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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgjRdSm_qmI It's funny how Karl Pilkington has a sitcom coming out that looks a billion times more appealing and interesting than Ricky Gervais' upcoming "suicidal guy decides to be a dickhead to people" trash fire. Even if that's just damning with faint praise. edit: Also I'm glad that Gervais' name doesn't seem to be attached to this at all. Matinee fucked around with this message at 13:14 on Jul 13, 2018 |
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Anything by Gervais that doesn't have Merchant attached to it is worthless.
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# ? Jul 13, 2018 13:27 |
LesterGroans posted:Anything by Gervais that doesn't have Merchant attached to it is worthless. Pretty much.
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# ? Jul 13, 2018 13:42 |
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LesterGroans posted:Anything by Gervais that doesn't have Merchant attached to it is worthless. However much Merchant is earning as residuals off The Office and Extras isn't enough. Gervais wouldn't have a career without him. Derek was the final nail to drive home "Gervais genuinely cannot produce anything of worth by himself"
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# ? Jul 13, 2018 13:44 |
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Matinee posted:Also his episode of The Thick Of It is one of the funniest eps of British comedy ever made If you were a robot you would not put bits of meat on your face
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# ? Jul 13, 2018 15:32 |
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Gyro Zeppeli posted:However much Merchant is earning as residuals off The Office and Extras isn't enough. Gervais wouldn't have a career without him. They're as bad as each other, Merchant's HBO sitcom was abominably bad. They wrote one amazing sitcom together, learned all the wrong lessons from it and have never hit those heights again.
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# ? Jul 13, 2018 15:54 |
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Gorn Myson posted:They're as bad as each other, Merchant's HBO sitcom was abominably bad. They wrote one amazing sitcom together, learned all the wrong lessons from it and have never hit those heights again. I thought his sitcom was fine. I liked EXTRAS for a while as well, but Gervais seemed intent on hitting the same beats since then which makes me wonder how much he was asserting himself over their previous efforts (I quite like CEMETARY JUNCTION). At least Merchant was in LOGAN, Gervais just seems intent on doing his 'Ooo I'm offensive aint I yeah?' schtick.
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# ? Jul 13, 2018 16:02 |
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There was a line in a recent Stewart Lee column about how his generation of comedians had all basically assumed that political correctness was a done deal and we were all on, if not the same page, then at least the same chapter when it came to what is acceptable/offensive and what isn't, and there was comedic mileage in poking at the boundaries of that, but that poo poo doesn't fly any more and comedians have had to regroup and rethink their approach. Ricky Gervais either didn't get the memo or lacks the talent/inclination to rebuild his act, place your bets now. edit: it was this column about Morrissey: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/08/how-to-treat-morrissey-stop-listening-to-him-stewart-lee Also, Richard Bacon has been brought out of his coma after successful treatment, which is very good news but I was going to make a Girlfriend In A Coma joke to really tie this post together. Matinee fucked around with this message at 16:18 on Jul 13, 2018 |
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I always liked that Frankie Boyle always had a big fan base that were right of centre because they thought his act was sincere. Same with Al Murray. I’m sure both comedians are grateful for the financial contributions that group made over the years.
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# ? Jul 13, 2018 16:19 |
I am glad Richard Bacon isn't dead meat. I'll get my redcoat.
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# ? Jul 13, 2018 16:38 |
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EL BROMANCE posted:I always liked that Frankie Boyle always had a big fan base that were right of centre because they thought his act was sincere. Same with Al Murray. I’m sure both comedians are grateful for the financial contributions that group made over the years. Every single satire of something has people (sometimes a majority!) following it because they believe it's legitimate. Because people are stupid and take things at face value a lot. Just look at Alf Garnett, Ali G. Loads of others. Unsurprisingly the Alt-Right loves Gervais and he seems to be right up with them too from Twitter. Taear fucked around with this message at 17:27 on Jul 13, 2018 |
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DrVenkman posted:I thought his sitcom was fine. I liked EXTRAS for a while as well, but Gervais seemed intent on hitting the same beats since then which makes me wonder how much he was asserting himself over their previous efforts (I quite like CEMETARY JUNCTION). At least Merchant was in LOGAN, Gervais just seems intent on doing his 'Ooo I'm offensive aint I yeah?' schtick. Logan was a surprise bit of good casting and Merchant showed his acting chops, but individually neither one of them has gone on to create greater things after The Office (podcast excepted maybe) I just find this "Merchant = Good, Gervais = Bad " thing to be bollocks. Its okay to be a have a good partnership but struggle to maintain that standard after, and they're a good example of that.
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# ? Jul 13, 2018 17:57 |
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Taear posted:Unsurprisingly the Alt-Right loves Gervais and he seems to be right up with them too from Twitter. Yeah, it’s that unfortunate overlap between rationalism, libertarianism, and the alt-right. We should be able to say what we want. And that thing we want to say is loving disgusting and you can’t stop us.
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# ? Jul 13, 2018 18:28 |
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I hope Sacha Baron Cohen's new thing is a laugh. Sounds like he suckered a good selection of reprehensible shitbags at least.
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thehustler posted:Yeah, it’s that unfortunate overlap between rationalism, libertarianism, and the alt-right. We should be able to say what we want. And that thing we want to say is loving disgusting and you can’t stop us. I guess it feels like people who are super privileged that don't care what people call them assuming that applies to everyone. Yea you might not care if people call you gay (or whatever) because you're a white male with shitloads of money who can do whatever they want but if it's been a weapon that people beat you with your entire life it's going to be a little different.
