I'm all for celebrities setting themselves on fire to prove a point!

@hollygolightly649

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣 Me too

@DCBChump

Жыл бұрын

Light a man a fire and he is warm for a day. Light a man on fire and he is warm for the rest of his life.

@michaelfisher1395

Жыл бұрын

Starting with Donald Trump!

@DCBChump

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelfisher1395 Why? He is one of the good ones.

@Gizmo1st

Жыл бұрын

@@DCBChump I also don't think Trump is a celebrity in the way we think of celeb. I don't know, he's kinda borderline at this point, but like the ones that collect their Oscars and proceed to preach on how we should all live our lives, for sure - extreme combustion measures for protest I support.

What always impressed me about Ricky Gervais is his ability to make fun of things you might actually like or you can disagree with him and its still hillarious and he brings up some good points

@bubble8829

Жыл бұрын

Every line, it's like "Geez, did he really just say that?!" :-D

@Vgallo

Жыл бұрын

Yeah well maybe SOME people might realise that colonialism didn’t cause every single problem in Africa and it actually prevented many of them.

@oahuhawaii2141

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it increased the standard of living and prevented or mitigated some kinds of disasters for many parts of these countries. When they gained their independence, many bits of the checks & balances disappeared, as the elites who filled the vacuum took advantage of their own people. Infrastructure deterioration, famine, disease, civil strife, war ensured. Same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was.

@medexamtoolsdotcom

Жыл бұрын

Well what he's doing is showing you why you were wrong to take the conclusion you already came to for granted. Like you probably never thought to question that a man burning himself alive was a very powerful form of protest. But when faced with a ruthless enemy, they're going to be happy for you to do that. The only way to be effective at changing them is by actually fighting them, not killing yourself to try to make them feel guilty. They wouldn't be ruthlessly attacking you in the first place if they felt guilty. So the Vietnamese that actually fought back were doing a lot more for their cause than someone killing himself. Something that you might have just taken for granted was a noble sacrifice turns out to be dying in vain.

@oahuhawaii2141

Жыл бұрын

@@medexamtoolsdotcom: As a kid, I watched the video of the monk's self-immolation. I thought it wouldn't affect Vietnamese and US military actions -- a person killing himself in a war doesn't amount to much. But it did shock anti-war protestors. It also galvanized certain elements in SE Asia to support the VC. So an act intending to stop the war only served to help escalate it, leading to more death and destruction.

The grin on Ricky Gervais's face tells you that he enjoys delivering his jokes as much as we enjoy his humour.

@Debagio

2 жыл бұрын

It's a look that says; "I'm the funniest human being that ever lived."

@bennym5244

Жыл бұрын

No it's not.

Yoko, the joke-o that keeps on giving, mate.

@richardeast3328

2 жыл бұрын

The female version of second hand smoke.

@user-zg3gh8xg9v

2 жыл бұрын

You mean the bloke with the thick-lense glasses? I'd say he wasn't of keen eyesight.

@darrenrobinson9041

2 жыл бұрын

I really love "Walking on Thin Ice", but everything else she sang was just utter utter utter utter utter utter utter

I loved the fact he has a go at celebrities, he knows as the public do we shouldn't give 2 fucks about them. Because as he said at the Emmy awards they know nothing about the real world and shouldn't have the right to say anything about it

Ricky Gervais is such a breath of fresh air.

@dusk6159

2 жыл бұрын

Gervais and Cohen are comedy genius, pure and unapologetic oxygen

@romrom331

2 жыл бұрын

well this is at least 10 years old, way before his netflix special...

@animalcol1

2 жыл бұрын

@@dusk6159 nah, don't think so mate. Ricky is geared towards the tabloid level iq mentality. Plenty will consume it but there's no nuance or dept to the jokes. No challenge. No need to think. They're Michael McIntyre clever with additional (unnecessary) cruelty. Empty calories. Vapid. Insignificant. What I'm trying to say is that he's absolutely shite.

@icantbebotheredwithnames

2 жыл бұрын

@@animalcol1 do u have many friends? 🤣

@iscreamfitness

2 жыл бұрын

Needs V6 chewing gum for that

South Africa here.... nailed it! 😁

@chriswakefield9538

2 жыл бұрын

No one asked.

