The Adam Carolla Show

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The Adam Carolla Show

Genre Comedy, Talk
Running time 4 hours (including commercials)
Country Flag of the United States United States
Home station KLSX
Starring Adam Carolla
Teresa Strasser
Bryan Bishop
Announcer Mike Dawson
Creators Adam Carolla
Writers Mike Lynch
Producers Angie Fitzsimmons
Air dates January 3, 2006 to Present
Opening theme "Someday I Suppose" by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Ending theme "Theme from The Naked Gun" (a.k.a. "Theme From Police Squad!", "Frank Drebin's Theme")
by Ira Newborn
Website
http://www.adamcarolla.com/
 Podcast
The Adam Carolla Show Podcast

The Adam Carolla Show is a syndicated morning radio program, which began airing on January 3, 2006. The show is produced by CBS Radio as part of its Free FM format, and is based out of KLSX in Los Angeles. It is heard in a number of major metropolitan markets on the West Coast of the United States. [1]

Contents

[edit] Overview

The Adam Carolla Show features Adam Carolla and Teresa Strasser.

The supporting cast includes sound effects guy Bryan Bishop, producer Angie Fitzsimmons, writer Mike Lynch, voiceover/technical producer Mike Dawson, technical production assistants Mike Cioffi and David D. Keller, board operator Bill Mahoney, and webmasters Jack Sullivan and Teddy Goodman. Jimmy Kimmel serves as creative consultant, and hosted the show on June 7 and June 8, 2006, while Carolla was with his wife for the birth of their twins [2] and April 26, 2007, while Carolla was at New York for the Tribeca Film Festival to see the premiere of his movie The Hammer. [3]

[edit] History

On August 4, 2005, Carolla announced that he would leave Loveline to pursue a position in morning radio, replacing Howard Stern (much to Stern's approval) in a number of West Coast markets. Adam's last night on Loveline was November 3, 2005, to allow him to have time to prepare for his morning debut at the beginning of 2006. He stated that he would love to continue to do Loveline, which seemed to fly by while doing it, but the show would not be a possibility. On October 25, Infinity Broadcasting officially announced that it would be replacing Stern with Carolla on several radio stations in the western United States. On January 3, 2006, Carolla began his new morning radio show, The Adam Carolla Show, on stations in Los Angeles (where the show is based), Phoenix, San Francisco, Palm Springs, Portland, Seattle, Las Vegas, Oakland, Reno, Burbank, Fresno and Sacramento. [1]

[edit] Replacing Perry

Former MuchMusic and VH1 video jockey Rachel Perry served as the original news reader on the show.[4] In early April 2006, the show noted that Perry was absent for a few days to work on a TV pilot (a show titled Beyond). However, a few days stretched into a few weeks, during which the show featured several fill-ins, including Strasser, former MSNBC anchor Claudia DiFolco, and actress Tracy Metro. The show also had guests and a few of their recurring characters fill in. In late April, Perry's pictures and bio were removed from the show's website. Finally, on May 1, Carolla announced that the show had taken the opportunity to use Perry's absence to drop her from the show, as they felt that the chemistry wasn't quite there. On May 8, Strasser was named as Perry's official replacement.[5]

[edit] Firing of Dameshek, Brusca, and Newcomb

In a December 17, 2006 message on The Adam Carolla Show message board, sports broadcaster Dave Dameshek wrote that he and the show’s producer Jimmy Brusca had been fired. Dameshek also wrote that Danny Bonaduce would be his replacement. Tad Newcomb, also known as Fat Tad or Big Tad, was a regular on-air contributor to the show, and has also confirmed that he was fired via his MySpace account.[6]

CBS Radio released a press release on December 21, 2006 announcing Bonaduce as a featured member of the show starting January 2, 2007, but did not confirm or deny any firings.

On December 28, 2006, Carolla posted to the show's message boards and wrote that network executives had wanted to replace Dameshek because of the show's poor performance in Los Angeles. Carolla said the show's Arbitron ratings in the city shifted from 1.2 to 3.3 to 0.7, and CBS used this as an excuse to "strip the show". On the January 2nd show, Carolla commented on the firings and confirmed his posting that they were due to low ratings. He said that he had no say in the decision, and while he was upset about the firings, he expressed a desire to move on.[7]

[edit] Departure of Bonaduce

On December 12, 2007, it was announced on the air that Adam had come down with an illness and would not be coming to host the show. [8] Danny and Teresa continued the show with Bald Bryan taking a more active role as an on-air talent. On-air talent remarked many times that this was an unusual situation and that Adam has attended work sick many times before and that he would have to be very sick in order to stay home. KLSX Program Director Jack Silver stated, "I have to take Adam’s word. When an employee says he's sick, short of going to his house with a doctor, I have to take him on his word."[9] That afternoon, Adam phoned into Dr. Drew's radio show [10] and re-stated that he was sick, but would see how he would feel the next day before making a decision on whether to go into work or not. Adam proceeded to stay on the phone for over an hour.

