Ricky Gervais - Golden Years (David Bowie homage) 

This is basically a mashup of the Office and Extras, with a dash of Life's Too Short. Can see all the influences......

Massive bonus for a massive Ricky Gervais fan. I never knew this existed.

To be fair he does actually sound a LOT like Bowie.

I loved this! Ricky as David Bowie. Very funny. I miss David. Thank you for sharing him with us.

When he crawls on the desk singing sorrow I can't cope. It's so funny. Ricky is my all time favourite comedian, he's absolutely a one off special man.

oh shit, that fucking killed me. i knew ricky was a bowie fan but man, he's hardcore. the bowie impersonations were great but the one as prince slayed me.

RIP Bowie.

I love the fact the RG went on to become friends with DB. I bet he didnt see that coming!

Bowie's turn in the extended blue jean video had me thinking he reminded me of someone. Then I saw Ricky gervais' and it hit me. He reminds me of Ricky gervais.

OMG this is true gold.. I never seen this before, it is amazing to see Ricky playing Clive David Brent’s prequel.. the embarrassing awkwardness is delicious

This man is a comedic genius of the highest degree!

Anybody who managed to sell out of video rentals in 1998 made a smart move.

nice impression of Bowie ! great i hope he saw this

honestly, ricky does sound like bowie. when i listen to space oddity i think, wow he sounds like gervais LMAO

that was fantastic, never thought i would enjoy that as much as i did

"Have we had anything yet about the DVD campaign?" holy shit right, DVDs were brand new when this came out

Recently I saw Ricky at the Oxford Union. He spoke for about an hour on a range of topics, but mostly he just spoke about his career, going back to the time he had a solo spot at XFM, then single-handedly creating The Office, right through to when he made Extras by himself. Someone asked if he would again collaborate with some fella called Simon or Steve or something, but as it was part of a two or three-pronged question, he didn't get around to answering. I can imagine it would have been difficult to talk about, because I've seen about as much as there is to see of Ricky in the last few years and nobody else's name has come up.

11:12 Absolute Stunning....Funny as fuck...His Bowie Impression is top notch as well, especially singing Sorrow

That's Steven Merchants dad at 0:30 seconds lol

Thank you for posting this. Never seen it before.

David Bowie . . WOW! . .Such a very special, incredibly gifted, multi talented & versatile individual who inspired so many. He will live on forever because he'll never be forgotten . . OFTEN COPIED, NEVER EQUALLED!

never seen this before.Recognise alot of david brent here.

A couple of things: 1) I can't remember how old I was when I first became aware of Bowie, but I have a distinct memory of buying record-shaped discs of bubble gum with the covers of singles as the packaging. I had Bowie's Fashion, which was new, so I was 10. The reason I say this is because, growing up, nobody where I lived (Australia) pronounced his name like 'cow'. We all pronounced it 'oh'. I didn't hear it pronounced that way till my late teens. Anyhoh... 2) Ricky has some solid impressions and dialects, though he plays that side down (thankfully). Steve once said on XFM that he thought Ricky's Bowie was his best one. It's true, it is. Very solid. But Adam Buxton's Bowie is _so good_ that, if anyone needed Bowie ADR done, Buxton would be the man. His rendering is about as good an 'impression' as I've heard from some of the greats, like Sellers, Pollak and Serafinowicz.

This was great. I remember seeing it late one night back in the day and being blown away by him. That scene when he's talking with the agent about the Dolly Parton woman is particularly great. Ah back when Rick Gervais was funny and not the self-important windbag he has become.

wow when he says 'Is Ziggy him, am I Ziggy' he really sounds like Bowie

Precursor to David Brent? I love Bowie and Rick Gervais so, this was made for me!

What an excellent prequel to The Office. Before this I could only imagine how Gervais' life would have been, working in an office for fifteen years after having been a failed David Bowie clone. But now I don't have to imagine it!

Took me a while to 'get' Ricky's brand of humour but now I think he's one of the very best out there. Love the Bowie take off...We've all done that in the mirror.

Nobody, and I mean Nobody, can "PEACOCK" like David Bowie. ♡ David Bowie invented it! ♡

still cracking up at the freddy mercury scene

Damn I can't believe I'd never seen this! Classic!

'Shittin in my tin can...' Never gonna get that out of my head now, oh god !

Gervais used a slimmer body for this character than for Brent

"Do your Freddie" "Ay oh" LMAO

You can see the seed of Brent here. Amazing that Ricky had him there for so long and nurtured him into what he is today

3:18 Steve merchants dad I think, Ron merchant is in the credits for one of the boardmembers.

