When i saw him live he did the same thing when someone went to the toilet...pointed it out, paused his act, talked about her, then just before she came back he told us all to act normal. then roasted her. It was so good
When I saw him live somebody left for the toilet or something, and during that time he got the audience to agree to laugh at something specific on cue after he got back. Then after the guy returned and it happened, Jimmy looked at him and asked him why he wasn't laughing
Never be afraid to sit in the front row, most comedians don't attack the audience like this - this is why these acts are famous. Most comedians are just happy that people are there laughing. Only a few are skilled enough to riff off of the audience like Jimmy Carr and Dara OBriain do.
As a very regular comedy store attendee please ignore this advice. MANY acts still do "interact" with the front row. The problem is the less skilled ones are less funny. It is quite an old routine now and I wish the new generation of comics would retire it.
@@artful1967 I like it, if the comedian is good and the jokes funny. How insecure you have to feel to be taken aback by random silly comments about yourself, or ridiculous theories about why you did something everyone does anyway, like going to the bathroom? It's a joke.
Jimmy did a corporate award ceremony I was at years ago (he's known for doing a shit load of corporate gigs). He did a great set and then handed out the awards. He'd done his homework, made lots of really smart jokes about the industry, but he never made the award winners the butt of any of them. He understood he was there to entertain, but he was really careful not to do anything to ruin the night for the winners. We'd had comedians with much less skill in previous years and since, never saw anyone judge that gig so perfectly.
I don't know about pausing it that time, but i've been to a few Jimmy Carr tours when he comes to my town and he did stop it for almost 20 minutes humming to himself waiting for a bloke to come back from the toilet. Gave him shit, about taking so long to pleasure himself lmao
Taskmaster is a pretty popular British comedy show now- 10+ seasons already. The premise of the show is that comedians compete against each other in a massive range of ridiculous tasks. James Acaster’s series was probably the best, although the exotic sandwich challenge was probably the best of all time.
3:43 - "Come up with a better story..." Jasper Carrot (a 1970's British comedian) explained his facial scar by saying: "so...I was defending the house from a gang of pirates..." LOL - having a nick still on my face from that time I tried to shave when I was three...I appreciated that joke :)
Jimmy's shows/dvds are worth watching in full as he sometimes mixes in different segments every now and then (in this case the sofa interviews) but he's also done parts with illustrated gags on a projector screen, t-shirts with custom slogans, letters of correspondence he's written...and several others I'm probably forgetting!
I have seen Jimmy live a couple of times. He definitely would pause the show waiting for someone to come back. Would love to get tickets for the front row, but no luck yet.
I only worry sometimes that he is so innocent lol..... watching us Brits and Aussies who literally roast the hell out of everyone..... the US is so G rated sometimes lol
Thats exactly why you want to sit up the front at a Jimmy Carr show, to get roasted. And when you go with your adult kids you know it will be a free for all.
Dara Ó Briain is brilliant with the audience. He's not as harsh, but he chit chats to different people throughout the show and then at the end makes up a ludicrous story where he weaves in parts of the different stories and it's hilarious. It's truly impressive how he remembers everything people said.
Stephan fry once said that the difference between American and European comedy is The European ability to make themselves the butt of the joke, and that American is about making the other person feel like the butt of the joke... (Paraphrasing)... In the end if you can't belittle yourself you can't belittle others is the European way.... And is at least 10 times as funny in my opinion
I’m sure somebody has already mentioned this, but the mum in the front row clip goes on much longer in another version. He gets some more mileage out of that.
In modern usage, slag and slut are mostly the same. The difference is in some of the underlying meanings. Slut tends to suggest dirtiness or sloppiness, but slag means worthless or low class. So a bit more offensive, but generally the same. Personally, while I enjoy Frankie Boyle, I always feel unsure how serious he is. It's a bit harder to laugh at some of his stuff because of it. With Jimmy you always know he's joking, which makes him funnier.
There are so many amazing British comedians, I think one thing about ours compared to Americans (from what I've seen) is how much everyone is so different from each other. Anyway, I'd recommend Jon Richardson or Ricky Gervais
if you like British comedy, maybe "James Veitch is a terrible roommate" might be something for you, i love your videos, keep it up, PS: not all europeans is UK, to be fair after Brexit UK feel much further away than it used to
You won me over with this one. I've been watching you a bit, but if you can understand Jimmy Carr, I'm in. His style has changed over the years, early on he would sit on a sofa or chair and deliver a lot of quick fire jokes, sometimes with video graphics. Anyway. Loving your channel, have subbed, look forward to more.
