Adam Carolla Movies

Can a guy edging into middle age become a success fighting guys half his age? That's the big question behind this independent comedy. Jerry Ferro (Adam Carolla) is almost 40 years old, and he's spent most of his life going nowhere -- and taking his own sweet time getting there. While Jerry enjoyed some success as an amateur boxer when he was young, these days he's out of shape, drinks too much, and scrapes by working in construction. Through his work as a handyman, Jerry has landed a part-time job teaching boxing at a gym in Pasadena, though none of his students are likely to ever move beyond sparring as a hobby. One day, one of Jerry's old friends, Eddie Bell (Tom Quinn), stops by the gym with a promising new fighter he's training. Since he's short on sparring partners, Eddie asks Jerry to step into the ring with the young boxer, and while it's clear that Jerry is in lousy shape and out of practice, he also manages to knock out the challenger with one well-placed punch. Eddie is convinced Jerry still has what it takes, and offers to help Jerry make a comeback, confident that despite his age he can land him a spot on the U.S. Olympic Boxing Team. Also starring Heather Juergensen, The Hammer received its world premiere at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

The unexpected death of a close friend prompts a group of developmentally arrested twenty-somethings to move beyond their youthful indulgences and face the frightening prospect of entering into the adult world in director Michael Oates' heart-rending but good-humored coming of age tale. The funeral of their faithful high-school pal Bender just days away, college hopeful Mitch (Kip Pardue), hard-working Stan (Eddie Kay Thomas), and perpetually wasted Dixon Josh Cooke) come together to pay tribute to their fallen friend by tooling around their old home town and straining to top their notorious high-school hi-jinks. Their lives seemingly pre-destined to follow some invisible but unwavering path, Mitch and Stan watch over their volatile friend Dixon as the troubled walking time-bomb attempts to bury his guilt for being at the scene of the accident but unable to save Bender's life. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Ex- Crank Yankers and The Man Show habitué Adam Carolla was the star of this cable "comedy-reality show," a send-up of do-it-yourself opuses such as Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Throughout the series' first season, Carolla and his comedian buddies tackled the challenge of renovating his childhood home. The project consumed 13 half-hour episodes, by which time the supplies and the comedy material were all but depleted. Co-produced by Adam Carolla and his longtime TV cohort Jimmy Kimmel, The Adam Carolla Project joined the TLC lineup on October 4, 2005. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

The Playboy playmate turned Baywatch bombshell proves that beauty is not above ridicule as Comedy Central brings together a who's who of top comedic talents to roast Pamela Anderson in a rousing night of insulting insight featuring the talents of Jimmy Kimmell, Tommy Lee, Eddie Griffin, Nick DiPaolo, Andy Dick, Courtney Love-Cobain, and many more. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Thanks to a rare growth disorder, Andy Milonakis is a 29-year-old man trapped in the body of a fat 12-year-old boy, a condition that he uses for savagely comic purposes throughout Season One of the grossly irreverent The Andy Milonakis Show. Accompanied by his homely dog Wubbie (aka "Cutesy Wootsy Wubby"), Andy roams all over the place and back again in search of material for his sketches, presented in the form of Internet "home movies" (Wacktards of the World, unite!) This season, Andy takes a shower in mustard, ties himself up and takes himself hostage, invites octogenarian bystanders to dance with him, "adopts" a pizza which he names Larry, attempts to draw an aspirin with an Etch-a-Sketch, follows a rainbow to its bitter end, and invents a new drink called Dirt Lamb. Oh, and did we mention he acts as a body double for Snoop Dog and gives John Stamos a case of rabies? And please don't ask about Andy's "thing" with spoons... ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

