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Have You Checked RickyGervais.com Lately?
Hey, everyone. “Moriarty” here.
I’m out on an early flight on Monday so that I can watch the painfully funny Ricky Gervais work. To prepare, I caught up on the movie blog that Ricky’s been keeping at his official website. For anyone who’s a fan of his podcasts with Stephen Merchant and Karl “Head Like A Fucking Orange” Pilkington, the movie blog is unmistakably in Gervais’s voice. I am fascinated with the way he tortures everyone around him. In particular right now, watch and read anything that has to do with Jason Bateman. The urge to talk to him about how TEEN WOLF TOO inspired me to endless hours of imagining how much better every sequel would be if they used TOO instead of a number. THE GODFATHER TOO would have been awesome. I submit that STAR WARS TOO is the best title in the history of titles that didn’t happen. And I’d see TAXI DRIVER TOO on opening day. All day long.
But I digress. Point is, I’m headed to Massachusetts for the first time ever, and I’m excited to watch this great cast at work. Louis CK. Jonah Hill. Rob Lowe. Tina Fey. Jennifer Garner. Patrick Stewart. Jeffrey Tambor. I repeat. Jeffrey Freakin’ Tambor. John Hodgman. It’s dense with the funny. And you can get a real feel for it yourselves right now without having to deal with air travel. I'll have the full details of my time on the set for you soon, but for now, check out the site and watch and listen to all the stuff Gervais has posted there.
Not bad at all.
Drew McWeeny, Los Angeles
Drew McWeeny, Los Angeles
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Nostolgia. Its great. BTW we need a TEEN WOLF THREE.
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Not even slightly.
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May 19, 2008 5:31:21 AM CDT
Ricky Gervais is hit and miss but hilarious when he gets it righ
by crazybubba
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Damn you to hell!
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doing a live gig about a year back. He did just under an hour (for his own show thats poor) and the guy just looked uncomfortable. You got a real sense the audience were humouring HIM by laughing. Hey I like his TV work but his stand up (it was the Fame Tour) was amateur to the point where if an unknown had done the act then they would have died a death.
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Damn You Michael Bay
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over too instead of 2 ????!!??
oh my god, someone needs a life real bad.... tip: if your PS3 still works, go buy GTA 4, at least it's a virtual life AND you can watch Gervais on stage. -
I don't understand this dick riding of Ricky "one trick pony" Gervias... The Office was alright at best in a observe human behaviour kind of way... But his stand up is just not funny, he's done well to get as far as he has but basically plays the same character ( a different version of himself/David Brent - I seriously can't tell the difference between the 2) in everything I've seen him in...
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... I lived in Tampa when TEEN WOLF TOO came out and was in high school. Trust me... I had nothing better to do with my time back then.
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extras was funny...and so he plays basically himself in every role...woody allen made a career of that...i find gervais funny, you dont have to...
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I love how he pops up in GTA4! Icing on an alredy Heavily Iced Cake (imagine a cake covered in Icing with Icing oozing down the sides over rivulets of icing with extra icing)Ricky you are Icing!Anyway, He is a funny bloke. He used to come into the theatre bar in London where me and my mate went to chat shit coz it was a decent dark wee cellar type place unlike all the noisy, overpopulated, overlit cattlemarkets and his table always seemed to be having a jolly good laugh. I was once next to him having a piss in the tiny bogs and struggled really hard not to say something unfunny or David Brentish to him , he probably thought I had a burning VD! I think the most I managed was 'alright?' Anyway I don't understand how you can Hate someone who spreads mirth and so much good old fashioned office torture around! although I used to Hate Robin Williams with a passion!and Chevy Chase, and Adam Sandler, and I throw darts at Will Ferrel, and...
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and it's funny but not really informative. It's just like 'I hit Rob Lowe in the eye with a nerf gun.' You'd never know they were making a movie. But don't forget to ask about the Arrested Development movie. That's what's really important.
