Carrot Top | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
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What unique perspective does Carrot Top bring to comedy?
Well, you do have a unique seat in that you see America as it probably really is. You get that cross section every night.
Yeah, we get everybody, everybody. Even Louisiana.
Even Louisiana comes.
I said, show and tell with liquor.
That's what I am.
You go to a comedy club and I got to show you. Sponsored by Sean, is that why that's part of the show? Yeah, kind of. You're naked, you're jacked, and there's just a carrot. Just a carrot. Top this. That's the name of the special right there. There you go. Top this.
I spent about two hours this morning sort of deep diving into your life, so. Oh. It was intense at like 6.30 a.m. Yeah, because you had a show.
I'm in your world. Yeah, I had a show. Yeah, we had a show. How'd your show go? Great crowd last night. It was like one of those just, we call it road show, which is weird because we're on the road, but. When you ever have a road show, they're always just, they had, you know, Carrot Top shirts on. Yeah, yeah, like a vibe. True fans, and a meet and greet, a whole bunch of, you know, just, and I had my brother, my cousin there.
How does Carrot Top describe his early challenges in comedy?
It was about four or five comedians, because they were in town for that comedy festival. So, you know, it's fun working in front of your peers. Yeah, yeah. I tell my wife, it's the worst thing in the world when you have to do a show in front of, like, other comics, you know. Yeah. Because all you think about the whole time is they're judging me.
Yeah. Actually, I have a bit in there about being judged by comedians.
I swear to God.
That's good. The other night when we were playing somewhere, Josh Fries, the great drummer who's recently been playing with Foo Fighters, was on the side of the stage. And Jimmy Chamberlain, about the third song, kind of goes in a little bit of a drum solo. And I looked at Jack, the bass player, and I was like,
here we go because there's a great drummer on the side of the stage so you're gonna get a level yeah literally geez yeah nothing worse right so when you're working in front of other comedians you must get that heightened sense of like you do yeah or any other performer does that throw you off even i don't know if it's right now i'm an old bastard but like i try to get into it yeah i am i'm older than you but uh i've gotten better calmed down and as and performing and um at any level of who's out there. You know, when Queen came or Rodster, Elton John, whoever came to the show, you're like, oh, man, if you ever think it, you kind of, I don't know, it's just so you just, I just do my show, don't think about who's out there, and then it usually works out for the best.
But isn't it funny, like, obviously I'm not doing bits, but you know, you do something, like for my case, it'd be something on the guitar, and you're thinking, I bet Rod Stewart thought that was good.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. You do that weird. No, last night I had a bunch of comics in the room, and I did, I mean, I did a really, it was a couple of really good stand-up jokes. It wasn't a prop. One was a good prop. It was a brand new, you know, P. Diddy joke. And it finally, it just leveled. And there was just one in particular of like a stand-up joke And I could hear them, you know, comics always, ah. That's how comics laugh, right? They don't laugh. They just go, ah. That's how comics. They don't really laugh. No. Is it a recognition? Yeah. Any comic, they always go, ah. And that means they liked it, and that means they're probably going to steal it from me. No, most comics don't, like, if you do, like, Jay Leno or Bill Maher or anybody, you do a thing to.
Now, Bill Maher will laugh because he's stoned. He's out of his mind.
What influences shaped Carrot Top's comedic style?
He's a kite. So he's a good audience. He'll laugh. But, you know, Howie would be like, eh. You know, Jay Leno, I'd say something like, eh.
So you're triggering a memory because I once got in a fight with Jerry Seinfeld over professional wrestling.
Oh, no.
I was at a private dinner. It was Gwyneth Paltrow, Jerry Seinfeld, and some other people. And, you know, it's just one of those New York dinners where you're just next to somebody who isn't necessarily interested in you, but they know you're famous.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What unique perspective does Carrot Top bring to comedy?
0:00–1:00
2
How does Carrot Top describe his early challenges in comedy?
1:00–3:14
3
What influences shaped Carrot Top's comedic style?
3:14–6:09
4
How does Carrot Top balance humor with personal experiences?
6:09–50:02
5
What challenges did Carrot Top face from his father about his comedy career?
50:02–52:41
6
How did Carrot Top transition from struggling to successful in comedy?
52:41–54:38
7
What unique experiences does Carrot Top have performing in Las Vegas?
54:38–56:01
8
How does Carrot Top view the relationship between comedy and audience perception?
56:01–1:37:11
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