The wrong kind of carrot

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As if Florida hasn’t been hammered enough this year, what with hurricanes (and the resulting tomato shortage) and all those political ads. Now we hear that a consortium of central Florida business interests have enlisted alleged funnyman Carrot Top (whose real name is Scott Thompson—who knew?) to pitch their region as a hotbed for high-tech.

Mr. Top will appear in an ad on ABC during halftime of this year’s Capital One Bowl on New Year’s Day.

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