Jimmy Carr

[abelmanmoth]

This is a serious point, and i've watched and watched and I still can't work it out. Can someone please explain why this man is funny? I've seen him on TV shows/DVD's and I really don't get why he is called a 'comedian'...?

[joko]

because that is what he is, its how he earns his living, the fact that you don't find him funny is irrelevant - lots of people do.
humour is a very personal thing.

[vinrex7]

His comedy does require some degree of brain mater. maybe that is the problem.

[abelmanmoth]

comments like that are not useful vinrex7...especially when I haven't really said anything to suggest i'm not as clever as you like to think you are.

I just find it really unfair that comedians like Stewart Lee (who is a nothing short of a genius), Richard Herring and Ross Noble are relagated to radio, poor DVD sales and Paramount whilst 'comedians' like Alan Carr, Jimmy Carr, Rob Rouse and Justin Lee Collins seem to make up the Channel 4 comedy troupe.

But yes, comedy is a personal thing. I just wanted to know WHY people find him funny - not how the industry works.

[dantheman123]

Vinrex7 It's matter not mater. Get some brains yourself.

Only kidding. We should all play nice.

[andy-hughes]

I agree that comedy is subjective, and like you, I find Jimmy Carr devoid of humour, so I simply don't bother watching him.

My major problem with him is that he looks, and talks, like a ventriloquist's dummy.

[abelmanmoth]

I think he looks like a cross breed between Popeye and Captin Scarlet...

[galltin]

Not a funny guy.

[zipadeedodah]

I used to think he was funny.....first time I saw him was on some Royal Variety Performance a few years ago now. I don't find him very funny anymore though, as andy-hughes says, he talks like a ventriloquist's dummy, and I think his style just gets boring. I soon got fed up with him when he seemed to be presenting everything on TV at one stage!

Incidently I don't find Rob Rouse funny, but at the moment I do find Alan Carr and Justin Lee Collins quite funny.

[zipadeedodah]

I used to think he was funny.....first time I saw him was on some Royal Variety Performance a few years ago now. I don't find him very funny anymore though, as andy-hughes says, he talks like a ventriloquist's dummy, and I think his style just gets boring. I soon got fed up with him when he seemed to be presenting everything on TV at one stage!

Incidently I don't really like Rob Rouse, but at the moment I do find Alan Carr and Justin Lee Collins quite funny.

[zipadeedodah]

Apologies for posting twice, not sure what happened.

[MelvynP]

Are there any real "comedians" under the age of 40?

[unruliejulie]

peter kay?

[wonderwoman1]

abelmanmoth i feel the same about ricky gervais and the office...i cant stand the man and i dont get why everyone finds him funny...then again i love peter kay but there are plenty who dont like him either....i think the phrase "each to their own" i what is needed!! if we all liked the same think it would be a very boring place

[robbo82]

abelmanmoth, you seem to be contradicting yourself: you say that you don't understand wht he is funny, then you say in a later post that comedy is very much down to a person's own taste. You seem to have precisely answered your own question there: comedy is something that cannot necessarily be pulled apart logically, it is often difficult to define exactly why we find someone/something funny. Personally, I find Jimmy Carr hilarious, along with the likes of Ricky Gervais and Peter Kay, whereas I don't understand how anyone can laugh at people like Jim Davidson or Chubby Brown. However, I except that everyone's sense of humour is different and leave it at that.

[abelmanmoth]

Ok, but I think i've been misunderstood again...

I was asking WHY people find him funny.

I don't think i've asked my question very well, I want to know why the people who do like him give examples of his work etc. so I can maybe try and understand his comedy!

For example:

My favourite comedian is Stewart Lee. I find him funny because of the way he performs analysis of peoples ignorance and pointing out the inherent flaws in both everyday situations, peoples character traits and current/historical events, yet still managing to laugh at his own misfortune. The Lee & Herring double act described their comedy as "faux-na�ve scatology and smug self-satisfied intellectualism� and that has carried through to both their solo work. Stewart Lee is also a very cool guy because he has managed to rock the worlds of religion, media and performing arts by being the co-writer and director of 'Jerry Springer - The Opera' and still managed to keep a relative amount of anonymity.

Thats kind of why I find him funny...So - why do people find Jimmy Carr funny?

[sue11]

For me it is simply that I find Jimmy Carr very dry and funny and I don't always see the punch line coming, like you do with some other comedians, my personal opinion of course!
Mind if I ask another question on this thread, apologies abelmanmoth for doing so. It is about Peter Kay, I find him very funny, but he has got some really bad press in the news recently about stealing other comedians stuff, getting very big headed and also trying to take the limelight from other acts. I hope this is not true as he did seem to be a genuine person. What do others think?