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The Adam Carolla Project
Format	home improvement
Created by	Adam Carolla
Starring	Adam Carolla
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	TLC
Original run	October 5, 2005 – December 20, 2005

The Adam Carolla Project, which aired Tuesday nights at 10 p.m. ET/PT on TLC, was a home improvement show featuring the comedian Adam Carolla. Before gaining celebrity on Loveline and The Man Show, Carolla worked as a carpenter for several years. In this series, he returns to the profession by purchasing his father's house for $739,500 and paying all expenses out of his own pocket to have it renovated. The show co-stars friends from his construction days ("my band of unemployable idiots"), who do much of the renovation. The footage is a mix of celebreality television and real-life construction.

The team became known for its laziness despite being on camera the entire day. They failed four of five initial building inspections, installed the pool incorrectly, showed up late, slept on the job, got high on the job, skinny-dipped on the job, and poured condiments on one another's heads. Early in the project, their tools were stolen. Later on, personal friction led several of them to quit, only to be cajoled back to the site by Carolla.

One architectural innovation featured on the show (Episode 12, aired 20 Dec 2005) is noteworthy: the Recyclarolla. The device consists of a 3-inch PVC pipe fitted inside a kitchen cabinet at an approximately 30-degree downward angle. The end of the pipe emerges from the outer wall, about 40 cm above the ground. Positioned under the hole is a recycling bin. The pipe conveys empty bottles and cans from the kitchen directly into the recycling bin outside. The name was coined by Jimmy Kimmel, who has one installed in his home. Survivor host Jeff Probst is also said to be a fan of the Recyclarolla.

Contents 1 Finale 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Finale

The two-part season finale aired on December 20, 2005, and included both the last weeks of construction on the house and the final sale of the house for $1,008,000. The last episode featured several scenes in which Adam was considering the purchase of another house, suggesting that Adam and his crew might be back for a second season.

TLC does not have plans to release the series on DVD.

[edit] See also

• Real estate bubble
• United States housing bubble

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• The Adam Carolla Project at the Internet Movie Database

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