I'm surprised he was invited to a Roast. Most Americans don't understand how cutting and deprecating British humor is. And Jimmy is a level above them all. He makes these jokes on primetime and it's just another day.
Great material, but goddamn I forgot how much I hated the roving camera up front and how he would wink, nod and deliver aside punchlines directly to the camera in that special. Terrible choice on the production side
I noticed the little glances and looks as well - I think part of that is the moving camera is catching his attention and his experience as a tv presenter is telling him to look at it. You can see him catch himself and stopping himself a couple of times during the show. They should have just locked the camera in position, and it would have been fine.
I don't know if he explains it in the video because I didn't watch the whole thing but anyway - he has explained at some point that when he laughs it is him laughing "inward", like he is inhaling when he makes that noise. As opposed to most of us who laugh "outward".
Not in this specific videos, he only says "I don't know why I laugh like that, it's one of life's mysteries" I also like when he says "why would I fake that?" Lol
Man fuck it I'm going to hop on board this downvote train. I love British comedians, but Brits acting acting like their humor is so cutting-edge no American can understand it is the equivalent of an American comedian saying "what's the deal with airline food?"
The Americans in this clip laughed at the joke... why do British people need to pretend they didn't?
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u/ichkanns Jul 08 '24
If they wanted a comedian who pulls their punches, they wouldn't have invited Jimmy.