Paul Smith wasn't expecting a fish X-ray

A vet nurse's answer sends his Hot Water Comedy Club crowd work into the surprisingly expensive world of small-pet care.

Channel: Hot Water Comedy Club Story of October 22, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 188,465 views a day, 49 times a normal first day on this channel (3,846).

Revived A Fish | Paul Smith LIVE at Hot Water Comedy Club

Cerys tells Paul Smith she treats everything from rabbits to cows. It's the much smaller patient that stops him: a fish, brought in for an X-ray.

Hot Water Comedy Club's Short, titled "Revived A Fish | Paul Smith LIVE at Hot Water Comedy Club", reached about 124,000 views in its first 11 hours, far beyond the channel's usual start for this format. The exchange begins with a routine question about an audience member's job and becomes an argument about which animals merit a trip to the vet.

Smith is already questioning the practicalities of caring for hamsters when he asks whether anyone brings in goldfish. Cerys, a vet nurse, reveals that she has performed fish X-rays. His next question is the obvious one: how much does that cost?

Her answer, around £200, sets him laughing. His proposed budget alternative involves drawing fish bones on a piece of paper, rather than any actual veterinary equipment.

The comments take the conversation somewhere more earnest. Viewers bring up expensive koi carp, remember relatives' prized fish and share their own small-pet stories. One recounts a cousin taking a goldfish that had stopped eating to the vet. Smith questions the point of the appointment; some of the people watching have stories ready to explain it.

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The numbers

The fish X-ray exchange is drawing a much faster start than Hot Water Comedy Club's usual Shorts. The channel's daily views are also running at nearly twice their usual level.

the video's first day

usual first day here

3,846

this video

188,465

subscribers

510,000

▲ 3,000 in the last 7 days

total views

527,350,403

views per day

2,105,237

typical day: 1,070,980

the video

views

124,024

likes

2,656

comments

49

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Don't Tell Comedy

2,430,000

Hot Water Comedy Club

510,000

Soho Theatre

161,000

As of October 22, 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.