Ralph Garman (born November 17, 1964) is an

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and

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best known as the host of ''

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'', for his voice work on the Fox animated series ''

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'', former entertainment

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and

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for the ''

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'' morning show on

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radio station

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, and his podcast with co-host

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Hollywood Babble-On ''Hollywood Babble-On'' is a weekly podcast featuring filmmaker Kevin Smith and radio personality Ralph Garman. The show features Smith and Garman discussing the week's celebrity, movie, and other pop culture news. Show history Kevin Smith was ...

''. Garman can currently be heard on his daily podcast, "The Ralph Report" on the ''

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Early life

Garman was born in

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, and graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School and then

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with a

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degree in communication arts.

Career

Garman was a regular reporter on the long-running

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series

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, which explored avant-garde sexuality in a lighthearted manner. He hosted ''

'', and was an entertainment

and

for the ''

'' morning show on

radio station

. Garman was hired to work on the show through

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, at the time the

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on the show, who had received a recommendation to hire him through former roommate

Adam Carolla Adam Carolla (born May 27, 1964) is an American radio personality, comedian, actor and podcaster. He hosts '' The Adam Carolla Show'', a talk show distributed as a podcast which set the record as the "most downloaded podcast" as judged by ''Guin ...

. His voice was heard over the radio by a ''Family Guy'' casting director, who requested him to audition for a part on Fox animated series. He also hosts the ''

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with

on SModcast.com where he utilizes various impressions in a series of ongoing segments that deliver news and satire centered around Hollywood, celebrities, and pop culture. Garman's last ''Kevin and Bean'' show was suddenly announced on November 30, 2017. He was let go from his long-time position at KROQ due to downsizing by new management. On a wave of support from local, national, and international fans (accumulated from his work on both KROQ & Hollywood Babble-On) Garman has since launched his own new daily podcast called The Ralph Report with his 'vice' host Eddie Pence (named vice host since his last name is the same as the then US Vice President Mike Pence at the time the podcast was created.) The Ralph Report also features Steve Ashton as the U.K. Correspondent on Wednesdays and Fridays. This endeavor is made through Patreon. He now hosts this podcast full-time, as well as co-hosting Hollywood Babble-On. With Garman no longer tied to KROQ, Hollywood Babble-On has been freed up to tour more than it was able to in earlier years.

Comics

In 2014,

and Garman wrote a

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crossover featuring Batman and Green Hornet titled ''Batman 66 meets the Green Hornet''.

Personal life

Garman married Kari Watson in April 2005. Watson gave birth to the couple's premature twins, Lincoln and Olivia, on March 26, 2010. Lincoln acquired an illness shortly after birth and died. Olivia remained in the

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for two months before coming home. Garman's mother died on November 13, 2012, from a sudden heart attack and kidney failure. On January 2, 2020, Garman announced on

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that his father had died of brain cancer earlier that morning. In March of that year, both on Twitter and during an episode #356 of the Hollywood Babble-On podcast (which Garman hosts with filmmaker

), he announced that he and his wife Kari were in the midst of a divorce, but that they were still on good terms. Their divorce was finalized later that year.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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SModcast ''Hollywood Babble-On'' Podcast Site

'The Ralph Report'
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