Talk:Carrot Top/Archive 1

Neutrality

While I agree that Carrot Top is just about at the bottom of the humor ladder, is the statement to that affect not a bit POV? Some people must like him quite a bit. Is there a more neutral way of mentioning how reviled he is by many? -R. fiend 09:11, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I think something needs to be added about his near-universally scorned status as a "comic" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.147.93.41 (talk) 19:44, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Sold out shows

"but sells out hundreds of concert dates a year despite this reputation"

Source? Apostrophe 6 July 2005 03:57 (UTC)

Informal

This article has been written in an extremely informal fashion and needs to be reworked.

Example: "When a club owner couldn't believe he couldn't get a gig and booked him for the New Year's Eve night at his own club."

Say what you will about the man...

But everyone I know who has seen him live (including myself) has left with new found respect. Yes he relies on an extensive collection of props, but there is no other word to describe his act that is more accurate than "hilarious". Perhaps people should spend less time criticising him and stick to providing facts. Opinions have no place on the actual wiki page.

Now if you are concerned with adding legitimate information, why not add the fact that he has a Pomeraninan (dog) named Jessica Alba. If anyone has any information on the background story to that one, I would love to see it added. There is a reference at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomeranian_%28dog%29 so I assume it is factual, but that is all I could find on it.--151.151.73.171 15:55, 9 June 2006 (UTC)CosterM

I agree, he's funny. The prop thing tends to trick people into thinking he's a hack, but he's actually funnier than a lot of the comics who attack him -- especially in the last few years, when he's become kind of a fallback punchline for hack comedians. As for the article, it's a mess -- free-floating biographical tidbits and criticisms, edited with a chainsaw. Some more biographical info would be good. Some citation for the plastic surgery thing would be nice, since I've not heard about it before, though I know he's started working out and he's all musclebound now, which is just bizarre. It could definitely use some examples of his material. It can be fixed, but it'll take some work. MrBook 14:38, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

omfg. I couldn't believe anyone would ever describe him as "musclebound" so I looked for a recent picture and holy hell! [1] gross!! steroids much? and that face?! is he wearing eyeliner or something? I mean who looks in the mirror and thinks 'oh yeah, this is a good look for me' when they see THAT looking back at them? someone needs to tell him that his freak flag is flying way TOO high. Do NOT click on the image if you don't want nightmares. --Deglr6328 22:49, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

AAAAaaaaaggghh! MY EYES! IT BURNS!!! 69.81.50.252 20:59, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

I've seen his act, not in full, but on several TV performances which are usually 5 or 10 minutes long. Does he do stuff in his act that he doesn't do on TV? Because most of his stuff on TV isn't that funny. There are a some good propjokes, but most of them are pretty mundane TheHYPO 16:23, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

That's what I would like to know - it would be hard to see how he could do what he does on T.V. for 5-10 minutes on stage for an hour. - Matthew238 05:30, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I can't resist:

Carrot Top’s brother, Garret, is a member of the Virginia Air National Guard.

How awful it must be for him to be called 'Garret Top'. --Heath 69.174.67.197 04:15, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, Carrot Top's birth name is Scott Thompson, so I assume his brother goes by the name Garret Thompson, which is pretty pedestrian and not too humurous. Unless you think really hard about it. "Garret Thompson". Heh heh... Garret Thompson. --jeffrey elliot 06:18, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

citation

Carrot Top's father was on the new I've Got A Secret (his secret was that he was Carrot Top's father), and his intro revealed his former NASA line of work - If someone wants to figure out how to properly cite that, I couldn't figure out a convenient way

"Brick-red" Hair?

He doesn't have brick-red hair. It's orange, hence the name "Carrot Top." Brick-red is innacurrate and doesn't make sense.

The top of a carrot is green. I can't be the only person to have noticed this. (Unless the whole point of 'carrot top' nickname is that the top refers to the persons' hair, and not the actual top of the carrot.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.202.92.142 (talk) 15:12, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

That's exactly what it refers to.  — Mike.lifeguard | ^@en.wb 18:59, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

*headdesk* 66.42.220.58 (talk) 00:38, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

I don't know if this is unclear to anybody, but the generic term "carrot top" was an informal nickname for redheads long before Carrot Top himself appropriated the term for his own--99.228.103.77 (talk) 06:25, 3 April 2009 (UTC).

