Jim Carrey

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Seann Walsh talks about meeting Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey doesn't exist - at least that's what he told me.

Seann Walsh, The Guardian, 26th September 2017

Radio Times review

After the summer reunion rekindled interest in all things Pythonic, Gold has now enticed celebs into choosing their favourite sketches for a nightly five-part series. Tonight, Tracey Ullman plumps for the Montys in drag rolling about in mud on a hillside (Batley Townswomen's Guild Presents the Battle of Pearl Harbor), while Noel Fielding celebrates the genius of one joke repeated, in The Kilimanjaro Expedition.

Jim Carrey, meanwhile, prostrates himself before the Pythons, or as he calls them the "Super Justice League of comedy", and recalls the effect on him of Ernest Scribbler: Michael Palin's man who laughs himself to death. You'll see why immediately: Palin's performance is uncannily Carreyesque.

Tomorrow night, wordsmith Stephen Fry selects Argument Clinic (oh yes he does) and there's more cross-dressing: Hell's Grannies, chosen by Eddie Izzard.

Mark Braxton, Radio Times, 3rd November 2014

In which celebrities discuss their most treasured moments in all of Python history. Jim Carrey explains his unwavering respect for the Ernest Scribbler "funniest joke in the world" sketch, while for Mike Myers it's the emerging use of "caméra-stylo" in the Alan Whicker-lampooning Whicker's Island. Elsewhere, Stephen Fry gushes on the most chucklesome, whip-smart "argument clinic", Jessica Hynes shows her adoration for Cleese's "fish licence" skit and Eddie Izzard declares a deep love of "hell's grannies". Continues all week.

Bim Adewunmi, The Guardian, 3rd November 2014

Rhys Darby, comedian and actor: Portrait of the artist

'My high point? Being in a film with Jim Carrey. I can't believe I got away with it'

Laura Barnett, The Guardian, 22nd August 2012

Martin Freeman is on home turf playing a lovable loser who works in a DIY store until ... dah-da-daaaah ... he is struck by lightning and transmogri-techno-babbled into the body of a mwaah-mwaah fashion journalist played by Rachael Stirling. Fish out of water hilarity ensues. You might think that the premise is the sort of thing that Jim Carrey or Rob Schneider would find behind the sofa on a wet Tuesday, but the two leads have enough chops to pull it off, just about. Also, it has James Lance in it, who tvBite definitely has a bit of a man-crush on. Worth a look. Part one of FOUR, which seems a bit de trop, mind you.

TV Bite, 1st May 2009

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