Carrot Top: "I'm Sorry That I Look Good"

On last night's episode of Oprah Where Are They Now, comedy's red-headed stepchild, the prop-schticked Carrot Top, ran us through his upkeep regime, and in the process asked us to excuse his beauty.

On last night's episode of Oprah Where Are They Now, comedy's red-headed stepchild, the prop-schticked Carrot Top, ran us through his upkeep regime, and in the process asked us to excuse his beauty.

"No Vegas experience would be complete without seeing the Entertainment Capital of the World's funniest resident headliner, Carrot Top," according to a news story on the home page of America's third-largest newspaper this morning.
Las Vegas magazine was reading your mind when you thought, "That Carrot Top. A handsome face hiding behind a mop of unruly hair." Well, feast your eyes on this! Christina Hendricks and Julianne Moore, eat your hearts out. [LV Sun]
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While Michael Douglas and David Letterman discussed throat cancer, Jay Leno had Kim Kardashian on The Tonight Show to apply makeup to Carrot Top. Given the individuals involved, it is almost shocking how slowly they start making the obvious jokes.
[Carrot Top and two others at a 50th anniversary Playboy party in Playboy land in Las Vegas; Image via Splash]
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The time: 4 p.m.
The date: September 27th
The place: 7th Avenue at 54th Street
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Once the bleeding in our eyeballs subsided after having a look at That Which We Wish We'd Never Seen, it started to bother us that we couldn't quite put our finger on whom the prop comic eerily resembles. We can rest easy now. [Blowing Smoke]