Not Taco Bell Material

By: Adam Carolla

Narrated by: Adam Carolla

In his second book, Adam Carolla—author of New York Times bestseller In Fifty Years We’ll All Be Chicks and chart-topping podcaster—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 twenties, 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 fifteen 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 he lives in (but mostly disagrees with), telling all the stories, no matter who he offends—family, friends or the famous.

Tells It As He Sees It

Where does Not Taco Bell Material rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

When I am ready for a good laugh, after listening to several audiobooks on more serious topics, I love to relisten to Adam's book. He is refreshingly blunt in this day and age of "politically correctness".

What did you like best about this story?

His stories are funny. His rants are real. He says things people can relate to and other people think, but can not verbalize in this day and age.

What about Adam Carolla’s performance did you like?

He is authentic; I find his performance refreshing. He is the only person who can drop the F bomb without making me bristle.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Not really

Any additional comments?

If you find humor in Archie Bunker and his rants, you'll enjoy this book.

good book but isn't the audio book for the book

whole thing is entertaining and if you like the Aceman you will enjoy. But you don't get the book, he skips entire chapters. He just tells you to buy the book, this is the exact type of thing he would rant about if it happened to him. I'm not going to buy your hardcopy Adam! I also probably won't buy another one of your audio books because I WILL NOT BE MANIPULATED in buying your book twice. I just won't buy anymore of your audio books.

Carolla is an excellent story teller

I never imagined this book would have so much great content. And Adam telling the story is better than somebody else just reading the book. One of my all time favorites

funniest book ever

nonstop laughs the entire length of the book. Adam does a great narrative that would be hard to match by reading alone. The delivery is perfect. Will buy his other books.

adam is funny like always

the chapter about his friend ray was just funniest stuff I have heard in awhile