Adam Carolla#Filmography

Adam Carolla was born on May 27, 1964, to Jim and Kris (née McCall) Carolla. Carolla has stated he was born in a doctor's office in the Westwood neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California,{{cite web |publisher=Michael Malice|date=March 12, 2025 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNhJOwHbyAA#t=26m45s |title="YOUR WELCOME" with Michael Malice #354: Adam Carolla |via=YouTube |access-date=March 13, 2025 }} although some sources list his birthplace as Los Angeles County,{{cite web| url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Adam_Carolla|title=Drivers > Adam Carolla|publisher=National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing|access-date=June 23, 2020|archive-date=October 17, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171017012808/http://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Adam_Carolla|url-status=live}} or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.{{cite magazine|url= https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/adam-carolla/bio/195025/| title= Adam Carolla Biography|magazine=TV Guide| access-date=June 23, 2020}} He grew up in the Los Angeles San Fernando Valley and his parents separated when he was young.{{cite book |last1=Carolla |first1=Adam |author-link1=Adam Carolla |title=In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks: and Other Complaints from an Angry Middle-aged White Guy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xMys1f3Lno4C |access-date=March 21, 2012 |edition=1st paperback |year=2011 |publisher=Three Rivers Press |isbn=978-0307717382 |pages=2, 9 |chapter=A Little Bit About the Author |quote=I grew up in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley in the seventies. I was the product of separation. I would have been the product of divorce but divorce includes filling out paperwork and paying a county clerk sixty bucks to file it. }} Carolla was not given a middle name by his parents; on his driver's license application he listed his middle name as "Lakers" as a joke. The application was processed without notice.{{cite news |title=You won't believe Adam Carolla's middle name |last=Hoppes |first=Lynn |publisher=ESPN |date=June 17, 2010 |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/index?id=5292700 |access-date=March 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106060913/http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/index?id=5292700 |archive-date=November 6, 2012 |url-status=live |quote=Carolla, 46, was born in Philadelphia and his parents didn't give him a middle name. }}{{cite web |url=http://adamradio.wordpress.com/2006/02/16/adam-with-mark-burnett-rick-fox-finesse-mitchell/ |title=Adam with Mark Burnett, Rick Fox, Finesse Mitchell |date=February 16, 2006 |access-date=August 10, 2008 |work=The Official Adam Carolla Show Blog |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402031453/http://adamradio.wordpress.com/2006/02/16/adam-with-mark-burnett-rick-fox-finesse-mitchell/ |archive-date=April 2, 2012 |url-status=dead }} His maternal step-grandfather was screenwriter László Görög.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.lamag.com/features/2007/10/01/inside-the-revved-up-pissed-off-brain-of-adam1 |title=Inside The Revved-Up, Pissed-Off Brain of Adam Carolla|first=Steve|last=Oney |magazine=Los Angeles |date=October 1, 2007 |access-date=February 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221030817/http://www.lamag.com/features/2007/10/01/inside-the-revved-up-pissed-off-brain-of-adam1 |archive-date=February 21, 2014 |url-status=dead |quote=Carolla's step-grandfather on his mother's side, a Hungarian Jew[,] ... Laszlo 'Laci' Gorog moved to Hollywood on the eve of World War II and began writing for the movies, receiving an Academy Award nomination in 1945 for The Affairs of Susan, starring Joan Fontaine.}}

Carolla was raised in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. He attended Colfax Elementary School, Walter Reed Junior High, and North Hollywood High School.{{Cite web|date=March 13, 2008|title=Carolla Presents 'The Valley'|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-13-gd-cover13-story.html|access-date=March 18, 2021|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}} Carolla did not receive his high school diploma until years later as it was held by the school until a library fine was paid.{{cite episode | title = April 1, 2003 | series = Loveline | series-link = Loveline | airdate = April 1, 2003 }} Carolla can be seen paying off the book and receiving his diploma in an episode of his 2005 television show, The Adam Carolla Project.{{cite web |title=Nail in the Head (episode 8) |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adam-carolla-project/nail-in-the-head-554041/ |publisher=TV.com |access-date=March 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720174928/http://www.tv.com/shows/the-adam-carolla-project/nail-in-the-head-554041/ |archive-date=July 20, 2013 |url-status=live }}

During his youth, Carolla played Pop Warner football for seven years; he later suggested that being involved in sports saved him from a chaotic home life.{{cite web | url=http://adamradio.wordpress.com/2006/10/11/adam-with-kurt-busch-shawn-merriman-and-mistress-melissa/ | title=Adam with Kurt Busch, Shawn Merriman and Mistress Melissa | date=October 11, 2006 | work=The Official Adam Carolla Show Blog | archive-date=February 20, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220082736/http://adamradio.wordpress.com/2006/10/11/adam-with-kurt-busch-shawn-merriman-and-mistress-melissa/ }} During his senior year at North Hollywood High School, Carolla distinguished himself in football. In December 1981, he was named to the First Team Offensive Line, Central Valley League, one of 8 leagues at the time in the LA City Section of the California Interscholastic Federation.{{cite web |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/HELMS/Football/CIFFOOTBALL1981.PDF |title=California Interscholastic Federation Football 2011 |access-date=October 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815000623/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/HELMS/Football/CIFFOOTBALL1981.PDF |archive-date=August 15, 2012 |url-status=dead }} In October 2020 he spoke of being recruited by "7 or 8" schools including UC-Davis, Cal Poly Pomona, and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v8TELhKk00 | title=Adam Carolla on Playing Football & His College Recruitment | website=YouTube | date=October 24, 2020 }}

He began living on his own at the age of 18. He briefly attended Los Angeles Valley College, a community college, where he was placed on academic probation before dropping out to work in a series of jobs, including carpet cleaner,{{cite web |url=http://www.allamericanspeakers.com/newspeakerbio/2358/index.php |title=Biography of Adam Carolla |access-date=August 10, 2008 |work=All American Speakers |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217232511/http://www.allamericanspeakers.com/newspeakerbio/2358/index.php |archive-date=February 17, 2009 }} carpenter, boxing instructor,{{cite web|url=http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/investing/20060103c1.asp|title=Fame & Fortune: Comedian Adam Carolla| date=January 3, 2006 |access-date=February 20, 2008| last=Getlin| first=Larry| publisher=bankrate.com}} and traffic school instructor.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004805/bio |title=Biography for Adam Carolla |access-date=August 10, 2008 |publisher=Internet Movie Database }} Although broke, Carolla, his friends, and roommates owned a 1963 Cadillac limousine.CarCast episode 241: Pebble Beach auctions

In the early 1990s, Carolla studied improvisational comedy with The Groundlings and was a member of the ACME Comedy Theatre troupe.

