Carrot Top Meets World

Summary

Pod Meets World: "Carrot Top Meets World"

Date: August 19, 2025
Podcast: Pod Meets World (iHeartPodcasts)
Hosts: Danielle Fishel, Will Friedle, Ryder Strong
Guest: Carrot Top (Scott Thompson)

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Episode Overview

This lively episode marks "Las Vegas Week" (aka Viva Las Content) as Danielle, Will, and Ryder sit down with iconic Vegas comedian Carrot Top. The conversation dives into Carrot Top’s 20-year (!!) Vegas residency, his unique inventiveness as a prop comic, the challenges and rewards of performing in Sin City, the origins of his act, advice for up-and-coming performers, and behind-the-scenes stories from an entertainment legend with a four-decade career.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Vegas Performer’s Challenge

• Vegas audiences are tough and unique:

  • Many arrive already exhausted or, as Carrot Top describes, “people start drinking... seven in the morning… by the time they come to your show… they’re just looking for air-conditioning.” (05:37)
  • The Pod Meets World crew shares their own experiences with stiff Vegas crowds.
  • Carrot Top says, “It’s hard, yeah, to blow people away. They don’t—they don’t understand it.” (06:25)

• Memorable Vegas audience encounters:

  • Carrot Top recounts a moment when a man jumped on stage just to give him a hug, then awkwardly lingered until security finally escorted him off. “No one’s coming to help me… So where are you from? How long you been in Vegas? Like interviewing the guy.” (08:02)
  • Sleepy, rowdy, or “listening” crowds all require different energy: “You don’t want too rowdy and you don’t want too sleepy. So you want that nice in-between good comedy crowd.” (11:02)

2. Work Ethic and Sustaining a Show

• Carrot Top does 240 shows a year: “My manager has a car payment, so we just... do you.” (08:59)
• On stamina:
  • Even Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) was blown away by the workload, asking, “How do you do that?” (10:05)
• Keeping it fresh:
  • “You keep the show fresh… You keep new jokes always going in. Which makes it every night a different night.” (09:16)

3. The Art and Evolution of Props

• Writing and inventing:

  • Carrot Top makes nearly all his props, sketching ideas by hand—no computer, just “thousands of books and notes.” (19:45)
  • Some inventions are too complex and require outside help, like a briefcase with a hidden, tap-dancing mechanical leg inspired by a senator caught in a notorious airport scandal. (20:19–21:17)

• The challenge of relevance:

  • Outdated references (rotary cell phone, ice tray with level) are reworked as classics or “Carrot classics.” (12:20–13:41)

• Invention regrets:

  • Created numerous items never patented—like the "toilet paper flipper," a light-up toilet seat, and a bat that makes noise—all later commercialized by others. “They even called it the toilet paper flipper... But there’s been hundreds of them.” (22:15)

4. Family Influence

• Invention gene:

  • Carrot Top’s father was an engineer for NASA, working on mission-critical hardware for the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs. “I probably got... my father’s... part of his brain maybe, where I create and imagine and think up this stuff.” (24:12)
  • Meeting astronauts as a kid—sometimes missing the significance until later (24:57).

• Stage presence:

  • Credits his comedic streak to his mom’s personality: “My mom, the stripper. That’s a perfect combination of the two. I’m so sorry, Mom.” (26:46)

5. Origins of the Act

• Early performances:

  • Loved The Tonight Show as a kid, idolizing Carlin, Youngman, Hackett, and Rickles (27:28–29:48).
  • Started with joke-jokes, then moved to observational and original material at the encouragement of other comics.

• First prop set:

  • The famous "cup joke" (two cups, call waiting/party line visual bit): “That was the very first prop that I was proud of myself… even Seinfeld, even Carlin would find this clever and funny.” (36:16)
  • George Carlin recognized him at the Philadelphia airport and complimented the cup joke as “genius.” (37:02)

• Prop comics before him:

  • Credited predecessors but notes his own twist—a combination of rapid-fire invention, stand-up, and visual gags, distinct from just “pun-driven” prop acts. (38:52)
  • “Anyone that does a Carrot Top thing will always do that. A pun, right? ... That cup one was not a pun, it was an invention.” (41:42)

6. Decades in Vegas: The Commitment and the Crowd

• Why settle in Vegas?
  • Initially reluctant but eventually embraced the full-time residency at Luxor. Credits the “perfect little room” for his success. “We did a year there and then we did another. We’re 20 [years now].” (44:13–46:47)
• Fan culture and community:
  • Has his own “Carrot Heads” fan base—“orange wigs... the Orange Man group.” (46:47)

7. Fame, Anonymity, and Comedy’s Double-Edged Sword

• Life as a recognizable figure:

  • Rarely goes unrecognized, but he’s grateful: “Once you… you realize, oh yeah, like I forget… 'Oh, I’m Carrot dude.'” (52:00)
  • On paparazzi & being in public: “You didn’t wait here for me… Jennifer Aniston’s inside... I mean, you are.” (52:16)

• Navigating tasteless jokes and puns:

  • Turns down most prop submissions from fans (“it was like a seesaw… oh, Lord have mercy”), and only rarely takes ideas from others. (55:07)

8. The Star Search Story & Norm Macdonald Moment

• Star Search:
  • Everyone thought Carrot Top would win, but he lost the first round. “That was my A stuff, you know, like all my good stuff… I look up like, did I win or did I lose?” (56:28–57:50)
• The viral Norm Macdonald joke on Conan:
  • Didn’t bother him—he and Courtney Thorne-Smith had already made similar jokes on set of Chairmen of the Board. “I’m a comic. I can take it.” (58:15)

9. Kindness and Perspective

• Known as “one of the nicest guys in comedy,” he strives to avoid mean-spiritedness in his work and personal life.
  • “I don’t have a lot of mean in me. … I try not to be mean in any way with anybody.” (59:59–61:00)
• Advises young comics: “You gotta do something… unless you have, you know, inherited a billion dollars, you probably should find a job.” (28:24)

10. Music and Vegas Acts

• Eclectic taste: country, rock, jazz, Barry Manilow, the Carpenters (61:59–62:40).
• Best acts seen: Cirque du Soleil, Elton John, Shania Twain, Rod Stewart—who once invited the entire audience on stage at Caesars. (62:43–64:54)
• Shania Twain declined to be introduced at his show but “was first in line for a shot of booze in the audience.” (64:54–65:19)

11. Advice to Young Carrot Top (and New Comics)

• On what he’d tell himself on his first night at the Luxor:
  • “Do it all different. Seriously.... I was kind of scared to take [the residency], but also excited to take it.” (65:40–67:41)
• On giving feedback to new comics:
  • On “Kill Tony,” he refused to be cruel: “I’m not the mean guy... I’m the one that’s been on my whole career, so I’m coming from me.” (67:41)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “It’s hard, yeah, to blow people away. They don’t—they don’t understand it.” (Carrot Top, 06:25)
• “How do you do 240 shows a year?... I’m very good.” (Danielle Fishel + Carrot Top, 09:08)
• “You don’t want too rowdy and you don’t want too sleepy. So you want that nice in-between good comedy crowd.” (Carrot Top, 11:02)
• “I don’t own a computer. I don’t write any jokes on computers... Just notes everywhere.” (Carrot Top, 19:45)
• “They called it the toilet paper flipper... There’s hundreds of them [props lost to the market].” (Carrot Top, 22:12)
• “My mom, the stripper. That’s a perfect combination of the two. I’m so sorry, Mom.” (Carrot Top, 26:46)
• “That cup joke thing you do… That’s genius, dude.” (George Carlin to Carrot Top, 37:02)
• “You are now our second guest who has appeared on Star Search.” (Danielle Fishel, 56:21)
• On negative press: “I’m a comic. I can take it.” (Carrot Top, 58:15)
• “I don’t have a lot of mean in me. … I try not to be mean in any way with anybody.” (59:59)
• “Once you [become famous]… you just realize, oh yeah, like I forget… “Oh, I’m Carrot dude.”” (52:00)

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Notable Segment Timestamps

• 05:33 – Vegas crowd challenges
• 08:59 – Number of live performances/year
• 19:45 – Carrot Top’s writing process (no computers!)
• 22:12 – Inventions, patents, and missed fortunes
• 24:04 – On his father’s NASA career and family brainpower
• 29:48 – Influence of Carlin, Pryor, Youngman, Hackett, Rivers
• 36:16 – The iconic “cup joke” and Carlin’s praise
• 41:42 – On being misunderstood as a “just-for-puns” prop comic
• 44:13 – How the Las Vegas residency began
• 46:47 – “Carrot Heads” and the Orange Man Group fandom
• 56:28 – Star Search experience & losing the “surefire win”
• 58:15 – Norm Macdonald’s Conan joke & being roasted
• 59:59 – Carrot Top: “I try not to be mean in any way with anybody”
• 65:40 – Advice to his younger self on first Vegas show

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Tone of the Episode

Fun, self-deprecating, warmly nostalgic, and filled with comic asides and sharp observational humor—very much in Carrot Top’s genial, fast-talking, and inventive style. The hosts maintain a tone of playful admiration and curiosity, with plenty of friendly banter, memories, and respect for a true Vegas institution.

