Carolla is made for radio/podcasting.  He's very good at improv - if you compare Loveline with and without him, there's no contest - and the first time you hear one of his rants, it's hilarious.   When he riffs with another comedian on his show, it can be awesome.
 
He's an ok sketch writer.   The Hammer was pretty…

Stonecutters

Stonecutters

Spoiler: Knightly and Carell find Carell's lost love, but he realizes that he can't recapture the magic.  Knightly takes a cab to the airport, but when she gets there, Carell is waiting for her.   Carell, figuring he has nothing to lose, violently assaults and kidnaps Knightly, then violates her for several days in…

Spoiler: Knightly and Carell find Carell's lost love, but he realizes that he can't recapture the magic.  Knightly takes a cab to the airport, but when she gets there, Carell is waiting for her.   Carell, figuring he has nothing to lose, violently assaults and kidnaps Knightly, then violates her for several days in…

It was pretty hilarious that when Bo and Kenzie wanted to go party their troubles away but didn't want to run into Dyson or Lauren, they went to . . . the Dal.

It was pretty hilarious that when Bo and Kenzie wanted to go party their troubles away but didn't want to run into Dyson or Lauren, they went to . . . the Dal.

Re Dyson. IMHO it's really just the Dyson-Bo dynamic that's a load.  (And now Dyson-Ciara, because that's really all about Dyson-Bo.)

Re Dyson. IMHO it's really just the Dyson-Bo dynamic that's a load.  (And now Dyson-Ciara, because that's really all about Dyson-Bo.)

Tina Fey is about as funny as Chevvy Chase or Dan Ackroyd.

Tina Fey is about as funny as Chevvy Chase or Dan Ackroyd.

That's not very funny.

That's not very funny.

First thought: Holden-Reid is playing Kenzie like she has some kind of manic dementia.
 
Second thought: Well, I guess that's about right.

First thought: Holden-Reid is playing Kenzie like she has some kind of manic dementia.
 
Second thought: Well, I guess that's about right.

One or more of the Walter Jon Williams stories in the 80s had anti-augment riots in the backstory.   Voice of the Whirlwind, maybe?

One or more of the Walter Jon Williams stories in the 80s had anti-augment riots in the backstory.   Voice of the Whirlwind, maybe?

It's a gorilla!  No, it's Korra wearing a gorilla mask!

It's a gorilla!  No, it's Korra wearing a gorilla mask!

Late comments:
 
1) It's a good thing I'm not a existentially challenged succubus or her hot girlfriend, because if I had the nail, there would be a lot of physical comedy of me poking Nadia with it, poking Lauren with it, trying to use it as a compass needle, saying magic words to it, and generally just trying random…