“Keep putting a smile on people’s faces!”

There is an older clip (here) from someone that made Jimmy tear up, over a text into the show from someone that had tried to take their own life and felt that Jimmy’s comedy helped them back into the light. So far 3.6m have seen that (just on YouTube) and there are many in the comments that have felt a similar need for comedy as a means of therapy.

There’s another clip, below (or here on Instagram) from someone that didn’t want to identify themselves but said “you’re one of the things that’s kept me here” on “days where it felt like it wasn’t possible”.

Jimmy describes comedy as a way of gaining perspective and its sad that so many people need the shield of humour as suicide prevention. I’ve never had to be in that place – but daily doses of comedy enrich my life. Comedians should be treasured.