Adam Carolla's genius -- spoiled

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http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-daum13jan13,0,2298670.column?coll=la-home-commentary
His radio show was wonderful. Then along came Danny Bonaduce.

THE TIME HAS COME to talk about Adam Carolla. Because you're reading the Op-Ed page of the Los Angeles Times, there's a good chance you're only vaguely aware of him as a host of cable shows you don't like or radio programs you don't tune in to. Maybe you've seen the bus ads for KLSX radio's "The Adam Carolla Show," which bill him as an "American Genius." You probably thought this was idiotic hyperbole. I'm here to tell you it's not. I'm also here to tell you not to listen to his show. Not now.

Carolla, a 42-year-old comedian and former carpenter/carpet cleaner/boxing instructor from North Hollywood, replaced Howard Stern in several West Coast markets just over a year ago, when Stern went to satellite radio. I've always appreciated Stern's insouciance and defiance of radio conventions, but if the self-proclaimed "King of All Media" is in a class by himself, I'd say that his terrestrial radio replacement is in a far more advanced class. For 10 years, Carolla delivered some of the most sophisticated comedy monologues I've ever heard on "Loveline," a late-night call-in sex advice show for teens that he co-hosted with Dr. Drew Pinsky.

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What's happening to "The Adam Carolla Show" goes beyond ratings anxieties. It's about the popular media's chronic distrust of the public's ability to get a joke unless it's shoved down our throats. Though TV laugh tracks are being phased out, the effect of televised scream-a-thons (any reality show) and ham-handed shock jocks (most radio morning shows) constitutes an even more insidious form of canned laughter. By refusing to leave us to our own devices, it absolves us of the responsibility to pay attention and laugh or be shocked in a genuine way...

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-daum13jan13,0,2298670.column?coll=la-home-commentary or http://www.bkv.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10040&sid=4246fffc8c5eb05b2422a5138a41b750

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1. This article is so dead-on. It's funny, because for awhile

last fall I was listening to Corolla fairly regularly. He had some lame bits, but he is also a pretty darned witty guy. His diction is outstanding.

In the fall, Bonaduce did a guest appearance or two promoting some crap. I was really not thrilled with the guy. And then, when I started school back up this January, I flipped the channel oh-so-briefly to the station with Corolla. I heard Bonaduce's voice, and immediately changed it to NPR. It's been there ever since.

I had absolutely no idea that Bonaduce had kicked out the other cast members. It only took about three seconds of his voice to make me change my listening habits entirely.

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2. The main guy they replaced was a low key sports guy who was entertaining even to non-sports fans

He had his own wierd Pittsburgh accented delivery and everything but he wasn't this overbearing attention whore and he was actually a somewhat seasoned talented comedy writer and performer. He was basically an endearing, likable guy who Adam interacted greatly with (Adam being the more confident, libertarian semi-cool guy in highschool and Dave being the more geeky-in-highschool, liberal one).

here's the website protesting his firing: http://keepdave.com/