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Lake Bell + Carol Polis (Carolla Classics)

25 Apr 2026

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Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?

15.522 - 31.692 Giovanni

Welcome to Corolla Classics. I'm your host, superfan Giovanni. This is the podcast where we play the best moments, highlights, and fan-selected clips from all 17 years of The Adam Corolla Show. If you'd like to hear any of the full episodes played today, make sure to check out Adam Corolla's sub stack, adamcorolla.substack.com. There you'll find the complete uncensored Adam Corolla Show archives.

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31.672 - 52.592 Giovanni

ad-free, along with the archives of The Adam and Dr. Drew Show, as well as the new podcast, Beat It Out. And if you'd like to request a clip, please email us, classics at adamcurla.com. All right, let's get to the clips. Coming up first, we have Adam Curla Show 933 with actor Lake Bell, Alison Rosen, Brian Bishop. This one's from 2012. Lake's a huge gearhead. I think it's a familial connection.

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52.993 - 58.438 Giovanni

She has a bunch of stuff. She was on Carcast. She really gets along with Adam. It's a fun episode. Hope you guys enjoy.

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62.536 - 63.778 Ray Oldhoffer

Good day, Allison Rosen.

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63.798 - 64.94 Alison Rosen

Hello, Adam Carolla.

65.2 - 82.625 Ray Oldhoffer

Good day, Bald Brian. Dude. I brought my little Sonny Bunny with me today. We were watching football over at Kimmel's Theater. Actually, we went over to his theater. Cousin Sal set us up over there. Had a nice time. Maybe he'll come in and say hi at some point.

83.086 - 88.594 Giovanni

You've got to ease a kid like that into football like that, in that environment, because he's going to think that everyone watches games like that.

88.574 - 106.979 Ray Oldhoffer

Yeah, it was pretty funny because they're up on the third floor, and as we were walking up the stairs, I just heard Cousin Sal yell as loud as he could possibly yell, Fuck! Dallas lost by, like, two points, and just the loudest, echoey as fuck rang out throughout the halls.

106.999 - 107.861 Alison Rosen

For him, the fucked holes.

Chapter 2: What are the highlights of Lake Bell's appearance on the show?

131.931 - 139.58 Ray Oldhoffer

Yeah. Yeah. What's your catchphrase? I asked him what his ringtone was, and he shouted it right out. Didn't even hesitate.

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139.62 - 143.505 Adam Carolla

That's a waste of my time. It says a waste of my time.

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144.11 - 146.875 Ray Oldhoffer

All right, let's try it one more time, Sunny. A little more energy. Here we go.

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147.457 - 150.062 Adam Carolla

That's wasting my time. That's wasting my time.

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150.543 - 161.865 Ray Oldhoffer

All right, now, Sunny, I'll tell you what Daddy does when he does his... Yeah. Yeah, his voiceover. Try not to interrupt. When he does his voiceover work, three times in a row, all different.

164.815 - 165.156 Bald Brian

Yeah?

165.516 - 173.191 Ray Oldhoffer

Yeah. Three different times. That's a waste of my time, but do it all differently. You ready? Here we go. Fast one, slow one, and then one with pathos.

174.153 - 174.994 Bald Brian

That's a waste of my time.

175.255 - 176.598 Ray Oldhoffer

Okay, that's good.

Chapter 3: What humorous incidents occurred during the podcast?

200.411 - 216.459 Ray Oldhoffer

Please keep your hands off the vehicles, please. Did he ask when the Chargers were playing? A couple things. I had this. By the way, speaking of... Yeah, that's why Dawson got banned from Kimmel's. Well, that he put... I don't know, jack cheese and a cannoli or something.

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216.76 - 219.424 Giovanni

The calzone. The calzone. I don't want to get in the middle of that.

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219.444 - 249.289 Ray Oldhoffer

I did. I had an embarrassing, semi-embarrassing moment that was rivaled that, which was I was on stage in Juliet, in Illinois, outside of Chicago, a night ago, a night and a half ago. And I was at the end of the show and it was like this thing where I was like, it was great. Big audience. Great, great looking theater. I mean, this theater was you can see the outside of the Rialto Theater.

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249.49 - 260.125 Ray Oldhoffer

And when you see the inside, it's like, oh, my God. Like, well, what what universe do I deserve to play a theater this nice? And at the end, there's a shot of the inside of the theater.

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260.145 - 261.867 Alison Rosen

Phantom of the Opera should be performed there.

261.847 - 273.662 Ray Oldhoffer

Yeah, really just ornate and beautiful. And, you know, it's on my rider. I only play the theaters with the Negro balconies because I'm old school. And, you know, I didn't know that.

273.682 - 275.665 Alison Rosen

You'll have them erect one if there's not one already there.

275.685 - 293.906 Ray Oldhoffer

Yeah, yeah. And again, it doesn't have to be permanent. Just some plywood and scaffolding. There's me and J. Joe standing in front. If you want to go to AdamCroll.com, you can see what a... Beautiful theater. Man, he is. J. Joe is. And just look at the ceiling of that place. And I don't know much about the history of the Negro balcony.

294.086 - 315.389 Ray Oldhoffer

I don't know if it's old-timey or it started after they started yelling at the screen or it was something that predated that. Maybe that's why they yelled at the screen. Oh, they're so far away. Brian, I think you may have gotten it. I thought they got put back. because they were yelling at the screen too much. Get Malcolm Gladwell on this. We have to find out why. We've got to find out.

Chapter 4: What are the opinions about the memorial's design?

