Shame they never made a series of learning English with ricky gervais, the pilot was the best 18 minx of comedy I've seen for a while

I could quite happily spend every evening in the pub with Ricky, he can talk about anything...be it silly or serious and he’d always make you laugh.

Play a record

I thought Ricky had disappeared, but I was so pleased to see his new stand up and even more pleased to see he's still as intelligent, observant and relevant as ever

u ever have a feeling that interviewers are actually never thirsty but they are sipping water because they're anxious?

I think Ricky is an amazing guy

The interviewer could either be 25 or 45... i can't really tell.

He was on Jim Norton with the same gear on haha Play a record

I fucking love Ricky gervais. I would love to meet and chat about science, the planet and include Richard Dawkins in it with Karl Pilkington as a bit of comedy relief 😂

cracking interview this.

wow, i can't believe he didn't say people live their lives like an open wound, when talking about reality TV

My best mate thought Almond milk was from cows on a strictly nut based diet 🙈😂

I like this

Love that he still cuts about in some Adidas trackies

Really really good interviewer

Ricky Gervias, a hugely talented, highly intelligent, and down to earth multi millionaire who has not been changed as a person by his fame and wealth. Obviously, I will.never meet the.man, but I would say he is still the same Ricky Gervaise as he was prior to his current postion. A very, very grounded, articulate, clever, nice, genuine, and hugely talented human being.

I call BS on his answer to the Karl and Steve question. The interviewer should have followed up with "Do you think you will work with them in the future?"

For me the issue isn't whether he is still 'friends' with Steve Merchant. That is completely up to him and not really our business. My issue is that now - and consistently for a few years now -he has airbrushed Steve out of The Office & Extras. You only have to listen to Sirius or any interview and all he ever says is 'when I wrote extras' or 'when i wrote The Office' or 'what I wanted from The Office' etc etc. It has to be deliberate. I think it is enormously disrespectful and also patently not true. Those brilliant programs would NEVER have been as good without Steve (as you can see from the brilliance of Hello Ladies) and i feel Ricky should fucking acknowledge it and stop being so fucking vain.

LOL at the LIam Gallagher joke

I normally hate these interviews, the interviewer is always a disgusting unfunny suck up. But this guy was brilliant.

Ricky in his trackies lol.

He's made a point of never rallying about politics in comedy. Instead all I see of him now is rallying about comedy itself. About a dozen interviews are him saying the same thing. Rallying! Early in this he paused and I predicted the next word would be "...anodyne." He's a clever guy but the reason I like him is because his comedy brings levity. So much respect to Steven Merchant for treading his own path. Familiarity breeds contempt, and his ideals on comedy are recently just a bit dull to listen to. We get it. Top marks for The Office, an insidiously slow drop in quality and creativity since tbh.

it is quite sad that he does not want/is able to work with steve and karl anymore. I think that a podcast again would be great. Come up with a few new ideas maybe, but at the same time I understand his point of Karl being to wise and stuff now which I think he is. It just would not be the same as it was 10 years ago, both have matured even if Ricky might be a bit arrogant sometimes now but he has still matured. And about Steve and Ricky I think that they both got frustrated at eachother after working with eachother for so long so they came to the conclussion that they won't work with eachother unless both parties wants it at 100%.

SAVAGEEEEEEEE

put a coaster under those glasses

Louis CK would be the Elephant In The Room at GG's

I Would like to see a discussion between Ricky Gervais and Anthony Jeselnik

Does anyone know the name of the interviewer?

Ricky, Deserves a KNIGHTHOOD. He's a genius. Hands down.x

Ricky loses his words over that last question, a fair bit of stuttering. If I had to have a guess I say the interviewer decided to slip the question in at the end strategically. So much of Gervais' career is entangled with both Karl and Steve, and yet it only comes up once, and at the very end of the interview? The interviewer also sheepishly reassures Gervais that he need not answer. I suppose he's intimidated but maybe thought he'd try his luck by popping the question. Aside from the fact that Gervais gets put on the spot, I think its evident their relationship has changed. Ricky doesn't even speak of them both in the same way, he lacks the fondness I think he once had. I hope Karl and Merchant do well. Even in the XFM podcasts you get snippets of Gervais' pretentiousness.

