Ricky Gervais Meets... Garry Shandling - The Highlights
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Ricky Gervais meets one of his comedy idols - Garry Shandling, creator of The Larry Sanders Show - and acts like a boorish tit through-out. The coffee moment in particular is fantastic. Not difficult to see why this was shelved for so long, bearing in mind Gervais' ego.
Like the way shandling spots the Gervais trademark audience glance and gives a puzzled look at camera.
garry shandling makes ricky gervais the very thing that ricky makes people in his comdies - the butt of the joke. Ricky expects people to get it and deal and Gary is pushing his buttons to see how he reacts when put in that situation himself. Brilliant stuff.
Same idea here. Garry humiliated - actually toyed around with - him, just for fun. I think he disliked Ricky from the second they met, because Ricky was a boor. Ricky's accent sounds a bit posh for US ears, but it couldn't have went more beautifully if he, the chav boy from Reading was visiting a real nob family in the UK. Garry just mopped the floor with him.
Ricky Gervais makes himself the ‘butt’ of his comedies so I disagree.
@@maisiethedog5182 I think Ricky - apart from being obviously talented - is just showing his real awkward persona in his comedies. David Brent is him - as he seems to be appearing during this talks with Garry in the follow-me scene and so on. So he is the butt because that's what he has. Although in his interviews he is incredibly funny and witty, so he is talented in making fun of his real nature.
@@maisiethedog5182 He _plays_ the butt, but those are all characters--not actually him. It's a protective layer of irony.
He doesn't mind if the characters he plays get made uncomfortable and get laughed at... _him personally_, on the other hand, is affronted to hell and back.
I compare this video to the time Jon Stewart went on Crossfire and Tucker Carlson finally got to meet his hero, and Jon Stewart absolutely despised him.
I like that 'we can get into being extremely funny in a second', surely just a way to make Rick feel even more uncomfoprtable
At what point Ricky was uncomfortable, he was fu..ing enjoying it!
@@oldtimer7635 D'ya really think that?
@@ScorpIron58 Why wouldn't he? I can't believe the sides here how people say Gary mopped the floor with Rick where I absolutely think it's all the other way around!
"do you realize i'm not with you?"
that's a deep question
The interview was awkward because Gervais can't interview, therefore shouldn't be doing such shows. But he's determined to be thought of on the same levels as his heroes. Gervais was a rude little shit over the coffee thing - he's meant to be there to learn something about Shandling, NOT to boss him around and say "fuckin ell" to the camera. HE is the one with no manners.
He wanted to be nice and everything, but Gary never gave him a chance. Ricky should've ignored it and focused on getting something out of this, but he just couldn't
"Don't touch me."
lmfaoooo
The delicious irony in Ricky talking about how, in retrospect, uncomfortable moments are funny. I wonder if he thinks that about this.
He to this day still name searches and blocks you on twitter if you post a link to this video. One of the biggest babies alive.
@@emmastrange1770 absolutely,he is triggered
He still can’t handle this. The big Hollywood edge lord 😂
Gary really did catch Ricky and his crew violating his privacy when he arrived. They were going through his cupboards and such. He was truly upset when he arrived.
That's not what he was upset about: ua-cam.com/video/PJthU3_CuiM/v-deo.htmlsi=rQCqrNm6xfvYi4Lh&t=82
Ricky thinks he is some sort of comedy God who can do whatever he wants.
They were molesting his cat
Supposedly Gervais didn't like this experience. I think it was great.
The fact that Ricky Gervais fans here are unable to discern when somebody is being rude and awkward on purpose is insane to me.
Its gervais who didnt get it
@@davehoward22 what makes you say that?
He hasn't, look at 2:17,this is where Gervais goes from "is he acting a prick" to genuinely thinking this is what shandling is like..There's loads of really embarrassing moments ,and shandling is turning rickys kind of comedy on him,but even nastier.
