Jimmy Carr
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United StatesJimmy Carr was born in Slough, Berkshire to Irish parents and was educated at Burnham Grammar and later at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe where he achieved 4 A grades at A-level, before going on to receive a 2:1 degree in Social and Political Sciences from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. After leaving Cambridge, Carr was hired by the oil company Shell as a marketing executive, a job which he described as "the easiest job in the world".
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Jimmy Carr serves up his sharpest comebacks, wildest heckles, and favourite moments from his 2025 Laughs Funny tour in Jimmy Carr Road Kill: https://youtu.be/y2V394rRSrE
As an American myself, I can affirm that it’s not hard to humiliate us. But the swiftness and sting of a Jimmy Carr comeback is an unparalleled talent. He is as hilarious as he is lethal.
"Don't think your education is finished just because they gave you a piece of paper" is solid advice. Every once in awhile Jimmy stops making us laugh for a moment and drops a bit of wisdom.
Watching this with a cracked rib was a mistake.
Jimmy is very gentle with this American audience. I like his more caustic approach with a British crowd.