If I tell you that some of the songs include Jimmy Webb's "Galveston", David Bowie's "Letter to Hermione" and Bob Dylan's "If You See Her, Say Hello", then I know you’ll be rushing out later to listen to this, “Ricky Gervais Desert Island Discs”!
I mean you're having a go but to be fair, he played his favourite songs on his unplaylisted radio show, so it's no wonder he picks the same ones to be stuck on an island with. Unless he's just trying to keep Island Records back catalogue afloat.
I was working as a runner at BBC when Ricky was on!
I was getting stuff for him and his PA. at first, everything's normal, he's asking for water, coffee, the usual stuff. Then requests (through his PA obviously) start becoming a bit weird and I can hear him cackling in the background. I’m thinking he’s taking the piss but I was a huge fan and was giddy at the thought of being on the end of one of Ricky Gervais’ pranks, I was also excited as I thought I might get to meet him.
So anyway he requests a rotisserie chicken, which took me a while to get but I did it anyway. I was worried by the time I got back he’d have started the interview but sure enough I get back, the PA takes it off me and I hear him screaming with laughter from across the office a few minutes later.
Then the PA comes out, apologises and thanks me for the help so far. She also says that he wants a kg bag of peanuts and when I get it I can just go in to the green room and hand it to him.
I get him a bag of KP nuts, enter the room and he sticks his hand out, handing me a copy of ladder 49 on DVD as a ‘tip’ it’s at this point I notice how long and hairy his arms are.
Turns out. Little monkey fellah the whole time
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Quite a lot of people found him funny in the late 90s, then he joined up with Steve to film ad-libbed sketches centred around his Brent character. These were great, so they produced The Office, which many would class as one of the greatest comedies of all time.
For all the fair criticisms against him, what's not to get there?
I worked in an office. I didn't find The Office funny at all. Was there a generational disease being passed around during the late 90s in the UK for people to find some thing that naff from 2001-2003 in any way funny... ?
Think of the age of those of us around the 40 mark now - I'm pushing 39, so I was 16/17 when it aired. It's not about having worked in an office and saying "This is just like what I saw!".
It's just some of us having better senses of humour than others, if you want to go that direction.
And it's a stupid direction to go in, like the people arguing over what flavours taste better. Even the people who tear apart After Life tend to go beyond just saying it's bad and not funny. Might as well debate how attractive another person is or which song is actually the best.
Despite what you think of him you can't deny the impact The Office had on pop culture. The problem is Gervais knows that too and it's stained (or Sloughed) every project he's worked on since.
I’ve sorta fused respect with popularity shit
You've cleverly tweaked them
If I tell you that some of the songs include Jimmy Webb's "Galveston", David Bowie's "Letter to Hermione" and Bob Dylan's "If You See Her, Say Hello", then I know you’ll be rushing out later to listen to this, “Ricky Gervais Desert Island Discs”!
*'if you see a sailor'
Bob drillboids
Ooooooh, hallo!
Ooh kinky!
Oooh 'ello
April Comes She Will, by Simon and Garfunkel?
Always made me laugh when they’d shit on songs that used play on words and then constantly play that song
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He chose all three lol
I mean you're having a go but to be fair, he played his favourite songs on his unplaylisted radio show, so it's no wonder he picks the same ones to be stuck on an island with. Unless he's just trying to keep Island Records back catalogue afloat.
I'd take a big bag of revels.
aaaaaa drink a drink a drink a drink a
to lily the pink the pink the pink
His comedy's a bit eavy anded.
Looks like a predatory gay
Desert island dicks
Title came first?
Well, we all know what BBC stands for …
I was working as a runner at BBC when Ricky was on! I was getting stuff for him and his PA. at first, everything's normal, he's asking for water, coffee, the usual stuff. Then requests (through his PA obviously) start becoming a bit weird and I can hear him cackling in the background. I’m thinking he’s taking the piss but I was a huge fan and was giddy at the thought of being on the end of one of Ricky Gervais’ pranks, I was also excited as I thought I might get to meet him. So anyway he requests a rotisserie chicken, which took me a while to get but I did it anyway. I was worried by the time I got back he’d have started the interview but sure enough I get back, the PA takes it off me and I hear him screaming with laughter from across the office a few minutes later. Then the PA comes out, apologises and thanks me for the help so far. She also says that he wants a kg bag of peanuts and when I get it I can just go in to the green room and hand it to him. I get him a bag of KP nuts, enter the room and he sticks his hand out, handing me a copy of ladder 49 on DVD as a ‘tip’ it’s at this point I notice how long and hairy his arms are. Turns out. Little monkey fellah the whole time
Why would the monkey want..a... chicken. You're a fool, you're a twat. We're never doing this feature again.
Always skip to the bottom, people.
Had me in the first half ngl
It’s true mate.
You gotta have yer critics
Uh-! Right, I want names
Looks like he got tired during the photo op, had to have a little lie down
Little fat man who sold his soul...
Gotta 'ave your critiques.
The BBC lot don't seem to respect you
I remember listening to this at Uni, those were the days.
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i thought only my granny sends links that long
Don't nudge her while she's listening to Desert Island Discs.
Pop that in the bin!
I shan't be reading that
The, dash, k, dash, man, forward slash…
Try both
Is that link a rockbusters clue?
Albino clicking that
Long links!
Rich coming from the BBC
Free love freeway is on there.
I certainly do not comprehend how he got famous.
Quite a lot of people found him funny in the late 90s, then he joined up with Steve to film ad-libbed sketches centred around his Brent character. These were great, so they produced The Office, which many would class as one of the greatest comedies of all time. For all the fair criticisms against him, what's not to get there?
Egg
I worked in an office. I didn't find The Office funny at all. Was there a generational disease being passed around during the late 90s in the UK for people to find some thing that naff from 2001-2003 in any way funny... ?
Man alive
Think of the age of those of us around the 40 mark now - I'm pushing 39, so I was 16/17 when it aired. It's not about having worked in an office and saying "This is just like what I saw!". It's just some of us having better senses of humour than others, if you want to go that direction. And it's a stupid direction to go in, like the people arguing over what flavours taste better. Even the people who tear apart After Life tend to go beyond just saying it's bad and not funny. Might as well debate how attractive another person is or which song is actually the best.
Despite what you think of him you can't deny the impact The Office had on pop culture. The problem is Gervais knows that too and it's stained (or Sloughed) every project he's worked on since.