I LIKE Jimmy Carr. The Jimmy Carr that hosts 8 Out Of 10 Cats and 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

I was hoping for the toned down, quick-witted, cuttingly sarcastic yet still slightly fluffy version of Jimmy Carr that appears on his popular comedy quiz-type shows; the one that derides Jon Richardson but is clearly quite fond of his counterpart.

But if I thought that's what I was getting from his stand-up show 'Funny Business' I was sadly and naively mistaken.

The real life, on-stage version is full of smart one-liners, his comedic deliver is clever and concise, if a little bit random as he flits from one subject to the next without much in the way of links.

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It keeps you on your toes I suppose.

But there are times when those toes curl such are the vulgar depths he reaches.

Jimmy Carr likes to push the boundaries, and keep pushing.

He makes no secret of it, and no-one escapes without insult.

All types of people from all walks of life are on the tip of Carr's razor-sharp tongue, with hecklers merely setting themselves up for a volley of abuse, along with the steady stream of people who kept nipping out to use the facilities. And rightly so. Is it too much to ask for people to stay in their seat for an hour at a time? (Although more bar staff at the interval would have been helpful. The queues in KGH and Blakey's were ridiculous).

Funny Business is amusing in parts.

Some of it...quite a lot of it after the interval especially, makes you grimace.

Truth be told, Jimmy Carr could have spent the two-hour set laughing and I would have found it hysterical.

The bit where he explained his goose-like cackle, demonstrating an uncontrollable fit of giggles he experienced at the Edinburgh Fringe, was by far the highlight for me.

So I'll stick with the tamer, television Jimmy Carr.