Carolla Announces He’s Looking For Podcast Talent In LA Weekly

LA Weekly highlights Adam & his team’s ever expanding ACE broadcasting in this week’s issue online and in print! Now everybody wants in on the action..

Carolla has been contacted by other podcasters who want to bring their established brands into the network. “The idea that people want to be under our umbrella is flattering, and it’s why we did it for free and used our own money. It’d be nice to make your own decisions, ones you have to live and die with.” He is also seeking new talent.

Thus in this brave new territory, Carolla needs to “figure out a way to essentially be the artist and the Man,” as the network’s largest talent and boss.

Read more…

Adam Carolla Invited To Gay Games, Is He Man Enough?

Carolla was clearly joking when he said there should be a screening process for the Gay Games, but apparently anyone can join and the FGG (Federation of Gay Games) are inviting Adam to prove that anyone can compete.

In a recent podcast, humorist Adam Carolla suggests a way to “screen out straights” from the Gay Games. While we’re glad that “Gay Games” is top of mind for Mr. Carolla, we do want to remind him that however much he might enjoy participating in the screening process he suggests, there isn’t one. The Gay Games are for everyone.

The next edition of the largest sporting event open to all will be held this summer from 31 July to 7 August in Cologne, Germany. Men and women, gay and straight, beginners and Olympic champions: all are welcome to compete in a spirit of Participation, Inclusion, and Personal Best ™.The FGG would like to extend a personal invitation to Mr. Carolla to come to Cologne.

We all know Adam never turns down a personal invitation to Germany in August!

I doubt they’re offing to pay his way first class because let’s face it…our Gay Games just don’t have the budget that the Winter Olympics got from NBC.

TWIT PIC: Carolla On Set Of His NBC Pilot


While we were all out spending money on Friday, Adam was hard at work on the last day of his Untitled pilot. Mommie and the twins Twittered these adorable pics after visiting daddy on set.

That’s his daughter in the car scene picture. Don’t worry, we have a great video coming up so you Rag Maggers can meet her on Monday. Adam and the team finished shooting and now it’s the dreaded time of rewrites and screenings.

Oh Hollywood!

Adam Carolla’s Childhood Home Through His Eyes – LA Times

A car ride into Adam’s NoHo childhood memories makes Adam face his past, and look towards the future.

Carolla, 45, had been driving his Audi around NoHo for about an hour, pointing out the Taco Bell where he applied for a job but was swiftly rejected; a theater he helped build in the ’90s that is now the Sanford Meisner Center. None of the locations seemed to inspire positive memories.

And then he arrived at the El Portal Theatre, where he was slated to perform the coming Saturday. As a teen, Carolla would collect bottles door to door to turn in at the liquor store until he had the $1.10 it cost to buy a movie ticket at the theater. – READ MORE

Could he be more excited?

Carolla Cast Familiar Sidekick In NBC Pilot

We’re not bitter that Oswaldo Castillo, the Nicaraguan laborer who became famous as the heavily accented sidekick of TV/radio personality Adam Carolla, has now been cast in Carolla’s untitled comedy pilot at NBC. We didn’t get an audition, or a call, but we’re not bitter.

Ozzy and Adam have been friends since Alex was in diapers and they have amazing comedic chemistry together. That chemistry is why the suits at NBC decided to cast Castillo as Adam’s roommate and co-worker.

The pilot centers around Adam, a recently divorced Dad who’s trying to pick up the pieces. We’re still hoping he needs two sassy gay clerks for a future episode.

“Sorry sir, we don’t sell “just jeans” here at Fred Segal”..how did that sound?

Adam Carolla’s Plan To Save The El Portal Theater

Adam is bringing his #1 podcast for two shows to the historic landmark LIVE on February 27th, at
8PM and 10PM. With a midnight screening of his own critically acclaimed film, THE HAMMER, to end the evening.

Unfamous Adam used to ditch school at North Hollywood High with best friend, Donny, and escape to the El Portal Theater to see bad movies and check out girls. Class clown Carolla didn’t know what he’d do with his life or what he was even doing that weekend, but Adam was comfortable in his Noho playground which ran down Lankershim Blvd.

“Adam and I saw many a movie at the El Portal as kids. Adam saw quite a few movies at the old Pussycat Theater down the street too, but that’s a different story. It’s great to be doing a local show, it feels right to have it be at the El Portal”, says Donny.

In the twenty years since, the El Portal Theater has undergone a million dollar make over to save the crumbling art deco facade, but still doesn’t get the attention it deserves. Adam is committed to saving a piece of his past, by bringing his sold out LIVE podcast to the El Portal throughout 2010. Plus, as a special treat for die hard fans, Adam will be showing a slide show that chronicles his journey from Noho High to the stage. God, that must feel amazing. Triumphantly returning to stick a flag in your hometown’s ass.

