Ricky Gervais

[Steve Crook]

name='Marky B']That's easy for you to say,Fred,but I still think he's crap.

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Marky B

It looks like Ricky's not the only one



Steve

[Freddie Freeloader]

name='Steve Crook']It looks like Ricky's not the only one



Steve

I assume you mean that Ricky is not the only one who is crap.

Would you please confirm this and , for the sake of clarity, specifically name the person worthy of similar status.



Thank You

Fred

[Steve Crook]

name='Freddie Freeloader']I assume you mean that Ricky is not the only one who is crap.

Would you please confirm this and , for the sake of clarity, specifically name the person worthy of similar status.



Thank You

Fred

Why assume there's only one? There are lots of them, but most of them don't go around claiming to be the best thing since sliced bread and the saviour of British comedy



Steve

[Marky B]

Well said,Steve. In fact is there any beginning to Ricky Gervais' talents?

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Marky B

[batman]

name='Marky B']Well said,Steve. In fact is there any beginning to Ricky Gervais' talents?

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Marky B

He helped bring Martin Freeman to the public's attention ..... apart from that I can't think of anything.



I used to think he was very talented .... The Office is funny .... but nothing since has really hit the mark. Extras was OK, especially if you had worked at that level of 'the biz', but the main fun was to be had watching 'stars' make a tit of themselves. His stand up shows are not a patch on his 'contemporaries' (I watched Dylan Moran the other night - hilarious) and his radio shows are execrable.



Move over Ricky ..... and take your mate Jonathan Ross with you!



Bats.

[Marky B]

There are a lot more funnier comedians than Ricky SmugArse:Peter Kay,Jimmy Carr,Paul O'Grady,Jonathan Ross (sorry,Bats,but I do wish he would stop RG coming on his show) and Jethro.

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Marky B

[batman]

name='Marky B']There are a lot more funnier comedians than Ricky SmugArse:Peter Kay,Jimmy Carr,Paul O'Grady,Jonathan Ross (sorry,Bats,but I do wish he would stop RG coming on his show) and Jethro.

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Marky B

That's OK .... apart from Ross I like all of those on your list with the exception of Jethro, who I have never seen. What sort of stuff does he do?



Bats.

[Marky B]

Oops,I forgot the greatest living stand up comedian,who warns his audience to bring supper to his shows,the eighty year old Ken Dodd.



Jethro is from Cornwall,who used to be on stage with his pipe (probably banned now) and a pint of beer. He would tell tales of his friends,such as Denzil,in his Cornish drawl. There is I believe a new DVD of his show.

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Marky B

[batman]

I'll see if I can get hold of one from the local dvd rental shop .... they have hundreds of comedy discs in there.



The great Ken ... one of the three best stand-ups I have ever seen, the others being Bob Monkhouse and Frank Carson.



Bats.

[Freddie Freeloader]

Jethro......????



(Ap)Paul(ing) Low'Gradey....??????



Please help me.An evening in their company is as inviting as setting fire to my hemmorhoids.

However,in keeping with my earlier comments, I'd appreciate hearing as to what I'm missing.



As to Ken Dodd, I totally agree. As a young fledgling musician I was fortunate to share a stage on numerous occasions with Doddy ( actually, each night felt like numerous occasions!). He was amazing.A true link to the days of music hall and vaudeville.



Freddie

[Marky B]

Bob Monkhouse was a master of stand up comedy,so was the late great Les Dawson.

Paul O Grady is a bit limited on his tea time show,but when unleashed he is hilarious.

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Marky B

[lovegod]

WOT planet is Ricky on ?

go here



http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=6G9uGPQsVNk



http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=0HmIbmvto- c



http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=f_zGZKkOWOY



http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=EmfpnDFdcKQ

[lovegod]

they did nt work, but can t see edit option

so Ill try again





YouTube - ricky gervais 80s band seona dancing



YouTube - Ricky Gervais Comedy Lab10 years ago part 1



YouTube - Ricky Gervais Comedy Lab 10 years ago part 2



YouTube - Ricky Gervais Comedy Lab 10 years ago part 3

[willothewisp]

I think the man is a comedy genius but then I also like Jonathan Ross



I've loved his material since the 11 0'Clock show and i'm a big fan of The Office and Extras.

I even liked his chat show despite the poor guests but he was the real star anyway.



I totally get all the reasons people don't like him but what I don't understand the fuss about the Di Concert.

He's not an improvisational comic. Doesn't claim to be.

To be sent out unscripted to fill time while Elton John flounced about backstage is the fault of the organisers.

It was unfair to put him in that position and then criticise him for it.

[VladTheImpala]

I think the jury's still out. When he's good he's very, very good, but when he's bad.....



Not the worst thing to be accused of I think. Better to have dared and failed than to have played safe and succeeded. The Office, Extras and his stand-up are all very good in patches (not having seen the Diana concert [I wouldn't if you paid me] I'd cite the celebrity boxing thing he did as evidence of his ability to be truly awful) but then that's been true of most of the giants - think of Monty Python, Milligan's Q series (well Milligan verbatim really), The Comic Strip Presents - even Morcambe and Wise had their longeurs. Comedies like Fawlty Towers and Porridge, which spring fully formed and are consistently excellent are few and far between.



I suspect the scale of the accolades is largely a measure of the state of the competition.

[lovegod]

i ALWAYS thought that in his early pop career he was

a bit of a David Bowie lookalike

Looking at the movies seems Rikki is a big fan of Bowie

Maybe Bowie is a fan of Rikki too ?

[wellpip]

I use to enjoy the office but now I have completely went off it with Gervais and his smugness. I just have to see him in anything and I make for the remote control. Definitely NOT 'the world's greatest comedy actor'

[lordtednfs]

name='wellpip']I use to enjoy the office but now I have completely went off it with Gervais and his smugness. I just have to see him in anything and I make for the remote control. Definitely NOT 'the world's greatest comedy actor'

Got to agree. How can Gervais be as funny as Billy Connolly? No contest! How can he outshine David Jason? No chance. Gervais....bow to the masters.



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[lovegod]

I think Ricky is in New York (prob right now ) filming a

movie

he could just catch on in the states and become

the next Dudley Moore.

[batman]

name='lovegod']he could just catch on in the states and become

the next Dudley Moore.

You mean he might have a couple of hit films, followed by a long string of flops and then disappear .... yippee!



Bats.