This is basically a mashup of the Office and Extras, with a dash of Life's Too Short. Can see all the influences......

@douchebag2019

5 жыл бұрын

Element Studios that’s true

@minners71

5 жыл бұрын

You do realise this is before those shows so how could they influence this?

@Dude0000

11 ай бұрын

Bit of Derek going on when that fella had him in a headlock.

@tonypine3434

10 ай бұрын

@@minners71 we got a genius over here

@stephaniecox3380

Ай бұрын

Everytime I see it, I think the same thing but.... I think of a bit of fry and Laurie.. Bowie? Bowie? Chubby little loser.... It's so stupid it's funny. Cheers B.

To be fair he does actually sound a LOT like Bowie.

@manonymous4737

Жыл бұрын

Not really

@RickStar00O

Жыл бұрын

@@manonymous4737 agreed

@TroystonB

Жыл бұрын

a bit

@ripperonitoni2990

10 ай бұрын

Who are you being fair to?

@bass3966

10 ай бұрын

Not bad😂

I loved this! Ricky as David Bowie. Very funny. I miss David. Thank you for sharing him with us.

@mikeperks9863

5 күн бұрын

Bit gay

When he crawls on the desk singing sorrow I can't cope. It's so funny. Ricky is my all time favourite comedian, he's absolutely a one off special man.

@trappistpreserves

Жыл бұрын

He so is. I couldn't work with him though (as if I'd ever be asked).

Bowie's turn in the extended blue jean video had me thinking he reminded me of someone. Then I saw Ricky gervais' and it hit me. He reminds me of Ricky gervais.

oh shit, that fucking killed me. i knew ricky was a bowie fan but man, he's hardcore. the bowie impersonations were great but the one as prince slayed me.

@jbri1

7 жыл бұрын

:'D omg

RIP Bowie.

nice impression of Bowie ! great i hope he saw this

@TonyEnglandUK

8 жыл бұрын

+MultiKarola24 I'm sure he did, Bowie and Gervais became good friends

honestly, ricky does sound like bowie. when i listen to space oddity i think, wow he sounds like gervais LMAO

@onehotminutex

8 жыл бұрын

+Zelda Zonkin' so sad to know bowie isn't on planet earth anymore xx well, he is, just not in body

Thank you for posting this. Never seen it before.

that was fantastic, never thought i would enjoy that as much as i did

"Have we had anything yet about the DVD campaign?" holy shit right, DVDs were brand new when this came out

Anybody who managed to sell out of video rentals in 1998 made a smart move.

@Electricshrock

4 жыл бұрын

Anyone who started transitioning from VHS to DVD at that time made a smart move. The time to get out of the rentals game altogether was 10 years later.

@csabo1725

4 жыл бұрын

@@Electricshrock My dad came home with a VHS player once. I guarantee it was the last one ever sold.

That's Steven Merchants dad at 0:30 seconds lol

@buzzin-hornet

8 жыл бұрын

+Louis Van gaal yeah! Haha

@loveulong

6 жыл бұрын

You can totally see the resemblance

@itsMrNoble

6 жыл бұрын

Cliff Hanley no it's not.

@Jacam781

6 жыл бұрын

Ron

@sjn6704

5 жыл бұрын

Yes its ron merchant who also appeared as the caretaker in the office

This man is a comedic genius of the highest degree!

@GamerCall

Жыл бұрын

Was*

@dudeman3929

Жыл бұрын

Yea Gervais is the best

I love the fact the RG went on to become friends with DB. I bet he didnt see that coming!

@getsome4806

Жыл бұрын

@decks1111 Quite true, D1.

@burjalmadre

Жыл бұрын

God... that episode in Extras is one of the best things ever... They absolutely mustve taken ages to film that considering how easily Ricky breaks down in laughter lol

@mister3566

11 ай бұрын

He was slways a fan

@tetsuoshima7385

10 ай бұрын

PUG! PUG!😂

@kimsherlock8969

10 ай бұрын

😅😂😊

wow when he says 'Is Ziggy him, am I Ziggy' he really sounds like Bowie

Recently I saw Ricky at the Oxford Union. He spoke for about an hour on a range of topics, but mostly he just spoke about his career, going back to the time he had a solo spot at XFM, then single-handedly creating The Office, right through to when he made Extras by himself. Someone asked if he would again collaborate with some fella called Simon or Steve or something, but as it was part of a two or three-pronged question, he didn't get around to answering. I can imagine it would have been difficult to talk about, because I've seen about as much as there is to see of Ricky in the last few years and nobody else's name has come up.

@Surv1ve_Thrive

Жыл бұрын

@nx it's weird as you can literally hear Steven Merchants writing coming out of his mouth at times.

11:12 Absolute Stunning....Funny as fuck...His Bowie Impression is top notch as well, especially singing Sorrow

never seen this before.Recognise alot of david brent here.

