@@DCBChump I also don't think Trump is a celebrity in the way we think of celeb. I don't know, he's kinda borderline at this point, but like the ones that collect their Oscars and proceed to preach on how we should all live our lives, for sure - extreme combustion measures for protest I support.
What always impressed me about Ricky Gervais is his ability to make fun of things you might actually like or you can disagree with him and its still hillarious and he brings up some good points
Yes, it increased the standard of living and prevented or mitigated some kinds of disasters for many parts of these countries. When they gained their independence, many bits of the checks & balances disappeared, as the elites who filled the vacuum took advantage of their own people. Infrastructure deterioration, famine, disease, civil strife, war ensured. Same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was.
Well what he's doing is showing you why you were wrong to take the conclusion you already came to for granted. Like you probably never thought to question that a man burning himself alive was a very powerful form of protest. But when faced with a ruthless enemy, they're going to be happy for you to do that. The only way to be effective at changing them is by actually fighting them, not killing yourself to try to make them feel guilty. They wouldn't be ruthlessly attacking you in the first place if they felt guilty. So the Vietnamese that actually fought back were doing a lot more for their cause than someone killing himself. Something that you might have just taken for granted was a noble sacrifice turns out to be dying in vain.
@@medexamtoolscom: As a kid, I watched the video of the monk's self-immolation. I thought it wouldn't affect Vietnamese and US military actions -- a person killing himself in a war doesn't amount to much. But it did shock anti-war protestors. It also galvanized certain elements in SE Asia to support the VC. So an act intending to stop the war only served to help escalate it, leading to more death and destruction.
@@dusk6159 nah, don't think so mate. Ricky is geared towards the tabloid level iq mentality. Plenty will consume it but there's no nuance or dept to the jokes. No challenge. No need to think. They're Michael McIntyre clever with additional (unnecessary) cruelty. Empty calories. Vapid. Insignificant. What I'm trying to say is that he's absolutely shite.
God I know, what an absolutely one off. I can't think of ONE SINGLE comedian that is a genuine artist with the courage to speak in public the way Ricky does. Worryingly, it's because they just DON'T think the way he does. He has real heart, a hugely empathetic, sensitive eye matched with razor sharp psychological insight and a very high bar when it comes to his own ethics and morality. He's in a league of his own, a class of one. Desperate times.
@@georgeboag9614 What I've noticed in recent years, coming out of America I'm sorry to say, is this bizarre oversimplification of human beings. There's no nuance, no patience with hearing out the complicated individual life stories of strangers. Instead we've got this disgusting 'two team' culture war going on all over the West. The deeply idiosyncratic opinions of our fellow humans are reduced to grotesque socio-political 'teams', a complete dehumanisation of everybody. Why exactly human consciousness has devolved so pitifully I can't figure out. It's desperately sad to behold. I hope humans click out of it and start really LISTENING to each and every individual person, with attentiveness, patience and real curiosity. And stop being so thin-skinned and manipulative when it comes to cry-bullying over the "offensive" opinions of 7 billion other humans. That's just deeply embarrassing. People read all sorts of subtext into things that just isn't there, judge before bothering to ask intelligent questions, hear a 'tone' where there isn't one and just assume FAAAAAAAR too much with strangers online. It all feels like a sickness. I think Ricky is wonderful, for more reasons than I can list and elaborate upon here. We can all enjoy different things at different points in our lives and there's no need to try and convince strangers to like what we like. You have your secret thrills and I'll have mine. That being said, I recommend 'After Life' on Netflix. Same for 'The Naked Director'. ;)
I loved the fact he has a go at celebrities, he knows as the public do we shouldn't give 2 fucks about them. Because as he said at the Emmy awards they know nothing about the real world and shouldn't have the right to say anything about it
Even when I don't necessarily agree with his opinion, he's absolutely HILARIOUS, and I can't keep from laughing. Peace to you, Ricky Gervais. Laughter heals.
He's not expressing an opinion. He's raising thoughts, taking sideways looks at wide variety of topics, suggesting we think a bit more about things we have made assumptions about. We might then modify or maintain our opinions in light of thinking about them afresh. But we have very little idea what his opinion is
Comedy, the way its pose ta be. If a joke hurts your feelings or makes you laugh, it worked. Don't get insulted. Its just a joke. In life, thick skin is mandatory!!
