James O'Brien meets Jimmy Carr | LBC

[@Fray-bentos-george]

Let him finish the sentence James, Jesus

[@jameswylie2924]

Great conversation between two of my favourite people.

[@Takhar7]

This was brilliant to listen to. Start to finish, captivating, thought provoking, funny. Well done to both

[@justjames459]

check the joe rogan one too

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

I have a letter personally sent to me, from Spike Milligan when I said 'North Africa looked a bit arid in 1943'. He replied, 'Arid? It was ghastly, I was always gasping, then I fell to pieces when I got to Italy - bluddy Romans!'.

[@aussieintexas61]

james, your guest is more important than the questions you want to ask and the blurbs you kept blurting out. let him talk.

[@cuzned1375]

Main thing i learned from this is… If you’re talking to JO’B and want to be able to finish a sentence, you need two things simultaneously: 1. Be someone he actually wants to hear from, AND 2. Be willing and able to steamroll him every time he tries to interrupt. 😆 Just having the first won’t get you anywhere - James wouldn’t be able to resist interrupting the Buddha, even if he’d just completed an arduous 2-year journey to sit at the Buddha’s feet. 😋

[@SimonWain]

jeez, battle of the men who don't want to let the other get a word in.

[@thomasshirrefs5331]

Great show, not sure how you can keep up this pace with the quality of the guests but truly top interviews, thanks

[@gbpl1010]

Really surprised with numbers of views. Only below 50k in 10 days.

[@imcallingjapan2178]

James O'Brien's style here is like he's interviewing an awkward right wing caller on his radio show, just let Jimmy Carr speak, lol

[@rickysmom809]

But Jimmy is actually over talking. He talks over James, and he won't even let him finish his questions

[@Gixer750pilot]

@@rickysmom809to be fair , the interview is about Jimmy , he’s the guest . If he got up and left after giving gone word answers it would be a boring. I’m here to listen to Jimmy , get to know him. Not listen to the beard tugger ask questions from a pad

[@arthurgordon6072]

I like the honesty of O'Brien. To admit that he hasn't read the book cover to covet is refreshing. Some interviewers give the impression that they have read all of books of their guests.

[@JRandaII]

If I couldn’t laugh through life’s traumas, I’d be dead by now…

[@giffgaffnettwork5626]

Cameron as PM publicly calling Jimmy Carr out for lawful tax avoidance, when the Camerons were operating off shore trusts to evade UK dues, is laughable. Carr never lets you down, you never feel short changed. Think it would've worked better with Nick Ferrari asking the questions.

[@mikes4733]

James, stop talking over the guest.

[@madhouse8301]

Was James bored or something? Interview techiques not so great.

[@inesesoncika]

Brilliant interview!

[@histonftm]

Another excellent Jimmy Carr interview (the other I recently watched was Interview with a CEO). He comes across so well and I find myself strongly agreeing with almost all of his points. I can't wait to read his book.

[@robmccarthy1975]

This is a beautiful interview. I had mixed feelings about Jimmy Carr but James let's him talk, he knows the subject matter and simply guides the interview when needed. Jimmy comes through as a lovely person and thoroughly likeable and fascinating. A perfect host and guest who clearly are at ease in eachothers company which reflects in a fascinating hour of conversation. Couldve been twice as long and I'd still have been hooked on every word. Bravo!

[@productdesign9626]

There are other long-form interviews out there where you see this side of Jimmy. He's not what you expect, is he?

[@KEVINWILLIAMS-ws5qr]

If I could chose a brother...Jimmy. A wonderful, intelligent, wise, deep and deeply funny man.

[@kevinhayler3499]

Pity Jimmy was talked over so much. Doesn’t James ever watch his own interviews and reflect?

[@Alex-mj5dv]

No.. he has some awful form of unearned confidence that seems to come via osmosis. It’s not from any solid foundation or with evidence. I’m surprised that now he’s talked to Jimmy Carr, he hasn’t tried to ask if he can give stand-up a go and open for him on a few tour dates.. because, you know, he’s JOB, renaissance man.

