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Carrot Top
Becoming a pop culture icon is a difficult thing to achieve but Scott "Carrot Top" Thompson has done just that. With over two decades of comedic performance in his rear view mirror, Carrot Top is one of the most popular, recognizable and successful comedians in America. After years of playing out to sold-out shows throughout the country, he has now become a Las Vegas icon as well, recently inking a long-term deal with the Luxor Resort and Casino.The trademark red locks and the undeniably inventive use of props have vaulted Carrot Top to the level that most comedians can only hope to reach. "Nobody can steal my act," says Carrot Top. "I've challenged comics to write me a prop and they can't. All comedians can use plays on words or puns but writing a visual joke is something else. A rubber chicken isn't enough. I have to write my own material and make my own props because no one sells what I do better than me. I'm happy not only that I have my own style but that I've been an original from the very start."
That start came when he was a student at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. His freshman year he went to a club and saw live stand-up comedy for the first time. A couple of months later the campus bulletin board announced an open mic night. "I wasn't going to do it but my roommate convinced me. He said 'You're funny.' I was scared and did some old jokes but people liked it." His second attempt brought his first prop to the stage. It was so... [MORE]
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