Although Adam Carolla and Jimmy Kimmel are on opposite ends of the political spectrum, the two hit it off when they first met in 1994 on a small public-access TV show. That friendship led to "The Man Show" five years later (via The Things), and that friendship still endures as of this writing, with Carolla being one of Kimmel's most frequent guests on his late-night show.

Even when the COVID-19 pandemic began and Kimmel took it much more seriously than the more conservative-minded Carolla, their friendship endured and Kimmel used "The Howard Stern Show" to defend his old friend. When Stern asked Kimmel why Carolla would make fun of people for taking precautions during the pandemic. Kimmel's defense was to poke more fun at his old friend and explain his views on health and science in a comedic way.

"Adam doesn't use shampoo or soap," Kimmel said. "And when he announced he had gone 30 or more days with not using it, he got a horrible case of pink eye." He then told the tale of the time when Carolla visited his home and urinated in his children's sandbox. After those explanations, Stern and his co-host, Robin Quivers, seemed to understand.