Adam Carolla

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)​
Children2
Websiteadamcarolla.com Edit this at Wikidata

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.

  1. ^ "MPP Advisory Board". Marijuana Policy Project. Archived from the original on February 23, 2012. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
  2. ^ "The Birth of Adam Carolla". California Birth Index. Archived from the original on July 23, 2017. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference digitalspy.com was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "The Car Show". Fox Sports digital. Speedtv.com. Archived from the original on December 2, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  5. ^ Taylor, Ihsan. "Best Sellers". The New York Times. Retrieved November 27, 2012.