Adam Carolla Show

Adam finished watching ‘The Last Movie Stars’ docuseries on HBO following the lives of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward and wonders why they skipped over Paul’s racing career. The gang breaks down who had better hair, a young Paul Newman or a young Robert Redford. Linda Hamilton joins the show to talk about her series ‘Resident Alien’, getting stung by killer bees, dealing with a ghost in her guest...

Adam sits down 1-on-2 with New York comedians Dan Soder and Joe List. The guys chat about Joe's new movie ‘Fourth of July’, which was directed and funded by Louis CK. Adam then asks about the guys' process for writing jokes and how the New York comedy scene differs from that of Los Angeles. The three then talk about podcasting and standup specials. THANKS FOR SUPPORTING TODAY’S SPONSORS: The Jorda...

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Adam sits down with Jim Norton to chat about their broadcasting tendency of saving topics for air rather than discussing them off mic. The guys recall being elected class clown at their respective high schools and Jim chats about leaving school to go to rehab. Adam laughs about meeting Jim's very normal parents in Atlantic City a few years ago. Next, Jim talks about his abstinence from porn and hi...

Kal Penn joins the gang to talk about his book ‘You Can’t Be Serious’ and tells the story of how he went from working in Hollywood to working at the White House all because of an open bar at an Obama campaign event. He tells them about a mistake he made on a government email reply, calling his parents from Air Force One, working with Hugh Laurie on ‘House’, and going from acting in ‘Van Wilder’ to...

Adam and Chris tell the story of their night at Jo Koy’s premiere for ‘Easter Sunday’ including an overly enthusiastic concession stand worker, a police escort across the street, and Adam’s slipup talking to Jimmy O. Yang. Author and host Dan Abrams joins to talk about his new show ‘On Patrol: Live’, a revival of his previous show that was pulled from A&E following the death of George Floyd. Gina...

‘Animaniacs’ writer and an old friend/colleague of Adam’s comes in the studio and the two remember meeting while writing sketches for Acme. They revisit some of their favorites like ‘Expert Insights’ and ‘Skipper Ned’ and talk about ideas which never made it to the stage. John talks about writing for ‘Animaniacs’ and answers questions from Dawson and Gina. John talks about his new book, ‘How to Ru...

Adam shares some fine art created by his old friend Chris Darga, and the gang recounts their different childhood experiences at Malibu Grand Prix locations. With his daughter now surfing, Adam remembers helping her cultivate balance at an early age and how that’s different than teaching her. Adam and Chris discuss how they are going to the premiere of Jo Koy’s new movie ‘Easter Sunday’ and Bryan e...

Actor Brian Austin Green joins the gang in studio to talk about his new movie ‘Last the Night’. He talks about how he got his start acting in commercials before being cast in ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’, growing up in the Valley, and building a chicken coop in his backyard. He is joined by the director of ‘Last the Night’, Nick Leisure, who gives some insight into his idea to make a movie about a teach...

Adam recaps meeting Jewel and singing backup for Blues Traveler’s cover of ‘Big Bottom’ from ‘This is Spinal Tap’ at FivePoint Amphitheatre last Friday. The gang talks to geopolitical analyst, Peter Zeihan, about his new book ‘The End of The World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization’. They discuss how Americans changed the landscape after World War II, misconceptions about...

Comedian and friend of the show, Greg Fitzsimmons, returns to the show and talks to the gang about how you can tell how well a family is doing by the state of their fish tank, interesting costume choices for the guards in the film ‘Beastmaster’, and how he’s pitching a ‘Guinness Book of World Records’ game show. Adam pitches his own game show called ‘Claim the Name’ where fighters from different c...

John Popper has asked Adam to sing backup vocals on the Spinal Tap song, ‘Big Bottom’ which leads the gang to listen to other covers like the Barenaked Ladies cover of the Happy Days theme song and a Travis cover of ‘Baby One More Time’ by Britney Spears. Gina presents an invention she found called ‘Laundry Jet’ which has a very similar concept to Adam’s ‘Recyclarolla’. Before playing a round of t...

