ricky talking about his two moods is so true when you listen to the xfm radio shows. he'll be shouting at karl for his segment being shit and then as soon as he hears it he'll be scream laughing
They tempered each other’s excesses. Nothing they did on their own came close to the office, extras and the genius Pilko radio shows for this reason. Derek, the David Brent movie, hello ladies, all of Gervais’s standup - woeful!
Isn't Mackenzie just the sweetest? Kind and so not into his fame....he seems to be shy and a bit uncomfortable all the time when the focus is on him. No wonder he is such an amazing actor 🥰😊
Graham Higgins Ricky is a musician & a bigger fan of music - on his Xfm show he says Rod Stewart/Cat Stevens are parodied now but wrote great stuff. Hence the theme tunes to this & Extras
I know its been a year, but if anyone else finds this and is interested, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0MRz9RPlsDQ.html at 46:02 is where Frankie Boyle said this
(25:03) The succession of flubs by Tim and Keith of the same scene is endlessly amusing. Especially the way Gervais's cackle in the background gets progessively more insane with glee, plus a female voice, possibly Dawn's, which is a high-pitched squeak by the fourth take. I've watched it probably 20 times.
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Comedy is one of the most important things in life, imho, and I’m sure these two geniuses have helped so many people, including me, to choose life over death with their talent.
Sad part is, ever since Ricky and Steve stopped collaborating, Ricky never includes Steve when he's talking about the two best things he was ever involved in.
Other than the epileptic fits caused worldwide by the fluorescent blue fog background, I'd say this video has been a good contribution to human well-being, understanding, and hilarity.
It's a perfect portrayal of working in an office in the South East where nobody did much. Was in that situation many a time and had bosses just like Brent. I think unless you have been in that type of environment, you won't find it funny.
US OFFICE: Has a whole episode about a lady (Amy Adams) selling handbags. UK OFFICE: A brief mention about some bloke called Nobby selling ties. Quality over quantity.
Lucy Davis being asked about changing her name gives an indication of the quality of individuals that work in the television/movie industry now. I expect that from FM radio.
At around 1:15 we see the little laugh around Gervais's faux-ego. It's a comedic conceit that Ricky & Steve got quite a bit of mileage from over the years, from DVD extras to Comic Relief bits. But something has changed in the last few years. These days we're more likely to see them interviewed apart than together, because they're away down different avenues, which is fair enough. Lately, by which I mean the last year or so, a creeping feeling started whenever I saw Ricky on a talk show or maybe longer form interviews. He was talking about the period from 1998 to approx 2012 and all of the work therein was described in a way that, initially, very cleverly avoided mention of Steve or any idea that the work was a collaboration. There are some who view Gervais and Merchant through the lens of the old comedic conceit. That Ricky was senior partner. But that's false. Once they were booted out at XFM, Ricky's 'claim' to higher status was effectively gone. I use 'claim' advisedly. Where once was suspicion, thanks to a recent appearance by Ricky at the Oxford Union, now there is certainty. Every time I've seen or heard Ricky over the last year, I've been silently pleading with him to mention Steve's name when he's asked about The Office etc. Then my hope was revised downwards to a 'we' when talking of collaborations past. No. And the reason that the Oxford Union appearance cemented my suspicion is all down to one moment, where an audience member asked a double-barreled (perhaps slightly more than two, even) question, one barrel containing an explicit question about working with Steve again. Gervais addressed the other parts of the question, there was no 'Steve' or 'we' in the entire hour and once again, Ricky basically treated his career as a totally solo effort. I'm sure there are people who think that Steve would be nowhere without Ricky, or that Ricky _was_ the senior partner. Well, I'd ask you to consider two things: 1) It was Steve's production course at the Beeb that opened the door for them and 2) the work that Gervais has done without Steve. It's fine to hit a few bumps. Life's Too Short was hardly going to be the stuff of legend, so they shared that little mess. Special Correspondents was, I can't say this nicely and truthfully at the same time, a bag of many different types of shit. But it is as nothing compared to David Brent: Life on the Road, which I can review in two heartbreaking words: legacy destroying. I know that Ricky is way more likely than he'd ever have you believe to scour the internet looking for himself. If he ever happens upon one of the comments I've made about him recently, I hope he finds it in his heart to quit the revisionism and give credit where it actually still IS on the DVD cases etc. There ain't no such thing as a laboration.
Nx Doyle I think this is very true. I also think it applies to him and Karl as well, in that same interview there's a question about Karl and he seems to avoid answering the actual question and specifically talking about Karl in his 'answer' as he does in any other case when Karl is mentioned. I can't remember where I read it but in some article about life on the road (which I agree was poor but I wouldn't personally go as far as legacy destroying) the writer comments on how the film almost overdoes the 'brentisms' to a point where it is unrealistic, not funny and at times painful, and how this is reflective of how without merchant gervais has no one to rein him in. This is evident to me in the movie. I also think it's telling that merchants solo work isn't that great either, hello ladies is ok, has some laughs, but isn't a memorable sitcom in any sense. I do get the sense that Gervais at some point started to let things go to his head, started to have delusions of grandeur almost, and disregarded merchants role in his flagship work as he felt it almost undermined his own role in it. I sometimes get the feeling that, perhaps, Merchant is the actual genius behind the office, that maybe it was Gervais' idea, but Merchant morphed it into the show that it is. This would probably explain Gervais' eagerness to avoid talking about Steve in interviews, almost trying to bury the fact that he was involved.
Nope, it was the perfect duration and the Christmas special ended everything perfectly! David Brent is a very uncomfortable character to watch and I doubt they could keeping him relevant or interesting for another season.
The original Brent from the pilot was a lot more sleazy. Just the way he spoke didn’t have as much intonation or humour. He really did come across as a creepy boss. Brent in the series was far better. Still creepy in aspects but far more vulnerable that you felt sorry for him.
Biggest takeaway from this documentary is that while Ricky Gervais has helped create some great content over the years, he would be absolutely *intolerable* to work with.
Absolutely, I love so much of his work but his ego is just huge. The amount of time he talks over steve (mainly) in the XFM shows or doing stupid shit just to be the centre of attention would just be insufferable. I have a feeling it’s a large reason Steve and him don’t work together now is because of this. Another thing that came up as little red flags I often noticed in the XFM shows, Steve often seems a little annoyed Ricky doesn’t credit him enough or take him to the parties etc he got invited to off the back of the success of the office. I only think Steve put up with it for as long as he did was because he was young and potentially even naive.
I remember when the office was first released, Martin Freeman was in character talking to camera about his job and halfway through stops and says he is boring himself.
Watching the pilot for this was the same for me as watching The Sopranos pilot. I absolutely hated it. But as soon as I watched the first proper episode, I was instantly addicted.
The beginning of this has not aged well….Although ‘How I made the office by Ricky Gervais’ is a comedic ‘bit’. This has sort of become how Ricky seems to view the office now. He always talks about how HE Did it and what HE did. Smerch seems to be completely left out of any discussions about it now. He was a big part of why it was as good as it was. I think interviewers should remind him of this sometimes. Playing up to an ego centric character seems to have now become reality. Broadcasts in front of HIS array of awards is very cringe worthy.
I thoroughly enjoyed watching them in this real documentary Good to see their actual personalities. Very likeable people. Expecially the guy who plays Gareth and the blonde girl
I know that corpsing is not something any actor wants to fall victim to, but when 'David' goes during the dwarf stuff, I don't mind because he's playing opposite horrible Jeff from Peep Show!
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