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Sunday 27 November 2011

Should we gag the gag-merchants?

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JIMMY Carr is on tour at the moment: what a surprise.

Jimmy Car is one of three prominent comedians who find hilarity in children with Down's syndrome

Jimmy Car is one of three prominent comedians who find hilarity in children with Down's syndrome

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Ian Bell

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He has a new DVD out: I think I could have guessed. The comedian has meanwhile been in the papers for the second time in as many months because some people have found a joke offensive. I wonder if there’s a connection between these facts?

Don't show me this again.