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Adam remembers the stunt casting in the 1995 lineup for KLSX Los Angeles and Dawson reads the description for Michelle Obama’s new book, ‘The Light We Carry’. Kato Kaelin and Tom Zenner come in the studio to talk about their podcast, ‘One Degree of Scandalous’. Kato tells the story of how he ended up on the estate the night of the murders which lead to the OJ Simpsons trial and how he saw the infa...

Comedian Jackie Fabulous comes in the studio to talk about her new standup special, ‘Menoplause’, her experience moving back into her childhood bedroom in the Bronx during the pandemic, her decision to become a comedian instead of a lawyer, and how Pete Davidson is a good combination of nice and badass. Gina Grad reports the news of today including: LA County not reinstating the indoor mask mandat...

Actor and comedian, Erik Griffin, comes in the studio and talks to the gang about how Olympic fencing should be far more exciting than it is, so they discuss ways to improve it. Erik talks about his recent wedding to a model and how he ‘swung up’. Adam and Erik talk about getting their starts in comedy, the differences between standup and improv, the Groundlings, Christopher Darga, and if ‘Seinfel...

The recently opened 6th street bridge in Los Angeles has been closed for illegal activity and public safety concerns, and Adam thinks if we can’t even open a bridge, we are truly done for. They look at an LA supervisor calling people snowflakes and realize it’s the same one who dined outdoors right after the voting in favor of the outdoor dining ban. Adam talks about how he had to get a picture of...

Comedian Bill Bellamy comes in the studio and talks to the gang about Lawrence Taylor’s performance in ‘Any Given Sunday’, why someone needs to make a documentary about comedy club owners, what it’s like being cousins with Shaq, and his first-time performing standup for the mob. Bill talks about the experience of losing both his father and his father-in law at the same time and how everyone displa...

The gang talks about what a Gavin Newsom presidency might look like in the face of how he has been handling the homeless crisis, a strange California warning label on a wooden handle, and how the sister and girlfriend characters in ‘The Black Phone’ looked exactly the same. The gang talks movies with legendary film critic, Richard Roeper. They debate Jordan Peele’s new film ‘Nope’, ‘The Black Phon...

Country music star, Wheeler Walker Jr., returns to the show and gives the gang a taste of his new album, ‘Sex, Drugs, & Country Music’. Wheeler talks about being protested when playing in San Francisco and getting electrocuted by a microphone. They look at some footage of a venue being trashed after Kid Rock cancelled his concert as well as an LA crutch-fight. Gina Grad reports the news of today i...

Music historian and radio host, Eddie Trunk, comes in the studio to talk about his show on Sirius/XM, ‘Trunk Nation’. The gang looks at a new Kia commercial in the same vein as the beachcomber turtle ad and talk about airplane seating, confusing hotel door signs, and rappers peddling CDs in NYC. Adam talks about how Devo ushered in nerd rock as Eddie explains how he went from being a critic of ‘Th...

Adam welcomes back security consultant, safety instructor and expert on all things Mexico, Ed Calderon. Ed talks about seeing Biden flags at migrant camps, how the media pushed a false narrative about Border Patrol whipping migrants, why developments in human trafficking should be sounding alarm bells right now, the culture shock of coming to the US as an immigrant, his time as a cop in Tijuana, h...

Staff member Rudy calls in to give a ‘boots on the ground’ perspective on the Dave Chappelle show at Varsity Theatre which was moved after First Avenue cancelled. Wrestler and actor Paul Wight AKA ‘The Big Show’ calls in to talk about his new movie, ‘Marcus’, how Danny Bonaduce and Hulk Hogan were responsible for his wrestling career, the return of his character ‘Captain Insano’ from ‘The Waterboy...