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Strange but true video of the day: Carrot Top straightens up his look with a new suit and hairdo?!

Famous prop comic Carrot Top unveils a dramatic new look for his cover shoot with Las Vegas Magazine.

They got him to straighten out his curly orange hair and slip into a new suit! And you cannot mock him, because Carrot Top will beat you to the jokes. Roll it.

 

Blame Florida: Carrot Top and Larry the Cable Guy started at the same open mic (with Billy Gardell)

In case you missed it, Billy Gardell -- star of the new CBS sitcom Mike & Molly -- appeared last week on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Toward the end of Gardell's panel chat, Ferguson mentioned that he'd be visiting Las Vegas soon and would check out Carrot Top's long-running show there.

Which prompted Gardell to say this about knowing Carrot Top:

"When we did open mic night together, and this was back in Florida. We had a big open mic night there. It was me, him, Darrell Hammond, Larry the Cable Guy before he was Larry the Cable Guy (Ferguson: He was just Larry then), yeah Larry. Yeah, and but, but, Carrot Top would come in and he'd set his stuff up on the stage, and we would steal a couple of things out of the trunk. But we wouldn't tell him. And then we'd watch him go, 'Ha ha, ha ha.' But he's a good kid."

CollegeHumor takes another swipe at "Unfunny People"

Comedians love to point out the absurdities in the world around us, and mock celebrities, politicians and other powerful people who deserve to be brought down a notch or two or thirty-seven. But when comedians target other comedians for mockery, it always feels a little weird to me (and that's a little weird, too, isn't it?). Which brings us to CollegeHumor's new original video "Unfunny People," which is a take-off of Judd Apatow's summer movie, Funny People, but with jabs at prop comics instead of stand-ups, putting Gallagher and Carrot Top in their crosshairs (in the roles played in the movie by Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen):

Previously, CollegeHumor produced a music video called "Stop Carlos Mencia" featuring a number of working NYC-based comedians:

Recently on The Laugh Track

Dog days, am I right? While I cozy up to the air conditioner, please allow me to share with you a few things I have posted recently to the recently redesigned Comedy.com site for funny things by and about comedians, aka The Laugh Track:

• The 10 funniest jokes comedians got off at the expense of Joan Rivers and others during The Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers.
• Have banjo, will travel: 8 videos that prove Ed Helms has more musical talent than The Jonas Brothers. And he's funnier, too.
• We'll stop making fun of Carrot Top when he stops taking off his shirt in interviews.