Liam Neeson visits Ricky Gervais & Steven Merchant to riff a little improv. From the new Gervais/Merchant project, 'Life's Too Short' starring Warwick Davis. A scene to rival Ian McKellen's in Extras.
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@jon_warburton2 жыл бұрын
"we had a scene together in Star Wars...do you remember?" "Okay."
@agatakozowska83202 жыл бұрын
Ha ha haaaaaaaaaaa.
@stevenaitcheson69382 ай бұрын
"It's me again...I've got aids."
@thejoker1142 жыл бұрын
Warricks facial expressions and reactions in this scene and throughout the series are top quality..great actor!
@snapdragon93002 жыл бұрын
As an actor, thought he came up a little short.😁
@Pauly4212 жыл бұрын
@@snapdragon9300 LOL
@dhalsim-12 жыл бұрын
@@snapdragon9300 He's great but I thought his performance was dwarfed by Liam in this one
@paulwoodford198412 күн бұрын
In the willow tv series he was atrocious. But the script was atrocious and the series wasn’t even about him lol
@DruagrКүн бұрын
Him and Steve
@tommymorgan733 жыл бұрын
How intense does Neeson make this scene? Brilliant
@Bejaardenbus3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely, when he walks in he looks like he's about to pummel the shit out of them. Fucking hysterical how these four made this wildly uncomfortable.
@pezn20772 жыл бұрын
He does have a very particular set of skills.
@tommymorgan732 жыл бұрын
@@pezn2077 😂😂😂😂😂
@foodreacts8372 жыл бұрын
hes awesome
@callumodey45322 жыл бұрын
Pity he cant act
@MrDavey20104 жыл бұрын
This is just hilarious. How Liam Neeson is willing to take the piss out of himself. Refreshing for such a big star!
@johnnyjabsco19994 жыл бұрын
Have you never seen Extras??
@MrDavey20104 жыл бұрын
And your point is......?
@johnnyjabsco19994 жыл бұрын
It is not a point. It is a question.
@rorypreston71784 жыл бұрын
@@johnnyjabsco1999 glove up
@mackiceicukice4 жыл бұрын
Johnny Jabsco hahahahahaha.....very good
@Dilkingt0nne3 жыл бұрын
I would have never imagined the line "I've contracted aids" would make me cry with laughter
@criddlegakes26503 жыл бұрын
"I'm riddled with it."
@joebutlersnr70173 жыл бұрын
Me too.
@presidentxijinpingspoxdoct97563 жыл бұрын
@@joebutlersnr7017 I can cure
@jofelmorata3 жыл бұрын
"As I said, I have full-blown aids." - Liam Neeson
@michaelreay69923 жыл бұрын
@@jofelmorata apparently he got it from a well known homosexual actor
@chrishateley55822 жыл бұрын
"We had a scene together. It was cut though, do you remember?" "Okay." 🤣
@harrydrake41734 жыл бұрын
Let’s do some improvisational comedy... *now*
@TonyEnglandUK3 жыл бұрын
When Liam walks in at 0:16 he looks like he's about to batter them all.
@crummdog81253 жыл бұрын
So menacing
@thecosmicyak13703 жыл бұрын
The northern irish accent can sound menacing when spoken softly even when we're not trying to be menacing...
@Johnny-sj9sj3 жыл бұрын
Timing! I’ll get my coat...
@davidpetermcmorris8572 жыл бұрын
I’ve never been here before.
@pranavbelgaonkar86343 жыл бұрын
"how does he get away with it " "We don't know" 😂
@crummdog81253 жыл бұрын
This is such a brilliant scene. The looks, the timing, the awkwardness. Just beautiful.
@DavyMcKay3 жыл бұрын
Yep - the cringe is strong in this one!