Yeah they were both playing the improv game. Loved it.
jack saint what the fuck
That was one of the most akward and uncomfortable things I have ever witnessed. I loved every moment of it. Can we get more of this please?
Do you think Shandling planned all this?
@@wolfman8325 I would think it improvised, on account that this has been Gary's act forever. But my god was it ever interesting to watch Ricky's face throughout as his schtick continually fell flat.
@@hd-xc2lz Shandling explains in detail the misunderstanding that led to the awkward nature of their discussion here: ua-cam.com/video/PJthU3_CuiM/v-deo.htmlsi=wRYGfc3DSteaKLFA&t=109
Thank you Ricky for your gigantic fake laughs, without them James Corden would be a shadow of his current glory. Thanks for that.
Like a horrible little chimp.
Chill
What nonsense. You don't see it, do you?
Gervais is pretty much always Gervais: aggressive, abrasive. In contrast, you don't know which Shandling you're going to get. He can be a nice guy in real life, complimenting other comedians. But in Larry Sanders he shows how a talk show host can destroy a guest, make them look like a fool. His low key delivery makes his attack even more devastating. He's giving zero energy to the guest, who gets dragged into the quicksand. This interview is so much harsher than the scripted Larry Sanders episodes, because Shandling didn't give Gervais any warning. Yeah, this was a performance by Shandling, but it was devastating anyway.
I think there was a misunderstanding here. They were supposed to do two segments. The first being funny and playful and then a more serious discussion about comedy. Shandling thought the opposite would happen so he took Ricky's playfulness at the beginning as aggression and then he handled him with ease on multiple levels to teach him a lesson. I think Ricky came in too hot and got what he deserved. He should have treated Garry with more respect.
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@@georgesotiriou7051 Shandling came in with the "was that you?" shtick, which is a strategy to throw someone off. It wasn't funny and it wasn't resolved amicably. Looked like Gervais did his best to keep it positive.
@@hanshananigan1233 Garry played him like a fiddle. Gervais was clearly outclassed.
ricky said that awkward moments are what makes up his comedy. then garry gave an example of one by improvising a scene with coffee. God, does everything have to be explained for most ppl to get?
Absolute classic - the most awkward antagonistic television I`ve ever seen. Deserves multiple viewings.
Only Garry Shandling could use ACTUALLY STANDING UP as a punchline hahaha
The fact Ricky was so gutted about this interview he cancelled the rest of the series, tells you all you need to know. Shandling chopped him up like meat.
Not true.
He only planned 3 episodes from the start
Ricky has the thinnest skin in the business next to Kanye West.
@@rossadams8934 Lol nope.
@@al112v4 damn you quite possibly have the shittiest playlists in all of UA-cam
The coffee situation, whether intentional or not, is basically Garry turning Ricky's premise back on him. He did something and made the situation uncomfortable, and Ricky didn't find it funny. Because Ricky only likes uncomfortable when he's the one controlling the situation.
just so .. bigtime
This is it in a nutshell. And, same with the very rich and very famous Gervais dictating his opinion to celebrities at the Golden Globes that they, as very rich and very famous people, don't get to have opinions. And, hell, same with him dismissing his critics as "woke" and criticism as "cancel culture". When you boil it down, what he means is "I should be able to do and say what I want. You shouldn't."
@@DoctorFurioso Well said, this also smacks of Andy Kaufman. "Make everyone uncomfortable and that will be viewed as humor". Larry brilliantly "cancelled" Ricky: no coffee, having to explain to the telephone caller who Ricky Gervais is .. I'm all for the cancel culture when appropriate.
Absolutely not. Ricky totally went along with it and actually made it more uncomfortable for comedy value, by saying things like "fucking ell" under his breath, he was making it funnier. You just straight missed the comedy in the situation.
@@eyesears2046 you are ascribing characteristics to Gervais he does not posses
Garry Shandling was fine in other interviews I've seen, its obvious he was trying to make Gervais as uncomfortable and awkward as possible as that what his shows are like. The whole thing is a setup and Ricky got schooled at his own game as far as im concerned..
