Adam Carolla uncensored.

• Author: Balaker, Ted
• Position: Soundbite - Interview

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From 1995 to 2005, comedian Adam Carolla and Dr. Drew Pinsky co-hosted Loveline, a radio call-in show that offered a snarky and scatological blend of medical and relationship advice. From 1999 to 2003, Carolla was one of the original hosts of Comedy Central's The Men Show. Since 2009 he has hosted The Adam Corolla Show, one of the most popular podcasts on iTunes. He is also the author of a new book, In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks ... and Other Complaints From an Angry Middle-Aged White Guy (Crown Archetype).

In September reason.tv producer Ted Balaker sat down with Carolla for a freewheeling, foul-mouthed conversation about taxes, gambling, and what's wrong with the city of Los Angeles. For a longer video version of the interview, go to reason.tv.

Q: We did a documentary with Drew Carey about how he could fix his hometown of Cleveland. Do you think your hometown of L.A. is in worse shape than Cleveland?

A: Yes! It's assholes and potholes.

We had Bryan Cranston [of the AMC series Breaking Bad] on the podcast a couple months back. l was driving him to the Burbank airport after we did the podcast. And on the way to the airport, I said, "Isn't Breaking Bad supposed to be in Riverside, California?" And he said, "Yeah, I'm going to New Mexico." And I said, "Well why are you going to New Mexico to shoot a series that was originally supposed to take place in Riverside?" And he said, "Taxes, baby."

They go to Prague if they have to shoot a movie. They go to Canada if they have to shoot a movie. They go to Louisiana or North Carolina or, in this case, New Mexico. Tim Robbins and all these other dillweeds say, "Hey, man, let's tax the rich." Why does every business just pack up and leave? You raise the taxes, people pack up and leave. You guys don't understand that concept?

Q. Mayor Carolla unseats [L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa]. What do you do?

A: First thing I do is make it more business-friendly so that everybody doesn't fucking pack up and leave. We're Hollywood. And nobody shoots here. That's kind of disgusting, isn't it? All the studios are here. All the actors are here. All...