Ricky Gervais To Host The Golden Globes

It is as close as the Golden Globes has ever come to making me think for a second about actually watching the Golden Globes.... CONTINUE READING RICKY GERVAIS TO HOST THE GOLDEN GLOBES»

Posted on October 26, 2009 in Awards (19 comments)
Tags: Golden Globes | Ricky Gervais

Karl Pilkington Should Review All The Movies

To be fair, there's still a chance that Ricky Gervais's The Invention of Lying could turn out to be a disappointment. I haven't seen it yet, so it is not for me to say. But the clips he's been showing... CONTINUE READING KARL PILKINGTON SHOULD REVIEW ALL THE MOVIES»

Posted on September 22, 2009 in Everyone's A Critic (30 comments)
Tags: Karl Pilkington | Ricky Gervais | The Invention Of Lying

Ricky Gervais Vs. President Barack Obama

On late night television last night there was an historic competition for Best Guest held between Conan O'Brien at the Tonight Show and David Letterman at the Late Show. Conan featured a candid conversation with Ricky Gervais, creator of... CONTINUE READING RICKY GERVAIS VS. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA»

The Videogum "Louis C.K. Promise": The Invention Of Lying Press Junket

Louis talks about his role in the upcoming Ricky Gervais movie, and about his encounter with Jennifer Garner. Probably an Easter egg for the superfans only, but hey, superfans, here's your Easter egg.... The Invention Of Lying Press Junket'">CONTINUE READING THE VIDEOGUM "LOUIS C.K. PROMISE": THE INVENTION OF LYING PRESS JUNKET»

Posted on September 16, 2009 in Behind The Scenes (10 comments)
Tags: Jennifer Garner | Louis C.K. | Ricky Gervais | The Invention Of Lying

Ricky Gervais Is A Movie Factory

We just saw the trailer for The Invention of Lying a week ago, which Ricky Gervais wrote, directed, and stars in, and here he is already doing promotion for another movie called Cemetery Junction (which he wrote, directed, and stars... CONTINUE READING RICKY GERVAIS IS A MOVIE FACTORY»

Posted on July 8, 2009 in Trailer (22 comments)
Tags: Cemeterary Junction | Chuckles Fiennes | Ralph Fiennes | Ricky Gervais | Stephen Merchant

Ricky Gervais Makes Liar Liar But For Comedy Nerds

The Invention of Lying trailer, you guys: I bet Ricky Gervais has had this conversation a lot: "So, it's Liar Liar." "No, it's not Liar Liar." "How is it it different from Liar Liar?" "Well, instead of Jim Carrey's phoned... CONTINUE READING RICKY GERVAIS MAKES LIAR LIAR BUT FOR COMEDY NERDS»

Patrick Stewart's Pivotal Extras Scene + Bambi = Oddly Delightful Video

This video is more or less taking two completely random, unrelated things (the hilarious exchange between Ricky Gervais and Patrick Stewart on Extras, and the Disney movie Bambi) and putting them together, but somehow I can think of at least... CONTINUE READING PATRICK STEWART'S PIVOTAL EXTRAS SCENE + BAMBI = ODDLY DELIGHTFUL VIDEO»

Posted on May 13, 2009 in Movie Mashups (10 comments)
Tags: Bambi | Extras | Patrick Stewart | Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais Makes Elmo Stop Being Polite And Start Getting Real

I clicked because it's a new outtake from Ricky Gervais's upcoming (November) appearance on Sesame Street, but I stayed because Elmo drops character but stays in-voice! Ricky: "Do you know what necrophilia is?" Elmo: "Elmo wants this tape!": I can't... CONTINUE READING RICKY GERVAIS MAKES ELMO STOP BEING POLITE AND START GETTING REAL»

Posted on March 12, 2009 in Children's Television, Outtakes (13 comments)
Tags: Elmo | Ricky Gervais | Sesame Street

The Poor Man's Poor Man's The Office

This is a British viral marketing attempt video for some sort of Human Resources software program for offices. At least they went all out: While on the one hand it's cringe-worthy for a company to make their viral video campaign... CONTINUE READING THE POOR MAN'S POOR MAN'S THE OFFICE»

Posted on March 10, 2009 in Viral Marketing (2 comments)
Tags: David Brent | Michael Scott | Ricky Gervais | Steve Carell | The Office

When Your Mom Ricky Gervaises Around The House, She REALLY Ricky Gervaises Around The House

In the run up to this weekend's Ricky Gervais stand up special on HBO, Out of England, there was a subway ad that featured him wearing a crown and a cape. Now, I didn't want to say anything because I... CONTINUE READING WHEN YOUR MOM RICKY GERVAISES AROUND THE HOUSE, SHE REALLY RICKY GERVAISES AROUND THE HOUSE»

Posted on November 17, 2008 in Everyone's A Critic, Justice (10 comments)
Tags: Delahaydge Siren | Health | Out Of England | Photoshop | Ricky Gervais

Wait A Second, Are We Going To Have To Actually Start Watching Inside The Actor's Studio?

For their 200th episode, James Lipton handed the interview reins over to Dave Chappelle, and now Ricky Gervais is going to be on the show? What's going on here? Where are the puff pieces on Wesley Snipes, and the overblown... CONTINUE READING WAIT A SECOND, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO ACTUALLY START WATCHING INSIDE THE ACTOR'S STUDIO?»

