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Moriarty Gets An Early Listen To THE RICKY GERVAIS SHOW SERIES 5 And Gets An Early Look At GHOST TOWN!

onest by nukethefridge	Sep 7th, 2008 05:55:13 AM
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The office by nukethefridge	Sep 7th, 2008 06:02:22 AM
Not only am I 1st on this talkback I am also a person who watched,loved and raved about the office the 1st time it was ever on bbc 2. Therefore I am better than you.
by nukethefridge	Sep 7th, 2008 06:03:30 AM
karl dilkington has a head like a fucking orange.
The podcasts... by Conqueror Worm	Sep 7th, 2008 06:08:11 AM
...are funny as fuck. Highly recommended for bus travel, although people will be looking at your balking face as you belly-laugh-out-loud.
How is the podcast Series 5? by HypeEndsHere	Sep 7th, 2008 07:33:16 AM
where was the fourth one? this is annoying the fuck out of me. it's as if someone said, "What, you didn't know the Beatles made an album between Sgt. Pepper and The White Album? Well they did. And, sorry, but all traces of it have been erased from the culture."
The Podfather Series was Season 4 by GrandMuffTarkin	Sep 7th, 2008 08:17:07 AM
That's what I'm assuming. A half hour per show seems slack, but hey, it's free, right/ Oh wait, they're charging again? Piss off.
ooooooh, chimpanzee that! no "real" series 4 by couP	Sep 7th, 2008 08:18:01 AM
just those random podcasts in between i guess?
HypeEndsHere by mraig	Sep 7th, 2008 08:20:41 AM
There was a short series of free podcasts keyed to Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. I'm not sure if they're available on iTunes or not. But the Ricky Gervais show is something I will literally never get tired of listening to. I could hear a new episode every day forever. I do have a suspicion that Karl is playing up his density a bit. In some of his early appearances (on the XFM radio series) he seems a little more with it. By the way, if you want to hear the predecessor to the Ricky Gervais show podcasts, go to www.pilkipedia.co.uk, where you can download episodes of the radio show that the three hosted in England on XFM. It's like dozens of free new (old) podcasts!
Did anyone go to his standup? by GrandMuffTarkin	Sep 7th, 2008 08:21:23 AM
I went to the show he did for the Bowie concert series, but passed on the US tour because I thought the material would be the same: Swimming Elephant, Fat Jokes, etc. If anyone went to the show, I'd like to know.
"I could eat a knob at night" by FuckMichaelBay	Sep 7th, 2008 09:16:17 AM

