I had no idea who this guy was until the show. He didn't impress me a bit, but I did like how he made fun of the dysfunctional, self absorbed Hollywood and they loved every insult.
Ricky Gervais and the Golden Globes...
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Carson Dyle
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Gervais may be all those things (we've never actually met), but he's also mercilessly funny when it comes to making fun of himself onscreen.
I mean, has anyone ever played a bigger ass than David Brent? With greater relish, and to funnier effect? Not in my lifetime.
Why has America fallen in love with Ricky Gervais? God knows I can't speak for the rest of the country, but that David Bowie "Extras" clip sums it up pretty well as far as this American is concerned.
I don't think I've ever laughed harder at a scripted television series.
He was great and he didn't say anything others haven't said it's just that he had the balls to say it in the room . These people are se used to others being on their knees to smell their ass they were in no way ready for a few funny jabs at their expense. These award shows are so self pretentious - getting together to pat each other on the back for making more money than your family bloodlines will ever see - I say they deserve a good splash of water to the face. Ricky rules
defstartrooper
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AdmiralAckbar
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I had a good laugh at his introductions of the presenters....especially Bruce Willis.
Jannix Quinn
Sr Member
I don't really go for the whole 'being a rude jerk is funny' comedy, so I don't like him.
mrsmartypants
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Qui-Gonzalez
Master Member
Oh, not bad for one-dimensional at all. Hell, I am a fan. I got hip to him watching a few of his stand-up routines and then the animated show of his podcasts sent me over the edge. Gervais, Merchant and Pilkington...those three in the same room is pure comic gold.
kalkamel
Master Member
Qui, if you like those you should watch An Idiot Abroad. More zany antics from those three (particularly Karl).
An Idiot Abroad - Sky1 HD
An Idiot Abroad - Sky1 HD
Vaderman
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I DVR'd this and just watched it last night with my wife. We were both laughing loud enough to wake the kids.
Absolutely hilarious.
As a side note, there is no way they didn't know what they were getting. He hosted last year (same ratings as this year's) and asked for more freedom this year.
Anyway, by now we are well into the time period where Hollywood (and virtually the rest of the world) detest the HFPA.
They will get "respected" again in about 361 days.
Meanwhile, let's hear more about that recent lawsuit that mentions them taking bribes for noms!
Absolutely hilarious.
As a side note, there is no way they didn't know what they were getting. He hosted last year (same ratings as this year's) and asked for more freedom this year.
Anyway, by now we are well into the time period where Hollywood (and virtually the rest of the world) detest the HFPA.
They will get "respected" again in about 361 days.
Meanwhile, let's hear more about that recent lawsuit that mentions them taking bribes for noms!
Qui-Gonzalez
Master Member
Gah, I missed it! I have to find when it is on again and fire up my DVR.
Not sure if it's the same 3 but the Science channel here in the US is now going to be showing An Idiot Abroad and the guys are british so i think it's the same show. Worth looking into anyhow.
Qui-Gonzalez
Master Member
That is the Ricky Gervais crew. Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington are his sidekicks and Karl is the "Idiot" in the "Idiot Abroad". If you have HBO, I highly recommend watching The Ricky Gervais Show. The animation is some serious Flintstones rip-off, but it is well done.
Carson Dyle
Sr Member
From CNN...
Ricky Gervais isn't worried that his cutting humor at Sunday's Golden Globes made anyone dislike him, because he was just doing his job.
"I don't care what people think of me," Gervais said in an interview airing Thursday on CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight." "I care if I've done a good job, and I care if I've told the truth."
Gervais' jokes targeted many of Hollywood's biggest stars and the group that hired him to host the awards show for a second year.
"They hired me for a job and if they didn't want me, they shouldn't have hired me," Gervais said.
His job as comedian is to give people a release, he said.
"Comedy is laughing in the face of adversity," he said. "We use comedy as a sword, a shield, as a medicine, as a getting to know you. It's fundamental. It's a fundamental we understand comedy and we have humor, because it's built on empathy, and that's what being human is."
The British comedian told Morgan he was just "confronting the elephant in the room" with one-liners about the bad movies and bad behavior of the actors sitting in front of him.
"Don't forget, I've got to be an outsider," he said. "I mustn't come out there as everyone's mate and schmooze. That's nauseating. I've got to come out there, and I've got to roast them."
Gervais made his freedom to say what he wished a condition of employment, he said.
"I wouldn't have it any other way, because if you start second-guessing and you're trying to find people that are like you, or change it to make certain people like you, you're finished," he said. "And you're finished as a comedian more than any other thing in the world."
He expected groans mixed with laughter from his star-studded audience, he said.
When introducing Robert Downey Jr., Gervais read a list of his less-than-successful movies.
"He has done all those films, but many of you in this room probably know him best from such facilities as the Betty Ford Clinic and Los Angeles County Jail," Gervais told the audience.
Downey quickly fired back: "Aside from the fact that it's been hugely mean-spirited, with mildly sinister undertones, I'd say the vibe of the show is pretty good so far," Downey said. "Wouldn't you?"
Gervais told Morgan that Downey was joking and not really bothered by the introduction.
"Why would he be? He's Robert Downey Jr. He's the coolest man in the world. Why would he care?"
Ricky Gervais isn't worried that his cutting humor at Sunday's Golden Globes made anyone dislike him, because he was just doing his job.
"I don't care what people think of me," Gervais said in an interview airing Thursday on CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight." "I care if I've done a good job, and I care if I've told the truth."
Gervais' jokes targeted many of Hollywood's biggest stars and the group that hired him to host the awards show for a second year.
"They hired me for a job and if they didn't want me, they shouldn't have hired me," Gervais said.
His job as comedian is to give people a release, he said.
"Comedy is laughing in the face of adversity," he said. "We use comedy as a sword, a shield, as a medicine, as a getting to know you. It's fundamental. It's a fundamental we understand comedy and we have humor, because it's built on empathy, and that's what being human is."
The British comedian told Morgan he was just "confronting the elephant in the room" with one-liners about the bad movies and bad behavior of the actors sitting in front of him.
"Don't forget, I've got to be an outsider," he said. "I mustn't come out there as everyone's mate and schmooze. That's nauseating. I've got to come out there, and I've got to roast them."
Gervais made his freedom to say what he wished a condition of employment, he said.
"I wouldn't have it any other way, because if you start second-guessing and you're trying to find people that are like you, or change it to make certain people like you, you're finished," he said. "And you're finished as a comedian more than any other thing in the world."
He expected groans mixed with laughter from his star-studded audience, he said.
When introducing Robert Downey Jr., Gervais read a list of his less-than-successful movies.
"He has done all those films, but many of you in this room probably know him best from such facilities as the Betty Ford Clinic and Los Angeles County Jail," Gervais told the audience.
Downey quickly fired back: "Aside from the fact that it's been hugely mean-spirited, with mildly sinister undertones, I'd say the vibe of the show is pretty good so far," Downey said. "Wouldn't you?"
Gervais told Morgan that Downey was joking and not really bothered by the introduction.
"Why would he be? He's Robert Downey Jr. He's the coolest man in the world. Why would he care?"
Egon Spengler
Master Member
I think he did a brilliant job and I'll always love the UK Original over the NBC version. Saw the original years before the NBC one was thought of and loved it. Tried watching the NBC version and that version tries way too hard and just doesn't feel "real"
Qui-Gonzalez
Master Member
Sooo...Ricky Gervais has been asked back to host next year's Golden Globes.
Qui-Gonzalez
Master Member
Because he is guaranteed to draw ratings.
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