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Re: Ricky Gervais
« Reply #15 on: January 12, 2012, 02:47:58 PM »
He's fifty fucking year old?!
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Re: Ricky Gervais
« Reply #16 on: January 12, 2012, 02:52:09 PM »
Weird, since he has such an amazing body.
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Re: Ricky Gervais
« Reply #17 on: January 12, 2012, 03:34:28 PM »
Quote from: cutout on January 12, 2012, 12:12:45 PM
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/magazine/ricky-gervais-would-like-to-non-apologize.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all

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Dressed in a black T-shirt and bluejeans, Gervais, now 50, has slimmed down noticeably from his days on “The Office.”  ... Gervais spoke at greatest length about his comedy, occasionally adopting the whispery, professorial tone of someone who is certain he is saying very profound things. “I know I didn’t do anything wrong,” he said of the Golden Globes.

Hmm...

Well, I'm still interested in watching "The Golden Globes", something I would have never said before he hosted...
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« Reply #18 on: April 09, 2012, 10:25:27 PM »
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Re: Ricky Gervais
« Reply #19 on: April 10, 2012, 04:22:25 AM »
Quote from: Kormod on April 09, 2012, 10:25:27 PM
Derek | 12th April | Channel 4

What the hell?

He's teamed up with the Farrelly brothers???
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Re: Ricky Gervais
« Reply #20 on: April 10, 2012, 10:14:37 AM »
Quote from: Martin on January 12, 2012, 02:47:58 PM
He's fifty fucking year old?!

Watch it
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Re: Ricky Gervais
« Reply #21 on: April 10, 2012, 10:50:09 AM »
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Re: Ricky Gervais
« Reply #22 on: April 10, 2012, 04:30:48 PM »
I sent a link to Tom about Ricky's new show 'Derek', hope he got it. Even if you were the hippest hep cat in all the comedy world you might have a problem with it and i certainly do.
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Re: Ricky Gervais
« Reply #23 on: April 10, 2012, 05:57:21 PM »
Quote from: Kormod on April 09, 2012, 10:25:27 PM
Derek | 12th April | Channel 4

What the hell?

He's just gross now, or has he always been?  Was he even acting in "The Office"?
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Re: Ricky Gervais
« Reply #24 on: April 14, 2012, 01:02:19 AM »
So I wanted to hate it but Derek is actually quite good. Not offensive in the slightest. In fact, you'll probably shed a tear.


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« Reply #25 on: April 14, 2012, 11:10:00 AM »
It seems like if he did all the same work but wasn't so self-righteous in interviews, people wouldn't hate his stuff so much. There are plenty of other comics who get lots of love for much spottier ouevres. Maybe I'm just stating the obvious.
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Re: Ricky Gervais
« Reply #26 on: April 14, 2012, 08:45:29 PM »
If nothing else those YouTube promos seem to reveal that Karl Pilkington was a character.  I actually have a much greater admiration for the Ricky Gervais podcast if that's true.
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« Reply #27 on: April 15, 2012, 05:31:51 AM »
Karl's not a character, he had the same off kilter view of the world when they first started having him on XFM radio in about 2001. He changed a lot though.
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« Reply #28 on: April 15, 2012, 12:50:36 PM »
I don't' think it's totally an act, but Pilkington is pretty self-aware and there has been a certain amount of thought put into his persona. In those early radio shows (circa 2001 when Ricky and Stephen were just barely known in England) he laughs quite a bit and, despite spouting all the same odd ideas, comes off as pretty normal. He gradually develops the blank and dopey affect over the course of a year or two.
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« Reply #29 on: April 15, 2012, 01:01:18 PM »
I have to admit I don't understand why one's feelings about Gervais are so impacted by whether Karl P. is a constructed persona or not.  Is it because Tom has referred to Gervais' mocking a mentally ill person on those podcasts? I'm not sure how literally Tom meant it, but I had never heard that claimed about Karl Pilkington, so I assumed Tom was either hyperbolizing or just hadn't listened that closely.

Myself, I don't hate Gervais as much as some here, but I haven't had the slightest interest in any of his projects since The Office and the podcast. I'm not gonna watch Derek, but the thought of it making me "shed a tear" sets off my Jerry Lewis-dar a bit.
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