The Comedian’s Comedian was another one of C4’s lists, except this time (instead of asking the public) they polled 300 comedians, writers, producers and directors to find the greatest ever comedian.
Chortle list the Top 50 and there are some strange names in there (from my perspective) and covering a very broad range of styles and decades. But, hey, comedy is subjective.
Jimmy presented the show (broadcast on January 1st 2005) and was also on the writing team.
To name a few of the British contributors to the 3-hour show:
- Ricky Gervais
- Dara O’Briain
- Stephen Merchant
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Barry Cryer
- Ed Byrne
- Dave Gorman
- David Baddiel
- Vic Reeves
- Bob Mortimer
- Bill Oddie
- Eric Idle
- Matt Lucas
- Spike Milligan
- Harry Secombe
I’ve found a short clip (of the announcement of the Number 1 spot) which has Jimmy at the beginning and again around 8 minutes mark, signing the programme off.
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