@terrypussypower

2 жыл бұрын

@@chriswakefield9538 No one asked you either.

@magnuswalker7957

2 жыл бұрын

Trillions donated , trillions squandered

@westaussie965

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry you have that accent😉

@gilly9666

2 жыл бұрын

@@chriswakefield9538 they did that's why tgey got independence 🙂

"A good comedian should shine a light on uncomfortable things.", and Ricky Gervais is a MASTER! 🥰🥰🥰

Love Ricky. Says what sensible people think.

I love how Rick utilizes the volcabular of an adult, and the logic of a child his routines. Which because of the way he does, makes him so great.

Ricky, a genius and spot on.

So many home truths amongst the comedy,brilliant!😂

a conversation with rainman, genius !

Why anyone cares what celebrities say is hysterical

@jeffhubbard4688

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I didn't care what Gervaise said either!

@hawker1262

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeffhubbard4688 ooooooh somebody forgot their handbag. Here’s a tissue mate, dry your eyes 😂

@jeffhubbard4688

2 жыл бұрын

@@hawker1262 If needed I'll get my own. The tissue you just handed me appears to be stained. That'll be from your excitement at finding a hole big enough to fit your nose through I guess?

@theoriginalshakil8013

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeffhubbard4688 😂😂😂 The irony is just ridiculous!!!

@robertslugg8361

2 жыл бұрын

People Magazine (and the others) exist to remind me what to not care about.

Genius love his Golden globe presenting also.

Even when I don't necessarily agree with his opinion, he's absolutely HILARIOUS, and I can't keep from laughing. Peace to you, Ricky Gervais. Laughter heals.

@cuebj

Жыл бұрын

He's not expressing an opinion. He's raising thoughts, taking sideways looks at wide variety of topics, suggesting we think a bit more about things we have made assumptions about. We might then modify or maintain our opinions in light of thinking about them afresh. But we have very little idea what his opinion is

He is a national treasure, absolutely brilliant.

@JasperLoki

2 жыл бұрын

He’s a world treasure. Thanks for sharing his brilliance

@yukseloden6939

2 жыл бұрын

He's not smart, so you're right.

@MasterAdamonia

2 жыл бұрын

@@JasperLoki He is from Britain, so what's the difference?

@Debagio

2 жыл бұрын

Gervais is The Sun reader's intellectual.

@millwallholdings

2 жыл бұрын

@@Debagio Best get back to your knitting and the wankers paper The Guardian hun

Don't stop being you Ricky! You are the buckets of chlorine society needs these days!!!! 🤣🤣

@ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293

2 жыл бұрын

God I know, what an absolutely one off. I can't think of ONE SINGLE comedian that is a genuine artist with the courage to speak in public the way Ricky does. Worryingly, it's because they just DON'T think the way he does. He has real heart, a hugely empathetic, sensitive eye matched with razor sharp psychological insight and a very high bar when it comes to his own ethics and morality. He's in a league of his own, a class of one. Desperate times.

@dusk6159

2 жыл бұрын

@@ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293 Nailed it

@georgeboag9614

2 жыл бұрын

@@ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293 You think?

@ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293

2 жыл бұрын

@@georgeboag9614 What I've noticed in recent years, coming out of America I'm sorry to say, is this bizarre oversimplification of human beings. There's no nuance, no patience with hearing out the complicated individual life stories of strangers. Instead we've got this disgusting 'two team' culture war going on all over the West. The deeply idiosyncratic opinions of our fellow humans are reduced to grotesque socio-political 'teams', a complete dehumanisation of everybody. Why exactly human consciousness has devolved so pitifully I can't figure out. It's desperately sad to behold. I hope humans click out of it and start really LISTENING to each and every individual person, with attentiveness, patience and real curiosity. And stop being so thin-skinned and manipulative when it comes to cry-bullying over the "offensive" opinions of 7 billion other humans. That's just deeply embarrassing. People read all sorts of subtext into things that just isn't there, judge before bothering to ask intelligent questions, hear a 'tone' where there isn't one and just assume FAAAAAAAR too much with strangers online. It all feels like a sickness. I think Ricky is wonderful, for more reasons than I can list and elaborate upon here. We can all enjoy different things at different points in our lives and there's no need to try and convince strangers to like what we like. You have your secret thrills and I'll have mine. That being said, I recommend 'After Life' on Netflix. Same for 'The Naked Director'. ;)

