Adam Carolla is a stand-up comedian, radio host, actor, filmmaker, and podcaster from the United States. He has done numerous radio broadcasts that have gained him international acclaim, and his radio show, ‘The Adam Carolla Show,’ is a ‘Guinness World Record.’ The show was made available as a podcast, and it broke the record for “most downloaded podcast.” In addition to his radio shows, he has appeared in and produced a number of television shows, including ‘The Man Show,’ ‘Crank Yankers,’ ‘Too Late with Adam Carolla,’ ‘The Adam Carolla Project,’ and ‘Catch a Contractor,’ among others. In addition, he has acted in films such as ‘The Hammer,’ ‘Road Hard,’ ‘Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman,’ and ‘No Safe Spaces.’ Carolla has also experimented with writing. ‘Dr. Drew and Adam Book: A Survival Guide to Life and Love,’ he co-wrote with Marshall Fine and Drew Pinsky. They recounted their experiences on the set of their show ‘Loveline’ in this book. Adam’s satire and sense of humour have been well received by the public, making his presentations extremely popular. He sparked controversy, however, when some of his public television interviews were labeled misogynistic by many. He eventually attempted to clear the situation, but his remarks were never withdrawn.
Childhood and Adolescence
Adam Carolla was born in Los Angeles County, California, on May 27, 1964. When he was a child, he was removed from his mother. He developed into a witty young man. He listed ‘Lakers’ as his middle name on his driver’s license as a joke, despite the fact that he had no middle name given to him by his parents.
He attended Colfax Elementary School, Walter Reed Junior High, and North Hollywood High School in the Los Angeles suburb of ‘North Hollywood.’ He had to wait for his high school certificate for several years because he owed a library fine.
Adam played ‘Pop Warner football’ to divert his attention away from his tumultuous home life. He was chosen to the Central Valley League’s First Team Offensive Line in December 1981. This was one of just eight leagues in the California Interscholastic Federation’s LA City Section at the time. He attended Los Angeles Valley College for a short time before dropping out to work as a carpenter, boxing instructor, traffic school instructor, and carpet cleaner.
Career In Radio
After a variety of occupations, Adam Carolla volunteered as a boxing trainer in 1994 to help Jimmy Kimmel prepare for a bout hosted by KROQ-morning FM’s radio show ‘Kevin and Bean.’ This began a long friendship between him and Kimmel, which grew into a commercial partnership later on.
After catching Mark Itkin’s notice on ‘Kevin and Bean,’ he was signed to the William Morris Agency to co-host the radio call-in show ‘Loveline.’ Riki Rachtman and physician Drew Pinsky, formally known as Dr. Drew, were the show’s other hosts.
Adam Carolla was signed to the Infinity Broadcasting network in 2005 for a new morning radio show called “The Adam Carolla Show.” The show first aired in 2006 and was a big success. Later that year, during the live production of the show, actor Gerard Butler researched Carolla in order to accurately depict the role of ‘Mike Chadway’ in the film ‘The Ugly Truth,’ which was purportedly based on Adam Carolla.
Carolla launched ‘The Adam Carolla Podcast’ on his own website in early 2009, which grew into the ACE Broadcasting Network. In the first 24 hours, the podcast was downloaded over 250 thousand times. The podcast’s third installment reached the top spot on iTunes.
Television as a Career
Since 1999, Adam Carolla has worked on a few television projects, although he has never committed to a long-term project. He collaborated on most of his ventures with his long-time friend Jimmy Kimmel. He began his career on ‘The Man Show,’ and then worked as a writer for Jimmy Kimmel’s show, ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ In few episodes, he also featured as a guest star.
Together with Daniel Kellison, he produced the Comedy Central show “Crank Yankers.” In addition, he partnered Julianne Hough on ‘Dancing with the Stars.’ Since 2009, he has hosted shows such as “The Car Show,” “Catch a Contractor,” and “Adam Carolla and Friends Build Stuff Live.”
Adam Carolla has also appeared in a number of films. He made his film debut in 2007 in the film ‘The Hammer,’ and went on to star in films such as ‘Road Hard,’ ‘Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman,’ ‘The 24 Hour War,’ and ‘No Safe Spaces’ (2017). He has did voice work for animated series such as Disney’s ‘Buzz Lightyear of Star Command’ and ‘Family Guy.’
Major Works of Adam Carolla
Adam Carolla’s ‘The Adam Carolla Podcast’ was a big success. The podcast was first uploaded on his personal website, where it received over 250,000 downloads in less than 24 hours. It finally rose to the top of iTunes’ podcast charts in the United States and Canada. The show had been downloaded over 2.4 million times by the second week.
Later, on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!,’ Carolla claimed that the show had set a Guinness World Record for the most downloaded podcast ever, with 59,574,843 unique downloads between March 2009 and March 16, 2011.
His show, ‘Catch a Contractor,’ debuted on television for the first time on March 9, 2014. Carolla, Skip Bedell, and his wife, investigator Alison Bedell, co-hosted the non-scripted original series. The show exposed some dishonest contractors and sought redress for homeowners who had been wronged.
Achievements & Awards
In 2000, The Media Project presented Adam Carolla with the ‘Sexual Health In Entertainment’ (SHINE) Award for his chat show ‘Loveline.’
Personal Experiences of Adam Carolla
Lynette Paradise is Adam Carolla’s wife. The date was September 28, 2002. Natalia and Santino, their twins, were born to them as a couple. Carolla describes himself as an atheist.
Estimated Net Worth
Adam Carolla has a net worth of $20 million as an American comedian and radio and television celebrity. Carolla is most known for hosting “Loveline,” a late-night MTV show that he co-hosted with Jimmy Kimmel, and “The Man Show,” a Comedy Central show that he co-hosted with Jimmy Kimmel. Between March 2009 and March 2011, his podcast, “The Adam Carolla Show,” set a Guinness World Record for most downloaded podcast with over 59 million downloads.
Trivia
Adam is a renowned chef.
Most of the time, he wears a ball cap.
László Görög, the Oscar-nominated screenplay writer, is his step-grandfather.
With Drew Pinsky, he co-wrote the book ‘Dr. Drew and Adam Book: A Survival Guide to Life and Love.’