Robin Ince - on Ricky Gervais, his upbringing, ADHD, working with Professor Brian Cox and more

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  • @Barlofontain
    @Barlofontain 4 місяці тому +11

    Hi Rich, I'm John
    I love that Robin still talks about Jamie, he has helped my family so much, just by being who he is. That poem always gets me...

    • @startinglineshow
      @startinglineshow  4 місяці тому +3

      Hey John. I love that I and many others will continue to know of Jamie, and the story of how you and Robin met, and the poem and just - how bloody lovely.

  • @samfry9992
    @samfry9992 4 місяці тому +51

    Did Robin discuss the time that he sat on ham?

    • @MartinHiggins1972
      @MartinHiggins1972 3 місяці тому +1

      37:30 to 1:25:17

    • @samfry9992
      @samfry9992 3 місяці тому +2

      @@MartinHiggins1972 Thanks fella

    • @owltrust
      @owltrust 3 місяці тому +1

      Nowadays I sit on a vegan alternative

    • @marklane2583
      @marklane2583 3 місяці тому +2

      No, but you can tell it happened by his reaction when it's mentioned.

    • @rahuldahoob
      @rahuldahoob Місяць тому

      All xfm references? 😂

  • @Goldiscontent
    @Goldiscontent Місяць тому +16

    Ooooooooooh look, it's little Robin 😂❤

  • @lizzielowlife
    @lizzielowlife 3 місяці тому +5

    Went to Uni with Robin. We both worked for Eddie Izzard together at the Edinburgh Festival during the Summer holidays. He did the lighting. I did a bit of everything. Robin was less talkative and confident back then, but such a lovely bloke and delightful company. 😊

  • @GP-cy9cs
    @GP-cy9cs 3 місяці тому +26

    Robin…tell Papa truth.

  • @jack8988
    @jack8988 3 місяці тому +26

    He's tufty and he's lovely

    • @MartinHiggins1972
      @MartinHiggins1972 3 місяці тому +3

      @@jack8988 He's lovely and he's tufty.

    • @MartinHiggins1972
      @MartinHiggins1972 3 місяці тому +1

      I'm not disagreeing, however. Let me make that clear.

  • @spike1976
    @spike1976 3 місяці тому +32

    "My cis female friends" says it all really

    • @deepzeliade-dk8uo
      @deepzeliade-dk8uo 28 днів тому +1

      says what exactly? explain yourself..

    • @mistazed1170
      @mistazed1170 28 днів тому +5

      That he feeds into that nonsense

    • @GuyIncognito_
      @GuyIncognito_ 15 днів тому

      @@deepzeliade-dk8uo That he's an idiot lol

    • @jamesholman952
      @jamesholman952 10 днів тому

      ​@@deepzeliade-dk8uo CIS is a bollocks term that means nothing

  • @synthesizerpatel7405
    @synthesizerpatel7405 4 місяці тому +24

    Stuart Foot

    • @Goldiscontent
      @Goldiscontent Місяць тому

      Oh mate. I remember his spot on the office. 😂 brilliant Stuuuart FOOT

  • @MMough
    @MMough 3 місяці тому +13

    They couldn't put Humpty together again

  • @highnoon7097
    @highnoon7097 3 місяці тому +8

    Robin... tell Papa truth

  • @napoleonbonaparte-o2m
    @napoleonbonaparte-o2m 21 день тому +4

    robin drinks milk directly from a cows udder

  • @eg7409
    @eg7409 Місяць тому

    What a wonderful conversation with an amazing man. Thank you - I loved every minute 😊😊😊

  • @FutureAbe
    @FutureAbe Місяць тому +15

    Being a grown man in your 30’s and feeling “bullied” by someone who employs you when you’re totally free to leave at any time is just pathetic. At least Karl would never resort to that.

    • @Chris-rl9on
      @Chris-rl9on 11 днів тому

      It’s not an ideal world where people can just leave jobs. You’re an idiot.

  • @Raw-Audits
    @Raw-Audits Місяць тому +3

    I think life is slightly too short for two hours of Robin Ince

  • @Man_of_Tomorrow
    @Man_of_Tomorrow Місяць тому +4

    I used to think it was just an act, a schtick. Sad to hear it was all true and that Robin is actually a spineless wuss.

