Adam Carolla
Milestones
- Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Birthday: May 27, 1964
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2008
Joined ABC’s reality program, “Dancing with the Stars” as a contestant
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2007
Film debut (also co-wrote and co-produced), the semi-autobiographical film “Hammer”; premiered at the TriBeCa Film Festival
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2006 to 0000
Debuted the syndicated morning radio program “The Adam Carolla Show” replacing a Sirius-bound Howard Stern
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2005
Appeared in “The Adam Carolla Project” (TLC)
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2005
Launched the short-lived talk show, “Too Late with Adam Carolla” (Comedy Central)
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2002 to 0000
Co-created (with Kimmel) the Comedy Central cult hit, “Crank Yankers”
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2000
Had a recurring role as the voice of Death on “Family Guy” (Fox)
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2000
Voiced Commander Nebula on the Disney animated series, “Buzz Lightyear of Star Command” (ABC)
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1999 to 2003
Co-created (with Kimmel) “The Man Show” (Comedy Central)
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1996 to 2000
“Loveline” was spun off into a television version for MTV
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1995 to 2005
Co-hosted the nationally syndicated call-in advice radio show, “Loveline” (KROQ) with physician Dr. Drew Pinsky
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1994
Hired to train young comic, Jimmy Kimmel, who at the time was a radio personality (Jimmy the Sports Guy) on the KROQ-FM morning show “Kevin and Bean”
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1994
Joined the “Kevin and Bean” (KROQ) radio show; signature character was Mr. Birchum, a high-strung Vietnam vet shop teacher
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Performed with a sketch comedy group at the Acme Comedy Theater
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Trained with the famed Groundlings
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With Kimmel and Daniel Kellison, founded Jackhole Productions
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Worked part time as a boxing instructor