Carrot Top on Getting Jacked, Meeting Gene Simmons

I know you exercise a lot. You used to be giant. I know. I know. You used to be giant, man. I was 40 pounds bigger than I am. Oh my God. Literally. What made you get so jacked? I got the flu and then I didn't know. Oh, you got me jacked? Yeah. I just, well, I'll tell you what I did, but it was when I got that permanent gig, I had nothing to do all day in Vegas, literally. So you just started getting pumped? So I started just going to the gym every day. Like I'd go three hours a day, literally. Three hours of lifting? Well, this is again, 15 years ago. And I just was huge. And one day I went to my warehouse to do something. There was a picture of something. And I was like, what the fuck? Like, I was like 90. I'm like 140. Wow. This is my original fighting weight right now. 140 is my... That's where you feel leading me. Yeah, this is where I grew up, born and raised, I was 135, 140 my whole life. And then I went to like 185. Did you have a lot of joint pain all the time? Everything. I was always injured, I was always hurt. Didn't look good on stage. It was just, it was weird. It was like, you know, people were like, what the fuck happened to Karen Todd? They've always said that. But that is a thing though, when you get really jacked on stage, it becomes a distraction. It did. Gene Simmons, of all people, came to this, just being so muscular, take away from the... That's the worst Gene Simmons impression ever. All said, Gene Simmons became like an Englishman from the 80s. Excuse me, Karen Todd is Gene. So I got Gene really good one time, said, this is great. So he comes back, him's a show, comes backstage, and he says to me, what do you do to make money besides this? And I said, what the fuck you talking, nothing. He said, you don't have any other thing that gives you money. I said, I don't know, I do comedy six nights a week. But you don't have another investment of some sort, yes? He's trying to offer you some prostitution work. Well, no, yeah. That's really weird. And Gene, listen, I'm seeing somebody, okay? But let me try on your platforms. No, so I... Just let me slip, I knew him. I want teeth on my shoes. But he says to me, and this is great because I'm being really serious with him, right? So I said, no, but I did one thing a long time ago. I wrote a jingle. It was the jingle. And I said, it's by Menon. And he says, I'm not following you. I said, remember the commercial by Menon? And he goes, that was you. And I said, yeah. He says, get the fuck out. I said, no. I said, my friend has a, had an organ in my garage. You'd left there and we were out fucking around. And that by Menon thing, we had a campaign that said come up with a jingle. So we came up with it just, it wasn't even funny. It was just by Menon. And we sent it to the Menon, whatever, whatever that was, under, whatever that was. And he says, wait a second. So that's, you're making this up. I said, no. He said, how much did they pay for that? I said, I'm still, I still get money for it. I said, it was amazing, but it just kind of fluke. I said, we tried to come up with other things. And he's looking at me like that is just unremarkable. And I said, yes. It's the impression of Jean Zun is so bad. And then he said, I said, and see, that's great. And I said, anything else? I said, well, I came up with now with Retzen. And he says, what are you talking about? I said, with Retzen, remember the search? And he goes, you're fucking me. I said, yes. But the Menon thing, I said, no, it's all bullshit. He lost his shit. He's like, God damn, I sat there for 20 minutes believing he came up with by Menon and Retzen. I said, no, I never, but I got him good on his show. Cause I did, I did the, when he had it at his house that, Oh, the reality show. Yeah. Yeah. So family jewels. First met him, I go family jewels. And I go and he says, do you want to see my, my warehouse? And I said, sure. So it takes me to this huge wing of his house. I mean, literally it's probably the size of Walmart. It's full. He says to me, I've got, I've got everything asked. I said, well, of course you have a kiss condom. I mean, he goes, Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. He had kiss coffins, we have kiss everything, you know. And I said, I said, we're on, we're live, or they're filming me with him. And I said, get towards the end. I said, he said, well, thank you for dropping by. And I said, I said, I don't want to, this is going to come across completely fucking wrong. I said, don't take this the wrong way. And he says, what? I said, you're going to take this the wrong way. I, he says, what? I said, I've never heard of this, your band. You must've, I said, you must've done well, but I've never heard of kiss. And he says, it's like a really weird, but he goes, you've never heard of kiss. I said, no, I see. I knew you'd take it the wrong way. I said, I just, I mean, look at all this. Holy fuck, I've never heard of kiss. How long have you guys been a band? And he looked at me like, he said, he'd fucking kill me. And I said, I know, like Hanson, I know Hanson. Ah, Hanson. And he's a Hanson. This is when they were hitting a big, you know. I said, I know Hanson, right? And he goes, you fucking me. I said, no, I don't, I never heard of kiss. I said, I'm fucking with you, come on. And then I got him again. Jesus Christ, by men. By men, and he. And he was serious? He like, he really believed