  • @jamesjagger1216
    @jamesjagger1216 3 місяці тому +9

    Halfway up the stairs is the stair where I sit.

  • @PaulWilliamArnold
    @PaulWilliamArnold Місяць тому +4

    Looks like Karl was right.

  • @kieranwhite6647
    @kieranwhite6647 3 місяці тому +5

    'Right, I said was he gonna be here, you know I don't like 'im'

  • @Lindenrd25
    @Lindenrd25 3 місяці тому +14

    Ooooohhhhhhhh ROBIN!

  • @Chadhogan111
    @Chadhogan111 3 місяці тому +4

    I once saw Robin Ince standing at a train station in Scotland. He looked dejected and diminutive. I checked and he had been doing a gig that day, it musnt have been very good.

  • @jayjayb89
    @jayjayb89 3 місяці тому +9

    Ricky just loves annoying his mates, dont think he ever meant it in a bad way towards anyone

    • @jamespeters3430
      @jamespeters3430 3 місяці тому +4

      I think you've missed his point

    • @Chimponaut
      @Chimponaut 3 місяці тому +4

      I think someone who's been a mate of Ricky's for decades know that better than you, sorry.

    • @rahuldahoob
      @rahuldahoob Місяць тому

      To quote Liam Gallagher "In the end all my intentions were good"

  • @stefonavich2000
    @stefonavich2000 4 місяці тому +20

    So true what he says about Ricky running around telling people they shouldn’t be offended by words, then getting offended and turning his back on a very old friend for calling him out on the impact some of the words he uses has.
    Robin is better off without him.
    It’s good to see him happy and doing what he loves.

    • @Chadhogan111
      @Chadhogan111 3 місяці тому +2

      This makes no sense

    • @danjames4086
      @danjames4086 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@Chadhogan111
      It makes perfect sense. Ricky has said in countless occasions that you can be iffended, but it doesn't make you right. The moment Robin called him out, he responds badly.
      Gervais seems to have a habit of doing this; finding a person to riff off, making a big fuss about how great they are, then dropping them.

    • @mikebassett9195
      @mikebassett9195 Місяць тому +1

      Ricky has always made horrible jokes. I remember him making jokes of kids with cancer. Did Robin write a blog post complaining?? No. Why is he only offended by the Trans joke??

    • @stefonavich2000
      @stefonavich2000 Місяць тому

      @@mikebassett9195 Robin has grown and admitted that jokes he made in the past were wrong. Ricky constantly goes on about the intent of the joke vs the target. He is free to say whatever he likes and joke about whatever he likes. That doesn’t mean he is above being criticised for it. As Robin said, “either jokes are just jokes and your words have no meaning, or you are happy becoming a figure head for the alt right and being used in right wing philosophy memes. The two don’t go hand in hand. If his words have no meaning, and it is just a joke, why ghost someone who you’ve had a working relationship with for years first disagreeing with you? It’s not just Robin either. I used to be a huge Ricky fan. He’s just become the character he used to make jokes about.

    • @mikebassett9195
      @mikebassett9195 Місяць тому +1

      @@stefonavich2000 This is such rubbish. There has been no change in Ricky's character. He's always been like this. He's always kind of bullied certain people. It was never hidden. Ricky has not changed at all. You just don't like trans jokes. You was no doubt laughing your head off when Gervais was making jokes about other groups in society. But when he applies that same humor to things like Trans you suddenly find it offensive. Completely ridiculous. Robin is doing the same thing. Robin clearly thinks comedy shouldn't exist anymore because it offends people.

  • @82garethphillips
    @82garethphillips 3 місяці тому +11

    Least funny guy ever

    • @MartinHiggins1972
      @MartinHiggins1972 3 місяці тому +1

      But, boy, does he read a lot and retain a lot of information!

    • @janetamcleod
      @janetamcleod 3 місяці тому +4

      I've worked at the coalface of the comedy industry for over 30 years producing and programming over a thousand live comedy events in Australia and the UK. Robin is one of my must-see comics whenever I travel to the UK. A brilliant live act.

    • @noodlemaz
      @noodlemaz 3 місяці тому +2

      Just goes over your head clearly

    • @danjames4086
      @danjames4086 2 місяці тому

      Oh I don't know. Harold Shipman? Robert Mugabe?