walk like a man... by ferrisdownunder	Sep 7th, 2008 09:22:51 AM
Yeah, Hearts n souls is a shouty 'LOOK THIS IS SAAAD, CRY, BITCHES' but it does have Lizzy Shue (sigh)...on the topic at hand, i've always been a Ricky fan and even though he doesn't like acting he is a great natural comic actor and should 'carefully' pick the right material and stay on our optic nerves for some time to come.
nukethefridge... by LordPorkington	Sep 7th, 2008 09:26:48 AM
Why are you acting like you're the only one who watched the original Office when it was first transmitted? Makes you look like a bit of a twat actually. I, too, watched it but I don't feel the need to behave like I 'discovered' Ricky Gervais and then told everyone else how good he was so they could watch it too.
I enjoy the podcasts, it's just a shame that... by C Legion	Sep 7th, 2008 10:07:29 AM
some of the material is taken from their old XFM show. It means they lack the spontaneous wit of their XFM days, and much of it sounds a little forced.
Series 4 by evil twin	Sep 7th, 2008 10:16:13 AM
Was the halloween, thanksgiving and Christmas specials. Not much of a series but they seem to label it as such none the less.
LordPorkington, you're correct. by nukethefridge	Sep 7th, 2008 10:30:15 AM
I know I know, sorry, it is a really annoying habit I picked up once he got really big.I know I didn't discover him. I suppose it happens to everyone who was a fan of a little movie or band before they got really big,they feel a sense of ownership and get annoyed when newbies jump on board. Sad and pathetic really.
Hmmmm... by sledge	Sep 7th, 2008 10:55:34 AM
i love Gervais, but I am in two minds about Ghost World. Not really that impressed by the trailer or clips i have seen. www.battleroyalewithcheese.com
Karls not a cunt. by V'Shael	Sep 7th, 2008 11:00:59 AM
He's a guy (a little dimwitted) who has been badly let down by the English education system, and the enormous amounts of crap fed to the poorly informed by modern media.
TAPING NIGEL by Mr. Nice Gaius	Sep 7th, 2008 11:16:36 AM
One of the funniest things I have ever seen is the "Taping Nigel" segment on the EXTRAS Season 2 DVD set. It's so wrong in so many ways. But I swear to Zeus, I thought I was going to die from laughter.
"It would be spiteful... by IForgotAbout19	Sep 7th, 2008 11:48:17 AM
To put a jellyfish in a trifle." -K. Dilkington... I could (and have) listened to that triumvirate of trite endlessly, until judgment day when Karl is finally revealed to be the second coming of Monkey-Christ. I think the XFM shows were far superior to the Bodcasts, but I aint wingin'
Hype - The Beatles DID make another album... by Mystery Roach	Sep 7th, 2008 01:38:36 PM
...between Sgt. Pepper and the White Album. Two of them in fact. Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine.
Ohhhh! by IForgotAbout19	Sep 7th, 2008 02:48:41 PM
You've embarrassed yourself there, Hype.
This Side of the Truth.... by TheWaqman	Sep 7th, 2008 03:57:35 PM
shall be fucking amazing.
They're not really albums... by Giario	Sep 7th, 2008 06:05:53 PM
Magical Mystery Tour was a soundtrack E.P. originally that was turned into an album by Capitol for the US market (and subsequently the same was done in the UK) and Yellow Submarine was a soundtrack album with a few old/lesser/previously discarded songs by The Beatles on one side and some orchestral arrangements by George Martin on the other. They're not really Beatles albums, more like compilations. Plus The White Album came out before Yellow Submarine anyway.
Did anyone else see him in GTA IV? by James_O'Nasty	Sep 7th, 2008 07:35:34 PM
He was good...prolly up on Youtube. Definitely. http://www.youtube.com/results ?search_query=ricky+gervais+GT A&search_type=&aq=f
"He's only gone and written it down... fcknnnnggg" by LordPorkington	Sep 7th, 2008 07:43:21 PM
nukethefridge, no worries. I used to do exactly the same thing as you, until I realised I was also acting like an utter twat. Took me a while to stop harping on about Spaced and how I'd been following Simon Pegg, Jessica Stevenson and Edgar Wright since Asylum on the Paramount Comedy Channel, along with Lucas & Walliams as Mash & Peas. Now I'm in my 30's, I realise it's just not important anymore...
Damn You Michael Bay by MCMLXXVI	Sep 7th, 2008 08:42:26 PM
Damn You Michael Bay
GrandMuffTarkin...Stand Up With Gervais by Adrian Marcato	Sep 8th, 2008 12:36:03 AM
I went to his stand up here in NYC. Well done. You're right, his material is limited if you've seen his shows you won't necessarily get anything new. But I'll tell you what, I am a fan of stand up comics, and of seeing them develop and progress even with material I've heard before. So while I did get to here the anecdote/parable about the mice in winter time, I've never seen Gervais so 'on' then he was at the Wamu Theater at MSG. Plus, he was taping an HBO special, so, since it will be his first american special, it makes sense to introduce them to his act, taking the best stuff from Animals, Politics and Fame. So, while you may have skipped it because you didn't want to hear repeat bits, you sadly won't be able to say that you were at the taping of Gervais' HBO special. Whoops! Funny side note, Bon Jovi was playing the same night, only in the 'real' Madison Square Garden. And all the security guards were saying, 'Bon Jovi to your right; Comedian to your left.' It tickles me silly how Gervais is such an unknown to most of Americans, and yet his impact on Comedy in this decade, really, is unrivaled. I mean the Office reshaped the perception of television comedy...that it could be simultaneously funny and truly, truly dramatic, and not like MASH either. Arrested Development, 30 Rock and of course the American Office are all comedic derivatives of the show. Love it.
Giaro - You are technically correct. by Mystery Roach	Sep 8th, 2008 05:15:29 AM
I'll grant you that Yellow Submarine wasn't a true Beatles album. I know the Beatles didn't consider it such. I counted it because it did have a few previously unreleased songs (even though they had already been recorded). Apparently, I did have the wrong info on the release date though, so I'll admit my wrongness there. Magical Mystery Tour is a different story though. Yes it was an EP but to be fair it was a Double EP with six original songs composed specifically for the movie. The American LP release padded it with singles, but I still think it counts as a real Beatles album.
Giario - Sorry for the Typo by Mystery Roach	Sep 8th, 2008 05:30:35 AM

V'Shael by DrNookie	Sep 8th, 2008 06:06:31 AM
You're wrong, Karl really is a cunt. Blaming the system for Karl being a cunt is like blaming the system for having a head like a fucking orange. Just accept it.
I'm still kicking myself for that Yellow Submarine goof. by Mystery Roach	Sep 8th, 2008 06:17:10 AM
I should really know better. I wasn't trying to be a dick, but I sure made myself look like one. This place just brings it out in me I guess. Apologies to HypeEndsHere and Beatles fans everywhere. Anyhow, I don't have much hope for this movie, but I love The Ricky Gervais Show so that is wonderful news. I do wish they would do more episodes at a time, but I'll take whatever I can get. One question... Any word on whether they will be released as an audiobook, or as free podcasts? I'm guessing we'll have to pay for these.
Thanks Adrian... by GrandMuffTarkin	Sep 8th, 2008 08:35:59 AM
Good to know that the shows were similar, and you have a point about the evolution of his act. I watched that clip of him from GTA4, and the whole obesity bit was exactly what I saw at his Wamu Bowie show. The nice thing about that show was when David Bowie came out quietly to introduce Gervais, opened his mouth, and said "Chubby little loser..." Brilliant.

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