Adam's absence continued throughout the end of the week, including missing the 2007 Ace Awards and the live remote broadcast of the yearly "Christmas Carolla" holiday special from the Galaxy Theatre in Santa Ana, CA.

On December 17, 2007, The Official Adam Carolla Show message board was removed from the website, including all threads related to Adam's illness. The Adam Carolla Show went on scheduled hiatus following the Christmas episode.[11]

On December 21, 2007, CBS Radio issued a press release concerning the future of the Adam Carolla Show and creation of Danny Bonaduce's new show:

"...contributing show member Danny Bonaduce will relinquish his role on THE ADAM CAROLLA SHOW and begin hosting his own program on KLSX. Positioned between the highly rated Frosty, Heidi & Frank Show (10:00AM-2:00PM) and Tom Leykis’ program (3:00-8:00PM), BROADCASTING BONADUCE: THE DANNY BONADUCE SHOW will premiere Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008 on-air and online from 2:00-3:00PM, PT. Teresa Strasser will continue to contribute to the station’s morning drive program with Adam Carolla."[12]

[edit] Syndication

The Adam Carolla Show can be heard on the following stations (broadcast weekdays from 6:00am-10:00am PST):

Podcast and live internet stream are popular among listeners in markets where show is not broadcasting, which was mentioned on air numerous times. Listeners have called from Midwest, East coast, Canada, Japan and Spain among other areas.[13]

Most of the show is available for download via podcast through FreeFM. The format varies depending on the station providing the RSS feed. The current feed links are:

Adam Carolla Show Podcast - hosted by KLSX

Adam Carolla Show Podcast - "Daily Top Segments" hosted by KLSX, linked to from The Adam Carolla Show's official website

The feed can also be found for iTunes users through the iTunes Podcast directory.

[edit] Show content

[edit] Frequent guests

[edit] Recurring characters

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  • Fake Jack Silver. At the beginning of the second segment of every show, a parody of KLSX Program Director Jack Silver takes place after the commercial break. Fake Jack Silver is voiced by sound effects engineer Bryan Bishop, as mentioned on the December 14, 2006 show. Fake Jack Silver frequently mentions staying "hip" with younger listeners and talks about watching the ratings "needle" drop, or refers to "radio-kryptonite" when a boring bit or caller is on the air. Fake Jack Silver's biggest concern is being portrayed as homosexual, and thus the last thing he usually says is, in a stressed voice, "Not gay!"
  • Peanut. This intermittently appearing character (voiced by David Alan Grier), is a black woman ostensibly hired to answer the phones at the studios of CBS Radio (the real life networks where the Adam Carolla Show is broadcast). The running gag is that every time Peanut is featured on the show, the phone banks that she is supposed to answer ring constantly, and the calls are often put on hold or disconnected. Peanut's character is disrespectful, possessed of a hair-trigger temper, speaks poor English (once taking the day off for what she called "Mobba Loofin King's Burfday"), and usually ends the sketch by threatening to take off her earrings and flip-flops and challenging Adam to "take it to the parking lot" whenever he makes the slightest suggestion that Peanut is not doing her job.

