gervais golden globe monologue

FeeFoo – Member

I work with Americans who are sarcastic, ironic, and often self-deprecating.

So, either I know some odd Americans or some people are too quick repeat trite stereotypical views in order to make themselves look superior.

“American’s don’t do sarcasm”, er like, hello?

Well I’m guessing that Reginald D. Hunter has worked with a few Americans and apparently he disagrees with you concerning the difference between British and American humour.

And I’m happy to accept that Reginald D. Hunter is probably something of an an “expert” on comedy and Americans, and isn’t simply motivated by “trite stereotypical views”.

5.25 mins into this video :

(and 1.10 mins and 2.30 mins)

So I would plumb for ‘you know some odd Americans’.

The Office was genius, but everything else he has been involved in since has been awful, he really is not a funny man.

he really is not a funny man.

Indeed.

Anyone could have come up with the jokes he said at the awards.

At least he covered all bases:

Alcoholism
Ageism
Homophobia

Can he actually be funny without personal insults? – that would be a talent.

Move over Roy Chubby Brown, you’ve got some competition.

He was hired to get attention to the Golden Globes, which, prior to last year (his first shot at presenting it) was dying on its arse.

Everyone in the entertainment industry is talking about it now, the network that put it on (ABC) have got excellent ratings…..my only problem is that it was a hugely cynical exercise. Get an ‘edgy’** presenter, wind him up and tell him there are no limits, and bingo! you have a hit on your hands. ABC knew exactly what they were doing, and what they’d get.

Being fair to Gervais (a) I thought it was hugely funny (b) he warned everyone well in advance that he didn’t think he went far enough last year and would redress the balance this time around.

** I hate this term

Well that confirmed it for me, keep him in America he’s just not funny.

Hear hear! He never was funny. Making you cringe doesn’t often make you laugh, and that’s all he’s done for years. False smile all the time, full of his own importance – tasteless and talentless IMO.

Colin

I agree with gowrie

Personally, I find Ricky Gervais embarrassing

Calling him talentless is silly. You might not like it (and I don’t like much of his recent stuff) but he’s clearly talented. Being self important and tasteless doesn’t change that.

It was mildly amusing the first time he did it as it was a change from the usual crap but it’s a bit tired now and not exactly funny. I’m all for slagging off celebrities but just do it with some wit rather than the obvious.

Calling him talentless is silly.

Agreed.

More accurate to say he is less talented than most comedians.

😉 Not sure I’d go for that but…

Yeah, changed my mind to be honest, he is a talentless moron. 😆

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find him very hit and miss… usually more miss than hit.

but fair play to him, he had the guts to say it to their faces

Well I’m guessing that Reginald D. Hunter has worked with a few Americans and apparently he disagrees with you concerning the difference between British and American humour.

And I’m happy to accept that Reginald D. Hunter is probably something of an an “expert” on comedy and Americans, and isn’t simply motivated by “trite stereotypical views”.

….hang on. So you’re telling me that everything in a stand-ups set is factually accurate? …and not a two pronged attack in which to ingratiate yourself with your audience and make them laugh at the same time? Damn!

I am currently reading Stew Lee’s book and he insinuates otherwise. F’ing liar!

Well he didn’t mention fisting any politicians, seen worse.

….hang on. So you’re telling me that everything in a stand-ups set is factually accurate?

I don’t appear to be.

It looks to me like I am telling you that Reginald D. Hunter probably knows quite a bit about American humour.

Well, quite possibly more than someone who’s only qualification is that ‘they work with some Americans’ anyway.

Maybe your computer has some sort of virus which is scrambling all the words I have posted and giving them a new meaning ? 💡

To me it came across as the Americans thinking that he was knocking success – a sacred cow to a lot of people on that side of the water

There were some very funny bits IMO

It looks to me like I am telling you that Reginald D. Hunter probably knows quite a bit about about American humour.

Comedian pokes fun at his own nationality to be accepted by audience shocker!! 🙄

Comedian pokes fun at his own nationality to be accepted by audience shocker!!

Ah, now I’m beginning to understand………you haven’t bothered to look at the clip.

Of course if you had, you would have seen that it is the opposite – he is poking fun at his British audience.

Ricky Gervais always strikes me as the child on the school bus that thinks standing up at the back and shouting makes him the funniest kid in the world.

Its a crime to see him raking in the cash when it would be far better spent on the talents or Stewart Lee or Rhod Gilbert both of whom are way more deserved, I don’t think anyone could keep a straight face whilst watching Rhod’s Duvet purchase sketch!

Ricky Gervais always strikes me as the child on the school bus that thinks standing up at the back and shouting makes him the funniest kid in the world.

+1

I couldn’t bear to watch it, as nowadays he seems to be channeling the spirit of David Brent without realising why that character was so excruciatingly funny to watch. I was half expecting Bruce Willis to step up and drop him – now that would have made excellent tv.

Aren’t we all missing the point? Gervais’s humour has ALWAYS been excruciating, isn’t that part of fun? It’s meant to be car crash, painful and somewhat embarrassing to watch. I get the impression he allows himself to be part of nosedive deliberately.

For what it’s worth I liked his performance, and as he said “I warned you…”

The point is, although it always was excruciating, it NEVER was funny. David Brent as a character had comedic value, but, as ditch_jockey implies, Gervais now acts as if David Brent was actually funny. He wasn’t, he was a pratt. And Gervais behaving like Brent might have makes him a pratt too – and a humourless one at that.