Carrot Top vs. Gallagher 

My wife and I went to a Carrot Top show this past spring. We felt like we were beat up when the show was over. Laughing non-stop for an hour when you're in your 60s is a real workout. Great funny show.

I’m just picturing a jacked Carrot Top and a sad, senile Gallagher brawling in front of the Bellagio with all kinds of rubber chickens and fresh produce coming into play, and a giant foam steamroller as the grand finale.

This was a friggin’ roller coaster of a story. Just when you think the story and Gallagher couldn’t get crazier, it keeps ramping up!

I never thought I'd find a Carrot Top story so riveting.

I love Carrot Top. I once ran into CTop at LAX and I was frozen. He winked and nodded at me, like 'Yup, in the flesh.' He taught me that not all writing is precious, just get all the ideas out, it's worth it.

I'm friends with Scott aka Carrot top and though I havent seen him for years he is the nicest ,most gracious and respectful person I've ever met in show business in 25 years. His character in real life extends infinitely. You can talk smack, but he is a genuine soul whose success make others jealous and he has zero ego about it. I will back him till I die.

This should be a movie. 2 Gallaghers one Top! A prop comics adventure

I can see the influence of Gallagher in Carrot Top's act, but there's no denying he made it his own thing and brand.

I ran into Carrot Top in a Vegas thrift store and asked "Looking for props?" He said "Always" it seemed profound.

One of the most vicious beefs in comic history

Patrice O'Neal getting Gallagher to admit he was racist is such a classic bit on opie and Anthony. I go back and listen to it all the time😂😂😂😂

Carrot Top always got the raw deal in pop culture back in the day. The plastic surgery didn't help, but he was never awful. Had a few good bits here and there and probably was worth the admission price for the props alone.

Carrot Top is pretty high on my list of comedians I'd love to sit down and have a beer with.

That meeting between carrot top and Gallagher would have been such a good coffee and cigarettes sketch

Neal losing his shit over Gallagher's inability to see very basic, real humor and feel a room's reaction is priceless. SO good.

This is a FASCINATING story. Who tf woulda guessed this happened. Carrot top needs to have a movie made about him or atleast his biography wtf. Dudes lived a interesting af life and I’d be willing to guess he’s went thru a lot over the years

GREAT INTERVIEW! I'd heard about the issues between Gallagher & Carrot Top but never heard it directly from Carrot Top. Also, I've become a bigger fan of Carrot Top(the person) with every interview. He's been getting shit from the comedy world and his biggest mentor his entire career and just keeps moving forward. That's the stuff that legends are made of!

I hung out with Carrot Top once for a few hours. He is super nice and down to earth.

Neil knows how to listen and let a good story be told.

I grew up with Gallagher and Carrot Top. I had no idea any of this stuff going on behind the scenes. I didn't even know they knew each other. My mind is blown. My perspective have changed. Gallagher had a brother? What? I went to a small Gallagher show in the late 90s, when I was a teen. The smell was atrocious, by the way, with all the food and other crap being smashed. I can still smell it. I talked to him after the show for about 10 seconds while getting a signed photo. I thought something was off about him, even during the show. He was chunkier and had less energy than what I saw on TV. I summed it up to him being older and depressed about the small gigs. Now I'm wondering if that was actually him or if it was his brother. It was totally his brother, wasn't it? My whole world is upside down.

Lived in Vegas and worked as an entertainer in the arts district for close to a decade. Take this for what it's worth... locals talk. Carrot top is aces. The real deal with people. Stand up guy.

The best part of this is when you go look up the video with the watermelon and see that Gallagher just put the carrot top tshirt over the sailor shirt

Can confirm that Gallagher was kind of an angry guy. Saw him in Milwaukee a little bit before he died and he was hilarious, but the crowds reaction wasn't big enough so he would yell at us that his joke was funny. Glad to have actually seen him, but it was weird to see him as a somewhat bitter angry guy and not the goofy comedian from the 70s and 80s.

That gave me an existential crisis seeing carrot top so old… only seeing him a little bit on tv in the late 90s and then now… makes me realize how much time has really passed.

Gallagher was one of my favorite comedians growing up. I bought his DVD boxset of all of his specials. It was in a watermelon box. Such a shame he really was a bitter old man in the end. Thanks for the story Carrot Top!

I was expecting box office poison

I got sucked into the Gallagher Too thing in Detroit years ago. Front row gets ponchos. My ex at the time thought it was real Gallagher and bought tickets. The internet was new back then.

He performed at my college spring 1994, to this day the best comedy show I ever saw. Throat was sore for 2 days from laughter!

Gallagher was a hero of mine as a kid. Sadly he became this way with his fans too. His later shows, a bit before he passed, were just mean spirited and a real bummer. Just such a shame. I got to be on stage with him twice. Once a drunk fan fell and hit their head on a table and then the floor and blacked out, show ended right there, I have that all posted online. The saw him again a year or two later and got to smash the 1st melon on stage. All surreal now listening to these stories from Carrottop and what all went down.

