx?id=1335283 |archive-date=January 27, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Carolla won the 2013 [[Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race|Pro/Celebrity Race]] as a professional<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gplb.com/news/2013-04-20/rutledge-wood-wins-toyota-pro-celebrity-race- |title=Rutledge Wood Wins Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race! Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach |publisher=Gplb.com |date=April 20, 2013 |access-date=February 3, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213073556/http://gplb.com/news/2013-04-20/rutledge-wood-wins-toyota-pro-celebrity-race-/ |archive-date=February 13, 2014 }}</ref> and the 2012 Pro/Celebrity Race at the [[Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach]] as an amateur.<ref name=2012_LBGP>{{cite web |title=Pro/Celebrity Race participants |url=http://www.toyotaracing.com/motorsports/pro_celeb/index.html |publisher=Toyota Racing |access-date=March 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306060809/http://www.toyotaracing.com/motorsports/pro_celeb/index.html |archive-date=March 6, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The 2012 race was run on April 14, 2012, and was broadcast on [[Speed TV]].<ref name=2012_LBGP_PCR_sched>{{cite web |title=Pro/Celebrity Race Schedule |url=http://www.toyotaracing.com/motorsports/pro_celeb/schedule.html |publisher=Toyota Racing |access-date=March 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218012934/http://www.toyotaracing.com/motorsports/pro_celeb/schedule.html |archive-date=February 18, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Carolla has previously participated in the race in 2010 and 2003.<ref name=2010_LBGP>{{cite news |last=Filipponio |first=Frank |title=Long Beach Grand Prix 2010: Toyota Pro/Celebrity race never flops |url=http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/19/long-beach-grand-prix-2010-toyota-pro-celebrity-race-never-flop/ |access-date=March 15, 2012 |newspaper=[[Autoblog.com]] |date=April 19, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407194537/http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/19/long-beach-grand-prix-2010-toyota-pro-celebrity-race-never-flop/ |archive-date=April 7, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="2010 LBGP favorites">{{cite news |title=World-renowned Vegas gaming expert picks comedian and writer Adam Carolla as celebrity favorite in 2010 Toyota Pro/Celebrity race |url=http://www.toyotaracing.com/motorsports/pro_celeb/news/2010/04-05-10-01.html |access-date=March 15, 2012 |publisher=Toyota Racing |date=April 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526065034/http://www.toyotaracing.com/motorsports/pro_celeb/news/2010/04-05-10-01.html |archive-date=May 26, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He finished ninth among 19 racers (fifth among the ten celebrities) in 2010<ref name=2010_LBGP/> despite being regarded as a pre-race favorite.<ref name="2010 LBGP favorites"/> He is also a serious automobile collector with over 20 cars. His collection includes several [[Lamborghini]]s from the 1960s and early 1970s, including two [[Lamborghini Miura|Miuras]] (of 764 examples ever produced), one of which he has loaned to the [[Petersen Automotive Museum]] in Los Angeles, two [[Lamborghini 400GT|400GT 2+2s]] (of 247 units produced) and a 1965 [[Lamborghini 350GT|350GT]] (one of 135 built). At least one [[Ferrari]], an [[Aston Martin]], and several vintage race cars round out the collection.<ref name=NYT_CarShow>{{cite news |last=Peele|first=Robert|title=A Car Question for Adam Carolla |url=http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/a-car-question-for-adam-carolla/ |access-date=March 16, 2012 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 25, 2011}}</ref>