@pinkmarshmallow20232 жыл бұрын
@beardedcollie39 I was thinking that 😂😂
@babtash852 жыл бұрын
@beardedcollie39 son of a bitch stole my line
@hotfroganimations2 жыл бұрын
The rest of the show is criminally underappreciated
@Alex_17292 жыл бұрын
PRobably took 250 takes
@pagliaccinodlemantra3 жыл бұрын
Liam shooting his lines with a straight face and voice, it's what worked for Leslie Nielsen in Airplane.
@GeneralSamov2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, except with Leslie Nielsen you didn't get the impression you're moments away from death 😙
@paulmoneill2 жыл бұрын
There's a rumour going round that Seth MacFarlane is planning on a remake of The Naked Gun with the big man attached to the project. Leslie Nielsen might be too big an act to live up to. Teaming Liam up with Jamie Dornan might work. Knowing Seth he'd probably want to bring back OJ back just to mess with everyone.
@Audiorevue2 жыл бұрын
Another thing too is that Leslie Nielsen had this way of comedy like with airplane and the naked gun movies that he was completely oblivious to the ridiculousness that was going on around him and his serious reaction to try to extrapolate meaning from the silly is what constituted the comedy
@parabalani10 ай бұрын
I think for Leslie Nielsen it worked for all of his movies
@BuLYjonnybravo823 жыл бұрын
“I’m riddled with it”
@HK_Musician3 жыл бұрын
Ricky: "tringgg" Liam: "we're closed" 4:38
@DendyJungle3 жыл бұрын
This would actually make improv watchable
@petar9323 жыл бұрын
we're
@HK_Musician3 жыл бұрын
@@petar932 you should try stand up
@petar9323 жыл бұрын
@@HK_Musician no, you
@wasimmohammed30082 жыл бұрын
Roll credits
@mavenfrankeus72873 жыл бұрын
"We're closed". Possibly the funniest two seconds on KZfaq...
@motherflange3 жыл бұрын
The way Liam comes marching in (0:17) like a debt is about to be paid.
@agatakozowska83202 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Haahaaaa haaaaa.
@allstarwatt7246 Жыл бұрын
and then he gives Warwick that cold ''okay...'' 😂
@alrobson57165 жыл бұрын
The way he says crazy characters.
@user-jl8yn7og7b3 жыл бұрын
The skill in acting as somebody who wants to do comedy without a sense of humour but in doing so is unintentionally hilarious. Neeson really should be cast in more comedies!
@mikenewbold16992 жыл бұрын
your so deep
@dejangegic2 жыл бұрын
@@mikenewbold1699 you're*
@rem2992 жыл бұрын
@@dejangegic That feel good did it? grammar police lol.
@Kris.G2 жыл бұрын
@@rem299 it definitely felt good to see the prick corrected
@willzyx23 Жыл бұрын
He is rumored to star in a new Naked Gun movie
@jonathansteadman79353 жыл бұрын
Actually, Liam has comedy timing, which makes it funny.
@funkmachine90943 жыл бұрын
its all about the edit
@dimsumboy223 жыл бұрын
Editing
@ehren.newton85633 жыл бұрын
as an actor, you need stuff to draw on lol
@Algorithm3473 жыл бұрын
@@ehren.newton8563 that’s the main reason he was cast in shindlers list
@Algorithm3473 жыл бұрын
@@ehren.newton8563 they noticed he likes making lists
@CarollFord20194 жыл бұрын
Warwick’s face through out 😂💖
@jmp01a244 жыл бұрын
The horror.
@crummdog81253 жыл бұрын
“Ok”
@joeg52652 жыл бұрын
Concern
@agatakozowska83202 жыл бұрын
So funny and hilarious.
@allstarwatt7246 Жыл бұрын
such horror, concern, shock and fear
@peterb22723 жыл бұрын
"I've got Aids" Silence, except for the sound of a creaking chair
@VintageMovieChannel3 жыл бұрын
Spielberg said "that's exactly what I'm looking for". LOL
@NigelT573 жыл бұрын
'I was at the doctors. I've got AIDS'. 'Thought you might have' Brilliant writing and timing.