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Summary Takeaway

Carrot Top’s steadfast commitment to comedy, originality, and working hard—plus his ability to adapt, invent, and roll with the punches—have earned him a legendary status on the Vegas strip. This episode offers not just laughs and backstage tales, but also practical wisdom and inspiration for anyone looking to create an unconventional artistic path.

Transcript

[Carrot Top]

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[Will Friedle]

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[Ryder Strong]

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[Danielle Fishel]

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[Will Friedle]

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[Ryder Strong]

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[Danielle Fishel]

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[Will Friedle]

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[Danielle Fishel]

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[Ryder Strong]

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[Danielle Fishel]

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[Will Friedle]

Top with the cowboy on it, or.

[Ryder Strong]

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[Will Friedle]

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[Danielle Fishel]

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[Ryder Strong]

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[Will Friedle]

Ebay? Things people love.

[Danielle Fishel]

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[Carrot Top]

Really?

[Ryder Strong]

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[Danielle Fishel]

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[Ryder Strong]

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[Danielle Fishel]

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[Carrot Top]

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[Ryder Strong]

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[Danielle Fishel]

It wouldn't be Las Vegas Week, also known as Viva Las Content, without talking to the comedic mayor of the city. A staple on the strip, his legendary two decade run at the Luxor helped define the standup industry and stands as one of the longest running shows in any hotel.

[Carrot Top]

Wow.

[Danielle Fishel]

His style, equal part stand up prop comedy and pure chaos, has made him one of the most recognizable performers in the world. An inventor at heart, he's appeared on TV shows like George Lopez, Scrubs, Glee and Hacks and starred in his own movie, 1997's Chairman of the board spelled B O A R D. Do you guys get that joke?

[Will Friedle]

As opposed to red.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah. Which I'm. It's a Norm MacDonald joke.

[Carrot Top]

We'll.

[Danielle Fishel]

We'll play the clip in an industry that hasn't always known what to do with him. Here he is 40 years since his first open mic, still selling out shows and allowing visitors to take a break from losing money to laugh while in the entertainment capital of the world. So please welcome to Pod meets World or Props meets World. The hardest working man in Vegas. It's Carrot Top.

[Carrot Top]

Yay.

[Will Friedle]

You saw Dead and you thought it was okay.

[Carrot Top]

People already can't impress anybody in Vegas. It's okay.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh my gosh, I'm so glad to hear you say that because I do have to. We, we performed. We have a, you know, our podcast here, Pod meets World. We did a Pod Meets World Live Tour. And we performed in Vegas and it was a very, let's say, quiet, quiet crowd.

[Carrot Top]

Well, they've been. Well, it depends. It's very true. Vegas is an interesting kind of beast.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Carrot Top]

For a lot of reasons. One, I mean, if you come, like, people start drinking. Literally. It's not a joke. You know, seven in the morning, and then by time, you know, they're in the sun and then by the pools, and then they come, you know, this show where they. Oh, air conditioning. I sometimes feel for them like I'm browsing, you know. Thank you for sitting awake for this. You know, 8 o' clock at night. It's been a long day.

[Ryder Strong]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Our show at 10 o'.

[Carrot Top]

Clock. Yeah, 10 is late for. Yeah, it's late, yeah. Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

And they also have a general. Like, you come to Vegas, you expect to be entertained.

[Carrot Top]

Entertained, sure. I just saw a building blow up. I mean, there was.

[Danielle Fishel]

Used to be a pirate ship where there was.

[Carrot Top]

Yeah, you're like this. I guess strobe lights come on. You have that. Yeah.

[Ryder Strong]

It was just the three of us.

[Carrot Top]

On stage going, come on.

[Danielle Fishel]

Hey, everybody.

[Carrot Top]

It's hard, yeah, to blow people away. They don't. They don't understand it. Yeah. I've had people come to this field. They go, yeah, it's okay. Oh, one of my favorites, years ago, people were coming. I was leaving the hotel, they were coming, and they said, oh, my God, we saw your show last night. I said, oh, thanks. And they said, we went and saw the Beatles Love was here at the Mirage. The Beatles love. And I said, oh, wow, how is that? And they said, oh, it's horrible. And I said, what? I mean, if they thought my show was good, they thought the Beatles were okay. Thanks, Dad. I was like, how did you. What was bad about it? And they said, I swear to God, he looks at his wife, he goes. He was like, all Beatles music. No, that's real. I mean, it was all Beatles music. Like, it's called the Beatles Love.

[Will Friedle]

Like it's in the title song.

[Carrot Top]

Jesus, I want to hold it. People are stupid, by the way. That's why they came to my show. They loved it.

[Danielle Fishel]

Do you have a very, like, a specific memory of maybe your most drunk audience member, or is it too many to count?

[Carrot Top]

Oh, yeah, we have too many to count. We've had people sleep through. I mean, we had a guy jump on stage, which is kind of strange. The stage is. But he didn't just come on stage. He jumped on stage. So it was like, I'm just standing in the middle of the. Doing something. I don't know what I'm doing. And it just, like, he just appeared. It was almost like a mat. Like a. Like a. Just boom. And I was like, what the. And of course, my crew's like, you know, no clue. No security, no nothing.

[Danielle Fishel]

Nobody panicked.

[Carrot Top]

And he's just like, dude. And I'm like. I said, hey. He's like, hey. And I said, what's up? I just wanted. I just want to give you a hug. I said, you give me a hug, and I'm. It went on for like, a minute or two. No one's coming to help me. So. So where are you from? You know, how long you been in Vegas? You know, like, interviewing the guy. Like, Merv Griffin. I go, someone find the guy to see. And then I said, how did you get here? He said, what? I said, where are you sitting? He said, he's right there. And I'm like, did you didn't go. He said, no, I just jumped. He jumped from the third row, like. Like a. Like a circus delay guy, right? Say. And then I said, no, you're not going back that way. We have to take you around.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, yeah.

[Carrot Top]

Like the regular way. Don't jump over. Back into the. Watch out.

[Danielle Fishel]

Everyone duck. I'm jumping.

[Carrot Top]

I have stunt men that come to my sh. Oh, man. It was crazy that he was not even. I don't think he was that drunk. He was just excited to meet me to give you a hug. Give me a hug.

[Danielle Fishel]

That is.

[Carrot Top]

Then my wallet. You gone.

[Danielle Fishel]

How many shows do you do a year here?

[Carrot Top]

240. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know, it's nuts. My manager has a car payment, so we just. Do you.

[Danielle Fishel]

How do you do 240 shows a year? You do six shows a week?

[Carrot Top]

I'm very good.

[Danielle Fishel]

Your work ethic is incredible.

[Carrot Top]

No, it's a lot of shows. You know, I'm not gonna lie. It's a lot of shows, but it's also a fun job. I mean, it. It's. It is a lot, though. And it goes by like that. I mean, it's crazy. We were just talking about that. We just. This week just started, and we're already. It's Saturday, so. Yeah, I mean, it's fun. You keep the show fresh. It's one thing. It's fun. You keep new jokes always going in. Yeah. Which makes it every night a different night. The crowd's a different night every night. But how do keep it fresh for you? Yeah, I drink baking soda. You know, just put a box of baking Soda in your refrigerator. You just put it. That product doesn't fresh. It does everything. It cleans everything. Keeps you fresh. Yeah, but I don't know. I don't know because I've had people that have asked me, like one of my favorite. Someone asking me, how do you. How do you do? This was Steven Tyler. Now we went to see Aerosmith.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay.

[Carrot Top]

And afterwards he's like, hey, man, what's up, brother? And he just said, how many shows you. How many shows you do? And I said, I said, like, I don't know, six a week. Six a week? Jesus. Well, like, not like every week. I said, well, not every. Every week, but I have 240 shows. And he just looked at me and said, how do you do that? Yeah. And I'm like, you're Steven Tyler. Why are you asking me? Like I should be asking you. You're Steven Tyler. I don't know. I don't have the answer to that. So he was just amazed. He just didn't said the same thing. I can't get up for this every night. I said, yeah, you can. You know, you, you, you. You just get the energy, the music, the people coming in.