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Yes the Office and Extras were v. good as were the first two live shows. But 'Fame' was awful and his performance at the Diana concert was truly painful to watch (and not in a funny way). And I'll never forgive him for penning the worst Simpsons episode ever which is no mean feat given their recent track record.
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Hey you have your opinion and I have mine... I respect that, I just don't see it...
I didn't give Extras a chance just of the woeful (again opinion) stand up he's done... Now I love Curb Your Enthusiasm and was told Extras is in the same vein... I can't see it, bur please let me know...
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Damn typo!
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Katt Williams' cameo in GTA4 is the best in the game!!!!
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That hasn't been funny for a while.
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Because its raciest! Anyone saying that Ricky is over, I guess have not seen Ben Stiller's career. This guy is going to be around for awhile. Which I think is a good thing. And pearlanddean how was that the worst Simpsons episode?
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I fucking hate podcast. Seriously, they are about as useful as DVD extras.
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I admit, lately he's been a bit off, but it happens to the best of 'em. He still created one of the funniest, most memorable and most iconic comedy characters of all time. If he never does anything as great as The Office again, I honestly can't hold it against him.
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You don't like DVD extras? Some commentaries are pretty fuckin incredible. Not much of a podcast fan myself, though.
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Man I wish I just had time in my life to watch DVD special features. Thats why I feel like a majority of them are useless. Don't get me wrong there are some amazing special features out there. But I have such a busy schedule that I usually only have time to watch something and move on. I mean I have at least 20 DVDs I've bought and haven't watched, just because I'll keep putting rental movies and TV shit before it. God damn TiVo, making it immpossible for me to ever miss a TV show I want to see.
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Yeah, I get that. TV is fuckin relentless, man. I've resorted to mostly just buying complete seasons and watching episodes back to back. As for movies, I've made a conscious decision to put the commentary on if it's something I've already seen (even if, most of the time, I'm not in the mood for it). I usually end up not regretting it. Michael Mann is by far the best movie commentator around. Listening to him is often just as enjoyable as watching his movies.
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Every Simpsons episode has at least one moment where it brings a smile or chuckle even when the rest of it is dire. The Gervais episode couldn't even do that. But I'd be interested to know what's considered the worst episode by everyone else.
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I haven't listed to many but 'They Live' with Carpenter and Piper was great. The worst was the Matrix one with Carrie-Ann Moss. Just sooooo dull.
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Gervais fucking rules. For the best use of David Bowie, watch "Extras". Oh, and Spaced sucks in comparison as does everything else with Pegg following "shawn of the dead". sorry.
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Your schedule is so jam-packed that you have time to read and post in AICN talkbacks????
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I really liked the historical commentary for The Good The Bad and The Ugly. The Shaun of the Dead main commentary with cast and crew was pretty fab too.
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Well its one thing to dick around on the internet at work. Its another thing to just say fuck it and kick back and start watching DVDs.
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that man is a genius
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Monkeynews ya f...UNGH!
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Where? Which highschool? Tampa only sucks if you pay attention to how much it sucks. Kind of like if you have your arm torn off in a freak petting-zoo incident and you don't even feel it until you notice the blood later.
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Is indeed a genius. His 'eat a bag of dicks' philosophy is pure comedic art.
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That commentary for They Live is pretty cool, yeah. You should listen to the one he did for The Thing with Kurt Russel. They also did a fun commentary for Big Trouble In Little China. Worst I ever heard? Zack Snyder's commentary for 300. It's basically him and two other guys (the DP and effects supervisor, I think). The other guys hardly say anything, and all Snyder does is point out the FX shots. "See that? That's green screen." "See that spear? We digitally sharpened it." "See those birds?" Horrible. Why didn't they just get Frank Miller to do it. This has nothing to do with Ricky Gervais, by the way.
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I know I'm in the minority, but I can't stand any of the "anthology" episodes (including the Treehouse of Horrors). They just come across as lazy and uninspired.
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because Gervais ribs Bateman about Teen Wolf Too constantly. The line between homage and rip-off is a line thinly tread.
