Carrot Top

Blocks w/ Neal Brennan

Neal Brennan

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Comedy, Mental Health

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2023

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Neal Brennan interviews Carrot Top (Headlining 6 nights/week at the Luxor in Vegas) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks. ---------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Intro 3:44 Background 4:48 Tonight Show Audition 7:42 People Who Wouldn’t Book Him 12:42 Comedy Expectations vs. Reality 23:09 Early Rejection 26:09 Destiny 27:40 Feeling Sorry For Yourself 29:32 Vegas Residency 31:24 Pretty Good Life 36:54 Relationships 43:30 Not Neurotic 45:05 Being a Boss 48:02 Perfectionist 51:59 Mentors 54:47 Gallagher 1:18:28 Carlin 1:23:30 Act Burning Down 1:30:07 Upside ---------------------------------------------------------- https://carrottop.com/ https://nealbrennan.com for tickets Watch Neal Brennan: Blocks on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81036234 Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased). Edited by Will Hagle ---------------------------------------------------------- Sponsors: GameTime App Code: BLOCKS for $20 off your first purchase Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So, Carl, what big Hollywood star did you get to promote our two-for-one cinema tickets offer?
0:04.6	I got Mr. Hollywood himself.
0:06.6	Nice to meet you.
0:07.5	Carl, that's Paul Hollywood, The Baker.
0:10.1	So Mr. Hollywood's, what roles have you done before?
0:13.0	I quite like a seeded bath, and I'm partial to a briosh.
0:16.0	Sergei, send them back to LA.
0:18.0	I'm from the whirral.
0:19.0	Just make it simple!
0:21.0	With two for one cinema tickets every Tuesday or Wednesday when you take out
0:23.9	to qualifying product so compare the market.
0:26.6	One membership a year participating cinema is two standard tickets only cheapest free
0:29.4	teas and sees apply.
0:30.1	Hi, my name is Neil Brennan. This is the blocks podcast. I'm not going to explain the premise. Go back and listen to a different episode.
0:39.0	Long story short, or healing the earth. My guest today you saw it on the title when you
0:45.2	click this his picture's probably on there. I know right and and I don't know
0:51.1	what your intro is I did see that you're celebrating your anniversary at the Luxor. Oh yes yes, yeah I don't either I could tell you huh? You look bright and plaid by the way. So yeah, I think it's our coming up on 18th year anniversary. Not usually an anniversary people celebrate. I'm not an
1:06.2	But God bless. Yeah. It's one of the one of the most one of the great comedians of our age and day his street name is Scott his
1:19.8	his government or his name is Scott Johnson and his his street name yes if he were a drug it would be called
1:27.2	carrot top here he is I was a drug I am a drug you are a drug yeah now I never made a drug yes I like that I've never met you before
1:36.7	now we've never met what's great is like we I feel like we've met we went up three flights of stairs yeah that's
1:41.9	and we feel like we've been trial by fire.
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