In 1994, Carolla volunteered his services as a boxing trainer to prepare Jimmy Kimmel for a bout being staged by KROQ-FM's morning radio program Kevin and Bean.{{cite web |title=Adam Carolla (bio) |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004805/bio |publisher=Internet Movie Database |access-date=March 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114195602/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004805/bio |archive-date=November 14, 2011 |url-status=live }} Kimmel was a regular on the show as "Jimmy the Sports Guy" and he was set to fight another KROQ personality in a boxing exhibition which was being billed as the "Bleeda in Reseda".{{cite web |title=Jimmy Kimmel bio |url=http://jimmykimmel.net/jkbio.htm |publisher=Jimmy Kimmel |access-date=March 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130112175200/http://jimmykimmel.net/jkbio.htm |archive-date=January 12, 2013 |url-status=live }} Carolla parlayed this opportunity into a long-running friendship and business partnership with Kimmel as well as a recurring role on Kevin and Bean as cranky woodshop teacher, Mr. Birchum.{{cite news |title=Infinity Launches FREE FM as Stern Replacement Strategy |url=http://creativemac.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=35329 |access-date=March 13, 2012 |newspaper=Infinity Broadcasting Corporation |date=October 26, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903183720/http://creativemac.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=35329 |archive-date=September 3, 2015 |url-status=dead }}

In October 1995, after being signed to the William Morris Agency by Mark Itkin,{{cite web|url=http://adamcarolla.com/store/|title=Store|publisher=Adamcarolla.com|access-date=February 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208104906/http://adamcarolla.com/store/|archive-date=February 8, 2014|url-status=dead}} Carolla was offered the job of co-hosting the evening radio call-in show Loveline. His co-hosts were the physician Drew Pinsky ("Dr. Drew") and metal DJ Riki Rachtman. Carolla received the offer after Pinsky heard him on Kevin and Bean (Rachtman left the show the following year.){{cite news |url=http://www.mndaily.com/sites/default/files/paper-pdfs/1996/08/09/1996-08-09.pdf |title=Laying it on the Loveline |last=Cowan |first=Michael |date=August 9, 1996 |access-date=March 13, 2012 |publisher=Minnesota Daily |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927010328/http://www.dolland.net/loveline/cache/laying/index.html |url-status=dead }} Loveline was broadcast on KROQ-FM in Los Angeles and was syndicated nationwide on the former Westwood One radio network.

While the format of the program was primarily that of a call-in show wherein listeners would ask questions about sex and relationships, Carolla would often spend much of the show ranting about various topics from fart jokes to extended parodies of radio morning shows, including mocking the format's penchant for useless and repetitive weather and traffic reports. In contrast to the reserved, thoughtful Pinsky, Carolla served as the loud, funny side of the show. Carolla's character was described by one reviewer as "a toned-down version of Howard Stern minus the huge ego".

In a late-2003 Loveline episode, Carolla said that Hawaiians are "dumb", "in-bred", "retarded" people who are among the "dumbest people we have". The comments were met with anger in Hawaii and resulted in Loveline{{'}}s cancellation on Hawaiian affiliate KPOI.Cataluna, Lee (December 23, 2003).[http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2003/Dec/23/ln/ln48alee.html "KPOI, listeners cry foul"], Honolulu Advertiser.

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In October 2005, Carolla was announced as the host of a new morning radio show on the Infinity Broadcasting network. His new show would replace the popular syndicated Howard Stern Show (which was moving to satellite radio) in twelve of the 27 markets in which Stern had been broadcast including Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Francisco, San Diego, Phoenix, and Portland, Oregon.{{cite news |last=Thomas |first=Karen |title=Infinity signs Roth and Carolla |url=https://www.usatoday.com/money/media/2005-10-25-stern-replacements_x.htm |access-date=March 19, 2012 |newspaper=USA Today |date=October 25, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051223212806/http://www.usatoday.com/money/media/2005-10-25-stern-replacements_x.htm |archive-date=December 23, 2005 |url-status=live }} The Adam Carolla Show debuted in January 2006.

In early 2008, actor Gerard Butler sat in and observed Adam Carolla on The Adam Carolla Show in order to prepare for his role in The Ugly Truth as a cynical and crass talk-radio host allegedly based on Carolla.{{cite news|url=http://www.adamcarolla.com/ACPBlog/2009/10/26/adam-lucas-foster-and-michael-irby/|title=Adam, Lucas Foster and Michael Irby|newspaper=The Adam Carolla Show |date=October 26, 2009|access-date=April 11, 2017|archive-date=April 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415015911/http://www.adamcarolla.com/ACPBlog/2009/10/26/adam-lucas-foster-and-michael-irby/}}

On February 18, 2009, The Adam Carolla Show was canceled as part of a format switch at KLSX to AMP FM, a new top 40 station. The final show was Friday, February 20, 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/cbs-radio-amp-2311999-jack-format |title=KLSX will drop talk radio format to play Top 40 music | cbs, radio, amp, jack, format – Entertainment |publisher=OCRegister.com |date=February 18, 2009 |access-date=October 10, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603075655/http://www.ocregister.com/articles/cbs-radio-amp-2311999-jack-format |archive-date=June 3, 2009 }}

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Carolla started a daily podcast on February 23, 2009, at his personal website, which would evolve into the ACE Broadcasting Network. The first Adam Carolla podcast was downloaded more than 250,000 times in the initial 24 hours, and by the third podcast, it was the number one podcast on iTunes in both the U.S. and Canada.

{{cite web |url=http://www.edibleapple.com/the-adam-carolla-podcast-jumps-to-1-spot-on-itunes-in-1-day/ |title="The Adam Carolla Podcast" jumps to No. 1 spot on iTunes in 1 day |date=February 7, 2009 |work=Edible Apple |access-date=December 6, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226111922/http://www.edibleapple.com/the-adam-carolla-podcast-jumps-to-1-spot-on-itunes-in-1-day/ |archive-date=December 26, 2010 |url-status= live}} During the debut week, the Adam Carolla podcast recorded 1.6 million downloads. In the second week it recorded 2.4 million downloads. By the fourth episode of the second week, featuring former Adam Carolla Show sidekick Dave Dameshek, the show was downloaded more than 500,000 times.{{cite news|title=Getting the ax – it's awesome|author=Stein, J.|url=https://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-stein6-2009mar06,1,1953463.column|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=March 6, 2009|access-date=June 7, 2013}} Adam stated that bandwidth cost more than $9,000 a month as of May 2009.Loveline, May 12, 2009