Yes, Carrot Top used to make comparisons between himself and Pippi Longstockings as well as Wendy.
⋙–Berean–Hunter—► ((⊕)) 08:18, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

If it was brick-red then wouldn't he be called firehead? KingRaven (>$.$)> (talk) 07:20, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Carrot top - bodybuilder?

Someone please explain this picture - http://img.waffleimages.com/4b000ec8b576b562522139cd60dd734fe1650bb3/carrot_top_buff2.JPG --Liface 07:22, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Apparently the 'Top has bulked up. He was looking a bit buffer and more toned than usual in his appearances on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn a few years ago, but he's really put on muscle since then. It's not a joke photo--his new buff physique was evident in his recent guest appearance on Reno 911!. -- Pennyforth 17:12, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

His veins on his arms are... creepy. Atypicaloracle (talk) 15:14, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

I agree with you there. He looks like a moron with all those muscles. He atleast looked human when he was skinny. mz (talk) 00:13, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Picture in article is creepy...

I cringe whenever I see it...

It should be changed...there are better pics of him out there and I'm sure one not's copyrighted.

He looks like a woman having an orgasm. We need to change that picture.

I have to wonder what kind of women you're accustomed to seeing. I don't disagree that it is a most unflattering picture, however. - Tenmiles 06:33, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

The current one ain't too good, either. Is there no way we can get a photo that doesn't have him sporting a painted-on mustache and devil horns? 24.6.66.193 09:36, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

I don't think there is any way for us to secure an image of Carrot Top that does not make him look infernal. This current one is especially sinister looking. Atypicaloracle (talk) 15:16, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Yes, it's creepy. But it's true to life. He looks creepy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.68.134.1 (talk) 14:35, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

omgosh

I thought carrot top was a chick.

Alleged celebrity in Sweden

"Is a huge celebrity in Sweden. [3]"

This is a most foul and outright lie. Being a Swede, I can assure you that. And the link doesn't work; it probably never has. Since I'm all new here, however, I'll wait before correcting this insult. --Taeronai 09:43, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Chairman of the Board

I defy anyone to explain the plot of 'Chairman of the Board' if there is such a thing as Glow in the Dark paint in the universe of the film. --Jperlin 22:51, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Birthyear

Was Carrot Top born in 1965, 1967 or 1969? As said in the article, Carrot Top has said both 1967 and 1969, yet the article says 1965? Hotwine8 20:14, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

You can do the math: he graduated from high school in 1983 which is crossreferenced. You only have my word that he was definitely not 14 at the time. Probably not 16 either. 18 would be a more reasonable figure. Student7 00:19, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

If his father was a scientist, the it is a possibility. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.116.227.129 (talk) 19:57, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

1-800-CALL-ATT?

I replaced the text "AT&T" in this article with "1-800-CALL-ATT" since that's a more accurate description of the product he did commercials for. But someone reverted the edit and said "Not an ad for AT&T!", even though my edit was very accurate - it corrected a mistake that someone made when writing this article. I'd like whoever reverted my edit to apologize for damaging my constructive work here on Wikipedia! 65.34.126.252 23:20, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

RIDICULOUS SYNTAX

"Numerous rumors have surfaced about the appearance of Carrot Top in recent appearances."

^are you serious?

Yeah, I agree. This line about his wife is also confusing: "famed Queen's University Student, Josephine Kwong". I'm assuming that the famed bit refers to the uni, not Kwong, but the wording is ambiguous.72.140.96.54 (talk) 04:29, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Florida vs Canada

I've seen this batted back and forth: did CT grow up in Canada or Florida? The school from which he graduated was in Florida, and his father's job was in Florida. So, from where are we getting that he grew up in Canada? --Mark H Wilkinson ^{(t, c)} 21:10, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Surname

Why is his surname THOMPSON while his father's surname is given in the article as WEIGAND? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.126.250.116 (talk) 19:07, 3 October 2007 (UTC)