Carrot Top #1
Carrot Top #1
Comedian
Comedians have always used props but, before Carrot Top (a.k.a. Scott Thompson), no comic had ever actually created props, not as puns, but as humorous inventions. His own book, Junk In The Trunk: Some Assembly Required (Simon and Schuster, 1996), was a retrospective of his inventions. With a Rube Goldberg genius for gadgets and rock n' roll in-your-face energy, Carrot Top is a comedian unlike any other - ever.
The road to becoming a pop culture reference had its early rocky moments. This college graduate (degree in marketing) son of a NASA scientist didn't grow up in show business. Even worse, when he began his steady climb upward in 1990, many clubs wouldn't book him because he didn't fit into the angst-filled zeitgeist of contemporary stand-up comedy. But then his imaginative hyper-reality became a hit on college campuses. He remains the only person ever named both Entertainer of the Year and Comedian of the Year in the same year (1993) by the National Association of Campus Activities. In 1994, he took home the American Comedy Award for Best Male Stand-Up.
Today, Carrot Top is one of the most popular and successful comedians in America. Each year he stars for an astonishing 15 weeks in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand, headlines another 100+ concerts across the country, and makes dozens of television appearances. Thanks to becoming a celebrity TV pitchman for 1-800-CALL-ATT, which is featuring his commercials for the third year, he's a household name.
Like only music stars and the rarest of others, Carrot Top has sold out L.A.'s Universal Ampitheatre. The rock n' roll analogy proved even truer when he hit Vegas. No comedian has ever presented a live show like his. A spectacle worthy of the Rolling Stones (his favorite band), his concert is filled with lights, lasers, loud music, fog machines and flame cannons.
When not on the road, Carrot Top likes to go to the gym, watch sports, surf, jet-ski, and work at home. He lives in both Los Angeles and Orlando, FL.
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