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veni veni veni posted:But yeah the best thing he has done was make Karl Pilkington famous. Karl Pilkington is hilarious. An Idiot Abroad is great. Ricky Gervais is funny on talk shows and when he hosts awards shows. His standup can be funny sometimes.
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CPL593H posted:You're going to post a clip from Extras and not post the best one in the whole show? Without even clicking on this it I'm assuming it's the David Bowie scene.
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May 24, 2022 22:55
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Oh yeah the Patrick Stewart one is p. good too.
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May 24, 2022 22:56
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Extras is a show about how Ricky is always the smartest guy in the room and everyone else is stupid.
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I voted 1 and I wanted it to make the thread rating appear and it didn't
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Applewhite posted:Oh yeah the Patrick Stewart one is p. good too. it's fascinating how P-Stew is pretty great in everything except Picard 
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May 24, 2022 23:04
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precision posted:it's fascinating how P-Stew is pretty great in everything except Picard It's almost like he should stick to acting and leave the writing to the professionals.
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May 24, 2022 23:07
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And also not leave the writing to Kurtzman et al.
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May 24, 2022 23:07
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I'm about 20 minutes into this special and so far he's done the not-transphobic-or-am-I poo poo, the same smug atheist poo poo he always says, some really dumb observational humour about cats, octopodes and other nature (seriously that 'platypus custard' bit I've heard tons of times how is this new to him), and claimed he 'totally has friends of all religions', then I'm pretty sure he took a dig at Islam over hijabs. I can put myself through some lovely comedy, but I wonder how much worse this can get.
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May 25, 2022 04:47
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i couldn't make it past the eddie izzard joke which, as i said, is like 5 minutes in
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May 25, 2022 05:19
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Valko posted:They didn't go bust. They still have a place up and running in Dubai. For some reason, I feel like Dubai shouldn't count in this discussion. Find some rich funder and you could run anything in Dubai.
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May 25, 2022 05:21
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https://twitter.com/ruth_walshe/status/1529088921942081536?s=20&t=8R3IbA1hZ3Moj1ZkGSMzfQ Never a bad time to post this bit from James Acaster Edit: Sorry, had to edit the literal cat on keyboard post Happy Landfill fucked around with this message at 05:28 on May 25, 2022 |
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Happy Landfill posted:https://twitter.com/ruth_walshe/status/1529088921942081536?s=20&t=8R3IbA1hZ3Moj1ZkGSMzfQ That was somehow less funny than Ricky's tired old shtick.
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May 25, 2022 05:33
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precision posted:well i'm 5 minutes in and we already have
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May 25, 2022 05:51
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I watched the special. Same as his others. Despite what he calls it, it's always usually the same topics and I know for a fact I've heard stuff here from old xfm shows. He stops at one point to basically say "Trans rights", which was probably the most surprising part, but it just made me more confused as to what his angle is. You can't keep claiming its just irony, what, are the audience laughing ironically too? There's nothing he says that I can't go and see right now on Twitter from some guy who has 3 followers and spends all his time moaning about Trans Women in sports.
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May 25, 2022 11:12
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Its pretty apparent after about the 6 or 7 minute mark that he doesn't really have much to say. He never hits a groove or a rhythm or settles in to the special. His material is pretty thin and he just clearly doesn't really care.
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May 25, 2022 12:00
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Gervais might be reading this thread right now. https://twitter.com/ChaseMit/status/1529128185933094912
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May 25, 2022 12:48
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The clown that no one laughs at.
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CPL593H posted:The show is a little better than that because his character is frequently the butt of the joke and he's just as much of a superficial dipshit as anyone else but he's got too much of an ego to admit that to himself. It's also frequently about how celebrities are mean spirited self important assholes. It's also funny because the series ends with his career going down the toilet and he ends up slumming it on a reality show where he just loses his poo poo and makes a big speech about how bad the entertainment industry and everyone in it is and it basically goes viral. Then at a crucial point when he has to choose between using that attention for his own gain which will revive his career and being there for a friend he turns his back on the attention. Kind of ironic considering his entire public persona not too long after Extras. it reminds me of "scrubs" where the main character is the least entertaining character and is supposed to be our hero despite being a bad person. gimme horn dog patrick stewart i just think his humor is mean spirited while whining the entire time about how mean everyone is to him. you can be a dangerfield or a carlin, you can't be both.
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May 25, 2022 16:14
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Applewhite posted:Did he do it? Did he get cancelled? You can't cancel someone who is culturally irrelevant
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May 25, 2022 16:34
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"Getting cancelled is a bit like being trans, innit? You all say I'm unfunny trash but I identify as a comedy genius, don't I? *mugs freakishly at the audience* yeah that's what I like to call a 'joke', roight? You might have heard of them before, from the likes of George Carlin, whom Im funnier than. Really sticking it to the man, aren't i?"
