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Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Carrot Top: 30+ Years Of Comedy, The Power Of Consistency, His Favorite Props & Las Vegas

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Business, Health & Fitness, Sports, Wrestling

4.94.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Today's guest is Scott Thompson, better known to fans around the world as Carrot Top (@RealCarrotTop). Carrot Top is a comedian an actor who has been making people laugh for more than 30 years and he joins Chris Van Vliet for this interview at the Blue Wire Studios at the Wynn Las Vegas. Carrot Top talks about performing his show 6 nights a week at the Luxor Hotel and Casino, how Jay Leno and The Tonight Show helped him get his first big break, the art of prop comedy, how he has been able to achieve such longevity in show business, the best advice he has ever received and much more! If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests. For more information about CVV and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com Follow CVV on social media: Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet TikTok: tiktok.com/@Chris.VanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

All systems are going.

0:01.3

Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Bluilly.

0:07.6

So good to see you, my friends.

0:10.1

Welcome back to another audio adventure on Insight.

0:13.2

And welcome back to another interview from the brand new, beautiful Blue Wire Studios at the

0:19.2

Win Las Vegas.

0:20.6

It is just gorgeous.

0:22.8

If you don't know what I'm talking about, check out the photos and the videos that I posted

0:26.6

on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube.

0:29.6

It's all out there.

0:30.8

Actually, speaking of YouTube, we're just putting the finishing touches right now on a full

0:35.8

studio tour video that you'll be seeing on there soon.

0:38.7

My incredibly talented editor, his name is Zeus.

0:42.5

You can find him at Zeus.com on TikTok and Instagram.

0:47.8

He's making this video look amazing.

0:50.4

So make sure you're subscribed on YouTube so you don't miss out on this video. And I'm assuming

0:55.0

that you're subscribed here to the podcast because you're listening right now. But if not,

0:59.6

hit subscribe or hit follow because we've got a lot of amazing stuff coming up as we end

1:05.2

2021 and then head in to 2022.

1:18.3

Carrot Top is such a legend, both a Las Vegas legend and a comedy legend, and it was such an honor and such a privilege to sit down with him in person for this interview.

1:22.2

I mean, he's been doing this for 30 plus years, so there was so much to soak in here. Give him a follow on social media. He's at

1:31.2

Real Carat Top on Twitter. He's at Carat Top Live on Instagram. You can follow me as well. I'm at

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