@AlfaGiuliaQV2 жыл бұрын
That made me burst .
@kaharmuzzakar32472 жыл бұрын
@@AlfaGiuliaQV yeah me too.. 😂😂 didn't expect that..
@wilmer892 жыл бұрын
I've got an achy anus
@Alex_17292 жыл бұрын
"As I said before, I've got full-blown AIDS."
@MayaBishopStan2 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂🤭
@fletcherhamilton31772 жыл бұрын
I love his curt ‘OK’ to Davis’ comment about the _Star Wars_ cut scene!
@chris562692 жыл бұрын
"Tring" "We're closed" I just love how Liam gives Ricky absolutely nothing to work with in the improv at any point despite the fact that he's the one wanting to do improv.
@mattmobile78822 жыл бұрын
he is mimicking a guy who goes to an improv class for the first time.
@tyrannosaurusflex36982 жыл бұрын
Well done, Chris. You literally just explained the whole point.
@UnitedRoad19872 жыл бұрын
💯😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@zanussidish81442 жыл бұрын
I didn't get the joke until you stated the fkg obvious.
@chris562692 жыл бұрын
To the "Yes that's the joke" people. Yes... I know that. I'm expressing my appreciation for how well written the joke is, 'Liam is bad at improv and that's funny' is an idea that could have been done in several ways that didn't necessarily require Liam to leave Ricky with nothing to work with. I love the direction they went with it, hence my post. If you don't like my opinion that's fine, to each their own.
@richardayton68623 жыл бұрын
Such an underrated show. Some of the funniest scenes ever written
@_aworldthatspoke9503 жыл бұрын
Now they’re fucking racists rap- ists
@maxpayneful43283 жыл бұрын
@@_aworldthatspoke950 ???
@_aworldthatspoke9503 жыл бұрын
@@maxpayneful4328 do one
@maxpayneful43283 жыл бұрын
@@_aworldthatspoke950 Mature and intelligent response....
@BRAVOROBINSON3 жыл бұрын
Underrated? Does it make you feel special saying that? Like you’ve found a hidden gem or something?
@simonjones38452 жыл бұрын
Liam is so scary lol. His delivery is great.
@novakingood37883 жыл бұрын
"Why does he get away with it?" "We don't know."
@samheidke23543 жыл бұрын
Omg this is absolutely hilarious! I have watched this 100 times and it never gets old….’We’re Closed’ 😂
@sadiofirmimo58143 жыл бұрын
The end gets me, 'You're off as well aren't you Warwick?' 😂 😂 See yourself out 🤣
@jayfunk59882 жыл бұрын
Probably the best comedy sketch ever written. Amazing acting by everyone! Pure class.
@DovahKanye3 жыл бұрын
"I've been led to understand that Trix are exclusively for Children." - Liam Neeson.
@backoffwayoff46872 жыл бұрын
He certainly has a unique set of skills! Absolute gold by all involved. 👍🤣🤣
@micsunday143 жыл бұрын
The way he says "crazy characters" with that seriousness and Ulster accent nails me
@jezalb27103 жыл бұрын
Ulster accent?. There are so many accents in the province.
@Rache283 жыл бұрын
@@jezalb2710 I know! I think he means the Ballymena accent!
@jezalb27103 жыл бұрын
@@Rache28 you do
@tyronelol2 жыл бұрын
Don't presume, that's a backstory we didn't agree on beforehand.
@elainejshitson10353 жыл бұрын
The “thought you might have” left me in stitches ultimately 😂pure mastery on a lengthy draw out
@ms_villain2 жыл бұрын
Me toooo..these emojis literally describes me right now 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
@edvardferand99343 жыл бұрын
The awkwardness that is built up in this scene is awesome and hilarious. Liam Nielson doing improv comedy is itself a super funny idea.
