Becoming a pop culture icon is a difficult thing to achieve but Scott “Carrot Top” Thompson has done just that. With three decades of comedic performance in his rear view mirror, Carrot Top is one of the most popular, recognizable and successful comedians in America. After years of playing to sold-out shows throughout the country, he has now become a Las Vegas icon as well, and is celebrating his tenth anniversary with the Luxor Resort and Casino in 2015. Along with that celebration comes a performance in Reno at the Silver Legacy Resort Casino on Friday, Oct. 23 at 8 p.m.

The trademark red locks and the undeniably inventive use of props have vaulted Carrot Top to the level that most comedians can only hope to reach. “Nobody can steal my act,” says Carrot Top. “I’ve challenged comics to write me a prop and they can’t. All comedians can use play on words or puns but writing a visual joke is something else. A rubber chicken isn’t enough. I have to write my own material and make my own props because no one sells what I do better than me. I’m happy not only that I have my own style but that I’ve been an original from the very start.”