Ricky Gervais is a cunt.
an unfunny cunt.

as for McIntyre: "his shows consist of pointing out things we already know" - That is most comedians. Unfortunately many of them aren't funny.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 9:25, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

As a general rule.
Any comedian under 60 years old, that one's mum likes, is crap.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 9:28, Reply)

Ricky Gervais doesn't deserve having that podcast called The Ricky Gervais Show
it should be The Carl Pilkington Show
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 9:28, Reply)

C K

I realise this is incredibly pedantic, sorry.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 9:30, Reply)

I don't really care enough about him to learn how to spell his name Dorth.

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 9:52, Reply)

This is a bold tactic
from someone whose first name rhymes with Shitty
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 9:53, Reply)

My real name rhymes with Slut
I think I can handle it.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 9:58, Reply)

Amazingly, I hadn't thought of that
The extra "T" was obviously distracting me. Must be why no-one ever thought to insult Mr T
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 10:09, Reply)

having that podcast called The Ricky Gervais Show to live
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 9:32, Reply)

harsh
you'd make a good emperor.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 9:53, Reply)

You're half right about Gervais
Even if he'll never do anything as good as The Office again, that alone is enough for me to take at least a passing interest in his work. And his first two stand-up DVDs are well genius. He is a cunt though.

And yes, I accept your point about most comedians, but the difference between the funny ones and Michael fucking mcIntyre is that the former group provide a different viewpoint, whether that be pointing out an intrinsic irony that we may not have thought of ourselves or putting a surreal spin on matters a la Eddie Izzard.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 9:34, Reply)

the thing with The Office is that he is that much of a twat
it wasn't clever writing. He is a complete wanker and just ramped it up a small amount for the show.

I hate him so much.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 9:40, Reply)

Rubbish,
the office was brilliant writing, there was nothing like it on TV at the time, and it was seriously smart, embarrassing and very funny.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 9:45, Reply)

Fucking hell
I agree wholesale. In fact that's exactly how I'd put it. What the hell's going on?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 9:48, Reply)

it was clever
but I'm with Vipros on the idea that Gervais is just naturally a massive cunt and that was what gave the show it's edge- the fact it wasn't acting/a script but a genuine arsehole
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 9:53, Reply)

I think my overwhelming dislike of Gervais has skewed my opinion somewhat
I find everything about him objectionable.

The idea behind the Office and a lot of how it was executed was very good, I just can't stand him. At all.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 10:13, Reply)

try the American office, it has Steve Carrell in it :D
*disclaimer - I haven't seen either version so I can't compare the two.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 10:15, Reply)

the american one isn't actually too bad
it's different in that the manager guy is just completely stupid rather than horribly obnoxious.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 10:18, Reply)

I agree
my friends got me tickets to his fame tour for my birthday. I was so bored it was untrue. He is not funny at all.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 9:46, Reply)

The Fame standup is his jump the shark moment
if you'll excuse the slightly clumsy appropriation of the term. It marks the point where his success had clearly changed him and he stopped trying so hard. I stand by everything he did prior to that though. And The Office is magnificent TV
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 9:48, Reply)

Maybe that was the point behind calling it Fame
maybe he was actually being very observational and displaying how Fame has changed him. Maybe it wasn't standup, maybe it was observational drama.

Maybe it was interpretive dance. Interpretive dance means you don't actually have to dance if you don't want to.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 9:57, Reply)

Don't get me started on interpretative dance
It's not dance, it's just twatting about in a floaty way. I'd like to see any of those poncey twats take on a decent Foxtrot. Now that's dancing
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 10:02, Reply)

Never mind interpretative dance what about Soena Dancing

(Cave Duck, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 10:23, Reply)

If anyone else gets this it ought to get you absurd amounts of credit
As it is, you might have to make do with me applauding you lots
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 10:28, Reply)

You're far too kind, sir.

(Cave Duck, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 10:46, Reply)

This ^
The Office was shit and Gervais is shit. Its just fucking boring
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 9:46, Reply)

^ this^
so much this. Said it for ages that the Office is just what he's like naturally, as can be seen in the other films he's done, where he is basically exactly the same
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 9:50, Reply)