This is one of the best told stories I've ever heard.

In my less evolved state, I did not understand carrot top. My love and admiration for him have increased 100 fold in the last 12 minutes. Keep on rocking dude.

Carrot Top looking like Jacked Sparrow.

Carrot Top is an OG! He's a smart dude, a great story teller and a great person.

Neil's "you're the next fuck" reaction is gold.

I love this interview! It's the kind that deserves a million views, an animated riff... and maybe a short film!

This story falls in line with when Gallagher stormed off WTF podcast and the time he was kicked off a radio show for being rude.

carrot top has such an interesting character arc he should make a movie and include this hilarious gallagar meta it would be friggen hilarious and feel good cause he's evolved so much it seems like a good comedy drama storyline..im going to write a script carrot just for you

This is an amazing story. I gained a lot of respect for Carrot Top after seeing him on podcasts like this and whiskey ginger

Gallagher had some great jokes way back. I remember one from the 80s: Kid's, don't smoke pot...When you're already high. Because you don't get more high. You only get less pot!

Not long after Norm MacDonald passed away CT was on stage and ran the video of The Conan O’Brian show with Norm and Courtney Thorne-Smith and the movie Chairman of the Board. Props to CT and showing the mad respect for Norm.

It sounds like Gallagher was upset that Carrot Top was leapfrogging him up the entertainment ladder.

Lotta Dangerfeild vibes from story. Amazing. Scott must have 1000 amazing stories

I'm a Winter Park/Orlando native, Scott is a fixture down here. He's well-known to be warm, kind & always has a second for a fan. Just a rad dude. 🤙

It’s almost as if Carrot is afraid to say the word “prop” - if you need a warehouse - it’s not full of words. Gallagher is saying that by using a lot of props - you stole his schtick. As if there’s only been one person in comedy whose been heavily prop dependent - and that’s Gallagher. Carrot Top was inspired by Gallagher but he made it his own. It’s like Little Richard saying Paul McCartney stole his bit. There’s so much more to Paul McCartney then a “woooo”

Damn. I remember young carrot top. Dude looks like a juiced up captain jack sparrow, but seriously, after this interview carrot top seems really cool

what a crazy story. I always wondered about the Gallagher pair. I had no idea! What a story. It's hard to find much on ol' Ron. . .great interview with Carrot Top!

Gallagher lost his mind years ago…he was claiming Blue Man Group stole from him too 😂🤣😭

carrot top is one of the most underrated show guests of all time. check his others hes got both incredibly interesting stories and rock solid jokes

After being a fan of Gallagher my entire life, watching his specials with my parents as a kid, I finally got to meet him, and all he did was make off color jokes about me bringing my mom to the show. He was extremely clever and smart, but almost impossible to talk to. I mean he had a table set up to meet people, I didn’t just run up to him during a meal somewhere. It was a bummer.

I'm deeply enjoying the rehabilitation of Carrot Top's rep among contemporary comedy

Carrot Top is a world class story teller ….seen his show a couple times, actually very funny. Half the show is straight standup. Seen him around Vegas and in town grabbing lunch all the time near my house ….super nice guy.

I'm not even 5 minutes into this and already this is the greatest podcast I've ever seen.

He strikes me as a guy who never had a healthy relationship in his entire life, and the closest he ever got was this with CT. For a guy born in '46 that makes sense. You can see that he wanted that and felt a tenderness for CT, in his dysfunctional way.

Not even a minute in, and the rummage sale looking for props crack kills me

He's a much more normal guy than I would have imagined.

When he's talking about meeting Gallagher in Vegas at a safe place "in case a fight breaks out" all I can think is: "Those mother fuckers would have some cool ass prop-weapons to fight with."

I saw 24 minutes and thought "I like Neil, I like Top, but not tonight." But that story, damn, watched the whole thing.

This is one of the greatest interviews I have ever seen.

Carrot Top always has good stories. Excellent video!

Gallagher was everything to me in '81 when I was 5.

I'm no fan of Carrot Top, just not my thing, but I love this conversation. I can watch most comedians talk shop, and it usually gives me a new appreciation for them.

I came here to listen for a couple of minutes... stayed for whole damn thing! What a story!

Incredible conversation and story. I met Scott early on in his career when he played my college and chatted with him after the show. He couldn't have been nicer.

he always gives great podcasts. hes been around for so damn long

I saw CT in college. 92. One of the funniest things I've ever seen. He is a humble guy from what it seems

I remember Carrot Top appearing on MTV comedy shows in the early '90s and I thought he was great. I'm glad to see he's still doing great. Gotta see him one of these days. "Gallagher wearing a Carrot Top shirt" is a priceless victory, especially if he really took the shirt home. Terrific interview. Sometimes I want to tell Neal to shut up his pretty face but he's so cute that I can't make myself do it.

