I occasionally drift over to Reddit to see who is saying what about comedy and this Daniel Sloss sub pulled me in.

It starts with a debate that comedians should NEVER apologise or get involved in a “pile on” as it tends to make things worse and just prolong the shouting (online that is). Specifically referencing Ricky Gervais and Jimmy.

Following on from that was a couple of nice anecdotes about Jimmy – which seems like a good excuse to tell you that I’ve just added an Other people said… page (here). Which aggregates the stories that use that tag – rounding up what audiences and colleagues have said about Mr C.

I didn’t want to show the account names (that the comments came from) – although Reddit have sold all of their chat text to AI companies (to train LLMs on) so nothing on a sub stays on a sub…

If anyone spots their comment and would like their name adding – drop a comment below.

• I think it helps that beyond his persona Jimmy is a really nice bloke in person (source: my lad works in the industry)
• Few friends met him in a service station and said he couldn’t be nicer, and I’ve heard comedians do unfiltered podcasts calling him out specifically as being really supportive of up-and-coming comedians. Seems one of those that ‘don’t meet your heroes’ probably doesn’t apply to
• You can tell from seeing him on TV. I don’t think he’s a good enough actor to be putting on his genuine enjoyment of someone else getting in a good line on one of his shows. He seems very content to tee people up and loves it when it works.
• He’s very kind and appreciative of the back stage crews at the theatres where he performs.