lol ... really let the bullets fly ...

I grew up on Monty Python, Benny Hill, The Two Ronnies, and I loved stupid shows like Keeping Up Appearances, Man About The House, and Are You Being Served?

To me, Ricky Gervais is a mean spirited prick. I still laugh at some of his jokes, but I don't feel good about it afterwards.

When you're watching him, you do realize he KNOWS he's better than you? He doesn't think it, he knows it.

Possibly my favorite insult comic ever. Giraldo was a loss. Ricky Gervais simply put, is not funny. Never found him funny, and probably never will. Every now and then he pulls a one off comment that makes me laugh, but any jackass off the street has the opportunity to do that. He's the most overrated piece of shit I've ever seen passed off as a comedian. Giraldo would have stomped a shithole in this pompous little twat.

are you fucking serious? i mean, i hate america for absolutely everything i can hate them for, but they have hands down got the best stand up comedians in the world. a lot of second rate comedians, but only due to sheer volume. :2 cents:

no doubt everyone of them amount to three good days of TMZ/Perezhilton traffic if they are lucky

Because DVTimes is trolling you all.

HTH

Damian

I expect he's had more than his fair share of paid sycophants telling him he is the funniest person in the world ever and believed it.

thery are saying on uk tv he was great, and how the 'yanks' do not get it.

it reminds me of when that jackson girl showed a nipple during the american football. in the uk no one would have cared, yet in the usa it was the end of the world.

to be honest we used to only watch sport to see if some hot student would streak (run nude) accross the field. we used to complain if there was not a nude girl.

but i say this to point out that while we both speak english, culture is different. while we in the uk eat finew food and wine, americans eat burgers and coke.

they may be fat lazy and stupid, but at least they're funny and brush their teeth... :2 cents:

I saw the clips after our UK media decided they knew what every American thought of it. And after checking on the interwebz I find that once again our UK press has it completely wrong.
From what I see, most of the celebs in the room might not have enjoyed it, but Ricky knew his audience wasn't in that room, they were watching from home and hoping for a good show, which is exactly what he gave them.

Lets be honest here, they didn't hire him to tell knock-knock jokes. They knew EXACTLY what they were getting. They probably even saw the material beforehand.

These celebs all take themselves far too seriously. And people like Tom Hanks and Robert Downey Jr have probably lost more credibility and support for their lack of being able to take a joke than Ricky has for making those jokes.

I thought it was very funny, and it seems the majority of the American audience found it funny too. The ones who didn't obviously have a stick up their ass, including the "holier than thou" celebrities in that room.

If nothing else I appreciate Ricky's attitude to Hollywood. He isn't blinded by fame and he hasn't changed to suit them. He is who he is (unlike the rest of the plastic army) and isn't scared of making jokes at their own expense. He's a part of that set, so he would be very happy to have some good jibes back. It's just a shame none of the other celebs taking to that stage had the sense of humor or the clever wit to take the piss our of him in return!

well said.

its good to see views from clearly another vastly clever brit.

Eddie Izzard went into movies and TV drama from stand-up.
Dylan Moran does both Sitcoms and stand-up.
Victoria Wood started in stand-up and is now in drama/sitcoms.
Lee Evans
Stephen Fry.
Hugh Laurie.
Bill Bailey.
Russel Brand.
Jack Dee.
Jennifer Saunders.
Dawn French.

Sorry to be an arse, but if anything the majority of well known comedians in the UK go from stand-up to sitcoms and drama.
It's not new, they've been dong it pretty much since the 1960's.

I've never heard of him... Which is fine, as I didn't find his douche bag comedy to be funny.

Ricky Gervais is VERY funny, great to see him giving it out where the bland normally rules.

wrong.
several celebs fired back with the same sort of humor. in addition, de niro took it a few steps further and hurled insults at the wait staff. and i think daniel tosh would of been a much better and funnier choice for an insult host. hell even lisa lampinelli is funnier.



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someone explain the Scientology joke he made... I am confused loll

i have to disagree, but i do think its a cultural thing, the UK and american stand-up styles are just so different.

John Travolta

Never watched any version of "the office", even in reruns.. Dont watch self congratulating awards shows by celebrities, for celebrities.. because I'm not a celebrity.. Only seen the guy on interview shows and he seems to have a good sense of humour. Saw him do a few warm up rips on a few celebs on Conan I think. Was pretty irreverant. Evidently people didnt appreciate the "roast" quality of his jokes? Oh well. Boo hoo. Throw yourself on a pile of fame and call your bff.

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... & Tom Cruise :2 cents:

Daniel Tosh's stand up is fucking hilarious. Tosh.0 does his sense of humor no justice...

yes i thought thats who he meant.

I think tom is a right twit.

but John Travolta not gay. he flys a plane.

wow. incredibly unfunny..and I'm a fan

I am divided on him.
Last night I found funny and quite good, certainly no issues there, people who do have issues with it should fucking go to a third world country and focus there attention and worry about real problems in the world. However as someone stated earlier jokes on Autism and such should not be tolerated. That is where I draw the line.
Any comedian who jokes about someone with what life has thrown at them indiscriminately will not get my laugh and a loss of respect too.

Obese people fair enough, in the majority of cases thats their fault.
Drug users, again majority of cases their fault.

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