you? Oh yeah, no.The Jerogan experience. I know you exercise a lot. You used to be giant. I know. I know. You used to be giant, man. I was 40 pounds bigger than I am. Oh my God. Literally. What made you get so jacked? I got the flu and then I didn't know. Oh, you got me jacked? Yeah. I just, well, I'll tell you what I did, but it was when I got that permanent gig, I had nothing to do all day in Vegas, literally. So you just started getting pumped? So I started just going to the gym every day. Like I'd go three hours a day, literally. Three hours of lifting? Well, this is again, 15 years ago. And I just was huge. And one day I went to my warehouse to do something. There was a picture of something. And I was like, what the fuck? Like, I was like 90. I'm like 140. Wow. This is my original fighting weight right now. 140 is my... That's where you feel leading me. Yeah, this is where I grew up, born and raised, I was 135, 140 my whole life. And then I went to like 185. Did you have a lot of joint pain all the time? Everything. I was always injured, I was always hurt. Didn't look good on stage. It was just, it was weird. It was like, you know, people were like, what the fuck happened to Karen Todd? They've always said that. But that is a thing though, when you get really jacked on stage, it becomes a distraction. It did. Gene Simmons, of all people, came to this, just being so muscular, take away from the... That's the worst Gene Simmons impression ever. All said, Gene Simmons became like an Englishman from the 80s. Excuse me, Karen Todd is Gene. So I got Gene really good one time, said, this is great. So he comes back, him's a show, comes backstage, and he says to me, what do you do to make money besides this? And I said, what the fuck you talking, nothing. He said, you don't have any other thing that gives you money. I said, I don't know, I do comedy six nights a week. But you don't have another investment of some sort, yes? He's trying to offer you some prostitution work. Well, no, yeah. That's really weird. And Gene, listen, I'm seeing somebody, okay? But let me try on your platforms. No, so I... Just let me slip, I knew him. I want teeth on my shoes. But he says to me, and this is great because I'm being really serious with him, right? So I said, no, but I did one thing a long time ago. I wrote a jingle. It was the jingle. And I said, it's by Menon. And he says, I'm not following you. I said, remember the commercial by Menon? And he goes, that was you. And I said, yeah. He says, get the fuck out. I said, no. I said, my friend has a, had an organ in my garage. You'd left there and we were out fucking around. And that by Menon thing, we had a campaign that said come up with a jingle. So we came up with it just, it wasn't even funny. It was just by Menon. And we sent it to the Menon, whatever, whatever that was, under, whatever that was. And he says, wait a second. So that's, you're making this up. I said, no. He said, how much did they pay for that? I said, I'm still, I still get money for it. I said, it was amazing, but it just kind of fluke. I said, we tried to come up with other things. And he's looking at me like that is just unremarkable. And I said, yes. It's the impression of Jean Zun is so bad. And then he said, I said, and see, that's great. And I said, anything else? I said, well, I came up with now with Retzen. And he says, what are you talking about? I said, with Retzen, remember the search? And he goes, you're fucking me. I said, yes. But the Menon thing, I said, no, it's all bullshit. He lost his shit. He's like, God damn, I sat there for 20 minutes believing he came up with by Menon and Retzen. I said, no, I never, but I got him good on his show. Cause I did, I did the, when he had it at his house that, Oh, the reality show. Yeah. Yeah. So family jewels. First met him, I go family jewels. And I go and he says, do you want to see my, my warehouse? And I said, sure. So it takes me to this huge wing of his house. I mean, literally it's probably the size of Walmart. It's full. He says to me, I've got, I've got everything asked. I said, well, of course you have a kiss condom. I mean, he goes, Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. He had kiss coffins, we have kiss everything, you know. And I said, I said, we're on, we're live, or they're filming me with him. And I said, get towards the end. I said, he said, well, thank you for dropping by. And I said, I said, I don't want to, this is going to come across completely fucking wrong. I said, don't take this the wrong way. And he says, what? I said, you're going to take this the wrong way. I, he says, what? I said, I've never heard of this, your band. You must've, I said, you must've done well, but I've never heard of kiss. And he says, it's like a really weird, but he goes, you've never heard of kiss. I said, no, I see. I knew you'd take it the wrong way. I said, I just, I mean, look at all this. Holy fuck, I've never heard of kiss. How long have you guys been a band? And he looked at me like, he said, he'd fucking kill me. And I said, I know, like Hanson, I know Hanson. Ah, Hanson. And he's a Hanson. This is when they were hitting a big, you know. I said, I know Hanson, right? And he goes, you fucking me. I said, no, I don't, I never heard of kiss. I said, I'm fucking with you, come on. And then I got him again. Jesus Christ, by men. By men, and he. And he was serious? He like, he really believed you? Oh yeah, no.