The initial season of the animated reality-show spoof Drawn Together consists of eight episodes, each one savagely parodying the clichés and stereotypes of both the "reality" and "cartoon" genres within the context of several washed-up animated celebrities forced to live together under the same roof. In the opening episode, "Hot Tub," Disneyesque Princess Clara manages to lay a racist slur upon Hanna-Barbera-esque Foxxy Love, while video-game hero Xandir reveals himself to be a closet gay. In "Clara's Dirty Little Secret," it is revealed that the titular heroine has been cursed by her wicked stepmother to suffer from tentacled monster living in her -- uh -- privates. Xandir finally comes out in "Gay Bash," while foulmouthed prankster Spanky Ham exploits the Pokémon-derived Ling-Ling. Bitchy Betty Boop sound-alike Toot Braunstein grows more obese than ever, stiff-necked Captain Hero finds out that he enjoys bondage, and the SpongeBob-ish Wooldor Sockbat is bullied into helping Spanky capture Princess Clara's timid woodland friends in "Requiem for a Reality Show." Next, "The Other Cousin" finds Clara's well-named relative Bleh paying a visit. In "Terms of Endearment," Captain Hero's X-ray vision gives Foxxy a brain tumor. The whimsical Spanky finally goes too far when he takes a dump on a pizza in "Dirty Pranking Number 2." And in the finale, subtly titled "The One Wherein There Is a Big Twist," Drawn Together meets The Apprentice as Machiavellian billionaire Bucky Bucks plays one roommate against the other. Through the season are sprinkled innumerable "inside" references to cartoon history, a plethora of gratuitous sex gags, and even guest appearances by the likes of Elmer Fudd and Snagglepuss. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

This made-for-cable movie may well stand the test of time as one of the most elaborate practical jokes ever televised -- or, at the very least, one of the cruelest. Perry Karavello is an actor whose talent does not quite reach the level of his ambition, but that has not stopped him from pursuing the vain bitch goddess success for nearly ten years. During this time, comedians Tony Barbieri and Don Barris, proclaiming their undying friendship for Karavello, promise him that, some day, they would help him get his big break in a high-budget action film. The dream seems within Karavello's grasp when, at long last, he lands the starring role of "sports private eye" Stone Fury in the upcoming Chicago-based film Windy City Heat. There's only one problem: There is no such film. The movie, and the grueling events leading up to its "production date" (including an outrageous meeting with the supposed Japanese "money men"), are all part of an outsized hoax, cooked up by Barbieri, Barris, and director Bobcat Goldthwait. Need we add that the hapless Karavello is kept in the dark right up the moment that the director shout's "That's a wrap"? Windy City Heat made its Comedy Central network debut October 12, 2003. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

From the creators of cable TV's The Man Show and Crank Yankers, this wickedly satirical travelogue was a vehicle for comedian Josh Gardner, who introduced the character of disingenuous German travel show host Gerhard Reinke on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Each episode was filmed a different exotic locale, where Reinke would invariably get into trouble by making stupid cultural gaffes, asking nitwit questions, and failing to make proper provisions for his journey. In Thailand, Gerhard tries and spectacularly fails to understand the local jokes; in Ireland, he gets drunk and performs a klutzy step dance; in the Andes, his light-headedness is aggravated by overindulgence of the coca bean; and so on. The six-part Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust made its American cable bow on March 8, 2003. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

"Warning: The phone calls you are about to hear are REAL. The names have NOT been changed. SCREW THE INNOCENT." With such an opening disclaimer as this, is it any surprise that the Comedy Central sitcom Crank Yankers was created by Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla, the same two naughty boys whose puerility had previously been given a workout on The Man Show? Here's how it worked: Kimmel, Carolla, and several other talented improv comedians -- among them Jim Florentine, Tracy Morgan and Sarah Silverman -- would place crank calls to unsuspecting civilians, who worked at businesses ranging from a pet store to a private detective agency. The regulars were careful to phone only those states where they could not be prosecuted for harassment (namely New York and Nevada, though other states may have been sneaked in from time to time). Once these calls were preserved on tape, they were then reenacted by a cast of motley-looking foam puppets, purportedly the residents of a backwater community called Yankerville. Lip-synching to the prerecorded prankishness were such recurring characters as grumpy 62-year-old war veteran Dirk Birchum, shock-rock deejay The Nudge, deaf-as-a-post nonagenarian Elmer Higgins, burp-a-dacious Bobby Fletcher, dimwitted teenaged janitor Special Ed, Jewish-American "princess" Hadassah Guberman, obnoxious politician Tony DeLoge, and laid-back African American guy Spoonie Luv. Some of the character voices were new to the series, while others were old standards, notably Jimmy Kimmel's Man Show alter ego Karl Malone and Bob Einstein's "Super Dave" persona. In each episode, a number of guest stars joined in on the fun, managing to make fools of the poor souls at the other end of the line -- and even bigger fools of themselves, which in a way made the show more endearing than annoying. The weekly, half-hour Crank Yankers was first telecast by Comedy Central on June 2, 2002. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

