Once you get past the 'zany prop comic' stigma, it's easy to see why Carrot Top's popularity has endured. The flame-maned, newly bulked-up comedian otherwise known as Scott...

This 300-capacity fixture on the Las Vegas comedy circuit features 'three comics and a mic' in two separate shows every night of the week. Performers tend to be in residence...

George Wallace's evenly-paced, conversational style of social criticism makes audiences think as well as laugh. Named one of Comedy Central's 100 greatest stand-ups of all...

After more than 40 years in the funny business, the jokes here at the Improv are still pretty fresh. The comedy isn't improv at all - it's actually straightforward stand-up,...

Sorry you missed Elvis? Came here on a weekend when Tom Jones isn't performing at the MGM? Wish Barbra Streisand didn't charge $500 a ticket? Worry not: they're all here in...

One of the real gems of Vegas's family entertainment roster is also one of its cheapest shows. Sure, there are no big bangs or grand illusions here: the budget extends to a...

In the mood for comedy that's not too blue-blooded, blue-collar or just plain blue? The former chorus girl's observational material is witty without being wanton, classy...

The Riv's comedy club does pretty much what you might expect, booking three (or sometimes four) solid acts for two shows nightly in a fairly dreary room. As at the Trop, the...

The razor-witted Chicago troupe ditches the stand-up/headliner format in favour of comedy sketches and improv games that riff on topical events and all sorts of Vegas wackiness.

The set-up's a bit artificial, to say the least: God (Buddy Hackett, in a marvellous voiceover cameo) sends back the fantastic four (with a 'Happy Birthday'-singing Marilyn...