[edit] Recurring segments

  • Ass-Kiss Rodeo: In this bit, callers or show guests must attempt to shower Adam with praise (i.e. kiss his ass) while he tries to throw them off by contradicting himself. The better the player is able to adapt to his rapid, drastic, and contradictory changes in opinion by continuing to shower him with praise, the better the score. The analogy is that Adam acts a rodeo bull trying to buck off a rider. For example: Adam: "I love sushi." Caller: "Sushi is great and so are you, Adam." Adam: "I hate sushi." Caller: "But sushi is highly overrated...", etc. The current celebrity champion is Survivor host Jeff Probst. The game was first played on January 13, 2006. [2]
  • Captain Blowhard: Occasionally, Adam will answer callers' questions regarding their lives as Captain Blowhard, a persona dating back to Adam's Loveline show. Captain Blowhard is a mesh of personalities of "blowhards" Adam has met in the past, often citing nonsequitur dates when he turned his life around (such as "June 18th, 1987, I took a long hard look in the mirror."). He "refuses to lie" to people, and insists on giving them the "cold hard truth" that life "isn't a bed of roses." He often prefaces this with "I wish I could blow some sunshine right up you, but I can't, I'm not going to, and I shalln't [sic]." He then gives off a long list of "not your [occupation]," invariably including "not your wet nurse." (Perhaps not coincidentally, Carolla's vocal lilt for Captain Blowhard is close to his Donald Trump impression.) Captain Blowhard debuted October 5, 2006.[16]
  • Mr Brightside: Seen as the opposite to What Can't Adam Complain About, Mr Brightside features Carolla attempting to cheer up callers with serious issues, most notably a crystal meth-addicted daughter with an alcoholic mother and homicidal father. The bit is normally farcical, and sometimes features a Tom Leykis impersonator (Brian Whitman of The Conway and Whitman Show on KLSX) laughing as callers talk about horrible things happening in their lives. The bit was first successfully completed on June 16, 2006.[17][18]
  • Morning Zoo: Carolla had always been openly disdainful of louder and more obnoxious morning shows, and this segment (much like the former "Lightning Round" bit from Loveline) spoofs them. This bit started as a response to the death of Jennifer Strange, and is based on the morning zoo concept. It runs as stream-of-consciousness improvisation, with Adam playing brash host "Dick Gobbler", who continually gives traffic, time, and weather reports every few seconds (every location in his weather report is stated to have a temperature of 67 degrees). He also repeatedly inserts teasers for 'coming up' on the show, which never come. The time reports are insanely repetitive (its 5 till 8, straight up 8, thats 7:55, 55 after 7, with 8 o clock coming up in 5 minutes), and inconsistent with each other (its 755, then its 753, etc). Throughout, "T-Bone" (Teresa) does a fake laugh and periodically gives celebrity news in an over-excited voice, and complete lack of empathy or human emotion. "Marty St. Claire in the Air" (Bryan) gives traffic updates from a helicopter, followed by an advertisement for some company, with the advertisement usually being more audible and taking up more time than the traffic report. The segment tends to be fast-paced with constant background sound effects and extremely repetitive 'exciting' music. Variations on this segment include "Gulag Radio" and "Motorin' FM".
  • Music Monday: Adam discusses a music-related topic with Brian, Teresa and the callers. Past installments featured the worst cover songs, the most homosexual songs, the best and worst strip club songs, and the manliest songs. The bit debuted on November 6, 2006. [3]
  • Oswaldo's Movie Review: Each weekend, the show sends Castillo to review a new movie. The reviews are typically difficult to understand because of Castillo's heavy Nicaraguan accent, so Carolla stands in as his "interpreter". The review always ends with Oswaldo saying in a stylized way that the movie "left this reviewer cold." Castillo's first review was of Brokeback Mountain on January 17, 2006. [4]. Adam's longtime friend Ray joined Oswaldo in this bit from time to time.[19]
  • Nicaraguan Name That Tune: Oswaldo sings lyrics from a musical group in the news (at one time it was the Rolling Stones exclusively, but now includes songs from any group either currently touring at the time or releasing a long-awaited box set), and listeners call in to guess what he is singing (again, Oswaldo's thick Nicaraguan accent greatly adds to the challenge). Listeners who correctly identify the song win a prize. The Rolling Stones Game was first played on August 23, 2006 [5]. Recent shows have had him singing about Pink Floyd, Rush, The Police, and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
  • What Can't Adam Complain About??: Started after Carolla spent an entire segment on February 21, 2006, complaining about his weekend being ruined because a Ferrari he purchased off eBay was delivered late. [6] Callers provide Carolla with things they do not think he can complain about, such as girls jumping on trampolines, but he manages to respond with complaints. Prizes are sometimes given to callers who manage to find something that he cannot complain about...which does not happen very often.

[edit] Former staffers

Main article: The Adam Carolla Show: Former Staff Members

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Official website. Adam Carolla Show. Retrieved on 2008-05-06.
  2. ^ JIMMY WITH JACK SILVER, CHRISTIAN THE 13-YEAR-OLD COMEDIAN, JOE ROGAN AND THE CAROLLA FAMILY « The Official Adam Carolla Show Blog
  3. ^ 2007 April 26 « The Official Adam Carolla Show Blog
  4. ^ The Official Adam Carolla Show Blog. Free FM (2008-01-05). Retrieved on 2008-06-06.
  5. ^ The Adam Carolla Show. 2006-05-08.
  6. ^ MySpace.com - BIG TAD - 33 - Garçon - FULLERTON, O.C. , California - www.myspace.com/bigfntad
  7. ^ The Adam Carolla Show. 2007-01-02.
  8. ^ Podcast. "Ace, The Absent." December 12, 2007
  9. ^ Carolla a Go Go. LARadio.com (2007-12-14). Retrieved on 2008-06-06.
  10. ^ http://www.1260.am/programming/podcasts/download.php?file=michaelJackson/20071212120001.mp3
  11. ^ McBride, Sarah. "The Next Howard Stern?", The Wall Street Journal, 2008-05-03. Retrieved on 2008-06-06. 
  12. ^ CBS RADIO - Press Center
  13. ^ 2006 May 31 « The Official Adam Carolla Show Blog
  14. ^ Diamond, Jamie (2006-08-13). Is a Scallop an Animal?. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-06-06.
  15. ^ HGTV & DIY with Eric Stromer of Over Your Head. www.askafloorguy.com (2008-06-04). Retrieved on 2008-06-06.
  16. ^ ADAM WITH MEMPHIS MONROE, LISA LAMPANELLI AND DR. GARY ALTER « The Official Adam Carolla Show Blog
  17. ^ Adam With Brian Tee, Kelly Pickler, Bonnie Jill Laflin And The Flapsteak Showdown « The Official Adam Carolla Show Blog
  18. ^ Mr. Brightside. Adam Carolla Show. Retrieved on 2008-05-14.
  19. ^ Ozzie's Movie Reviews. Adam Carolla Show. Retrieved on 2008-05-14.

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