Ricky Gervais is not funny...at all

Zipp101 · 18-08-2010 09:46PM

His podcasts/audiobooks are quality.

Karl Pilkington is a legend.

Aidric · 18-08-2010 09:47PM

His smugness doesn't help his cause.

AckwelFoley · 18-08-2010 09:50PM

walshb wrote: »

Everything about that man is unfunny; I just never got what others got regarding him. Similar to Mr. Bean, Tommy Tiernan, Billy Connolly and some others....

I agree with you about all except Billy Connolly.

Firstly, hes more a story teller than a comedian and secondly, hes brilliant.

Say another negative word about the man and i send Achmed the terrorist after you

sheesh · 18-08-2010 09:51PM

I fairness he is the only person ever to have pissed off elmo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr9_5uZn6ds

loved his standup about the bible too. Could not enjoy the office made me cringe. just didn't give extras a chance.

starviewadams · 18-08-2010 09:52PM

I cant stand him or his annoying mates!

Cullen82 · 18-08-2010 09:55PM

sheesh wrote: »

I fairness he is the only person to have pissed off elmo

That Elmo meeting is class-only saw it last night for the first time:D

I think he's gas, I can see why people might not like him but why do so many people go on as though he's affecting their personal life having not found something he's said funny

Tony_Yeboah · 18-08-2010 09:56PM

The Office and Extras are brilliant. Podcasts are great. Most of his films are rubbish. Cemetery Junction is good though.

Fringe · 18-08-2010 10:00PM

I found The Office ok but Extras is really good. There's some really good moments in it. Hate his laugh though.

Savage Tyrant · 18-08-2010 10:00PM

Zipp101 wrote: »

His podcasts/audiobooks are quality.

Karl Pilkington is a legend.

Exactly....I think it some of the funniest Comedy anywhere. Hilarious. I have to say it is mostly Karl Pilkington, but how the others play off him is great.

bullets · 18-08-2010 10:00PM

I adored the office, as his character is exactly like my
Boss in work! Liked extras but found it nice but not fantastic.

Found his stand up funny but its something that I could only
watch once and find funny. But after a while you kinda know
what to expect and further viewing becomes less and less funny.

Films/Podcasts etc I've never found funny.

~B

Wertz · 18-08-2010 10:05PM

I never really "got" the Office (you probably need to have worked in one in order to) despite all the hype and never had much time for Gervais as a result...although that said, some of his stand up has gotten a chuckle from me at times. Never really seen Extras either, because again, all over hyped and touted as "must see" TV shows I tend to avoid like the plague.
Like any comedian, not everyone will like him or get him, or think that he's even worthy of being called a comedian...that's the beauty of humour.
I can think of plenty who are less funny than him and that I like less...it's a shortlist though...

TerrorFirmer · 18-08-2010 10:05PM

Wasn't a fan really - though I wouldn't go as far to say I disliked him - until Extras. An absolutely brilliant show that I find it hard to imagine failing to draw a few laughs out of anyone. The scene in the graveyard about his parents is the best. It reminds me of Curb your Enthusiasm, in that a lot of the humor is so intensely awkward.

ScareGilly · 18-08-2010 10:05PM

Doom wrote: »

He seems to think he's funny by just laughing out loud at STUPID stuff (not funny stuff )....I did enjoy the Office but nothing after that was even remotely funny, even his interviews are bad

Totally agree..

NapoleonInRags · 18-08-2010 10:06PM

i challenge anyone to watch this and not wee themselves (metaphorically of course...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kry53iHR7w

A Primal Nut · 18-08-2010 10:11PM

Aidric wrote: »

His smugness doesn't help his cause.

His character's smugness is part of the act which makes it funny. :rolleyes:

Next you'll say you don't like him because he's not very clever, he tries too hard to be popular in the office or tries too hard to make it as actor in extras.

yerayeah · 18-08-2010 10:13PM

I was actually thinking about this today! The Office was brilliant I thought, haven't really seen much else of his stuff though.

