Actor and Comedian, Dane Cook, comes in to talk about his new special, Above It All, which he filmed on the front porch of his house. Dane tells Adam about his half-brother/business manager embezzling millions from him and how he sent him back to the same prison he once worked at as a guard. Dane gets into his childhood, how he built his fan base, and his role in ‘Windy City Heat’.
Considered by many critics as “Career Resurgence,” Cook has been making headlines recently with the announcement of his engagement to longtime girlfriend Kelsie Taylor and the release of his new comedy special entitled Above It All.
Above it All is currently streaming at www.danecook.com
Adam Carolla: ADAM CAROLLA is best known as a comedian, actor, radio personality, television host and NY Times best-selling author. He currently hosts THE ADAM CAROLLA SHOW, which holds the Guinness Book of World Records for “Most Downloaded Podcast.”
Launched from his home office in February 2009, THE ADAM CAROLLA SHOW now receives more than 30 million downloads a month and has been featured in Fast Company Magazine, Entrepreneur, The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times.
In 2010 Adam became a New York Times best-selling author for the first of 3 times when his book, IN 50 YEARS WE’LL ALL BE CHICKS, topped the charts for ten weeks. The audio version went straight to the #1 position on iTunes. He has since released 4 more best-sellers including NOT TACO BELL MATERIAL, PRESIDENT ME, and DADDY STOP TALKING. His latest, 2020’s I’M YOUR EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL, shot to #2 overall on Amazon.com and held the #1 Political Humor spot for several days.
Adam began his career on the nationally syndicated radio program LOVELINE with Dr. Drew Pinsky. MTV ran a television version of the show for five seasons (1996-2000).
With his partners Daniel Kellison and Jimmy Kimmel, Adam created and starred in two hit Comedy Central shows, THE MAN SHOW (1999-2003) and CRANK YANKERS (2002‐2005).
Adam also co-wrote, produced and starred in two independent feature length films: THE HAMMER (2007) and ROAD HARD (2015), a crowd-funded comedy that raised over a million dollars in a single month. Through his venture Chassy Media he produced the inspirational documentaries WINNING: THE RACING LIFE OF PAUL NEWMAN, UPPITY: THE WILLY T. RIBBS STORY and THE 24-HOUR WAR, which documents the battle between Ford and Ferrari in the 1960’s for racing dominance at Le Mans.
In 2019, Adam began touring his new show, “ADAM CAROLLA IS UNPREPARED”, in which Adam improvises a brand-new stand-up act nightly based on one-word audience suggestions pulled at random and performs live versions of the podcast and stand-up comedy throughout the country.