@mrsilikeeggs

7 жыл бұрын

Not just Brent. Every now and then I see Derek in the facial expressions.

@lupo10

5 жыл бұрын

Sparks Tron I noticed a few characters to be fair.

Precursor to David Brent? I love Bowie and Rick Gervais so, this was made for me!

OMG this is true gold.. I never seen this before, it is amazing to see Ricky playing Clive David Brent’s prequel.. the embarrassing awkwardness is delicious

What an excellent prequel to The Office. Before this I could only imagine how Gervais' life would have been, working in an office for fifteen years after having been a failed David Bowie clone. But now I don't have to imagine it!

This was great. I remember seeing it late one night back in the day and being blown away by him. That scene when he's talking with the agent about the Dolly Parton woman is particularly great. Ah back when Rick Gervais was funny and not the self-important windbag he has become.

@DirtyDeck

8 жыл бұрын

+sratus Yeah, fuck, what happened him?

@DirtyDeck

8 жыл бұрын

i give this alot of thought. will always respect him for the office, a masterpiece, but yeah he got addicted to his own success or something, he loves giving advice and quoting people...the question is, does he realise how big of a wang he's become?

@sratus

8 жыл бұрын

Decky Corr nope... and there's nobody to tell him

@janderson2709

7 жыл бұрын

Hahaha. The British are such hilarious people - as soon as someone becomes big-time you have to hate him. Rick is still a top bloke as he was back then.

@t.johnson2966

6 жыл бұрын

Jacob Anderson This is what I was going to say. We used to do the same in Canada.

still cracking up at the freddy mercury scene

A couple of things: 1) I can't remember how old I was when I first became aware of Bowie, but I have a distinct memory of buying record-shaped discs of bubble gum with the covers of singles as the packaging. I had Bowie's Fashion, which was new, so I was 10. The reason I say this is because, growing up, nobody where I lived (Australia) pronounced his name like 'cow'. We all pronounced it 'oh'. I didn't hear it pronounced that way till my late teens. Anyhoh... 2) Ricky has some solid impressions and dialects, though he plays that side down (thankfully). Steve once said on XFM that he thought Ricky's Bowie was his best one. It's true, it is. Very solid. But Adam Buxton's Bowie is _so good_ that, if anyone needed Bowie ADR done, Buxton would be the man. His rendering is about as good an 'impression' as I've heard from some of the greats, like Sellers, Pollak and Serafinowicz.

David Bowie . . WOW! . .Such a very special, incredibly gifted, multi talented & versatile individual who inspired so many. He will live on forever because he'll never be forgotten . . OFTEN COPIED, NEVER EQUALLED!

@steffanhoffmann

10 ай бұрын

You're joking mate he plagiarised lots of people starting with Lindsay Kemp. Kemp was gay. He had an affair with David Bowie and their friendship was highly important in Bowie's artistic development. Prior to meeting Kemp, Bowie was on the verge of quitting pop music in mid 1966. Converting as a Buddhist monk. He used Kemp like he used most people artistically better than he was, and then took the credit for originality. He then had a love affair with Kemps best friend, a female, which brought Kemp to the verge of many suicide attempts. Seemingly a fake and a charlatan, what an abominable person Bowie was.

@wilfullness

10 ай бұрын

No one can predict the future before you or I claim how it will or won't be. Not one of us. And there'll never be another of any of us. That's how it works.

@steffanhoffmann

10 ай бұрын

@@wilfullness Deep, meaningful and relevant 👍

'Shittin in my tin can...' Never gonna get that out of my head now, oh god !

@charabotte1

8 ай бұрын

mark and lard ?

Massive bonus for a massive Ricky Gervais fan. I never knew this existed.

This is awesome

Wow i never seen this before... thank you for sharing

'would be a shame if he never made it to the studio'. LOL

Damn I can't believe I'd never seen this! Classic!

How the hell i did not see that befor. Ricky brilliant as always :D

Beautiful homage

Nobody, and I mean Nobody, can "PEACOCK" like David Bowie. ♡ David Bowie invented it! ♡

3:18 Steve merchants dad I think, Ron merchant is in the credits for one of the boardmembers.

Excellent! First time seeing this, you can really see the roots of David Brent.

Big fan of Ricky Gervais. Loved it 👍👍

@matimus100

9 ай бұрын

You love really anything

Amazing!! Proto-office.

thanks for sharing

very good, a lot of quotes that were also used in The Office, early practice for Ricky!!

Gervais used a slimmer body for this character than for Brent

@LesterBrunt

4 жыл бұрын

walkfromthewaves Immense dedication to the method. Class S actor.

Why have I never seen this! Omg. Steve merchants Dad on the table at the beginning. :)

At the end, brilliant moment.

Took me a while to 'get' Ricky's brand of humour but now I think he's one of the very best out there. Love the Bowie take off...We've all done that in the mirror.

@blacktoothfox677

6 жыл бұрын

Have we now?!