One of the many perks of being host of The Man Show is that you get to hold auditions for The Juggies, those well-endowed young ladies whose bouncy...personalities enliven each episode. And auditioning is just what hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla are doing as America's favorite male chauvinistic pigfest enters its fourth season. The series' high standards of taste and wit are upheld in the season's second episode, "Penile Enlargement." Later segments of note include the recurring "What The F*ck!?" vignettes, a lesson in how to be pimps, a topless car wash, an effort to unhook a woman's bra in ten seconds or less, such "Sports-o-vations" as Anna Kournikova Tennis Shoes and the Inflatable Mike Tyson, and an ongoing in-depth study of Charlton Heston's private parts. And, believe it or not, Man Show "goes Oprah" with a season-ending "very special" moment, as both Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla bid farewell to their fans. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Peter (voice of Seth MacFarlane) and Lois (voice of Alex Borstein)' anniversary is coming up, and Lois isn't interested in gifts so much as romance. But Quagmire (MacFarlane) gets the guys a tee time at the fancy Barrington Country Club. Peter sends Lois on a "romantic" anniversary scavenger hunt (i.e. wild goose chase), so he can spend the morning golfing. Cleveland (voice of Mike Henry) can't play due to family obligations, but Peter insists on going forward. Then it starts to rain, and his friends go home, but Peter soldiers on. While Lois races around town searching for the clues he's left for her, Peter is struck by lightning on the golf course. Death (voice of Adam Carolla) makes another appearance, but he reassures Peter that he's just having an out-of-body, "near-death experience." Death warns Peter that Lois will divorce him one day. He can't put Peter back into his lifeless body until he has a revelation, but Peter can't seem to grasp the lesson that Death is trying to impart. He revisits his past -- his courtship of Lois, his disastrous first meeting with her father, after which her dad had him knocked unconscious, rolled up in a carpet, and dumped naked into the ocean. During their adventures, Death has to return home for lunch with his mother (voice of Estelle Parsons), who nags him about his own lack of a girlfriend. In exchange for Death's help with Lois, Peter helps Death make a date with the woman of his dreams. This episode features the vocal talents of Peter Frampton. ~ Josh Ralske, Rovi

The frequently recurring title characters, employed by writer and director Kevin Smith as supporting players in several of his films, are put to rest with this comedy that focuses on them exclusively. Jay (Jason Mews) and Silent Bob (Smith) are a pair of stoned New Jersey slackers who have long been used as the templates for a pair of popular comic book heroes, Bluntman and Chronic. When they learn that their alter egos are to be turned into a major motion picture without their consent or compensation, the pair sets off for Hollywood to sabotage the production. Along the way, they encounter an ape, a nun (Carrie Fisher), the cast of Scooby-Doo, a Charlie's Angels-style band of sexy women who use them as stool pigeons in a diamond heist, and an unhinged wildlife ranger (Will Ferrell). They also meet up with some regulars from the Smith canon, including Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams), Brian O'Halloran as Dante Hicks, Jason Lee as Banky Edwards, Alanis Morissette as God, and actors Ben Affleck and Matt Damon in dual roles as themselves and two other familiar characters. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back co-stars numerous other recognizable performers in roles of various sizes, including Shannen Doherty, Jason Biggs, James Van Der Beek, Shannon Elizabeth, Tracy Morgan, Judd Nelson, Chris Rock, and George Carlin, among others. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi