Call me crazy ... but has Ricky Gervais lost it?

bobby5 · Post by **bobby5** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:14 pm

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/tv/2007/07/ ... ky_ge.html

Anyone agree? Seems to me he's turned a bit smarmy lately. Loved Extras but he doesn't have to turn into a nob does he?

hisroyalgingerness · Post by **hisroyalgingerness** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:20 pm

you are wrong

in order to lose something, you need to have it originally

David Lee's Hair · Post by **David Lee's Hair** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:23 pm

With you HRG, never a big fan, used to think he was nothing more than offensive on the 11 o'clock show, and wasn't a massive fan of extras, the office was ok, but more for the antics of gareth than gervais.

Stone him!!

General Mannerheim · Post by **General Mannerheim** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:35 pm

Balls - the Office and Extra's were brilliant, Extra's especially - but me and the lady went to see him live at the MEN (freebie) the other week and it was awfull!
I almost felt embarrased for him, his gags were either old or the punch lines were predictable, banging on about how infortunate it is being famous, the title of the tour is 'Fame' - it was shocking, gags like ' i'll tell you what pisses me off about being famous, i bought a new house last year, and it was all over the papers, ''gervais buys 2 million pound mansion'' i hate the paperazzi, it was more like 3 million!'

Jog on Gervais! go and make more of the Office and Extra's!

Mich Caine · Post by **Mich Caine** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:53 pm

General Mannerheim wrote:Balls - the Office and Extra's were brilliant, Extra's especially - but me and the lady went to see him live at the MEN (freebie) the other week and it was awfull!
I almost felt embarrased for him, his gags were either old or the punch lines were predictable, banging on about how infortunate it is being famous, the title of the tour is 'Fame' - it was shocking, gags like ' i'll tell you what pisses me off about being famous, i bought a new house last year, and it was all over the papers, ''gervais buys 2 million pound mansion'' i hate the paperazzi, it was more like 3 million!'

Jog on Gervais! go and make more of the Office and Extra's!

That is funnier than Reeves and Mortimer though.

I don't think he is any good at stand up, I agree - he is best sticking to his sit coms - if that is what The Office and Extras are.

I remember at work there was a secret santa and everyone handed out the presents in the pub. This one woman bought this guy the flanimals book by Gervais. He looked at it as if he was holding a piece of turd. When we left the pub he lobbed it out of the car window and the car behind had the woman who bought him it and they drove over it. It was highly amusing.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:47 pm

The Office was new and funny....for a while, then it started floundering. When the series ended, all had been covered. It, and Gervais, should have finished there. Can't happen though can it? We're on "Die Hard IV, as a shining example.

americantrotter · Post by **americantrotter** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:04 pm

Die Hard IV was actually pretty good.

Leonard · Post by **Leonard** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:57 pm

americantrotter wrote:Die Hard IV was actually pretty good.

Die hard 4 (or Live Free or Die Hard for AT) was AWESOME - Scientific fact!

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:15 pm

the series his written are good. But he's a c*nt.

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:40 pm

He was never funny.

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:41 pm

Leonard wrote:
americantrotter wrote:Die Hard IV was actually pretty good.
Die hard 4 (or Live Free or Die Hard for AT) was AWESOME - Scientific fact!

Third that notion!

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 6:15 pm

Leonard wrote:
americantrotter wrote:Die Hard IV was actually pretty good.
Die hard 4 (or Live Free or Die Hard for AT) was AWESOME - Scientific fact!

I'll not be watching it - they made it into a fookin 12 rating for gods sake

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 6:26 pm

Batman wrote:
Leonard wrote:
americantrotter wrote:Die Hard IV was actually pretty good.
Die hard 4 (or Live Free or Die Hard for AT) was AWESOME - Scientific fact!
I'll not be watching it - they made it into a fookin 12 rating for gods sake

Nah, tis a 15

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:57 pm

There is a comment on that blog suggesting Gervais has become David Brent. Which I am inclined to accept.

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:12 pm

David Lee's Hair wrote:With you HRG, never a big fan, used to think he was nothing more than offensive on the 11 o'clock show, and wasn't a massive fan of extras, the office was ok, but more for the antics of gareth than gervais.

Stone him!!

Another non fan here too, never see what all the fuss is about found the office funny when he was not featured

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:13 pm

Verbal wrote:There is a comment on that blog suggesting Gervais has become David Brent. Which I am inclined to accept.

Saw him do a stand-up at the Opera House a few years back. It was fecking superb in so far as his stand up was David Brent taken to the nth degree. I couldn't stand Bernard Manning, many on here thought that he was fantastic. Unto each, their own. That said, I'd also agree that Gervais needs to wind his neck in for a while before he actually becomes the pillock that he's so far done well to parody.

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:15 am

The Office was more about the supporting cast. Extras didn't raise a titter.

How come Office and Extras are still winning awards from the BBC when they stopped 2/3yrs ago? Bollocks.

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:21 pm

Batman wrote:The Office was more about the supporting cast. Extras didn't raise a titter.

How come Office and Extras are still winning awards from the BBC when they stopped 2/3yrs ago? Bollocks.

Not that I watched it, but my girlfriend reckoned the second series of Extras was much better than the first. I agree about Gervais, not funny, never was funny. There were a few good sequences in The Office, but that was it. I remember the only time I really laughed out loud was the charity funday when he got sacked and stood up with the stupid bird thing on.

jmjhb · Post by **jmjhb** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:49 pm

Yeah, he's quickly going downhill.

The Office was excellent, but I wasn't that keen on Extras at all. I went to see him a couple of years back and he was very funny then but from what I've heard from friends he's not as hilarious as before

warthog · Post by **warthog** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:22 pm

He never had it to lose. The Office made me cringe but never laugh - and it wasn't even an original idea.

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