Quite curios how MG does not see that the joke on "soy milk" is the other way around. (Jim Gaffigan does)

I recently saw a fat bloke step in dog shit. His reaction was priceless. I hadn't laughed so much in ages. It's strange that we laugh at other peoples misfortunes.

He was definitely so happy with himself after the Cigarettes and Alcohol comment

Humanity is hilarious and vital in this age of snowflakery.. His humour always has the right targets imo. Don't get it twisted people.

Why didn't the interviewer ask Ricky the reason he used canned laughter on his Netflix special?

Why did no one line up the handles on the draws behind? Very annoying.

Ricky is super intelligent and hilarious! He’s a very smart guy and that’s why he’s a brilliant comedian !

Never watched the 11 o clock show. Sounds as though tom walker based jonathan pie on the newsreader character ricky created

He's waxing pretty philosophical

Who’s the interviewer

Can you explain to me what soya milk is, without making me feel stupid?

Is he still managing the estate of The Office?

I was looking forward to Humanity but if you’ve listened to 2 or 3 of Ricky’s long form interviews in the last few years then you’ve basically already seen it. The only two original bits are the bits they used to promote it which are indeed good but other than that it’s mostly him talking about twitter fights. Such a lazy cash grab. Money for old rope as Stephen Merchant used to say.

How much does he stutter and lose his words over the Steve and Karl question? Convinced something has gone on now

Am transgender and loved Ricky's show. Living legend.

Who wears gym trousers and a black v neck 😂 even in his Netflix show he’s wearing jeans and my running trainers!

RICKY!!! You mispronounced Bowie!! You worked with the dude!

Royalties Dispute caused the rift. (My personal theory).

lets stop moaning hes just bloody funny

'The little soy', sounds like a children's book lol.

And every SJW-overrun publication is already panning it. Vulture said he lacks empathy, another called him "thin-skinned" which that level of MISSING THE FUCKING POINT should've caused the earth to crack in two.

It's a good show. Think Ricky must have been hanging out with Frankie Boyle

KARL PILKINGTON.

He's wearing adidas tracksuit bottoms and a v neck sweater

The folk going on about Karl and Steve question etc.. Not sure he will work with Steve again and not sure why but Karl has a show coming out soon and Ricky musttttt be involved - stab in the dark but I think he would be

From what I gather the initial fallout was between Karl and Steve. Things escalated causing Steve and Ricky to fallout so much so he unfollowed him on twitter etc.

Could he look more uncomfortable when asked about Steve and Karl? Merchant is funnier anyway. Need more from him.

1:50 He says he doesn't make offensive jokes about things that can't be helped or changed, but he has said that Karl Pilkington 'has a head like a fucking orange' about 7000 times. That's can't be helped.

Species scarcity shouldn't adjust our ethical compass on how an animal should or shouldn't be treated.

jesus, the global netflix publicity, hehe

Interesting update (or not particularly interesting i suspect). I tweeted Ricky and asked him why he was so clearly airbrushing Steve out of past projects and subsequently claiming all the credit. He blocked me. Didn't know he was so sensitive - how ironic.

Ledge

I'm the 911th person to like this video... well fuck me 😂

OK, so I'm only a couple of years too late discovering this vid. But in keeping with being out of date, the David Brent character could come back in 'middle' age! He could evolve into a wannabe Boy Band manager. A Colonel Tom Parker type role but with a much less talented act.

they think they are SO important

I love Ricky but he doesn’t mind regurgitating the same things. ‘Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right’ Heard that one about fifty times.

The tragedy with Ricky Gervais is that he's a very funny man who is obsessed with trying to come across as an intellectual.

Karl>Ricky

If it were up to Karl, Steve would get to keep him ...me thinks.