==Honors==
Carolla and Drew Pinsky received a [[Shine Award|Sexual Health in Entertainment (SHINE) Award]] from [[The Media Project]] in 2000 for "incorporating accurate and honest portrayals of sexuality" in the talk show category for ''Loveline''.<ref name=2000SHINEAwards>{{cite web |title=The SHINE Awards—2000 Winners |url=http://www.themediaproject.com/shine/2000.htm |publisher=[[The Media Project]] |access-date=March 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204193322/http://www.themediaproject.com/shine/2000.htm |archive-date=February 4, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Asteroid]] [[4535 Adamcarolla|(4535) Adamcarolla]] is named in his honor.<ref name=JPL>{{cite web |title=4535 Adamcarolla (1986 QV2) |url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=4535+Adamcarolla |work=Small Body Database Browser |publisher=[[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] |access-date=March 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121212061239/http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=4535+Adamcarolla |archive-date=December 12, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Filmography==
{{BLP unreferenced section|date=July 2021}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Year
! Date of Podcast
!Title
! The Guest
!Role
! Length
!Notes
|-
|-
|1998
| 02.23.2009
|''Too Smooth''
| No Guest
|Bruce Greenberg
| 0h 37m 8s
|
|-
|-
|1998
| 02.24.2009
|''Art House''
| Dr. Drew
|Cool Guy
| 0h 38m 58s
|
|-
|-
|1999
| 02.25.2009
|''[[Splendor (1999 film)|Splendor]]''
| [[Teresa Strasser]] & [[Bryan Bishop]]
|Mike's Stupid Boss
| 0h 33m 28s
|as Adam Carola
|-
|-
|1999–2004
| 02.26.2009
|''[[The Man Show]]''
| Dave Dameshek
|Writer / Director
| 0h 55m 17s
|
|-
|-
|2000
| 02.27.2009
|''[[Down to You]]''
| Bill Simmons
|'The Man Show' Host
| 0h 43m 05s
|
|-
|-
|2000–2001
| 03.02.2009
|''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]''
| Larry Miller
|Commander Nebula
| 0h 50m 58s
|Voice
|-
|-
|2000–2014
| 03.03.2009
|''[[Family Guy]]''
| D.A.G.
|[[Personifications of death|Death]]
| 0h 47m 17s
|Voice
|-
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]]''
| 03.04.2009
| FBI Agent Sid
| [[Dana Gould]]
| Deleted scene
| 0h 55m 42s
|-
|-
|2002
| 03.05.2009
| [[Leo Laporte]]
|''[[Mad TV|MADtv]]''
|Phil Pendergrast
| 1h 06m 52s
|Episode #7.16
|-
|-
|2002
| 03.06.2009
|''[[Frank McKlusky, C.I.]]''
| Jamie Kennedy
|Detective
| 0h 44m 38s
|
|-
|-
|2002
| 03.09.2009
|''[[Son of the Beach]]''
| Greg Fitzsimmons
|The Host
| 1h 14m 47s
|Episode "Penetration Island"
|-
|-
|2002–2022
| 03.10.2009
|''[[Crank Yankers]]''
| Aisha Tyler
|Writer / Executive Producer / Dick Birchum / Himself
| 1h 11m 21s
|
|-
|-
|2003
| 03.11.2009
|''[[Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust]]''
| Alonzo Bodden
|Executive Producer
| 0h 55m 37s
|TV miniseries
|-
|-
|2003
| 03.12.2009
|''[[Windy City Heat]]''
| Joel McHale
|Executive Producer
| 1h 15m 03s
|Documentary
|-
|-
|2003
| 03.13.2009
|''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]''
| Doug Benson
|Writer
| 0h 55m 06s
|
|-
|-
|2004
| 03.16.2009
|''Bar Mitzvah Bash!''
| Lynn & Alex
|Consulting Producer
| 0h 54m 22s
|TV special
|-
|-
|2004
| 03.17.2009
| [[Seth MacFarlane]]
|''[[Save Virgil]]''
|Virgil
| 1h 23m 06s
|Voice, short
|-
|-
|2004–2007
| 03.18.2009
| [[Andy Dick]]
|''[[Drawn Together]]''
|Spanky Ham
| 0h 53m 04s
|Voice
|-
|-
|2005
| 03.19.2009
|''[[Too Late with Adam Carolla]]''
| [[Tom Arnold]]
|
| 1h 02m 52s
|
|-
|-
|2005
| 03.20.2009
|''[[The Adam Carolla Project]]''
| [[Jimmy Kimmel]]
|Executive Producer
| 1h 01m 32s
|
|-
|-
|2005
| 03.23.2009
|''[[The Bernie Mac Show]]''
| ESPN Sports Guy Bill Simmons
|Himself
| 1h 08m 22s
|Episode: "Marathon Mac"
|-
|-
|2005–2006
| 03.24.2009
|''[[The Andy Milonakis Show]]''
| Bobcat Goldthwait
|Executive Producer
| 1h 20m 30s
|
|-
|-
|2006
| 03.25.2009
|''Wasted''
| Dana Gould
|Nick Morgan
| 1h 02m 06s
|
|-
|-
| 2007 || ''[[The Hammer (2007 film)|The Hammer]]''
| 03.26.2009
|Writer / Executive Producer / Jerry Ferro
| Bryan Cranston
|
| 1h 03m 32s
|-
|-
|2007
| 03.27.2009
|''Head, Heart and Balls... or Why I Gave Up Smoking Pot''
| Kevin Nealon
|Anxiety
| 1h 19m 16s
|Short
|-
|-
|2008
| 03.30.2009
|''[[The Sarah Silverman Program]]''
| Deaf Frat Guy
|Carl
| 0h 52m 49s
|Episode: "Pee"
|-
|-
|2008
| 03.31.2009
|''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]''
| Jeff Ross
|Burt the Cab
| 0h 55m 12s
|Voice, episode: "Taxi Dance"
|-
|-
| 04.01.2009
|2009
|''Alligator Boots''
| Andy Fickman
|Executive Producer
| 1h 03m 36s
|
|-
|-
| 04.02.2009
|2009
|''Ace in the Hole''
| Chris Hardwick
|Writer / Executive Producer / "Ace" Morella
| 1h 01m 03s
|Television film
|-
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Still Waiting...]]''
|04.03.2009
|Ken Halsband
|Windell Middlebrooks
|
|0h 47m 04s
|-
|-
|04.06.2009
|2009
|''[[The Goode Family]]''
|Christopher Titus
|
|1h 3m 0s
|
|-
|-
|2010
|04.07.2009
|''[[The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!]]''
|[[George Takei]]
|Spanky Ham
|1h 6m 22s
|Voice
|-
|-
|2010
|04.08.2009
|''Cubed''
|Mike Birbiglia
|Himself
|1h 4m 37s
|Episode #1.31
|-
|-
|2010
|04.09.2009
|''[[Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil]]''
|Matt and Dave
|One-Eyed Jackson
|0h 49m 48s
|Voice
|-
|-
|2010
|04.10.2009
|''Federal Bureau of Manners: The Nod''
|Larry Miller
|
|0h 43m 39s
|
|-
|-
|2011
|04.13.2009
|''[[Sports Show with Norm Macdonald]]''
|Dicky Barrett
|Executive Producer
|1h 07m 17s
|
|-
|-
|2011
|04.14.2009
|''The Birchums''
|[[Jason Calcanis]]
|Producer / Director
|1h 09m 58s
|Television film
|-
|-
|2011
|04.15.2009
|''Division III: Football's Finest''
|Harland Williams
|Chet Ryback
|0h 57m 32s
|
|-
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]''
|04.16.2009
|Wynnchel
|Jimmy Pardo
|Voice
|1h 03m 19s
|-
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Bar Rescue]]''
|04.17.2009
|Himself
|[[Danica Patrick]]
|Episode: "Scoreboard to Death"
|1h 04m 24s
|-
|-
|2014–2015
|04.20.2009
|[[Mike Tyson]]
|''[[Catch a Contractor]]''
|Executive Producer
|0h 23m 23s
|
|-
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Road Hard]]''
|04.21.2009
|Producer / Director / Bruce Madsen
|Carson Daly, Jimmy Kimmel
|
|0h 55m 38s
|-
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman]]''
|04.22.2009
|Producer / Director
|Dave Dameshek
|Documentary
|1h 03m 19s
|-
|-
| 2016 || {{anchor|The 24 Hour War (2016 film)}}''The 24 Hour War''
|04.23.2009
|Producer / Director<ref name="roadandtrack/carollas-24-hour-war/">{{cite news |title=Adam Carolla's 'The 24 Hour War' Is a Car Movie by Car People That Isn't Just for Car People |url=https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/entertainment/a32330/film-review-adam-carollas-the-24-hour-war/ |access-date=10 August 2023 |work=[[Road & Track]] |date=18 January 2017}}</ref>
|Jake Lentz, Paul Koehorst
|Documentary
|0h 54m 03s
|-
|-
|2016–2018
|04.23.2009
|''Going Racing with Adam Carolla''
|Jack in the Box
|Executive Producer
|0h 53m 41s
|
|-
|-
|2017
|04.27.2009
|''Adam Carolla and Friends Build Stuff Live''
|Teresa Strasser & Bald Brian
|Writer / Executive Producer
|1h 11m 53s
|
|-
|-
|2018
|04.28.2009
|''[[90th Academy Awards]]''
|Teresa Strasser & Bald Brian (Part 2)
|Writer<ref name="buzzfeednews/tiffany-haddish-oscar-night">{{cite web |last1=Vary |first1=Adam B. |title=Tiffany Haddish On Her Oscar Night: "I Think I'm Ovulating, I'm So Emotional!" |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adambvary/tiffany-haddish-oscar-night-i-think-im-ovulating |website=BuzzFeed News |access-date=10 August 2023 |language=en |date=5 March 2018}}</ref>
|0h 56m 12s
|TV special
|-
|-
|2018
|04.29.2009
|''Adam Carolla: Not Taco Bell Material''
|David Koechner
|Writer / Producer
|0h 57m 35s
|Documentary
|-
|-
|2018
|04.30.2009
|''[[Ralph Breaks the Internet]]''
|Tom Bergeron
|Wynnchel
|0h 49m 29s
|Voice
|}