    • @82garethphillips
      @82garethphillips 2 місяці тому

      @@danjames4086 I don’t know them either

  • @PopPo-zh9up
    @PopPo-zh9up 17 днів тому

    They do say there’s no smoke without fire

  • @HarryBalls-y3x
    @HarryBalls-y3x 3 місяці тому +1

    My stepdad went to school with Robin and say he was bullied a lot at school

  • @violent_world
    @violent_world Місяць тому +3

    robin . . . tell papa truth.

  • @heldinahtmlhell
    @heldinahtmlhell 3 місяці тому +23

    Yet another retroactive victim.
    He was happy hanging around with Ricky so he could use him to advance his career, though, wasn't he? That wasn't exploitative. Take some accountability for yourself and your actions. If you don't like something, you're the one responsible for changing it or avoiding it. Nobody else.

    • @titsonafish
      @titsonafish 3 місяці тому

      Spot on.

    • @Chadhogan111
      @Chadhogan111 3 місяці тому

      Exactly. Virtue signalling snake

    • @noodlemaz
      @noodlemaz 3 місяці тому +1

      Robin did not need Gervais to 'advance his career'. He still doesn't. He tried over and over to give him the benefit of the doubt, speak to him privately, work things out. It didn't work. Gervais is just not a nice guy, while Robin is a lovely, kind man. They don't match. Gervais is a bully.

    • @noodlemaz
      @noodlemaz 3 місяці тому

      Sounds like you were the school bully.

    • @heldinahtmlhell
      @heldinahtmlhell 3 місяці тому +5

      @@noodlemaz That's precisely what he used him for. The mini-documentaries which are online of Gervais "bullying" him are mostly where Ricky is on tour and Robin has joined him, because Ricky has let him be his support act.
      He absolutely needed him. His career is largely non-existent. Ricky also gave him a writing job on his chat show, which was only Robin's second job in comedy.
      And this is the thanks he gets.

  • @82garethphillips
    @82garethphillips 3 місяці тому +3

    The original Karl !!

    • @MartinHiggins1972
      @MartinHiggins1972 3 місяці тому +4

      Just a cheap, cobbled-together prototype compared to the finished article.

  • @mikebassett9195
    @mikebassett9195 Місяць тому +3

    I've seen Ricky make jokes of kids with cancer. Ricky always been offensive.. Why is Robin only bothered about the Trans joke??

    • @anne-zh2kd
      @anne-zh2kd Місяць тому +1

      Kids with cancer usually aren't stereotyped FFS.

    • @mikebassett9195
      @mikebassett9195 Місяць тому

      @@anne-zh2kd Neither are trans.

    • @mikebassett9195
      @mikebassett9195 Місяць тому +1

      @@anne-zh2kd If your kid had cancer would you be happy with those jokes??

    • @anne-zh2kd
      @anne-zh2kd Місяць тому

      @@mikebassett9195 So, you admit that he is a bigot towards everyone, and it is not okay...Okay good,

    • @mikebassett9195
      @mikebassett9195 Місяць тому

      @@anne-zh2kd But your only bothered about the trans joke?? Bullying in general doesn't bother you?? Ok that's great

  • @daijo2948
    @daijo2948 4 місяці тому +1

    Thing is Ricky is like that, always had that character, I suppose it’s the line of friendship or colleagues, how many people that worked with Ricky like Steve, Karl are actually friends with him today? He is who he is but without him comedy would be very different

    • @Jimboslice35
      @Jimboslice35 3 місяці тому +1

      It’s almost like you know him personally

    • @daijo2948
      @daijo2948 3 місяці тому +2

      @@Jimboslice35 🤣🤣 well done … it was more an observation and listening to the common opinions of people who do know him

    • @heldinahtmlhell
      @heldinahtmlhell 3 місяці тому

      @@daijo2948 How many friends from 20 years ago are you still friends with today? That's life.

    • @daijo2948
      @daijo2948 3 місяці тому +8

      @@heldinahtmlhellwell I was about 4 then so not many, me mam & dad don’t even remember me then…

    • @Jimboslice35
      @Jimboslice35 3 місяці тому +1

      @@daijo2948 I was just being a jackass, I get you lol

  • @chrishoward3391
    @chrishoward3391 3 місяці тому +13

    Ughh woke Robert ince.

    • @noodlemaz
      @noodlemaz 3 місяці тому

      You alright there, troll? His name is Robin. Learn to read.

