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When I was listening years ago, Adam was obsessed with the Albert Brooks film "Defending Your Life", and called it a comedy masterpiece. I got around to watching it and it was fine for an early 1990s film but nothing special. Albert Brooks and Meryl Streep are likeable and some jokes are alright (although it has that odd early 1990s Japanese panic), but overall forgettable. I dunno why Adam would be obsessed by it, the plot is predictable and there must be a hundred better comedies.
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I used to be a mega fan until maybe 2012. I remember a turning point was a bizarre feud with Kevin Smith where they rambled for two hours about nothing and I was baffled by what was going on. No jokes, and Smith seemed confused about why Adam was mad. Around that time I switched to Comedy Bang Bang and the land of not awful hosts.
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Aug 25, 2017 04:44
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Yeah, I dunno why Lynette would stick around. And I just learned there's a Carollapedia. It appears to be quite hostile to Alison Rosen and Donny. http://dimeforscale.com/wiki/index.php?title=Alison_Rosen
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Aug 25, 2017 05:58
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Aug 25, 2017 14:37
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I stopped listening when he had a weird “feud” with Kevin Smith and so they brought in Smith to tell his side, but there was nothing to it and Smith was trying to be nice and confused about what Adam was upset about. It was about two hours of nothing, no jokes or anything and I gave up and switched to Comedy Bang Bang. Dunno if it’s been posted in the thread but the old episodes when Adam would yell at Donny culminated in Donnie suing and getting a big payout https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/adam-carolla-settles-lawsuit-popular-731537
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Mar 23, 2018 04:46
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Anyone ever get on the air? Maybe 7 years ago they put out a call for hobo power stories and I called twice, didn’t get through, tried one more time and got through to Donny. I handed the phone to a friend who had worked at a sewage plant and had a disgusting story about clearing a blockage and got to tell it on air to Adam.
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Jul 25, 2018 05:42
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Apoplexy posted:See, I listened pretty faithfully for a while there after he started up the podcast after the radio show got nuked, but once he started palling around with Denis "I Rape My Wife" Prager... That was a bit much. I got an ad on YouTube for Dennis Prager University, that began “MLK died 50 years ago...” it made me want to take a shower. Yeah, regarding all of Adam’s pals abandoning him the biggest is still when he threw Donny under the bus, and Donny sued and got a significant settlement
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Feb 1, 2019 18:40
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pangstrom posted:I would guesstimate you could boil 80% of their advice to ~5 things, can you say why you thought it was mostly bad? Genuinely curious, guessing you have a different take on addiction or something. I liked when they made RoboDrew with sound clips of his generic advice and it worked smoothly for a caller. They tried making a RoboAdam but his rants were too specific and it just confused the caller.
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Jul 1, 2019 21:19
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Social Animal posted:Anyone listen to today’s podcast? I kind of got back into the show recently and my god hearing Adam straight up yell at the guys working for him is unbearable. I haven’t listened in years but yeah it’s bad and not an act. I used to think he and Donnie were playing up the “Adam is a jerk boss” but eventually Donnie sued him and won a big settlement.
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Feb 8, 2020 02:19
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Ralph Hurley posted:https://twitter.com/adamcarolla/status/1296660812208041985?s=20 It’s been a long time since I listened but he did something similar with “well Oprah’s a billionaire, so clearly no racial wealth gap exists!” Still bizarre how he went from run down apartment living with his truck getting regularly stolen to non-ironically docking his gardner’s pay for not closing a gate or ranting about his maid not cleaning the microwave properly.
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Aug 23, 2020 16:48
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Scrolling through recent episodes: guest include Ben Shapiro, trump jr, Jeff Foxworthy, Rob Schneider, Jim Belushi and Steve-O. Plus Carolla Classics with Patton Oswalt & Paul F. Tompkins who I doubt return his calls anymore.
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Aug 23, 2020 18:15
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Medullah posted:Yeah, I always remember him saying early on "I'm a comedy factory, not a warehouse. I create new things rather than dragging out the same bits" which I thought was INCREDIBLY ironic due to him doing exactly that. Even his movies used the same bits. Oh for sure, back when I was a fan I bought one of his audiobooks and was like "aw yeah, gonna get hours of original Aceman content" and it was word for word his rants and stories from the podcast. I turned it off after a few hours as I could already recite the stories. Agreed with other posters that he can be very funny but needs oversight and pushback from someone like Teresa. It's also interesting to think back on episodes from like 2011 where there were signs of trouble ahead. Like on one he got in an argument with Donny about microphone placement and at first it seemed like two friends razzing each other, but it didn't stop and Adam was really mad after like 10 minutes the guest clearly wanted to leave, definite sign of an abusive boss and what the heck was going on behind closed doors if that rant was making the air.