+heres johnny Funny you should say that, Ricky Gervais made a couple of comments that clearly went over Gary Shandling's head.
I wouldn't say Gervais got schooled, cause most of the moments where Gary is acting like a dick truly weren't funny, and I thought that was objective at the end of the day: to be funny. I think Gary was genuinely pissed, struggled to hide it, then later justified his shitty behavior by saying it was all part of an act. Don't get me wrong, Shandling is a legend, but I just hated how he behaved here. It's SO unlike who he was
It was actually due to them both expecting different interviews. Check out Shandling talking about it in a separate video.
youre deluded
He created and starred in The Larry Sanders Show. One of the greatest sitcoms of all time.
is it though?
@@dannygolightly865yes
and..
Definitely
@@dannygolightly865yes! In the DNA of so many great shows that followed
I remember watching this when it was on, forgot how hysterical it was. Think I only have the Larry David one on VHS. I didn't know it had become so controversial. I know Shandling said he invited Ricky over so he could interview him and had set his mood low to do that but then walked in his kitchen and a hyper Gervais was there with a camera crew rolling and took him by surprise, so he just went with it. he said they should have stopped the interview and got on the same page but neither of them suggested to do that and the camera kept rolling. If the day had gone as agreed beforehand, maybe it would've turned out different. R.I.P. Garry, you were a comedy great.
This comment makes it sound like Gervais killed him in retaliation
@@danielharrison3250 lol
Good lord, in all my lifetime of following Ricky's work I have never before seen his whole offence broken down.
Yes! And it's wonderful, isn't it?
when he says there will never be this moment again when i meet you for the first time, he's absolutely right. it all started after one bad first impression. LOL!
I like when he tells Ricky Keep Going when he answers the Phone 😂
Shandling is hilarious here, but also genuinely annoyed, intelligent, acting, complex, mocking, the real deal
You could have shortened that to _"Shandling is cringeworthy"_ and he made a prat of himself.
BS!
@@TonyEnglandUK rare english comedy L
@@TonyEnglandUKAngloids excel at tantrums and huffing their own farts, QED
The real deal? Why are Americans so clueless when it comes to comedy? :D
There are moments where Ricky transforms into David Brent out of sheer awkwardness
Ricky Gervais is, for all intents and purposes, David Brent. Once you realise this, you wouldn't give a friendly interview either.
AH Off Topic
cheers
+JIDB bruh
My people
same
It was so funny when Ricky said you can't say Zebra and then Garry didn't laugh. Just like an extras scene.
because it was a desperate attempt to make Garry laugh and it was so transparent it failed
@@glennrobinson8868 Garry was embarrassing to new levels. Everything Ricky's Globes hosting was pointing out. I can see why Americans are pretending he was doing it for comedy effect but it was just facepalm taken to new levels.
@Tony England I don't agree. Shandling wasn't embarrassing. Gervais desperate attempts to be funny and fake over the too laugh were painful.
I don't think Garry came put of it that well either tbf it he has since explained why it was the way it was
@@TonyEnglandUK There's explanations for what happened on UA-cam even from Garry. The whole thing was cringey at best but neither of them came off well from it. Gervais never did any more episodes after this either lol
I like how Garry turned it around on Ricky and pretty much interviewed Ricky
Garry's passive aggressive controlling narcissism is exactly what the worst kinds of bosses are like. I'm guessing he did that to rip the premise of the Office?
oh ffs.
@@gerd9126shush you mong, go back inside Ricky’s stinky black track suit bottoms
"Pretend that you are killing me."
Then Ricky starts doing the worst fake hysterical laugh in history.
It's more of a hysterical laugh face with some strange vocal sounds, it looks like weird dubbing.
Er, I think that’s his genuine hysterical response to something hilarious and surprising. I was hysterical at the zebra lion joke also.