[@DaveRelph001]

Glad that James stopped talking over Jimmy as much in the second half

[@rustynail1194]

He can't help himself. I find I have many similar views to JOB, not ALL, but he really should shut up now and again to get the other side's view. On VERY rare occasions he does listen and he finds he wasn't completely right, if at all.

[@DaveRelph001]

@@rustynail1194 that's why I've stopped listening to his radio show

[@Alex-mj5dv]

The man has a book entitled ‘how to be right’… what does one expect?!

[@MrRailjunkie]

​@@Alex-mj5dvsub title the art of changing your mind. It's not about James always thinking he's right.

[@brangwen1]

I found Jimmy Carr a lot more interesting than I thought, but James's interviewing was not great. Way too many interruptions and talking over the subject.

[@toperic02]

James was utterly floundering with someone much brighter than himself.

[@southafrica73]

""You make your own luck" That's something that lucky people say.

[@opinion3742]

Still struggling to see this take on cancel culture. What am I missing? Most people crying that they have been cancelled have usually just been criticized and have gone nowhere!

[@woofla123]

Like James, but wish he’d shut up a bit and let him answer.

[@screenPhiles]

James O'Brien needs to let Jimmy Carr speak and just guide where he goes, as opposed to interrupting.

[@shanginadildo]

The mans ego is running wild

[@Kevvy0689]

Exactly what I thought, needs to learn to keep quiet and let the guest answer completely. He's still in radio format feeling like he needs to keep it succinct which is the exact opposite of what this formula is for.

[@raidwipe]

I had to stop listening for this reason, even the constant "Yes. Yes." interrupting his lines. I want to hear from your guest, they start one topic and then James DESPERATELY feels the need to switch topic for some reason. Let him speak! James other interviews aren't this difficult to listen to thankfully :)

[@screenPhiles]

@@raidwipe I got the feeling that O'Brien felt he had to control the conversation - perhaps there were time restraints and he had certain questions that he felt the need to get through - and I don't have an issue with that because that's how interviews tend to work. What bothered me was how he chose to do it, which came off fairly rushed and abrupt.

[@NickIrvineFortescue]

Agreed. I like James on radio but based on this he's not an interviewer. See the diary of a CEO for a better version of this interview

[@chrischarlescook]

I highly recommend the audio book. Jimmy smashed it ❤️👊

[@kevsumner2064]

One of the greatest interviews I've seen. Well done Jimmies.

[@gertstronkhorst2343]

Jimmy Carr claiming Ayn Rand is misinterpreted. Hilarious.

[@vincentwhelan475]

It always amazes me how many of these comedians went to Oxford or Cambridge.

[@denisesf5]

This is gonna be GREAT!!¡!❤❤❤❤

[@StephenDownes]

Love the final remarks. Cheering Jimmy Carr on his way to being one of the greats in comedy.

[@iainrae6159]

Such an enjoyable interview, thankyou James and Jimmy.

[@kennyangel]

In German luck and happiness are the same words but we also say "you are the smith of your own happiness" and that is where it comes together.

[@DavidSmith-oy4of]

Not really true though is it.

[@leejohnson3209]

With the social and political trajectory of the last 15-20 years I worry about the state of the arts going forward. If you're from a socially deprived background, or even a level up, the small avenues that used to be there for getting into music, comedy, film, theatre etc are all shutting down. For people with a passion and talent, who are completely financially and geographically hamstrung by their situation, I don't think any kind of 'YOU can do it too, if you focus and put the graft in and make your own luck' advice is going to carry much weight.

[@colinfuidge8660]

Great interview.

[@MartinMc90]

I'm atheist and I am jealous. I would love to have blind faith in a powerful creator that still cares about their invention.

[@sfshinz]

I guess I must be some sort of freak, because I’ve laughed plenty of times while watching “Cats Does Countdown” and “Big Fat Quizzes” by myself.

[@wmm0106]

You are not a freak i laugh so much at 8 out etc.

