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substack adam krolo dot substack.com and if you like to request a clip please email us classics at adamcrullo.com now on to the clips in light of the recent news in the video of adam explaining his history and connection to jimmy kimmel has struck me that a lot of people who listen to the show now might not be that aware of adam and jimmy's history yeah of course you know they did the man show together but they may not know how it all kind of ties together

so they thought it played some listen to the show now might not be that aware of Adam and Jimmy's history. Yeah, of course, you know they did The Man Show together, but they may not know how it all kind of ties together.

So they thought I'd play some of his earliest clips on the podcast this weekend to refresh everybody

on Adam and Jimmy's connection. And the simplest way to explain it, while doing blue collar work

in construction, Adam Carolla had nearly a decade in improv comedy and wanted to get into the comedy world some fashion professionally.

One of his improv buddies told him he just needs some sort of format or venue where he can just talk at people

as opposed to having performed live or do other venues of improv comedy.

He was a listener to Kevin and Bean.

He heard about some kerfuffle involving Michael the

maintenance man and Jimmy Kimmel, who was Jimmy the sports guy. He had a little bit of

an affected accent. He's playing a character on the show. And he said something that Michael

found offensive and they were going to have a boxing match as like a radio stunt. And Adam

Carollo was like, that was my opportunity to get in, possibly get on air, just see if something

happens. And he actually wanted to train Michael the maintenance man.

So he showed up at the radio station. It was right after Kurt Cobain's death. So everything was kind of chaos. And he couldn't get in, like, past the security doors to meet anybody, so he's waited all day. And then at the very end, after he finally told somebody he was out there, Jimmy Kimmel came out. He met him. like read the train Jimmy. We actually have audio of that aired as like a Kevin and Bean archive that Adam Crolla played on air. I'll play some of that at the end of this weekend. You'll be able to hear some of it because Adam covered it on this show. Adam Sandler did the announcing for the boxing fight, the Blita and Reseda. Adam started hanging out with Jimmy. Eventually Jimmy saw how funny Adam was and wanted to help him get on air and do something. So he came up the character of Mr. Bircham, started doing those bits on Kevin and Bean. They became a huge hit. Dr. Drew heard those bits. They had Adam Carolla in characters, Mr. Bertram on Loveline. Then a television deal came up and Ricky Rackman was being difficult and Drew wanted to do this deal with somebody.

He thought who else could be added to the show that we could do a TV show with potentially. And he thought of the guy who played Mr. Birchum while he was on a run. Adam Krollo was even resistant to getting that job because he was on tour with Jimmy for a Kevin and Bean thing. They were out of state. And he didn't think he'd get back in time. He actually even suggested they auditioned Mark DeCarlo.

And then we actually showed him for his interview.

He saw Mark DeCarlo. And then when he actually showed him for his interview, he saw Mark DeCarlo there, so they actually took his advice. Adam and Jimmy then started working on a screenplay called Hot for Teacher with Ivan Reitman. Simultaneously, I believe, to them pitching their idea for the man show, which originally was going to be an ABC television pilot. Isn't that weird? They got pushed for the show Cupid with Jeremy Piven, which then I think was brought back and they tried to do Cupid again with the same creator but a different cast, and it also didn't seem to work.

Man Show eventually went to Comedy Central. They did 100 episodes, four seasons. They left of their own volition.

Jimmy got his talk show, of course, in 2003. Adam Kroll appeared on the talk show. People don't remember. He was on many episodes, kind of as like Jimmy's comfort co-host for several times. Adam used to carry a towel around his neck. He still does every time he appears on the show. He has over 50 appearances. So Adam's been a huge part of Jimmy Kim alive.

Jimmy's been a huge part of Adam Carolla's radio career that led into podcasting. When the radio show started for Adam in 2006, after he left Loveline, Jimmy Kimmel is actually brought on as a consultant producer. Some people on staff, this is a little oral history for you, we're expecting Jimmy Kimmel to be there like every day, but that was never contractually agreed to.

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