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Russell Howard’s Five Brilliant Things

3. Jimmy Carr

Russell Howard’s Five Brilliant Things

Avalon

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.5566 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Jimmy Carr joins Russell today to put his most treasured possessions into the Wonderbox. Jimmy explains the importance of a tennis scoreboard, why there’s nothing better than a perfectly made suit and Russell explores the idea of Jimmy having a hype-man at his gigs.   Jimmy currently has tour dates in the US and the UK, and you can buy tickets at jimmycarr.com.   Russell is currently on tour in the US and UK: visit russell-howard.co.uk to find out more and book tickets.   Producer: Dan Atkinson Line Producer: Daisy Knight Exec Producer: James Taylor Composer: Fat Lady Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Now, are all the traitors present?

0:29.7

Let's get started, shall we? From rags to riches. I'm so sick of this. Working like a dog and being treated worse. Yorkshire to New York. Poor climbers, you and me. A life dedicated to revenge. Let's make this an occasion to remember. A woman of substance on Channel 4, stream now. Hello, I'm Russell Howard, and this is Wonderbox.

0:33.1

A Wonderbox is a place where you keep the things to remind you of the stuff you adore.

0:38.3

So I thought it would be cool to do a podcast where I asked some people what they put in their Wonderbox

0:44.3

and have a chat about the most amazing moments of their lives.

0:48.3

Joining me this week is one of the biggest selling comedians in the world.

0:52.3

He's best known for hosting some of Britain's most loved panel shows, and his current

0:56.5

live tour, terribly funny, has already sold over a million tickets around the globe.

1:01.6

This is Jimmy Carr's Wonderbox.

1:07.8

Here we are with Jimmy Carr.

1:11.6

Yeah, I mean I feel like I need no introduction, but that's just my ego talking.

1:15.6

Well, we could do your old gag.

1:17.6

What?

1:18.6

Jima Car.

1:19.6

Jameaka.

1:20.6

I just love that joke.

1:22.6

Yeah, it's a good joke.

1:23.6

My name sounds like my name in a Jamaican accent.

1:26.6

That is the beginning and the end of that joke.

1:28.5

I think that was the first joke I saw you tell. Really? Yeah, 98. So you think it funny. 99, no less. 99, yeah. In Edinburgh we met, right? Yeah, that's right. Yeah, very fun. Very fun. I kind of feel like we've come in at exactly the right time. I kind of feel like comedy's going through something very special at the moment.

1:47.9

Yeah. I kind of feel like we've come in at exactly the right time. I kind of feel like comedy's going through something very special at the moment.

1:47.9

Yeah.

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