At the end of 2009, The Adam Carolla Podcast was selected by iTunes for its end-of-the-year awards as the Best Audio Podcast of 2009.{{cite web |last=Paul |first=Ian |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/185663/itunes_picks_the_best_of_2009.html |title=iTunes Picks the Best of 2009 |publisher=PCWorld.com |date=December 31, 2009 |access-date=October 10, 2011 |archive-date=November 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123014652/http://www.pcworld.com/article/185663/itunes_picks_the_best_of_2009.html |url-status=dead }}

On the April 4, 2010, episode of The Adam Carolla Show, Carolla referred to Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao as a "fucking idiot" and said of the Philippines: "They got this and sex tours, that's all they have over there. Get your shit together, Philippines." A spokesman for President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo called Carolla an "ignorant fool". Carolla subsequently apologized via Twitter.{{Cite news |title=US comedian calls Pacquiao 'illiterate', bashes Pinoys |newspaper=ABS-CBN |location=Manila, Philippines |date=April 4, 2010 |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/04/04/10/us-comedian-calls-pacquiao-illiterate-bashes-pinoys |access-date=January 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202175833/http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/04/04/10/us-comedian-calls-pacquiao-illiterate-bashes-pinoys|archive-date=February 2, 2011|url-status=live}}{{Cite news |title=Adam Carolla Angers Philippines With Rant About Pacquiao, Sex Tourism |work=HuffPost |date=April 5, 2010 |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/adam-carolla-angers-phili_n_525412 |access-date=January 24, 2011}}{{cite tweet|last=Carolla|first=Adam|user=adamcarolla|number=11625856966|title=Read your comments.Sorry if I offended many of u.I don't preplan my commentary. I try to be provoctive,funny but I crossed the line&im sorry|date=April 5, 2010|access-date=October 19, 2021}}

On May 18, 2011, Carolla noted on Jimmy Kimmel Live! that The Adam Carolla Show had taken the Guinness World Record for the most downloaded podcast ever from previous holder Ricky Gervais{{cite web |last=Still |first=Jennifer |date=May 19, 2011 |title='Adam Carolla Show' breaks podcast world record |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/celebrity/news/a320520/adam-carolla-show-breaks-podcast-world-record.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002144509/https://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/a320520/adam-carolla-show-breaks-podcast-world-record/ |archive-date=Oct 2, 2019 |access-date=September 22, 2011 |website=Digital Spy}} by receiving 59,574,843 unique downloads from March 2009 to March 16, 2011.{{cite web|url=http://community.guinnessworldrecords.com/_THE-ADAM-CAROLLA-SHOW-BREAKS-RECORD-FOR-THE-MOST-DOWNLOADED-PODCAST/blog/3640661/7691.html|title='The Adam Carolla Show' breaks record for most downloaded podcast|publisher=Guinness|date=May 19, 2011|access-date=April 11, 2017|archive-date=January 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126092055/http://community.guinnessworldrecords.com/_THE-ADAM-CAROLLA-SHOW-BREAKS-RECORD-FOR-THE-MOST-DOWNLOADED-PODCAST/blog/3640661/7691.html}}

In 2010, Carolla posed for the NOH8 Campaign.{{cite web|url=http://www.noh8campaign.com/photo-gallery/familiar-faces/photo/5658 |title=Familiar Faces |publisher=NOH8 Campaign |date=February 1, 2010 |access-date=November 27, 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://www.advocate.com/news/daily-news/2011/08/15/adam-carollas-antitrans-rant|title=Adam Carollas Sorry for AntiTrans Rant |work=Advocate.com|last=Garcia|first=Michelle|date=August 15, 2011|access-date=September 5, 2012|quote=In 2010, the same year he posed for the No H8 campaign (pictured), Carolla said he believes that "a mom and a dad is better than two dads or two moms."}} In August 2011, Carolla released a podcast where he mocked a petition to the producers of Sesame Street that demanded Bert and Ernie get married on air. He said on air that gay activists should "[j]ust get married, and please shut up" and that "Y.U.C.K." would be more memorable acronym than LGBT, and referring to transgender people he asked: "When did we start giving a shit about these people?"{{cite web |url=http://paperlined.org/external/Adam_Carolla_2011-08-11.html |title=Transcript of the August 11, 2011, Adam Carolla Show |publisher=Paperlined.org |date=August 11, 2011 |access-date=October 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204222454/http://paperlined.org/external/Adam_Carolla_2011-08-11.html |archive-date=December 4, 2011 |url-status=dead }} GLAAD characterized the previous remarks by Carolla as offensive, including an assertion that "all things being equal", heterosexual parents make better parents than homosexual parents. Carolla responded: "I'm sorry my comments were hurtful. I'm a comedian, not a politician."TMZ Staff (August 15, 2011).[https://www.tmz.com/2011/08/15/glaad-adam-carolla-lgbt-lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-the-adam-carolla-show-podcast-loveline-comedy-intolerance-transgender/ "Adam Carolla – Gay Rights Group PISSED Over Anti-LGBT Tirade"], TMZ.Rich Ferraro (August 15, 2011).[http://www.glaad.org/releases/08152011carolla "GLAAD Taking Action Against Adam Carolla's Anti-LGBT Remarks"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831001438/http://www.glaad.org/releases/08152011carolla |date=August 31, 2011 }}. GLAAD. (press release).

In 2013, Personal Audio filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Lotzi Digital, Inc., producers of The Adam Carolla Show and several other podcasts on the Carolla Digital Network, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The suit alleged that owner Adam Carolla and his network of content infringed on Personal Audio's patent 8,112,504.{{cite news |url=http://www.economist.com/node/21599498 |title=A podcast patent piper wants to be paid |publisher=The Economist Newspaper Limited |newspaper=The Economist |date=March 25, 2014 |access-date=August 20, 2014 |author=Fleishman, Glenn}}

Using the crowdfunding site FundAnything.com, listeners contributed more than $475,000 (as of August 2014) to support Carolla throughout the legal proceedings.{{cite web |url=https://fundanything.com/en/campaigns/patenttroll |title=Save Our Podcasts Legal Defense Fund |work=FundAnything |access-date=August 20, 2014 |author=Carolla, Adam |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822035605/https://fundanything.com/en/campaigns/patenttroll |archive-date=August 22, 2014 |url-status=dead }}