Read other comments, but didn't see anyone answer your question. But I didn't actually read all the way, to be fair. A slag is a bad insult thrown at woman who is very sexually active, who sleeps around.
Jimmy hosted a couple of game shows called Your Face or Mine (where couples rank their own attractiveness against others) and Distraction (where the quiz questions are the simplest but there's always a catch, like the buzzer electrocuting you). He pretty much takes the piss out of the contestants throughout!
In the UK they can do a 3 hour or more show, some times 5 hours, in big venues they some times have seats to sit and rest between their set monologues, 5 hours on your feet is a long time.
You NEED too check out the uk version of roast battle! It is BRUTAL! Particularly the Larry Dean v Tom Allen and Larry Dean v Sofie Hagen battles. The one with Ed Gamble v Suzi Ruffell is also gold!
Oh yeah. The sofa thing is part of the show. I don't know if he gets tired or what, but he often spends at least some portion of his shows sitting down. Interview chairs in one show. Sofa in that one. Daisis in another. And so on.
Check out a great U.K. female comedian Sarah Millican, doing a comedy sketch about Lady Parts. It would be a good reaction to do with your wife and get her reaction as well.
Jimmy often has different bits he'll do between his usual jokes and often he'll sit at a desk or on a couch for that bit. Like he'll talk about joke advertisements or personal ads he put in newspapers, or have an audience member interview him etc.
I was in the audience for a Frankie Boyle gig... It was a valentines present.. We were drinking heavily before he turned up 2 hours late. So we were all aloud 2 free drinks. But the guys beside us has smuggled in 2 bottles of vodka and 8 cans of special brew...
the couch is just a bit he will do for 5 or ten mins, he sometimes sits at a desk, the best one he invited a guy to come sit with him that ended up being a funeral director so there were some quality jokes
If you like comedians who tell blue jokes then check out Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown Hangs Up The Helmet, Don’t get Fat, get Fit or Who Ate All The Pies. Viewer discretion is advised.
American comedy generally tells joke after joke, but British comedy describes situations in a funny way. In general American comedians aren’t rated at all in the UK.
I've seen Jimmy live a few times, his shows are always great. You should check out Kevin Bridges if you haven't already. I love that guy, he's Scottish and grew up not far from me. You might have seen him on 8 out of 10 cats etc.
Canvey Island is a lil island in Essex lol, a county next to London. I've had to go to the loo during a comedy gig,except it was a really small one where comedians test material before a tour(saw Sean Walsh and Greg Davies 🤷♂️),So everyone in the room saw me get up😂wasn't to bad tho,as jus before I done it, some big American got up and walked across the stage,near enough pushing sean out of the way,to try to go to the closed(big sign on the door) toilets right behind him🤦🏻♂️😂😂I at least had the sense to use the ones upstairs,and chill at the entrance with my mate (the host) when I came back so that I didn't interrupt him again 🤷♂️😂
Couch was a bit where he'd bring someone up onto the stage for interview, can't remember if he interviewed them or they interviewed him. Here is link. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MuZ8pxoPBeA.html
Russell Howard on "ebola coverage UK v US" is hysterical. And James Veitch on " phone scammers" that is just classic, have never seen another comedian do anything even close to that.
ive thought that b4 about people taking there kids to shows like jimmy but they are warned b4 they buy the tickets and i deffo wouldn't sit in the front rows
There's no hard and fast rule for whether Slag is more or less derogatory than Slut, as is the case with much of our language it comes down to context. They are similar though and can more or less be used interchangeably.
‘Coughs and blushes’ ermmmm sl@gs can be women that are a bit ‘free n easy’ with their choice of men 😉 whereas sl-ts can be those that sort of dress provocatively, look a bit cheap and tarty and do the “come on” etc - but most often the two terms are interchangeable in either way!
I like Frankie Boyle but his insults to the audience are more along the lines of just calling people cunts. He's funny with it, sure, but Jimmy's insults are so much better imo.
I'm a fairly new sub so I'm not sure if you've already checked him out, but Lee Evans is a high energy ball of hilariousness worth giving a try! He's amazing, honestly 👍🏾