3975.928 - 3996.06 Ray Oldhoffer

The memorial is some sort of weird cop-out thing. It looks like a bathroom. Airport bathroom stalls with slab walls off the ground a little bit. You want a statue of Kennedy or something. There's the memorial, by the way, looking again like Very, very 60s. Cool, but I wouldn't think that it's... Very 60s.

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3996.08 - 3996.921 Unknown

Very Dawn Draper.

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3997.201 - 4000.565 Ray Oldhoffer

Funnily, it was moving. Yes, very. It does not... Funnily, it was moving.

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4000.585 - 4001.346 Adam Carolla

Single-tiered ass cheek.

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4001.366 - 4018.066 Ray Oldhoffer

Matt's like, I gotta shit that place up. Yeah, it's not emotional. That's the holy grail. Yeah. First off, it doesn't feel like anyone died. It just feels like this is where the founder of Ikea came up with his first entertainment unit. Yeah. It just looks like some big... It looks like something you'd put together with a fucking Allen wrench.

Chapter 5: How do personal experiences shape views on art and memorials?

4018.427 - 4035.307 Ray Oldhoffer

It's like a plug. And it doesn't smack of anything. And... Look, let me just say this about art. You're not allowed to explain to me what it means. You know what I mean? Like the opening on one side represents the light and the openness of the heart. The darkness in the corner represents what man can do. No, no, no.

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4035.327 - 4042.356 Ray Oldhoffer

If I ain't reading it, if I'm just walking through it going, what the fuck is this? It's a cinder block piece of shit. Job not done.

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4042.336 - 4046.163 Alison Rosen

You know what I see beyond those slats? Decaying teeth on a screen.

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4047.105 - 4049.329 Ray Oldhoffer

Yeah. That's exactly what it was.

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4049.349 - 4050.411 Alison Rosen

Dental town, right?

4050.511 - 4076.207 Ray Oldhoffer

Yeah. Then we went and just walked through this thing. And I had to pay off. I wonder how much of this is. I wonder how many millions of dollars are paid to the nut jobs and hush money. Meaning, hey, crazy 56-year-old black guy who's got the laminated newspaper from back in the day with the arrows on it. And he's yelling at me. And he wants me to take a tour.

Chapter 6: What lessons can be learned from personal tragedies and cosmic justice?

4076.287 - 4100.753 Ray Oldhoffer

And he wants $20 to consume an hour and a half of my time. I'm giving you $5 to leave me alone right now. It's a weird mob thing. It would be a shame if anything happened to that new storefront of yours, wouldn't it? It's really like you're just paying. It's a protection racket. 50-something-year-old crazy black man, I don't want to have to stand on this corner and hear your crazy words.

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4101.194 - 4117.602 Ray Oldhoffer

I don't want to buy into this. I also understand if I stand here, it's not going to stop. But there is an unspoken, here's five bucks, we're kind of running late, thanks for the information. I wonder if most of these guys' business is five bucks, go away money.

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4117.852 - 4123.722 Alison Rosen

And are they really as crazy as they seem, or are they just trying to freak you out to make them? To get that $5? Yeah.

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4123.923 - 4128.891 Ray Oldhoffer

I don't know, but there is a whole, there is a little cottage industry.

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4128.972 - 4129.653 Alison Rosen

Again, not cheese.

4129.713 - 4131.917 Ray Oldhoffer

Down there. Again, not cheese.

4132.077 - 4132.738 Alison Rosen

Not cheese, yeah. Bummer.

4132.758 - 4142.977 Ray Oldhoffer

There's a black cottage cheese industry. of guys on those corners that just hang out with the whole conspiracy thing. I don't know.

4143.057 - 4145.522 Giovanni

Their worst nightmare is someone saying, yeah, we'll have a tour, actually.

Chapter 7: What are the implications of character in our society?

7835.334 - 7839.602 Ray Oldhoffer

Why don't you just listen to me? I'll listen to you. Fine. Ray, look around.

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7839.582 - 7840.243 Unknown

Okay, yeah, I know.

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7840.263 - 7861.713 Ray Oldhoffer

You want to listen to me or you want to listen to you? I don't want to listen to you. Why is it back in my parking lot? Because you're going to make $400, Ray? This segment has been sponsored by Matching the Style. Jesus Christ. It's so fucking sad. Use the code ADAM. It's just doing what I fucking tell you to do.

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7861.733 - 7866.239 Adam Carolla

All right, I'll do it. It'll be gone by the end of the week. I'll donate it for Jews for Jesus, okay? Thank you.

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7866.62 - 7868.322 Ray Oldhoffer

Next caller. No, where were we?

Chapter 8: How does personal experience shape views on neighborly disputes?

7868.342 - 7876.154 Ray Oldhoffer

No, we're with Robbie, 27. God, it's so fucking sad. It's my whole fucking life. I'm just telling people, look, do this. Listen to me. Trust me. And it's like, no.

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7876.455 - 7878.377 Sonny Carolla

Can we help Robbie out? I have to go by my retarded way.

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7878.397 - 7890.796 Ray Oldhoffer

Let's not help Robbie out, right? You have a truck, Robbie? Next caller. You want one? What? I got one for you. You want a free F-Ford 150 standard bed? It's got a body lift on it.

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7890.816 - 7893.16 Adam Carolla

Robbie, you got to do your, come on.

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7893.18 - 7895.263 Ray Oldhoffer

No, I'm angry. Yeah. Jesus Christ.

7895.283 - 7896.505 Adam Carolla

Get some angry in you.

7897.193 - 7902.559 Ray Oldhoffer

Robbie? Sir. Yeah. 27. Already own a home.

7902.579 - 7903.78 Giovanni

Yep. Question.

7903.921 - 7904.721 Ray Oldhoffer

Yeah.

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