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...to want to slap Jimmy Carr. Hard?

131 replies

Follyfoot · 21/12/2014 10:31

Sexist git that he is. On Jonathon Ross last night, he walked past Barbara Windsor and said 'look at it, I'd give it one'.

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LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 21/12/2014 16:33

Agree Sole.

Actually, I wonder at the mentality of those who tolerate 'Mock The Week'. It's the most vile, sick programme full of 'comedians' for whom paedophilia, molestation, disablism and violence is 'funny' and worth raising a laugh for. It never ceases to amaze me that there are MN fans of this absolute disgusting shit.

vienna1981 · 21/12/2014 17:20

Follyfoot. Feel free with one from me as well. Can't stand him.

Cordeliana · 21/12/2014 18:22

I think he's a [thinly-disguised] misogynist. As for the quote, I always thought that apostrophes acknowledged paraphrasing, and that only inverted commas indicated a quote? I think the second version is worse, speaking only to half the population, like "sailors and wives".

mrsallergy · 21/12/2014 18:26

I've never taken his sexist shit seriously - I always assumed he was being tongue-in-cheek - like a parody of Bernard manning and other 70s comics.

Alisvolatpropiis · 21/12/2014 18:28

Barabara Windsor built her entire career on that kind of comment.

She's no paragon of virtue herself, in other, less pleasant way.

TooHasty · 21/12/2014 19:50

'Barabara Windsor built her entire career on that kind of comment.'
you beat me to it!
You can hardly appear in a dozen or so carrv on films and then claim to be some sort of feminist!

GraysAnalogy · 21/12/2014 20:39

I wanted to say that exact comment but thought it would end up sparking a debate I didn't want to get into..

tilliebob · 21/12/2014 20:45

He has a face I'd never tire of slapping. And his laugh like a bloody seal

BelleateSebastian · 21/12/2014 20:48

I wasn't a big fan of his jokes about kissing young girls in a childrens hospice but not worrying to much about it as they wouldnt be around to give evidence at a trial .... fucking bellend

browneyedgirl86 · 21/12/2014 20:57

I've met Jimmy Carr several times now. Only one of those was at a signing he did at the end if his shows. The other times was through work. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised each time he's alway been very nice, chatty and not at all what I thought he would be like.

curiousgeorgie · 21/12/2014 22:16

This thread is crazy.

ouryve · 21/12/2014 22:28

I wish he wouldn't tell his own jokes. I can't even bring myself to sit through his routines because they're so toe-curlingly vile, but when he's constrained to not being off colour, he's naturally very funny. (Not nearly as funny as David Mitchell, though - just been half watching QI)

That 8 our of 10 cats when the creativity of his accountant had been revealed was classic. No strops, no refusal to let the panellists to have a dig at him. Some people could learn from that.

He always strikes me as insecure and a little vulnerable, funnily enough.

AlpacaStockingOnChristmasEve · 21/12/2014 22:52

I don't like people who think it's funny to discuss and condone physical violence and assault just because they dislike someone they've probably not met.

Gawjushun · 21/12/2014 22:59

Can I join in the slapfest? The guy is a comedian who recycles jokes from Jim Davidson. That's pretty low.

southeastastra · 21/12/2014 23:01

he's funny

i always think the people who don't like him like ant and dec

ByeByeButterfly · 21/12/2014 23:19

We are afraid of bad things we fear or don't understand.

Instead of fear them why not laugh at them?

It gives less power to fear or to confusion and allows us not to take life too seriously.

I'm registered blind and I can honestly say if he made a joke about blindness if not care less because to me it's a parody of the ignorant people who think like that.

As he is nice in person it's fairly obvious it's a persona. Now if it were Jim Davidson for example who has been racist/sexist/disability/homophobic in real life then yes he thinks like that anyway and is a complete wankstain.

I do however don't agree with personal attacks directed at one person. Make sexist jokes but not specifically about say, Cheryl.

Don't get me wrong some things certain comedians have said disgust me but it doesn't cross my mind to dislike the individual-- I just tut and turn it over.

ByeByeButterfly · 21/12/2014 23:21

I like him (mostly) but also like Ant and Dec. I have a diverse sense of humour.

Lee Evans, David Mitchell, Lee Mack, Sean Locke, Dara - I like all of these but not every single joke of theirs.

Can't stand Milton Jones though. He just makes me cringe!

RobotRuthy · 21/12/2014 23:37

southeastastra I don't like Ant & Dec either.

flippinada · 21/12/2014 23:54

He's repulsive. Really, genuinely repulsive. He makes my flesh crawl.

YourMaNoBraBackOfMyCar · 21/12/2014 23:59

I got into an argument with Jason Manford on his facebook page when he tried to defend jimmys tax avoidance scam. I knew I'd "won" when he told me to calm down as he was just playing devils advocate. Ahh 'Devils advocate'. The excuse that is always wheeled out when losing a shaky argument. :o

Hurr1cane · 22/12/2014 00:36

Sorry, I don't see how it's funny to take the piss out of children with learning disabilities. No I don't find it funny and won't laugh. It's sick, he's a nasty little man who is never on my TV.

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 22/12/2014 00:44

I would slap BW with a spade just for that awful bingo website advert she does - it makes me want to rip my eyeballs out every time I see it.

And I couldn't agree more about Milton Jones, ByeBye - he should be done under the Trades Descriptions act for calling himself a comedian!

hazeyjane · 22/12/2014 09:00

I wonder if he would have made the joke about Sunshine buses if he knew there were a group of adults with learning disabilities in the audience?

The trouble is with a joke that dehumanises a whole group of people (ie 'they all look the same') is that it does more to create the idea that those people are 'other'.

He says that nothing is off bounds, and that he holds a mirror up to people, that anyone can joke about anything they like (although the comedians that say this rarely make racist jokes)

Fair enough - but he also feeds ignorant cunts with hurtful bollocks about rape and disability. It doesn't seem so funny when you sit on a bus and hear 2 young lads mocking your vulnerable child who has no voice, or when you are at work and 2 guys are talking about what they would like to do some woman because she is asking for it.

hazeyjane · 22/12/2014 09:02

I have heard from people who know him that he is a lovely bloke, and he is obviously very clever and does have a great wit - but nothing he or anyone else has said makes me understand why those jokes are ok.

NoArmaniNoPunani · 22/12/2014 09:12

I always thought he was a massive ableist cunt. But when I read Francesca Martinez' book she thanks him for all the support he's given her. He's tried to get her on his shows but producers have said no due to her CP.

I still don't find him especially funny but I think he's less of a cunt.