1:41 pm - 06/19/2012
Larry Getlen over at the Post interviewed Adam Carolla today, and, well, he didn't really hold back when it came to his feelings towards women in comedy:
The lesson you learned from a sexual harassment seminar was “Don’t hire chicks.” Do you hate working with women?
No. But they make you hire a certain number of chicks, and they’re always the least funny on the writing staff. The reason why you know more funny dudes than funny chicks is that dudes are funnier than chicks. If my daughter has a mediocre sense of humor, I’m just gonna tell her, “Be a staff writer for a sitcom. Because they’ll have to hire you, they can’t really fire you, and you don’t have to produce that much. It’ll be awesome.”
The “are women funny” debate has grown very contentious. You’re not worried about reactions to this?
I don’t care. When you’re picking a basketball team, you’ll take the brother over the guy with the yarmulke. Why? Because you’re playing the odds. When it comes to comedy, of course there’s Sarah Silverman, Tina Fey, Kathy Griffin — super-funny chicks. But if you’re playing the odds? No.
If Joy Behar or Sherri Shepherd was a dude, they’d be off TV. They’re not funny enough for dudes. What if Roseanne Barr was a dude? Think we’d know who she was? Honestly.
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Adam Carolla is an asshole.
Larry Getlen over at the Post interviewed Adam Carolla today, and, well, he didn't really hold back when it came to his feelings towards women in comedy:
The lesson you learned from a sexual harassment seminar was “Don’t hire chicks.” Do you hate working with women?
No. But they make you hire a certain number of chicks, and they’re always the least funny on the writing staff. The reason why you know more funny dudes than funny chicks is that dudes are funnier than chicks. If my daughter has a mediocre sense of humor, I’m just gonna tell her, “Be a staff writer for a sitcom. Because they’ll have to hire you, they can’t really fire you, and you don’t have to produce that much. It’ll be awesome.”
The “are women funny” debate has grown very contentious. You’re not worried about reactions to this?
I don’t care. When you’re picking a basketball team, you’ll take the brother over the guy with the yarmulke. Why? Because you’re playing the odds. When it comes to comedy, of course there’s Sarah Silverman, Tina Fey, Kathy Griffin — super-funny chicks. But if you’re playing the odds? No.
If Joy Behar or Sherri Shepherd was a dude, they’d be off TV. They’re not funny enough for dudes. What if Roseanne Barr was a dude? Think we’d know who she was? Honestly.
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Me too
I would listen to Loveline practically every night. But that radio show was pretty funny, at least in the mid to late 90s. WAIT, WHAT AM I SAYING?!
He's the author of two NYT best sellers and the coauthor, with Dr Drew, of a teen self help book. He also wrote an illustrated book about the similarities between the rich and poor.
He was the co-host of Loveline for 20 years with Dr Drew. For three years he hosted a nationally syndicated radio talk show on his own. He owns a successful production company called Jackhole and an restaurant in LA. He's had or been a part of (writing, acting, producing, directing) nine successful tv shows and has sold but not produced several others.
He came from a very poor, broken home with absent parents, was a ditch digger, carpet cleaner, boxing instructor and construction worker before he pulled himself up by his bootstraps and made himself a millionaire. He now employs over 35 people with his podcast alone.
Carolla and Pinsky received a Sexual Health In Entertainment (SHINE) Award from the The Media Project in 2000 for "incorporating accurate and honest portrayals of sexuality" in the talk show category for Loveline. He also hosts fundraisers and has volunteered his talents for charities from his kid's school to the Feast of San Gennaro.
He's been married for 12 years and has twins 6 year olds.
One might not agree with every opinion he has, but there's not doubt about his talent and brilliance.
Since you don't know him, check him out before you form an opinion. adamcarolla.com. You don't seem the type to blindly follow others without first finding out for yourself.
"they're not funny enough for dudes"
if adam carolla is funny enough for dudes, then my dead dog is funny enough for dudes lbr
UGH, why can't he just say women, wtf.
nhf unfunny misogynistic assholes