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Aug 26, 2020 15:59
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Did he have a fallout with Ray? Is Bald Bryan still around?
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Aug 26, 2020 16:45
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Holy cow I didn't know that he was organizing cruises: https://www.travelbyparker.com/carolla2020
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Sep 18, 2020 21:59
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Brown Paper Bag posted:Adam's officially getting divorced Lol when I saw 21 new posts in this thread knew it was gonna be divorce. WEH posted:Feel real bad for the kids, but I was heartened by a post in the subreddit that pointed out that carolla will probably refuse to mediate at 40/60 and will probably take it to court and end up with 25/75 That probably close to what happened back in 2014 with Donny. quote:Misraje, his wife, Kathee, and his cousin Sandy Ganz, sued in January 2013, claiming that a partnership agreement entitled them to a big stake in the show’s profits. Misraje alone wanted 30 percent, and contrary to some news reports that Carolla’s podcast business didn’t make much money, the plaintiff asserted that it raked in $14 million...
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May 7, 2021 21:16
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Red posted:Didn't someone post the picture Carolla put up of a bruised and bandaged Sonny in the hospital? Then Carolla went off to do a live show somewhere while his wife was off doing something else, so the maid stayed with the kids in the hospital? I remember years ago when the twins were babies Adam mentioned he and Lynette didn’t have any issues with losing sleep as they paid the nanny to be on call tending to the babies when they woke up and I thought that was a smart idea for a rich guy. Now less so, as seems to have been clear sign of putting themselves ahead of the kids.
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May 12, 2021 20:43
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Tweak posted:Even when he went and did a bunch of, “stand up” shows, he would just rehash bits from the radio show/podcast while using a projector screen with images to use as jumping off points. I saw him twice live like that 10 some years ago and it was the exact same show a year apart or so I saw one of those shows probably 10+ years ago. I remember it was fun but the main thing I can recall was an amusing recap of his reported income year by year. Many years it was zero, then it jumped when the earthquake happened, then plummeted again.
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Jun 1, 2021 19:16
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ninjoatse.cx posted:This is by far the best assessment I've ever heard of Drew. He is so easily frightened into almost anything. Listening to him back when he was first getting introduced to Adam.. he was so different. Loveline was cutting across a social barrier about communication about healthy relationships and sex. It really is an awesome snapshot in time that doesn't really exist anymore. I liked when they made a Dr. DrewBot with his stock responses then used it on a few callers and it worked pretty well at keeping the calls going for a while. They tried making an AdamBot but his rants were too specific so it was just confusing.
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Oct 21, 2021 04:49
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bartok posted:Reminds me of that recurring segment on the podcast where Adam would be given a random thing to rant about but he'd always find a way to turn whatever the topic was back into the same dozen or so rants he's been doing since the Loveline days. Oh yeah when I was still a fan I bought one of his audiobooks (ugh I know) as he promised that his narration would include off the cuff stories. Yup exactly same stories we already knew. Does anyone remember him talking about not caring about video games as he tried buying a PlayStation and Medal of Honor: Pacific as he thought he’d be defending Pearl Harbor but he couldn’t figure out the controls so his sailor just kept dying in an oil fire belowdecks until he gave up?
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Oct 22, 2021 01:24
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Tweak posted:If i remember right he literally couldnt figure out how to leave his crew quarters and just gave up. Like the part of the game that presumably has on the screen, “PRESS X TO GET OUT OF BED” was too much of an ask for the Ace man. Yeah that’s the one. To be fair if he’d never played a 3D game before or held a controller trying to get out of a room before dying would be a challenge. Kinda fun to remember funny moments from before the Troubles. When he had Bryan Cranston on (before he got huge) and Cranston had to leave to get a taxi to the airport but Adam got him to stay longer by promising to drive him. When they were wrapping up Cranston asked about his ride and Adam said “Aw that was just podcast talk…” (he still drove him) I remember Fred Willard was lightning quick with improv, like Paul F Tompkins or Andy Daly good. Also Dana Gould appearances taught me to seek out his podcast.
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Oct 23, 2021 05:59
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Grand Fromage posted:Dana Gould doing Huell Howser was incredible every time. Oh for sure. He did a bit as Charlton Heston as the ship’s morale officer in Planet of the Apes that made me lose it. “Every person you’ve ever known is dead!”
