Did anyone watch Jimmy Carr last night?

thorsoak

Idiophreak wrote: »

So you opinion is that anyone with different opinions to you is stupid. You must lead a very lonely life.

No - it's just too full to deal with idiophreaks!

Hermia

Both my parents were really into stand-up comedy and they started taking me to gigs in my early teens. We always a great time and it didn't turn me into a delinquent!

Tropez

It depends really doesn't it?

My dad used to be into a few comedians who were in the bad taste kind of arena and we'd watch videos of them together. If I recall correctly, the boy in question was at the show with his dad? (I didn't watch it last night but seen the clip before). My dad would probably have taken me to a show like that, to be honest.

My mum on the other hand almost certainly wouldn't if she was aware of the content and I wouldn't be comfortable watching something like that with her anyway but that's more because she's extremely naive. She hears slang terms like spit-roasting or hogging on TV shows as innocent as QI and then phones me up to ask me to explain them.

The worst one was when she heard the term for a somewhat infamous Japanese group sexual activity involving many men and one woman and phoned up while I was eating a yoghurt asking for an explanation. The shock made it look like I'd been in one...

I think the jokes themselves are the type of things that 13 year olds would know and would probably laugh at. I knew some extremely offensive jokes when I was that age. I think the maturity of the teenager and the relationship with the parent would be the key as to whether they felt it suitable to attend.

PenguinOfDeath

I didn't see this show last night, but the discussion has reminded me of watching shows such as Men Behaving Badly in front of my parents when I was much younger than 13. Did I laugh? Yes! Did I understand half of what it meant? No!

I also remember going with my parents at aabout 12 years of age to a stand up gig by a well known comedian (cant remember who it was now) who was on TV a lot but his stand up was far more risque - I was by far the youngest person in the audience but didn't walk out swearing and causing trouble! They even let me drink alcohol when I was under 18! :eek:

The parents in the OP case might have been irresponsible, or they may have made an informed choice as they actually know their child?

Georgiegirl256

Acc72 wrote: »

I sat through the performance (it all got a bit "samey" and boring after a while - the first rape or !!!!! joke was a bit of a shock, but after about 50 similar jokes .....) .

My husband and I went to see him as we always found him funny on TV. But seeing him live was totally different to watching him on TV as in he just didn't seem as funny, and I agree with you, it was abit samey and boring after a while.

I actually started to feel abit sorry for him, as hardly anyone was laughing, and when they did, it was hysterical laughter, more out of politeness it seemed.

Georgiegirl256

I don't think it's neccesarily a bad thing for a teenager to be in the audience. I think a lot of teenagers nowadays have already heard most of it, if not worse already.

I remember watching a Russell Brand comedy show on TV and there was a 14 year old in the audience....and RB was a lot more graphic than Jimmy Carr has ever been. :eek:

Georgiegirl256

claire21 wrote: »

and a midget with a Henry Hoover on his c o ck running round the stage.

That actually sounds hilarious! :rotfl:

mountainofdebt

I went to see Frank Skinner many moons ago and literally every other word was the f word and I didn't find it at all funny.

kezzygirl

claire21 wrote: »

He picked him out of the audience and asked him his age, later in the show after talking with another audience member (a bloke) the chap asked him to get him a date, to which Jimmy replied something along the lines of "will a 13 year old boy do you?"

SEE!!SEE!!He is a prat....