I'm glad Jimmy Carr made a stop in Charlotte. I often watch videos of his show "8 of 10 Cats Do Countdown", and while wildly inappropriate, I find him extremely funny. And tonight was no different.
While specific jokes are hard to retell when reviewing, I hope I look back at this and remember his lampooning of Gastonia, the sex talk with a young audience member, and his witty, often unrelated one liners, as well as his ability to offend everyone, even having a dig at us stay at home dads. Can't be offended by one of the jokes, has to be all or nothing.
The show's low did stop near the end, when he tried some new jokes. Written that day on a piece of paper, Carr was looking to see if the jokes were funny, but delivery was not practiced and kind of stunted the show a bit. I'm sure once properly worked into the set, these jokes will add to the laughter.
I don't know why we don't go to many comedy shows. Everyone we've been to has been good, and Jimmy Carr is no exception. Maybe Blumenthal will bring out some more good English comedians (Greg Davies, Richard Ayoade, Joe Wilkinson etc). Here's hoping.