==Television==
<!-- Commented out because image was deleted: [[Image:lovelinecrank.jpg|right|250px|thumb|''Loveline'' on ''[[Crank Yankers]]'']] -->
Carolla began his first original television series with ''[[The Man Show]]'', along with partner and close friend [[Jimmy Kimmel]], on [[Comedy Central]] from 1999 to 2003. He left ''The Man Show'' at the same time as Kimmel, after having been reportedly offered $50,000 per episode to stay on. 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 television show named ''[[Crank Yankers]]'' for Comedy Central, which revived the Mr. Birchum character.

Carolla has also done [[voiceover]]s for [[cartoon]]s, including [[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command#Other Personnel|Commander Nebula]] on the [[Disney Channel|Disney]] animated series ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]'', [[Death (personification)|Death]] on ''[[Family Guy]]'' (replacing [[Norm Macdonald (comedian)|Norm Macdonald]] who only did one episode) and [[Spanky Ham]] on ''[[Drawn Together]]''.

From August 2005 to November 2005, Carolla hosted the [[talk show]] ''[[Too Late with Adam Carolla]]'' on Comedy Central.

Also in 2005, Carolla was featured in a home remodeling program called ''[[The Adam Carolla Project]]'' wherein he and a crew of old friends renovated his childhood home. The 13 episodes aired on the cable channel TLC (The Learning Channel) from October through December 2005. <ref name="sfgate.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/11/20/REG7IFO80R1.DTL|title=Adam Carolla selling TV series house|date=2005-11-20|accessdate=2008-02-21|last=Ryon|first=Ruth|publisher=sfgate.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://epguides.com/AdamCarollaProject/ |title=The Adam Carolla Project |accessdate=2008-08-10 |publisher=[http://www.epguides.com/ epguides.com] }}</ref>

In 2006, he appeared on the special summer series [[Gameshow Marathon (US TV series)|Gameshow Marathon]] as a celebrity panelist on the [[Match Game]] episode.

In August 2007, Carolla guest hosted [[Jim Rome Is Burning]].

Recently, he has appeared as a guest on several episodes of [[Comics Unleashed]].

On the February 18, 2008 broadcast of his radio show, Adam announced that he would be one of the contestants on the next season of ''[[Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]''. Later in the broadcast, it was revealed to Adam that his partner would be [[Julianne Hough]]. <ref name="ew.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20178686,00.html?iid=top25-20080220-''Dancing+With+the+Stars''+announces+lineup|title=Dancing With The Stars announces lineup|date=2008-02-18|accessdate=2008-02-20|last=Bruno|first=Mike|publisher=ew.com}}</ref> He was voted off on the April 8, 2008 episode after his performance of the [[Paso Doble]].

On June 16, 2008 Carolla was selected to host a pilot<ref>The Adam Carolla Show, June 12 2008 makes it clear Adam is the host and has chosen two "sidekicks".{{Verify source|date=August 2008}}</ref> of an American version of the popular [[BBC]] show [[Top Gear (U.S. TV series)|Top Gear]] for [[NBC]]. [[NBC]] declined to pick up the show<ref>http://jalopnik.com/5108040/nbc-cuts-top-gear-usa-due-to-knight-rider-failure/</ref>; it is currently being shopped to cable networks.

On 21 February 2009, a day after his Los Angeles-based morning radio show was canceled -- as part of a format change at KLSX-FM -- CBS picked up a comedy pilot starring the actor/comedian. "[[Ace in the Hole (TV series)|Ace in the Hole]]" stars Carolla as a husband and father who works as a driving instructor. Carolla created and wrote the pilot with Kevin Hench ("Jimmy Kimmel Live"). <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1310001181.html?categoryId=14&cs=1 |title=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1310001181.html?categoryId=14&cs=1 |author=Michael Schneider |date=21 February 2009}}</ref> Carolla stated that [[Pamela Adlon]] will play his wife and [[Windell Middlebrooks]] of the Miller High Life commercial fame will play his best friend. During his March 30, 2009 podcast, Carolla briefly described the show as being "[[All in the Family]], essentially", with Carolla playing a similar role to that of [[Archie Bunker]].

