Paul Smith gives Jer the Hodor treatment

A Game of Thrones comparison turns a simple audience introduction into Hot Water Comedy Club's fast-moving Short.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 108,402 views a day, 28 times a normal first day on this channel (3,816).

JER | Paul Smith LIVE at Hot Water Comedy Club

"What's your name, big man?" is Paul Smith's opening question. The answer, Jer, gives him his starting point, but it's the audience member's height that sends the exchange toward Westeros.

In "JER | Paul Smith LIVE at Hot Water Comedy Club", Smith adopts a lumbering giant's manner and compares Jer to Hodor from Game of Thrones. Then come the practical questions: how tall is Jer, and how tall is Katie, seated nearby? Their height difference supplies the next stretch of teasing.

The brief crowd-work clip reached about 71,000 views in its opening 11 hours, already far beyond the club's usual full-day audience for a Short. This is an individual clip drawing unusual attention, rather than a dramatic change across the channel, whose daily views remain close to their usual pace.

Audience exchanges are familiar territory on Hot Water's channel: Smith's conversations with people in the seats account for every entry in its most-watched Shorts list.

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The numbers

Jer's introduction has drawn a much larger early audience than a typical Hot Water Short.

the video's first day

usual first day here

3,816

this video

108,402

subscribers

508,000

▲ 2,000 in the last 7 days

total views

521,666,808

views per day

1,057,955

typical day: 1,015,640

the video

views

71,320

likes

1,391

comments

9

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Don't Tell Comedy

2,430,000

Hot Water Comedy Club

508,000

Soho Theatre

161,000

As of October 18, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.