In Hbomberguy's new video, before he gets to the James Somerton of it all, he mentions another guy stealing a "so deep in the closet he's in narnia joke" from Jimmy Carr's 2007 comedy special
I'm just here to tell y'all if Jimmy Carr did come up with that joke, it had to have been earlier than 2007. Before I got into online fandoms I used to be ridiculously obsessed with the UK soap opera Emmerdale. One of the first queer relationships I ever saw on tv came from that show. As part of a drag performance, one of the characters says the line "he's so far in the closet he spends half his week in narnia". This episode aired on January 3rd 2006. I sincerely doubt the writer of this episode came up with the joke either, but we can definitely establish that Jimmy Carr didn't come up with it in 2007, as hbomberguy implies.
Here's a link to the Emmerdale clip, starting at 15:56.
Tim: She saw me in Edinburgh in Alex Horne's show, do you know Alex Horne?
Rob: Yeah.
Tim: He invented Taskmaster.
Rob: I know he did.
Tim: Would you go on that?
Rob: No.
Tim: Why not?
Rob: I don't fancy it.
Tim: Not comfortable.....
Rob: No. I love watching it. Just giving you an honest answer. But I would't want to do it.
Tim: I don't actually love watching it.
Rob: I don't know why they swear though.
Tim: I suppose they're frustrated. Why do you swear?
Rob: I don't really. Not in public. I said to Jimmy Carr once 'Why do they swear so much on Taskmaster?' and he said 'Well they have to because otherwise people will realise it's a childrens programme.
Tim: Oh my God!
Rob: He wasn't saying that in a critical way.
Tim: Yes he was.
Rob: No, no, he wasn't. Because if you think about it, to me that's a great plus that it's something it's really sharp and funny and edgy and creative and it's a great thing to watch with your kids.
Tim: Alex doesn't swear.
Rob: Er, no.
Tim: No. He doesn't swear on stage.
Rob: Good for him.
Tim: He's terrible in the pub.
Link This bit starts at 31.00
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