I really commend him for calling time on David Brent. He could easily flog it but he’s too astute comedically to sell out like that

How has Ricky Gervais got a Netflix special before Stewart Lee? Mongs.

Ricky needs some new clothes

Is Ricky wearing makeup?

I dont get this idea that if you're watching something funny at home alone you shouldn't laugh out loud because if you do "there's something wrong with you". Wtf?? If i find something funny I laugh. Dont matter whether other people are around or not. We don't laugh because other people are laughing. How weird would that be?

my god this guy is so uncomfortable in his own skin, control your arms poor man.

Ricky Gervais looks really tiny, sitting in that chair.

Political correctness has never been a good thing. It's always been the idea that offensiveness is a reason not to say something. That's always been bullshit. Offensiveness should count for almost nothing. The reason you shouldn't shout racial slurs at someone is because it doesn't accomplish anything productive, NOT because it's offensive. Those aren't the same thing. As you can see by the fact that many things you do NEED to say are also deemed offensive. If someone has an eating problem or an alcohol addiction problem but are in denial about it, it will offend them if you bring it up. But there's a good reason you need to. So the offensiveness becomes irrelevant.

Why not just say, "Look, some bands break up after a generation, and if you liked 'Office' and 'Extras' you'll understand why we ended too early rather than too late. We weren't on the same page anymore, and didn't want to stay together for the sake of the kids"? Fair play. But to pretend that their personalities and relationship are so fundamentally different than what's on COUNTLESS HOURS of radio and documentary footage is really disappointing. Maybe he's waiting for his profile to die down before unveiling his Andy Millman speech, when he finally gushes and tells us all what we've known for ten years: he hasn't developed quality material since "Fame", he became the exact celebrity he used to hate, and he needs those guys. Or is he going to trot out the Falkland Islands war joke again in 2020 because he thinks we haven't heard it in America?

Came here pretty excited because I heard he got asked about Karl and Steve. Disappointed 👎🏼

If ricky is a fan of free speach does he support Tommy Robinson in prison?

TIL Ricky Gervais is a soi boi

Booooooring...... move on..🤔😂😂

He's got a show on Heart, but he's wrecking his own. Bit of irony.

Ricky built his empire on his jokes at/on political correctness...then he became leftist. You always fall when you change the method which brought you to the top.

humanity is a flogging of a dead horse. there was barely 40% new material. its shamefull really.. 80 minutes come on..

I'd like to see how the interviewer bought his top, did he try it on? Did he ask his parner's opinion? Did he consider returning it or was it a definite keeper? I couldn't hear anything Ricky was saying. Bloody attention seeker!

Why are all celebrities lefty snowflakes! I reckon most of them are on the right, love Brexit and Trump but can’t come out and say it because it would ruin their career

like gervais, but "humanity" is probably his weakest standup thus far

Ricky is I, I, I, .......and not funny......he's trying hard, but just can't get it.......watch some of Sean locks stuff Now that's funny

I just tried to watch his new Netflix special, and, as with his other stand up comedy specials, I didn't laugh once and found it to be be pretty pathetic, to be honest. The Office was good - okay. Extras was alright. Derek was pretty shite and his 'hollywood' movies were... just plain boring, dull. But Ricky Gervais, as a stand up comic, sucks. I couldn't last more than 25 mins of this new special, because it's garbage. The fact that the man is held up as some sort of comedy God in our times makes me feel as though we must be living in some sort of cultural dark age. I admit - i don't particularly like Gervais, due to his arrogance, vanity and bullying (see: Robin Ince videos on KZfaq), but regardless... his stand up, in my opinion, is so, so bad. Yet, after the failure of his Hollywood movie career, he claims that this has always been his true vocation and what he loves the most. Okay... whatever. For those who like it - fine. The audience seemed to laugh on cue; but for me, his stand up comedy is awful. I'm a lover of comedy... but this, it's just so cheap and unfunny. Anyway, rant over - I think Rick Gervais is a contrived, arrogant, pretentious "comic".

Interviewer 3/10

Arrogant and mediocre. Only good thing he has done is the office.