For a stand-up comedian being able to entertain an audience during such a long time you have to be good. And Jimmy Carr has that ability as the audience, myself included, laughed for the entire show of Being Funny. I saw all his previous shows so you could say I'm a fan of Jimmy Carr. With him you know exactly what you're going to get and that's not a bad thing. Not if you like one-liners that are a bit over the top. Because that's what he's known for, short jokes with a great word play, jokes that are not for everybody as they are on the edge of political correctness. In this show he again interacts alot with the audience to make jokes spontaneously and believe me that isn't easy, but he manages it like a pro, every time, over and over again.
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Jimmy Carr: Being Funny
jboothmillard1 May 2012
Warning: Spoilers
This was the seventh stand up tour and DVD release for the fantastically funny, witty and debonair comedian Jimmy Carr, who presents once again his cool dress code, and his brilliant observational and even ruder jokes covering various subjects. Jokes in the show include those about hotels, sex, schools and teachers, dating and relationships, and trying to improve his regional accents in comedy, using key phrases, including with Scouse, Belfast, Geordie, Welsh, Manchester, Scottish, West Country, Birmingham, Essex, Yorkshire, Australian and Jamaican. There are more jokes with animated pictures for visualisation, based on Ideas, Thoughts, Social, Health, Religion, Sport, Technology, Pornography, Sex (phrase "adult supervision"), Relationships (phrases "partner" and "housewife", and his favourite joke with the word "custardy"). After asking from audience members if they have an interesting job or claim to fame, he interviews a Funeral Director named John, and on the screen behind him the audience are part of a secret to freak him out when Jimmy makes up a joke. Other jokes in the show include about audience members tea-bagging, the 69, how rude jokes go, his impression of a lesbian breakup, and he has an audience member having to turn off their phone. There is a bit where he asks for Heckling, which he loves, and you have audience members shout about not being able to see Peter Kay, hating his Walkers Jimmy Con Carne flavour, wanting comedy, and being a posh prick, and two of the audience members he uses his paper fortune teller to give him a good rude insult. The encore, just like the last one, sees if he can offend the audience to the point where they don't laugh, and he tells a really vulgar Australian joke that sticks with you after, so all in all, a terrific show. Jimmy Carr was number 12 on 100 Greatest Stand-Ups. Very good!
Filthy, offensive & very funny
CrazyArty23 July 2022
Provocative, offensive and irreverent comedian not afraid to upset anyone including the royalty and religion.
It provides a refreshing take on comedy. Even though this is over 10 years old it feels modern. Brilliant, quick-witted audience engagement. Filthy and offensive jokes.
Stand up is hard but this is very good. Carr has some very good material here.
It provides a refreshing take on comedy. Even though this is over 10 years old it feels modern. Brilliant, quick-witted audience engagement. Filthy and offensive jokes.
Stand up is hard but this is very good. Carr has some very good material here.
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