I’ve liked Rocky Gervais less and less the more I see him, and I think Garry Shandling helped me understand why in this interview. Thanks!
And here's a nobody called Eliott McFadden who's a professional leech. Round of applause for mr Eliot..umm...sorry whats your last name again??
Agreed mate, he's an awful, overatted shit. It makes me happy that one of Ricky's heroes clearly doesn't rate him at all.
@@gofanman8455 Elliott Who??? Exactly.
You sound butthurt
@@gofanman8455 it’s quite sad attaching your self-worth to how other people perceive a comedian you like.
He is giving Gervais a fricking Master Class in the humor he has chosen!!!
your not being serious right now are you m8, are you..
@@gerd9126 Some of it was annoyance, like the contact lenses, but the timing on that coffee bit was just *too* perfect.
Ricky doesn’t know how to handle ANY of this. He is David Brent and it is hard to watch.
@LittlefootItIs ..you are completely clueless mate.
"what are you controlling?" hahaha If this is staged it's genius, if not it's still fucking funny
They're both hilarious but Ricky is definitely phased here. Shandling did his best to make him feel uncomfortable to see how Gervais would react - he was looking for a sparring match.
Shandling actually asks Ricky why he feels it's funny to make people feel uncomfortable, all the time trying to hold a mirror up to him. Very clever, I think. Ricky really should have made the most of it. Nice little insight, though.
Best comment on this thread!
It’s like watching two famous painters walk into a mutual canvas without realizing it. Shandling though, it was his own home. Judd Apatow talks about this interview on Neil Brennan’s Blocks podcast. Apparently, Ricky broke an agreement to wait to set up until Garry arrived. That’s why the awkwardness and hostility in the opening scene. It’s a plausibly deniable “accident” that Ricky and his team were already there. But Shandling felt slighted and disrespected.
Sometimes I wonder if Gervais is a genius or an imp possessed by the Joker archetypal spirit.
Shandling was a “serious person” - as he said in the ending, “he did the best he could”. You can really see him trying to contain his emotions. And of course, get some digs in while he’s “suffering”.
Absolutely fascinating and insightful.
Garry was playing around. It was more funny/entertaining watching him be awkward, than watching Ricky constantly feeling hurt that he wasnt being validated for his work by one of his heros.
Ricky was the preening fragile ego in this, Garry was having a ball
Did you watch the whole interview or just this compilation? Shandling has tremendous respect for Gervais and his work he tells him this
@@TeddyBrennanya it did seem like a lot was missing
@@TeddyBrennanGarry was being polite to a guy who was in his home. With a camera. By surprise. He has no respect for Ricky 😂
Page after page of comments and almost every single one of them missed the point. Shandling is smart, a comedy (and marketing) genius. He, like many MANY other people dislikes Gervais intensely and finds him offensive. With that in mind, why would he try to make Gervais comfortable? And why would he give a darn what people on Gervais's sleazy little island think?
This is around the time Stephen Merchant stopped writing jokes for Gervais, so he decided to appeal to the lowest common denominator by becoming a cookie-cutter "edgy" comedian:
1. Tell people how much you don't care they're offended
2. Repeat Reddit joke from 2010
3. Reiterate how much you don't care
The deal with this interview is Shandling gave strict instruction that they were going to shoot something for him first which was going to go on a dvd extras thing - before the interview with Grevais for the BBC was supposed to happen, and when Shandling arrived and quickly realized Gervais was not told this and they were going straight into the Gervais thing he decided to kind of sabotage it by playing it very low key - which was what he was going to do originally for his own thing. Shandling has since spoken about it saying it was probably was not fair to Gervais but ended up being interesting anyway..
Ricky sounds like a dolphin when he laughs.
Some real insight into the type of person Ricky Gervais really is. And it’s not good.