Personal Audio dropped the lawsuit July 29, 2014, stating that the defendants were not "making significant money from infringing Personal Audio's patents". However, Carolla countersued, having already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars mounting a defense against claims he deemed unfounded. Among claims sought by the countersuit was a request that the initial patent be invalidated.{{cite web |url=http://upstart.bizjournals.com/entrepreneurs/hot-shots/2014/07/30/adam-carolla-relentlessly-pursues-a-patent-troll.html |title=Adam Carolla relentlessly pursues a patent troll, raises $458,000 for his countersuit |work=Upstart Business Journal |date=July 30, 2014 |access-date=August 20, 2014 |author=del Castillo, Michael}} On August 15, 2014, Carolla and Personal Audio filed a joint motion to dismiss after reaching a settlement, the details of which were not made public but included a six-week "quiet period" during which neither party could speak to the media.{{cite web |url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/08/good-bad-and-ugly-adam-carollas-settlement-podcasting-troll |title=The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Adam Carolla's Settlement with the Podcasting Troll |publisher=EFF.org |date=August 18, 2014 |access-date=August 20, 2014 |author=Nazer, Daniel}} Both parties' claims were dropped without prejudice and, as such, could be refiled at a later date.{{cite web |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/08/adam-carolla-strikes-a-deal-with-podcasting-patent-troll/ |title=Adam Carolla settles with podcasting patent troll, agrees to 'quiet period' |work=Ars Technica |date=August 19, 2014 |access-date=August 20, 2014 |author=Mullin, Joe}}

From 1996 to 2000, Carolla and Dr. Drew hosted Loveline on MTV, a television version of the radio show. Carolla began his first original television series with The Man Show, along with partner and friend Jimmy Kimmel, on Comedy Central from 1999 to 2003. He left The Man Show at the same time as Kimmel. Carolla has continued his work with Kimmel as a writer and guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. He also appeared on an episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast around this time.

Carolla and partner Daniel Kellison are the heads of Jackhole Productions. The two created the television show Crank Yankers for Comedy Central, which revived the Mr. Birchum character. The show premiered in 2002 on Comedy Central and returned to MTV2 on February 9, 2007, running again until March 30, 2007. The show screened in Australia on SBS Television and The Comedy Channel between 2003 and 2008. The show was again revived in 2019, returning to Comedy Central.

Corolla also starred in the role of Spanky Ham for the Comedy Central adult animated series, Drawn Together.

From August 2005 to November 2005, Carolla hosted the talk show Too Late with Adam Carolla on Comedy Central.

Also in 2005, Carolla was featured in a home remodeling program called The Adam Carolla Project wherein he and a crew of old friends renovated his childhood home. The 13 episodes aired on the cable channel TLC (The Learning Channel) from October through December 2005. The house was then sold for 1.2 million dollars.{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/11/20/REG7IFO80R1.DTL|title=Adam Carolla selling TV series house|date=November 20, 2005|access-date=February 21, 2008|last=Ryon|first=Ruth|work=The San Francisco Chronicle|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080404164939/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2005%2F11%2F20%2FREG7IFO80R1.DTL|archive-date=April 4, 2008|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://epguides.com/AdamCarollaProject/ |title=The Adam Carolla Project |access-date=August 10, 2008 |publisher=epguides.com | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080809124701/http://www.epguides.com/AdamCarollaProject/| archive-date=August 9, 2008| url-status= live}}

In 2006, Carolla appeared on the special summer series Gameshow Marathon as a celebrity panelist on the Match Game episode.

On the February 18, 2008, broadcast of his radio show, Carolla announced that he would be one of the contestants on the next season of Dancing with the Stars. Later in the broadcast, it was revealed to Carolla that his partner would be Julianne Hough.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2008/02/19/dancing-stars-announces-lineup/|title=Dancing with the Stars announces lineup|date=February 18, 2008 |access-date=February 20, 2008 |last=Bruno|first=Mike |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} He was voted off on the April 8, 2008, episode after his performance of the Paso Doble, after incorporating a demonstration of unicycle riding in his dance routine.

;Dancing with the Stars performances

On June 16, 2008, Carolla was selected to host a pilot of an American version of the popular BBC show Top Gear for NBC. In December 2008, NBC decided not to pick up the show.{{cite web|url=http://jalopnik.com/5108040/nbc-cuts-top-gear-usa-due-to-knight-rider-failure/ |title=NBC Cuts Top Gear USA Due To Knight Rider Failure |website=Jalopnik |date=December 11, 2008 |access-date=October 10, 2011}}

On February 21, 2009, a day after his Los Angeles-based morning radio show was canceled – as part of a format change at KLSX-FM – CBS ordered a comedy pilot, Ace in the Hole, starring Carolla as a husband and father who works as a driving instructor. Carolla created and wrote the pilot with Kevin Hench (Jimmy Kimmel Live!).{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2009/scene/markets-festivals/adam-carolla-gets-cbs-pilot-1118000437/ |title=Adam Carolla gets CBS pilot |first=Michael |last=Schneider |date=February 21, 2009 | work=Variety}} Carolla stated that Pamela Adlon was to play his wife and Windell Middlebrooks would play his best friend. During his March 30, 2009, podcast, Carolla briefly described the show as being "All in the Family, essentially", with Carolla playing a similar role to that of Archie Bunker. On the July 23, 2009, episode of the Adam Carolla Podcast, Carolla announced that CBS was not picking up the pilot for the 2009 season, "in any way, shape or form".

On October 22, 2009, it was reported in Variety that Carolla had struck a deal with NBC to produce a half-hour pilot for a sitcom. The report was later confirmed on January 4, 2010, and was the first comedy pilot ordered by NBC for the season.{{cite news| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6040D820100105 | work=Reuters | title=NBC picks up Adam Carolla pilot | date=January 5, 2010}} The untitled project, written by Carolla and Kevin Hench, was a single-camera sitcom that starred Carolla as a contractor and father who attempts to rebuild his life after his wife leaves him.{{cite magazine|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|via=The Associated Press|date=October 13, 2010|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/nbc-picks-adam-carolla-pilot-19106|title=NBC picks up Adam Carolla pilot|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{cite news | url=https://variety.com/2010/scene/markets-festivals/adam-carolla-lands-nbc-pilot-1118013310/ | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120915063900/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118013310.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 | url-status=live | archive-date=September 15, 2012 | work=Variety | title=Adam Carolla lands NBC pilot | first=Michael | last=Schneider | date=January 4, 2010 }} Carolla was set to executive produce the NBC project along with frequent collaborators Kimmel and Hench, as well as his agent James "Babydoll" Dixon, Jon Pollack, Gail Berman, Daniel Kellison, and Lloyd Braun. Universal Media Studios, BermanBraun, and Carolla and Jimmy Kimmel's own Jackhole Industries.

