Carrot Top
Carrot Top
Scott Thompson, known by the stage name Carrot Top, is an American stand-up comedian, actor, director, producer, writer, and best known for his bright red hair, prop comedy, and self-deprecating humor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth25 February 1965
CityRockledge, FL
CountryUnited States of America
iron hair looks
Almost every day, someone asks if I ever flat iron my hair. I say, 'No, because I'm afraid it wouldn't look good and wouldn't come back curly.'
hard-times hair orange
People do give me a hard time about my hair because it's orange and it's big.
wells
Comics don't like to see other comics do well.
careers people realizing
Some people don't realize that I've had a career pre-commercials.
laughing people ems
My way of making people like me was to make 'em laugh.
comedian laughed my-friends
When I told my friends I was going to be a comedian, they laughed at me.
giving community important
I've always believed that it's important to give something back to the world and community.
home cities orlando
I have a home in Orlando. That's kind of my default 'getaway' city.
blessing who-i-am knows
The blessing is that everyone knows who I am because of the commercials.
real names gone
My real name is Scott Thompson. I could have gone by that name, but when I started doing comedy I thought I needed to go by something that has a little more of a hook.
home yelling people
I do go through a mini depression because one minute there are people yelling and screaming for me on stage and the next I'm at home and it's dead quiet. So it takes a while to come down.
laughter world props
Everyone has the gift of laughter inside of them. All the world is a prop.
thinking people comedian
I always think everyone else is funnier than me. I look at other comedians and I say, 'I wish I was that good.' People think I'm funny, and I say, 'I'm not.'