Remember the Man Show?

I couldn't stand it either. Adam Carolla in general stuck in my craw for years as the obnoxious dick-joker who constantly interrupted Dr. Drew's sound advice (which always, always culminated in "seek counseling, but usually had some good insight leading up to that) w/ detailed reports of his masturbation frequency.

Sometime last year, I turned the corner on the Ace-Man. I don't remember when or why I first listened to his new morning radio show, taking over for Stern on regular radio on the west coast, but I did and I loved it. Gone are the Man Show frat-boy jerkings-off-- or I should say they show up a frequently as they did on Loveline, but now that he's running a show instead of acting as sidekick, he has to talk about other things the rest of the time. Lucky for the listening public, the only conversation topic that can keep his interest for 4 hours a morning is the fumbles and shortcomings of the world he lives in. Think Dave Barry, but w/ a pointed fist instead of a goofy shrug, and you'll get the idea. He has the dick-n-fart sense of humor, but his show's not about that, which makes him unique in non-pundit radio right now, as far as anyone knows.

(Didn't there use to be a whole type of entertainer who would talk and write about these sorts of things? What were they called?)

Yesterday he went off on cartoon dudes, which prompted this entry. You can get more on the Rant of the Day page, which may not be long for this world, since it's no longer linked to from the main page. I trust this guy more than any tool pundit on the AM dial. Give a listen, you'll see why.

EXTRA: This is the news segment from Friday, a good sampler of why the show's better than anything I can think of on the air. The girl is newsgirl Teresa Strasser (smart, but damaged) and the gravel voice is none other than Danny Bonaduce (bright, but damaged). Inane PSAs are a favorite topic of the show, and this rant is a good primer.

UPDATE: Turns out the second news segment was more purely platonic-- plus Jersey governor Johnny Crashtime gets called out.