[Will Friedle]

Does it.

[Carrot Top]

Half the crowd's disgruntled. You know, you got to shows.

[Will Friedle]

Do they feel different now than when you started, or is it all kind of the same?

[Carrot Top]

No, it's always different. Yeah. I mean, also the elements, the. The show energy changes. Like you said, sometimes the crowd can be a little somber. Whatever. Maybe I call them listening crowd.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, Listening crowd. Exactly.

[Carrot Top]

They were listening crowd because they were listen. They really were there listening.

[Danielle Fishel]

They're listening to everything.

[Carrot Top]

And then you get the ones that are too rowdy that yell over the punch lines and that kind of. That kind of. You don't want that either. You don't want too rowdy and you don't want too sleepy. So you want that nice in between good comedy crowd. So. Yeah, but you get them all.

[Ryder Strong]

But you're changing jokes like you're, you're keeping.

[Carrot Top]

No, I haven't changed a joke in 30 years.

[Danielle Fishel]

Same, same sprints.

[Carrot Top]

I'm still doing Nixon jokes. That's great. Nixon didn't he And I used to have a prop, by the way, which is. Which is a brilliant prop. I even my. Could I say myself? It was a. It was a cell phone for my grandma that had a rotary dial on it. It was years ago. I made it. It would kill. And if I did it now, people, they would have no idea. People like, what is that? It's a Rotary. Oh, yeah. You don't have. But it used to kill, you know, 25 years ago. Of course, I made a cell, right. When cell phones came out, I said, my grand. My grandma has one I made for. She can use it. You know, it was brilliant. Now it's like, what? Right. Wow. There's a lot of things that you find that are. That are that. Or sometimes in props are relevant. They stay relevant with the joke. But there's another one with an ice tray. So it was an ice tray. Right away. We've lost all your.

[Will Friedle]

No, there's a listening crowd.

[Carrot Top]

It was an ice tray that I had a level on it, so when you put it back in the freezer, you wouldn't spill all the.

[Danielle Fishel]

Right.

[Carrot Top]

Well, it always kill and still would do. If I do it as a classic. Here's a care. Classic. But. But I always say the same thing. How many people don't know what an ice tray is, Olivia? Most of the girls like. It's still funny, though, because it's. You know, they get it.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, right.

[Carrot Top]

But they don't know they've never held one. Do you.

[Will Friedle]

Do you go back to older props? Like, will you find something that you haven't used in years?

[Carrot Top]

I want to work that in again. No, no. Unless it's an old prompt that can be relevant to a new. You know, like it was a whatever of a phone case that used to keep people from texting. And so then Trump comes in. I go, it's a. For. It's a great. It's a cell phone case for Trump. So he won't text, you know, but, but. And I do. I find it. But you just. It's hard to sit in his chair and not do that. Right? Yeah. Right. We can't. Well, you know, I talk with Russia. But. But. But. Yeah. So you. That's the only time I use it. If I. But I don't want to. I never usually go back into an old joke. Unless we. A couple. Couple years ago, we came up with. We were doing a lot of road shows, and I thought we'd put together a classic Carrot Top. Yeah. Trunk. And it was kind of cool because I would do. You know, now it's time for all the people who've been to the shows years ago, it's time for carrot classics. And they were all the old, you know, from the 80s and 90s. And that was fun going through them and doing them. And like, Lice Tray says no one knows an ice tray is, you know. Oh, God, that's really cool, though. Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

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[Ryder Strong]

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[Danielle Fishel]

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[Ryder Strong]

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[Will Friedle]

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[Danielle Fishel]

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[Will Friedle]

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[Danielle Fishel]

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[Carrot Top]

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[Danielle Fishel]

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[Carrot Top]

It's a sweatshop full of children that are. Yes, child labor, little fingers. But there's a bar. They're what we Keep them. We keep them entertained.

[Danielle Fishel]

You make all your props, right?

[Carrot Top]

Pretty much all of them. I have had a few that I've had to outsource. Outsource to. To have. Because it would be too. Too much for me. You know, I would call it engineering or something, a motor or lights. Because sometimes I'll come up with an elaborate idea, and I'm like, no one's gonna. I can't make this. I mean, it would be great if I could, but then I. I get someone out, and they usually will come back with something really intense. Crazy.

[Danielle Fishel]

Have you ever had an idea for a prop that ended up being impossible to make?

[Carrot Top]

Yeah, probably. I mean, I had one that I thought was. Was pretty impossible, and I had. I don't know how the guy made it, and I sent him a drawing, you know, like, literally on a napkin. Because I never. I don't. I don't own a computer. I don't write any jokes on computers. Wow.

[Danielle Fishel]

Don't own a computer.

[Carrot Top]

It's all just notes everywhere. Thousands of books and notes. And it was just a lot of comics actually, like Joan Rivers and they all had index cards. And when you get people. When she knows you pass. They found all these crates of how amazing. Cool. And some. I'm sure that people read and go, what the. But she would know it, you know?

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Carrot Top]

A lot of mines like that. They're just. There's like drawings and people. But it was. It was the senator, and that's this crazy Stop. Topic. But this senator, I don't know, man. It's been probably 10 years ago. Was in a bathroom stall in the airport in Minneapolis.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, yeah.

[Carrot Top]

The guy with the.

[Will Friedle]

My legs are too wide.

[Carrot Top]

They run the shoe tap thing. So I'm. It's just the most bizarre thing, right? But I'm thinking, oh, I need a prop for this, right? So I said, how about a briefcase? Where. Where a shoe comes like a leg comes down. Like a. You know, like a. An actual dress leg and a dress shoe. Like a Gucci shoe. And. And I hit a button and it comes down and I hit another button and it taps. And then it'll come back up. No, Right? I'm thinking, okay. I'm wishful thinking. And it is great. Oh, I know. The best part about it is the guy says, I got it. I got it. Sure. What size leg you want? Yeah. Literally, he was like, yeah. What kind of shoe? A size shoe. And we can do anything. And it was unbelievable. We did it in all. I did all the shows, and it was just I remember, I don't know if it's Jay Leno. One of the shows, it was just like, how did you. And I'm like, I don't. Well, I thought of it. Leave alone. That alone is weird. But, but to actually, to actually really make it was incredible. And it went down with one button and another button it would tap, and I hit the other button and come up and it was just people, like, that was great. It was so topical and it was so. Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Have you ever invented anything not for comedy, like, you come up with something.

[Carrot Top]

That invented probably more than two dozen or three dozen things that have, that, that have become items that weren't comedy.

[Will Friedle]

Really?

[Danielle Fishel]

Tell us.

[Carrot Top]

Well, they've never been mine, so that's the sad part of the story. Because I'm pretty. I'm pretty. I'm not that bright. I'm sure your audience already knows that. So I, you know, I never copyrighted or trademarked anything when I was a young kid. Now that I'm 80, I think I probably should have, but I would have. There's a. And I tried pitching this Shark Tank only because I had met Mark Cuban. I said, you know, I, I, I have all these things that I've, you know, you're so clever. And I said, well, I've got about a two dozen that I made that people have stolen. Right. So he's like, give me, give me one. I said, all right. One is. And it's very elementary. It's. People love. A lot of people like toilet paper over the roll.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Carrot Top]

Yeah. And some people like it under. It's.

[Will Friedle]

Those are strange.

[Carrot Top]

Really split, right?

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, under people are strange people.

[Carrot Top]

How many people? Under how many people? Over people. And they would all. Whatever I said. So that's why I made this. And it's a toilet paper dispenser. And it's, it's so elementary that you'd never realize that is there's the role, right. You want it over, it's over. If you want it under, it kind of screw and it goes over, right? Yeah. And the crowd would go. And I would go, right. And I go, it's not even funny. But it's, it's. And people were like, holy. Well, someone apparently saw me do it on, like, you know, Regis and Kathy Lee, tonight's show or whatever shows I did. And, and they even called it the toilet paper flipper. That's why I made the toyu. But, but there's been hundreds of them. There was a baseball bat that you'd swing and it would make A crack noise. Oh. So it sounded like the kids were getting hit. So my sister and Whammo has the crack bat. So there's hundreds of them. Yeah. I had a toilet seat that would light up now. That's right. Tell them. Many years we had that. Yeah, I had it, you know, in the 80s. Way before the 80s, probably. Well, 80s, not two. Before the 80s. Jesus, how old am I? Back when I did Jack Parr's show, I had the toilet. I'd have a little button on it. It would light up and so you wouldn't be in the rim, and there'd be like. Yeah, it was my closing bed people, you know, nuts.