On the February 13, 2010, episode of Carolla's CarCast podcast, he revealed that The History Channel had picked up Top Gear US, which NBC had decided against in 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.adamcarolla.com/CarCastBlog/2010/02/13/adams-miura/ |title=Adam's Miura | CarCast |website=Adamcarolla.com |date=February 13, 2010 |access-date=September 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908013408/http://www.adamcarolla.com/CarCastBlog/2010/02/13/adams-miura/ |archive-date=September 8, 2011 }} On the March 26, 2010, episode of CarCast, Carolla said that he would not be co-hosting Top Gear US because of scheduling conflicts with his NBC sitcom project. In June 2010, Carolla said that his NBC pilot had not been picked up and was now "dead".{{cite web |last=Bacon |first=Caleb |url=http://laist.com/2010/06/11/adam_carolla_talks_about_talking.php |title=Adam Carolla Talks About Talking And Pie |publisher=Laist |date=June 11, 2010 |access-date=September 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615170344/http://laist.com/2010/06/11/adam_carolla_talks_about_talking.php |archive-date=June 15, 2010 }}

Premiering on February 19, 2012, Carolla was also one of the contestants in the 12th season of NBC's The Celebrity Apprentice. He was fired in Week 4, because host Donald Trump perceived that Carolla did not utilize teammate Mario Andretti's car background during a Buick presentation.

In 2022, Carolla competed in season eight of The Masked Singer as "Avocado". He was eliminated on "Comedy Roast Night" alongside Chris Jericho as "Bride".

Carolla's The Car Show debuted on Speed TV July 13, 2011. Appearing Wednesdays at 10 pm Eastern, it featured Carolla as the host, along with Dan Neil, John Salley, and Matt Farah. It had a format similar to Top Gear, mixing car reviews, tests and humor. The show was initially met with positive reviews from car enthusiasts and comedy fans. Talk show host and comedian Jay Leno called The Car Show, "a lot of fun".[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xk259q_the-tonight-show-with-jay-leno-adam-carolla-part-2_news "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Adam Carolla Part 2"] (video). DailyMotion.com. Event occurs at 3:33. {{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

The Car Show was cancelled after one season, after undergoing format changes due to low ratings, as Carolla mentioned on his podcast on January 13, 2012.

Catch a Contractor is a non-scripted, original series on Spike, hosted by Carolla along with "no-nonsense contractor" Skip Bedell and his wife, investigator Alison Bedell. Together they expose unethical contractors and seek retribution for wronged homeowners.{{cite press release|url=http://www.spike.com/press/2013/08/05/spike-tv-teams-with-adam-carolla-to-catch-a-contractor/|title=Spike TV Teams with Adam Carolla to Catch a Contractor|publisher=SpikeTV|date=August 5, 2013|access-date=February 6, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222162442/http://www.spike.com/press/2013/08/05/spike-tv-teams-with-adam-carolla-to-catch-a-contractor/|archive-date=February 22, 2014}}

The show premiered on March 9, 2014, to 1.2 million viewers, the largest audience for a series debut on Spike since Coal in March 2011.{{cite web |first=Tony|last=Maglio|url=https://www.thewrap.com/adam-carolla-catch-a-contractor-spike-tv-ratings-bar-rescue|title=Adam Carolla's 'Catch a Contractor' Debut Is Spike's Best in 3 Years|website=The Wrap |date=March 11, 2014 |access-date=March 17, 2014}} The show was cancelled in 2015.{{cite tweet|first=Adam|last=Carolla|user=adamcarolla|title=sorry, thats it RT @DanicafanJohn @adamcarolla is To Catch a Contractor coming back this season|number=726173382803255297|date=April 29, 2016|access-date=July 31, 2016}}

Premiering on Spike TV on March 14, 2017, Adam Carolla and Friends Build Stuff Live features Carolla building projects live and in studio with some of his Hollywood friends, and tackling viewers' home improvement projects via social media.{{cite web|url=http://www.spike.com/press/category/adam-carolla-and-friends-build-stuff-live/|title=Adam Carolla to Host Live Innovative Interactive Talk Show on Spike|publisher=SpikeTV Press Release|date=April 7, 2016|access-date=April 15, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416050006/http://www.spike.com/press/category/adam-carolla-and-friends-build-stuff-live/|archive-date=April 16, 2017}}

Carolla has also done voice acting in animation, including Commander Nebula on the Disney animated series Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, Death on Family Guy (replacing Norm Macdonald) and Spanky Ham on Drawn Together. He was also the voice of the éclair police officer, Wynchell, in the Disney film Wreck-It Ralph. In 2008 and 2009, he was the spokesperson for T.G.I. Friday's.

In 2003, he appeared in Windy City Heat as himself.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383053|title=Windy City Heat (2003)|date=October 12, 2003|publisher=IMDb.com|access-date=February 3, 2014}} In 2006, Carolla finished work on The Hammer, a semi-autobiographical independent film he co-wrote and co-produced, in which he stars opposite Heather Juergensen. The film is based loosely on his own life and is filmed at a gym he helped build with his co-star, Ozzie, played by Oswaldo Castillo, his friend in real life whom he met while building the gym when they both worked in construction.{{cite news| title= New boxing movie, celebs' fight-Derby dilemma, more| date= May 3, 2007| url= http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/arash_markazi/05/02/adam.carolla/index.html| work= SportsIllustrated.com| access-date= November 6, 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071009134255/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/arash_markazi/05/02/adam.carolla/index.html| archive-date= October 9, 2007| url-status= live| df= mdy-all}} The film made its world premiere at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City and shortly thereafter received a positive review in Variety. The film was released on March 21, 2008.{{cite web | title = The Hammer (2007) | date = April 26, 2007 | publisher = Internet Movie Database | url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814130/ | access-date =August 9, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080828034631/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814130/| archive-date=August 28, 2008| url-status= live}}{{cite web | title = The Hammer – Official Site | url = http://www.thehammermovie.com/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060622053359/http://www.thehammermovie.com/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = June 22, 2006 | access-date = August 9, 2008 | df = mdy-all }}{{cite web |url=http://www.toronto.com/movies/movie/597827 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071227141136/http://www.toronto.com/movies/movie/597827 |archive-date=December 27, 2007 |title=The Hammer}} The film is rated 80% on Rotten Tomatoes.[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10009253-the_hammer/ The Hammer]. Rotten Tomatoes.

Carolla made a short appearance in Jeff Balis' Still Waiting... (a sequel to Waiting...) playing a pick-up artist guru.

Carolla helped write an unproduced screenplay for a film entitled Deaf Frat Guy: Showdown at Havasu.Adam Carolla interview on Leo The Film Freak, June 21, 2008.

He is the voice of Virgil in the independent short film Save Virgil.

