Exclusive Clip From ROAD HARD: Adam Carolla Tries To Check Out

Adam Carolla first entered my consciousness when he served as co-host of the MTV talk show Loveline which dispensed wit and wisdom to America's youth in the late 1990s.

Since then, he's done a lot of shows in which he's appeared as himself, and voiced a number of roles in animated ventures, but I believe Road Hard is his first lead performance in a feature film since 2007's The Hammer. He and Kevin Hench wrote the original screenplay and directed the comedy, which follows a stand-up comic who goes back on the road to provide for his daughter after he experiences a costly divorce and loses his television show.

In an exclusive clip, the comic (Carolla, of course) tries to check out of a hotel without paying an extra charge for smoking, comparing it with another personal habit that may not be so desirable for a hotel guest. It's an example of Carolla's sardonic humor, which is more observational and amusing, rather than (necessarily) laugh out loud funny.

Jay Mohr, Howie Mandel, and David Koechner also star. The movie heads to Blu-ray and DVD on October 6. You can watch the clip below.