[Will Friedle]

And of course, then somebody takes it. Man, that's incredible.

[Carrot Top]

My closing was a bunch of toilet seats. One time it was about 10 toilet seats. And comics would make fun of me even to this day, like, yeah, here's an A toilet seat. But. Because I did have a dollar toilet seat jokes. But they were. But they were solid. I mean, they had, you know, one that would hold women's hair when they're throwing up. Oh, my God. One was lit up. I had one with a seat belt. So I'm gonna eat a Taco Bell. Yep. Yeah. So it was like a toilet. Toilet seat jokes. They were endless. If it works, right? I'm like, I got another one. Like, no more toilet seat.

[Danielle Fishel]

Your father was a NASA engineer, right?

[Carrot Top]

Isn't that crazy? Yeah, this is. I probably got some of the. Maybe. I think I might have gotten some of my father's.

[Will Friedle]

Some of the toiletsy stuff.

[Carrot Top]

Yeah, well, you know, like that part of his brain, maybe, where I. I create and imagine and think of this stuff. Okay. Him being an engineer, I think that I must have gotten that little part. I didn't get anything else, but I got that.

[Will Friedle]

When did he work. I'm sorry? When did he work at NASA?

[Carrot Top]

60S.

[Will Friedle]

So, like, during all the moon landings and everything.

[Carrot Top]

Way before that. He did Gemini, Skylab, Apollo, all the Apollos. And then he ended the shuttle. He was involved in the shuttle.

[Will Friedle]

This is like my. I love. I'm a big space guy. So hearing this.

[Carrot Top]

Yeah, he was. It was incredible for me. And as a young kid, you don't. You don't appreciate as much. Right. When you're that age because you wanted to go play, ride. Ride your bike and, like, we're going to go to a launch. I don't want to go to a launch. You know, I want to ride my bike. So, no, we're going to go be astronauts. I don't want to meet astronauts. So you go, you know, did you.

[Will Friedle]

Get to meet the astronauts?

[Carrot Top]

Oh, my God, yeah. In shorts and flip flops, you know, before they go up in the zoo. Yeah. They walk me in my dumb. Like, that's an astronaut, you know. Yeah. Smoking a cigarette. Good to see you.

[Will Friedle]

Well, they're healthy.

[Carrot Top]

Yeah. Well, they're trying to get the last one in, you know. They can't smoke.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, you can't smoke a bear.

[Carrot Top]

But, yeah, no, it was. It was incredible looking back on it. Yeah. My dad, you know, he invented a lot of the things that were involved in the shuttle. The one in particular was not him, himself, with the team. A team of people. Just like I have a team at the Beta Cara team. Yeah. God, that team of people. And I'm gonna write that tonight I'm gonna make a carrot with a. Like a rocket with Team Beta. Carrot.

[Will Friedle]

That's a great idea.

[Carrot Top]

And so he met. When the shuttle was. When they had to take the shuttle on top of the 747. Yeah. Our. My dad's team was involved, was the ones that had to come up with the clamp that would hold it onto the shuttle and. And also release it from the show so they wouldn't, you know, crash and didn't know if it was gonna release and fly. Right. So how. My dad was so stressed out, of course I'd be like, what are you working on? He's. I'm trying to figure out this clamp that I'm like, that sounds like fun.

[Danielle Fishel]

Cool, dad.

[Carrot Top]

Yeah, cool dad. Great, good luck. And then when it happened that night, we were all watching it and, you know, they didn't know. No one, NASA didn't know. They're all in a room watching it. And I said, okay, release, release the shuttle. Three, two, one, you know, boom. And the clamp let go and the shuttle went off. And the 747, it just went away. And everybody's like, yeah. Because it been. It could have been the other way around. Wow. So, yeah, it was incredible.

[Danielle Fishel]

So you got your inventor brain, I think, that little chip, maybe from your dad. Where did your stage presence and desire to be on stage come from?

[Carrot Top]

My mom, the stripper. That's a perfect combination of the two. I'm so sorry, Mom. Yeah, no, I got my personality, I'm sure, from my mother. My mother was. And my dad wasn't not funny. My dad was really funny, but he was funny, you know, just like a joke telling way, you know, an old guy, here's a joke, you know, Right. And he would Tell him in the. You know, after working the cul de sac. And I'd sit there listening to him telling him, and then I would go tell him. And I'd get in trouble at school because I was telling these jokes that weren't appropriate for school, but I didn't know they were funny in the driveway.

[Danielle Fishel]

You know, everyone else was laughing.

[Carrot Top]

I didn't know. Did you tell this joke at school today?

[Will Friedle]

So did you always want to be a comedian then?

[Carrot Top]

I mean, going all the way back to. I mean, I'm trying to think what age it was, but I would watch, like, the Tonight show, and that was it, really, because it was. Only had three channels. Tonight Show. And I would. I would sneak out and try to watch the Tonight show. And then when my mom would let me watch it and I'd start, she'd. She'd say, you really like the. I just love the. The comedian. All the comedians that came on. It was just fascinating to me. Was it with George Carlin or Henny Youngman or Buddy Hackett or whoever was on Don Rickles? All of them. I just was so amazed. I was like, this is so funny. But you're that age. You don't think. You just think, I'm gonna do that. Right. That's when your age, like, I'm gonna be an astronaut. Great. Then you're like, oh, you got to be smart. Well, all right. But you think I can just pick whatever profession you want? Which nowadays I wish kids would just. Just pick something and stick with it. Right? Yeah. Like, just. Just want to be something. I always tell young people, you know, a lot of young people, like, I don't do anything.

[Danielle Fishel]

Well, you got to do something.

[Carrot Top]

I think you do. Yeah. Unless you have, you know, inherited a billion dollars, you probably should find a job.

[Danielle Fishel]

And even then. Even then, really, even just for your.

[Carrot Top]

Mental and physical health, even if you're. You're a son or daughter of a billionaire, you probably should find something to entertain yourself besides counting cash. It's got something else to do.

[Will Friedle]

Exactly.

[Carrot Top]

Exactly.

[Will Friedle]

Swimming in your money.

[Carrot Top]

Yeah, but. Yeah, it's important to have something in your life, whether it just be. Yeah, but. But I did. I. So I. I wanted to do it, but I wasn't really. Honestly, like, a class clown. I wasn't really. Until I got to about 13. I would start saying things to my friends. Like, we're. We were on the beach, and we had a bonfire in Jacksonville beach, and, you know, summer, and it's like 30 of us, and we have a bonfire, and we're being safe. These cops came out and they said, hey, you know, you can't have a fire in the beach. You got to put it out. And I said to the cop, well, this is the safest place to have a fire on the beaches, water and sand. What could possibly go wrong? And he just looked at me and he's like, you know, take it in the wood, you know, in the woods. And I think. I think we're safer here. And my friends were like, that was funny. I'm like, yeah, it was. It was like observational humor. It would just pinpoint things that were, like, not right. Why are we doing this? You know? You know, yeah, this door has to be remaining closed all times. And why have a door? So I would write all these things down that were just stupid, but, you know, and that became my act, you know. You know, telling the stories.

[Will Friedle]

Who were your favorite comedians growing up?

[Carrot Top]

We talked a lot about me. George Carlin always sounds like the same people when people ask any comic. But it was my era. It would be definitely be George Carlin. Richard Pryor. Right. Gary Shanley. There's so many. It's kind of hard to pick. That's what's hard. Probably a B.S. a band, too. Who's your favorite band? I don't know. We got some of our timing from so and so. The Stones, right? Eagles. But I did study Carlin's tapes. I mean, I would watch his timing and his. He always did that, you know, hey, you know what? You're an idiot. You know? Right. And I. I still do that in my show. I do that. I do that pop thing. And then I say, I took that from Carlin, you know. Yeah, but. Yeah, and I just kept studying that. And then I went to college, and they had an open mic, whatever you call it, Open mic.

[Danielle Fishel]

Open mic night.

[Carrot Top]

And my friends said something like, yeah, you should do that. And I said, oh, go to it. They said, no, be in it. And I'm like, what am I gonna. What, am I gonna play a banjo or something? They said, no, no, go up and tell jokes. I'm like, I don't have jokes. You always have jokes. And so I. They talked me into it, and I went up and I said, the guy, can I be part of this thing? And I was gonna go and tell some jokes, and I just went up and told joke jokes, you know? Yeah. And he joked, you know, old joke. You know, something like a, you know, guy. Guy and his wife are sitting at the dinner table, and the husband says to the wife, listen, you Got to start working the streets and making some money. We're not doing well. And she's like, oh, for God's sake. So she goes out that night, comes back, husband. Well, how'd it go? She said, Well, I made 500. Five dollars. He's like, Jesus, who the hell gave you five dollars? She goes, Everyone. So it was like those kind of jokes. And so. And that's the one I get in trouble at school. Like, did you tell the 500? They love it. The kids loved it. It was whatever killed in the cafeteria.