In July 2013, Carolla used crowdfunding for Road Hard; a film he directed and starred in, about the lives of aging road comics. Adam confirmed through a press conference that the film would co-star David Alan Grier, Illeana Douglas, Diane Farr, and Larry Miller.{{cite web|last=Ford|first=Rebecca|title=Adam Carolla Announces Cast for Crowd-Funded Film 'Road Hard'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/adam-carolla-announces-cast-crowd-583183|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=July 10, 2013|access-date=July 12, 2013}} It had limited theatrical release in the United States. Several minutes of the credits are devoted to listing the names of those who helped crowdfund the film.

Carolla also directed the documentary Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman on the 35-year car racing career of Paul Newman. The documentary showcases Newman's racing life as both a prolific driver and owner.

In 2017, Carolla and Dennis Prager began filming No Safe Spaces, a documentary about political correctness at universities.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/adam-carolla-launches-crowdfunding-campaign-no-safe-spaces-movie-1007546|title=Adam Carolla Launches Crowdfunding Campaign for 'No Safe Spaces' Movie|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=May 24, 2017}} No Safe Spaces had a limited opening on October 25, 2019, and did well enough to open nationwide on December 6, 2019.{{Cite web | url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/no-safe-spaces-fans-critics |title = Moviegoers flock to free speech doc 'No Safe Spaces' despite panning from mainstream critics|website = Fox News|date = November 18, 2019}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/nov/24/inside-the-beltway-victory-no-safe-spaces-heads-to/ |title = Victory: Adam Carolla, Dennis Prager film 'No Safe Spaces' heads to major markets|website = The Washington Times}}

Carolla and Drew Pinsky co-wrote (with Marshall Fine) the self-help book The Dr. Drew and Adam Book: A Survival Guide to Life and Love, published in 1998.{{cite book|title=The Dr. Drew and Adam Book|url=https://archive.org/details/drdrewadamboo00pins|url-access=registration|publisher=Dell Pub.|access-date=March 14, 2012|isbn = 978-0440508366|year = 1998}} The book is a compilation of some of the advice the pair compiled while producing Loveline.{{cite news |last=Cruz |first=Clarissa |title=Book Review: The Dr. Drew and Adam Book: A Survival Guide to Life and Love |url=https://ew.com/article/1998/10/30/dr-drew-and-adam-book-survival-guide-life-and-love/ |access-date=March 14, 2012 |newspaper=Entertainment Weekly |date=October 30, 1998 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928011510/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,285444,00.html |archive-date=September 28, 2011 |url-status=live }}

In November 2010, Carolla's In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks... And Other Complaints from an Angry Middle-Aged White Guy was published by Crown Archetype and debuted at number eight on The New York Times Best Seller list for hardcover non-fiction on November 21, 2010.{{cite news |title=The New York Times Best Seller list for November 21, 2010 |url=http://www.hawes.com/2010/2010-11-21.pdf |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=March 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528052721/http://www.hawes.com/2010/2010-11-21.pdf |archive-date=May 28, 2012 |url-status=live }} The book was compiled from rants Carolla had delivered on his radio show and podcast along with some new material and was dictated to and ghost-written by Mike Lynch.{{cite web |title=Book Talk w/ Mike Lynch |url=http://www.adamcarolla.com/past-shows/book-talk-w-mike-lynch |publisher=The Adam Carolla Show |date=November 1, 2010 |access-date=March 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130708190343/http://www.adamcarolla.com/past-shows/book-talk-w-mike-lynch |archive-date=July 8, 2013 |url-status=dead }}

Carolla published a short, illustrated e-book entitled Rich Man, Poor Man in January 2012. The book details some similarities in the experiences of the very rich and the very poor which are not shared by the middle class.{{cite news |last=Gross |first=Daniel |author-link=Daniel Gross (journalist) |title=Adam Carolla's Rich Man, Poor Man |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daniel-gross/adam-carolla-rich-man-poor-man-150936949.html |work=Yahoo! Finance |date=February 2, 2012 |access-date=March 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206033159/http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daniel-gross/adam-carolla-rich-man-poor-man-150936949.html |archive-date=February 6, 2012 |url-status=live }} The book was illustrated by Michael Narren.{{cite book |title=Rich Man, Poor Man |date = January 17, 2012|publisher = Crown Archetype|url=https://www.amazon.com/Rich-Man-Poor-ebook/dp/B006T5HD0A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326112534&sr=8-1 |access-date=March 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121145159/http://www.amazon.com/Rich-Man-Poor-ebook/dp/B006T5HD0A |archive-date=January 21, 2012 |url-status=live }}

Carolla's book Not Taco Bell Material was published by Crown Archetype on June 12, 2012.{{cite web |title=Not Taco Bell Material |url=http://www.randomhouse.com/book/212426/not-taco-bell-material-by-adam-carolla |publisher=Random House |access-date=March 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511181038/http://www.randomhouse.com/book/212426/not-taco-bell-material-by-adam-carolla |archive-date=May 11, 2012 |url-status=live}}

In President Me: The America That's in My Head, Carolla presents the comedian's fantasy of the United States with him at the helm.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/adam-carolla-outlines-his-america-in-new-book-president-me/2014/05/23/e5a7f80e-dabf-11e3-b745-87d39690c5c0_story.html |title=Adam Carolla outlines his America in new book, 'President Me'|first=John|last=Wilwol|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=April 11, 2017}} When asked in separate interviews, both before and after the book's release, about whether the "if-I-were-king" critique of America was a serious piece, he said it's both: "Well, there's a lot of jokes in it, but you know, it's like... Well, if you have a fat friend you may make a lot of fat jokes about your fat friend, but he's still fat".{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/oreilly/index.html|title=The O'Reilly Factor|website=Fox News|date=May 12, 2014|access-date=May 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513031315/http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/oreilly/index.html|archive-date=May 13, 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://funemploymentradio.com/2013/08/27/funemployment-radio-episode-929/ |title=Funemployment Radio Comedy Podcast – Adam Carolla |publisher=Funemploymentradio.com |date=August 27, 2013 |access-date=February 3, 2014 |archive-date=November 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113061841/http://funemploymentradio.com/2013/08/27/funemployment-radio-episode-929/ |url-status=dead }}

In Daddy, Stop Talking!: And Other Things My Kids Want But Won't Be Getting, Carolla writes about modern parenting. Carolla describes what he believes adults must do if they don't want to have to support their kids forever. Carolla uses his own childhood as a cautionary tale, and decries helicopter parenting.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/comedian-adam-carolla-on-new-book-daddy-stop-talking/|title=Adam Carolla's parenting advice in "Daddy Stop Talking!"|date=May 26, 2015|website=www.cbsnews.com|language=en|access-date=October 24, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2015/06/17/daddy-stop-talking-adam-carolla|title=In 'Daddy, Stop Talking,' Adam Carolla Takes On Parenting|website=www.wbur.org|date=June 17, 2015 |language=en|access-date=October 24, 2019}}

