badgerx16 Posted 23 February, 2022 Share Posted 23 February, 2022 (edited) Ny biggest problem with Ricky Gervais is that David Brent is an exact twin to my old boss. Not a characature, his actions and personality are painfully identical. Edited 23 February, 2022 by badgerx16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 23 February, 2022 Share Posted 23 February, 2022 3 hours ago, hypochondriac said: Gervais hasn't been funny since Extras in my opinion and even then it was the celebrity cameos that made it interesting. His XFM stuff, podcast and the office are the three best things he's ever done and he needed Steve and Karl for those. Very overrated. Agree with that. Used to love the XFM shows. Wasn't long after they finished that Adam & Joe started doing 6Music. They were probably my favourite comedy radio shows since Chris Morris's stuff in the 90's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 23 February, 2022 Share Posted 23 February, 2022 20 minutes ago, The Cat said: Agree with that. Used to love the XFM shows. Wasn't long after they finished that Adam & Joe started doing 6Music. They were probably my favourite comedy radio shows since Chris Morris's stuff in the 90's. Incredible what they could get away with at 2pm on a Saturday on commercial radio. Does make you lament for a time when you could be a bit edgy and subversive without people shouting for cancellation for hurt feelings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVSaint Posted 23 February, 2022 Share Posted 23 February, 2022 2 hours ago, The Cat said: Agree with that. Used to love the XFM shows. Wasn't long after they finished that Adam & Joe started doing 6Music. They were probably my favourite comedy radio shows since Chris Morris's stuff in the 90's. Blue Jam. Chris Morris and great music late on a Friday night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 24 February, 2022 Share Posted 24 February, 2022 16 hours ago, hypochondriac said: Gervais hasn't been funny since Extras in my opinion and even then it was the celebrity cameos that made it interesting. His XFM stuff, podcast and the office are the three best things he's ever done and he needed Steve and Karl for those. Very overrated. Agree although i do like him presenting the golden globe awards. Extras was bloody brilliant though, a great idea for a comedy and very well done. The Office is an all time great, @badgerx16 that's what makes it great, we all recognise those sort of characters in our own workplace. Afterlife is very good, but not from a comedy perspective. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted 24 February, 2022 Share Posted 24 February, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Turkish said: Agree although i do like him presenting the golden globe awards. Extras was bloody brilliant though, a great idea for a comedy and very well done. The Office is an all time great, @badgerx16 that's what makes it great, we all recognise those sort of characters in our own workplace. Afterlife is very good, but not from a comedy perspective. Agree with that. Gervais is diverse. I don't rate him as a comedian, but some of his TV stuff has been excellent and varied. The strength of his stuff is in the characters, and situations. In Extras the characters were great but not relatable, but in the Office they were all relatable in some way. Both were funny, but in different ways. Afterlife is superb and shows a completely different side of him, and again there's lots of relatable characters, and situations. The last episode of the the recent series was brilliant. Derek was also very good, but not from a comedy perspective, and loads of that was relatable also and with a warmth and empathy which people wouldn't expect from Gervais. Edited 24 February, 2022 by egg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 24 February, 2022 Share Posted 24 February, 2022 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Turkish said: Agree although i do like him presenting the golden globe awards. Extras was bloody brilliant though, a great idea for a comedy and very well done. The Office is an all time great, @badgerx16 that's what makes it great, we all recognise those sort of characters in our own workplace. Afterlife is very good, but not from a comedy perspective. Not when the person you see on the TV is the one that triggered your nervous breakdown. Edited 24 February, 2022 by badgerx16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 4 March, 2022 Share Posted 4 March, 2022 (edited) For a "comedian", I'm finding Zelenskyy's latest material somewhat moribund. Edited 4 March, 2022 by benjii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyboy Posted 4 March, 2022 Share Posted 4 March, 2022 It's not as dark as some of the material on here where you can move directly from Unfunny Comedians to personal feuds about nothing in particular. Thankfully none of the protagonists are nuclear powers, so it shouldn't escalate too much. And if they are, we should all be effing terrified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 22 March, 2022 Share Posted 22 March, 2022 https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/keith-lemon-announces-tv-show-23471945 There is a god after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 22 March, 2022 Share Posted 22 March, 2022 15 minutes ago, Lighthouse said: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/keith-lemon-announces-tv-show-23471945 There is a god after all. Now that is funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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