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Oct 23, 2021 18:34
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I remember how his complaints about Donny started out fun and it felt like he was in on it, like Conan and La Bamba. Then the reason for his anger got less goofy and one time he spent like 15 minutes mad about where a microphone was placed during an interview and Donny argued back and it felt weird how the exchange wasn’t funny and the guest got uncomfortable. Culminating in Donny successfully suing for a good chunk of change for profits he was promised but never got.
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Feb 25, 2022 07:21
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Evil Agita posted:Totally forgot about Donny. He seemed like a good egg. Yeah in Adam's orbit he was with Teresa in that they are talented professionals who could stand up for themselves and had options when Adam's behavior got ridiculous. As compared to Bald Bryan who I doubt would protest even if Adam began firing guns in the studio.
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Feb 26, 2022 20:39
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Medullah posted:Yup it was podcasting before podcasting. They started with just a few highlights and eventually uploaded the show. Man I do miss the Adam/Bryan/Teresa dynamic. Being rich hosed with him Yeah. Tried watching a few minutes of Adam/Jimmy Man Show, would not recommend. Pure strain early 2000s in a bad way. bartok posted:Didn't listen but apparently TJ Miller was on Adam Carolla claiming the reason he quit the show Silicon Valley is because it was too political. I don't know if this was the same interview or another recent one but he also claims the reason he won't be in Deadpool 3 is because Ryan Reynolds hates him. I assume he didn't bring up that he was accused of a horrific sexual assault, attacked an Uber driver, called in a fake bomb threat, and was fired from Silicon Valley for being an absolute terror behind the scenes. Holy cow how did he not do serious time for getting super drunk and calling in fake bomb threats on transit to try to hurt a woman? I mean I know the answer is probably half a mil lawyer costs but still. Probably could have had comfy voice acting career if he wasn’t doing his best to become unemployable.
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DangerDummy! posted:As edgy and obnoxious and oblivious as I was 20 or so years ago, I still managed to be completely gob smacked by how creepy that show was back then. Oh yeah Kimmel has always seemed less problematic than Carolla but Adam wasn’t the one doing blackface in a reoccurring segment. Tweak posted:One thing I remember is him complaining on loveline about how bad cash advance places are, then shilling for one on the podcast That’s an interesting thing, not to defend Carolla but other shows that are more socially responsible like Doughboys will sometimes do ads for sports gambling apps which are not really a force for good? Maybe casinos pay a lot more than manscape?
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Oct 10, 2022 03:07
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UP AND ADAM posted:He was funny on Doug loves Movies (remember that show?) Oh yeah I went to a live show. Someone won by correctly getting I think the top six billing for Brokeback Mountain to beat Ken Jennings.
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Oct 10, 2022 15:27
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DangerDummy! posted:He's a funny, very charismatic guy. He was just easier to appreciate before he went full maniac. Oh yeah I really liked an ep with him & Pete Holmes where they were so disruptive Doug couldn’t get to the game. It’s like being able to enjoy Blues Brothers as it was made before John Landis did the Very Bad Thing.
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Oct 11, 2022 02:25
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Medullah posted:Man I used to love Art Bell but my tolerance for conspiracy theories has dropped pretty severely with the rise of Qanon and all that I’m so glad Dale Gribble’s focus was on wacky aliens and broad prepper stuff like hoarding Mountain Dew, so he isn’t problematic on rewatches
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Dec 25, 2022 04:38
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I do recall chuckling when they tried making a soundboard of canned Dr. Drew responses to answer callers and it worked surprisingly well as his advice was so non-specific they didn’t catch on. Then they tried making an Adam soundboard and it didn’t work as his angry generic responses jumped around too much and just confused the callers.
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Dec 25, 2022 21:57
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Medullah posted:I can see him moving to Florida and becoming a Desantis supporter. I haven’t listened in a decade or so and I liked Bryan ok but it was cringey how he’d put up with Adam’s abuse like he didn’t know how to stand up for himself or to tease back. Especially as Donny wasn’t as articulate as Adam but he’d still defend himself especially when Adam would imply he was an incompetent tech guy, and that blew up to Donny successfully suing him for profits. beep by grandpa posted:who does adam even have in his life anymore. fwiw i haven't listened since Alison was fired. she was a doll and legitimately funny. I’ve listened to a few of her episodes when she has the Doughboys on and she’s funny with good timing. I don’t regularly listen as it’s a bit too morning radio formatted but a good show. SeductiveReasoning posted:He’s a bitch and will just move down the road to Arizona. And will then continue to bitch about how blue it is becoming. That’s his whole grift. But this way his taxes will be lower and he can still hop into LA quickly. Going to AZ from WA is what my old landlord did, although I don’t think seeking a more Christian atmosphere is Adam’s motivation.