Carolla's book, I'm Your Emotional Support Animal: Navigating Our All Woke, No Joke Culture, was published by Post Hill Press on June 16, 2020.{{cite web |title = I'm Your Emotional Support Animal: Navigating Our All Woke, No Joke Culture |url = https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/im-your-emotional-support-animal-adam-carolla/1135615127 |website = barnesandnoble.com |date =n.d. |access-date = October 27, 2021}}

Carolla's latest book, Everything Reminds Me of Something, was published by Post Hill Press on July 19, 2022.{{Cite news|url=https://radio.foxnews.com/2022/07/24/even-more-of-adam-carolla-on-comedy-cancel-culture-and-america/|title=Even More Of Adam Carolla On Comedy, Cancel Culture And America|date=2022-07-24|work=Fox News Radio|access-date=2022-07-25|language=en-US}}

Carolla's parents raised him in a light form of Buddhism, which he continued to practice for the sake of a girlfriend until age 21.Loveline July 9, 1997 episode He also discusses being familiar with Judaism, though he is not Jewish by biological descent, due to a close relationship with his grandmother's Hungarian Jewish second husband.{{cite web |last1=Torok |first1=Ryan |title=Adam Carolla shares his Jewish inspiration |url=https://jewishjournal.com/news/113676/ |website=Jewish Journal |date=March 6, 2013 |access-date=9 January 2025}} Since beginning his media career, Carolla has consistently identified as an atheist.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/269881-i-am-not-agnostic-i-am-atheist-i-don-t-think|title=A quote by Adam Carolla|website=www.goodreads.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://ffrf.org/ftod-cr/item/14966-adam-carolla|title=Adam Carolla – Freedom From Religion Foundation|website=ffrf.org|date=May 27, 1980 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQMQxJKKjcU|title=Adam Carolla on Atheism|date=February 5, 2008 |via=www.youtube.com}}

Regarding his political views, Carolla has stated, "I guess I would be Republican, in the sense that I want a secure border, I'm not into the welfare state, I'm not into all those freebie lunch programs. It just kind of demeans people." He goes on to state, however, that he is also in favor of typically liberal causes such as the legalization of marijuana (he is a member of the advisory board of the Marijuana Policy Project) and support for some progressive causes such as "[being] against automatic weapons. I'm not an NRA guy by any stretch of the imagination. I'd like alternative energy to be explored and electric cars to be used, but I want them to be powered by nuclear power plants."{{cite web|url=http://www.popeater.com/2010/11/05/adam-carolla-interview-book/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103114440/http://www.popeater.com/2010/11/05/adam-carolla-interview-book/|archive-date=January 3, 2015 |title=Adam Carolla: 'I'm Republican, But I'd Like Pot Legalized' |publisher=PopEater.com |date=November 5, 2010 |access-date=September 22, 2011}} Elsewhere, he has stated, "My feeling is this whole country is founded on the principle of 'If you are not hurting anyone, and you're not fucking with someone else's shit, and you are paying your taxes, you should be able to just do what you want to do.' It's the freedom and the independence."{{cite web|url=http://www.adamcarolla.com/ACPBlog/2010/04/19/adam-with-cheech-and-chong/ |title="Adam Carolla with Cheech and Chong" Podcast |publisher=Adamcarolla.com |date=April 19, 2010 |access-date=October 10, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009023734/http://www.adamcarolla.com/ACPBlog/2010/04/19/adam-with-cheech-and-chong/ |archive-date=October 9, 2011 }} In an interview with Reason TV, Carolla described his views as libertarian.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urdV5DwT4Ns| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211122/urdV5DwT4Ns| archive-date=November 22, 2021 | url-status=live|title=Adam Carolla Uncensored: Legalize Drugs, Cut Taxes, Drive Through Red Lights! |publisher=YouTube|date=September 20, 2010|access-date=April 11, 2017}}{{cbignore}}

Carolla expressed his support for Andrew Yang's 2020 presidential run.{{cite web|url=https://castbox.fm/episode/ACS-(Part-2)%3A-Todd-Garner-id6927-id153136689?country=us|title=Adam Carolla Show (Part 2): Todd Garner|author=Adam Carolla|date=May 13, 2019|publisher=Castbox}}

In June 2012, Carolla gave a printed interview to the New York Post, where among other things he stated that "chicks" are "always the least funny on the writing staff" and that "dudes are funnier than chicks".Larry Getlen.[http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/the_man_man_NS5UgwY5j06KwJp4WY1OJL "The Man's Man"]. The NY Post. June 16, 2012. Carolla's comments were criticized as sexist.Marah Eakin.[https://www.avclub.com/adam-carolla-doesn-t-think-women-are-funny-1798231845 "Adam Carolla doesn't think women are funny"]. The AV Club. June 19, 2012.{{cite web |url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/Comedian+Adam+Carolla+says+women+aren+funny+jokes/6813170/story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624021949/http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Comedian%2BAdam%2BCarolla%2Bsays%2Bwomen%2Baren%2Bfunny%2Bjokes/6813170/story.html |archive-date=June 24, 2012 |title=Adam Carolla says women aren't funny, but gay jokes are |date=June 20, 2012 |first=Tim |last=Kenneally |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |author=Jennifer Brett |url=http://blogs.ajc.com/the-buzz/2012/06/20/adam-carolla-women-are-not-funny/?cxntlid=thbz_hm |title=Adam Carolla: Women are not funny | The Buzz |publisher=Blogs.ajc.com |date=June 20, 2012 |access-date=November 27, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118122937/http://blogs.ajc.com/the-buzz/2012/06/20/adam-carolla-women-are-not-funny/?cxntlid=thbz_hm |archive-date=November 18, 2012 }}Natalie Finn.[http://www.eonline.com/news/jokes_on_him_adam_carolla_slammed/324634 "Joke's on Him: Adam Carolla Slammed for Saying Men are Funnier Than Women"]. E! Online. June 19, 2012. Carolla criticized coverage of his comments as over-simplistic and misleading.{{cite web|title=Brad Williams Live From the Irvine Improv|url=http://www.adamcarolla.com/brad-williams-live-from-the-irvine-improv/|work=Adam Carolla Show Podcast|publisher=ACE Broadcasting|access-date=June 23, 2012|date=June 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624211210/http://www.adamcarolla.com/brad-williams-live-from-the-irvine-improv/|archive-date=June 24, 2012|url-status=dead}}