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Smug, fat and terminally up himself, yes. Funny, no.A recent poll of 'Greatest Ever Comedians' on British TV actually had the audacity to mention this twat in the same breath as Spike Milligan and Peter Cook.So very, very wrong.
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wtf people, your sense of humours suck.
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National treasure, he is...HEY NOW!!!
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Agreed, he's a great writer, but as a stand-up he's dismal, and as an actor he's a one-trick pony. Anyone else who sat through his shows, watched him on The Sunday Show or the dismal 'Ricky Gervais Meets' will agree. Fat, annoying, smug fucker.
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No seriously. Is it safe?
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and ya, i know people laff at that dude in the dress and that scottish guy who is gonna be in xfiles, but stand up and observational humor is an american creation...the brits are great at sketch comedy (goon show and monty python top anything ever done in america) and absurdist humor...why gervais thinks he needs a standup career is beyond me...hes a writer....keep on writing, and making absurdist series like extras...and shit, the guy gave a shoutout to aicn...that is good for some love
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but for ashley jensen and stephen merchant...i believe that the brilliance of gervais is that he allows his supporting cast to outshine him...dont know the guy, and he may be a prick, but he doesnt show it in the way he steps aside and lets these people do their stuff
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Pretty much his whole schtick is to say shocking things about his kids that parents aren't supposed to say. It gets old after about 5 minutes.
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who can make women's clothes fall off?
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Monty Python was over THIRTY years ago, and you're right. Ace stuff, but then came The Goodies, Spike Milligan's 'Q' series, Not The Nine O'Clock News, Kenny Everett, The Young Ones, Spitting Image, Father Ted, Bottom, The Fast Show, Black Books...All up there with Python and all pissing royally on Ricky bloody Gervais.
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I thought he was only able to act as the same character in everything he does, untill the penultimate scene of the Extras Christmas special, where he actually, you know, acted. He was good too. Mind you, it has to be said that Stephen Merchant, Ashley Jensen and Shaun Williamson all deliver far better comic turns in that show than Gervais does.
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Q was pre-Python, and if you rate Bottom and Spitting Image over The Office and Extras then I have to respectfully disagree. All the other shows you mentioned were gold though.
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but i find your comedy shows hilarious...and why do i put python up as the pinnacle of brit humour? because after spike milligan, it is...and has been oft copied here in the states...snl got the idea of skits without real endings from python...and everything that python did still sounds fresh today...want more examples of brit humour that i love? fawlty towers, steptoe and son, ab fab, the it crowd, the mighty boosh....comedies that would never have made it to american tv (or did end up on american tv but in a totally stripped down form)and let me say this...why in the fuck are they wasting jensen's talent in the pos ugly betty...oh, and louis ck may not be a genius, but dane cook wouldnt have a career without him
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Q9 was the first one I was old enough to 'get', but I take your point. 'Spitting Image' was a topical satire that pricked the pompousity of the British politicians of the day and made them into charicatured laughing-stocks. It took the wind out of their sails and the dobbers in charge here today could do with some of that!'Bottom', I'll grant you, is an acquired taste, but there's something about seeing Rih Mayall have his head repeatedly slammed in the 'fridge door that puts a smile on my face. I haven't smiled once at Gervais, ever. Harry Hill now, there's a different story...
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That's his real name, obviously. He only uses 'Rik' on stage...
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Not lately. Not ever.
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I think Dylan Moran is funny as fuck.
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Never hated someone I've never met, but damn....
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I love The Office, but anything else he has done just fucking smacks of "i have friends in Hollywood now wooooooooo" His standup is shit as well. Hey, i hope he proves me wrong with a couple of headliners now.
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What fucking planet are you on? In all honest, how much British stand-up do you get to see? Try Frankie Boyle. He's funnier in his sleep than anything I've seen coming out of America recently. In terms of comedy series, I think on the whole we have a better selection (see Peep Show, Black Books, etc.), but Arrested Development is hands-down the funniest tv show I've ever seen.
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Grease too: The Greasing
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