@turbomunch2 жыл бұрын
Neeson
@SssagaBenches4U2 жыл бұрын
@@turbomunch Leslie Nielsen
@jonnysupreme2 жыл бұрын
Is he Clive Warren's mate?
@Burgmannn2 жыл бұрын
2:27 Ricky's little hesitation before he says it is so on point!
@JakeDaMuzz3 жыл бұрын
One of the funniest things I’ve seen. That dead pan facial expression with impeccable timing.
@vincentmangiafico3 жыл бұрын
When they laugh about the lists and he's not trying to be funny. It's a paradox of humour. Brilliant.
@oskahuxley63222 жыл бұрын
Not a paradox just dry.
@gaeuman3 жыл бұрын
I didn´t laugh this hard in ages! Liam Neeson´s timing and delivery is spot on perfect.
@SIRDKA3 жыл бұрын
Hands down the funniest scene in the series. Just brilliant.
@rezzob2 жыл бұрын
i’ve seen this many times over 10 years, still makes me cry
@Istaphobic2 жыл бұрын
Liam "I don't take notes" Neeson. Hilarious.
@tychophotiou69623 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic improvised comedy... He made me laugh more than most stand up comedians!
@JonnyRollin4 жыл бұрын
Liam Neeson's best performance-seriously funny.
@mattg58783 жыл бұрын
Guessing you haven’t seen Schindler’s List
@loxley752 жыл бұрын
@@mattg5878 I mean there were a few chuckles here and there but for pure belly laughs I don’t think Schindler’s list quite hit the mark. He was definitely much funnier here.
@mattg58782 жыл бұрын
@@loxley75 he said "best performance". His best performance was in Schindler's list.
@loxley752 жыл бұрын
@@mattg5878 I'm presuming you are somewhere on the spectrum right?
@mattg58782 жыл бұрын
@@loxley75 No. Safe to presume you are too dumb to read or comprehend written word.
@deletebilderberg3 жыл бұрын
Warwick’s reactions steal this scene.
@willewinky3 жыл бұрын
He is fantastic.
@zvonimirdgo2 жыл бұрын
Not really. He is no where near Liam
@ponyboy16642 жыл бұрын
"How does he get away with it then?" "We don't know!" BRILLIANT!
@ponyboy16642 жыл бұрын
4:00
@gavhenrad2 жыл бұрын
The last bit had me properly crying with laughter and that hadn't happened for years. Amazing stuff.
@pcoldlight56313 жыл бұрын
Warwick Davies steals this with just a look !
@Ftanftangfnarrr2 жыл бұрын
Probably my favourite ever comedy sketch - brilliant writing, casting and production.
@martinwilliams25562 жыл бұрын
Comedy perfection! Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant are, in my opinion, the greatest contribution to comedy for decades. Their style has been imitated by so many. They literally (in the word's correct context) created a new genre of comedy. Brilliant.
@DrCrabfingers3 жыл бұрын
Warwick Davies though...his facial expressions are superb...the way he is staring at Neeson....
@DrCrabfingers3 жыл бұрын
Damn this is the funniest sketch....like I said before I've got full blown aids....
@DrCrabfingers3 жыл бұрын
What....what's funny...?
@crummdog81253 жыл бұрын
The way he ignores Warwick 😂😂😂
@davidstud39527 ай бұрын
only thing better than this is his reaction to when he gets called out for laughing by Johnny Depp 😁😁
@niemrobiniemrobi83972 жыл бұрын
I've watched this many times and each time it just seems to get funnier and funnier 😂🤣😅😂👌🏿
@SkurkSE4 жыл бұрын
”We dont know” is up there with ”an argument is more than two people contradicting eachother...”
@TonyEnglandUK3 жыл бұрын
1:12 _"I'm always making lists."_ 2:32 _"I don't take notes"_
@SimonLX2 жыл бұрын
Such an incredibly well written scene!
