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Adam Carolla (born May 27, 1964) is an Hungarian/Italian-American comedic television and radio personality.
Carolla is best known for co-hosting The Man Show on Comedy Central. He left
The Man Show at the same time as his good friend and co-host Jimmy Kimmel, even after having been reportedly offered $50,000 per episode to continue. He continues to co-host Loveline, a syndicated radio program produced by Westwood One, which was also previously a television show for MTV. Also co-hosting the show is Dr. Drew Pinsky, Board Certified Physician and addiction medicine specialist.
Carolla has continued his work with Kimmel as a writer and regular guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live. With partner Daniel Kellison, they are the heads of Jackhole Productions and created another TV show named Crank Yankers for Comedy Central.
On
Loveline, Carolla often gives extended commentary about matters having little to do with the official subject matter of the show. Common topics include his dislike of religion, traffic and parking enforcement, and political extremism. In early 2005, he did a pilot for a talk show on Comedy Central with viewer calls as a prominent feature, giving him a showcase for his strong opinions.
Carolla, a graduate of North Hollywood High School, came from blue-collar roots and was on his own at the age of 18, where after graduating high school he worked as a carpet cleaner, carpenter, and boxing instructor. In his spare time he worked on his comedy skills, training with The Groundlings and attempting stand-up, but he didn't believe either of these were a good fit for him. In his late twenties he was discovered as a comic talent by Kimmel while working as a boxing instructor. At the time, Kimmel was part of the crew on the KROQ morning show Kevin and Bean, and Carolla soon came on board. He became co-host of
Loveline in 1995, did The Man Show from 1999-2003, and often says on-air that he is now "literally a millionaire". He married his longtime girlfriend Lynette in 2002.
Carolla has also done voiceovers for cartoons, including the Grim Reaper on Family Guy
, Spanky Ham on Drawn Together, and at least one occasional character on Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
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