Its going to be nothing but RIP jokes featuring the Queen?

I feel like I should, as a Brit, apologise on behalf of my country for unleashing Ricky Gervais upon the world

DammitIForgotMyLogin: I feel like I should, as a Brit, apologise on behalf of my country for unleashing Ricky Gervais upon the world

I think he's hilarious. Although- I would like to see more Chris Morris stuff go stateside...

I'd rather watch him than Billy Crystal.

King Keepo: I'd much rather Karl Pilkington hosted.

This. Ever so much this.

SockMonkeyHolocaust: I'd rather watch him than Billy Crystal.

rubi_con_man: I just love how he uses the hilarious premise of a world full of people UNABLE to lie as an excuse to bash every form of faith in the world.

Well, he didn't write the movie. He just directed it and acted in it.

Also, it was a movie, and not a very good one.

Gervais is awesome. Pilkington is awesome. Merchant is awesome.

farkeruk: I'm not saying that Gervais and Merchant aren't funny, but I've worked with people IT departments that were as funny.

People comparing him to John Cleese, Billy Connolly, Rowan Atkinson, Joyce Grenfell or Tommy Cooper: shut your whore mouths. There's 1 comic that's a genuine genius in the UK right now, and that's Frankie Boyle Eddie Izzard.

FTFY

And I like Gervais, although he's got his share of stuff that's just plain unfunny or downright mean (I'm pretty certain the way he treats Karl in An Idiot Abroad is not an act). But I wouldn't classify him with most of the ones you listed and would be surprised to hear anyone trying to. Cleese & Atkinson are more comedic actors than stand-ups (most of their routines are pantomimes), Cooper is kind of a clown/storyteller. I'm not familiar w/Grenfell. However, although I've only heard a few Connolly routines, I'd put him & Gervais in the same category--dark humor, irreverent, humorous stories, some observations. I like them both. But Eddie Izzard beats them all, hands down. And he'd look fabulous doing it.

SockMonkeyHolocaust: I'd rather watch him than Billy Crystal.

I'd rather watch a dead raccoon than Billy Crystal.

I guess Fark has reached "Peak Gervais" now that common people know who he is.

Hipster douchebags... on my Fark? It's more likely than you think.

farkeruk: brigid_fitch: Cleese & Atkinson are more comedic actors than stand-ups (most of their routines are pantomimes), Cooper is kind of a clown/storyteller. I'm not familiar w/Grenfell. However, although I've only heard a few Connolly routines, I'd put him & Gervais in the same category--dark humor, irreverent, humorous stories, some observations. I like them both. But Eddie Izzard beats them all, hands down. And he'd look fabulous doing it.

Actually, you're right about Eddie Izzard. He's brilliant.

Joyce Grenfell is really hard for some people to take. It's 1950s, quite genteel comedy, typically monologues, but brilliantly done.

Rowan Atkinson used to do a one man show that I have on CD. It's a brilliant mix of songs and sketches: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw8dW9Hyno0

Thanks for the link--I'll have to watch that tonight. I absolutely love Atkinson and have seen a number of his routines but they're almost all characters and/or sketches (i.e., pantomime). Gervais is a stand-up, so you really can't compare the two. Frankly, I like Gervais' stuff on Extras far more than his stand-up. Izzard is just great in everything, from his stand-up (saw him in NYC last January) to The Riches. Just brilliant.

Extras is ok, the british Office is meh, and he's an unbearable douche when he's interviewed. But sometimes I laugh at him so let's see what happens.


l'll bet he'll be 'edgy' and do something 'controversial'

Crewmannumber6: Extras is ok, the british Office is meh, and he's an unbearable douche when he's interviewed. But sometimes I laugh at him so let's see what happens.


l'll bet he'll be 'edgy' and do something 'controversial'

Yeah, he's such an unbearable douche, he made Elmo lose his shiat. Link (new window)

I hope Johnny Depp is there to make sure nobody makes fun of Tim Allen on his watch.

farkeruk: I'm not saying that Gervais and Merchant aren't funny, but I've worked with people IT departments that were as funny.

People comparing him to John Cleese, Billy Connolly, Rowan Atkinson, Joyce Grenfell or Tommy Cooper: shut your whore mouths. There's 1 comic that's a genuine genius in the UK right now, and that's Frankie Boyle.

I know my IT department is made up of all hilarious, good guys. I can't say enough nice things about them. What a bunch of stand up guys up there, it is such a delight to work with them.

farkeruk: I'm not saying that Gervais and Merchant aren't funny, but I've worked with people IT departments that were as funny.

People comparing him to John Cleese, Billy Connolly, Rowan Atkinson, Joyce Grenfell or Tommy Cooper: shut your whore mouths. There's 1 comic that's a genuine genius in the UK right now, and that's Frankie Boyle.

Don't know whole that is, but I whole-heartedly agree with you that he's really just not that funny. I , for a very breif time thought maybe he wa s comic genius, and then i realized, no, actually he's just a bully and a bit of dick. That show that seems to exist solely so he can show the world what a provincal dullar his PA is is a perfect example. It's not funny, it's mean-spirited, and anytime the poor guy seems to have enjoyed himself or is on the brink of a revelation Ricky cuts him off and with barely contained sadistic glee tells Karl what the next awful thing he's got to do is