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Exclusive Interview with Teresa Strasser co-host of “The Adam Carolla Show" |
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Written by NF Mendoza
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 What she’s learned: “Proposing is a very big deal for the groom, you
don’t realize what a vulnerable position he’s putting himself in
– not
that I’d ever have said no, but this is the moment everyone’s going to
ask about, hear about and judge.”
So says Teresa Strasser, Emmy-winning writer, co-host of the syndicated daily radio show “The Adam Carolla Show,” as well as cable TV’s “Watercooler” and bride-to-be. The busy brunette will marry financier Daniel Wachinski this summer.
And Strasser, who’s always been a “guy’s girl,” keeping her own amongst Carolla of “The Man Show,” planned a wedding that most men would dream of – they’re going to Vegas with an entourage and [entire] guest list of 14.
So how did Strasser – and Wachinski get so lucky? Theirs was a story of meet cute and keep cute, a relationship which they both knew, nearly instantly, was for the long haul.
San Francisco native Strasser moved to Los Angeles, hoping to get work as a writer – she was a reporter for a weekly in San Francisco. But when she got to Los Angeles, she toyed with the idea of being an on-air personality. But during auditions, she found, she said, that “everyone in room was prettier and thinner.” She jumped on the bandwagon and lost weight, but found a job as a writer on “Win Ben Stein’s Money.” She received an Emmy in 2000 for her work.
But the lure of television then led her to a 50-episode hosting gig on TLC’s popular “While You Were Out.” Two years ago, she landed the role as acerbic Carolla’s quick thinking, tolerant and funny sidekick. A few months after she started the radio job, she became Jon Fugelsang’s co-host on TV Guide Network’s “Watercooler.”
While Strasser loved both jobs, her daily schedule of 4 a.m. to 8 p.m. didn’t lend itself to meeting quality men, and the ones she did meet, through her My Space page for example, were fodder for comedy.
On Carolla’s popular syndicated radio show, Strasser’s “love life is an open book.” She admits, “it wasn’t a good thing for the guys I was dating, but I had a horrible love life and it made for good radio.” 
Then on Saturday, May 12, 2007, Strasser went to a “super-secret” audition – Fox was looking for a replacement for host Chelsea Handler for their (now-defunct) reality television series, “On The Lot.” “They wanted to hire someone right away, and since it was [Steven] Spielberg, they had me do the whole hair and makeup thing.” Even though going out on a Saturday night wasn’t something she normally did, “all my girlfriends were going out to Dominic’s on Third [in West Hollywood, Calif.] I had whole hair and makeup thing going, so I went.”
Strasser’s group of nine (including a couple of guy friends) were sitting across from another large group, that included Wachinski. Then one of Strasser’s pals spotted Wachinski telling her he was “her type..”
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