Ok, so i was reading the last reply in the top 100 stand ups and someone said that Ricky should have been number 3...
Ricky Gervais is not a stand up comic, he is... well, im not the biggest fan.
the office was good, the first series anyway, but it was not a 'new thing'.
I could talk about America, curb your enthusiasm, anything by christopher guest and the other one i cant remember now... but they both pi$$ed all over the office.
But the office was just basically a copy of alan partridge and operation good guys. And the 2nd series of the office was awful. Cringeworthy.
Extras...sorry, just not funny. I always remember Ricky Gervais saying he would never sell out and go to hollywood as he could stay here...(night at the museum anyone?)
He has one character, which isnt all that good,
As for the recent 'stand up' work, politics and animals, they are both majorly scripted, not just by him either. ITs more a play or a science workshop than stand up.
So, Ricky isnt all that bad, but dont say hes a greatstand up. He is a good writer, an ok actor. that'll do yeah?