Jimmy Carr

Jazzy

Just wondering. Does anyone find Jimmy Carr in anyway funny?
I dont at all and think he is just rude and plain un-intellegent. imo, he needs a slap in the face and told "oh yeah, btw, sarcasm is the lowest form of comedy" (i dont count prop-comedy as comedy, tis just unfortunate). True, the point of his humour is meant to be a bit insulting but the lad is just blunt and obvious. I remeber last new-years(ish) he and Jonathan Ross were on some end of year celebrity quiz and they had a little slagging fight and who do u think came off the winner? why the more intellegent Ross of course!
example of Carr's lame humour:
"I went into a library and asked for the Psycho, The Rapist section and the clerk told me its pronounced psychotherapist"
basically the lad noticed how something was spelled, thought it was funny if he divided and came up with a lame joke. since when is there a Psycho, The Rapist section in any library? This guy just seems get a vague idea, believe its funny, add sarcasm and mix... if no1 likes it, insult them for a bit of crowd reaction. Dont even get me started on the top-100 programs on channel 4, perfectly good shows ruined by his un-funny analysis of wat we have just seen with some vague insight mixed with sarcasm. Channel 4 seem to love him and i wouldnt be surprised if he gets his own Norton-esque talk show soon featuring "insightfull yet funny" interviews with the likes of Jordan. i can see it now, "Katie, those boobs are so big, have they ever melted near a radiator?" hardy har-har mr. carr, u noticed jordan has big boobs, well diddly done.
Sorry for droning on but the guy just really makes my blood boil. plus he looks a bit like a fish swimming towards u when he talks to the camera

rant over.
what do other ppl think of him?

Dinner

I quite like him actually.

Pacifico

un-intellegent i dont think so. I also find him very funny

Tobias Greeshman

I find him pretty funny alright, he was on the ray d'arcy show during the week and I have to say he was pretty good. His standup jokes tend to revolve around sarcasm mainly which does get a bit too much after a while, ever seen his show Distraction? But my god he's unbelievable at holding a straightface, like no other comedian I know of.

The Bollox

silas wrote:

I find him pretty funny alright, he was on the ray d'arcy show during the week and I have to say he was pretty good. His standup jokes tend to revolve around sarcasm mainly which does get a bit too much after a while, ever seen his show Distraction? But my god he's unbelievable at holding a straightface, like no other comedian I know of.

oh I agree with the straight face thing, brilliant, and I used to always watch Distraction, it was funny, but some of the things were just disgusting, namely the naked ppl

Mossy Monk

Jimmy Carr is brilliant

cregser

I think he's good. He takes the sarcasm as well as he dishes it out. After being on Your Face Or Mine, now everyone slags him about his face. At this stage he just turns it around on them for unoriginality.

He's been on the Panel twice now and is surprisingly able to make irishy jokes despite being an ignorant englishman (*cough* Ricky Gervais *cough*). At one point he was slagging the panelists and the audience about the irish "army", then he was slagging some guest for not knowing about abrakebabra ("what is it?", "It's a magical place") - and everyone was loving it.

OFDM

He's a bit hit and miss. First time he was on The Panel (2003 Christmas Special I think) he was rubbish. He's been fairly good on this run of The Panel though.

Rantorama

Unfunny boatfaced t**t who was bank rolled by Daddy.Cutting edge jokes include the handicapped and sick kids. Yeah,fight the power Jimmy.

radiospan

Not funny at all on the Panel.

Not my kind of comedian, tbh.

radiospan

Jazzy wrote:

I remeber last new-years(ish) he and Jonathan Ross were on some end of year celebrity quiz

He's actually on the Jonathan Ross show tonight...

limerick_man

I luv him, some of his Channel 4 shows are amazingly funny, he's not great on the panel because he doesnt know all about Ireland!

