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Post by kostgard on Jun 13, 2011 16:57:20 GMT -4
I truly believe he found Monkey News on the internet and took items verbatim as truth. I blame "An Idiot Abroad" for making me get the highest available package on Dish because that was the only one that had the Science channel (shaking fist at Gervais!). Okay, thanks! I figured he got them somewhere, but they seemed to follow a pattern, so I wondered if he was making them up. But there seems to a lot of stuff where he (and his mother) reads UFO and ghost magazines/stories, so he probably reads - and believes - all sorts of crap on the internet. |
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danadel
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Post by danadel on Jun 13, 2011 18:41:03 GMT -4
I have listened to the free itunes podcasts. The monkey news about the fire and the firemen not having a long enough ladder so they get the monkey to go save the people- no way that wasn't made up as he went along... right?
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Post by kostgard on Jun 13, 2011 20:35:57 GMT -4
I think maybe he doesn't pay a great deal of attention to the stories, and then fills in the gaps with his imagination. Like when Stephen and Ricky were ragging on him for the story about a Greek philosopher who died when a bird dropped an egg on his head. There was a Greek playwright who died when a bird dropped a turtle on his head (to crack his shell open so he can eat him - the turtle lived, by the way). But Karl probably didn't pay attention to the details and came up with an egg. Like one of my favorites - when Karl went to a professional leg rubber and told him he was stressed out and couldn't sleep. So the "leg rubber" told him to close his eyes, relax, and focus on his toes. And Karl was completely confounded because he couldn't figure out how to relax and stare at his toes with his eye closes. There is a relaxation technique where you concentrate (mentally, not staring at them) on relaxing your toes, then you work your way up your legs, concentrating on relaxing the muscles, and (in theory) by the time you get to your head you are asleep. I'm willing to bet Karl wasn't paying attention and his twisted brain immediately began to wonder how he was supposed to stare at something with his eyes closed. |
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Post by pathtaken on May 24, 2022 20:19:16 GMT -4
Has anyone watched his new special on Netflix yet? Was he making jokes about transwomen? |
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cremetangerine82
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Post by cremetangerine82 on May 25, 2022 8:00:11 GMT -4
Has anyone watched his new special on Netflix yet? Was he making jokes about transwomen? This is not surprising at all. As much as I loved the British The Office, I couldn’t get into Gervais. Now, I’m glad I wasn’t a fan. In addition, can’t these jokes be funny and original? It’s the same shit: trans women aren’t women, their genitalia is weird, etc. |
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Post by tiggertoo on May 25, 2022 8:24:54 GMT -4
How could you love The Office if you didn’t like Gervais? Main character, writer/creator. Anyway, it’s your opinion, so perfectly valid, of course!
I love Ricky Gervais. After Life is his best work yet. I had tickets to see him in Toronto, but the show was cancelled due to Covid travel restrictions. I will definitely watch the new show. And then see how I feel about his jokes.
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Millis
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Post by Millis on May 25, 2022 8:44:14 GMT -4
Ugh, I love Ricky Gervais as well, but seriously, how hard is it to NOT write jokes punching down? At this point it just feels deliberate, as if he's jealous of all the attention Dave Chapelle is getting and felt like he needed to get on board with that.
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groovethang
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Post by groovethang on May 25, 2022 8:52:23 GMT -4
Ugh, I love Ricky Gervais as well, but seriously, how hard is it to NOT write jokes punching down? At this point it just feels deliberate, as if he's jealous of all the attention Dave Chapelle is getting and felt like he needed to get on board with that. Seriously. Not funny OR clever. You know who makes stupid jokes about identifying as X? Dumb kids who think they’re being funny. They’re not. |
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Post by Lwaxana on May 25, 2022 11:30:09 GMT -4
These aren't jokes about transwomen they're just jokes about women. For literally all of history men have made jokes about our vaginas, our smells, our looks, our roles, you name it. I know it's a shocker, but once you identify as a woman having a penis no longer protects you from being treated like a second class citizen. So let's just call this what it is, misogyny pure and simple.
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royalwave
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Post by royalwave on May 25, 2022 11:45:45 GMT -4
I watched it to see what the fuss was about. Didn't find it very funny myself. A lot of the premise was about how reactions to comedy have changed/cancel culture and all the things you can't say any longer, and some of the trans women jokes were sort of examples of that.
Anyway, there are certain categories of jokes that seem like they are being done to death and I don't tend to find amusing anymore. Pandemic jokes fall into this category, crude sexual humor/commentary on vaginas (I thought Ali Wong's latest special was terrible, and usually I think she's hilarious), and gay and trans jokes. I'm personally ready for comics to move on from these topics.
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