Posted on November 14, 2008 in Interviews (2 comments)
Tags: Inside The Actor's Studio | James Lipton | Ricky Gervais

Crank Dat Conan O'Brien

In Ricky Gervais's continuing quest to humiliate Conan O'Brien on his own show (last appearance, Gervais convinced O'Brien to crawl on all fours for iPhone photos), on Friday night's show, Gervais convinced O'Brien to play Superman. For iPhone photos. What... CONTINUE READING CRANK DAT CONAN O'BRIEN»

Posted on November 10, 2008 in Late Night (0 comments)
Tags: Conan O'Brien | Ricky Gervais | The Decemberists

Ricky Gervais Finally Weighs In On Russell Brand's Prank Call Troubles

Well, sort of. Watch Ricky Gervais squirm when he's asked about Russsell Brand's "Huge Scandal In England For Some Reason" prank call to an old actor's "answer-phone." Ricky is clearly not comfortable talking about it: Russell Brand has since resigned... CONTINUE READING RICKY GERVAIS FINALLY WEIGHS IN ON RUSSELL BRAND'S PRANK CALL TROUBLES»

Posted on October 30, 2008 in British Comedies, Feuds (2 comments)
Tags: Ricky Gervais | Russell Brand

Ricky Gervais Can Lick His Own Boobs

Ricky Gervais and Thandie Newton re-enacted the script of the Sarah Palin porn movie on The Graham Norton Show, and it was funny: Thandie Newton's Sarah Palin impression sounds exactly like Hayley Mills's California girl impression as Susan in The... CONTINUE READING RICKY GERVAIS CAN LICK HIS OWN BOOBS»

Posted on October 24, 2008 in British Comedies (4 comments)
Tags: Ricky Gervais | Sarah Palin | Thandie Newton

Welcome To The Bangers And Mash Party

At one point on last night's episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Ricky Gervais stood behind Conan, who was kneeling on all fours, and took pictures of him with his iPhone. This is that point. ... CONTINUE READING WELCOME TO THE BANGERS AND MASH PARTY»

Posted on September 16, 2008 in Late Night (0 comments)
Tags: Conan O'Brien | Ricky Gervais | Vampire Weekend

Ricky Gervais Sees Dead People (Sorry)

Ghost Town trailer, you guys: Well, this will finally put to rest those long late night debates after too many bacontinis about whether or not The Ghost Sense would make a great comedy. The answer is not so much, no.... CONTINUE READING RICKY GERVAIS SEES DEAD PEOPLE (SORRY)»

Posted on July 14, 2008 in Trailer (2 comments)
Tags: Ghost Town | Greg Kinnear | Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais And John Hodgman Ask The Hard Questions

As you might know and be excited about, Ricky Gervais has a new movie coming out next year called The Other Side Of The Truth for which he's been keeping a production blog, and which stars, among others, the highly... CONTINUE READING RICKY GERVAIS AND JOHN HODGMAN ASK THE HARD QUESTIONS»

Posted on June 4, 2008 (0 comments)
Tags: John Hodgman | Ricky Gervais | The Other Side Of The Truth

The Three Best Clips From The Surprisingly Awesome SNL Finale

So how about SNL's Steve Carell-hosted finale this weekend? It was actually ... really ... funny. It's almost as if having a host who's a veteran comic actor and not some flavor-of-the-month celebrity makes a difference in the quality of... CONTINUE READING THE THREE BEST CLIPS FROM THE SURPRISINGLY AWESOME SNL FINALE»

Kevin On The Office Is Retarded

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an open letter to The Office, explaining that while the show was great and funny, someone, or possibly a group of people, had taken one too many Whoops pills before the casting session,... CONTINUE READING KEVIN ON THE OFFICE IS RETARDED»

Ricky Gervais Knows The Secret Of Steve Carell's Weiner

Yep, "weiner." I'm trying to bring it back (from the fourth grade). Last night on Conan, Steve Carell told of the time Ricky Gervais peeked over the partition of a bathroom urinal at his you-know-what and said "Yep, I knew... CONTINUE READING RICKY GERVAIS KNOWS THE SECRET OF STEVE CARELL'S WEINER»

Posted on May 14, 2008 in Late Night (0 comments)
Tags: Conan O'Brien | Ricky Gervais | Steve Carell | Weiners

Ricky Gervais And Jason Bateman: Two Pals Pallin It Up In Pal Town

Here are Ricky Gervais and Jason Bateman goofin' around like a couple of goofballs on the set of Gervais's directorial debut feature film, This Side Of The Truth: Now, for some reason I could watch these two drive around Spain... CONTINUE READING RICKY GERVAIS AND JASON BATEMAN: TWO PALS PALLIN IT UP IN PAL TOWN»

Posted on May 13, 2008 (1 comments)
Tags: Jason Bateman | Ricky Gervais | This Side Of Truth

The Office Is Not Realistic!

My friend Andrew asks a pertinent question about The Office, you guys: "Is the conceit of the program still that they're being filmed for a documentary? Does that even make sense anymore?" That is a good question, and I think... CONTINUE READING THE OFFICE IS NOT REALISTIC!»

The Office Comes Home

Everyone was anticipating last night's return of The Office (and 30 Rock), after the five month writers strike hiatus. Well, fuck you guys. That's not me saying that, that's The Office saying that. Last night's return was one of the... CONTINUE READING THE OFFICE COMES HOME»

Posted on April 11, 2008 in Sitcoms (13 comments)
Tags: Cringegaze | Ricky Gervais | Steve Carell | The Office