I saw an ad today on Sky though, for a new program about Karl Pilkington touring the world or something like that, and Gervais kept laughing out loud at stuff that was completely unfunny, and looked like a twat tbh...

myflipflops · 18-08-2010 10:14PM

Incredibly funny.

Worth noting that the projects that weren't very funny - the Simpsons episode, Ghost Town and the Invention of Lying - all had two things in common. Both were aimed at American audiences and neither had Stephen Merchant involved

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

He also wrote what was arguably the worst ever episode of The Simpsons. Not only is he unfunny but he helped put the nail in the coffin of one of my favourite programmes.

The Simpsons hadn't produced a good episode in years before this. It was dead long before Gervais got involved. His episode was in 2006, at least 5 years before it stopped being remotely funny.

Basq · 18-08-2010 10:14PM

I think he's absolutely hilarious!

But I do think Stephen Merchant is a much-more talented writer.

mfceiling · 18-08-2010 10:16PM

And to those of you who didn't get the office or extras can i ask......what other "comic" brilliance has come on to our screens in the past few years?
Killnaskully??
People don't like him so they say his work is shíte....wrong....seriously name me 5 laugh out loud comedy sit-coms/shows in the last 5 years.

CrackisWhack · 18-08-2010 10:18PM

Tomebagel wrote: »

Your reply was 6 minutes after he posted the video.

It was 4 minutes:rolleyes:

Columbia · 18-08-2010 10:22PM

Ricky Gervais is funny...apart from his 90% of his stand-up. The Office and Extras are two very well executed series, although there is a very obvious storyline in Extras that they missed. I'll be bringing it up if I ever meet Rick or Steve

CrackisWhack · 18-08-2010 10:23PM

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

I've only ever been able to sit through one episode of Extras and that was the one with David Bowie. David Bowie was actually ten times funnier than Ricky Gervais could ever hope to be. I know Ricky Gervais wrote the script, but it was David Bowie that made it (very slightly) funny.

He also wrote what was arguably the worst ever episode of The Simpsons. Not only is he unfunny but he helped put the nail in the coffin of one of my favourite programmes.

The Simpsons has been "so not funny" since 1998.

TalkieWalkie · 18-08-2010 10:42PM

I'm not a huge fan of Gervais either but I found this to be hilarious..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg_cwI1Xj4M

starbelgrade · 18-08-2010 10:45PM

A Primal Nut wrote: »

Next you'll say you don't like him because he's not very clever, he tries too hard to be popular in the office or tries too hard to make it as actor in extras.

I don't like him because he's not funny.

FearDark · 18-08-2010 10:48PM

Comic Genius. End of discussion.

Warper · 18-08-2010 10:49PM

The Office was brilliant but apart from that awful and that includes his standup routine.

Fizgig Bandicoot · 18-08-2010 10:50PM

Extras and the Office are really good. I just find him to be quite unctious.

previous user · 18-08-2010 10:55PM

Doom wrote: »

I think he's a twat as well.....
Agree?
Disagree?

I disagree, his last standup gig - Fame on c4 was very funny indeed.

Irish Guitarist · 18-08-2010 10:56PM

CrackisWhack wrote: »

The Simpsons has been "so not funny" since 1998.

Ricky Gervais made it even less funny.

Paparazzo · 18-08-2010 11:32PM

mfceiling wrote: »

And to those of you who didn't get the office or extras can i ask......what other "comic" brilliance has come on to our screens in the past few years?
Killnaskully??
People don't like him so they say his work is shíte....wrong....seriously name me 5 laugh out loud comedy sit-coms/shows in the last 5 years.

The office was 2001, so I'm going back 10 years!

Peep Show
Scrubs
The Inbetweeners
The Mighty Boosh
Arrested Development
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Malcolm in the Middle
30 Rock
Black Books
Entourage

I like The Office and Extras, but spend more time cringing than laughing.

Ricky Gervais is not funny...at all

Comments