  • @daijo2948
    @daijo2948 4 місяці тому +14

    1:30:05 !!!

    • @elduderino1287
      @elduderino1287 4 місяці тому

      Thanks.

    • @bluceree7312
      @bluceree7312 3 місяці тому

      Cheers.
      Is Ricky one of those going to be cancelled next, over "bullying"?
      "You can dish it out, but not take it." Means nothing I guess.

    • @rahuldahoob
      @rahuldahoob Місяць тому

      ​@@bluceree7312no he's to rich to be cancelled

    • @harryml4959
      @harryml4959 9 днів тому

      Thank you

  • @Bringontheasteroid
    @Bringontheasteroid Місяць тому +2

    Robin who?

    • @mkenne14
      @mkenne14 Місяць тому

      Ince. It tells you on the video description

  • @olivertaylor4225
    @olivertaylor4225 2 місяці тому +2

    It's all so painfully unoffensive

  • @chrishoward3391
    @chrishoward3391 3 місяці тому +10

    Ricky makes jokes about cancer but yea, he's mean when he talks about lgtqbqt alphabet police

    • @stefonavich2000
      @stefonavich2000 Місяць тому +1

      @@chrishoward3391 Did he name a person to point and laugh at who had terminal cancer? Or did he make a joke about the disease and use imaginary people in his examples? I’m pretty sure he named actual people, with the trans subject and misgendered them multiple times. Then spent a very long time talking about their genitals…… Not really the same is it?

    • @thedappercook
      @thedappercook Місяць тому +3

      As Ricky has said, you can AND should joke about everything, no one with hurt feelings or who's offended gets to dictate that

    • @stefonavich2000
      @stefonavich2000 Місяць тому

      @@thedappercook who said anything about dictate? I agree with what you are saying. It doesn’t mean you should be above criticism though. Any comedian ought to be be able to accept that and people are also allowed to say they no longer find his comedy funny. His friends (if he even has any left) are also allowed to say that they find that he is now targeting people rather than subjects and they are allowed to say they’re not ok with that.
      Bernard Manning, Roy chubby brown, Jim Davidson all joked about what they wanted. There was a time when the subjects they joked about was no longer considered acceptable on TV. People change, comedy changes, tastes change. As I said before, if it’s just a joke and his words have no meaning, why is he ok with them being used in memes by little Tommy ten names, Andrew Tate, Piers Morgan etc who all have a very obvious agenda.

    • @thedappercook
      @thedappercook Місяць тому +1

      @@stefonavich2000 lol, calm down bro. Anyone can joke about anything, it's the Karen's and those who find offense in the world with everything that have the problem, not the comedians. Remember just because you're offended doesn't mean you're right - Ricky Gervais
      Hahaha he has plenty of friends, one of the most loved comedians on the planet.

    • @stefonavich2000
      @stefonavich2000 Місяць тому

      @@thedappercook He was my absolutely favourite for a very long time as well. I defended is comedy for decades. I can’t defend it anymore. He’s turned into a dick and hadn’t done anything funny for years. I agree with Robin. Merchant, Karl, Jonny Candon, Jonathan Ross, Warwick, Doc Brown, David Baddiel have all distanced themselves from him now.

  • @katefarrow3239
    @katefarrow3239 3 місяці тому +1

    What is that floating across his tshirt at 1.51??

  • @mcfontaine
    @mcfontaine 3 місяці тому +1

    What a beautiful interview.

  • @AllasBadAsEachOther-sk9qq
    @AllasBadAsEachOther-sk9qq 2 місяці тому +5

    Having to go PC to protect your career.

    • @jaygatsby3039
      @jaygatsby3039 2 місяці тому

      Yeah he should be a hateful prick

    • @DamnDealDone
      @DamnDealDone Місяць тому

      ​@jaygatsby3039 better than living in a fantasy land where you can't even define what a women is.

    • @richimorton
      @richimorton 13 днів тому

      @@DamnDealDone Robin cant .