Big fan of Ricky Gervais. Loved it 👍👍

Adam Buxton does a freakishly good Bowie impression.

very good, a lot of quotes that were also used in The Office, early practice for Ricky!!

'would be a shame if he never made it to the studio'. LOL

David Bowie loved his WiFi before anyone else had even heard of her.

01:35 - 'I built it up from nothing, by myself'. 'But the form says...' '- With my partner Barry'. Looks as though Ricky was always trying to take full credit for everything, even in his fictitious screen plays.

Priceless - Ricky also recorded a Bowie-esque tune back in the day - google it - he's uncanny!

Why have I never seen this! Omg. Steve merchants Dad on the table at the beginning. :)

How the hell i did not see that befor. Ricky brilliant as always :D

That’s Merchant’s dad in that meeting, right? He played the janitor in The Office who always stared into the camera.

This is what lead to 'The office'. If you notice some of the jokes are in 'the office' from this.

Amazing!! Proto-office.

Excellent! First time seeing this, you can really see the roots of David Brent.

This is awesome

Ricky's Bowie voice is pretty good!

Gervais is the same in every character he plays. Zero range but I do enjoy his stuff

incerdible. i've never seen this before! love you Ricky

Lots of The Office in this. That's another reason The Office was good from the off, they'd had about three cracks at it before they filmed the first real episode to hone it.

such a powerful actor he evokes feelings in me non stop

The Bewlay Brother Where Art Thou

I always wondered why Gervais never pronounced Bowie correctly considering he’s a fan and even knew him.

A Night To Re-Memory of a Free Festival.

At the end, brilliant moment.

"He said I could see them.." ....killed me!!!

This is brilliant. But always wondered why they’ve got what looks like an entire floor of a prestige office block, when they just own a couple of video shops.

Beautiful homage

Nice to see Stephen's dad making a cameo around the table at the start

As a 37 year old I object to him being referred to as 'middle-aged'.

its funny looking back on the older stuff and seeing the origins of later material, even if some of it is just straight up reusing old jokes

This character seems to me as a cross between David Brent and Andy Milman

Where have I seen that burd in the blue cardigan before? It's doing my head in...😂

Queen impersonators "Right Freds dead"....coffee all over keyboard time ..lol

In the thumbnail Gervais looks like the Cat from Red Dwarf purely because of the suit he's wearing.

Ricky was so influenced by Bowie in almost every potential creative or personal measurement. I’m sure David loved this lol, then he’d go on to appear on Extras in that famous scene

I love the fact the RG went on to become friends with DB. I bet he didnt see that coming! never seen this before.Recognise alot of david brent here. David Bowie loved his WiFi before anyone else had even heard of her.

Omg early ricky gervais stuff like this is freaking special xD this is amazing haa

Wow i never seen this before... thank you for sharing

He's so good at the 'awkward' and 'uncomfortable' that I sometimes find it so hard to watch.

When he puts his legs on the desk. Those jeans ahahaha

I love Ricky , just so funny 😅

I'm 32. You're 37! Call it 35.

For some reason singing Space Oddity on the table made my dog go ape shit

Quality bit with the desk scene

Someone’s got to test those top shelf videos!

Gervais Bowie accent is awesome.

Reminded me of that old joke ... Ziggy Stardust met a lad in Sainsbury's.

Could go far this bloke 🤣

This is what doesn't make sense to me. Ricky and Steve always said that 'The Office' was their first tv show.....

Steve Merchants Dad is first guy in glasses

"Just think of it as performance"

Ricky had honed his acting a lot by the time of The Office too.

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars Attacks

11:12 Holy crap I haven't laughed this hard in ages 😂😂

I know Bowie watched The Office and was in later series but I wonder if he ever saw this?

I used to think that Ziggy Stardust was sung by Ricky Gervais

still cracking up at the freddy mercury scene Let's dances with wolves Queen impersonators "Right Freds dead"....coffee all over keyboard time ..lol

Ricky ie David Brent could learn so much from Clive. Ricky is so David Bow-ie {as in the Bowie knife}, and a big fan.

"Check ignition and may gods love be with you". LOL Ricky sings it so eloquently. Really funny stuff.

Little fat man😂😂 it still makes me laugh myself silly❤RIP Mr. Jones💔🍻

That was really good. 11:12 actually made me feel awkward!

Is this office meets extras meets life's too short.

Brilliant.

haha YES! Good spot that was mate. I was racking my brains trying to place her. Thank :)

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