What a trunk trick it is to continually surprise audiences 40 years into a career. But that’s exactly what Carrot Top (née Scott Thompson) keeps doing. The King of Props is marking a double milestone this year—celebrating four decades in comedy and turning 60—and still putting out a high-energy, belly-busting show that keeps the crowds coming (even on a Monday night, when we happened to catch the ginger-do’d funnyman).
Carrot Top’s long-running show at Luxor (going on 20 years this year!) is a blend of stand-up, high-energy physical comedy, sharp cultural commentary and video snippets. Each night, he riffs on the latest headlines, music trends and viral oddities, turning them into quick-fire jokes coupled with interactive prop routines. The stage features several trunks’ worth of doodads and DIY contraptions that preface or punctuate a joke.
“I love creating props that are relevant to whatever’s current, from a news headline to a song I heard on the radio,” Carrot Top has said.
When he started out in the 1980s, the Florida native was hauling his first few trunks from one comedy club to the next. “When I started touring at the beginning of my career, I had two trunks and a strobe light,” he said. “Things got pretty crazy pretty fast, and before I knew it, I had a team touring the country in an 18-wheeler with 35 trunks full of props.”
The result is a performance that’s never the same twice, keeping audiences—and his team of trunk-wranglers—on their toes. The jokes come so fast and furious that you might miss the next punch line while still laughing through the last one.
These days, Carrot Top’s Las Vegas residency has the scope of a full-blown spectacle—complete with music, lights, fog and streamer cannons—but his humor remains rooted in everyday observations and spot-on impersonations. His stagecraft and showmanship have earned him not just longevity but cultural familiarity. He’s instantly recognizable, and judging by the film montage that precedes the show, Carrot Top has been a throughline in pop culture for as long as anyone can remember.
He’s appeared on Live with Kelly & Mark, Hacks and CBS’ Super Bowl LVIII Special. His voice has popped up on podcasts like The Joe Rogan Experience, Howie Mandel Does Stuff and Club Random with Bill Maher. On screen, he’s starred in Chairman of the Board and Dennis the Menace Strikes Again, and more recently appeared in Don’t Suck with Jamie Kennedy and Matt Rife, plus a new documentary about Gallagher.
Four decades in, Carrot Top is not slowing down. Walk into his show on any given night and you’ll get jokes about whatever’s dominating the news cycle, plus a Trump bit, a Biden impression and some prop that might be absurd, raunchy or silly (but always funny).
By the time the last prop comes out—an homage to his hero, Gallagher—you realize the real trick isn’t the props at all; it’s keeping people laughing for 40 years straight.
• Carrot Top is inviting his fans to join the party with a special $40 ticket offer to select Luxor shows—a dollar for every year he’s been turning ordinary objects into comedy gold.
For more details, call 702.262.4400
Luxor, 800.5577428. luxor.mgmresorts.com
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