@tobytaylor2154

2 жыл бұрын

I like the way you worded that, I might have to use that myself in future lol

Let’s not forget all those celebs who championed Robert Mugabe into power. They used to fly in for tea with their liberation hero while his North Korean trained troops cleansed Matabeleland of the Ndebele people. As Richard Attenborough once admitted they thought he was the “cats whiskers”.

@harryplummer6356

3 жыл бұрын

Right on! Patrick Watson had a programme on Canadian TV and he couldn't say enough good things about Mugabe shortly after he assumed control of the country. These people mak you want to puke

@harryplummer6356

3 жыл бұрын

@Ronald Hess Which Attenborough are you talking about?

@RictusHolloweye

3 жыл бұрын

First impressions can be misleading. Several world leaders praised Hitler in his early years only to later pretend they always knew the guy was nuts (or maybe just nut, singular).

@stephenburnage7687

3 жыл бұрын

It is a disgrace that the west never spoke up about what happened in Matabeleland.

@harryplummer6356

3 жыл бұрын

@@stephenburnage7687 Yes, indeed! A similar thing with Bokassa - another megalomaniac.

I watch comedy for escapism from life and so hate when they get political.. but this genius gets the balance just right.. he’s a legend

Ricky Gervais is a master at roasting celebrities at the Oscars. That's it....

@petewalsh764

Жыл бұрын

He's never done the Oscars. He does the Golden Globes.

He's funny and true, just realised how good he is.

Ricky’s moral compass is so high, he really cares about the so called ordinary people, I don’t like using that term ordinary as I think nobody is ordinary just people, I love the time he went online and criticised victory beckham ( posh spice ) for not paying her staff when the Covid epidemic started, claiming she couldn’t afford to pay them, but Ricky got online and ridiculed her about not pay her employees.

He's a good bloke this one.......keep on truckin' Ricky.

Comedy, the way its pose ta be. If a joke hurts your feelings or makes you laugh, it worked. Don't get insulted. Its just a joke. In life, thick skin is mandatory!!

@jeffatkins6890

3 жыл бұрын

Bang on Mark

@minners71

3 жыл бұрын

Pose ta be do you mean supposed to be? Smh

@alexandercanella4479

3 жыл бұрын

I had thick skin but then I was circumcised

@howler6490

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexandercanella4479 bit of a drawback that.

@howler6490

2 жыл бұрын

Not mandatory...very helpful however.

I never took"We Didn't Start The Fire" as a war protest song, I always took as a these times aren't any different than the past kind of song. In other words, people haven't really changed much over the eons of time.

@redrackham6812

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's mostly just recounting major events and personalities that he remembers from his life. But so what? It's still a good song and it's still a funny bit.

@SteamvilleQuintet

2 жыл бұрын

Zimmerman is okay. I guess. If you like NYC druggie music. Or is the only other thing you can get on the radio is the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing Paul Anka's 'You're Having My Baby'. Yes, they really did record that.

@hellohandsome9875

2 жыл бұрын

Never will

@porflepopnecker4376

2 жыл бұрын

I always took it as yet another crappy Billy Joel song.

@hellohandsome9875

2 жыл бұрын

@@porflepopnecker4376 ooooo, so not a Billy Joel fan then?

Ooh, look out! He's got a guitar! 😄

@davidwuhrer6704

Жыл бұрын

There is a reason why the harp is Ireland's national symbol. One of their high kings once tried to outlaw bards (highly educated professionals with extensive historical knowledge and excellent rhythm) because they had too much political influence…

Your John Lenon/Yoko Ono dig was EPIC!!!! 😆😅😅😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

Boy-George isn't the only one putting on the Pounds 😊

Just love his life observations. Always makes me laugh.

Best comedy is always close to the truth.

@undersoundproductions1915

2 жыл бұрын

Ye very close. No mention of why there was a famine in Ethiopia and who profited from selling weapons to the war. And where the live aid money went to. A sickening distraction from the truth.