@burjalmadre

Жыл бұрын

Thats interesting! Mind if I ask, are you American or British? I am American but grew up in a British school actually with mostly European and other British mates and teachers, culture, I feel like it very much instilled a grander sense and appreciation for the dry, darker, humour of the British, it feels a little more sophisticated than American brand humour. I'm always curious as to how other people feel about it and why they react the way they do!

Priceless - Ricky also recorded a Bowie-esque tune back in the day - google it - he's uncanny!

@richinderbyshire4779

11 ай бұрын

Seona Dancing

You can see the seed of Brent here. Amazing that Ricky had him there for so long and nurtured him into what he is today

Omg early ricky gervais stuff like this is freaking special xD this is amazing haa

01:35 - 'I built it up from nothing, by myself'. 'But the form says...' '- With my partner Barry'. Looks as though Ricky was always trying to take full credit for everything, even in his fictitious screen plays.

Quality bit with the desk scene

incerdible. i've never seen this before! love you Ricky

Ricky's Bowie voice is pretty good!

Someone’s got to test those top shelf videos!

brilliant never seen it before

Genius. What a partnership x

Brilliant.

"Do your Freddie" "Ay oh" LMAO

This is what lead to 'The office'. If you notice some of the jokes are in 'the office' from this.

haha YES! Good spot that was mate. I was racking my brains trying to place her. Thank :)

Adam Buxton does a freakishly good Bowie impression.

@FambosYootos

4 ай бұрын

Yeh, he really does. Spot on

such a powerful actor he evokes feelings in me non stop

"Check ignition and may gods love be with you". LOL Ricky sings it so eloquently. Really funny stuff.

"He said I could see them.." ....killed me!!!

its funny looking back on the older stuff and seeing the origins of later material, even if some of it is just straight up reusing old jokes

David Bowie loved his WiFi before anyone else had even heard of her.

@juanzapata4161

4 жыл бұрын

Is this a reference to something? I dont get it

That’s Merchant’s dad in that meeting, right? He played the janitor in The Office who always stared into the camera.

@cityandsuburb

5 жыл бұрын

Ron..... He was actually the groundsman at my secondary school in Kent.

Nice to see Stephen's dad making a cameo around the table at the start

This is excellent, can't believe that I haven't come across it before. Many Thanks. Any other similar 'homages'?

@_Super_Hans_

4 жыл бұрын

The original office pilots are on FB

Enjoyed that

love

A Night To Re-Memory of a Free Festival.

Bloody fantastic.Bowie would luv it lol

The Bewlay Brother Where Art Thou

I love Ricky , just so funny 😅

@matimus100

9 ай бұрын

Congratulations on being in love with another man Thanks for telling everyone Andrea

Gervais Bowie accent is awesome.

Gervais is the same in every character he plays. Zero range but I do enjoy his stuff

Lots of The Office in this. That's another reason The Office was good from the off, they'd had about three cracks at it before they filmed the first real episode to hone it.

Where have I seen that burd in the blue cardigan before? It's doing my head in...😂

This character seems to me as a cross between David Brent and Andy Milman

Ricky was so influenced by Bowie in almost every potential creative or personal measurement. I’m sure David loved this lol, then he’d go on to appear on Extras in that famous scene

Brilliant

Yes :)

Ricky had honed his acting a lot by the time of The Office too.

Classic Gervais

Reminded me of that old joke ... Ziggy Stardust met a lad in Sainsbury's.

Is this office meets extras meets life's too short.

Superly hilarious.

"Just think of it as performance"

Never seen this when was it filmed

Prince.

class

I love the fact the RG went on to become friends with DB. I bet he didnt see that coming! never seen this before.Recognise alot of david brent here. David Bowie loved his WiFi before anyone else had even heard of her.

Fantastic!! The secretary would've been great on The Office.

Queen impersonators "Right Freds dead"....coffee all over keyboard time ..lol

@juanzapata4161

4 жыл бұрын

I dont get the joke. Is it a reference to something else?

6:27 best bit

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars Attacks

This is brilliant. But always wondered why they’ve got what looks like an entire floor of a prestige office block, when they just own a couple of video shops.

That Freddie impersonator is funniest. :)

I always wondered why Gervais never pronounced Bowie correctly considering he’s a fan and even knew him.

@Dude0000

11 ай бұрын

Are you American? He pronounces it like every English person does including Bowie himself. Americans pronounce it differently for some reason.

@neilo2323

11 ай бұрын

@@Dude0000 He pronounced it to rhyme with Joey. He even once explained that his son Zowie’s (Duncan) name should be pronounced as Zoey. I’m English, btw.

@neilo2323

11 ай бұрын

@@Dude0000 Just saw a video of him introducing himself: it rhymed with “slow”, not “cow”.

@Dude0000

11 ай бұрын

@@neilo2323 not boo tho’, right?

@neilo2323

11 ай бұрын

@@Dude0000 No, definitely not.