Carrot Top on 30+ Years in Comedy and Why He's Still Standing
Adam Carolla Show
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4.5 • 36.3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2025
⏱️ 111 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of The Adam Carolla Show, legendary comedian Carrot Top joins Adam in the studio! Adam kicks things off with an observation about how fans have viewed Carrot Top over the years, and the two react to a classic clip of Norm MacDonald on Conan. Carrot Top shares stories of being mistaken for other wild-haired entertainers like Gallagher, talks about how his comedic roots trace back to his father, and recalls the first time his dad saw him perform live. They dive into Carrot Top’s traditional family upbringing, his choice not to have kids, and the story behind his very first prop, which his NASA-engineer dad helped build.
Carrot Top explains why he’s baffled by moon landing deniers, prompting Adam to recount racing cars with astronaut Buzz Aldrin. The two swap hilarious Jay Leno stories—including one where Leno performed stand-up while still bleeding after he fell down a hill—and revisit Carrot Top’s 1995 appearance on The Tonight Show. They also reflect on today's outrage culture, including the backlash over Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle ad, and discuss how Carrot Top builds his props today. Wrapping things up, they react to a clip of Carrot Top and Gallagher on stage together and reflect on Gallagher’s passing—plus Adam shares the wild story of a screenplay he and Jimmy Kimmel once wrote called Kill Gallagher.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, in this episode, carrot top comes in for a very revealing, interesting conversation. |
| 0:06.1 | We'll do all that right after this. |
| 0:08.5 | Searching for a romantic summer getaway. |
| 0:10.8 | Escape with Rich Girl Summer, the new audible original from Lily Chew. |
| 0:15.1 | The exquisitely talented Philippa Sue, returning to narrate her fifth Lily Chew title. |
| 0:19.9 | This time, Philippa is joined by her real-life husband, Stephen Pasquale, |
| 0:23.9 | set in Toronto's wealthy cottage country, aka the Hamptons of Canada. |
| 0:28.2 | Rich Girl Summer follows the story of Valerie, a down-on-her-luck event planner, |
| 0:32.0 | posing as a socialite's long-lost daughter, |
| 0:34.4 | while piecing together the secrets surrounding a mysterious family, |
| 0:38.6 | and falling deeper and deeper in love, with the impossibly hard to read and infuriatingly handsome family assistant, |
| 0:44.3 | Nico. Caught between pretending to belong and unexpectedly finding where she truly fits in, Valerie |
| 0:50.0 | learns her summer is about to get far more complicated than she ever planned. |
| 0:56.2 | She's in over her head and head over heels. |
| 0:59.0 | Listen to Rich Girl Summer, now on Audible. |
| 1:01.7 | Go to audible.com slash rich girl summer. |
| 1:06.8 | This episode of the Ann Coraola Show is brought to you by Simply Safe. From Carolla 1 Studios in Glendale, California, this is the Adam Carolla show. |
| 1:19.8 | Adam's guest today, Carrot Top. |
| 1:23.3 | And now, Rack on Tour, who spends every weekend on tour. |
| 1:31.7 | Adam Carolla. |
| 1:34.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:35.5 | Anyway, you say, Dawson. |
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