Jazzy

plazzTT wrote:

He's actually on the Jonathan Ross show tonight...

damn damn and damn.
i went out tonite and will prob miss repeats of this, if there on please post here and tell me.
would pay good money to see how he reacts to the more intellegent ross (lick arse or look like a tit, its jimmy's choice)

no one yet has explained to me why hes funny though. just cant see it, and it aint like im stupid

The Bollox

cregser wrote:

He's been on the Panel twice now and is surprisingly able to make irishy jokes despite being an ignorant englishman

he's actually an Irish man, born and bred AFAIK, he mentioned it on Distraction one time I think

steveland?

Jimmy Carr can be funny when there's other people around to "buzz off"

His stand up is woeful though...

Tusky

I like him.

Mossy Monk

Jazzy wrote:

no one yet has explained to me why hes funny though

whats to explain. you either like him or you dont. do you ask people to explain why they might like ice cream?

Gaz25

I think he is funny, his act is based on sarcasim and insulting people. I hate that Jonathan ross, i dont find him funny at all and i hate that tommy what ever who was on the late late last night.

Dave

I quite like his type of humour tbh. I love his little bits he writes for Nuts or one of those types of magazines.

Drag00n79

Jazzy wrote:

damn damn and damn.
i went out tonite and will prob miss repeats of this, if there on please post here and tell me.
would pay good money to see how he reacts to the more intellegent ross (lick arse or look like a tit, its jimmy's choice)

On again late tonight.

ENTERTAINMENT: Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Channel: BBC 1 101
Date: Sunday 13th November 2005
Time: 01:05 to 02:05 (starting tomorrow morning)
Duration: 1 hour.
A mix of music and celebrity chat with Jonathan Ross. Music comes from Green Day.
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, Shane Richie, Jimmy Carr
(Repeat, Widescreen, Subtitles)

Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.getdigiguide.com/?p=1&r=58187
Copyright GipsyMedia Ltd.

lostexpectation

I was going to defend him but then I saw him on Johnathan Ross, he did the same standup routine jokes he did from the very first time he was on TV, how old are those jokes now 5,6 7 or 10 years old. He should be embarrased and thrown in a bin.


I saw him on Leno and he did the same jokes but I though ok well the Americans probably won't have seen him but to do it on the JR show is disgrace.

Laguna

I find him funny, he's got a unique brand of observational comedy that I think is very incisive. I actually found the Psycho, the rapist section joke funny when I read it in the OP's post.

SprostonGreen

Yeah, I think he's funny. I've laughed at everything I've seen him on, be it the Panel, J. Ross or his own excellent 8 out of 10 cats.

missingtime

Do you ever see bo selecta take the piss out of him? Its priceless.

I was watching him on Johnathan Ross and is it just me or does he look like a character from Family Guy?

mickd

He appeals to the chin-stroking brigade, 'My delivery is so devastingly sharp' I don't think so. Why is he on the Panel? He contributed nothing last monday,

SprostonGreen

missingtime wrote:

I was watching him on Johnathan Ross and is it just me or does he look like a character from Family Guy?

Yep, I thought that too, Quagmire.

Mossy Monk

missingtime wrote:

Do you ever see bo selecta take the piss out of him? Its priceless.

I was watching him on Johnathan Ross and is it just me or does he look like a character from Family Guy?

yes, that crossed my mind too

giggidy

BopNiblets

He's not that good, like Jack what's-his-name, the moany bastard...
God, I can't even remember his second name, that's how much of an impression he makes on me, haha.

Le Rack

I fcukin love jimmy carr. He's so dry and emotionless! he's great!

Basq

Brillant comedian!

Mossy Monk

BopNiblets wrote:

He's not that good, like Jack what's-his-name, the moany bastard...
God, I can't even remember his second name, that's how much of an impression he makes on me, haha.

no, that means you have problems remembering things. nothing to do with the person you are trying to remember

OFDM

One thing going for Jimmy Carr is that so far he's the fastest celebrity in a reasonably priced car on Top Gear (although that record almost went this week apparently).

