Jimmy received a redundancy payment of £5,000 from the company.Once he realised he wanted to pursue a career in comedy, Jimmy started securing gigs.Later that month, Jimmy was paid for the first time for performing a stand up gig.Prior to that, Jimmy had done his first unpaid pub performance the previous month."£80 for 20 minutes in Plymouth," he told the Independent."The petrol was £60 and I only had 15 minutes of jokes.”But Jimmy concluded: “But I was just as happy as I could be."As well as having an outstanding career in broadcasting, Jimmy has also published the memoir Before & Laughter and the book The Naked Jape: Uncovering the Hidden World of Jokes, which he co-authored with Lucy Greeves..
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