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5 min readCarrot Top's Suicide Attempt, a Tech Executive's Dating List, and Roller Derby Culture
The Big Mad Morning Show opened with a surprising piece of celebrity news: Carrot Top, the prop comic with the longest-running Las Vegas residency, had attempted suicide. The hosts admitted they didn't know much about him and went down a rabbit hole that revealed a tangled legal situation. A former opening act named Brian Evans alleged that Carrot Top sent him unsolicited explicit videos, and a second man, Zachary DeFazio (now 25), filed a sworn declaration saying he met Carrot Top through Grindr when he was 19 and Carrot Top was 56. DeFazio claimed Carrot Top gave him alcohol and engaged in sexual conduct when he was too intoxicated to consent. The legal filings also included explicit text messages spanning nearly a year.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:04) **Show Open & Sponsor Block** - Pre-recorded ads for CELA heating/cooling and Optimum internet.
- 2 (03:22) **Morning Show Kickoff** - Hosts Corbin, Gimpy, and Lindsey welcome listeners and preview the show, including a Tulsa State Fair ticket giveaway and a call-in segment with family law attorney Jeff Hensley.
- 3 (05:08) **Carrot Top Suicide Attempt & Legal Troubles** - The hosts discuss the news of Carrot Top’s apparent suicide attempt and the surrounding allegations.
- 4 (13:48) **Grindr and Dating App Culture** - The hosts speculate about how dating apps like Grindr work, particularly the practice of posting torso-only photos.
- 5 (16:10) **Carrot Top’s Audience and Career** - The hosts consider whether Carrot Top’s audience would abandon him if he came out, concluding his fans are there for the comedy, not his sexuality.
- 6 (18:04) **Carrot Top’s Show Status & A Death Hoax** - The hosts check ticket availability and joke about his show being pulled, then briefly get confused over a listener text suggesting a different celebrity died.
- 7 (20:33) **News Segment: Rall’s Bomb Threat** - A 20-year-old in Michigan is arrested for posting Snapchat messages threatening to blow up his workplace, a Rall’s restaurant.
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Show Notes
Welcome Back From The Weekend!!! We Talk About The Best & Worst Parts, Carrot Top Decided He Wanted To Try To End Things, News Quickies, We Talk To An Awesome Listener, Jeff Hensley Stops By, Pepper Sprayed In The Theater, & Are The Expectationsn Of This Gal Too High?!?!?!?
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