==== Dancing with the Stars performances ====
{|class="wikitable" align="left"
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="CCCCCC" align="Center"|'''Week #'''
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="CCCCCC" align="Center"|'''Dance/Song'''
|colspan="3" bgcolor="CCCCCC" align="Center"|'''Judges' score'''
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="CCCCCC" align="Center"|'''Result'''
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|-
| 2019 || ''[[No Safe Spaces]]''
|
|Documentary
|-
|-
|2019
|bgcolor="CCCCCC" width="10%" align="center"|Inaba
|''Shelby American: The Carroll Shelby Story''
|bgcolor="CCCCCC" width="10%" align="center"|Goodman
|Producer / Director
|bgcolor="CCCCCC" width="10%" align="center"|Tonioli
|Documentary
|-
|-
| 2020 || ''Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story''
|Producer / Director
|Documentary
|-
|-
|2021
|align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|1
|''Valentine's Day in Hell''
|align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|[[Foxtrot]]/ "[[Mellow Yellow]]"
|The Devil
|align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|5
|
|align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|5
|align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|5
|align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|N/A
|-
|-
|2021
|''Prom in Hell''
|
|
|-
|-
|2022
|align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|2
|''[[The Masked Singer (American TV series)|The Masked Singer]]''
|align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|[[Mambo (dance)|Mambo]]/ "[[Andy Williams|House of Bamboo]]"
|Himself/Avocado
|align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|6
|Season 8 contestant
|align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|7
|align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|6
|align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|Safe
|-
|-
|2024
|-
|''[[Mr. Birchum]]''
|align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|3
|Mister Birchum
|align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|[[Tango (ballroom)|Tango]]/ "[[I Can't Tell A Waltz From A Tango]]"
|Animated series
|align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|7
|}
|align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|7
|align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|7
|align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|Safe
|-
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|4
|align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|[[Paso Doble]]/ "[[James Horner|Plaza Of Execution]]"
|align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|6
|align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|7
|align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|6
|align="center" bgcolor="FAF6F6"|Eliminated
|}<br clear="all">

==Film==
In 2006, Carolla finished work on ''[[The Hammer (film)|The Hammer]]'', a semi-autobiographical [[independent film]] in which he stars opposite [[Heather Juergensen]]. The film is based loosely on his real life and is filmed at a gym he helped build with his co-star, Ozzie, which is played by [[Oswaldo Castillo]], his friend in real life whom he met while building the gym when they both worked in construction. <ref name="SI">{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=New boxing movie, celebs' fight-Derby dilemma, more | date= | publisher= | url =http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/arash_markazi/05/02/adam.carolla/index.html | work =SportsIllustrated.com | pages = | accessdate = 2007-11-06 | language = }}</ref>

The film made its [[world premiere]] at the 2007 [[Tribeca Film Festival]] in [[New York City]] and shortly thereafter received a positive review in Variety. <ref name="SI" />

Adam made a short appearance in "Waiting" sequel "Still Waiting" directed by Jeff Balis playing a pick up artist guru.

Adam has written a new movie titled [[Deaf Frat Guy: Showdown at Havasu]]. It has been sold <!-- Adam said it sold to "End Game", the guys who did Harold & Kumar --> and will begin filming shortly. <ref>Adam Carolla interview on Leo The Film Freak, 2008-06-21.</ref>

He would voice the title character in the independent short film ''[[Save Virgil]]''.

==Personal life==

On September 28, 2002, Carolla married Lynette Paradise. Lynette gave birth (via [[cesarean section]]) to their first children, twins Natalia and Santino "Sonny" Richard Carolla on June 7, 2006. <ref name="people.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,26334,1201577,00.html|title=Adam Carolla, Wife Welcome Twins|date=2006-06-07|accessdate=2008-02-20|last=White|first=Nicholas|publisher=[[people.com]]}}</ref>
On [[The Adam Carolla Show]], Adam repeatedly mentioned the birth was originally scheduled for June 6, but that he and Lynette decided to push it back one day as to avoid the symbolic [[Number_of_the_Beast|666]] ([[June_2006#6_June_2006|06-06-06]]).

An avid car enthusiast, Carolla has owned a [[BMW M3]] E30-generation model, an E46-generation M3, [[Datsun 510]], an Audi S4, Audi R8, [[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]] sports coupe, [[MINI (BMW)|MINI Cooper S]], [[Nissan 350Z]], [[Aston Martin]], [[Lamborghini 350GT]], [[Ferrari]] and 1984 [[Nissan 300ZX]] Turbo (The original Newman Sharp car driven by [[Paul Newman]] and Fitzy to an [[SCCA]] national championship in 1984).{{fact|date=February 2009}}

As an environmentalist Carolla is adamant about water conservation, often urinating in the sink to save from flushing.

==Honors==
[[Asteroid]] [[4535 Adamcarolla]] is named in his honor.


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Adam Carolla
Carolla in 2012
Born (1964-05-27) May 27, 1964 (age 60)
Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • Radio personality
  • television presenter
  • comedian
  • actor
  • author
  • podcaster
Known for
Television
Board member ofMarijuana Policy Project (advisory board)[1]
Spouse
Lynette Paradise
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(m. 2002; div. 2021)​
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Adam Carolla (born May 27, 1964)[2] is an American radio personality, comedian, actor and podcaster. He hosts The Adam Carolla Show, a talk show distributed as a podcast which set the record as the "most downloaded podcast" as judged by Guinness World Records in 2011.[3]

Carolla co-hosted the syndicated radio call-in program Loveline with Drew Pinsky from 1995 to 2005 as well as the show's television incarnation on MTV from 1996 to 2000. He was the co-host and co-creator of the television program The Man Show (1999–2004), and the co-creator and a regular performer on the television show Crank Yankers (2002–2007, 2019–present). He hosted The Adam Carolla Project, a home improvement television program which aired on TLC in 2005 and The Car Show on Speed[4] in 2011.

Carolla has also appeared on the network reality television programs Dancing with the Stars and The Celebrity Apprentice. His book In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks debuted on The New York Times Best Seller list in 2010, and his second book, Not Taco Bell Material, also reached The New York Times bestseller status.[5]

Carolla has made numerous guest appearances on political talk shows as a commentator. He hosted a weekly segment, "Rollin' with Carolla", on Bill O'Reilly's The O'Reilly Factor.

