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Comedian Adam Carolla revealed the origin of his new animated comedy, ôMr. Birchum,ö to Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro.
The host of ôThe Adam Carolla Showö appeared on ShapiroÆs podcast Friday to discuss the showÆs series premiere on Sunday, May 12.
.@adamcarolla tells @benshapiro about the 1994 KROQ origin of
"Mr. Birchum."
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ôThis is a project thatÆs been 30 years in the making. So whatÆs the origin
of æMr. Birchum?Æö Shapiro asks.
ôIn 1994, I was a boxing coach. I was training Jimmy Kimmel to box. Jimmy,
the sports guy back then, for KROQ radio, for a morning stunt. He thought I
was funny. He said, æI think I can get you on the radio. But youÆve got to
come up with a character,'ö Carolla explained.
He continued, ôI said, æI donÆt do characters.Æ He said, æYou better come up with one.Æ And I came up with a character called Mr. Birchum. Thirty years
ago on KROQ radio in Los Angeles for the morning show.ö
Carolla said the character ôimmediately became insanely popularö and added, ôThis is how I got into show business.ö
Next, Shapiro asked about the character and what he represents. ôWho was the character? Why did it become so popular?ö he asked.
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ôHeÆs an amalgamation of every mean shop teacher I had in junior high,ö
Carolla replies. ôI went to Walter Reed Junior High, and I had Mr. Gage and
Mr. Smith and all these horrible shop teachers. They were angry guys with big mustaches and big forearms who loved woodworking and hated kids.ö
ôEven as a 13- or 14-year-old, I thought it was interesting that these guys went to school every day to work with kids, but hated kids,ö he continued.
ôThey loved their shop. And they looked at it as their shop, and the kids
were sort of a nuisance and an annoyance who were coming in and who were
using their tools. ThatÆs sort of the approach for every shop teacher I had. And so, as I went through life, I would tell people, æDid you ever have a
mean shop teacher?Æ And theyÆd go, æOh, mine was the worst!Æö
Carolla said, ôI sort of realized everyone had a shared experience of the horrible, mean shop teachers. And I thought, IÆve never seen an æSNLÆ sketch about a mean shop teacher. No one has captured this guy. But IÆll capture
him. And thatÆs where Mr. Birchum was born.ö
Carolla voices Mr. Birchum, a no-nonsense teacher navigating Teddy Roosevelt Junior High with his family ù Wendi (Megyn Kelly), Eddie (Kyle Dunnigan), and stepdaughter Jeanie (Brett Cooper). Partnering with his friend Gage (Alonzo Bodden), Mr. Birchum faces off against a progressive poster child for change, the fanatical social justice warrior, Karponzi (Tyler Fischer).
Other celebs involved in the project include Sage Steele (Deena), Danny Trejo (Switchblade), Patrick Warburton (Burly Man), Jay Mohr (Coach Murphy), Rob Riggle (Gunderson), and Roseanne Barr (Principal Bortles).
ôAdam Carolla created Birchum back before Barack Obama killed comedy,ö Daily Wire co-CEO Jeremy Boreing previously said of the series.
ôOf course, Hollywood wouldnÆt make æBirchumÆ today because theyÆve stopped making comedies altogether for fear of offending the æwrongÆ people û so we realized we had to do it. We teamed up with Adam and some of the funniest people we know û Roseanne, Rob Riggle, Patrick Warburton, Tyler Fischer, and
so many more û to bring back the irreverent patriarch in a truly hilarious comedy that doesnÆt care who it offends.ö
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