[Will Friedle]

So then how do you get from there to props?

[Carrot Top]

It's interesting, right? Because I. Because, well, I'll tell you. Well, one real quick way route to that is I was doing. At the college. I was doing these, and it was great. People loved it, right? Doing, you know, Joan. Joan Rivers jokes, George Carlin jokes, those old jokes. And I went to an actual comedy club in West Palm beach, and I. I went there and I said, I want to join, you know, their contest they had. And I went up there and I did that. And she's like. I came off, and she's like, that was a joke, right? And I said, what? She's like, whose jokes are those? And I'm like, oh, if John Rivers. Joan truck. She goes, oh, so, you know they are. And I said, yeah. She's like, oh, at least you know that you can't do that in this contest. These people that are doing the contest are doing, you know, their own original material. And I was like, well, I have original material. No, I said, I have. I can. She said, go, if you. She liked me. She's like, something about you. I like, if you could come up with some original stuff, I would love to think about and come back. And I didn't have a clue even to start writing a joke, right? Not at one. Except I made a joke that I looked like the Wendy's hamburger or something. And that was one joke, right? It was great, though. I'd put my hair in pigtails, I mean, pull up to Wendy's, oh, my God, she's here. And I'm walking. So I. I had a. I had a neighborhood crime watch sign in our dorm that we had stolen one night. I love that. And I just thought, it's a joke. That's all I needed. And I thought, I'm looking at it. I'm laying in bed, I'm looking at it. I'm trying to think of jokes. And I said, well, I'll start with that. I'll walk on stage with the Sign. And I'll say, sorry, I was late. I was in the neighborhood. And that gets a laugh. And then I said, how good is our crime watch if they're not watching their signs? And it killed, right? So I went down and told her that and my Wendy's one. And she's like, all right, can you do like. Like five more minutes of that kind of stuff? And I said, sure, I'll go steal more signs. I literally did. I went around town. I found all these signs that I thought were funny. I swear to God. One said, slow children at play. And they still had these signs. There's no fe. They don't have any feet. So I said, well, no wonder they're slow. They don't eat feet. And it would just kill the crowd. So I had all these sign jokes. You know, no train horn between certain hours. This is the hours. We need the horn. You can daytime, you can see nighttime, you can't. And it was just very clever and funny. And then they were like, you know, you have any. I said, I think I've exhausted all the signs. I mean, there was. There's another sign in Boca Raton where my college was. It was called Butts Road. And I. We stole that one. And I said this. I was driving down Butts Road, where all the assholes live, and it killed. You know, but it was Boca, you know, if you can't do that on any other, you know, go to Milwaukee, they're going to go, what? I mean, they'll still think it's funny because there's a road called Bus Road with all the assholes. And so then I had all these signs and all that. And then. And then I. I was just trying to think of another. Like, I didn't have. That was. That didn't make any of those, right? Those weren't my props. They were just visual signs. And so I thought. I went to see my grandmother, and we were. We were driving, and her head didn't go above the seat, right? It's just an old thing. I said, you can. You see when you drive grandma. And she's like, yeah. And I thought, there's one. So I got, like, a ball cap, and I put a spring on it and an old lady's head. So when you wore it, their head would go above the seats like this. And I hold a. Like a hula hoop, like the steering wheel. And you'd see it would kill. And so that was. I'm under. You know, I'm onto my shtick. I got. I got. I got the first one, the lady driving her head above the seat. And then I just started. My brain just started thinking that, like, how about a cowboy boot with a kickstand so when you're drunk, you don't fall down? How about a. How about a, you know, a coffee cup with a. It just all started to just like, well, because I kind of had in my head what, a formula. You know, what's funny about a water bottle? You know, what's funny about a. Something. Yeah, but it had to be something attached to it. It couldn't just be a pun. You know, just holding a plant up, you know, that's, you know, I'm the plant here. You know, that kind. It'd have to be something with a plant, something, you know, a bong with mirrors. Keep an eye on. You know, that was one of my.

[Will Friedle]

Favorites, was the bong with the mirror.

[Carrot Top]

There was a whole bunch of bong wounds because I played a lot of colleges and so people were like, you know, more bong jokes.

[Danielle Fishel]

Jokes kill. Well, you are the first comedian I remember seeing as a child. And it stuck with me forever that it was my favorite joke. And I still have told it a million times. The cup joke with the call waiting and the party line. I remember watching it and being like. Like, this is genius. It's the greatest joke. And I've continued to tell it whenever somebody's like, comedians, you've seen that you love. Like, have you seen carrot tops joke with the.

[Carrot Top]

That was my. That's. And that's funny. Someone had asked me a while ago, one day. I remember now if there's one prop that I could pick and put it in the Smithsonian or whatever. You know what? Yeah, I'm going to get that. You're not going to get this unless Trump makes it happen. I want to be in this thing. He'll make it. We'll be in. We'll take it. We'll get it done. We'll get it done. The cups. But that was. That was the very first prop that I was proud of myself. I mean, I. The other ones, all right, they're funny. You know, Name tag for 711 employees in a long name. Yeah, they're all funny. But that first one that I, When I made that cup joke, I just sat there myself and I thought, holy. Even, like. Because you always wanted your peers to like, you know, I would say even Seinfeld, even. Even, you know, Carlin would. Would find this clever and funny, right?

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Carrot Top]

And I was at an airport. This was strangest thing ever. People I'M walking through Philadelphia Airport, and I'm. I'm just walking. I see this guy, looks like George Carlin. He's got, like, his little notebook and his glasses and his hat. I'm like, I went by like, twice. I said, oh, God, that's George Carlin. And I'm not that guy. I'm not going to walk up to him. And I walked by him three times and finally said, all right, what's the. What. What's the worst. He's ornery, mean guy. Right? So I just be prepared from telling him to go off. Right, Right. So I just said, excuse me. I don't bother you. I'm a comic and I just want to admire. And he says, garage up. And I. And that was you very young. I just was. I was like, you know me. And he's like, he's. You know me. How do I not know you? Like, it was just. He's already funny, right? I said. I said, all right, you just made my. My whole world. He says, no, that. Listen, that cup joke thing you do, Swear to God. Wow. I said, the cup joke. And he goes, yeah, that's genius, dude. I said like, oh, wow. Like, thank you. And he's like, how did. And it was so great because he's like, how did you. How did you come up with that? Yeah. And I said, well, how did you come up with the stuff bit? Right? And he goes, all right, touche. Because it's like, I just, you know, I. I just thought of it and he probably wouldn't. I wouldn't have thought of anything. He's done. Yeah. You know, the base between baseball and football. I'm in the gridiron. What down are we? Who, baseball? Who's up? You know.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, right.

[Carrot Top]

I didn't know he came up with that. I didn't come up with that. So, man, we had a mutual respect for each other's kind of thought process. And then he started asking me, like, how do. How do you write? Do you come up with the joke? A proper first? Do you see something? So it was great. And then became a good friend after that. We, you know. So that was surreal. Becoming George Colin tapes in at the house when I was like, 8 years old and you're chatting with him.

[Will Friedle]

So were you. I mean, were you the first? You're like. You started kind of your own subsection of comedy by being a prop comic, right?

[Carrot Top]

Well, there's been prop comics prior to me. It was just the style that I did was different. I mean, there's been a Lot of people that did puns and visual props, but as a, just a stand up comic with, as a different style, in fact, South Park. They ripped on me. Everybody rips on me. How, you know, you made it. Yeah, well, I mean, they kind of, I mean, it's kind of cool, but this is kind of an example of how. So they called me, they said, we're doing this thing. You, you know, you want to be the voice for it. So I'm thinking, well, of course I want to be the voice for it. Right? You know, have, have Gilbert Godfrey do my voice. I like to do my voice. Got that thing. So I said, all my impressions are the same, by the way. I can't do, I can't do. So I, I. Where were we talking about again?

[Danielle Fishel]

South Park.