Not really. The insight is into what TV producers are like, as Shandling explains here: ua-cam.com/video/PJthU3_CuiM/v-deo.htmlsi=htHr57c4ufwbdsB_
I think that actually Garry was really smart and relised that Ricky's whole humour base is on cringe, unconfortable comedy (derek, the office, extras) so he made the interview extremely awkward as a way of making someone like Ricky (who comes across as arrogant and thinks he can shrug off anything thrown at him) actually live the unconfortable experience he simulates in all his comedy shows; to get a taste of his own medicine.
Garry put Ricky in the situations Ricky says he enjoys comedically. This was Garry being honest and trying to teach Ricky something. I thought Garry was brilliant and Ricky was caught off guard just a bit, which Garry wanted - Garry's last line summed up the entire thing.
Ricky’s uncomfortable fake laugh says it all. Ricky can’t handle not being in control. He needs a Karl Pilkington to belittle to get anyone to care.
07:28 "How rude! Fucking hell..." Isn't it funny when people who are accusing others of being rude are being equally if not more rude?
Here’s the question - do we think Garry was being real when he’s poking at Ricky doing Nazi humor? Like if Spike Lee was in the same room with Quentin Tarantino and asking him why he relished doing Jango?
Shandling explains the whole deal here: ua-cam.com/video/PJthU3_CuiM/v-deo.htmlsi=rQCqrNm6xfvYi4Lh&t=82
@CharlieBrown401
spot on. any 'awkwardness' in Shandling's work revolved around actual characterisation. Gervais prefers to just wheel out anonymous minority figures for cheap laughs under the guise of 'exploring' something or other.
People actually think garry was bashing ricky? They're quite obviously playing off each other. It's super awkward and funny, still not as awkward as the office UK though
A lot of nervous laughter from Gervais.
Ricky's laugh at 5:06-5:12!! He sounds like a cassette tape on repeat! Love it
First time I saw this interview I took Ricky's side. After watching the Larry Sanders Show, you realise Shandling is so much deeper in his comedy and thought than Gervais ever will be. He can't deal with any of the actual questions, just repeats that 'embarassment is funny'. He's got nothing on Garry.
Ricky’s insecurity around a real, legendary comedian is palpable.
@@DABA2024 You are replying to 6 year old comment, get a life you loser. Ricky is more successful than you could be in 100 lifetimes combines.
I think that he understood gervais' work pretty well, and thus made him feel uncomfortable so that he'd see it and laugh after. I thought he was funny.
Can no one see this is set up? It's so obvious Garry is beating Ricky at his own game. Making Ricky Gervais feel uncomfortable and awkward is fucking genius. This is the best 'Ricky Gervais meets...' ever.
+bambamgti Na, don't buy it. Garry Shandling is quite obviously a genuine arsehole. Ricky Gervais was asked in an interview if any of this was set up. He just said: "it was what it was". Says it all.
Somebody please explain me how is Shandling in sort of upper position here and not Gervais? Because I think the opposite. Gervais justifies everything he says and often here (like everywhere) easily gets the last word unlike Shandling here. Shandling even says when pouring coffee to himself that I think what we have proven here probably doesn't need to be proven anymore... and says how certain type of comedy comes from tragedy and suffering... although Gervais has just earlier explained how it's complitely not that at all. So nothing what Shandling says "have been proven there" doesn't add. So why do most of commenters here think so? In a nutshell Shandling maybe 😂 doesn't like Gervais's style but Ricky does only defends himself with his words he doesn't attack Shandling. And Shandling is sort of attacking Gervais because he maybe doesn't like him that much.
Gary is still my favorite comedian. His deadpan expression makes him even funnier. I bet Ricky really liked him.
Then, he liked him. He wouldn't tolerate it today.
I bet Ricky hated him after this, Gary was walking all over him. You can see that Ricky has no idea how to handle being made fun of. A true masterclass of comedy
Thanks for this, a superb piece of comedic teaching.
I agree with you about Gervais.
I'm not going to say he's a one trick pony, but as the years roll by...the Office seems to stand out from his other work.
Most of his work is predictable.
Gervais and his crew were rude.
