Carrot Top On His Legendary Comedy Career, The Power Of Consistency, The Art of Prop Comedy (Interview From November 2021)

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Chris Van Vliet

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🗓️ 18 October 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Scott Thompson, better known as Carrot Top (@RealCarrotTop) is a comedian an actor who has been making people laugh for more than 30 years. He joins Chris Van Vliet inside the Blue Wire Studios at the Wynn Las Vegas in this episode that originally aired on November 12, 2021. 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 Chris Van Vliet 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

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0:00.0	All systems are going.
0:01.4	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Bluie!
0:10.0	Thank you so much for coming by.
0:14.5	Yeah, thanks.
0:15.2	This is a pleasure.
0:15.8	Beautiful studio.
0:17.3	Very nice, right?
0:18.3	I can draw a crowd.
0:19.3	Look at that.
0:19.7	Oh, my gosh.
0:20.7	There's so many people here.
0:22.3	Hey, back off.
0:23.5	I might break the glass.
0:24.6	How many photos, though, did you post for on the way over here? A few, yeah. Yeah, that's good. I mean, I stand out like a sore thumb. Well, this is a thing like nobody else looks like you. This is true, which is a blessing and a curse.
0:18.3	I'm screwed in the lineup for sure.
0:19.9	Like there's other people you can be like, oh, is that?
0:21.8	I don't know.
0:22.4	Is that this person or that person?
0:23.5	Yeah, I do have a can be like, oh, is that? I don't know. Is that this person or
0:39.6	that person? Yeah, I do have a distinctive, like I said, it's good and bad. I would, Halloween, some dudes, like, that's a pretty good carrot top. If you were a little taller and a little more muscular, you'd nail it. I was like, not really. you literally said that
0:35.9	I said yeah oh mo yeah
0:37.2	it's a pretty good care of top
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