[Carrot Top]

So they called, they said, you want me to be the voice for it? So I said, I said, absolutely, please. And they sent the script and it was like, oh, man. Like, it was just, it was. Well, one, they're ripping on me. That's fine. I get they're ripping on me. That's part of being, you know, a comic. I get that. I mean, I live in this magic castle and I mirrors and there's eight of me down in the hallway and there's, oh, the eight carrots off whatever. But the, the, he came across this prop and this thing, and I was like, God, this is. Can we change? Like, I'm on the phone. I mean, literally. Yeah. And I said, can we change the, the just, I don't mind the, just the one prop. He said, what do you mean the prop? I said, the, the saw with glasses on it. And he's like, oh, that's. No, it's hilarious. I said, no, it's not. And I'm talking to like 30 people that are brilliant in the room. Right, right. And I'm like, no, it's not, it's not funny. I mean, to me, it's not funny because it's a seesaw. Said, I don't like puns. Oh, look, look, a seesaw. So I'm like, can we do like my cup joke or do you know anything? And they were like, well, we could, but I think that's the whole joke. I said, oh, I get it, because you're making fun of the fact that what I come up with is stupid. And he's like, no, no, no, we've already animated it. I said, no, that means you want me to look like a fooling it. Right?

[Danielle Fishel]

Right.

[Carrot Top]

And then I thought, okay, what am I gonna say? No? To South Park. So I agree to do it. Even in the when I'm reading it, I'm like, it's a seesaw. Get it? I'm like, I'm gonna go hang myself. Right? And they were so happy that I did it. And then like every day someone walk up and go, seesaws. I'm like, maybe they were right. But you know, it was like one of those things like you just wanted to show what you do is a different. Sure. A little different than an easy joke. Like that cup one was not a pun, it was an invention. So it's kind of like hard to. But anyone that does a Carrot Top thing will always do that. A pun, right? They're like, hey, I'm three sheets to the wind. And you're like, okay, that's not what you do. Yeah, but only certain people that know, like, oh, oh, okay, now I get it. You're right, that's not what you do. But I mean, to the general person who see prop comic, oh, you just hold up a broom and look, I'm, you know, flying.

[Danielle Fishel]

But the real last laugh is a 40 year career where you are still selling out shows all over the place. 240 shows a year. This year marks your 20th anniversary of your Luxor residency. And you made the decision to commit to Vegas long before it was the popular thing to do.

[Carrot Top]

Absolutely.

[Danielle Fishel]

What made you decide to make the move?

[Carrot Top]

Well, it was a long, really a short and long process. I had done, always been on the road and I was, I did Regis and again dating myself. Regis and Kathy Lee. Yeah, there's no Regis. He was one of the best.

[Will Friedle]

We all did too, by the way.

[Carrot Top]

He was the best, right? And he never understood that. I, I'm not. I told this the other day I would do the show and he would just. He first couple of years I did it. I mean he would, he would just of course laugh and be a fan. But we went to a commercial break one time and we came back and I did a couple more and he says to me in the crowd, he says, carrot Top is crazy. He goes, where do you find all this stuff? And I said, what do you mean find all this stuff? How do you find it? I said, well, I make it. And he was just dead serious. He was like, you make it. And I said, you don't find a cowboy boot with a kickstand on it. You gotta make like, right? He says, oh, so you find, you make the thing. I said, yeah, I find a cowboy boot and then I add a joke to It. I put the kickstand. I love that. He was so incredulous. Yeah, he had no. He just didn't know. And then. Then he gave all that really respect. We met the next day. He's like. And he makes all that stuff. So I had done the show, and I did really well. I came off and I was putting all my stuff away, and this old guy came over and says, man, it was unbelievable. I've never seen anything like that. I said, oh, thanks. He says, you must kill in Vegas. And I said, I've never been to Vegas. He says, come on, you've never been to Vegas. You are Vegas. And I said, I've never been to Vegas. He said, if I book you in Vegas, will you take the gig? And I said, no. No. I said. I said, sure. And he said, they called. They called my people and they said, we got you at Bally's Casino in the little comedy club there for the weekend. And it was Kathy Lee Gifford's manager who thought I should be playing. Of course, they were always big. Vegas and Atlantic City and all. So they put me in this little room for Friday, Saturday night. And again, going back to what you're saying about Vegas, it was like. It was just. It's a different crowd, right?

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Carrot Top]

And I'm really young and I'm used to doing, you know, little, you know, louder. The south clubs screaming and they're wearing carrot tops. They're having fun. It was just a different kind of. And so they said, we're going to move to the main room for the week. For it was there Friday, Saturday. And then they said, we're going to move you to the main room Saturday, Sunday. This is great. And they put me in this big room now. I had more props than. There were people in there. And I was just terrified. This stage is bigger than life. And so I. I had my little prop trunks, and I said, I got to go to the. I got to go to the Target Walmart and get, like, stage stuff. Like, I put tapestries and tables and couches and chairs and lamps just to give it a set of something because it was so. I was so naked up there in this little teeny thing. And so anyway, I did. I did. It was horrible. I hate it. I hated to hate it so bad. I went back on the road. I was like, oh, God. You know, out of Vegas. Thank God. I mean, thank you for giving me the opportunity, but it's not my thing. And then the MGM grand had called and said, do you want to. And I said, No, I, right away said, no, I don't want. Vegas is not my thing. And we went there for a weekend in that room. And then it was like three years later, we'd signed a thing. And then, you know, a year and then three. And then finally we were doing. We weren't doing full residencies like I'm doing here, right? It was in and out. It was like two weeks at a time. And then go to colleges and clubs and theaters and come back to mgm. And then finally I was starting to, you know, I really like the room. I'm like, yeah. And they renew my thing. So I said, yeah, Instead of doing eight weeks, they wanted to do 12 or 14 weeks. I said, this is great. And then David Copperfield came in and wanted the room. And I said, well, he's going to make me disappear, which he did. It's Copperfield, Carrot Top. And so I, I went, I, I said to my, you know, people, I said, I wish I, I'm just starting to get the, the hang of this Vegas thing. I wish it was a room now as it was one of the Luxor. We can go look at it. So we went over one night, looked at it, and it was just the perfect little room. And we did a year there and then we did an hour. We're 20. And it was one of the things now I would never change in the world. This is, I don't think I know how to do anything outside Vegas. That's incredible. Roadshows are still fun and exciting because it's a different energy and different, you know, people have waited to see you and they, you know, they have their. We had people last night. It was great. These kids and had painted their faces orange and had orange wigs and the, they call the Orange man group. And so it's fun fanatics, you know, like parrot heads and Deadheads. We have carrot heads.

[Danielle Fishel]

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[Ryder Strong]

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[Danielle Fishel]

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[Will Friedle]

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[Danielle Fishel]

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[Ryder Strong]

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[Will Friedle]

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[Danielle Fishel]

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[Carrot Top]

Yours has been combed. No.

[Danielle Fishel]

It is hard to go out and not be. I'm pretty recognizable as well. And so is it. Do you ever get to go anywhere and feel like you get to be any in any way? Anonymous?

[Carrot Top]

No, not really. But you know, you kind of. You kind of. Once you. I don't know, there's a day where you just. You're. You're. It's that and then you just realize, oh yeah, like I forget. You probably do. I'll go into a Subway to get a sandwich. I'm like, oh, I'm carrot dude.

[Danielle Fishel]

You're like, yeah.

[Carrot Top]

Oh really? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because of the thing, you know, you've got it, you know? Yeah. You mean, you know there's sometimes it's fine. It's nice when people do it. But there's been times where I'm like, listen, you guys are getting way too excited for me and I'm just carrots up there's. There's big like you know in la they always have the paparazzi outside stores and restaurants and whatnot. And every Time you go there, they're always. They're all. Or more back then than they are now. They would just kind of camp out, and I'd walk in or out, and they're just, you know, the hordes of them run up. They're just like, you know. And I'd always say the same thing. This. You. You didn't wait here for me. Right here for me. I mean, you are. You do know that Jennifer Aniston's inside in Fren Siegel. They're not here for me. There was a Jonas Brother one time inside. There was, like, thousands of people out there. I said, I'm. He's coming. He's coming out. I saw him in there, too. Did he say anything to you? Well, you know, no, I didn't say to hi to the Jones br. I did not say it.

[Danielle Fishel]

I used to live down the street from Black China, and people would sit outside, and then I'd walk out there, and then they'd talk to me, and I'd be like, guys, I know that you were just. You're waiting for her.

[Carrot Top]

You know, you don't need to talk to me. Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Had that with Scott B.

[Carrot Top]

People like, what are you guys doing here?

[Will Friedle]

Like, Scott Bay.

