2009 and Jimmy had been at Just For Laughs (Canada) to July 26^th, LA on the 28^th for a Conan O’Brien appearance and then it was back to the UK for continuation of his Joke Technician tour.

At the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC Venue 150), once again, he performed at his 8^th Edinburgh Fringe for 8 nights (20^th to 23^rd and 27^th to 30^th). Shows started at 9.30pm and tickets were £15 (£13 concession).

Written and performed by: Jimmy Carr

His Fringe ad blurb said:

A rapier is a long sword of a gentleman. “Rapier Wit” is defined as clever, quick, intelligent humour. Please note Jimmy’s eight solo show, “Rapier Wit”, may* contain actual jokes about rape. (*Definitely)

On August 28^th he appeared in Television’s Got Talent with Louis Walsh, Amanda Holden and Ant & Dec.

The 2009 Edinburgh Fringe ran in August from the 7^th to 31^st and the 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). Note that some people possibly paid for ads to be closer to the front of the programme (than their alphabetical listing would permit). Or perhaps it was just to smooth the layout…(except Jack Whitehall is filed under “A”).

Where their show name was mentioned – it’s in brackets. Note that some people had multiple shows running.

• IMWP Wehn and Kuhnle (German Humour Goes Global) *Herr Henning Wehn and Herr Otto Kuhnle
• James Acaster, Nick Helm & Josh Widdicombe (Acaster, Helm & Widdicombe – Live at the Voodoo Bar) – FREE
• Adam Hills (Inflatable)
• Alun Cochrane (Is a Daydreamer (At Night))
• Alistair McGowan & Charlotte Page (Cocktails With Coward)
• Alistair McGowan (The One and Many)
• Al Murray (The Pub Landlord)
• Andrew Lawrence (Soul Crushing Vicissitudes of Fortune!)
• Andrew Maxwell (The Lamp)
• Jack Whitehall (Nearly Rebellious)
• Andy Hamilton (Andy Hamilton’s “Hat of Doom”)
• Tom Allen (Women!)
• Simon Brodkin (Still Not Himself)
• Nick Helm (Bad Things Happen in Trees)
• Jerry Sadowitz (Comedian, Magician, Psychopath 2009)
• Geoff Norcott (The Shocking Truth About Men and Women)
• Bridget Christie (My Daily Mail Hell)
• Shappi Khorsandi (The Distracted Activist)
• Chris McCausland (7 Strikes)
• The Comedy Zone (showcase) with Jen Brister, Ed Gamble, Chris Ramsey & Gareth Richards
• Coolfun Comedy – Ed Gamble, Nish Kumar, Tom Neenan, Jez Scharf – FREE
• Daniel Kitson (Daniel Kitson at The Stand)
• Daniel Sloss (Teenage Kicks)
• Stewart Lee (If You Prefer a Milder Comedian, Please Ask For One)
• David O’Doherty (David O’Doh-Party)
• Russell Kane (Human Dressage)
• Jim Jefferies (The Hits)
• Marcus Brigstocke, Andre Vincent & Guests (The Early Edition)
• Desiree Burch (52 Man Pickup) – FREE
• Matt Forde (Fordy’s Lock-In)
• Frank Skinner (Frank Skinner’s Credit Crunch Cabaret)
• Jimmy Carr (Rapier Wit)
• Seann Walsh & Paul McCaffrey (Get On With It)
• Jason Byrne (The Byrne Supremacy)
• Janey Godley (Godley’s World)
• John Robins (Skinny Love)
• Hannah Gadsby (Kiss Me Quick I’m Full of Jubes)
• Susan Calman (The Last Woman on Earth)
• Tim Key (Tim Key is the Slutcracker)
• Marcus Brigstocke (God Collar)
• Idiots of Ants (This Is War)
• Russell Kane (Russell Kane’s Fakespeare – The Tragickal Saveings of King Nigel)
• Ivan Brackenbury (Ivan Brackenbury’s All New Hospital Radio Show)
• Jason Manford (Jason Manford & Friends at the Fringe)
• John Bishop (Elvis Has Left The Building)
• Jon Richardson (This Guy at Night)
• Julian Clary (Lord of the Mince)
• Kevin Bridges (An Hour to Sing for Your Soul)
• Rich Hall
• Rich Hall (Rich Hall’s Campfire Stories)
• Lucy Porter (Fool’s Gold)
• Micky Flanagan (Spiel)
• Mark Watson (The Mark Watson Edit)
• Mark Watson (Mark Watson’s Earth Summit)
• Mark Watson (Mark Watson’s last Ever 24-Hour Show)
• Mike Wozniak (Clown Shoes)
• Miles Jupp (Telling It Like It Might Be)
• Nick Mohammed (Nick Mohammed in Apollo 21)
• Ricky Gervais (Science)
• Richard Herring (Hitler Moustache)
• Chris Mayo & Tom Rosenthal (One Degree of Separation) – FREE
• Paul Foot (By The Yard)
• Paul Merton (Paul Merton’s Impro Chums)
• Reginald D Hunter (The Only Apple in the Garden of Eden and N****s)
• Rhod Gilbert (Rhod Gilbert and The Cat That Looked Like Nicholas Lyndhurst)
• Robin Ince (Bleeding-Heart Liberal)
• Robin Ince (Robin Ince Versus the Moral Majority)
• Simon Amstell (Do Nothing)
• Sam Simmons (Problems)
• Sarah Millican (Typical Woman)
• Sean Hughes (What I Meant To Say Was…)
• Zoe Lyons (Miss Machismo)
• Stephen K Amos (The Feelgood Factor)
• Tiffany Stevenson (Along Came a Spider)
• Joe Wilkinson & Diane Morgan (Two Episodes of Mash)