Andrew Dickens: Comedians bring logic to a fight

The comedian Jimmy Carr is coming back to New Zealand for a nationwide tour the culminates at Auckland's Spark Arena. These are big halls, and he can fill them because he’s that good.  

It’s called 'Jimmy Carr Laughs Funny' and he does. It’s so true, it’s funny.  

And that’s Jimmy’s thing.  

It’s easy to lump comedians like Jimmy, and Ricky Gervais and America’s Bill Maher into a conservative label simply because so much of what they say is politically incorrect.  

But what makes them funny is that it’s just true. They point out the hilarity of our tribal positions - both left and right. 

I’m reading Bill Maher’s book 'What This Comedian Said Will Shock You'. It’s a collection of his best monologues over the year.  

I used to think he was quite right wing when I watched his show, but that was because he was merciless against the Biden administration. Now that Trump is in power he’s equally merciless. I like that.  

I like his pithy observation that conservatives govern without shame and liberals shame without governing. That’s true in America and it’s true here.  

And he says that’s why the world is full of people who want to break shit up.  

I like all these comedians because they bring logic to the fight. Unlike politicians who bring whatever might score them votes, and the media who will say anything that will get them clicks, which will pay the bills.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Okay, the comedian Jimmy Barr, Jimmy Carr, excuse me. Jimmy
Carr is coming back to New Zealand for a nationwide
tour that culminates at Orchan Spark Arena. These are big
hauls he's playing, and he can fill them because he's
that good. The show is called Jimmy Carr Laughs funny,
and he does. It's so true. That's what makes that funny,

(00:22):
and that is Jimmy's thing. It's very easy to lump
comedians like Jimmy and Ricky Gervas and America's Bill Maher
into a conservative label simply because much of what they
say is politically incorrect. But what makes them funny is
that it's true. They point out the hilarity of our
tribal positions, both left and right. So at the moment,

(00:42):
I'm reading Bill Maher's book, What This Comedian Said Will
Shock You. It's a collection of his best monologues over
a year now. I used to think he was quite
right wing when I watched his show, but that was
because he was merciless against the Biden administration. Now that
Trump is in power, he's equally merciless, and I like
that I like that he's telling the truth. I like

(01:04):
his pithy observation that conservatives govern without shame and liberals
shame without governing. That's true in America, that's true here.
Both sides are as baird as each other. And he
says that is why the world is so full of
people who want to break the shit up. I like
all these comedians because they bring logic to the fight.

(01:26):
They're neither left nor right. They just look at what
it is and laughs at it, unlike politicians who will
bring whatever might score them votes, and the media who
will say anything that will get them clicks, which pay
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