Early life

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Adam Carolla was born on May 27, 1964, to Jim and Kris (née McCall) Carolla.[6][2] Some sources list his birthplace as Los Angeles County, California,[2][7] while others list it as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[6][8] He grew up in the Los Angeles San Fernando Valley, and his parents separated when he was young.[9] Carolla was not given a middle name by his parents; on his driver's license application he listed his middle name as "Lakers" as a joke. The application was processed without notice.[8][10] His maternal step-grandfather was screenwriter László Görög.[11]

Carolla was raised in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. He attended Colfax Elementary School, Walter Reed Junior High, and North Hollywood High School.[12] Carolla did not receive his high school diploma until years later as it was held by the school until a library fine was paid.[13] Carolla can be seen paying off the book and receiving his diploma in an episode of his 2005 television show, The Adam Carolla Project.[14]

During his youth, Carolla played Pop Warner football for seven years; he later suggested that being involved in sports saved him from a chaotic home life.[15] During his senior year at North Hollywood High School, Carolla distinguished himself in football. In December 1981, he was named to the First Team Offensive Line, Central Valley League, one of 8 leagues at the time in the LA City Section of the California Interscholastic Federation.[16] In October 2020 he spoke of being recruited by "7 or 8" schools including UC-Davis, Cal Poly Pomona, and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.[17]

He began living on his own at the age of 18. He briefly attended Los Angeles Valley College, a community college, where he was placed on academic probation before dropping out to work in a series of jobs, including carpet cleaner,[18] carpenter, boxing instructor,[19] and traffic school instructor.[20] Although broke, Carolla, his friends, and roommates owned a 1963 Cadillac limousine.[21]

In the early 1990s, Carolla studied improvisational comedy with The Groundlings and was a member of the ACME Comedy Theatre troupe.[9]

Radio

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In 1994, Carolla volunteered his services as a boxing trainer to prepare Jimmy Kimmel for a bout being staged by KROQ-FM's morning radio program Kevin and Bean.[22] Kimmel was a regular on the show as "Jimmy the Sports Guy" and he was set to fight another KROQ personality in a boxing exhibition which was being billed as the "Bleeda in Reseda".[23] Carolla parlayed this opportunity into a long-running friendship and business partnership with Kimmel as well as a recurring role on Kevin and Bean as cranky woodshop teacher, Mr. Birchum.[24]

Loveline

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In October 1995, after being signed to the William Morris Agency by Mark Itkin,[25] Carolla was offered the job of co-hosting the evening radio call-in show Loveline. His co-hosts were the physician Drew Pinsky ("Dr. Drew") and metal DJ Riki Rachtman. Carolla received the offer after Pinsky heard him on Kevin and Bean[22] (Rachtman left the show the following year.)[26] Loveline was broadcast on KROQ-FM in Los Angeles and was syndicated nationwide on the former Westwood One radio network.

While the format of the program was primarily that of a call-in show wherein listeners would ask questions about sex and relationships, Carolla would often spend much of the show ranting about various topics from fart jokes to extended parodies of radio morning shows, including mocking the format's penchant for useless and repetitive weather and traffic reports. In contrast to the reserved, thoughtful Pinsky, Carolla served as the loud, funny side of the show. Carolla's character was described by one reviewer as "a toned-down version of Howard Stern minus the huge ego".[26]

In a late-2003 Loveline episode, Carolla said that Hawaiians are "dumb", "in-bred", "retarded" people who are among the "dumbest people we have". The comments were met with anger in Hawaii and resulted in Loveline's cancellation on Hawaiian affiliate KPOI.[27]

The Adam Carolla Show

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Main article: The Adam Carolla Show (radio program)

In October 2005, Carolla was announced as the host of a new morning radio show on the Infinity Broadcasting network. His new show would replace the popular syndicated Howard Stern Show (which was moving to satellite radio) in twelve of the 27 markets in which Stern had been broadcast including Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Francisco, San Diego, Phoenix, and Portland, Oregon.[28] The Adam Carolla Show debuted in January 2006.

In early 2008, actor Gerard Butler sat in and observed Adam Carolla on The Adam Carolla Show in order to prepare for his role in The Ugly Truth as a cynical and crass talk-radio host allegedly based on Carolla.[29]

On February 18, 2009, The Adam Carolla Show was canceled as part of a format switch at KLSX to AMP FM, a new top 40 station. The final show was Friday, February 20, 2009.[30]

Podcasts

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The Adam Carolla Podcast

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Main article: The Adam Carolla Show (podcast)

Carolla started a daily podcast on February 23, 2009, at his personal website, which would evolve into the ACE Broadcasting Network. The first Adam Carolla podcast was downloaded more than 250,000 times in the initial 24 hours, and by the third podcast, it was the number one podcast on iTunes in both the U.S. and Canada.[31] During the debut week, the Adam Carolla podcast recorded 1.6 million downloads. In the second week it recorded 2.4 million downloads. By the fourth episode of the second week, featuring former Adam Carolla Show sidekick Dave Dameshek, the show was downloaded more than 500,000 times.[32] Adam stated that bandwidth cost more than $9,000 a month as of May 2009.[33]

At the end of 2009, The Adam Carolla Podcast was selected by iTunes for its end-of-the-year awards as the Best Audio Podcast of 2009.[34]

On the April 4, 2010, episode of The Adam Carolla Show, Carolla referred to Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao as a "fucking idiot" and said of the Philippines: "They got this and sex tours, that's all they have over there. Get your shit together, Philippines." A spokesman for President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo called Carolla an "ignorant fool". Carolla subsequently apologized via Twitter.[35][36][37]

On May 18, 2011, Carolla noted on Jimmy Kimmel Live! that The Adam Carolla Show had taken the Guinness World Record for the most downloaded podcast ever from previous holder Ricky Gervais[3] by receiving 59,574,843 unique downloads from March 2009 to March 16, 2011.[38]

