2012 saw Jimmy on his Gagging Order tour and he gave an interview to The Daily Record about his upcoming 9^th solo Edinburgh Fringe show.  The interview is worth a read – if only for the story, towards the bottom, where a guy approaches Jimmy (walking home with his girlfriend Karoline) and asks for his penis signing…

In the above interview he chats about how, in the early days, he had to sleep in his car or on the floor of someone’s rented flat. But he still encourages aspiring comedians to go to Edinburgh to soak up the atmosphere, laugh and find out whether they really want to try for a career in comedy.

The Fringe 2012 ran from August 3 to 27.

Once again, he’s at the EICC Venue 150 (Edinburgh International Conference Centre), for 6 nights (August 16 to 18 and 23 to 25). The 75-minute show started at 9.20pm and tickets were £18.50.

The show blurb said:

Brand new show, brand new jokes, same old Jimmy. Packed with one-liners, stories and jokes – some clever, some rude and a few totally unacceptable. Leave your conscience at home and come on out for a laugh.

And the alternate, longer, version said:

Brand new show, brand new jokes, same old Jimmy. Packed with one-liners, stories and jokes – some clever, some rude and a few totally unacceptable. Everybody’s welcome. Just leave your conscience, sense of common decency and moral compass at home and come on out for a laugh. Jimmy has sold over a million DVDs and hosted countless TV shows but live comedy is what he does best, come and see for yourself.

The 2012 Edinburgh Fringe Programme can be viewed here.

Below are some of the comedians that performed that year (in the order that I spotted their names in the programme). Where their show name was mentioned – it’s in brackets. Note that some people had multiple shows running.

• Adam Hills (Mess Around)
• Alan Davies (Life Is Pain)
• Al Murray (The Pub Landlord: The Guv’s Olympic Pub Quiz)
• Al Murray (The Pub Landlord: The Only Way is Epic, Special Preview)
• Andrew Doyle (Whatever It Takes)
• Andrew Lawrence (Andrew Lawrence Is Coming To Get You)
• Andrew Maxwell (That’s The Spirit)
• Angela Barnes and Matt Richardson
• BBC – pages 40-41 have a lot of BBC radio shows, broadcasting from the Fringe
• Jerry Sadowitz (Card Tricks and Close-Up Magic)
• Jerry Sadowitz (Adults Only)
• Bridget Christie (War Donkey)
• Josh Widdicombe (The Further Adventures of…)
• Cariad Lloyd (The Freewheelin’ Cariad Lloyd)
• Chris McCausland (Not Blind Enough)
• Mark Watson (The Information)
• Mark Watson (Mark Watson’s Edinborolympics)
• Chris Ramsey (Feeling Lucky)
• Tim Vine (The Tim Vine Chat Show)
• Stuart Goldsmith (The Comedian’s Comedian Live With Stuart Goldsmith)
• John Robins (Incredible Scenes!)
• Nish Kumar (Who Is Nish Kumar?)
• Trevor Noah (The Racist)
• Daniel Sloss (Extra Shows!)
• Daniel Sloss (The Show)
• Danny Bhoy (Dear Epson)
• James Acaster (Prompt)
• Sean Hughes (Life Becomes Noises)
• Sean Hughes (Sean Hughes Stands Up)
• David O’Doherty (Seize the David O’Doherty)
• David O’Doherty (David O’Doherty Presents 403 Second Masterworks)
• Jim Jefferies (Fully Functional)
• Jason Byrne (People’s Puppeteer)
• Russell Kane (Posturing Delivery)
• Phill Jupitus (You’re Probably Wondering Why I’ve Asked You Here…)
• Sara Pascoe (Sara Pascoe The Musical! (But Mostly Stand Up))
• Tiffany Stevenson (Uncomfortably Numb)
• Rob Beckett (Rob Beckett’s Summer Holiday)
• Fred MacAulay (Legall Bald 2)
• Stewart Lee (Carpet Remnant World)
• Seann Walsh (Seann To Be Wild)
• Geoff Norcott (Geoff Norcott Avoids a Double Dip)
• Daniel Sloss (The Show)
• Shappi Khorsandi (Dirty Looks and Hopscotch)
• Hal Cruttenden (Tough Luvvie)
• Roisin Conaty (Lifehunter)
• Hannah Gadsby (Hannah Wants a Wife)
• Hannah Gadsby (Mary. Contrary)
• Henning Wehn (Henning Knows Bestest)
• Alex Horne and Tim Key (Horne and Key And…)
• The Horne Section (Live at the Grand!)
• Rhod Gilbert (The Man With the Flaming Battenberg Tattoo)
• Idiots of Ants (ANThology)
• Ivo Graham and Liam Williams
• James Redmond and Ellie Taylor (Free Festival)
• Jimmy Carr (Gagging Order)
• Joel Dommett (Nunchuck Silver Medallist 2002)
• Joe Lycett (Some Lycett Hot)
• Josie Long (Romance and Adventure)
• Katherine Ryan (Nature’s Candy)
• Harriet Kemsley and Sarah Callaghan (Kemsley and Callaghan)
• Leo Kearse & Stephen Bailey (Leo and Stephen Go Down On You)
• Lucy Porter (People Person)
• Marcus Brigstocke (The Brig Society)
• Matt Forde (Eyes To The Right, Nose To The Left)
• Sarah Kendall (Get Up, Stand Up)
• Nick Helm (The Means War!)
• Nick Mohammed (Nick Mohammed is Mr Swallow 2012)
• Nina Conti (Dolly Mixtures)
• Lou Sanders (And Now For a Nice Evening With Wallan)
• Paul Chowdhry (What’s Happening White People)
• Paul Foot (Kenny Larch is Dead)
• Suzi Ruffell (Let’s Get Ready to Ruffell)
• Phill Jupitus (Phill Jupitus is Porky The Poet in 27 Years On)
• Susan Calman (This Lady’s Not For Turning Either)
• Reginald D Hunter (Work In Progress…and N****s)
• Richard Herring (Talking C*ck – The Second Coming)
• Sam Simmons (About The Weather)
• Sandi Toksvig (Live: Be My Valentine)
• Stephen K Amos (Work In Progress)
• Stuart Goldsmith (Pr!ck)
• Daniel Kitson (Where Once Was Wonder by Daniel Kitson)

Note: I bought the below from eBay (Tour Programme). My name is not Cheryl…