I never took"We Didn't Start The Fire" as a war protest song, I always took as a these times aren't any different than the past kind of song. In other words, people haven't really changed much over the eons of time.
I think it's mostly just recounting major events and personalities that he remembers from his life. But so what? It's still a good song and it's still a funny bit.
Zimmerman is okay. I guess. If you like NYC druggie music. Or is the only other thing you can get on the radio is the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing Paul Anka's 'You're Having My Baby'. Yes, they really did record that.
Ricky’s moral compass is so high, he really cares about the so called ordinary people, I don’t like using that term ordinary as I think nobody is ordinary just people, I love the time he went online and criticised victory beckham ( posh spice ) for not paying her staff when the Covid epidemic started, claiming she couldn’t afford to pay them, but Ricky got online and ridiculed her about not pay her employees.
Ricky Gervais is one of the best things ever to have happened to comedy....He walks a line, a fine line, and ends up being utterly, brilliantly and hilariously relentless.
@@hawker1262 If needed I'll get my own. The tissue you just handed me appears to be stained. That'll be from your excitement at finding a hole big enough to fit your nose through I guess?
Let’s not forget all those celebs who championed Robert Mugabe into power. They used to fly in for tea with their liberation hero while his North Korean trained troops cleansed Matabeleland of the Ndebele people. As Richard Attenborough once admitted they thought he was the “cats whiskers”.
Right on! Patrick Watson had a programme on Canadian TV and he couldn't say enough good things about Mugabe shortly after he assumed control of the country. These people mak you want to puke
First impressions can be misleading. Several world leaders praised Hitler in his early years only to later pretend they always knew the guy was nuts (or maybe just nut, singular).
There is a reason why the harp is Ireland's national symbol. One of their high kings once tried to outlaw bards (highly educated professionals with extensive historical knowledge and excellent rhythm) because they had too much political influence…
Excellent (although I would humbly point out that 'we didn't start the fire' by Billy Joel was not a protest song. He was responding to a nephew or cousin's remarks that times were boring).
@@darrenrobinson9041 Billy Joel had just turned 40 in 1989 and it was about the time of the Cold War ending and some kids around half his age were saying that it was an exciting time in history and that not much of significance had happened previously in his lifetime when he was their age. So as a mental exercise he noted down in chronological order the key events and people during the 40 years of his then lifetime. The chorus though does allude to his generation and/or the average person not starting fires though.
Ye very close. No mention of why there was a famine in Ethiopia and who profited from selling weapons to the war. And where the live aid money went to. A sickening distraction from the truth.
@@undersoundproductions1915 After Lenny Henry said Africa doesn't need any more white saviours, I can honestly say I will never donate to an African cause ever again.
Try as I do to be the unashamed prosecuting counsel and anti Mr Gervais, I just cannot because he’s genius at every level. Gracious thanks Ricky. Love your work
Mark, many folks have really bad grammar, and will accept the garbage that their software provides with its predictive typing algorithms and autocorrect word suggestions. I call that the results of autoINcorrect. These people think that the software is generally right, and are learning improper grammar. Each time a user accepts a grammar error, the software bumps up that statistic, reinforcing the mistake to be suggested and used again.
Love you Rick. Your a true old school Liberal. The kind I loved to debate, have discussions with and laugh at each other because both listened, learned and fond workable solutions.
@ChimneyOnADustbin You didn't say it. I did. People often mention bad grammar.grammar (I'm one of them sometimes) But someonr who forgets to add a space I would not comment on. There are worse crimes
He is not George Carlin but his opening monologue at Golden Globes in 2020 is new watermark in comedy. Ricky Gervais may never be able to deliver anything as sharp again but in those 8 minutes of brilliance, he was the best comedian ever.
@@Matt-jw2yo Maybe ... Not sure about you but when I run into something good, I use hyperbole to describe it. For me flavors of the moment are Bill Burr and, to a degree, Dave Chappelle but at some point in time I thought these guys were the best: CK Lewis, Norm McDonald, Mitch Hedberg (RIP) .. It constantly changes. Also, comedian can have a really high peak but not enough body of work to be considered great. I can go on and on but you get my point.
Other candidates: War - Edwin Star Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen This Land is Your Land - Woody Guthrie Keep on Rockin in the Free World - Neil Young Etc etc etc
I remember the drought of 1976. There was only one area in the country that had enough water - East Anglia, the area with the lowest rainfall in Britain. They were made to comply with the hosepipe ban even though they had more than enough water. Their terrible crime was being a private instead of state-run water company.