[Carrot Top]

I was across like, all right, all right, good to meet you. There were always weird questions, too, about something that. What do you think about the. You know, I don't know. I. I don't. I'm not the. You know, I don't have a.1 not. I don't know. Never say anything politic, political wise, but just in general, like, you know, what do you think about, you know, so comic. That did something. I'm like, I don't know. I didn't see it. Like, Dave Chappelle's thing was a lot of controversy. What do you. What's your take on that? I said, well, I haven't seen it. I don't know. I don't know what it is. If I saw it, I could probably comment. No, but what do you think about. I said, I haven't seen.

[Will Friedle]

I haven't seen it. I don't know.

[Carrot Top]

I can't give you anything if I haven't seen it. Right, exactly. Show it to me on your phone right now. Then I can comment. He said, oh, okay. Then he showed it on his phone. I said, oh, all right. Yeah, you know, what do you think she done that? I'm like, well, it's his decision to do it. Yeah. So what do I think about it? I think it's funny. I think what I do it probably not. I mean, my end, Carrot Top doing it. Probably not get away with it. Dave Chappelle probably could get away with it. And then like, oh, right on. It's like, but you got to give me the thing first. Right, right. The guy was kind of shocked. Oh, okay.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, sure. Oh, you want to know what you're.

[Carrot Top]

Talking about first, right? A little. Right? A little bit. Yeah. Just brief me.

[Will Friedle]

Have you ever done that with one of your props? Have you ever gone, this is talk to my prop.

[Carrot Top]

No, I mean, too far.

[Will Friedle]

But like, you create something.

[Carrot Top]

You're like, no. So tonight, what's going on? It's not you, it's me. Okay.

[Will Friedle]

It's probably you. Yeah, it's probably me, but have you ever done that, made a prop where you're like, no, this is too far? I don't.

[Carrot Top]

I don't know what to do. Absolutely. Yeah, Absolutely. Yeah. Yes. Props and jokes. You know, stand up. We sit backstage. I'm like, oh, man, you're not going to do that. No, I'm not going to do that. But, like, that's pretty good. But it is pretty funny.

[Danielle Fishel]

It's pretty funny.

[Carrot Top]

In this ride, I've written some for other. The people that I've given to because I'm like, it's not a Carrot Top joke. Right. You know, it's a specific joke. Yeah. And. And you know, once in a while, very rarely, someone will come, hey, I got a Carrot Top joke. I'm like, oh, not often. It's usually like some kind of stupid thing. It's a seesaw. Oh, yeah, right on. Do people do bring me stuff like that? They'll bring me a whole bunch of like, crap app and they'll say, one guy really did. I mean, he went out of his way, too. I hope you're not watching this, but this. This guy sent me a whole bunch. I mean, all in a box in each note and the thing and how to just how to say it. And every one of them was that. It was like a seesaw. Oh, all right. It's a. A headache. It was like a head with it. I'm like, oh. I was like, there's got to be one in here. Good. No, not even. Even get a premise. You know, maybe even get a good prop. I would get a head. I got a good head now. We got. We got. We start with a head something. But yeah, it was like head count and had. It had a head and a calculator hit their head count. Like, oh, Lord have mercy. Yeah, but you know, Louis Anderson say well, we got. At least we got a free calculator out of. I mean, right? That alone is worth something.

[Danielle Fishel]

We obviously talk a lot about the 90s on our podcast. And you are now our second guest who has appeared on Star Search.

[Carrot Top]

Oh.

[Danielle Fishel]

What do you remember from competing on the show?

[Carrot Top]

I try to drug myself up enough not to think about it. I was so the, the, the first surefire winner to. For Stars. So when that, When I was. They asked me to be on it, it was like every comic in the world, everywhere I went, every club, and they say, nah, you know, why are you. You just. You're winning the thing. Why. Why were we even doing this? So I get there and everyone's like, it's Carrot Top. He's gonna win the whole thing. And I lost the very first round. I mean, literally the very first round. And that was my eight stuff, you know, like all my good stuff. And it was like, yeah, I do a thing in the show. It's, it's, it's. It. It really is funny because people don't know. I would. You know, how many years ago I was on Starzers, and half the crowd's like, no things. You know, it's AI made. No, it's. No, it's real.

[Danielle Fishel]

It's real.

[Carrot Top]

And it was just. It's so cute to this day. And I watch it and I show it in the show. It says, you know, Carrot Top, the. The challenger gets two and a quarter stars, you know, and Bob Zany, who's a good friend of mine, it gets, you know, two and three quarter stars. And I, I. My head, I look, I can see my head in the, the thing. I look up like, did I win or did I lose? And I always say was a quarter more than a third. Like, and it's. I'm being honest, you needed the head. I go a quarter more than a third and. And everybody laughs. I'm like, jesus. But it's true. And I said, you know, nowadays they just say you're voted off the island. I mean, think about it.

[Will Friedle]

Just do our math.

[Carrot Top]

Right? Right. So it was, it was a fun experience, I mean, for sure, but it was so long ago. My goodness. Ed McMahon starch. Oh, man.

[Danielle Fishel]

Well, it has built a bit of a cult following over the years. The viral clip of Norm MacDonald kind of poking fun at Courtney Thorne Smith on Conan. Did stuff like that? Kind like that Norm joke bother you? Did it ever get to you?

[Carrot Top]

No. The reason that one didn't, even more than any other ones, is because we had already made that Joke on the set. Okay? So when we. The very first day of filming, we said this. I, chairman of the board, sleeping over at the craft services. And I said, it's called chairman of the board not bored. So we already had that stupid joke. I thought what was more mean was what? Her. I'm a comic. I can take it. You know, the fact that he. And the more he ripped on me was like, it's funny. I'm a comic. And they couldn't believe that I was in a movie and I wasn't doing props in a movie, like. And she was like, he can act. He's a. He's. You could watch it. It's. I feel so bad for her because she's just defending me the whole time. She's like, he's a great guy. And you're like, oh, come on. No, he's great. He comes to the works. He studies. He does his work. He knows his lines, and he's charming, and he's. He's. You know, he works so hard, and they're like, oh, what? You know, come on. And she's just. I felt so bad for her, right? She was just like, you know, she could have said. She could have cut it off and said, okay, apparently you guys don't like him. I liked him. What's the next question? But she just kept going, and they kept going, and I just fed off her. I felt bad, but I could care a lot. I mean, right? I knew Norm, Norman, I knew each other, you know, and that was Norm. Normally, I didn't like anybody. That was. That was his shtick. I mean, he was picking on everybody, and that was what made it great.

[Danielle Fishel]

Well, you are often referred to as one of the nicest guys in comedy.

[Carrot Top]

Oh, well, that's nice to know.

[Danielle Fishel]

So my question for you is, can you tell us the meanest thing you've ever done?

[Carrot Top]

Oh, God. What is it?

[Danielle Fishel]

Have you ever done anything mean?

[Carrot Top]

I mean, in my career. In my career line of work, or just in my personal life. When I'm not Carrot Top, I'm a real. When I'm Carrot Top, I'm sweet.

[Danielle Fishel]

Then give us the worst thing. You're non Carrot Top.

[Carrot Top]

I don't have a lot of mean in me. I'm trying to think. My assistant. Probably your nose is probably. He's over. There's a head spin on thousands of pounds. He's like, let me.

[Danielle Fishel]

Let me bring out the list.

[Carrot Top]

I don't know if there's something that really has been just rotten that I felt horrible about horribly about doing. I mean, I always stuck for people. Even you're missing a flight. You're like, dude, I'm. I'm. I got two minutes to get to my gate. No, I know, but my daughter really loves you and needs a picture. I'm like, okay, but I'm gonna miss my plane. Yeah, no, I. I don't know. I, I. No, I mean, I love that. I try to be, like. I don't know. I put. I do things to be stupid, fun, like. But I don't. I don't think. I try not to be mean in any way with anybody. My crew. Crew. Even my crew, you know, I had the same crew for 40 years. We're, you know, we're a family, and it's a. It's a team. You know, it's not me up there. It's everybody up there. It's the sound guy, the video guy that. Yeah, you know, not so much the lighting guys, they're not that personal, but everybody is, you know, it's a team of people that put together a show every night. So it's important. It's not just you, you know.

[Danielle Fishel]

If you didn't end up being this successful of a comedian, what do you think you would have done for a living?

[Carrot Top]

I would have won one of the Backstreet Boys if I had. You know, I'm from Orlando. I knew them when they were literally boys. Yeah. NSync, all those guys, all from Orlando. I knew. I knew all of them. Britney Spear. When they were just little kids, I used to open up for the Mickey Mouse Club. Wow. And talk about a hell gig. Not. Not the kids. No, just, you know, they put you in a. In, you know, a little studio. It's like, you know, 30 people, and they're just, you know, it's 2 in the afternoon, and you're like, hey, everybody. And your kids, like, what's wrong with your hair? Like, you know, I think I did it, like, like two times. And I said, oh, my God, this.