Gary dealt with him accordingly, being a professional showman, not a childish show-off.
"I should get a little drum. That would make you really happy, wouldn't it?" Damnit I miss Garry Shandling! This is Garry's act, he treats everyone like Hank. It's brilliant.
So, Shandling was acting like an a-hole because of a miscommunication? Yeah, right. My theory is that Gervais was sleeping with one of Garys exes.
wow this video is like the holy grail to me - the funniest comedian of all time bashes one of the the unfunniest dilettantes ever
He's done alright for a dilettante though
Garry realised that Ricky isn't actually funny way sooner than most of us did!
How is this lost on so many people commenting? Gary pretty much invented (for TV at least) the kind of humor that Ricky made much more famous. That the Brits think they own and that people here apparently do not get. The fact that so many Brits are not getting this makes me sad.
That was brilliant.
R Sulli I would be HONORED if I was Ricky, and Garry broke out this hostile routine on me. That's like saying "You don't need any help from me, you need a challenge!"
Ben Culture Exactly.
R Sulli And when Garry says "Don't touch me", he immediately turns away from the camera, trying not to crack up.
Ben Culture I think he was honored by it, from what i could see he loved every awkward moment as much as Garry did!
Ben Culture I think he was honored by it, from what i could see he loved every awkward moment as much as Garry did!
I love both of these guys, and I kind of "get" what they were trying to do here, but I didn't think it was terribly funny. It would have been much better if they hadn't carried on with the bit for the whole show.¹ I kept waiting for them to stop and be real, but it never happened.
Do you suppose this tension and apparent dislike was planned? Maybe they talked ahead of time, and one said "hey, wouldn't it be funny if..." Either way, the result isn't what I'd call comedy gold.
¹ _Edit --- I read in the comments that this was edited. So hopefully the whole show wasn't this bad. I see the whole show is available in 5 parts, so I'm gonna check that out._
Brilliant. The Larry Sanders Show is one of the best out there!
Garry wrote the book on awkward moments.
Shandling seems genuinely annoyed in this and retaliates in a passive aggressive manner. I don’t think it’s an act. Something Ricky did before the cameras went on must have triggered him but not clear what it is. Ricky also seems quizzical and unsure of the tone.
The first thing Garry did was accuse Ricky of looking down the hall, then he accused him of lying, then he snapped at Ricky not to touch him. Not the greatest start.
Obviously awkward, Stil Gervais managed a bit. Think Gary was drunk.
Shandling is a legend. This is his style of humor.
So he was just a nasty person?
Ma’am, you’re replying to a comment from over a decade ago
@@adamseda1004 Gosh it is a long time ago. I was killing time watching some Ricky Gervais on the Tube. 🤭
turns out shandling has a superiority complex. he wants poeple to think hes intelligent. instead he just comes accross as a wierdo
Rick Gervais, Mitchell Huruwitz and Larry David need to bow down to Garry...
Can’t stand Garry Shandling. But Ricky Gervais is worse so this is funny.
Look again, they have edited that segment to make Shandling look like a dick. The bit where he supposedly gets up to get a coffee is actually the footage from when he got up to answer the phone.
Ricky is going through his refrigerator and being nosey, before Garry even walked in to meet him. He is so f’ ing rude. I’m glad Garry annihilated him.
I have more respect for Hank Kingsley after watching this interview.
A lesson from Gary Shandling on how not to be funny. Typical.
That was hilarious. I can't stand Ricky's laugh though. Like nails on a chalkboard.
They are taking the piss. They are being ironic. For goodness sake.
Is no-one going to comment on how Garry put milk in his coffee from a BABY BOTTLE? - what a great set up
Gary's show was all about " beneath the facade" and he's so aware of his ego but Ricky is all facade here. And maybe the lack of self awareness of D Brent somehow seeped through
5:04 i thought they looped his laugh for a second there, what the fuck
Shandling completely dominates Gervaise. He pushed all his bottons and Gervais is clueless.