Ah do I detect the classic inaccurate undertow that faceless money grabbing corporations always do things better and cheaper than governments within your comment. 😂
@@Gambit771 well they do actually, as they have to compete for customers (lowest price for highest quality), and aren't tied down by inefficient bureaucracy of government
Oooooh... They are taking a KNEE. Now I get it. I thought they were going to play the match fucked up on ecstasy. I thought I heard some guy saying they were all going to take an E before the game.
You are absolutely PRICELESS ! I miss when American comics were like you. Now they're terrified of being canceled by the idiots running this country. Please for the sake of comedy everywhere, keep it up. Hopefully someday they'll all join you.
Yep, we all remember that summer, an absolute anomaly which will always stick in our minds. Water was rationed, the only time I can remember that happening.
He forgot to mention that the Bed-In happened in the bloody Penthouse of the Hilton Hotel, but it was all about "poor people"...African Independent movements ended in the late 1970s.
He was talking about British colonies in Africa. All of whom achieved independent statehood in the 50s and 60s. The only one that wasn't recognised by Britain was Rhodesia but it was definitely independent of Britain.
@@Codex7777 : Every single British Colony in the whole of Africa gain their Independence by the end of the 1970s, though its started late 1950s, pick up steam in the 1960s. Rhodesia was NOT Independent of Britain, until Mugabe took over and destroyed the country. I lived in Kenya, South Africa and Rhodesia throughout the 1970s.... Tell me about it mate.
Wasn't the bed-in (which Ricky mistakenly calls the "sleep-in") in protest of war, particularly the Vietnam war? Which has nothing to do with the former Empire, her colonies, Africa, or independence movements?
I honestly thought the song was Billy Joel's answer to Don McLean's American Pie. And then I found out it was because some 21 year old told him nothing happened in the fifties, and then Billy started making a list.
This was no exaggeration. When the Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc burned himself alive on the streets of Saigon on June 11, 1963, it sparked a chain reaction that changed history forever. His act of protest was on the front page of papers in almost every country. For the first time, the word “Vietnam” was on everyone’s lips when, before that day, most Americans had never even heard of the small southeast Asian nation hidden away on the other side of the world. Today, the “Burning Monk” photograph of Thich Quang Duc’s death has become a universal symbol of rebellion and the fight against injustice. But as famous as the photo of his death is, only a handful of people, at least those in the West, actually remember what Thich Quang Duc was protesting.
I wish you were right. Symbols acknowledged after the event don't necessarily have any particular significance at the time. The significant images that changed history were those taken every day by photographers and cinematographers from the USA and elsewhere that were shown on our TV screens and in our newspapers every day. That only happened because of the naivety of the US military. They were expecting pictures of brave Marines hoisting flags, instead what they got was a brutal expose of the realities of war. That mistake was acknowledged by the US even as late as the Falklands Conflict, when they expressed admiration for the way the UK government stifled any thought of 'free expression' when they embedded only five reporters in the Task Force, and controlled every step they took.
If a war conducted by a free, democratic country can’t handle being shown in the media, then perhaps something is rotten with the war, not the fact that reporters are there. WW2 was covered by numerous very brave reporters, with out any backlash at home. I’m not particularly impressed with governments who thinks they need to control the media during a war, though of course the Falklands was a pretty unique kind of conflict. Reporters couldn’t just take the next British Airlines down there.
I believe that "Do They Know It's Christmas " money went nowhere close to the starving people but was taken by the local warlord. Good planning folks! 👌
A bunch of African musicians started their own project. They recorded a song "Do They Know It's Summertime" to collect money for the poor people in Europe and North America.
@@davidwuhrer6704 Thank you people of Africa...Hopefully we will soon be free of the Biden Virus, the E.U plague and the Woke infestation, then we will stand on our own feet once more
@@siroswaldfortitude5346 In this case, it was. A charitable act is a gracious thing. One wonders why with all the planning and production required to raise these funds how no one seemed to notice the proceeds didn't go to the people, who continued to starve, yet went to the warlord to purchase more arms and armaments.
I know this is comedy and I have always appreciated Ricky for putting things people think are so important into a better light but, here is a protest song that actually did have value in it´s day and actually perhaps is even applicable to current events. "Eve of Destruction" by Barry McGuire ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-r2loUgTAo-I.html