[@Midlander1956]

Love the guy, clearly more than just what you see. (That goes for both James and Jimmy!). He says what most of us think, and most of us can differentiate between humour and being nasty. Those who attack him don’t have the nouse to understand that. Great interview, James.

[@ShabumkinSpleen]

An interesting and engaging chat, he seems like a nice bloke. He somehow reminds me a little of Bob Monkhouse, another deeply funny man who worked hard at his craft.

[@steviemac8075]

Great book he’s a deep serious thinker. Also says it as it should be said. 👍🏻

[@Srikstar]

Two of my favourite gentleman 😊 Classy and Down -To-Earth at the same time😊

[@markburgin3424]

I do wish James O'Brien would learn to let interviewees finish sentences and not speak over them. Perhaps it comes from dealing with call-in loons who need cutting off, but this is someone you've chosen to interview. Please let them speak.

[@TheGeneReyva]

"no one had it given to them" except those with connected parents.

[@Jelenij]

Even they have to keep it

[@sblack48]

I’ve started way more self help books than I’ve finished

[@brianford8493]

Brilliant!.......just Brilliant.

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Quentin Tarantino - get him on, Jim, when he is next in London. You will feel you have just ran a London (beeeep) marathon after interviewing him, to be sure.

[@jonathanentwistle30]

Working so hard to wrench in his questions 😂

[@a.j.m9644]

would love to share a beer with these two on a friday afternoon

[@rustynail1194]

Ruby Wax does self help books too. I read one of hers on holiday. Extremely funny, there's no way if have taken the subject seriously, so I really enjoyed it. 👍

[@jackabalas]

I don’t remember Jimmy being cancelled. I remember him taking a slagging from comedians and David Cameron piled on and everyone defended Jimmy.

[@Naedlus]

Maybe after the tax avoidance charges

[@robbuelens]

I'm a fan, but many famous people are wimps. Cancelling is just a word for the backlash a public person gets when they do something that might make them less wealthy or public, and then even when that doesn't happen at all or only marginally, it's still called cancelling. They should really get over themselves, being less popular for half a year is the price you might pay for doing and saying things that most people think are immoral.

[@OldManMatty]

Cancelling doesn’t exist. Consequences to your actions does.

[@johnf4659]

he wasn't. The papers had a go at him, but that's not being cancelled. He never lost any work. He was still all over the telly and selling out gigs. Someone like Graham Linehan has genuinely been cancelled. No one will work with him, venues wont book him, stuff he's written has been pulled from screens, blocked from social media, and friends who's careers he basically started have betrayed him. All because he had a harmless, but unpopular, opinion. That's a cancelling.

[@OldManMatty]

@@johnf4659 inferring that the trans community are paedophiles and groomers is not a harmless opinion

[@thekaratekidpartii2169]

I really like James O'Brian, but someone has tell him he doesn't need to audibly respond every time the interviewee finishes-or pauses in the middle of-a sentence.

[@gearoftones8585]

Wonder if he brought up his tax dodging. Instead of a self help book to help people for profit, maybe pay your fair share into the system and really help people.

[@curmudgeon1933]

Are you also as censorious about tax-dodging corporations and wealthy individuals...or is it only celebrities?

[@gearoftones8585]

@@curmudgeon1933 absolutely. I'll call out hypocrisy no matter who it is.

[@S10wGuY]

Amazing to listen to this. Big fan of Jimmy, simply because of how eloquent he is off-screen. Can I say, the man looks quite sharp.. is that a Nautilus?

[@johnroche2373]

Brilliant interview, great interchange between two super conversationalists

[@justjames459]

jimmys great talker both these guys are cool af

[@kidbruxner]

that was a terrible interview - what kind of interviewer just lets the guest talk and talk - really looking forward to hearing what Jimmiy Carr had to say what the whole ruined because this bloke didnt know how to contol and manage the interview to get the best out of his subject.

[@DylRicho]

Enjoyable listen and some thought provoking comments. It would be awesome to hear from Lee Evans in this manner.

[@boybawang1981]

Jimmy put in the work...he was a chubby comedian...now he's a skinny TV host!! I saw him in a TV show called Distraction in the U.S. that had homeless people in the audience.