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Who What Now posted:"Getting cancelled is a bit like being trans, innit? You all say I'm unfunny trash but I identify as a comedy genius, don't I? *mugs freakishly at the audience* yeah that's what I like to call a 'joke', roight? You might have heard of them before, from the likes of George Carlin, whom Im funnier than. Really sticking it to the man, aren't i?" "ohhh, i'm a naughty sausage!"
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May 25, 2022 17:16
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He's havin' a laugh
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May 25, 2022 18:18
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Why are the rickys and and the chappelles of the world so obsessed with trans people? Like how hard is it to mind your own loving business especially when you have millions of dollara
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May 25, 2022 18:36
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runnypoops posted:Why are the rickys and and the chappelles of the world so obsessed with trans people? Like how hard is it to mind your own loving business especially when you have millions of dollara Gotta have someone to feel superior to, and it’s hard to do racial superiority without winding up pandering to right wingers only This way he captures a bunch of dumb centrists too
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May 25, 2022 18:44
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runnypoops posted:Why are the rickys and and the chappelles of the world so obsessed with trans people? Like how hard is it to mind your own loving business especially when you have millions of dollara People fear what they don't understand, is my guess Combine that with lazy comedians punching down at easy targets and there you go
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Ricky if you're reading this i have an idea for your next special. Just spend an hour naming different trans people and then make a fart noise. Libs will be owned 
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Guze posted:Ricky if you're reading this i have an idea for your next special. Just spend an hour naming different trans people and then make a fart noise. Me personally, I'd be owned if he stuck his dick into a wasps' nest, I would be so triggered by that
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runnypoops posted:Why are the rickys and and the chappelles of the world so obsessed with trans people? Like how hard is it to mind your own loving business especially when you have millions of dollara Exactly, they have millions of dollars. Do you really expect them to work hard at writing new good jokes, when they could be farting around on a fake farm or posting on twitter, enjoying their success and millions? Take shots at easy targets and you can write your comedy special in an afternoon, then get back to living the good life. Grinding out new & original comedy is for the losers who haven't made it!
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runnypoops posted:Why are the rickys and and the chappelles of the world so obsessed with trans people? Like how hard is it to mind your own loving business especially when you have millions of dollara every transphobic person's obsessed with trans people. i think about trans people like maybe once a month. they'll just be having a conversation about boats or something and then they'll start ranting about guys in girls bathrooms.
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The thing is, there has never been a time in history where stand up comedy, comedy TV, skits, podcasts, etc have been more abundant. We literally are swimming in the iconisphere. If you want to give your brain funny tingles, all you have to do is put on the latest Netflix comedy special by the late, great Ricky Ace and kick back with the whole flat fam, old styles. You can all sit on your couches, in your forget-your-troubles and just laugh with the man who has seen it all.
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runnypoops posted:Why are the rickys and and the chappelles of the world so obsessed with trans people? Like how hard is it to mind your own loving business especially when you have millions of dollara Same reason Eddie Murphy had like a solid twenty minutes about how he'd karate chop any gay person within 100' of him. It's an easy target that can't fight back.
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I can't believe I watched the whole thing.Poohs Packin posted:Its pretty apparent after about the 6 or 7 minute mark that he doesn't really have much to say. Yeah, this exactly. IDK if actually-good comedians giving their standup routines a rhythm or a thesis that everything ties back to is a relatively new thing or not, but he certainly doesn't do it at all in this special, it's literally just a loosely tied-together string of unoriginal, uninspired jokes. He's also very clearly insecure; I don't know if he's reading SA but he certainly spends a LOT of time on Twitter, he even says as much in the special. He also loves to mention how rich he is, which smacks of insecurity.
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ricky plays a character in his standup btw. seems like a very different voice than the xfm or podcast stuff. havent seen the new one yet, prob won't as the transphobic stuff is sad and I liked ricky.
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:every transphobic person's obsessed with trans people. i think about trans people like maybe once a month. they'll just be having a conversation about boats or something and then they'll start ranting about guys in girls bathrooms. Better question, why is every transphobic person obsessed with boats?
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May 25, 2022 22:23
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Why is making fun of people transphobic? Is there a way to laugh at people without being labeled as afraid of them. I laugh at many people I'm not afraid of. It's okay to call someone a lovely person without insinuating they are afraid of someone imo.
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satanic splash-back posted:Why is making fun of people transphobic it isn't, not inherently. RuPaul for example has good material on the subject. the problem, see, right, Ricky mate, the problem, see, it's not that you are, as such, a horrible bigoted rear end in a top hat. probably are, mind you, but that's quite beside the point. the point, you fat sausage, is that you're just not funny. ricky mate, i'm afraid i'm NOT havin' a laugh here
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je1 healthcare posted:Better question, why is every transphobic person obsessed with boats? who isn't obsessed with boats? they float on the water, you can wear fun hats on them, great place to get drunk. boats should unite us not divide.
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satanic splash-back posted:Why is making fun of people transphobic? Is there a way to laugh at people without being labeled as afraid of them. I laugh at many people I'm not afraid of.
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