{"id":10104,"date":"2026-05-28T14:02:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T14:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=10104"},"modified":"2026-05-28T14:02:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T14:02:44","slug":"hollywood-walk-of-fame-honors-adam-carolla-as-jimmy-kimmel-dr-drew-pinsky-cheer-him-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=10104","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Walk of Fame honors Adam Carolla as Jimmy Kimmel, Dr. Drew Pinsky cheer him on"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Podcaster, author, actor and comedian Adam Carolla received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on his 62nd birthday Wednesday, joined by his former radio and television colleagues Jimmy Kimmel and Dr. Drew Pinsky.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=10102\">LA County Fair heads into final weekend of 2026 season<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The onetime Southern California construction worker and boxing coach first gained notoriety on KROQ-FM in the early 1990s as \u201cMr. Birchum,\u201d a gruff-talking high school shop teacher. He gained more fame as co-host of the call-in show \u201cLoveline\u201d on both radio and later on MTV with Pinsky.<\/p>\n<p>Carolla, Kimmel and their partner Daniel Kellison created and starred in two hit Comedy Central shows, \u201cThe Man Show\u201d (1999-2003) and \u201cCrank Yankers\u201d (2002-05).<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s written six books, including the New York Times Best Sellers \u201cIn Fifty Years We\u2019ll All Be Chicks\u201d and \u201cNot Taco Bell Material.\u201d He co-wrote, produced and starred in two independent feature length films: \u201cThe Hammer\u201d (2007) and \u201cRoad Hard\u201d (2015).<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s mostly known these days through \u201cThe Adam Carolla Show,\u201d which Walk of Fame officials said holds the Guinness World Record for most downloaded podcast. He started the podcast from his home office in February 2009, and it now gets more than 30 million downloads a month, providing Carolla\u2019s conservative take on current events and show business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdam had a late-night talk show, a home-improvement show, a hybrid home-improvement\/late-night talk show, he produced and starred in his own movies, he made multiple documentaries, best-selling books, standup specials, he\u2019s done voiceover in movies, commercials, (etc.),\u201d Kimmel said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d \u2026 And then eventually Adam started his own podcast, which allowed him to do what he loves to do most: which is talk, and talk and talk, with his eyes closed so you can\u2019t break in and his ears squeezed shut,\u201d Kimmel joked.<\/p>\n<p>The host of ABC\u2019s \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live\u201d then got choked up a bit.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAdam and I as you probably know don\u2019t agree much when it comes to politics, but I love him dearly,\u201d Kimmel said, his voice breaking slightly. \u201cI\u2019ve never worked with anyone funnier. I\u2019m proud of him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=10096\">Weak government regulation often leads to disaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carolla called it \u201cironic\u201d to be inducted in the Walk of Fame\u2019s radio category in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s basically like being inducted in the typewriter repair hall of fame,\u201d he quipped.<\/p>\n<p>Carolla then turned more serious, professing his lifelong love of the medium.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt was my first love,\u201d he said. \u201cIt kept me company. I worked on job sites, I worked alone a lot, I got up every morning, got in my pickup truck at 6, I\u2019d turn it on, it was morning drive, it was Mark and Brian and Kevin and Bean, and Howard Stern after that. It was always kind of my best friend. \u2026 Radio was always there for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also praised Kimmel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if Jimmy is the first person who believed in me, but he\u2019s definitely the first person who ever did anything about it. \u2026 Jimmy took it upon himself to get me a career,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Carolla\u2019s star is located at 6777 Hollywood Blvd., on the corner of Highland Avenue. It\u2019s the 2,846th star since the completion of the Walk of Fame in 1961 with the initial 1,558 stars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdam has entertained audiences for decades with his sharp wit, originality, and influential voice in radio, television and podcasting. We know that his many fans will be thrilled to see his name on a coveted Walk of Fame star,\u201d said Ana Martinez, producer of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>Others attending Wednesday\u2019s ceremony included comedian Sal Iacono, known as \u201cCousin Sal,\u201d businessman\/TV host Byron Allen, and actor and comedian Joel McHale.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=10094\">Life of a ballot: How Orange County\u2019s votes are counted, verified and stored<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While he&#8217;s done TV, movies and a popular podcast, Carolla has a soft spot for the medium that gave him his start: &#8220;It was my first love &#8230; Radio was always there for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-based-on-facts-either-observed-and-verified-directly-by-the-reporter-or-reported-and-verified-from-knowledgeable-sources","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hollywood Walk of Fame honors Adam Carolla as Jimmy Kimmel, Dr. Drew Pinsky cheer him on - Silicon Valley Moving Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=10104\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hollywood Walk of Fame honors Adam Carolla as Jimmy Kimmel, Dr. Drew Pinsky cheer him on - Silicon Valley Moving Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While he&#039;s done TV, movies and a popular podcast, Carolla has a soft spot for the medium that gave him his start: &quot;It was my first love ... 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