[@gnomevoyeur]

There are so many people who work hard and work smart but never achieve what it may appear that they deserve. Making your own luck is a concept completely embedded in survivor bias.

[@jnicemint]

Watching Jimmy is a full ab workout.

[@markpierce8674]

I loved the book and love the interview

[@kinocchio]

That was deep.

[@chibbyranjo]

Fulfilment and presence of mind. Jimmy understood that his soul (not religious myself but they’ve got great words) needed feeding. He needed to do something that made the effort of living worth it. Add to that, he found himself (or rather got himself) in situations where he had turning points where he could listen to influential people, heed their advice (not too proud to believe he knew it all) and pursue the change that he needed to make his life more fulfilling. Awful, life-changing things can happen. Sometimes they provide an opportunity to make life beyond that point a better life than it was before. Maybe not in every way, but in ways that matter to you deep down. Like all the other clichés Jimmy speaks of, when one door closes, another door opens. I dislike the word pivot. But it’s the same thing.

[@poeiabird]

Fascinating and entertaining from beginning to end. But I adamantly disagree that the Democrats were anti-choice in the 80s. Both parties had members who were pro-choice and members who were against it but it wasn't the major platform issue for either party. The shift was that, as it became a defining political issue, people began to choose their party based on that. Today, it is etched in titanium.

[@ogden4]

Fantastic

[@bink865]

He wrote a book about comedy with someone called Lucy(?) and it's great

[@jonnylumberjack6223]

Seven minutes in and I'm kind of dying inside at the depth of privilege on show from Jimmy. It's all very nice, if you've been brought up in an environment that encourages and inspires. Millions of people in this country do not live in that kind of environment. As soon as they are aware of their social and economic status, the rot begins. If a person does not believe they are worthy (and I do mean worthy, not able) enough to even dream of betterment then they very soon teach themselves to settle. Housing schemes are chock full of people who have completely wasted their lives, because they don't believe in themselves or their abilities. And the abilities are the same as everyone else, that must be recognised. But the underclass is real and it is almost psychologically inescapable. So much needs to change.

[@DeTroutSpinnaz]

Three words: take a joke. What would the world of comedy be if people followed your self righteous guide?

[@KAdamson]

There have been winners and losers since the dawn of time. Attitude is what holds many people back. He's in the 3rd decade of a massively successful career - just enjoy hearing how he did it. Take the chip off your shoulder for an hour.

[@jonnylumberjack6223]

@@KAdamson says the person who clearly doesn't understand what I'm talking about. I don't have a chip on my shoulder btw, I'm just fine. Lots of people are not. Go live in an underprivileged area for a decade or two, then you'll get it.

[@KAdamson]

@@jonnylumberjack6223 I came from a Council Estate, mate. Been there, done that.

[@Rage_Harder_Then_Relax]

@@KAdamson Clearly not for very long, did you!

[@GuitarMan-wb8mk]

Jesus James, stop interrupting!!!!

[@MrFubber]

Nice to be able to watch these.

[@joltee9317]

Jimmy Carr and James o'brien had a baby and named him JD Vance

[@matthewtrow5698]

It's just struck me that if they made a movie about the Simpsons that featured real people, James O'Brien would be a shoe-in for Homer. Jimmy Carr could make Moe work with ease.

[@Otto72ish]

Jimmy Carr very interesting. JOB needs to contain his boring gob.

[@dan.oakt8134]

If only Jimmy Carr had more to say the interview would have been just that much better ;-p

[@memarkiam]

I’m a big fan of James’, but sometimes I wish he would shut up and let Jimmy speak! How many times did he interrupt him? Stop his thought process? Try and watch some Parkinson interviews and learn how it’s done please!

[@CM-ey7nq]

More Jimmy Carr and less Jordan Peterson might make the world a better place :)

[@tonyburton419]

Jimmy's feeling really quite ok,even somewhat elated right now - first new baby. Been there. Need to reflect on that. Do not understand comments below, - hard for Jame's to get a question in....still only 1/2 way through at moment.

