Jimmy Carr also told Newsbeat that he would jump at the chance to co-host the new Top Gear. It's going to be a show with an unlimited budget. Related Topics. He was described as "the worst driver we've ever had" and "the luckiest man alive" by Top Gear' s test driver The Stig.
His re-appearance on Top Gear in May placed him last in the brand new Reasonably Priced Car, with the slowest time ever. Carr also hosted a highlights edition of the show. Carr has also appeared on the Irish news comedy show The Panel. Noble had joked in his show that Carr only performed for a "weak" 1 hour 20 minutes, as opposed to Noble's 2 and a half hour show. The show had a strong emphasis on toilet humour. Recently, his voice can be heard in Lloyds TSB adverts.
Carr does stand-up tours continuously over the course of the year, taking only five weeks off between them. In he sold out an entire month's performances of his Edinburgh Festival show Charm Offensive by the second day of the festival, and received 5-star reviews from four major newspapers. Also in he threatened to sue fellow comedian Jim Davidson for using a joke that Carr considered 'his'.
The matter was dropped when it became apparent that the joke in question was an old one used for decades by many different comedians. He also performed at the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal, as well as making a return visit to the Newbury Comedy Festival.
In , he was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy. Carr appeared on the Irish news comedy show The Panel.
In , Carr was in the music video for the song "Proper Crimbo". Noble had joked in his show that Carr performed for only a "weak" 1 hour 20 minutes, as opposed to Noble's 2 and a half-hour show.
A 15 ft-tall replica of Carr's head was used in an advertising campaign for Walkers Crisps and has subsequently appeared in various publications. Carr wrote and starred in a sketch for the 25th anniversary special of Comic Relief in In the sketch he lures model Daisy Lowe to a hotel suite to check his testicles.
Features of the show have included:. He appeared in two episodes of the radio series of Flight of the Conchords in Carr performs stand-up tours continuously over the course of the year, taking only five weeks off between them. Also in he threatened to sue fellow comedian Jim Davidson for using a joke that Carr considered 'his'. He also performed at the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal , as well as making a return visit to the Newbury Comedy Festival.
In , he was listed in the Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy. A new national tour commenced in autumn named Repeat Offender , which began at the Edinburgh Festival that year.
In late , Carr began touring his latest show, entitled Joke Technician. On 23 April , the dates for Carr's —10 tour, entitled Rapier Wit , were announced. The tour opened on 20 August with 9 shows at the Edinburgh Festival before touring the country.
In October , Carr received criticism from several Sunday tabloid newspapers for a joke he made about British soldiers who had lost limbs in Iraq and Afghanistan, saying that the UK would have a strong team in the London Paralympic Games. The tour started with a run at the Edinburgh Festival before touring the country.
Carr was also criticized by charity Little People UK co-founded by actor Warwick Davis accusing him of prejudice for an "offensive" abortion joke he made about people with dwarfism. On 21 December , Carr announced plans to become the first major comedian to perform in the virtual reality world of Second Life.
This was confirmed on his MySpace webpage on 3 January , and a competition launched to choose a select audience from the list of his MySpace friends. In June , Carr's involvement in an alleged K2 tax avoidance scheme came to light after an investigation by The Times. Narrator voice. Show all 11 episodes. Jimmy Carr. Hide Show Producer 9 credits.
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