@siroswaldfortitude5346

2 жыл бұрын

@@undersoundproductions1915 After Lenny Henry said Africa doesn't need any more white saviours, I can honestly say I will never donate to an African cause ever again.

"In the 80's we get a phone call.." lol

What a gift Gervais is.

This man is simply pure gold.

Always loved The Ramones shot at celebrity charity stuff - "Hands Across Your Face" from the "Something To Believe In" video.

I dont really know how RK became so good. One of the funniest guys on the planet.

@pjay3028

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I loved Roy Kinnear as well.

@Clavers1369

3 жыл бұрын

??? Raj Koothrapalli?

@pjay3028

3 жыл бұрын

Ric Kygervais??

@pjay3028

3 жыл бұрын

Rudyard Kipling, writes exceedingly good books.

@kath2934

3 жыл бұрын

@@pjay3028 😂😂😂

Not since Dave Allen .. Have I laughed this hard.

@MrDenzal27

2 жыл бұрын

Yes love Dave Allen he was comedy gold, surely missed.

@mic7536

2 жыл бұрын

I used to sit and watch Dave Allen with my dad, probably the only time we spent together when I was a teenager

@MrDenzal27

2 жыл бұрын

@@mic7536 yer i have good memories of watching him too.

@johnmcfadden9336

2 жыл бұрын

One of the best for sure

🤣😂🤣😂😘 I love Ricky. He has taken truth and turned it into laugh's

@markfox1545

3 жыл бұрын

The plural of laugh is laughs not laugh's. When were you ever taught that apostrophes play a part in plurals?

@barbarahope1934

2 жыл бұрын

@@markfox1545 Picky, picky, picky. Is that really important?

@oahuhawaii2141

Жыл бұрын

Mark, many folks have really bad grammar, and will accept the garbage that their software provides with its predictive typing algorithms and autocorrect word suggestions. I call that the results of autoINcorrect. These people think that the software is generally right, and are learning improper grammar. Each time a user accepts a grammar error, the software bumps up that statistic, reinforcing the mistake to be suggested and used again.

Try as I do to be the unashamed prosecuting counsel and anti Mr Gervais, I just cannot because he’s genius at every level. Gracious thanks Ricky. Love your work

1:26 did someone just siuuuu

1:25 Yoko was in crowd

@WakaWaka2468

3 жыл бұрын

Sounded like Ronaldo after he scores

Excellent (although I would humbly point out that 'we didn't start the fire' by Billy Joel was not a protest song. He was responding to a nephew or cousin's remarks that times were boring).

@darrenrobinson9041

2 жыл бұрын

I take that song to be a protest against the younger generation being blamed for all the problems....

@seanscanlon9067

2 жыл бұрын

@@darrenrobinson9041 Billy Joel had just turned 40 in 1989 and it was about the time of the Cold War ending and some kids around half his age were saying that it was an exciting time in history and that not much of significance had happened previously in his lifetime when he was their age. So as a mental exercise he noted down in chronological order the key events and people during the 40 years of his then lifetime. The chorus though does allude to his generation and/or the average person not starting fires though.

@ellew2202

2 жыл бұрын

I think it was a 21 year old Sean Lennon he was talking to which sort of caused Joel to write WDSTF

@seanscanlon9067

2 жыл бұрын

@@ellew2202 Sean Lennon was there but apparently it was a friend of his who was saying nothing happened in Billy's younger days.

@ellew2202

2 жыл бұрын

@@seanscanlon9067 Ohhh, righty

"Conversation w Rainman" got me

'Course...in the 80s we get a phone call mmmmphhhhh' 🤣

First tie i've seen this absolutly brilliant and True

Didn't realise how funny Ricky was,😂 alot to be said for the lockdown.

@allanchalmers9778

3 жыл бұрын

So you thought that was funny. Ain't no hope !

@brandonandtom941

3 жыл бұрын

@@allanchalmers9778 can you explain

@thierrylx

3 жыл бұрын

is he right about yoko?

@jazura2

2 жыл бұрын

@ChimneyOnADustbin That's not even a spelling or grammar mistake it's just a space missing.

