Jimmy Carr.. making jokes of the injured (blown up by the Taliban)...

Comedian Jimmy Carr has promised to raise money for a charity which supports wounded servicemen after causing uproar by making a sick joke about troops who have lost their limbs on the front line.

He stunned an audience of 2,500 at the Manchester Apollo when he said: 'Say what you like about these servicemen amputees from Iraq and Afghanistan, but we are going to have a f****** good Paralympic team in 2012.'

There was said to be 'some laughter' but most in the audience on Friday's show were stunned into silence.

In an effort to make amends he has since pledged to take part in a fundraiser for the Help for Heroes charity, The Sun reported.

hes a smug toffee nosed t wat ,imo
needs a punch in the face

he would take the p iss out of anything to get a laugh
hes that bad

1.01 the soldiers would have laughed at it

As a ex-squddie I would and did laugh at that joke, most of my m8's thought it was funny however once again we bow to "pc britain".

feck off he was not being nasty,he was seeing the humourous side of adversity,something that the armed forces do on a regular basis.

Surely you tell jokes to make the audience laugh, what he said would be as funny as cancer to 99% of the population, so unless the audience was vetted beforehand to only let in sick minded individuals what did he really expect.
Plus how many friggin times is he going to be on the woss show ffs !

hes not even funny

panglima 06 Nov 22:17
Surely you tell jokes to make the audience laugh, what he said would be as funny as cancer to 99% of the population, so unless the audience was vetted beforehand to only let in sick minded individuals what did he really expect.

I listened to a radio show a fortnight ago where a ex-squaddie who had lost his legs in Ireland phoned up and basically said the same as myself, it was funny.

You know why I will tell you why because it made him feel normal, who wants to feel as though everybody pitys them?

Carr was not trying to be malicous,he was trying to see the funny side off adversity and imo long live his type.

halcyon days 06 Nov 22:18
Neil, were you in the Black Watch? :0

Royal Scots m8 ;)


1st of foot ,right of line , pride of the british army, SIR :)

By telling that 'joke' he was simply abusing his privileged/protected position as a TV celeb. Bet he wouldn't dare tell it to a room full of squaddies, the fcking pr!ck. Someone'll give him a hiding for that. What goes around, comes around imo

wouldn't be suprised if a wounded soldier told him the joke to begin with

Hearts - really? If so, good gallows humour & respect for that. Ropey gag tho, still, imo.

Some people can't make their minds up!

It's OK to tell jokes which offend people yes?
Until it offends you.

fwiw Jimmy Carr is quite funny, and just told a joke, it doesn't mean he believes it ffs.

There's bundles of stuff all over the news recently about "our brave troops", why has this not been news for the last 5 years?
They've been brave, and fighting and being killed for at least this long, but the media (and politicians) didn't fell the need until smokescreens - obscuring MP's expenses and bankers bonuses - were needed. Yet again the GB public, sheeplike, flock to a cause, and take on a war-time attitude because they're being bombarded (no pun intended) with news about it.

I agree with sparky.

wow he's thin :0

Didn't offend me at all tbh - I've never been bombed. I obviously mis-judged/underestimated the average soldier's ability to stiff upper lip it after getting blown to fck. Still think Carr's overstayed his TV welcome, however. One trick pony who lacks the necessary charisma/spontaneity to be a 'great' comedian.

This has reminded me... my updated and revised comedy list is done now.

You did indeed underestimate them.

excellent joke imo :^0