Roar

anyone see his new stand up dvd yet? watched half an hour of it last night and i was in tears, magic stuff

Maybe his funniness is just a defence mechanism for his, ahem, ugliness. Har, har, har. Although I do remember once liking him, I now hate Jimmy Carr, he is too predictable. And what's with the pseudo-suave, english ponce act. Now Colin Murphy, there's a witty f*cker.

DublinWriter

Jazzy wrote:

Just wondering. Does anyone find Jimmy Carr in anyway funny?

Eeeeeeeehhhhh, no.

He really brings The Panel down as nearly every Irish cultural reference has to be explained to him and it ruins the tempo of the show.

butters scotch

he is an annoying little man and in no way funny imho

eth0_

He's not really funny at all. His "act" is dreadful. I can't believe people pay money to see a toff in a suit recite the same old one liner jokes!

The only part of his last DVD I laughed at was the 'No love, YOU'RE fattest' joke.

AARRRGH

Did any of you watch his show "Your face or mine?"? His comments were not prepared and he was often extremely extremely funny. He could be so cruel (yet true.)

mickymg2003

OFDM wrote:

One thing going for Jimmy Carr is that so far he's the fastest celebrity in a reasonably priced car on Top Gear (although that record almost went this week apparently).

That woman who sails around the world alot beat his record today.
He is a pretty funny guy.my leaving cert maths teacher looked the spit of jimmy carr and had a similar kind of humour.Wierd!!!

OMcGovern

I remember one classic line of his on "Distraction".
The girl had won the car, but had to smash the windscreen with a sledgehammer.

Jimmy: Okay, put on the protective gloves and goggles.
Here, take the car keys, they're yours now
Girl: I don't have any pockets in these trousers...
Jimmy: You should've worn more sensible clothes then, shouldn't you ?
Girl: I want my arse to look good
Jimmy: Have you tried the Aitkens ?

J.R.HARTLEY

i guess like people said it's preference, he can be hit and miss, much like the "superior" rossie, (try watching him on they think it's all over and not wanting to brain the twat) it just depends on what you're in the mood for.

one guy i can't get is tommy tiernan, he trots out 10 year old jokes and uses billy connollys routine to do it, i suppose he's funny if you haven't seen much, but having followed him for nearly 5 years i find he's going off the boil, just resorts to screaming obscenities at the crowd.

Litcagral

Ellen Mcarthur smashed his record time in "Top Gear's" celeb lap time in the Suzuki Liana tonight.

J.R.HARTLEY

Litcagral wrote:

Ellen Mcarthur smashed his record time in "Top Gear's" celeb lap time in the Suzuki Liana tonight.

brilliant that'll shut old "tory boy rule brittania stick the kettle on love" clarkson up, and this is coming from a right sexist bugger meself

smurftish

Is it just me or does anyone else think jimmy carr is gay!

There was always gay jokes directed at him on "your face or mine" and he would just laugh them off.

There i was thinking he was gay this whole time and then i see him in a magazine with his girlfriend. Madness!!!

I do think he's funny though:)

Fuhrio

personally i always find him funny, beats the hell out of most comedians out there.

OFDM

J.R.HARTLEY wrote:

brilliant that'll shut old "tory boy rule brittania stick the kettle on love" clarkson up

He was actually over the moon with it.

Means Of Escape

Couldn't make me crack a smile
I can imagine that this guy had to be quick with his mouth when in school as he was probably getting his head kicked in every week.

evolving_doors

it goes without saying...

K-9

A 7 year old thread to insult him.

I thought he was very funny 3/4 years ago but getting stale now and more controversial to make up for it. Getting a bit Tiernan and Frankie Boyle for me.

Means Of Escape

K-9 wrote: »

A 7 year old thread to insult him.

I thought he was very funny 3/4 years ago but getting stale now and more controversial to make up for it. Getting a bit Tiernan and Frankie Boyle for me.

thread still open 7 years later!

guitarzero

I dont think theres many who would say hes crap but I have to say, hes a genius.