  • @waynesarginson9724
    @waynesarginson9724 3 місяці тому +1

    Little thumbs

  • @jaygatsby3039
    @jaygatsby3039 2 місяці тому +3

    I loved all the XFM and Podcasts, but if you look at an element of Ricky's work and persona, a lot of it is talking down to people to make himself seem better. He called Karl stupid all the time, even though clearly he isn't, he used to instigate fights with Karl and Steve, and used to say things about Steve until that came to a head, same with Karl, and same with Robin. Ricky has become a complete insulated prick, which is probably why he doesn't work with Steve anymore, and when he does make outings, it's to say how great it is to have 10 radiators on at the same time, how it's great to be rich, to attack trans people, all the rest of it.

    • @mikebassett9195
      @mikebassett9195 Місяць тому

      Gotta be honest that seems to be what comedy is. Most people naturally don't want to be comedians because they don't want to be like that.

    • @chrishoward3391
      @chrishoward3391 Місяць тому +1

      @@jaygatsby3039 do you need a safe space?

    • @jaygatsby3039
      @jaygatsby3039 Місяць тому

      @@chrishoward3391 Nah, I’m good buddy. You good? Need a cuddle?

    • @Degjoy
      @Degjoy Місяць тому

      I agree he is so boring now

    • @DamnDealDone
      @DamnDealDone Місяць тому

      Cope.

  • @drewshammy9608
    @drewshammy9608 Місяць тому

    Robin talks so fast 😂 slow down dude

  • @selfpityingslogan
    @selfpityingslogan 3 місяці тому +8

    this podcast chat is so wholesome i love it and mad props to Robin for his stance against Gervais' transphobic material. i grew up listening to Gervais's shows and watching his shows and i looked up to him as a seemingly jovial intellectual only to be greatly disappointed with his dehumanising & mocking regard for trans people (and other marginalised groups such as the disabled). thank you Robin for standing by your principles and for respect & decency of others

    • @chrisbfreelance
      @chrisbfreelance 3 місяці тому +4

      What is Robin's stance on the sterilisation of children?

    • @selfpityingslogan
      @selfpityingslogan 3 місяці тому

      @@chrisbfreelance idk mate maybe you should ask him ya bigot

    • @noodlemaz
      @noodlemaz 3 місяці тому +1

      Ah Chris, proving you don't know what you're talking about from the get-go. Nobody is even doing that but here you are parroting complete nonsense

    • @donbrogan3158
      @donbrogan3158 Місяць тому +1

      Did you watch Gervais's netflix special because I didn't see any "transphobic" material.

    • @selfpityingslogan
      @selfpityingslogan Місяць тому

      @@donbrogan3158 then you're a moron mate

  • @danjames4086
    @danjames4086 2 місяці тому +1

    It's interesting to hear Robim talking about remaiming true to yourself.
    Ricky Gervais seems to be doing the opposite. He was always outspoken, but with a sense that underneath he was quite a decent bloke. Now he just seems to be growing full of spite for spite's sake. He's starting to turn into Chris Finch or Ratty. Fun to be around for a short while, but actually a bit of a dick.
    But anyway, following Robin's example of positivity, this isn't about Ricky. Hat's off to the fabulous, kind and clever Mr Ince.

    • @mikebassett9195
      @mikebassett9195 Місяць тому +1

      The world is moving into a new direction. Little Britian used to be the biggest show on telly, today they say it's offensive. Ricky hasn't changed,.

    • @DamnDealDone
      @DamnDealDone Місяць тому

      Gave his entire tour earnings to charity. Wrote a show about suicide prevention and loving the elderly and outcasts. His latest shows prove he is a decent person. Far more decent than the trans lobby and its activists.

  • @napoleonbonaparte-o2m
    @napoleonbonaparte-o2m 21 день тому

    hes got small thumbs

  • @andypitchless
    @andypitchless 4 місяці тому +3

    Reddit is the best.

  • @joparish1037
    @joparish1037 11 днів тому

    😴

  • @Stark238
    @Stark238 4 місяці тому +4

    So at what point does he even mention Ricky

  • @jfluffydog2110
    @jfluffydog2110 Місяць тому +3

    Pathetic excuse of a man, jealous of rick's success

  • @jamespeters3430
    @jamespeters3430 3 місяці тому +4

    Gervais is such a weak hypocrite

  • @daijo2948
    @daijo2948 4 місяці тому +2

    Where’s the bit about Ricky

  • @Degjoy
    @Degjoy Місяць тому

    There is definitely a homophobic thread throughout Ricky’s comedy. Nowadays Gervais is so defensive and dull.