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# ? Jul 13, 2018 18:56 |
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Flowers is loving powerful. I need more poo poo like this.
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# ? Jul 13, 2018 22:47 |
Hopefully we'll get a special episode epilogue because that ending man was rough.
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# ? Jul 13, 2018 23:03 |
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EL BROMANCE posted:I always liked that Frankie Boyle always had a big fan base that were right of centre because they thought his act was sincere. Same with Al Murray. I’m sure both comedians are grateful for the financial contributions that group made over the years. Murray seems frustrated/resigned about it, and I think it's why we don't see the Pub Landlord much now. He definitely wishes he gave the character a different name.
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thehustler posted:Cor. Richard Bacon isn’t too well. As soon as I read the phrases "medically induced coma" & "pneumonia" my first thought was "I've seen this story before, and it didn't have a happy ending." Hopefully this'll be different, as I've enjoyed his occasional cover shifts on Radio 2
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# ? Jul 14, 2018 10:35 |
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I’ve seen that story before with a family member and it ended well so I think Bacon will be fine.
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# ? Jul 14, 2018 11:08 |
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Gorn Myson posted:Logan was a surprise bit of good casting and Merchant showed his acting chops, but individually neither one of them has gone on to create greater things after The Office (podcast excepted maybe) No that's fair, but at least Merchant is kind of doing more interesting work, even if he's not creating it himself, Gervais appears to be getting unending chances to fail.
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# ? Jul 15, 2018 07:58 |
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“Hello Ladies” was really good.
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# ? Jul 15, 2018 08:38 |
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BizarroAzrael posted:Murray seems frustrated/resigned about it, and I think it's why we don't see the Pub Landlord much now. He definitely wishes he gave the character a different name. He’ll always be Harry Hill’s sidekick Alan to me. “Badger parade’s off”.
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# ? Jul 15, 2018 12:39 |
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Sacha Baron Cohen seemingly picking up the Brass Eye reins. https://twitter.com/mindpivot/status/1018370260846694400
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# ? Jul 15, 2018 13:24 |
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The_Doctor posted:Sacha Baron Cohen seemingly picking up the Brass Eye reins. I'm surprised they are even doing conventional advertising at this point, these people seem to be generating all the buzz the show needs.
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# ? Jul 15, 2018 13:48 |
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The_Doctor posted:Sacha Baron Cohen seemingly picking up the Brass Eye reins. Hahaha holy poo poo "the pheromone Blink 182"
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# ? Jul 15, 2018 14:37 |
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It's amazing how little of SBC we've seen in these, and when we do he seems to be approaching Bo Selecta levels of prosthetics. Got to rewatch Brass Eye now. "Cake is a made-up drug. It's made up in labs."
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# ? Jul 15, 2018 14:55 |
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Now that is scientific fact. There's no real evidence for it, but it is scientific fact.
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# ? Jul 15, 2018 15:13 |
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BizarroAzrael posted:It's amazing how little of SBC we've seen in these, and when we do he seems to be approaching Bo Selecta levels of prosthetics. "It's a fookin disgrace"
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# ? Jul 15, 2018 16:58 |
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"first grader into a first grenader" does feel like a very Brass Eye line - perhaps Peter Baynham is the missing link here? He's written for Chris Morris often and was a cowriter on Borat...
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# ? Jul 15, 2018 21:13 |
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I love the new Proms animation idents on the BBC. There’s something very 90s about them.
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# ? Jul 15, 2018 21:19 |
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Heavy_D posted:"first grader into a first grenader" does feel like a very Brass Eye line - perhaps Peter Baynham is the missing link here? He's written for Chris Morris often and was a cowriter on Borat... Someone in couch chat put up a screen grab with some of the crew on Who Is America, and Peter Baynham is listed.
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# ? Jul 15, 2018 21:22 |
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He’s based over there now
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# ? Jul 16, 2018 01:49 |
Heavy_D posted:"first grader into a first grenader" does feel like a very Brass Eye line - perhaps Peter Baynham is the missing link here? He's written for Chris Morris often and was a cowriter on Borat... Oh my god that last line in the first episode is both hilarious and awful.
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# ? Jul 16, 2018 16:30 |
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Ugh I wanna watch Who is America already hurry up monday
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# ? Jul 16, 2018 16:44 |
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The Proms recording of Five Telegrams is up on iPlayer and its absolutely astounding. Full projection onto the RAH.
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# ? Jul 16, 2018 20:02 |
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McDragon posted:Ugh I wanna watch Who is America already hurry up monday It's on Channel 4 at 10 e: nvm you know that I will say the first episode was kinda poo poo. His new characters are boring and poorly-defined, and the prosthetics are obviously necessary now but they're extremely Bo Selecta. The main section , Kinderguardians, is good for exposing the amorality of the gunfuckers though
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# ? Jul 16, 2018 20:32 |
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Yeah, the characters were a bit rubbish but man that gun bit found some amazing weirdos. Some good Brass Eye style get people to say stupid things stuff. And horrific things All those Science Facts with the music references made me laugh more than I have in a while
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# ? Jul 16, 2018 23:56 |
Really he's the straight man with a crazy character now. The crazy assholes make the comedy pop.
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# ? Jul 17, 2018 00:48 |
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SeanBeansShako posted:Really he's the straight man with a crazy character now. The crazy assholes make the comedy pop. Yeah I like the two approaches: the npr guy and the truthbary guy spew utter nonsense and the marks just kinda politely nod or look confused, whereas anything involving a republican or right wing spokesman essentially just feeds them the scenario and let’s them dig their own grave.
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