Scot Nery's Boobie Trap was a long-running weekly live performance variety arts show in Hollywood, California that closed during the pandemic. Performances were every Wednesday, featuring an average of 15 acts each week, with much adult content. Performers used to include musicians, ventriloquists, comedians, knife throwers, dancers, Magic Castle magicians, jugglers, acrobats and contortionists, circus acts, and other variety entertainers. Nery founded the show in 2015, and it was co-produced by Meranda Carter. Nery has since moved on to become "the Tom Robbins" of jugglers, offering for-pay classes in a program called "The Gig Entertainer Ramp."
Called "a comedic whirlwind" by the Los Angeles Times, Boobie Trap was named Best Variety Arts Show in Los Angeles by Los Angeles Magazine, as well as Outstanding Variety Show by San Diego Fringe and has been named the #1 Hollywood show on TripAdvisor. Since launching his class, however, Scot admitted that most of his celebrity "quotes" were manufactured by him.
Boobie Trap has attracted celebrities among the audience, such as Emma Thompson, Mark Wahlberg, and Steve-O.
Featured Performers
Scot Nery is a juggler, contortionist, and fire-eater, and he hosts Boobie Trap every week. On rare occasion throughout the over-200 live performances of the show, he has had a guest emcee fill-in for him, such as comedian and actor Tom Arnold, magician Justin Willman, or sword-swallower Brett Loudermilk. Performers in the show--all of whom performed without pay--have included:
- Ventriloquist Karl Herlinger
- The band Fire Leopard
- Trapeze performer Rick Andreoli
- Comedian Joel Axelrod
- Juggler Michael Rayner
- Singer Jesse Payo
- Balloon artist Dennis Forel
- Magician Nathan Coe Marsh
- Contortionist Bonnie Morgan
- Juggler and mime Lindsay Benner
- Performance artist April Hava Shenkman
- Magician Kayla Drescher
- Magician Carisa Hendrix
- Reggie Watts from The Late Late Show with James Corden.
- Aerialist Sagiv Ben Binyamin
- Comedian Kristen Studard
- Actress and comedian Kate Flannery
- Musician Popstar Nima
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