In 2010, Carolla posed for the NOH8 Campaign.[39][40] In August 2011, Carolla released a podcast where he mocked a petition to the producers of Sesame Street that demanded Bert and Ernie get married on air. He said on air that gay activists should "[j]ust get married, and please shut up" and that "Y.U.C.K." would be more memorable acronym than LGBT, and referring to transgender people he asked: "When did we start giving a shit about these people?"[41] GLAAD characterized the previous remarks by Carolla as offensive, including an assertion that "all things being equal", heterosexual parents make better parents than homosexual parents. Carolla responded: "I'm sorry my comments were hurtful. I'm a comedian, not a politician."[42][43]

"Patent Troll" Lawsuit

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In 2013, Personal Audio filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Lotzi Digital, Inc., producers of The Adam Carolla Show and several other podcasts on the Carolla Digital Network, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The suit alleged that owner Adam Carolla and his network of content infringed on Personal Audio's patent 8,112,504.[44]

Using the crowdfunding site FundAnything.com, listeners contributed more than $475,000 (as of August 2014) to support Carolla throughout the legal proceedings.[45]

Personal Audio dropped the lawsuit July 29, 2014, stating that the defendants were not "making significant money from infringing Personal Audio's patents". However, Carolla countersued, having already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars mounting a defense against claims he deemed unfounded. Among claims sought by the countersuit was a request that the initial patent be invalidated.[46] On August 15, 2014, Carolla and Personal Audio filed a joint motion to dismiss after reaching a settlement, the details of which were not made public but included a six-week "quiet period" during which neither party could speak to the media.[47] Both parties' claims were dropped without prejudice and, as such, could be refiled at a later date.[48]

Television

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1996 through 2004

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From 1996 to 2000, Carolla and Dr. Drew hosted Loveline on MTV, a television version of the radio show. Carolla began his first original television series with The Man Show, along with partner and friend Jimmy Kimmel, on Comedy Central from 1999 to 2003. He left The Man Show at the same time as Kimmel. Carolla has continued his work with Kimmel as a writer and guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. He also appeared on an episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast around this time.

Carolla and partner Daniel Kellison are the heads of Jackhole Productions. The two created the television show Crank Yankers for Comedy Central, which revived the Mr. Birchum character. The show premiered in 2002 on Comedy Central and returned to MTV2 on February 9, 2007, running again until March 30, 2007. The show screened in Australia on SBS Television and The Comedy Channel between 2003 and 2008. The show was again revived in 2019, returning to Comedy Central.

Corolla also starred in the role of Spanky Ham for the Comedy Central adult animated series, Drawn Together.

2005 through 2008

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From August 2005 to November 2005, Carolla hosted the talk show Too Late with Adam Carolla on Comedy Central.

Also in 2005, Carolla was featured in a home remodeling program called The Adam Carolla Project wherein he and a crew of old friends renovated his childhood home. The 13 episodes aired on the cable channel TLC (The Learning Channel) from October through December 2005. The house was then sold for 1.2 million dollars.[49][50]

In 2006, Carolla appeared on the special summer series Gameshow Marathon as a celebrity panelist on the Match Game episode.

On the February 18, 2008, broadcast of his radio show, Carolla announced that he would be one of the contestants on the next season of Dancing with the Stars. Later in the broadcast, it was revealed to Carolla that his partner would be Julianne Hough.[51] He was voted off on the April 8, 2008, episode after his performance of the Paso Doble, after incorporating a demonstration of unicycle riding in his dance routine.

Dancing with the Stars performances
Week # Dance/Song Judges' score Result
Inaba Goodman Tonioli
1 Foxtrot/ "Mellow Yellow" 5 5 5 N/A
2 Mambo/ "House of Bamboo" 6 7 6 Safe
3 Tango/ "I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango" 7 7 7 Safe
4 Paso Doble/ "Plaza of Execution" 6 7 6 Eliminated

On June 16, 2008, Carolla was selected to host a pilot of an American version of the popular BBC show Top Gear for NBC. In December 2008, NBC decided not to pick up the show.[52]

2009 to present

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On February 21, 2009, a day after his Los Angeles-based morning radio show was canceled – as part of a format change at KLSX-FM – CBS ordered a comedy pilot, Ace in the Hole, starring Carolla as a husband and father who works as a driving instructor. Carolla created and wrote the pilot with Kevin Hench (Jimmy Kimmel Live!).[53] Carolla stated that Pamela Adlon was to play his wife and Windell Middlebrooks would play his best friend. During his March 30, 2009, podcast, Carolla briefly described the show as being "All in the Family, essentially", with Carolla playing a similar role to that of Archie Bunker. On the July 23, 2009, episode of the Adam Carolla Podcast, Carolla announced that CBS was not picking up the pilot for the 2009 season, "in any way, shape or form".

On October 22, 2009, it was reported in Variety that Carolla had struck a deal with NBC to produce a half-hour pilot for a sitcom. The report was later confirmed on January 4, 2010, and was the first comedy pilot ordered by NBC for the season.[54] The untitled project, written by Carolla and Kevin Hench, was a single-camera sitcom that starred Carolla as a contractor and father who attempts to rebuild his life after his wife leaves him.[55][56] Carolla was set to executive produce the NBC project along with frequent collaborators Kimmel and Hench, as well as his agent James "Babydoll" Dixon, Jon Pollack, Gail Berman, Daniel Kellison, and Lloyd Braun. Universal Media Studios, BermanBraun, and Carolla and Jimmy Kimmel's own Jackhole Industries.[55][56]

On the February 13, 2010, episode of Carolla's CarCast podcast, he revealed that The History Channel had picked up Top Gear US, which NBC had decided against in 2008.[57] On the March 26, 2010, episode of CarCast, Carolla said that he would not be co-hosting Top Gear US because of scheduling conflicts with his NBC sitcom project. In June 2010, Carolla said that his NBC pilot had not been picked up and was now "dead".[58]

Premiering on February 19, 2012, Carolla was also one of the contestants in the 12th season of NBC's The Celebrity Apprentice. He was fired in Week 4, because host Donald Trump perceived that Carolla did not utilize teammate Mario Andretti's car background during a Buick presentation.

