Carrot Top (Komiker)
- For the record label, see Carrot Top Records
Scott Thompson (born February 25, 1965[1] in Ottawa, Canada) known by his stage name Carrot Top, is a Canadian prop comedian famous for his thick, curly red hair and often self-parodying style of comedy.
Early life
Carrot Top grew up in Florida where his father, Randy Weigand, was a scientist at NASA.[2] He graduated from Cocoa High School in 1983.[3] He is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton.[2] When someone suggested he try out for the college talent show he tried a few old jokes, but found real success the next year when he added a few props to his act.
Career
According to his official site, Carrot Top spends fifteen weeks a year doing live performances in Las Vegas (currently performing at the Luxor Hotel) and does over a hundred shows a year on tour. His routine is most known for his comedic use of props.
Carrot Top has also appeared in movies, including 1998's Chairman of The Board, and served as a spokesman and appeared in commercials for 1-800-CALL-ATT. He was also the continuity announcer for Cartoon Network between 1995 and 1999. He also recorded a commentary track for the 2002 Roger Avery film The Rules of Attraction.
Carrot Top produced and starred in an early morning show on Cartoon Network called Carrot Top's AM Mayhem from 1994-1996[4][5]
Carrot Top has also been frequently parodied, often in a manner mocking his routine as unfunny. Such examples include Mr. Show (in which David Cross appears as "Blueberry Head"), King of the Hill ("Celery Head"), Family Guy ("Carrot Scalp"), and several Achewood comic strips ("Vegetable Brain The Comedian"). Even his Scrubs appearance as himself shows him being unfunny to the present interns.
During the late 1990s, Carrot Top started an Internet company that specialized in Dewey Decimal System mechanics.Vorlage:Fact The company was quickly bought out by DataNet Systems Corporation for reasons unknown. On two appearances on an East Coast comedy tour, Carrot Top jokes about how he revolutionized the Internet based data retrieval system.
Carrot Top was also mentioned in an episode of Seinfeld, when Jerry pretends to his parents he has to fill in for someone, they ask him who canceled and he replies: Carrot Top.
In 2007 Carrot Top had the privilege of Roasting Flavor Flav on Comedy Central, a broadcast in which Carrot Top was often poked fun at for his recent facial surgery with many exclaiming he looked like a female.
Appeared in 2nd season episode of Gene Simmons' Family Jewels where he tries to help Gene remove a vibrator "accidentally" superglued to his hand.
Personal life
Carrot Top took up bodybuilding in 2001.[6]
Carrot Top's father appeared as a contestant on GSN's revival of I've Got a Secret. The panel figured out his secret, and Carrot Top gave a performance.
Awards and honors
- American Comedy Award: "Worst Male Stand-Up", 1994
References
- ↑ Though, in interviews, he has claimed to be born in 1967 and 1969.
- ↑ a b Carrot Top - Biography. Retrieved 3 November 2006.
- ↑ http://cocoahigh.alumnivillage.com/ProfileView.asp?alumni=1902
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ Hollywood Rag - Carrot Top Gets Buff. Published 18 August 2005. Retrieved 3 November 2006.