Half of the tickets are already gone so grab your seat now.

The Aceman Cometh For Podcasting Says Entrepreneur Mag

Adam Carolla fans will love this write up on monetizing his new podcast on today’s Entrepreneur.com. Adam’s one podcast has now turned into five under the ACE Broadcasting online empire but Adam’s just happy he gets to work with his friends…

For Adam Carolla, comedy is a business–and business is good.

At first, it looks like any other middle-aged guy’s garage, only bigger. It takes a few minutes for the lights to come up, and the long buildup seems all the more appropriate as a museum of spectacles starts to reveal itself: old cars, vintage pinball machines, a collection of motorized bikes and go-carts juxtaposed against a single pink Dora the Explorer tricycle. The walls are like a timeline of a career that’s been quietly iconic. A life-sized high-school football picture gives way to TV and movie posters, all leading up to the pièce de résistance: the massive neon sign that once loomed over the set of The Man Show. This is Adam Carolla’s media empire–and it operates out of a warehouse in Southern California’s San Fernando Valley.

It’s the perfect setting for a utilitarian like Carolla–unassuming and efficient. In less than 20 years, he’s gone from carpenter to cult hero, with a following not unlike that of another famous former carpenter, at least in terms of its devotion. A staunch atheist, Carolla would surely scoff at the comparison, but it’s reflective of his formula for lasting success. For Carolla, comedy is an entrepreneurial pursuit, and while other comedians are essentially products to be bought and sold, Carolla is more like a CEO, lording over a brand that’s easily identifiable–and profitable–in any medium or market. Like any successful entrepreneur, he’s got a healthy contrarian streak, and the more widely accepted something is, the more likely he is to tear it down. He’s also admittedly hyper-vigilant, to the point where he might start a story by saying something like, “Here’s why I have trouble enjoying life,” and absolutely mean it. It’s all part of the product he’s selling–his own sensibility–but it’s also a useful tool for running a business.

“You notice things,” Carolla says. “You become a little bit of a perfectionist. You become detail-oriented. For me, as far as the hyper-vigilance and the business goes, you become sort of a student of people and of psychology and how people work, and that’s all business is…Gauging that in advance–how are people going to react to New Coke before New Coke comes out?–that’s all it is. It’s knowing something about psychology. It’s knowing something about the human process and thinking, ‘Are you going to piss them off? Are you going to alienate them? Are you going to anger them?’ And it’s never going to be that everyone’s pissed off or everyone’s happy. The lion’s share of the people–how are they going to react when we start asking them for money? Because we have a business to run here.” – READ MORE ADAM ON ENTREPRENEUR.com

Want To Know What Being Dr. Drew’s Wife Is Like?

Don’t you ever wonder who Dr. Drew and Adam Carolla are married to and what they’d say. how did these women land such “husband material” and what’s so great about them. Now we can all listen in on what motherhood was like for the famous and frantic? The Parent Experiement Hosted By BFF’s Lynette Carolla and Teresa Straser, is here to let us eavesdrop and Dr. Drew’s wife is soooo something we want hear.

“The Parent Experiment” Podcast from the Adam Carolla Entertainment Network premieres at top of iTunes Charts!

These modern mothers aren’t afraid to admit they don’t have all the answers. Which is why every week, the duo bring doctors, writers, gossips, and celebrities. The premiere episode shot to the top of the iTunes Chart and is currently #1 in Family podcasting!

Here’s a clip from the release:

Two friends, two toddlers, one baby and infinite questions, The Parent Experiment is now UNDERWAY on the Ace Broadcasting Network at ADAMCAROLLA.COM. Hosted by Emmy Award Winner, Teresa Strasser, with Adam Carolla’s wife and mother of twins Lynette Carolla, the show is like listening in on your mother’s conversations when you were a kid… except she’s a smartass and she’s talking to celebrities and parenting experts.

“This show is for people who don’t want their mind to wear mom jeans.” Teresa says,“The kind of conversations I was desperate to have with other moms when I had a baby, those are the kind of conversations we’re going to have on “>The Parent Experiment, because being a mom can be lonely.”

“Think of us as the ‘Real Housewives’ of the Ace Broadcasting Network minus the cat fights and Juviderm.” LC & TS

These mothers are promising us a new take on old traditions and the frank conversation we crave from other parents.

“Some of us are lost one DAY and confident the next. For those of us who don’t have it all totally figured out, it’s an experiment (hence our title) – and it’s way more fun if you aren’t alone in your lab.”

We don’t have babies and we’re enthralled.