In 2022, Carolla competed in season eight of The Masked Singer as "Avocado". He was eliminated on "Comedy Roast Night" alongside Chris Jericho as "Bride".

The Car Show

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Carolla's The Car Show debuted on Speed TV July 13, 2011. Appearing Wednesdays at 10 pm Eastern, it featured Carolla as the host, along with Dan Neil, John Salley, and Matt Farah. It had a format similar to Top Gear, mixing car reviews, tests and humor. The show was initially met with positive reviews from car enthusiasts and comedy fans. Talk show host and comedian Jay Leno called The Car Show, "a lot of fun".[59] The Car Show was cancelled after one season, after undergoing format changes due to low ratings, as Carolla mentioned on his podcast on January 13, 2012.

Catch a Contractor

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Catch a Contractor is a non-scripted, original series on Spike, hosted by Carolla along with "no-nonsense contractor" Skip Bedell and his wife, investigator Alison Bedell. Together they expose unethical contractors and seek retribution for wronged homeowners.[60]

The show premiered on March 9, 2014, to 1.2 million viewers, the largest audience for a series debut on Spike since Coal in March 2011.[61] The show was cancelled in 2015.[62]

Adam Carolla and Friends Build Stuff Live

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Premiering on Spike TV on March 14, 2017, Adam Carolla and Friends Build Stuff Live features Carolla building projects live and in studio with some of his Hollywood friends, and tackling viewers' home improvement projects via social media.[63]

Voice acting

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Carolla has also done voice acting in animation, including Commander Nebula on the Disney animated series Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, Death on Family Guy (replacing Norm Macdonald) and Spanky Ham on Drawn Together. He was also the voice of the éclair police officer, Wynchell, in the Disney film Wreck-It Ralph. In 2008 and 2009, he was the spokesperson for T.G.I. Friday's.

Film

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In 2003, he appeared in Windy City Heat as himself.[64] In 2006, Carolla finished work on The Hammer, a semi-autobiographical independent film he co-wrote and co-produced, in which he stars opposite Heather Juergensen. The film is based loosely on his own life and is filmed at a gym he helped build with his co-star, Ozzie, played by Oswaldo Castillo, his friend in real life whom he met while building the gym when they both worked in construction.[65] The film made its world premiere at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City and shortly thereafter received a positive review in Variety.[65] The film was released on March 21, 2008.[66][67][68] The film is rated 80% on Rotten Tomatoes.[69]

Carolla made a short appearance in Jeff Balis' Still Waiting... (a sequel to Waiting...) playing a pick-up artist guru.

Carolla helped write an unproduced screenplay for a film entitled Deaf Frat Guy: Showdown at Havasu.[70]

He is the voice of Virgil in the independent short film Save Virgil.

In July 2013, Carolla used crowdfunding for Road Hard; a film he directed and starred in, about the lives of aging road comics. Adam confirmed through a press conference that the film would co-star David Alan Grier, Illeana Douglas, Diane Farr, and Larry Miller.[71] It had limited theatrical release in the United States. Several minutes of the credits are devoted to listing the names of those who helped crowdfund the film.

Carolla also directed the documentary Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman on the 35-year car racing career of Paul Newman. The documentary showcases Newman's racing life as both a prolific driver and owner.

In 2017, Carolla and Dennis Prager began filming No Safe Spaces, a documentary about political correctness at universities.[72] No Safe Spaces had a limited opening on October 25, 2019, and did well enough to open nationwide on December 6, 2019.[73][74]

Books

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Carolla and Drew Pinsky co-wrote (with Marshall Fine) the self-help book The Dr. Drew and Adam Book: A Survival Guide to Life and Love, published in 1998.[75] The book is a compilation of some of the advice the pair compiled while producing Loveline.[76]

In November 2010, Carolla's In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks... And Other Complaints from an Angry Middle-Aged White Guy was published by Crown Archetype and debuted at number eight on The New York Times Best Seller list for hardcover non-fiction on November 21, 2010.[77] The book was compiled from rants Carolla had delivered on his radio show and podcast along with some new material and was dictated to and ghost-written by Mike Lynch.[78]

Carolla published a short, illustrated e-book entitled Rich Man, Poor Man in January 2012. The book details some similarities in the experiences of the very rich and the very poor which are not shared by the middle class.[79] The book was illustrated by Michael Narren.[80]

Carolla's book Not Taco Bell Material was published by Crown Archetype on June 12, 2012.[81]

In President Me: The America That's in My Head, Carolla presents the comedian's fantasy of the United States with him at the helm.[82] When asked in separate interviews, both before and after the book's release, about whether the "if-I-were-king" critique of America was a serious piece, he said it's both: "Well, there's a lot of jokes in it, but you know, it's like... Well, if you have a fat friend you may make a lot of fat jokes about your fat friend, but he's still fat".[83][84]

In Daddy, Stop Talking!: And Other Things My Kids Want But Won't Be Getting, Carolla writes about modern parenting. Carolla describes what he believes adults must do if they don't want to have to support their kids forever. Carolla uses his own childhood as a cautionary tale, and decries helicopter parenting.[85][86]

Carolla's book, I'm Your Emotional Support Animal: Navigating Our All Woke, No Joke Culture, was published by Post Hill Press on June 16, 2020.[87]

Carolla's latest book, Everything Reminds Me of Something, was published by Post Hill Press on July 19, 2022.[88]

Views

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Religious

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Carolla's parents raised him in a light form of Buddhism, which he continued to practice for the sake of a girlfriend until age 21.[89] He also discusses being familiar with Judaism, though he is not Jewish by biological descent, due to a close relationship with his grandmother's Hungarian Jewish second husband. Since beginning his media career, Carolla has consistently identified as an atheist.[90][91][92]

