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A Season With Lots of Love

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We actually missed most of it while chatting up Comedy Central boss Doug Herzog in the back of the room as to what the heck is going on with missing-in-action, grossly overpaid show host Dave Chappelle. (Comedy Central boss to TV Column: "The ball's in [Chappelle's] court . . . if you see him tell him to phone home.")

Critics appeared to be having a good time. The next day, however, things got ugly. One critic began a question by noting that Carolla had starred in a short-lived sitcom. Which Carolla said, unpleasantly, was not the case.

"After 15 years [covering the TV industry] you all run together," responded the critic.

"Just go write 'The show sucks' and leave me alone!" Carolla shouted. "Go write something [poopy] about the show and give the mike to somebody else.

"Everyone has a problem with everything I do, but the shows are good," he complained. "So there you go . . . 'Minus four stars' . . . I got minus a million stars . . . .Fine, the show goes on and everyone likes the show . . . Next question . . . You got an axe to grind, go up to your room and write something [poopy]."

Later, another critic noted that he'd done a short-lived reality show.

"That was after the failed sitcom," Carolla snapped, about "me and a Hungarian soccer team" living in cramped quarters on a dry-docked submarine.

Things usually don't get this nasty until the second week.

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