Carrot Top on Kill Tony Guest of the Year win and 20 yr Las Vegas residency | Theatre | Entertainment | EUROtoday

The American comic, well-known for his hilarious props, has been performing his Las Vegas residency on the Luxor Hotel and Casino (that big pyramid) for over 20 years. He could also be in his sixties, however removed from fading from the highlight, Carrot Top (actual title Scott Thompson) has had one thing of a profession renaissance during the last couple of years, with quite a few appearances on stand-up comedy present Kill Tony, the world’s greatest reside podcast. Having gained joint-Guest of the Year 2025 through the Netflix New Year’s Eve particular Once Upon a Time in Texas, Carrot Top is again on the streamer this week in Kill Tony Mania, a Wrestlemania particular filmed on the Strip final weekend that continues to dominate the US Top 10. The Daily Express sat down as soon as once more with the comic in his vibrant and closely embellished dressing room to speak about twenty years in Vegas and his entry into the Kill Tony universe.

Congratulations on 20 years on the Luxor. What would you say are the largest adjustments to your present in its evolution over that point?

Oh man, effectively the entire thing has modified due to the know-how with the video wall behind me. I imply, even the quantity of props that I do because the supposed tales might be 70% get up now. Some of that occurred due to Covid, as we have been in a restricted room the place I sort of did not depend on the props, and I began doing extra storytelling. And then I broke my leg snowboarding and I used to be on a knee scooter, so I could not do my present bodily the way in which I needed to do it. So I used to be restricted to telling tales, after which simply sort of blended the storytelling with the props, that are nonetheless concerned, however there’s not as many. I’m by no means going to eliminate the props. That’s my factor. But I do get pleasure from telling tales now and conserving topical.

You at all times wish to replace your present with new props and present affairs jokes. Half of your residency time has been dominated by Trump in politics. Is the president nonetheless the comedy reward that retains on giving now that he’s been reelected?

It depends upon the way you do it. I do not get political within the present for a cause. It’s a really high-quality line, as a result of I do not actually attempt to get political, and the group would not need it both. So I do a joke about how America voted in 2024 and this image of Trump comes up behind me, and the group both goes loopy and claps, or they go lifeless silent. So I’m ready for both response and I’ll say, ‘Every night is the same! No one knows what to do.’ Last evening, all of them cheered. No one’s ever booed. They simply both get lifeless silent, like, ‘oh crap’, or all of them cheer. Nevada is certainly a swing state!

How would you say Vegas has modified in your 20 years right here? With David Copperfield ending his residency subsequent week, when it comes to uninterrupted headliners, it’s simply you and Penn and Teller nonetheless going from once you began.

It’s modified immensely. I imply, not solely the variety of reveals, the variety of inns, the expansion and the folks that come right here. When I began on the MGM Grand, 20-some years in the past, there was, on a given evening, round 25 reveals throughout 12 main casinos. Now we’ve like 50 main casinos and 1000s of reveals each evening. It’s modified throughout the board. As far as comedy goes, I believe it is simply the identical. People wish to snort and also you’ve acquired to be sensible sufficient to know what to not do. I imply, that is simply widespread sense. People have been oohing and ahhing for years. I’ve been doing it for 40 years. People used to ooh 40 years in the past. They nonetheless ooh and ahh at dangerous jokes.

How did your Kill Tony appearances get began? Did Tony Hinchcliffe simply name you up sooner or later? Had you heard of the present?

I knew what the present was. I used to be in Florida on my boat, and I acquired a name from one in all my guys, and so they mentioned, ‘Tony wants to call you, is it okay if he calls you?’ And I mentioned, ‘Yeah’. He calls and says, ‘I’m a big fan. Of all the guests I’ve had on Kill Tony, I really want you. Would you bring props?’ And I mentioned, ‘No. I’m making an attempt to maneuver on from simply being the prop man, I wish to come on and simply inform a narrative.’ He mentioned, ‘Oh, man, well, you can do that too. But, the props would be pretty sensational, because you’re going to show these young people who don’t know who you are, who you are.’ He’s very sensible and I mentioned, ‘That’s a very good level!’

Another huge achievement for you was successful Kill Tony joint-Guest of the Year 2025 with Rob Schneider on the Netflix New Year’s Eve particular. How did that really feel? It have to be superb to see your work being found by a brand new era of comedy followers.

My preliminary thought was, it’s Guest of the Year, not Guests of the Year! I used to be like, ‘How did two of us win?’ Tony was like, ‘Come on!’ We have been backstage and I used to be instructed, ‘By the way, you can’t go away early and want to remain to the tip since you’re sort of going to be in it.’ So I assumed I used to be going to get Guest of the Year, after which once they had each of us win, I used to be like, ‘What the f*** is this?’ But no, it was an incredible second and Rob Schneider and I’ve been pals for a few years. So it was sort of cool coming collectively. He’s a very good man and effectively deserving. No one higher to share that with. It was an honour when Joe Rogan gave it to us. Rob and I’ve grow to be even nearer since then, texting forwards and backwards.

Carrot Top performs nightly on the Luxor Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and tickets might be booked right here. Kill Tony Mania and Kill Tony: Once Upon a Time in Texas are streaming now on Netflix. Carrot Top’s appearances on the primary Kill Tony podcast present are episodes 720 and 735 on YouTube.