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| The Man Show | |
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| Directed by | Dennis Rosenblatt |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 117 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 22 minutes |
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| Network | Comedy Central |
| Release | June 15, 1999 – June 19, 2004 |
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| Jimmy Kimmel Live! Too Late with Adam Carolla | |
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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, Adam Carolla and Jimmy Kimmel, and their executive producer Daniel Kellison. The pilot was originally paid for and pitched to ABC, who declined to pick up the show.[2]
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, in the aisles of the audience just before The Man Show went to commercial break, and during the end segment "Girls on Trampolines".
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 the show continued after his death from prostate cancer in 2000.
- ^ "Jennifer Heftler". IMDb.
- ^ McKinley, Jesse (May 27, 2002). "A Man for the Men Who Stay Up Late; Letterman Devotee Will Now Face Off With His Idol". The New York Times.