So it's been evident all year that Carolla and Bonaduce don't get along, but things came to a head this week. Here's a on-air summary of things that happened :
- On 12/10, there was a lead in bumper that said "Only four more days of Danny Bonaduce .... for us at least"
- On 12/11, Carolla and Bonaduce threw small shots at each other all day
- On 12/12, Carolla called in sick, which is entirely out of character. He has rants about people who call in sick and who are late, and about a "rally gene" that certain people have that makes them come in even when they are under the weather and don't want to
- He did not call in to his own show
- On 12/12, during the 12-1 hour, Carolla called into Dr. Drew's afternoon show, stayed an hour, and said he was "feeling better, but not sure how he'd feel tomorrow". It was a "wink-wink, nod-nod" statement, and I'm not overstating the context. He was basically saying he wasn't sick and that he'd skip the next day also.
- On 12/13, he was sick again, did not call in to his own show
- On 12/13, at night he skipped the "A Christmas Carolla" live remote, and from reports he did not call in.
- During all this time, Bonaduce hosted, was terrible, only talked about threesomes, his 25 year old girlfriend, and gave out his cell phone number on air over the dump-button guy's objection
- The rest of the staff (Bryan Bishop, writer Mike Lynch, Teresa Strasser) gave occasional on-air potshots at Bonaduce and refused to criticize Carolla
So what is going on? Is Carolla back next year - it seems like that is unlikely, but I gotta ask. If so where's he going? What shlock would FreeFM replace him with?
- On 12/10, there was a lead in bumper that said "Only four more days of Danny Bonaduce .... for us at least"
- On 12/11, Carolla and Bonaduce threw small shots at each other all day
- On 12/12, Carolla called in sick, which is entirely out of character. He has rants about people who call in sick and who are late, and about a "rally gene" that certain people have that makes them come in even when they are under the weather and don't want to
- He did not call in to his own show
- On 12/12, during the 12-1 hour, Carolla called into Dr. Drew's afternoon show, stayed an hour, and said he was "feeling better, but not sure how he'd feel tomorrow". It was a "wink-wink, nod-nod" statement, and I'm not overstating the context. He was basically saying he wasn't sick and that he'd skip the next day also.
- On 12/13, he was sick again, did not call in to his own show
- On 12/13, at night he skipped the "A Christmas Carolla" live remote, and from reports he did not call in.
- During all this time, Bonaduce hosted, was terrible, only talked about threesomes, his 25 year old girlfriend, and gave out his cell phone number on air over the dump-button guy's objection
- The rest of the staff (Bryan Bishop, writer Mike Lynch, Teresa Strasser) gave occasional on-air potshots at Bonaduce and refused to criticize Carolla
So what is going on? Is Carolla back next year - it seems like that is unlikely, but I gotta ask. If so where's he going? What shlock would FreeFM replace him with?