@ranjanaluwihare15114 жыл бұрын
I’m dying of laughter, this is an absolute gem of a sketch! Thankyou Thankyou your Gods!!
@trevorbrown6654 Жыл бұрын
Neesin is brilliant in this. His deadpan delivery of his jokes had me creasing up.
@AJ-xv7oh Жыл бұрын
This show was genius. It should have had more seasons.
@chasfarthing2443 жыл бұрын
The follow on from the doctors to the green grocer was actually funny as hell imo. Perfect improve👌🏻
@eddygatlin4 жыл бұрын
THIS JUST FEELS LIKE IT WAS A REAL AWKWARD APPOINTMENT...GENIUS
@Flipmode19004 жыл бұрын
WELCOME TO THE JOKE
@MrObiwan13 жыл бұрын
This is a lesson in layered comedic writing !!! Absolute genius :)
@shadowbanned51642 жыл бұрын
Is it just me or was this extraordinarily funny.
@deltanovember16722 жыл бұрын
I love self deprecating humour. You’re a good man Liam.
@Jacques-Le-Marois2 жыл бұрын
Warwick’s faces are hilarious 😂😂😂😂
@edjosephmendoza55322 жыл бұрын
I cracked so much when he still mention aids at the last part 😂😂😂😂
@hugohackenbush352411 ай бұрын
There are not enough superlatives to describe just how good this is. Nuff said.
@shugmchugh51077 ай бұрын
Either there aren't enough superlatives OR enough said - can't be both
@iand83653 жыл бұрын
What a sport and they are all fantastic. Warwick's face throughout was brilliant. As was the interjections from Steve. I dread to think how many takes it took and especially knowing how Ricky pisses himself over most things. This sketch shows not all Hollywood actors are up their own arse.
@bigmus2 жыл бұрын
the outtakes are hilarious, they all are cracking up
@jdderew13 жыл бұрын
''I have full blown aids'' This line was much better but i guess they couldn't get it out without laughing and ruining the tape.
@RPGeek3 жыл бұрын
I don't think anyone has ever been so funny while remaining so serious, except for maybe Captain Holt
@bruzm.17373 жыл бұрын
His voice scares the shit out of people😂
@crummdog81253 жыл бұрын
Genuinely threatening when he’s “let’s do some improvisational comedy....now!”
@columbiahd71102 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! Good job Liam. No wonder you've had such a splendid career when you're willing to just take a piss at your own expense and in so doing make the rest of us burst with laughter. Thank you.
@MegaSuziek Жыл бұрын
i come back to this every time i need cheering up. Always delivers
@ZarkowsWorld Жыл бұрын
"I don't take notes" - so good.
@08fjohj2 жыл бұрын
Even the way he walks in is intense.
@NxDoyle7 жыл бұрын
I've only just realised that this upload was somehow set to 'private'. I guess that's what happens when you don't really do much KZfaqry stuff. The funny part is that I was watching someone else's more recent 240p upload of this when it struck me that I'd uploaded it myself six years ago, a few days after it first aired in the UK. Anyway...I obviously don't know if people had wanted to comment on it, but y'all can fill your boots now. At the time I uploaded this, only one episode had aired. I think it ended up with seven and a special. Sadly, nothing topped this scene. The scene featuring Johnny Depp was alright, but this was easily the best part of the entire series.
@Games_and_Music3 жыл бұрын
I agree, after watching this episode, i had very high hopes as Liam didn't struck me as the obvious funny guest, but he killed it and this is easily the best scene of the whole show, maybe only topped by this scene's outtakes, which are hilarious as well.
@joannelouiserodriguez59662 жыл бұрын
I was crying with laughter towards the end aids part was beyond funny very well written
@RopeDrink3 жыл бұрын
Seen this many times, yet it never fails to give me that dreadful sense of total awkwardness (in a funny way, of course).
