The Man Show
| The Man Show | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Sketch comedy Satire |
| Developed by |
Adam Carolla Daniel Kellison Jimmy Kimmel |
| Directed by | Dennis Rosenblatt |
| Starring |
Adam Carolla (1999–2003) Jimmy Kimmel (1999–2003) Joe Rogan (2003–2004) Doug Stanhope (2003–2004) Bill Foster (1999–2000) Aaron Hamill (2000–2003) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 112 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Jennifer Heftler, Lisa Page, Daniel Kellison |
| Running time | 22 min |
| Release | |
| Original network | Comedy Central |
| Original release | June 15, 1999 – June 19, 2004 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Man Show is an American comedy television show on Comedy Central that aired from 1999 to 2004. It was created in 1999 by its two original co-hosts, Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla, and their executive producer Daniel Kellison.
The Man Show simultaneously celebrated and lampooned the stereotypical loutish male perspective in a sexually charged, humorous light. The show consisted of a variety of pre-recorded comedy sketches and live in-studio events, usually requiring audience participation.
The Man Show is particularly well known for its buxom female models, the Juggy Dance Squad, who would dance in themed, revealing costumes at the opening of every show, and in the aisles of the audience just before The Man Show went to commercial break and end the shows with the "Girls on Trampolines" segment.
The first year of The Man Show featured beer-guzzling entertainer Bill 'The Fox' Foster as the show's emcee. Foster specialized in chugging two beers in record time (sometimes while suspended upside down) and singing lewd drinking songs. He would close every episode by leading the audience in the German drinking toast Zicke, Zacke, Zicke, Zacke, Hoi, Hoi, Hoi!, a tradition that continued after his death from prostate cancer in 2000.
In 2003, Kimmel and Carolla left The Man Show, with the hosting job passed down to comedians Joe Rogan and Doug Stanhope. Together, they hosted the show when it ran for one more season before being cancelled.
Kimmel went on to host his own late night show for ABC, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which he has hosted since 2003. Carolla stayed with Comedy Central to host Too Late with Adam Carolla in 2005 and then became part of CBS Radio's Free FM experiment after Howard Stern joined Sirius Satellite Radio; his talk show, The Adam Carolla Show, ran until 2009. Carolla continues to do the show as a daily podcast and also co-hosts the Spike show Catch a Contractor. Carolla has appeared on Kimmel's program several times during its run.
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