So Which Came First, The Carrot Or The Schtick?
Funny man Carrot Top may be a big hit on college campuses, driving the students wild with such gimmicks as prop boots with a kickstand for drunk cowboys.
But will the talk shows touch him? No way.
“I’ll have a sold-out (college) show, then I’ll turn on (David) Letterman and he takes a shot at me,” the red-tressed comedian told Entertainment Weekly.
He is starting to get some respect, though.
Top’s first movie in a three-picture deal with Trimark is set to open in October. And he still may get some television exposure after all.
“Bill Maher wanted him,” said Chuck LaBella, segment producer for the “Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher” show.
“No matter who you put him with, he’ll be funny. He doesn’t even have to say a word.”
Loose talk
Phyllis Diller, on today’s female comedians: “They really have nothing serious to talk about. When I started out, I came with the baggage: the husband, the neighbors, the kids, the dog, the cats, all that crap.”
Guess you could say he still springs eternal
Bob Hope turns 94 today.
So, he really doesn’t have a leg to stand on
“Home Improvement” star Tim Allen was cited for drunk driving after police stopped him for driving 70 mph in a 40 mph zone near his suburban Detroit home. Allen, who was piloting a 1988 Ferrari, failed such sobriety tests as reciting the alphabet, counting backwards and standing on one leg.
He’s not about to make hay-o out of that
Former Johnny Carson sidekick Ed McMahon is reportedly ready to put his autobiography up for bids. Said McMahon’s agent: “It’ll be a behind-the-scenes look at the ‘Tonight’ show, but no way would he dump on Carson.”
Is that a second banana in your pocket, or …
Conan O’Brien, on his faithful companion, Andy Richter (in Esquire magazine): “People want to believe that when the show’s over, we get on a bicycle built for two, ride it back to our house, I get in the top bunk, he gets in the bottom bunk, we put on our sleeping caps, and begin synchronized Three Stooges snoring. And maybe that’s the way it should be. I’ve got to talk to Andy’s wife about this.”
In other words, Dad gets to screen her suitors
Want a date with Tori Spelling? Co-star in one of dad Aaron’s shows. People reports that Tori, previously linked with Greg Vaughan (“Malibu Shores”), is now hot and heavy with Trevor Edmonds of “Pacific Palisades” - who once played her stalker on “Beverly Hills, 90210.”
Let’s hope he saved lots of Alexander Hamiltons
Former “90210” star Jason Priestly, on his career arc (in Total TV magazine): “All of a sudden I’m the celebrity of yesteryear even on Fox, my own network. I’m not David Duchovny, I’m not Scott Wolf … I might as well be George Hamilton.”
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