Carrot Top: Rocks Las Vegas

Starring:Scott 'Carrot Top' Thompson
Director: Steve Hanft
Studio: Delta Entertainment
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Amazon.com
This fever dream of a Vegas comedy show finds prop-comic Carrot Top surrounded by showgirls, fire-breathing dragons, fog, strobe lighting, and the hysterical love of his fans. The orange-maned CT does bits about flying into Sin City, lost luggage, lost women--the works. It's all good, but his trademark, show-and-tell stuff is more effective: a lunchbox for fat kids (actually five interconnected lunchboxes), a hollow-bellied mannequin that serves as a buffet buddy, an expanding-contracting bra designed for Britney Spears, and tiny luggage suitable for tight storage. Penn and Teller make a cameo appearance during a humiliating dream sequence, but there's plenty of embarrassment to spread around as Carrot Top does his prop-heavy impressions of Kate Winslet, Tom Petty, Steven Tyler, and numerous other notables. The show has been heavily embellished, in a post-production sense, for home viewing, including weird (and sometimes annoying) drawings and film inserts. Not necessary, but not a problem either. --Tom Keogh
Description
Dizzying lights, exotic showgirls, whirling roulette wheels, clanging slot machines, sleepless nights, rolling dice, dazzling light shows, drive-through weddings, complimentary steak, and Carrot Top. Yes, you heard it right. Carrot Top, the red-headed wunderkind with a trunk full of giggles, invades Vegas and this one you won't want to miss. Filmed live at the MGM Grand, Carrot Top Rocks Las Vegas is a rock & roll hyper-reality comedy explosion with strobe laser lights, sound effects, pyrotechnics, and a fog machine. Marvel at this outrageous comic's zany repertoire as he pokes fun at celebrities, pop culture icons, red necks, and many, many more. No one is safe from Carrot Top's hilarious blend of wacky and biting jabs, and no one who watches this DVD will be safe from his infectious humor. So get ready to gamble on really good laughs: the odds are in your favor.

Amazon.com

This fever dream of a Vegas comedy show finds prop-comic Carrot Top surrounded by showgirls, fire-breathing dragons, fog, strobe lighting, and the hysterical love of his fans. The orange-maned CT does bits about flying into Sin City, lost luggage, lost women--the works. It's all good, but his trademark, show-and-tell stuff is more effective: a lunchbox for fat kids (actually five interconnected lunchboxes), a hollow-bellied mannequin that serves as a buffet buddy, an expanding-contracting bra designed for Britney Spears, and tiny luggage suitable for tight storage. Penn and Teller make a cameo appearance during a humiliating dream sequence, but there's plenty of embarrassment to spread around as Carrot Top does his prop-heavy impressions of Kate Winslet, Tom Petty, Steven Tyler, and numerous other notables. The show has been heavily embellished, in a post-production sense, for home viewing, including weird (and sometimes annoying) drawings and film inserts. Not necessary, but not a problem either. --Tom Keogh

Description

Dizzying lights, exotic showgirls, whirling roulette wheels, clanging slot machines, sleepless nights, rolling dice, dazzling light shows, drive-through weddings, complimentary steak, and Carrot Top. Yes, you heard it right. Carrot Top, the red-headed wunderkind with a trunk full of giggles, invades Vegas and this one you won't want to miss. Filmed live at the MGM Grand, Carrot Top Rocks Las Vegas is a rock & roll hyper-reality comedy explosion with strobe laser lights, sound effects, pyrotechnics, and a fog machine. Marvel at this outrageous comic's zany repertoire as he pokes fun at celebrities, pop culture icons, red necks, and many, many more. No one is safe from Carrot Top's hilarious blend of wacky and biting jabs, and no one who watches this DVD will be safe from his infectious humor. So get ready to gamble on really good laughs: the odds are in your favor.

IT IS TIME TO GET CARROTIZED!

Customer Reviews:

Funny.......2007-02-06

This show is very funny (not for children). Carrot Top is one of a kind. It shows some good footage of Las Vegas too. I wanted the show to be longer because it was so funny!

Absolutely hilarious.......2006-08-01

I saw Carrot Top several years ago on a cable show and thought he was very funny. I couldn't resist this DVD because of the cost and I was extrememly happy with it. This is one of the best comic DVDs I have and for under 5 bucks you can't beat it. I would recommend this to everyone.

Non-stop laughter.......2006-07-28

Hilarious! We watch it over and over and never stop laughing. Carrot Top's original and over-the-top antics are always appealing. We want more!!!

Love Carrot Top Live....HATE the DVD.......2006-04-04

I have seen Carrot Top's show at least a dozen times live. It is a truly creative and energetic show. The creativity and energy (and comedy!) is all lost on the DVD.

My guess to why the DVD is so choppy and does not give a good representation of Carrot Top's show is that a lot of the live show incorporates / spoofs popular music. When you go to put the show on a DVD, you begin to run into copyright problems if you want to use other artist's music. I would assume that the DVD producers wanted to avoid the hassles / costs of purchasing all the needed music rights, so they chose to dub in generic "techno" music. Great idea...except it kills the jokes!!! Kills the show flow!!! Killed the DVD!!

The graphics and cuts are also incredibly annoying, as if they were done by some guy who is just trying out his home computer video editing software.

It is also important to point out that only a little more than 30 minutes of the video is Carrot Top's actual show. The rest is badly done filler.

I will be first in line to get tickets when Carrot Top comes around again, and recommend you save your money from NOT buying this DVD to buy a ticket for yourself too.

Coarse, Yet Unrefined.......2005-12-20

I received this as a gift, and honestly didn't think I would like it very much, however some of the material won me over in the end. Carrot Top is primarily a prop comic, and while I find that to wear thin pretty rapidly, some of his other routines were surprisingly funny: in particular I enjoyed his excellent comic interpretation of Mick Jagger. I found the multiple characters and special effects inserted in the video to be largely unnecessary, but in the end I found the DVD to be much more entertaining than I expected.

The DVD comes with several extras including a segment on those annoying 1-800-CALL-ATT commercials. For a few good laughs this is worth checking out once or maybe twice. I give the DVD three stars for some unusual humor from unexpected angles.

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