In his second book, Adam Carolla - chart-topping podcaster and author of New York Times best seller In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks - reveals all the stories behind how he came to be the angry middle-aged man he is today.
Funnyman Adam Carolla is known for two things: hilarious rants about things that drive him crazy and personal stories about everything from his hardscrabble childhood to his slacker friends to the hypocrisy of Hollywood. He tackled rants in his first book, and now he tells his best stories and debuts some never-before-heard tales as well.
Organized by the myriad "dumps" Carolla called home as a child - through the flophouse apartments he rented in his 20s, up to the homes he personally renovated after achieving success in Hollywood - the anecdotes here follow Adam's journey and the hilarious pitfalls along the way.
Adam Carolla started broke and blue collar and has now been on the Hollywood scene for over 15 years. Yet he never lost his underdog demeanor. He's still connected to the working class guy he once was, and delivers a raw and edgy, fish-out-of-water take on the world in which he lives (but with which he mostly disagrees), telling all the stories, no matter who he offends - family, friends or the famous.
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"Must have for any Adam Carolla Fan!"
This book contains a collection of stories from Adams life. I liked how he used the places he was living as a timeline and a gauge of how well or bad he was doing at the time. If you are a long time listener (meaning you have listened for hundreds if not thousands of hours) to Adam you might of heard some of these stories before. But the great thing about the book is its all laid out for you in an easy to follow way.
So if you are an Adam Carolla Fan what are you waiting for, Let's keep this Pirate Ship a float!
Get it ON, No choice but to get it ON, Mandate get it ON!
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"Pretty funny but crude"
It is a humorous look at Adam's strange life. I'd never heard of him before since I'm not a radio listener and not under age 30. He seems to be pretty successful for having such a weird life. And he's kept lots of his old friends, which is surprising considering the stunts they pulled together. Lots of F bomb and scatological material in here.
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When he talked about how he rates life on how high the mattress is off the floor. His lowlife mom had hers on the floor. At the time I was moving from one rental to another (I own two nice homes with high mattresses, but am living in a temporary rental and my mattress was on the floor. He nailed it dead on!
I won't share this book with my mom.
"MANDATE! GET IT ON"
Adam himself, if you like the ACE Broadcasting network or are a fan of laughing, this book is for you!
All of it
The whole book
The way Adam gauged the elderly (fans of the Ace Broadcasting Network will get this)
I hope Adam continues to make books and audiobooks... His audiobook is full of great riffs and punchlines as well as compelling stories... GET IT ON!
"Fantastic"
Adam's last book was quite enjoyable, but the best parts were always the biographical portions. Adam's background, stories and successes have always been more enthralling than tired rants about politics.
"Polished Carolla"
Loved it???.. totally worth spending a credit, very fun to hear these stories told by the author. Each chapter is filled with fun and impressive stories backed up with thoughtful life lessons. This book should be considered therapy for both Carolla and the reader. I kind of hate his mom after hearing some of the crappy things she put him through.
"LOVED LOVED LOVED this book!!"
I loved everything about this book!
I laughed probably more than Tina Feys recent book. It's comedy you can relate too.
His voice makes the book.
Carlsbad Rob
"Like the podcast, basically"
I'm an Adam Carolla fan. I listened to his previous book, listen to the podcast, and enjoyed his movie. This one has a lot of stuff i'd heard before. It was still interesting though, don't get me wrong, but he cut out some of the new material that is in the book and not in the podcast (about his interactions with celebrities) and I really would have liked to have heard more about that. Still if you like Adam's style you will enjoy this audiobook.
"Only Adam Could Tell This Stuff"
Adam's solo narration of his tales of life in So Cal, up until now. A fun time, and he is a GREAT story teller.
Some real classics are in there, but one that comes to mind is Big Catholic Brother with Nate and Tim (Team).
His timing and tone could only be expressed live.
Yes.
Can't wait until the next one.
"It was OK."
I like Carolla's "to the point" bluntness, but it seemed like some of the material was either covered in his previous book or was material that might have been left on the editing floor from the previous book.
It was worth listening. Just didn't measure up to his previous book.
My expectations might have been high based on his "50 years we'll all be chicks" book. It was OK.
"Pretty good"
About 50% is great and fun to listen to, about 50% is full of drunk stories and too much of a dependence on 4-letter explicatives to describe things. My biggest gripe is that he is constantly telling you to buy his book throughout the recording, and leaving things out. Is this what I deserve for shelling out 15-20 dollars on this thing, criticized for not buying your book instead? Overall though, it is worth it for the high points.