19QOS19 Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 “For no proper reason” Ricky Gervais is, objectively, an absolute fucking c**t. So I’d say that’s a fair enough reason. The only thing better than Ricky Gervais is the seethe Ricky Gervais seems to trigger in people. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 1 hour ago, 19QOS19 said: 13 hours ago, oneteaminglasgow said: “For no proper reason” Ricky Gervais is, objectively, an absolute fucking c**t. So I’d say that’s a fair enough reason. The only thing better than Ricky Gervais is the seethe Ricky Gervais seems to trigger in people. I can think of a number of things better than both, tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 The only thing better than Ricky Gervais is the seethe Ricky Gervais seems to trigger in people. Someone come collect their da please. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Ferrino Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Mark D r a k e f o r d. Makes me want to kill myself. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 This gimp is at it again: Olly Alexander vows to be 'more sexy' despite BBC complaints / Twitter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 9 minutes ago, Miguel Sanchez said: This gimp is at it again: Olly Alexander vows to be 'more sexy' despite BBC complaints / Twitter His character in "It's a Sin" was a vile little cretin. The more I see of him, it seems less and less like he was acting 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 17 minutes ago, Miguel Sanchez said: This gimp is at it again: Olly Alexander vows to be 'more sexy' despite BBC complaints / Twitter Would love to give my views on this person but I don’t think that he is worth being jailed for. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Omid Scobie, mouthpiece for Meghan Markle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 On 22/01/2022 at 22:51, Miguel Sanchez said: This gimp is at it again: Olly Alexander vows to be 'more sexy' despite BBC complaints / Twitter Looks good for 31 to be fair but appearing on stage with the pet shop boys and not performing West End Girls is reason enough to banish him from the world of broadcast media. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 This recent article in the Independent pretty well sums up the current state of Gervais. It's particularly clear he can't do the heartfelt stuff without Merchant, where the Office and Extras rode the line on that perfectly the likes of After Life and Derek are mawkish in the extreme. It's just "controversial" jokes that don't really have much direction or punch anymore, contrasted with laughably bad emotional manipulation. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/ricky-gervais-stephen-merchant-four-lives-after-life-b1988665.html I'd also add his most recent Golden Globes appearance was the most cringe worthy thing I have ever seen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 1 hour ago, 101 said: Looks good for 31 to be fair but appearing on stage with the pet shop boys and not performing West End Girls is reason enough to banish him from the world of broadcast media. Why wouldn't he at 31? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 3 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: Why wouldn't he at 31? My best friend is worried about turning 25 and staring gay middle age in the face So 6 years older than that he's basically a pensioner. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Just now, 101 said: My best friend is worried about turning 25 and staring gay middle age in the face So 6 years older than that he's basically a pensioner. Does he still think it's a phase? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 1 minute ago, Sergeant Wilson said: Does he still think it's a phase? Haha no I don't think he ever has 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leith Green Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 3 hours ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said: This recent article in the Independent pretty well sums up the current state of Gervais. It's particularly clear he can't do the heartfelt stuff without Merchant, where the Office and Extras rode the line on that perfectly the likes of After Life and Derek are mawkish in the extreme. It's just "controversial" jokes that don't really have much direction or punch anymore, contrasted with laughably bad emotional manipulation. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/ricky-gervais-stephen-merchant-four-lives-after-life-b1988665.html I'd also add his most recent Golden Globes appearance was the most cringe worthy thing I have ever seen. Each series of After Life has been progressively worse, and your right its probably the writing. There was one this series where the "joke" seemed to be to use the word c u n t as much as possible. Now i dont mind that word, its perfect for many occasions, but it just felt like they had ran out of anything worthwhile to say. Having said all that, I quite like Ricky Gervais. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 16 minutes ago, Leith Green said: Each series of After Life has been progressively worse, and your right its probably the writing. There was one this series where the "joke" seemed to be to use the word c u n t as much as possible. Now i dont mind that word, its perfect for many occasions, but it just felt like they had ran out of anything worthwhile to say. Having said all that, I quite like Ricky Gervais. I think he's a terrific writer and performer, the Office and to an extent Extras are fantastic sitcoms and the Office in particular has had a lasting impact with the US version etc. Even in stuff I don't like I think when he is funny he's very funny. Tbf it's now 20 years later and you'd be hard pushed to find many comics who have had that length of career and not become quite stale, especially now where commissioners are worried to give anything decent money unless it's an established name like his. But he's made a lot of missteps: his films in the states were all very poor (a fact about which he appears to be very bitter given how he went from being clearly very desperate to make it there to his Golden Globes rants), bringing back Brent so badly he just ruined the character, and as I say I really struggle to see what anyone enjoys about his most recent sitcoms from Life's Too Short to Date (although the Liam Neeson scene in LTS is one of the funniest bits I can remember); it's maybe just not my style but I never really found much about his standup to enjoy. His main skill now seems to be to keep onside a decent number of very loyal fans who jump on any criticism of him as "haha he boils piss" while they have visibly pissed their own pants. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Thought Afterlife was decent, but I like his stuff. The Karl Pilkington Show was tremendous fun, just silly, silly shit that was harmless fun. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, Stellaboz said: Thought Afterlife was decent, but I like his stuff. The Karl Pilkington Show was tremendous fun, just silly, silly shit that was harmless fun. You could probably put Karl Pilkington on this list for me. I never caught the Karl Pilkington Show but I did watch some of his Idiot Abroad and it started to grate on me that this was presumably a fairly normal guy just acting the goat, which I guess was kinda the point. Edited January 24, 2022 by Enigma 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 He's gone downhill ever since the only times he was genuinely laugh out loud funny and interesting, the 11 O'Clock Show. I doubt he had much to do with the serious work on The Office, maybe the idea of putting Gareth's stapler in jelly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 I think he's a terrific writer and performer, the Office and to an extent Extras are fantastic sitcoms and the Office in particular has had a lasting impact with the US version etc. Even in stuff I don't like I think when he is funny he's very funny. Tbf it's now 20 years later and you'd be hard pushed to find many comics who have had that length of career and not become quite stale, especially now where commissioners are worried to give anything decent money unless it's an established name like his. But he's made a lot of missteps: his films in the states were all very poor (a fact about which he appears to be very bitter given how he went from being clearly very desperate to make it there to his Golden Globes rants), bringing back Brent so badly he just ruined the character, and as I say I really struggle to see what anyone enjoys about his most recent sitcoms from Life's Too Short to Date (although the Liam Neeson scene in LTS is one of the funniest bits I can remember); it's maybe just not my style but I never really found much about his standup to enjoy. His main skill now seems to be to keep onside a decent number of very loyal fans who jump on any criticism of him as "haha he boils piss" while they have visibly pissed their own pants. The scene with the washing machine in LTS had me in bits. Great facial expressions from the lassie all the way through and Davis's meltdown was fantastic. Quite often put that on every so often if I want a quick laugh tbh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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