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Title: Not Taco Bell Material
Author: Adam Carolla
Narrator: Adam Carolla
Format: Abridged
Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-12-12
Publisher: Random House Audio
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1552 votes
Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Celebrity Bios
Publisher's Summary:
In his second book, Adam Carolla - chart-topping podcaster and author of New York Times best seller In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks - reveals all the stories behind how he came to be the angry middle-aged man he is today.
Funnyman Adam Carolla is known for two things: hilarious rants about things that drive him crazy and personal stories about everything from his hardscrabble childhood to his slacker friends to the hypocrisy of Hollywood. He tackled rants in his first book, and now he tells his best stories and debuts some never-before-heard tales as well.
Organized by the myriad "dumps" Carolla called home as a child - through the flophouse apartments he rented in his 20s, up to the homes he personally renovated after achieving success in Hollywood - the anecdotes here follow Adam's journey and the hilarious pitfalls along the way.
Adam Carolla started broke and blue collar and has now been on the Hollywood scene for over 15 years. Yet he never lost his underdog demeanor. He's still connected to the working class guy he once was, and delivers a raw and edgy, fish-out-of-water take on the world in which he lives (but with which he mostly disagrees), telling all the stories, no matter who he offends - family, friends or the famous.
Members Reviews:
Not bad but uneven and not revealing.
An autobiography of Adam's life told in stages, each stage defined by a house he lived in. This book was funny, and at times even smart, but the extent and quantity of the gross-out gags had an overpoweringly negative effect.
Carolla narrated this book himself which was fine, and it was mostly really good and original in its approach. He didn't read the book but rather told the stories off-the-cuff in a stand-up comedy style. What I found somewhat annoying here was that he would reference an image in the book and then tell everyone to go buy the print book if they wanted to see it. Also he edited the stories from the book and even left out an entire chapter.
Overall, I wish that I could have learned more about the Carolla from this book. Why are his friendships so enduring? What has his journey from shoe-box apartments to million dollar mansions taught him? Something more than just a bunch stories about guys peeing on one another (or worse - yes, worse).
Adam's finest, with an elevating sophistication
Where does Not Taco Bell Material rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?
While this is one of my favorite audio books, I never would have been a fan of the pre-Dr. Drew version of Adam Carolla. The wonderful influence of each man's spirit upon the other has tempered their more extreme personality traits, lending sophistication to Adam's surly outlook upon the world and a degree of good natured manly grit to Drew's ultra type A personality.
In 50 Years... 2.0
What made the experience of listening to Not Taco Bell Material the most enjoyable?
This book has more than a few stories rehashed from the first book, along with a few that you may not have heard before.
How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?
Maybe skipping Chapter 15 wasn't such a great idea...
(7hours 59 seconds)
Which character as performed by Adam Carolla was your favorite?
Ray
Must have for any Adam Carolla Fan!
This book contains a collection of stories from Adams life.