[Will Friedle]

Is a bong with rear view mirrors.

[Carrot Top]

But this is. Yeah, this is. Yeah, I was like, this is not for me. I'm like, no, but this is a great platform for, for suicide. Yes, A great.

[Danielle Fishel]

But what type of music do you listen to?

[Carrot Top]

Soft jazz. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I listen to. I like rock and roll. I like country music. Yeah, I do like soft jazz. Yeah. I'm pretty musical. I love music of any. Almost all types. I. I can't not hear anything. I'm like. I tap my foot to it. It's good. I don't I don't really have. But, I mean, if I had to pick, you know, after the show, I'll put on country or rock and roll, probably. But then I, like, listen to, you know, Neil diamond or Barry Manila. I mean, I get in the. The Carpenters. I may be like, what are you listening to? And the Carpenter's like. Like, can you put us to sleep? More like after the show with the Carpenter, I'm like, it's great music.

[Will Friedle]

It is great music.

[Carrot Top]

She's one of the greatest drummers ever, right? Yeah, Truly. And they drum.

[Will Friedle]

So what is the best act you've.

[Carrot Top]

Ever seen in Vegas? Wow. Well, I don't. Again, the one thing about that, I don't get a chance to go out a lot because I'm doing a show. Every time I get done with the show, the shows are all over, right? And then on Sunday, no one normally has a show, so I don't get a lot of. A lot of opportunities to see. But I've seen some, you know, I've seen the. All the Cirque shows. They're unbelievable. We saw Elton John, Roger, One of the. I'll tell you, the Rod Stewart one was pretty fascinating to me because it's Rod Stewart. And he, you know, he's. He has this thing, too. He's kind of, you know, not a nice guy, but he's. That's. At least you hear sometimes right there. And I have a guy in LA that drives him around. He's. He doesn't. He has nice stories to tell about him. We're watching the show at Caesars, and it's like, is it Little Caesars? No, is it Caesars? And he sold it out. Is it Little Caesars? I can sell Little Caesars. See, that's how they get you. They don't tell you the fine print. Oh, Little Caesars. Fine print. So.

[Danielle Fishel]

He loves.

[Carrot Top]

That's how they get you. They get you. He's up there doing it, you know. You know, hot lay everything. He's just doing all his hits and he just. He start. Everyone's got cameras out. Everybody, the whole, you know, it's. Of course. And he says, people. The security is trying to get them to stop filming. And there's, you know, 3,000 people. You can't stop, right? One comes on the mic, he says, hey. He says, hey, mate, you know, if they want to. If you want to film the show, film the show, man. Do whatever you want. Hell, you film me dance. You want to come up here and dance and sing with me? Come on. Dance and sing with me. I'm watching and I'm thinking, wow. He didn't just say that. Like, he said that to be a joke. Jeff, are you with me? Two thirds. Not two thirds. A third of the crowd went on stage. Amazing. And he sang and danced with him. Geez. Had his arms around him, singing. The song was over. He goes, all right, now you go. Go sit down now. Wow. But they all came up, and it was just a kind of a cool moment. Imagine that. There's always, like, no. And get back and secure. He's like, come on on, mate. And they just came unseen. Yeah. It was pretty. Pretty amazing.

[Danielle Fishel]

That's really cool.

[Carrot Top]

That was a good, cool moment. You know, the big ones. Elton John, Shania Twain's evolved, and. Yeah, Shania Twain. We actually came. She came to my show. It was kind of funny because she's like, don't announce her. She doesn't want to be announced. And I said, okay, you know, I don't want to do that to anybody. And I do this thing where I go out and give shots of booze into the audience, and I go out, and she's the first one standing there trying to get a shot. I said, how great is that, Right?

[Danielle Fishel]

Finally looking back.

[Carrot Top]

Yes.

[Danielle Fishel]

If you could go back in time and talk to young Carrot Top on his first night in Vegas, let's say your first night at the Luxor 20 years ago, not your first night in Vegas, but your first night at the Luxor 20 years ago, what would you tell him? If you could give him a piece of advice, what would you tell him?

[Carrot Top]

Do it all different. Seriously.

[Will Friedle]

Run away.

[Carrot Top]

Think about. Yeah, run away. Think about the. Think about this. Well, at that point, I had already been kind of getting into. I don't know. I committed to the Luxor. Pretty. And I. And I was really not the. The president of the hotel had called me a little. I was boarding a plane, and he said, I never met him. He said, scotty. And I said, yeah. I said, hell. He says, you know, I'm off. I want to offer you the headline gig at the Luxor. And I was like, oh. I said, oh, wow. I said, well, I'm getting on a plane. I'll call you back when I land. He's like, no, you don't. You don't. You don't get on a plane. I'm asking if you want to be the headliner deluxe or you don't. You pretty much answer that, like, right away. You don't, like, think about it. Yeah. And I said, well, I got to think about it, and I remember, like, the longest flight. I'm thinking, oh, I might not have done the right thing by saying no. I didn't say no. I just said, I don't know if. I don't know yet. And then I landed and I said, you know, I'm really kind of apprehensive about being a full time. I. I just, you know, I don't want to do it. And he was like, you got to do it. I mean, dude, this. You're the only guy that. There's no other person at the Luxors, you. And I said, again, now I'm more stressed out. Like, I don't want to be the face of the property. Right? But then finally I. I caved in. I said, I will do. We'll do, you know, a year. And we did a year. And then. And yeah, then there was like, do another year. And they said, I'll do another year, then want to do three more. I'll do three more years. It was the five year, then five, and now it's like, oh, I hope they get me another five. So, yeah. It was a hard decision to make, though, believe it or not, because I was just used to being out on the road and doing a different thing than Vegas. So I was kind of scared to take it, but also excited to take it. I think the first show ever, though, that's a different story. You know, that first time on stage kind of thing. That. That's the craziest one, because everyone has probably done. You know when you say, I'm actually going to go up and be like, try to be a comedian.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Carrot Top]

Terrifying. You know, oh, my God, what am I doing? Anyway, there's a show called Kill Tony that I. I just did, and. Big popular show. And. And the concept that show is they have these young comics come out and you sit there and you kind of, you know, they would prefer you to more like, rip them and kind of. Because it's. And I said to the same thing, I said, you know, I got to turn the thing down. I don't. I don't. I'm not the mean guy. I'm not the critic. I'm not the guy out there going, you know, you suck. You. Because I'm Carrot Top. I'm the one that's been on my whole career, so I'm coming from me. So I said, you know, I'll do it, but I'm gonna. I'm gonna be nice. And they said, no, you don't have to be. You don't have to be mean. Yeah. Just be you. So it was. It was like the comments who come out and they're right, and they're literally, you know, it's that. It's like, so. So I, I'm. I just started at, you know, and you're, like, watching them and they get done, and you, you know, you know, they come over and, you know, Tony will say something like, you know, and I would, instead of making fun of my says, is. Is that thing battery operated? Is there batteries? You know, just to make funny. He's like, no, no. I said no. I'm kidding. You know, but it was great. You did, you know, great. That's awesome. But. But it's fun watching that, you know, because this going back to me having to do that. Oh, Lord. So it's like, you know, when comics say, you know, I'm thinking about being a comic, I'm like, no, no, no, no, no, we'll do it. But, you know, think about it.

[Danielle Fishel]

Have a plan B, maybe.

[Carrot Top]

Yeah, think about it.

[Danielle Fishel]

Well, we have been so honored that you agreed to come on the podcast.

[Carrot Top]

Thank you so much for being here with us. This has been a lot of fun.

[Danielle Fishel]

Thank you for taking the time to talk with us.

[Carrot Top]

No, appreciate it.

[Danielle Fishel]

This has been such an admirer of yours truly for so many years. Yep. So thank you so much.

[Carrot Top]

I appreciate that. All you guys. Thank you. Thank you. And your whole staff here are very nice.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, everybody's. Everybody here is the best. We surround ourselves with good people like you do.

[Carrot Top]

They're a listening crowd.

[Danielle Fishel]

Thank you all for joining us for this episode of Pod Meets World. As always, you can follow us on Instagram Pod Meets World show. You can send us your emails. Pod meets worldshowmail.com and we've got merch.

[Will Friedle]

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[Danielle Fishel]

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[Will Friedle]

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