Edinburgh 2014 was Jimmy’s 11^th appearance at the Fringe, with his Funny Business tour. The Festival this year ran from August 1^st to 25^th and Jimmy was once again back at Venue 150 EICC (Lennox Auditorium).

This year he did 4 nights (Aug 15-16 and 22-23) with the 90-minute shows starting at 9.20pm and tickets being £18.50.

By this stage of his career the reviewers were not of a mind to write about him, focussing on the new acts and less successful comics. The Skinny did a slightly snarky review (complaining about a “witty one liner” comic doing a “wanton excess of one-liners”) but did give him 4 stars. Perhaps she thought he would be a magic act?

The show blurb said:

Jimmy Carr’s Funny Business will be: a) packed with jokes, b) rude and offensive*, c) a great night out, d) £18.50 a ticket**. If you answered (a), (b), (c), or (d), you were right!
*If you are easily offended, don’t be a dick about it.
**This show is not suitable for anyone who hasn’t bought a ticket.

Or this one:

Funny Business is Jimmy’s brand new stand-up show. Come for the witty and incisive musings on the human condition; stay for the knob gags.

Ice Bucket Challenge

At the gig on the 23^rd he did the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge – see here.

Other comedians

The 2014 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.

• Lucy Porter (Me Time)
• Alex Edelman (Millennial)
• Alex Horne (Monsieur Butterfly)
• Alex Horne (The Percentage Game)
• Tiff Stevenson (Optimist)
• Al Murray (One Man, One Guvnor)
• Al Murray (The Pub Landlord’s Summer Saloon)
• Alun Cochrane (Alun Cochrane: (Me Neither))
• Andrew Doyle (Zero Tolerance)
• Andrew Lawrence (Reasons to Kill Yourself)
• Andrew Maxwell (Hubble Bubble)
• Andy Zaltzman (Satirist for Hire)
• Angela Barnes (You Can’t Take It With You)
• Richard Herring (Lord of the Dance Settee)
• Zoe Lyons (Mustard Cutter)
• Paul Chowdhry (PC’s World)
• Phil Wang (Mellow Yellow)
• Bobby Mair (Off Meds)
• Tim Vine (Tim Timinee Tim Timinee Tim Tim To You)
• Shappi Khorsandi (Because I’m Shappi)
• Fred MacAulay (The Frederendum)
• Romesh Ranganathan (Rom Wasn’t Built In a Day)
• Chris Ramsey (The Most Dangerous Man on Saturday Morning Television)
• Jack Dee (Jack Dee’s Help Desk)
• Stuart Goldsmith (The Comedian’s Comedian Podcast with Stuart Goldsmith)
• Daniel Sloss (Really…?!)
• Dane Baptiste (Citizen Dane)
• Danny Bhoy (12 Nights, 12 Charities)
• Seann Walsh (Seann 28)
• David O’Doherty (David O’Doherty Has Checked Everything)
• Ed Gamble (Gambletron 5000)
• Ellie Taylor (Elliementary)
• Fern Brady and Peter Brush – FREE
• Frank Skinner (Man in a Suit)
• Ivo Graham (Bow Ties and Johnnies)
• Hannah Gadsby (The Exhibitionist)
• Henning Wehn (Eins, Zwei, DIY)
• Holly Walsh (Never Had It)
• Lucy Beaumont (We Can Twerk It Out)
• Harriet Kemsley (The Irrational Fears of Rillettes) – FREE
• James Acaster (Recognise)
• Sam Simmons (Death of a Sails-Man)
• Jason Byrne (You Name the Show)
• Stuart Goldsmith (Extra Life)
• Jerry Sadowitz (Card Tricks and Close-up Magic)
• Jim Davidson (No Further Action)
• Jimmy Carr (Funny Business)
• Adam Riches
• Joel Dommett (Finding Emo)
• John Robins (This Tornado Loves You)
• Josh Widdicombe (Josh Widdicombe’s XFM Show Live)
• Josie Long (Cara Josephine)
• Katherine Ryan (Glam Role Model)
• Kerry Godliman (Face Time)
• Matt Forde (24 Hour Political Party People)
• Larry Dean (Scottish Comedian of the Year 2013)
• Lou Sanders (Lou Sanders in Another Great Show Again)
• Mark Watson (Flaws)
• Mark Watson (Mark Watson’s Comedywealth Games)
• Nick Helm (Nick Helm’s Two Night Stand in the Grand)
• Nina Conti (Work In Progress)
• Nish Kumar (Ruminations on the Nature of Subjectivity)
• Phill Jupitus (Shirking Progress)
• Phill Jupitus (Porky the Poet – Juplicity)
• Rachel Parris (Live in Vegas)
• Robin Ince (Robin Ince’s Blooming Buzzing Confusion)
• Russell Kane (Smallness)
• Russell Kane (The Kaneing Podcast)
• Russell Kane (Three Nights Only)
• Sarah Kendall (Touchdown)
• Sara Pascoe (Sara Pascoe vs History)
• Scott Capurro (Islamohomophobia Reloaded)
• Stephen K Amos (Work in Progress)
• Stewart Lee (A Room With a Stew, Work in Progress)
• Susan Calman (Lady Like)
• Suzi Ruffell (Social Chameleon)
• Paul Foot (Hovercraft Symphony in Gammon # Major)
• Tom Allen (Life / Style)
• Tom Rosenthal (Work in Progress)
• Tom Rosenthal (Meme, Myself and I)