@jazura2

2 жыл бұрын

@ChimneyOnADustbin You didn't say it. I did. People often mention bad grammar.grammar (I'm one of them sometimes) But someonr who forgets to add a space I would not comment on. There are worse crimes

F'n love it. Thank you Ricky for not being afraid to be honest and funny to boot. Absolute legend.

Pretty raunchy and smelly if John and Yoko didn’t get out of bed to shower for a week. Love you Ricky!

@banjopete

3 жыл бұрын

Mmmmmmmm,

@warpedone3711

3 жыл бұрын

they just order some crackers for the cheese

@aubreyheartburn

2 жыл бұрын

Put me right off my bacon butty 🤢

@vladtepes97

2 жыл бұрын

Actually, they did have to get up each day for housekeeping to change the bed linen.

@handlesarefeckinstupid

2 жыл бұрын

What was even better was the fact they got up while a maid cleaned and they had chefs bring them food. Champagne socialists annoy me.

Ricky your a breath of fresh air, the best comedian ever 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

@alibobsmarland9572

2 жыл бұрын

Spot on. Funniest comedian going.

@chrisparker3331

2 жыл бұрын

@Wulfric Beat me to it.

Ricky Gervais is one of the best things ever to have happened to comedy....He walks a line, a fine line, and ends up being utterly, brilliantly and hilariously relentless.

Not the most responsive audience in the world, but he keeps working them. 👍

No one is sacred. Absolutely nothing is sacred. A true comedian. He’s a modern George Carlin

@Debagio

2 жыл бұрын

He really isn't.

@Matt-jw2yo

2 жыл бұрын

No he fucking isn't

@deniszubovic7516

2 жыл бұрын

He is not George Carlin but his opening monologue at Golden Globes in 2020 is new watermark in comedy. Ricky Gervais may never be able to deliver anything as sharp again but in those 8 minutes of brilliance, he was the best comedian ever.

@Matt-jw2yo

2 жыл бұрын

@@deniszubovic7516 have you ever listened to other comedians? Gervais is a decent stand up but your bar seems extremely low

@deniszubovic7516

2 жыл бұрын

@@Matt-jw2yo Maybe ... Not sure about you but when I run into something good, I use hyperbole to describe it. For me flavors of the moment are Bill Burr and, to a degree, Dave Chappelle but at some point in time I thought these guys were the best: CK Lewis, Norm McDonald, Mitch Hedberg (RIP) .. It constantly changes. Also, comedian can have a really high peak but not enough body of work to be considered great. I can go on and on but you get my point.

True genius of comedy we need!!😂😂😂😂

@annlonsdale9396

2 жыл бұрын

anyone whievdiesnt us insane

Love this bloke

Shipbuilding by Elvis Costello...best protest song ever

@marcdaniels9079

3 жыл бұрын

Other candidates: War - Edwin Star Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen This Land is Your Land - Woody Guthrie Keep on Rockin in the Free World - Neil Young Etc etc etc

@chewyduck1355

2 жыл бұрын

What's so funny 'bout peace love and understanding.

@davebowman6497

2 жыл бұрын

More candidates: Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival Feel Like Im Fixing To Die Rag - Country Joe Yours Is No Disgrace - Yes

Authentic humour at its best 👍

When I stay in bed watching tele all morning my girlfriend doesn’t understand when I say it’s my protest against world poverty

That Yoko joke was perfect 🤣

Started to watch/follow Ricky, only just realising how good/funny he is. Thank goodness for previous you tube stuff.

The guys a Genius

Love his humour

Love you Rick. Your a true old school Liberal. The kind I loved to debate, have discussions with and laugh at each other because both listened, learned and fond workable solutions.

In the eighties we get a phone call lol

@dcarbs2979

2 жыл бұрын

Where did Africa get their phone from? I thought they were broke then!

Brilliant stuff Ricky Comedy at its best

I love this man keep it up mate

I love this man 🤣🤣

The bloke says what we think, he's a genius

Love him , says it as he sees it

Brilliant and spot on👌🤣🤣

I remember the drought of 1976. There was only one area in the country that had enough water - East Anglia, the area with the lowest rainfall in Britain. They were made to comply with the hosepipe ban even though they had more than enough water. Their terrible crime was being a private instead of state-run water company.