Massive fan of both comedians.
This video is fascinating to me.
It's almost like an episode of Larry Sanders.
It's really hard to say if it's real or not.
It's like there each playing their on-screen persona(Andy Millman and Larry Sanders).
Millman as the new comedy star who wants the respect of his peers and Sanders
uncomfortable with and threatened by younger talent.
Great video.
I Have to see the full version.
I think you put it perfectly. 😊
It's absolutely real.
It is very real. Ricky is a massive prick who *literally* thinks he is some sort of comedy God. We didn’t know that when he was playing David Brent, he was being himself.
It’s ok, Ricky, he’s dead…
Final parting shot from GS "Sorry did the best I could! " ...classic dry,droll,deadpan British humoUr and yet GS is American...
Well played Chaps!:)
Shandling is rude, confrontational and inhospitable.
"what are you controlling"? LMAO
Garry looked like he had a screw loose. Ricky handled it well I thought.
Shandling is a comedy god, twice re-inventing the sitcom. Gervais is in thrall to him and rightly so. And of course they're both in on the 'Shandling feels uncomfortable' gag.
Finally somebody gets it
@@TeddyBrennan Don't condescend me, you big twat
I thought that Shandling found him to be a complete jerk, didn't like him, and made a complete pratt of him. Funny how perceptions differ. If it was ''all a gag'' I'd be surprised.
Exactly. These comments are cracking me up
If that were true, Gervais would have let the interview air. He didn't; his ego couldn't take it. Gervais is hopelessly out of his depth here, and fails to learn any of the lesson that Shandling tries to teach him.
'You cannot get caught up in the result of your work - that's not who you are.' - those were really wise words!
Achievement Hunter brought me here.
Jesus I can't watch this it's so bad, the cringe is real!
1:49 in and I won't watch the rest.
+jenniw9999 Did they kill someone again?
This is great I don't see what all the fuss is about 🤷🏻♂️
Then you'll*really* love the clip from the Merv Griffin Show where Jerry Lewis and Brother Theodore nearly come to blows...
I'm here from AH rocket league
If this were a boxing match, the ref would have stopped the fight in the second round due to Gervais being unable to continue. Man against boy.
Seems Garry was mimicking the sort of character Ricky plays(Mainly David Brent ) and Ricky didn't get it.
I don't think it was staged with Rickys knowledge..why shelve it if it's staged?.
You can't say zebra makes me laugh every fucking time...
Yeah, this is definitely a joke. They are both comics who do 'awkward humor', and it just so happens that when they get together it's awkward? SHOCKING.
Actually, it's hard to say if maybe they both didn't mesh well BECAUSE they were both trying to do awkward humor.
But of the two of them, Gervais seemed more willing to get made fun of. Gervais is a hero.
Anybody who thinks either of them were being genuine for even a second, clearly doesn't understand their humor
Gary Shandling is actually a very funny comedian. I think that his choice to play the role of being difficult was not the best. Ricky seems to be a very light hearted character which just put Gary that much more over the top of looking like a jerk. Mr Shandling's early stuff is much better!
"That's my ass detector and it's gone off because you're here." 🏆💪🐐
Anyone have a video where Gervais is talking/reflecting about this?
The podcast with Sam Harris around 35 minutes in
gary is simply taking ricky to school here. they have a similar style, gary is just way more dry. he's trying to get ricky to step his game up.
Oh god, this is just... physically painful to watch. I don't know what it is for me, I know Gervais is being painfully awkward and over-familiar ('Don't do it over the sink!' - who does he think he is, Shandling's mother?) but man, it's just upsetting for me to watch awkward stuff like this. It happened over five years ago, yet I still come away with the most awful feeling for all involved. Incredible clips. Really. Fascinating.
thats a really really strange takeaway lmao
I'll be honest. I don't care for Gervais. I enjoyed watching Gary examining the behavior of Mr. G. and offering his critique on Ricky's humour and conduct.