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Veteran British stand-up comedian (real name Robert Davis) who has been performing since the 1970s. He is also a folk singer and incorporates this into his act, both conventional comic songs and also [[Visual Pun]] or [[Literal
His comedy is focused on observational humour and he is particularly adept at weaving a story and carrying the audience along with him. A native of Birmingham and sporting a Brummie accent, some of his earlier routines were about the trials of supporting the not very successful football team, Birmingham FC. He was also the first and best-remembered host of ''Commercial Breakdown'', [[The BBC]]'s programme about amusing and unusual adverts from overseas (ironically, [[The BBC]] itself doesn't carry advertising). He has starred alongside Robert "Jesus Christ" Powell in ''[[The Detectives]]'' and Meera Syal and Nina Wadia of ''[[Goodness Gracious Me]]'' in the multicultural sitcom ''All About Me''.
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* [[Driver of a Black Cab]]: While talking about unexpected people he found running the London Marathon:
{{quote|"Loads of London cabbies. I didn't know they could ''walk'', never mind run. You could tell 'em easily, they were the ones turning around and going "Ere, 'ow you doing, mate?" It took 'em all ages, 'cause they went via Bristol."}}
* [[Europeans Are Kinky]]: He and his mate Derek believed this in the early Sixties and attempted to get to Sweden on a moped. Failing that, they ended up in Hamburg.
* [[Eurovision Song Contest]]: When Birmingham hosted it in 1997, he complained about the lack of native-born presenters:
{{quote|'''Carrott:''' Ulrika Jonsson and [[Terry Wogan]]. A Swede and a Spud. ''(Points to self)'' There was no bloody ''Carrott'', was there?}}
* [[Everything Is Even Worse With Sharks]]: In his 'holiday in Bali' routine, he got secret scuba diving lessons and attended a session where they feed sharks under water, leading to this trope.
* [[Excuse Question]]: Mocked.
{{quote|"Call in at £60 a minute and answer this question to win a fridge magnet! What is the capital of Britain - is it A, London, or B, 1948?" "Errrrm...I'm gonna phone in twice, make sure I get it!"}}
* [[Face Palm]]: Does the "forehead slap" version in response to stupidity.
* [[Flowers for Algernon Syndrome]]: In his 2004 "24 Carrott Gold" show, he mentions how Birmingham FC have destroyed much of his act by recently improving their performance to the point that they're no longer synonymous with failure.
* [[A Good Name for a Rock Band]]: There's a routine where Carrott is mistaken for one.
{{quote|Somebody rang my agent and said, "Do Jasper Carrott want to play at Scunthorpe Baths?"
Well, he's no fool. He said, "Um... they might." }}
* [[Having a Gay Old Time]]: One of his routines is about the fact that Durex is a brand of condoms in the UK, but a brand of sticky tape in Australia.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[The Now Show|Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis]] had their own segment on ''Canned Carrott'' years before they (especially Dennis) became mainstay TV comedy actors and pundits.
* [[Hurricane of Euphemisms]]: He has a set in which he fires off endless euphemisms for sex, breasts and penis before concluding with the punchline "and those are the things you can say on television!"
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* [[Last Second Word Addition]]: In his Bali routine, talking about his scuba diving lessons and how each trainee is assigned a buddy:
{{quote|'''Carrot:''' So I got paired with this Swedish blonde... ''(audience oohs)'' ...bloke, called Erik. }}
* [[Literal
** "They put up this bloke's picture on [[Crimewatch UK]] with a phone number and said 'Have you seen this man?' Well my auntie rang them up and said 'No'."
* [[Logic Bomb]]: Reacts like this to his grandmother's comment "Is the oldest man in the world still alive?"
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'''American:''' ...Just one?
'''Carrott:''' I don't make that many mistakes. }}
* [[Supergroup]]: In ''The One...Jasper Carrott'', he plays with "The Old Farts", including Rick Wakeman of Yes and Bev Bevan of ELO as well as Carrott himself.
* [[Sweet Home Midlands]]: A lot of his routines involve his home city of Birmingham.
* [[This Is Gonna Suck]]: When he ran the London Marathon (having signed up to it while drunk):
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