Carrot Top Classic Rerelease
Industry Standard w/ Barry Katz
Barry Katz
4.7 • 951 Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2026
⏱️ 113 minutes
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Summary
Originally recorded in 2018, this classic Industry Standard episode features Barry Katz in conversation with legendary comedian and Las Vegas headliner Carrot Top. In this throwback interview, Carrot Top opens up about his decades-long career, building one of the most successful residencies in comedy history, and the discipline required to stay relevant year after year. From touring to television to dominating the Vegas stage, this episode offers timeless insight into longevity, reinvention, and what it really takes to survive — and thrive — in stand-up comedy.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, it's me, Barry. Thanks for listening to these industry standard episodes. |
| 0:07.0 | Very grateful to you. Thank you so much. And I spent some time with Caratop in Las Vegas and had a |
| 0:14.9 | great time. And what an amazing performer, the longest running show in Vegas in terms of comedy, and the guys of force of nature. |
| 0:26.0 | Just love being with him, and I thought I'd release this classic episode in audio for you that I recorded a long time ago. |
| 0:42.2 | It's probably lost within the hundreds and hundreds of episodes on this channel. |
| 0:45.2 | And I know you're going to like it a lot. |
| 0:50.0 | Just so much respect for this guy has been through the gamut of it all and has come out the other side. |
| 0:52.2 | And I'm really honored to know him and call him a friend. |
| 0:58.5 | So without further ado, enjoy this classic episode of Caratop. |
| 1:08.9 | I can't believe it. I'm finally in the same room with him. |
| 1:12.6 | What an honor. |
| 1:13.6 | My friend, Scott Thompson, aka. |
| 1:17.5 | Kara Tom. |
| 1:18.1 | Right? |
| 1:18.6 | And we've known each other for a long time. |
| 1:20.6 | I would have had this couch steam plane, by the way, if I'd know. |
| 1:23.2 | This is like, God, I think Warren and Mollicru on this thing. |
| 1:26.6 | On location at the fabulous Canyon Club. Yeah, this is pretty cool, man. This is like a rock club. In the Gora Hills. Everyone in the world I've walked around plays this, has played these venues. There's a mural of Jimmy Hendricks. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I did a thing last night. We were in Coachella, and they had on the backstage walls. |
| 1:45.5 | They had all the set lists of all the bands from, like, all the way back on their set lists. It was like, you know, sticks and Eddie money and everything. And so I said, can I have a Caratop set list? So I made one for them. And it was this dick joke, dick joke, dick joke, dick joke, dick joke, dick joke, |
| 2:01.3 | drink joke, dick joke, finale. |
| 2:03.0 | And that was, so that's my set list. |
| 2:04.1 | That'd be my set list tonight. so I made one for them and it was a dick joke, dick joke, dick joke, dick joke, dick joke, |
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