Team Coco is Conan O’Brien’s podcast and, April 21st 2024, he invited on the man that he gave a break to back in 2002 – Jimmy Carr. For more on their past meetings see this filter.
The full version of this really funny podcast is on Apple. You know that it’s going to be a good one when it starts off with…
Hello, my name is Jimmy Carr and I feel contractually obliged about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.
The clips on YouTube are:
Jimmy Carr Wants a Nemesis
Discussion includes – wanting to have a nemesis, late night TV rivals, Limerick to Slough, Jimmy being on Conan 7 times (and then it got cancelled), Sean Lock, 28 years on late night.
Jimmy Carr and Conan Get Deep
Discussion includes – how the world has opened up, Jimmy touring 45+ countries, Conan and UK comedians, Jimmy seeing Marc Maron later, working for Shell Oil, “Which parent was sick” – regulating mood (relating to Rosetta Stone of Comedy), teaching comedy, flow state.
Jimmy Carr “Tries out” New Jokes Every Night
Discussion includes – starting out in comedy, 1 liner comic (trying to write longer pieces), Steven Wright & Emo Philips & Rita Rudner, Billy Connolly, Bill Hicks, Netflix Special, Morecambe and Wise in Croydon, trying out new jokes every night, two shows a night can be a problem for remembering sequence
Jimmy Carr Doesn’t Think He’s Punching Down
Discussion includes – audience types, showbiz adjacency, Robbie Williams, cancel culture, Overton window, intention and context, comedians leak, equal opportunity offender
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