@mary-annebarnett654

3 жыл бұрын

That was the Cambridge Water Company. The rest of East Anglia suffered along with everyone else.

@roadie3124

3 жыл бұрын

@@mary-annebarnett654 Could be. It was a long time ago.

@Gambit771

3 жыл бұрын

Ah do I detect the classic inaccurate undertow that faceless money grabbing corporations always do things better and cheaper than governments within your comment. 😂

@roadie3124

2 жыл бұрын

@Jim Rolfe Oh Lord. I remember that. Good thing I had lots of booze at home.

@ThePostalGril

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gambit771 well they do actually, as they have to compete for customers (lowest price for highest quality), and aren't tied down by inefficient bureaucracy of government

1:25 A guy seriously booed at this lmao

conversation with rain man, was great

Brilliant as usual...😄

Every time the audience laughs the subtitles say "music".

@user-zg3gh8xg9v

2 жыл бұрын

That's because the audience's laughter is sweet music to the comediant's ear.

Brilliant love ricky

He's hilarious about these things and also truthful

Excellent

Funniest comedian going. Brilliant.

Genius at work

We had a hosepipe ban in Reading .... Brilliant🤣

He forgot to mention that the Bed-In happened in the bloody Penthouse of the Hilton Hotel, but it was all about "poor people"...African Independent movements ended in the late 1970s.

@mogznwaz

2 жыл бұрын

They didn't all start and end at the same time you know.

@Codex7777

2 жыл бұрын

He was talking about British colonies in Africa. All of whom achieved independent statehood in the 50s and 60s. The only one that wasn't recognised by Britain was Rhodesia but it was definitely independent of Britain.

@abw48

2 жыл бұрын

@@Codex7777 : Every single British Colony in the whole of Africa gain their Independence by the end of the 1970s, though its started late 1950s, pick up steam in the 1960s. Rhodesia was NOT Independent of Britain, until Mugabe took over and destroyed the country. I lived in Kenya, South Africa and Rhodesia throughout the 1970s.... Tell me about it mate.

@davidwuhrer6704

Жыл бұрын

Wasn't the bed-in (which Ricky mistakenly calls the "sleep-in") in protest of war, particularly the Vietnam war? Which has nothing to do with the former Empire, her colonies, Africa, or independence movements?

@abw48

Жыл бұрын

@@davidwuhrer6704 :You are 100% correct.

Ricky it's just so real 💗

Ricky's ready to play some American football after the show with those shoulderpads.

Crispy Duck😂

Soooo true esp the Africa bit.

My mother took her dream vacation to England in 1976. Couldn't believe how brown everything was. No air conditioning in her hotel. She sweltered.

@jackmason4374

3 жыл бұрын

I remember 76 never been that hot since !

@houghton841

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, we all remember that summer, an absolute anomaly which will always stick in our minds. Water was rationed, the only time I can remember that happening.

@icdgyixifyinstereo

2 жыл бұрын

That is global warming! Oh....wait a minute...

@icdgyixifyinstereo

2 жыл бұрын

@HappyAs Larry I am making as much noise as you are, no?

@seanscanlon9067

2 жыл бұрын

@@jackmason4374 It has and has even been hotter but it just seems everyone old enough to, remembers 1976 especially.

Genius.

Love him 😊

I think you should teach history. You are awesome!

refreshing. And not a single minority was injured during this routine. Amazing!

He reminds me of "The Executive Transvestite"...both these comedians are terrific.

Brilliant 🤣👏

Ricky's awesome

He is brilliant

OMG, love him.

Brilliant 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Bilie Joel's wasn't a protest song. But the rest was better than good, it was excellent!

@BrownGaijin

3 жыл бұрын

I honestly thought the song was Billy Joel's answer to Don McLean's American Pie. And then I found out it was because some 21 year old told him nothing happened in the fifties, and then Billy started making a list.

@paulaleiter8896

2 жыл бұрын

You’re absolutely right.

Genius!!!!!!

Love the Ricky! 💜

Buffalo Springfield, For what it's worth...