The Ricky Gervais/ Stephen Merchant appreciation thread
 

Good god, why am I so late to the party in watching their content?

Watched the British Office recently and just finished Season 1 of Extras and now I'm watching Lifes Too Short. These guys' brand of humor is hysterical. I had only seen Gervais from guest-roles and I never thought much of him, but his writing is just hilarious.

Anyone know why Lifes Too Short got canceled after just one season? This is some funny shit. Merchants show Hello Ladies got cancled after 1 season too and it was pretty damn funny... Fucking HBO!

Since seemingly every other post of yours is "I love this, why didn't I give it a chance earlier?" don't you think it's time to start opening your mind a little so that other stuff doesn't slip past your radar?

no, no, no, you didn't get it. this post was intended to complain about hbo.

it's the most sensible way to stay educated.

False flag!

He needs things to be old and have nostalgia wrapped around them to give them a fair shot.

Hey, that's not true. He likes modern bands, such as Modest Mouse...

Honestly, it's not the nostalgia bullshit that bothers me but more of the "I never gave this a chance and now I love it where has this been all my life" like jesus dude, don't you ever wonder what other things you're missing out on by being so goddamn narrow-minded in just about every aspect of your life?

I didn't have HBO when these shows originally aired. And I do give a lot of modern music a chance... I just don't like it. It all sounds the same.

But in 10 years, you'll be all like "this Chainsmokers shit is my jam!"

All of it?

ALL OF IT!

I can't believe HBO canceled Hello Ladies and Lifes Too Short. Those shows were priceless! Stephen Merchants character in Hello Ladies sort of reminds me of myself. Obviously his character is much more successful than me, but I feel like we're kindred souls.

I like one Chainsmokers's song

What about Lucky Louie.

To anyone, really.

was that Louis ck's sitcom? loved it.

Yeah, the one with the laugh track.

I always wished there were more than 6(?) episodes. I feel like once the concept of a "dirty" sitcom gelled, they tapped into something rather unique. More Pam Adlon is always nice, too.

she has her own series too, produced by CK. have you seen that?

Never seen Lucky Louie and by now I don't wanna watch Louie CK.

fair enough. he was fucking great though. :(

Watched half of the first season, sorta stalled out. I had a hard time relating to the mother/daughter angle I think.

That's what makes it so sad and sickening. Like dude, why'd you have to be like that? You were literally the greatest living comedian.

I connected so hard with his standup, his FX show and Horace & Pete, but I don't know when -- if ever -- I'll be up for revisiting any of that.

Ricky Gervais is aggressively unfunny

They should have done a Jim Norton spin-off.

Jim Norton rubs me the wrong way. How about Jerry Minor?

ur dad rubs me in the wrong way

Your dad rubs me in a minor way.