[@BelladonicHaze]

I want to know who the bloke who worked out he could've been a famous darts player is; who is he? Where is he? Did James remember to look him up?

[@richybatty234]

Brilliant interview

[@mistercohaagen]

Please do one of these with Frankie Boyle.

[@alexanderdearman4498]

Why is James constantly pre ambling what he's about to say, horrible listen

[@thetragicyouth]

Carr's next gig should be presenting a re-booted version of 'New Faces'.... 🤣🤣🤣

[@Alun49]

A very interesting interview. Jimmy Carr provides some very interesting observations about comedy, performance, but also about life. I was quite sympathetic when he was 'cancelled'. The failure to see the joke, and to grasp the double meaning embedded within it, was depressing.

[@deanlowdon8381]

When was he cancelled? I can’t remember the last time I turned on the TV and he wasn’t there! 😂

[@Alun49]

@@deanlowdon8381 Well, earlier this year he was called out for his joke about the Holocaust. Thankfully he weathered that storm. Any cursory enquiry into Carr and his views demonstrates he is anything but a bigot.

[@torbjornkarlsen]

Where does Jimmy find the patience for this endless barrage of interruptions?

[@thedandyhighwayman]

Watching Wayne Carr's attempt to be accepted in 2023 is like watching a KFC drumstick rot in a back alley. May have been appealing once but now makes your stomach turn.

[@jimmaughan1898]

Great interview but I think Jimmy misunderstands abortion politics in the US

[@adamtzsch]

That’s exactly what Nietzsche meant about the Eternal Return. It’ll change your life.

[@MahkyVmedia1]

Don't agree that all the censorship comes from the left now, but I'm also not a comedian may be different for them, still loved the interview.

[@Rage_Harder_Then_Relax]

CEnsorship? LOL. Show us all this censorship please!

[@brianwilson49]

Reassessing my opinion of carr based on this interview. Tears of a clown and all that but there is invariably something more interesting in someone who is prepared to be a standup comedian. The job requires some interesting character traits that set you beyond the norm.

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

My life philosophy:~ If you have nothing you have nothing to worry about you haven't anything to lose. 👍😎

[@woodentie8815]

Don’t tell me - You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal?😂

[@hmq9052]

Christ. He goes on.

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Get Ricky Gervais on the show. He studied trick cycling in some London Poly near King's Cross station you know! He is miles ahead of Carr. 🙂👍

[@ftumschk]

I thought Gervais studied philosophy at University College London.

[@DeTroutSpinnaz]

You say that, but gervais is not really a comedian by comedians’ standards, especially not these days

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

@@ftumschkSame difference?

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

@@DeTroutSpinnaz observationalist.

[@ftumschk]

@@huwzebediahthomas9193 UCL is the biggest college in London, and one of the top ten universities in the world, so it's hardly "some London poly near King's Cross".

[@maguirefire3190]

Why they play grime beats before this just doesn't make sense... is this show for children... or is it for oldskool grime ravers (which im one)... or is it for people who wanna get into the life of gangsterism and justify stabbings and drug crime because of institutional oppression in a country that's full of opportunities in all classes especially if you live in the south east

[@northernpunx1978]

Ha haw haaaaaa!

[@cooldude-ek3em]

question did Jimmy take anti depressants

[@cooldude-ek3em]

Before thay tried cancelling him

[@patriciaoreilly8907]

Jimmy 😂 give this man a laugh 😊 he needs to lighten up on life 😊 he is manic 😊

[@thedandyhighwayman]

Not sure what's less funny, Wayne Carr the comedian or Wayne Carr trying to be knowledgeable and statesman like and trying to promote his new "self-help" book.

[@clivet3252]

A man who makes a living being rude and obnoxious... interviews Jimmy Carr.

[@MrRailjunkie]

Correction a man who makes his living telling it like it is & owning right wingers. There fixed it for you.

[@AshenOneGaming]

This is an awful interview. James O'Brien just talks over Jimmy Carr constantly had to switch off at 14 mins. Jeez!