Happy to sit at home taking the pi$$ out of others and turn down a request from Prince Harry to perform in Afghanistan – ­admitting he was too scared to do army gig.

May have just some some fans, well at least one.

about as funny as the black death…………….. 8)

Doesn't alter my opinion of him at all.

Already thought he was an irritating twerp.

Not just me that doesn't find him funny then?

About as funny as Will Ferrel well maybe less so.

Certainly only has one act.

The office was a funny programme at the time, the rest of his stuff is pretty poor

will ferrel is shyterer…………. 8)

Yeah. I always think an awful lot less of people who express a purely logical interest in self-preservation too. Tossers!

Loved The Office and Extras but never been much a fan of him as a stand up comedian. But then again, he should reserve the right not to go to Afghanistan if he doesn't want to.

all mouth and no trousers

What does that mean? has he said he would in the past?

the office would have been funny whoever played brent……………..
gervais is a coCk

he bought me and my mate drinks in the pleasance courtyard years ago so he's a top bloke. fact.

the office would have been funny whoever played brent……………..

He did write it with Steve Merchant though, so he is responsible for it being funny anyway.

Gervais = thrush.

Slightly funnier then Peter Kay, but only just….

Id rather stick rusty pins in my eyes then pay to watch either of em

Turning it around, how many of the naysayers would go to Afghanistan for work if asked?

Ton – you don't count 😉

Don't worry I'm sure Jim Davidson will be happy to take the gig. He's patriotic and dead funny too 😕

I wouldn't go either, bloody dangerous place
Allthough I agree he's shit, about as funny as piles, your own' not somebody elses, (which are always funny)

I think he's funny.

The podcast with Ricky, Steve and Karl is good – if a little repetitive. (As an aside I can't wait for 'An Idiot Abroad'!)

I didn't find The Office even slightly amusing. Yeah I know I'm one of a few or maybe I just happy to admit it and that maybe I just didn't get it.

What he actually said:

So that's the end of the UK leg of the tour. Back to America next to do more dates and record my second HBO special.

Hammersmith was great. It's easily the best live show I've ever recorded. (I know, I know, you'll be the judge of that.)

Had a drink after the show with Chris Martin and Prince Harry. As you do.

Harry was trying to persuade me to come to Afghanistan to perform to the troops. I said I was too scared. He said I could do Basra which was the safest place. Yeh, the safest place out of all the other places in a war zone. I pointed out that when I walk round Hampstead, I make sure I don't accidentally wander into Belsize Park by mistake.

I take risks with my comedy, not my vital organs.

I said I'd think about it.

On the day of the gig he wound me up by sending me a text saying that he was bringing his gran. I was obviously a bit panicked. She would definitely not have enjoyed the show.

At the after-show he got me to sign a beer mat for her. "To Liz II, Cheers! Ricky Gervais" (true)

I will be checking ebay all week in case she is making money off me. I can't help but think that her signing a beer mat to me would be worth slightly more.

well i think he's funny, the office was hilarious, extras was great and his stand up's are brilliant. His films have been a let down IMO but overall he's been brilliant for british comedy.

Its good to hear all the negatives from most people, so lets have it guys, who do you think is funny??

I think his standup is hilarious

I quite liked the Office, more cringey than laughy, and some of Gervaise's stuff on the 11 O'clock stuff was good. Not at all fussed about his stand up.

I really don't think going to do a gig in Afghanistan is going to be that risky – how many planes fly in and out of the place? Shedloads. Lads get blown up on patrol and journos occasionally get kidnapped, but I reckon you'd be about as safe as it's possible to be as a celeb doing a gig out there – they've got to think it's pretty safe to risk a few thousand troops all in one building at once.

As for who's good; Rich Hall, Dara O'Briain, Reginald D Hunter, Kevin Bridges.

the office is hilarious and extras was good too

(i also think phoenix nights was **** genius)

maybe he was scared, maybe he was busy, maybe he doesnt support the war
as above i dont think id take a job offer there!

ive met him in a fetish club and he was actually a bit of a tit and i got the feeling his date was a hooker
make of that what you will!

i also think phoenix nights was **** genius

I'm also an unfunny fat **** from Bolton, surround me with world class comedic talent and script writers and more likely as not i'd produce something bordering on comedy genius…

Just isn't funny, much like that over hyped waste of a pasty James Corden

ive met him in a fetish club

You've now planted the image of Ricky Gervais wearing rubber and leather into my mind. Not pleasant.

When it comes to writing James Corden is brilliant. I do get a bit bored of seeing him on TV as a 'celebraty' but he was great in Gavin & Stacey.

I can't stand James Corden and his stupid fat head.

Loved the Office and Extra's, never seen Ricky Gervais live but I can understand why he wouldn't want to go to Afghanistan and entertain the troops.

Gervais's radio show is brilliant…i think he is a knobber, but his laff is too fookin infectious!

I'm also an unfunny fat **** from Bolton

That makes 3 of us…….at least. 😆

Well, I'd certainly turn down a chance to work in Afghanistan.
Especially as I'm going to a soldier's funeral tomorrow.
I don't see what the OP's problem is.

Thought he was ok until I saw one of his shows where he "ironically" made jokes about terminal kids for over 20 minutes; having a very sick baby myself just makes me think what a **** he is.

Whatever part he plays, he's always the same d1ckhead. I don't find him funny either. More like an idiot who struck lucky.

i like bernard manning 8)

He's not acting in The Office, he's just playing himself. He's the sort of person I just wouldn't tire of hitting!

i like bernard manning

Yes, I love his turkey drumsticks.

Ricky Gervais is genuinely funny, Extras is amazingly good, rewatched it all recently. Likewise The Office.

I don't get Ricki Gervais humour. The Americans like him though.

The podcast and audiobooks with Karl are amazingly funny, IMO, I know they are a little contrived but still make me LOL a lot.

The standup and the office are OK, extras is crap.

I don't blame him for not going, I wouldn't