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Jan 4, 2023 02:02
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Moniker posted:A step in the right direction, I guess. He fired them over the phone. Still gave them zero notice. Any reasonable person would be like "hey in the coming year I do plan on moving and there will not be a position for you." but not Adam. Holy cow you’ve worked with them for what, 15 years? Sit with them one on one in a conference room and tell them in person. Sure it might be awkward & you might get yelled at but your football playing experience should get you through.
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Jan 5, 2023 04:55
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Drunkboxer posted:On the last episode I listened to before completely writing him off forever he was complaining about the way the nanny was helping his kid with a school project. Something about how they were taking up too much space in the living room or something. I think he employed a husband/wife as gardener & nanny and I remember him sharing he docked the gardener’s pay for not keeping a gate to the pool closed. Understandable a little bit as I think the kids were little and it was a drowning risk but definite uncomfortable power dynamics there. I remember him bragging about outsmarting the need to get up in the middle of the night with babies if you’re paying a nanny to nap in a chair outside their room, and thinking that was a good idea. Then I had a kid & yes babies need attention but it’s also critical bonding time & getting adjusted to a new mindset of being responsible for the kid & getting to know them. I understand needing a break but seems to not have worked out for him to keep throwing money at the kid’s upbringing so he can do whatever he wants.
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Jan 6, 2023 05:54
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Omnicarus posted:Texas also caps alimony and child support at 5k a month iirc. I think Florida protects pensions such as from the NFL from civil judgments, so OJ went there.
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Jan 6, 2023 22:49
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Just checked, of course Dr. Drew is on Cameo for only $169. He’s 64 and still doing this? Would have thought at that age he’d have enough money to own a condo on Kauai & spend as much time there as possible. At least that’s what I’d do.
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May 31, 2023 00:51
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bartok posted:Apparently Dr. Drew and A.J. Benza are at the center of the Jamie Foxx had a stroke because of the vaccine bullshit. If you don't remember A.J. Benza he used to host one of those sleazy tabloid shows on E! but most famously once punched "Stuttering John" in the face during an appearance on Howard Stern. Aw man that is a special kind of evil, monetizing tragedy when you’re already rich & have many less devilish ways of making more money. Like Jones harassing Sandy hook families. Especially when you know it’s bullshit & would switch to the other side of the argument or start selling ManGrates if there were a penny more for you. Hyrax Attack! fucked around with this message at 19:48 on Jun 3, 2023 |
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holefoods posted:Leno can’t possibly need more money He could set fire to a million a month for the rest of his life and not come close to running out.
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With all the traffic in this thread as the last time that happened it was because the divorce finally happened, this time I assumed he had remarried a 20 year old or moved operations to Puerto Rico to evade taxes.
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Oct 9, 2023 17:57
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Contentious celebrity divorce that dragged on for three years? Lawyer fees alone would probably be near a million. Guessing this dwarfs his 2013 legal settlement with Donny & that didn’t sound like it was cheap. Interesting how his decades long friendships keep ending with him paying massive settlements.
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bartok posted:Silicon Valley is a cursed show. I know Middleditch, TJ Miller, & Bill Gates have been up to no good but had to scan Kumail Nanjiani & Zach Woods Wikipedia pages to make sure they were in the clear.
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Medullah posted:I've listened to a few older episodes over the last few years and he was snappy, funny and even if he was a bit hypocritic he was sharp at pointing things out. He just fell into his own rear end. Yeah i went to a live show maybe a decade and change ago and it was a hilarious time, & I don’t recall it being excessively mean spirited. My favorite bits during the good years were him and Dana Carvey riffing about KISS or Planet of the Apes. I’m sure everyone has different moments when they noticed it was becoming what it is now, like it was usually good fun when he’d hassle Donny a bit but I remember one time Adam kept yelling at him about microphone placement & making it sound like Donny was useless but he was pushing back & it stopped being funny & was just a legit fight for maybe 15 minutes, as the guest sat awkwardly, and nearly any other show would have edited it out. Or another time he was ranting about Mexican street vendors & instead of there being a gag or insight he just sounded furious at their existence & yeah uh oh.
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