@gareth081003 жыл бұрын
The bloopers from this scene are epic
@ackerjawaka474226 күн бұрын
They certainly are 😜 i really don't know how they eventually got it together ⚡
@hughmckendrick30183 жыл бұрын
Back in 2011, the new Lyric Theatre in Belfast was opened. Liam Neeson and James Nesbit were invited to the opening, when young actors cut their teeth at the Lyric. It was thought that these two stars would turn up, say hello, make a little speech, photo opportunity and gone! But no, they stayed for five hours engaging and reminiscing with everyone.
@joebloggs339Ай бұрын
I could watch sophisticated brilliant humour like this all day.
@greaterbayareahero14013 жыл бұрын
This is the best Life's too short ever!
@Guvna073 жыл бұрын
Those were the days. Ricky and Steve sat together. These days they don’t even mention each other in interviews. I wonder what went wrong?
@peterfitzpatrick70323 жыл бұрын
They ran out of room to accomodate 2 massive egos ? 😏
@Guvna073 жыл бұрын
@@peterfitzpatrick7032 True mate.
@killemall693 жыл бұрын
It’s old and common knowledge?
@MarquisSmith3 жыл бұрын
The custody battle over Karl was long and arduous, so it's understandable there is still animosity between them.
@davidsmith55233 жыл бұрын
Steve outgrew him.
@poelouchan91483 жыл бұрын
As an actor you need stuff to draw on, so I always carry some paper with me.
@Medicina20242 жыл бұрын
One of the bes tscenes in TV history, gold stars to everyone involved
@williamsmiler1842 жыл бұрын
One of the best sketches I have seen.
@jonnynoakes90703 жыл бұрын
I was waiting for "I think there's been a rape up there" on the last sketch
@Adam-im3uz3 жыл бұрын
"You're gonna storm it boy."
@pumpkinpie9993 жыл бұрын
Why doesn't this have millions of views?
@luvit75672 жыл бұрын
This was quality "Nope not from me, I was at the doctors"
@giovanni66363 жыл бұрын
The outtakes for this is brilliant 😂
@stewartsanders322 жыл бұрын
Grew up in the same streets as Liam talked to him many times trust me he's a great guy 👌
@seanbarker92722 жыл бұрын
Shut up 😂
@fwef74452 жыл бұрын
guessing you're not black
@Goodnewsglobal2 жыл бұрын
Great stuff! Liam is such a legend!
@SM-ee8be4 жыл бұрын
I've never been here before 😂😂😂 outtakes for this are brilliant too
@absoledge4 жыл бұрын
Are the outtakes on KZfaq?
@jacksdjfam4 жыл бұрын
Health warning alert - do NOT watch the outtakes if you have a weak heart. They are fecking hilarious!
@jacksdjfam4 жыл бұрын
@@absoledge Sure are. Think you can just find them all under lifes too short outtakes. Theyre hilarious mate if you've not already found them Edit. Here you go kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hb1miciftKmWdqs.html
@littlekenny84114 жыл бұрын
@@jacksdjfam Nor a full bladder.
@ianrutherford8784 жыл бұрын
@@jacksdjfam Thanks for that!
@jimdavid77103 жыл бұрын
Hard to describe other than brilliant
@fin35903 жыл бұрын
Why does he get away with it We didn’t know 😂
@interestedlen88233 жыл бұрын
again, we don't know!😂
@ronallport18972 жыл бұрын
Brilliant writing and acted Superbly ,Gervais and merchant together , absolute geniuses
@Vice2884Gaming2 жыл бұрын
Warwick’s underrated in this makes the whole clip even more hilarious
@AuzzieArtyst3 жыл бұрын
The scene with Neeson in Ted 2 reminded me of this. The whole scene with the cereal box had me dying 😂
@mistermister20852 жыл бұрын
1st time seeing this and i had tears in my eyes.
@kristianmcdonald38152 жыл бұрын
"I'm always making lists" 20 seconds later ever so subtly "I don't take notes" haha