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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 21, 2007 16:52:56 GMT
Does anyone else find this fucker an annoyance and not funny at all? I really don't like the bloke and don't think any of his stand up, the office and extras is funny.
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Post by Fred Astaire on Dec 21, 2007 17:31:44 GMT
Extras is funny. However, everything else he does is cringeworthy beyond belief. He's a bit like Pulis, a victim of his own success!
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Post by Rebelliousjukebox on Dec 21, 2007 17:37:37 GMT
Does anyone else find this fucker an annoyance and not funny at all? I really don't like the bloke and don't think any of his stand up, the office and extras is funny. Thought The Office was funny, for a short while, but not much else.
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Post by stowke on Dec 21, 2007 19:44:42 GMT
Ricky Gervais owns, guess hes like marmite, either love him or hate him.
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Post by Mr Wheeze on Dec 21, 2007 20:14:18 GMT
Funny bloke but i wasnt keen on The Office. He used to be really funny on the 11 o'clock Show.
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Post by sandford on Dec 21, 2007 23:12:44 GMT
The bloke is comedy gold ;D ;D ;D
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Post by trout-licker on Dec 22, 2007 1:29:09 GMT
Defo one of the funniest guys around imo, a lot better than Peter 'only got 1 gag' Kay
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Post by mumf14 on Dec 22, 2007 2:41:45 GMT
Gervais is like watching paint dry. Eddie Izzard .....likewise.. Graham Norton....A legend amongst queers..
They are to comedy ..what Oasis is to modern day music.
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Post by y_oh_y_delilah on Dec 22, 2007 8:09:05 GMT
As Brent in The Office - very, VERY, Funny.
As himself in Extras - OK, but was outshone by Stephen Merchant (reputed to be a Stoke fan)
Stand up (Animals etc) good in parts but self indulgent.
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Post by JoeinOz on Dec 22, 2007 8:29:45 GMT
The subtle comedy of manners and the understated nature of much of his dialogue is the key to it.
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Post by jew on Dec 22, 2007 9:36:48 GMT
I liked the dance he did, thats why I put it as my avatar
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Post by JoeinOz on Dec 22, 2007 9:46:18 GMT
On the DVD of the first series of The Office there the full version of Breat readibng the Betjeman poem and its brilliant. Its annoying that it was edited out of the show and some lame bits were in that one when he was interviewing.
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Post by eckered on Dec 22, 2007 10:03:08 GMT
Gervais is like watching paint dry. Eddie Izzard .....likewise.. Graham Norton....A legend amongst queers..
They are to comedy ..what Oasis is to modern day music.
could not have put it better myself
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Post by serpico on Dec 23, 2007 13:29:16 GMT
Gervais is good but he's borrowed a lot of his writings from the likes of Larry david (curb your enthusiasm/sienfeld) that said The Office was pretty unique when it started, Im not much for his stand up shows, pretty hit and miss but i enjoyed extras and am looking forward to the christmas special.
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Post by sirpineapple89 on Dec 23, 2007 13:40:55 GMT
I think that most of what he's done has been comedy gold - Two great sitcoms and, for a man who'd never performed stand up live before, his 3 DVD released offerings have all been superb.
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Post by craig67 on Dec 23, 2007 16:44:36 GMT
Dire.Would rather cut off my testicles with a blunt spoon,than watch anything he's been in.The concert for Diana showed how he flounders when someone isn't writing/holding his hand for him.
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Post by Trouserdog on Dec 31, 2007 1:09:58 GMT
Loved "The Office".
Thought "Extras" was funny in parts, but the characters just weren't memorable enough. The Andy Millman character just lacked any kid of definition...one minute he was the normal everyday bloke, the next he was making "Brent-style" fuck ups around disabled/gay/black people, then he was being nice to people, then he was being a cunt...
Still watchable though....the best bits were undoubtedly the Stephen Merchant and Barry from Eastenders double-act.
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Post by tijuanabrass on Dec 31, 2007 3:25:16 GMT
Stephen Marchant is reputed to be a Stokie - y-o-y. He's a 7ft stick insect - surely somebody has seen him at the match. My guess is he's one of them glory hunters who only started following us when we hit the top 4. The Office is ok but not a patch on the American version. [ ]
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Post by tampon on Dec 31, 2007 7:02:43 GMT
Gervais is good but he's borrowed a lot of his writings from the likes of Larry david (curb your enthusiasm/sienfeld) i always thought that larry david borrowed the idea of 'curb your enthusiasm' from the office... its like he wanted to make the office but just not in an office. im a big fan of gervais, his podcasts are immense!
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Post by Rebelliousjukebox on Dec 31, 2007 7:22:28 GMT
Gervais is like watching paint dry. Eddie Izzard .....likewise.. Graham Norton....A legend amongst queers.. They are to comedy ..what Oasis is to modern day music. Completely disagree with you about Eddie Izzard - genius. "If bees make honey, do earwigs make chutney?". Having said that, one of those comedians who's like Marmite - you either love or loath him.
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Post by vientianescfc on Dec 31, 2007 12:13:06 GMT
Like most loved the Office - but more than anything for the characters other than Brent i.e. Gareth, Tim, Finchy and Keith!
Otherwise anything I've seen Gervais in has been utter shite!
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Post by serpico on Dec 31, 2007 13:26:04 GMT
Gervais is good but he's borrowed a lot of his writings from the likes of Larry david (curb your enthusiasm/sienfeld) i always thought that larry david borrowed the idea of 'curb your enthusiasm' from the office... its like he wanted to make the office but just not in an office. im a big fan of gervais, his podcasts are immense! Not really, Larry David invented this type of genre in seinfeld, then again i suppose you could say that armando Ianucchi was also an innovator of this type of style with I'm Alan Partridge, there is certainly a bit of alan partridge in curb your enthusiasm and The Office, in fact didn't steve coogan recently play a character in Curb ?
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Post by Butters on Dec 31, 2007 17:29:12 GMT
The Office and Extras have me in stitches although the xmas special was alot serious the i was hoping for still good mind Don't like his stand up. ttt
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Post by emery1985 on Dec 31, 2007 19:48:49 GMT
xmas special of extras was comedy!
"I havent lost my dignity"
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Post by thorney1 on Dec 31, 2007 20:05:33 GMT
i think hes one of the funiest comedians around, that said though, comedy is all about opinions. I think that he and Merchant work brilliant as a duo, but ricky Gervais humour is all about being cringeworthy.
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Post by spitthedog on Jan 1, 2008 11:58:49 GMT
it's all about opinions, but for me the guy is producing the best british comedy since fawlty towers. the extras show at xmas was a brilliant and poigniant satire on celebrity culture. probably a better writer than stand up though.
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Post by Morg72 on Jan 2, 2008 12:46:55 GMT
And my opinion is................he is toss!!! rather watch the crankies any day.
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Post by PerCyfilth ....Captains Log on Jan 2, 2008 13:20:02 GMT
He's so far up his own arse he needs a miners lamp to see his own bollox. Unfunny twat.
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Post by Bonkolina on Jan 2, 2008 14:25:12 GMT
He's an unfunny cunt
GD
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Post by Morganghost on Jan 2, 2008 15:15:46 GMT
Not funny i'm afraid, Try Count Arthur Strong or Mark Watson if you like laughing.
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