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Adam Carolla
After four successful seasons as co-host and co-creator of Comedy Central's The Man Show Adam Carolla has become somewhat of an expert on men. Carolla along with his Jackhole Industries partners, Jimmy Kimmel and Daniel Kellison, have created the primetime series Crank Yankers, which recently entered its second season. This show features outrageous crank calls from real comedians to real people, delivered to viewers through puppets. When watching "Crank Yankers," viewers eavesdrop on the puppet citizens of Yankerville as they go about their lives. The puppets are voiced by well-known celebrities and stand-up comics such as David Alan Grier, Denis Leary, Kevin Nealon, Sarah Silverman, Tracy Morgon and Super Dave Osborne.
Carolla's career path has been anything but conventional. Carolla began working as a carpenter and boxing instructor in Los Angeles. It was his knowledge of boxing that introduced him to radio. An opportunity presented itself when LA-based radio station KROQ-FM announced they were looking for a trainer to prepare "Jimmy the Sports Guy"(Jimmy Kimmel/Man Show co-host) for an on-air boxing event. Carolla's many calls to the station were never returned. Frustrated, he drove to the building and sneaked in with a delivery guy. Luckily for Carolla, at that moment Kimmel went for a bathroom break. Fittingly, Adam met Jimmy outside the men's room. Kimmel lost the fight, but despite that, the two quickly became best friends.
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