That's exactly how I've always felt about gift certificates. Cash works fine almost everywhere, and it fits in a card or envelope just as easily as a certificate. Gift certificates are like Itchy and Scratchy dollars. Why?

I guess some people consider cash to be the ultimate in lazy gift giving, while gift certificates are looked at as being somewhat less so, although not by much. I don't mind them as long as it's from somewhere I actually shop at.

I often give iTunes gift cards. Smart people don't attach their credit cards to iTunes, so this is well received.

I do have a problem with the title, it's too long. "Jimmy Carr Destroys Hecklers" is like saying, "Jimmy Carr".

The first comeback was really weak. I have the feeling that he couldn't think of anything good.

The second one I've heard him do more times than I can count.

I couldn't help thinking 'O.o' when the audience laughed [as much as they did]. It felt like a sitcom where there was a laugh light, and people just laugh over the smallest bit.

Jimmy Carr is a funny guy, but this particular moment was not a highlight. Simply passable.

Granted, it's unlikely I would have done any better - but I'm not a comedian either. Whatevz.

-scheherazade

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Lighten up mate, no one's taking notes, he's right in the spotlight and he's got to do something.. Right there, under pressure with all eyes on him and expectant, he didn't lose his wits and that's pretty much enough for the crowd to go for - they're already wired up because he's put the effort in to make them primed to laugh. I bet you're under 28 and you've never put yourself voluntarily into that kind of focus, where it matters.. you'd be surprised how hard it is just to be yourself, never mind be funny for someone else.

Or you could be one of the few it comes naturally to, and you should go make something of yourself and i should shut up.

I'm sure he'll be all right should he ever read my casual observations.

I will yield the point that the internet ruins jokes for comedians.
Someone records a live performance, puts it online, everyone online hears the joke, then that joke is already 'old' in any subsequent live performance (even if that venue has never experienced that joke first hand).

No one can be expected to have a 100% new act every time they perform. In all fairness, my second critical point in my OP (heard the joke too many times) was not necessary.

-scheherazade