Carson Daly

Carson Jones Daly (born June 22, 1973 in Santa Monica) is a popular television personality, most known for being a host and VJ on MTV's Total Request Live.

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June 22 - 1973 - Santa Monica - Television - VJ - MTV - Total Request Live

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Daly attended Santa Monica High School, and wanted to become a priest. His mother hosts a television talk show in Palm Springs, California and was a dancer and actress. His father died of cancer when Daly was six. Later, he began playing golf, had the goal of playing professionally one day and attended Loyola Marymount University on a golf scholarship, where he studied theology. He attended university for one year, but changed direction after starting an internship at a Palm Springs radio station, as well as a disc jockey slot at a station in San Diego.

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Santa Monica High School - Priest - Palm Springs, California - Golf - Loyola Marymount University - Scholarship - Theology - Radio station - Disc jockey - San Diego

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The DJ job in San Diego led to Daly being offered a job in 1994 at Live 105 (KITS) in San Francisco. In 1995, Daly was offered the coveted afternoon drive time slot at co-owned KOME in San Jose; his first assignment for the station was to cover the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards live from New York City. In 1996 he returned to the Los Angeles area as a DJ for popular Los Angeles rock radio station KROQ.

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San Diego - 1994 - KITS - San Francisco - 1995 - Drive time - KOME - San Jose - MTV Video Music Awards - New York City - 1996 - Los Angeles - KROQ

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In 1997, Daly first appeared on MTV as a VJ, and the following year became the host of Total Request Live. In 2002 he began a second show, Last Call with Carson Daly, that airs late-night on NBC. In 2003 he stepped down from TRL to concentrate on Last Call.

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Last Call with Carson Daly - NBC

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His engagement to actress Tara Reid ended in 2001.

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A recent burglary of Daly's home, allegedly by an obsessed female fan, saw such personal items as clothes, awards, and photographs stolen. An arrest was made when the unnamed person attempted to auction stolen boxer shorts on eBay. However, it has been later rumored that Carson Daly himself has perpetrated the act and he himself in tandem with a friend, auctioned off his boxers in order to produce a front to his image for his MTV demographic.

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Boxer shorts - EBay

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After the airing of a popular sketch on Saturday Night Live, many of his detractors began referring to him as Carson "The Tool" Daly or simply "The Tool."

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He is referenced in the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl (debuted September 2005) as the person who introduces Earl (Jason Lee) to the concept of karma.

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NBC - Sitcom - My Name Is Earl - September - 2005 - Jason Lee - Karma

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