I can't believe this is the first Brennan clip I saw. What a classic

I really enjoyed this interview. I feel bad that Gallagher did not give him any love at all. That would be heart breaking since Gallagher was his mentor and idol. Did Gallagher suffer from Bipolarism?

Prop comics are highly underrated in the world of stand-up. I remember a a kid Gallagher was one of the funniest comedians I ever saw. As I got older, I got more into traditional stand-ups, but my love for stand-up really started with Gallagher.

Carrot Top was always under rated. Great comedic timing and yes, Gallagher coming out at the end with the watermelon segment is hilarious!

This story is so well told I watched it twice. Also a great companion piece to this is the wtf interview with Gallagher. Has carrot top ever been on wtf?

Well done like a steamroller tag.....❤😂😂

I’ve heard bits of this story told many times. But all combined together is pretty amazing

"many of our peers are out of their fucking mind". A more brilliant observation has never been made.

Imagine going to see Carrot Top opening up for Gallagher or vice versa? I’d kill for that - both are amazing. ❤️

I remember loving Carrot Top as a kid from one joke that I don't even truly recall, it was like, a prop hand that he used to get the prizes out of cereal boxes? I think he shouted "GIVE ME MY PRIZE!" As a kid I died laughing, and then later saw Chairman of the Board and assumed he was cool. This was around the Yahoo Serious/Drop Dead Fred era of America... As I got older people kept making fun of him publicly and I thought, "oh I guess he's lame." Now as an adult I love hearing him on podcasts, he's just amazing to listen to, but especially loved this one, this Gallagher story was intense. I strive to be Carrot Top, but I fear becoming Gallagher. Imagine being so disconnected from reality and your perception that Carrot Top hands you a chance at redemption and to have your story live on in the hearts of others... and you just DIE ALONE, TOO DUMB TO REALIZE WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

One of my earliest memories his of the morning show AM Mayhem. An inspiration for sure and I saw him in Laughlin a few years back. Great show!.. sad to hear about that mentor relationship, but sounds like the dude came around.. regardless sounds like he had the best possible outcome for a crazy old mentor with that love/hate relationship. We just have to remember to let those positive moments shine through instead of focusing on those things that that felt painful at a time and place some of those things even feel positive as we grow up… definitely harder on the who ever the person looking up is especially knowing the big G since he was 12… amazing story teller!

Love this! Thanks for sharing

Big SHOUT OUT to Carrot Top for his understanding of the basic English language in regards to : to, two and too... Very different meanings people! It does matter. Carrot top and Neal, Love both you guys always...live long and prosper.

Thanks for all this. I’ll definitely check out more stuff.

Gallagher seemed like he had a bit of the paranoia.

gonna watch this episode again.

I like Carrot tops stories and the way he talks better than his stand-up routine. I remember seeing him when he first came out as a kid and laughing my ass off though. Everyone has since done those bits so many times now.

What a great guest. This is what makes you celebrities interesting, being honest and talking about things you don't enjoy talking about. Nobody cares about your money, kids, political activism, or opinions - tell stories about your career, tell us things we've never heard before, and focus on things that make you uncomfortable to tell - and you'll be a great guest.

Never understood why carrottop got so much hate.

Artists back then could be very tough and a little crazy, I had a mentor/teacher that was a nice guy. He made his way up in Vegas as a guitarist starting out as a dishwasher to playing crooner and Jobim music in various casinos. But when it came down to business it was as serious as it could get. I have friends that have stories of other musicians in NY that just blew my mind how hard and crazy they could be. Different times with different experiences I guess.

Carrot Top looking like he’s about to star in a new Pirates of the Caribbean movie.

"You stole the dumb parts" is the truest thing ever said about Gallagher and Carrot Top

One half of me is looking at CT and hearing "Carol Baskin!" over and over again... the other half is happy that he's still doing his thing out there.

There needs to be a tell-all biography written about Gallagher with audiobook narrated by Carrot Top

It sounds like Gallagher wanted a close relationship with him but couldn't stop himself from trying too hard and screwing things up.

Carrot top has quick subtle impressions that are great

Great interview.

Gallagher is Carrot Top's angry grandpa

love Carrot Top and Gallagher, great story thanks.

“Gallagher, Also” would’ve been great😂

"is he wearing the vertical striped shirt"😂😂😂

@15:12 when you showed Dave dressed up as Leo you made me bust out laughing like an idiot, thank you.

15:21 "..he screamed at Robin about stealing them(the suspenders) ...yelled at him, at the San Francisco Wharf.." Classic Neal!! Absolutely perfect timing, understated, doesn't draw attention to the joke.. just states it & let's it breathe

No bit: I had a very sad ending with my own mentor when his mental health deteriorated in the same kind of way. It's really a tough thing to go through because you know this person for so long but he goes in and mess with your livelihood. It's a real hard mental place to sit with. I think the only thing that probably made that situation bearable was the fact that you did have a story to tell after the fact and that's basically what you're in the business of. I'm really emotionally glad that I got to hear this story and thank you for telling it