Carolla said, "If you meet anyone over 45, they'll tell you they got paddled, they got swatted, the teacher would smack them with a ruler. ... Paddling a kid sounds pretty outrageous in 2020 and nobody would stand for it. ... But the people who engaged in it at the time when it was common practice or had a context, we don't need to build a time machine so we can cancel-culture them".{{Cite web|last=Keveney|first=Bill|title=Adam Carolla backs Jimmy Kimmel but says Karl Malone, Oprah impressions are 'not blackface'|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/06/23/adam-carolla-backs-jimmy-kimmel-says-impressions-not-blackface/3247417001/|access-date=April 9, 2021|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US}} In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Carolla said that cancel culture is "destroying free speech and killing comedy."{{Cite web|last=Koberg|first=Kelsey|date=April 16, 2021|title=Comedian Adam Carolla tells 'Tucker Carlson Today' cancel culture is killing comedy, dividing the country|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/comedian-adam-carolla-tells-tucker-carlson-today-cancel-culture-is-killing-comedy-dividing-the-country|access-date=April 23, 2021|website=Fox News|language=en-US}}

On September 28, 2002, Carolla married Lynette Paradise. The couple's twins Natalia and Santino "Sonny" Richard Carolla were born June 7, 2006.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/adam-carolla-wife-welcome-twins/|title=Adam Carolla, Wife Welcome Twins|date=June 7, 2006|access-date=February 20, 2008|last=White|first=Nicholas|work=People|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080324021119/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C26334%2C1201577%2C00.html|archive-date=March 24, 2008}} Carolla announced in May 2021 that he and Lynette were divorcing after 19 years.{{cite web |last1=Mauch |first1=Ally |title=Radio Personality Adam Carolla and Wife Lynette Getting Divorced After Nearly 19 Years of Marriage |url=https://people.com/tv/adam-carolla-wife-lynette-getting-divorced/ |website=People |access-date=July 13, 2021 |date=May 7, 2021}} He currently lives in La Cañada Flintridge, California.{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-adam-carolla-20181213-story.html | title=Adam Carolla nabs a contemporary home in la Cañada Flintridge | website=Los Angeles Times | date=December 14, 2018 }}

Carolla was a part owner of Amalfi, an Italian restaurant in Los Angeles, saying, "I own about two percent of it, but I've never seen a penny."{{cite news |last=Reich |first=Ashley |title=My LA to Z: Adam Carolla |url=http://www.lamag.com/culture/mylatoz/Story.aspx?id=1335283 |access-date=March 15, 2012 |newspaper=Los Angeles |date=December 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127191313/http://www.lamag.com/culture/mylatoz/Story.aspx?id=1335283 |archive-date=January 27, 2013 |url-status=dead }}

Carolla won the 2013 Pro/Celebrity Race as a professional{{cite web |url=http://gplb.com/news/2013-04-20/rutledge-wood-wins-toyota-pro-celebrity-race- |title=Rutledge Wood Wins Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race! Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach |publisher=Gplb.com |date=April 20, 2013 |access-date=February 3, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213073556/http://gplb.com/news/2013-04-20/rutledge-wood-wins-toyota-pro-celebrity-race-/ |archive-date=February 13, 2014 }} and the 2012 Pro/Celebrity Race at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach as an amateur.{{cite web |title=Pro/Celebrity Race participants |url=http://www.toyotaracing.com/motorsports/pro_celeb/index.html |publisher=Toyota Racing |access-date=March 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306060809/http://www.toyotaracing.com/motorsports/pro_celeb/index.html |archive-date=March 6, 2012 |url-status=dead }} The 2012 race was run on April 14, 2012, and was broadcast on Speed TV.{{cite web |title=Pro/Celebrity Race Schedule |url=http://www.toyotaracing.com/motorsports/pro_celeb/schedule.html |publisher=Toyota Racing |access-date=March 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218012934/http://www.toyotaracing.com/motorsports/pro_celeb/schedule.html |archive-date=February 18, 2012 |url-status=dead }} Carolla has previously participated in the race in 2010 and 2003.{{cite news |last=Filipponio |first=Frank |title=Long Beach Grand Prix 2010: Toyota Pro/Celebrity race never flops |url=http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/19/long-beach-grand-prix-2010-toyota-pro-celebrity-race-never-flop/ |access-date=March 15, 2012 |newspaper=Autoblog.com |date=April 19, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407194537/http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/19/long-beach-grand-prix-2010-toyota-pro-celebrity-race-never-flop/ |archive-date=April 7, 2012 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=World-renowned Vegas gaming expert picks comedian and writer Adam Carolla as celebrity favorite in 2010 Toyota Pro/Celebrity race |url=http://www.toyotaracing.com/motorsports/pro_celeb/news/2010/04-05-10-01.html |access-date=March 15, 2012 |publisher=Toyota Racing |date=April 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526065034/http://www.toyotaracing.com/motorsports/pro_celeb/news/2010/04-05-10-01.html |archive-date=May 26, 2010 |url-status=dead }} He finished ninth among 19 racers (fifth among the ten celebrities) in 2010 despite being regarded as a pre-race favorite. He is also a serious automobile collector with over 20 cars. His collection includes several Lamborghinis from the 1960s and early 1970s, including two Miuras (of 764 examples ever produced), one of which he has loaned to the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, two 400GT 2+2s (of 247 units produced) and a 1965 350GT (one of 135 built). At least one Ferrari, an Aston Martin, and several vintage race cars round out the collection.{{cite news |last=Peele|first=Robert|title=A Car Question for Adam Carolla |url=http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/a-car-question-for-adam-carolla/ |access-date=March 16, 2012 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 25, 2011}} In 2024, Carolla and his car collection were featured on an episode of Pawn Stars, in which he initially intended to sell a British 1972 Ford Escort race car owned and driven by Paul Newman to show host Rick Harrison for $250,000, but changed his mind after learning that the car was valued at up to $300,000.

Carolla and Drew Pinsky received a Sexual Health in Entertainment (SHINE) Award from The Media Project in 2000 for "incorporating accurate and honest portrayals of sexuality" in the talk show category for Loveline.{{cite web |title=The SHINE Awards—2000 Winners |url=http://www.themediaproject.com/shine/2000.htm |publisher=The Media Project |access-date=March 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204193322/http://www.themediaproject.com/shine/2000.htm |archive-date=February 4, 2012 |url-status=dead }}

Asteroid (4535) Adamcarolla is named in his honor.{{cite web |title=4535 Adamcarolla (1986 QV2) |url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=4535+Adamcarolla |work=Small Body Database Browser |publisher=Jet Propulsion Laboratory |access-date=March 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121212061239/http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=4535+Adamcarolla |archive-date=December 12, 2012 |url-status=live }}

He was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for radio in 2025.

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