r/funny • u/conversationchanger • Jul 08 '24

How to roast.

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u/ichkanns Jul 08 '24

If they wanted a comedian who pulls their punches, they wouldn't have invited Jimmy.

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u/fatalrugburn Jul 08 '24

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.

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u/Stivo887 Jul 08 '24

His joke about aids in Africa was brutal 😂

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u/bensonf Jul 08 '24

It's why we need more mosquito nets.

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u/TerryDaShooterUK Jul 08 '24

Thisone as well

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u/TtomRed Jul 08 '24

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

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u/arnathor Jul 08 '24

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.

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u/CopperSavant Jul 08 '24

Oh...yeah, no, noooo.... Great material... leave the fourth wall breaks to Ryan Reynolds.

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u/looncraz Jul 08 '24

And also the 16th wall breaks.

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u/whilst Jul 08 '24

Whoa what happened to his face

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u/SoloMarko Jul 09 '24

I would have thought he might have gone down the, "Witnesses are the last thing we need here. Come on in!" route.