Political

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Regarding his political views, Carolla has stated, "I guess I would be Republican, in the sense that I want a secure border, I'm not into the welfare state, I'm not into all those freebie lunch programs. It just kind of demeans people." He goes on to state, however, that he is also in favor of typically liberal causes such as the legalization of marijuana (he is a member of the advisory board of the Marijuana Policy Project)[1] and support for some progressive causes such as "[being] against semi-automatic and automatic weapons. I'm not an NRA guy by any stretch of the imagination. I'd like alternative energy to be explored and electric cars to be used, but I want them to be powered by nuclear power plants."[93] Elsewhere, he has stated, "My feeling is this whole country is founded on the principle of 'If you are not hurting anyone, and you're not fucking with someone else's shit, and you are paying your taxes, you should be able to just do what you want to do.' It's the freedom and the independence."[94] In an interview with Reason TV, Carolla described his views as libertarian.[95] Carolla expressed his support for Andrew Yang's 2020 presidential run.[96]

Women and comedy

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In June 2012, Carolla gave a printed interview to the New York Post, where among other things he stated that "chicks" are "always the least funny on the writing staff" and that "dudes are funnier than chicks".[97] Carolla's comments were criticized as sexist.[98][99][100][101] Carolla criticized coverage of his comments as over-simplistic and misleading.[102]

Cancel culture

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Carolla said, "If you meet anyone over 45, they'll tell you they got paddled, they got swatted, the teacher would smack them with a ruler. ... Paddling a kid sounds pretty outrageous in 2020 and nobody would stand for it. ... But the people who engaged in it at the time when it was common practice or had a context, we don't need to build a time machine so we can cancel-culture them".[103] In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Carolla said that cancel culture is "destroying free speech and killing comedy."[104]

Personal life

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On September 28, 2002, Carolla married Lynette Paradise. The couple's twins Natalia and Santino "Sonny" Richard Carolla were born June 7, 2006.[105] Carolla announced in May 2021 that he and Lynette were divorcing after 19 years.[106] He currently lives in La Cañada Flintridge, California.[107]

Carolla was a part owner of Amalfi, an Italian restaurant in Los Angeles, saying, "I own about two percent of it, but I've never seen a penny."[108]

Carolla won the 2013 Pro/Celebrity Race as a professional[109] and the 2012 Pro/Celebrity Race at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach as an amateur.[110] The 2012 race was run on April 14, 2012, and was broadcast on Speed TV.[111] Carolla has previously participated in the race in 2010 and 2003.[112][113] He finished ninth among 19 racers (fifth among the ten celebrities) in 2010[112] despite being regarded as a pre-race favorite.[113] He is also a serious automobile collector with over 20 cars. His collection includes several Lamborghinis from the 1960s and early 1970s, including two Miuras (of 764 examples ever produced), one of which he has loaned to the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, two 400GT 2+2s (of 247 units produced) and a 1965 350GT (one of 135 built). At least one Ferrari, an Aston Martin, and several vintage race cars round out the collection.[114]

Honors

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Carolla and Drew Pinsky received a Sexual Health in Entertainment (SHINE) Award from The Media Project in 2000 for "incorporating accurate and honest portrayals of sexuality" in the talk show category for Loveline.[115]

Asteroid (4535) Adamcarolla is named in his honor.[116]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1998 Too Smooth Bruce Greenberg
1998 Art House Cool Guy
1999 Splendor Mike's Stupid Boss as Adam Carola
1999–2004 The Man Show Writer / Director
2000 Down to You 'The Man Show' Host
2000–2001 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command Commander Nebula Voice
2000–2014 Family Guy Death Voice
2001 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back FBI Agent Sid Deleted scene
2002 MADtv Phil Pendergrast Episode #7.16
2002 Frank McKlusky, C.I. Detective
2002 Son of the Beach The Host Episode "Penetration Island"
2002–2022 Crank Yankers Writer / Executive Producer / Dick Birchum / Himself
2003 Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust Executive Producer TV miniseries
2003 Windy City Heat Executive Producer Documentary
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Writer
2004 Bar Mitzvah Bash! Consulting Producer TV special
2004 Save Virgil Virgil Voice, short
2004–2007 Drawn Together Spanky Ham Voice
2005 Too Late with Adam Carolla
2005 The Adam Carolla Project Executive Producer
2005 The Bernie Mac Show Himself Episode: "Marathon Mac"
2005–2006 The Andy Milonakis Show Executive Producer
2006 Wasted Nick Morgan
2007 The Hammer Writer / Executive Producer / Jerry Ferro
2007 Head, Heart and Balls... or Why I Gave Up Smoking Pot Anxiety Short
2008 The Sarah Silverman Program Carl Episode: "Pee"
2008 Wizards of Waverly Place Burt the Cab Voice, episode: "Taxi Dance"
2009 Alligator Boots Executive Producer
2009 Ace in the Hole Writer / Executive Producer / "Ace" Morella Television film
2009 Still Waiting... Ken Halsband
2009 The Goode Family
2010 The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie! Spanky Ham Voice
2010 Cubed Himself Episode #1.31
2010 Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil One-Eyed Jackson Voice
2010 Federal Bureau of Manners: The Nod
2011 Sports Show with Norm Macdonald Executive Producer
2011 The Birchums Producer / Director Television film
2011 Division III: Football's Finest Chet Ryback
2012 Wreck-It Ralph Wynnchel Voice
2014 Bar Rescue Himself Episode: "Scoreboard to Death"
2014–2015 Catch a Contractor Executive Producer
2015 Road Hard Producer / Director / Bruce Madsen
2015 Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman Producer / Director Documentary
2016 The 24 Hour War Producer / Director[117] Documentary
2016–2018 Going Racing with Adam Carolla Executive Producer
2017 Adam Carolla and Friends Build Stuff Live Writer / Executive Producer
2018 90th Academy Awards Writer[118] TV special
2018 Adam Carolla: Not Taco Bell Material Writer / Producer Documentary
2018 Ralph Breaks the Internet Wynnchel Voice
2019 No Safe Spaces Documentary
2019 Shelby American: The Carroll Shelby Story Producer / Director Documentary
2020 Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story Producer / Director Documentary
2021 Valentine's Day in Hell The Devil
2021 Prom in Hell
2022 The Masked Singer Himself/Avocado Season 8 contestant
2024 Mr. Birchum Mister Birchum Animated series

References

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