Review: Ricky Gervais: Out of England -- The Stand-Up Special (HBO November 15th 9pm) - Canadian TV, Computing and Home Theatre Forums

james99 · 2008-11-14, 08:39 PM

Ricky Gervais may be the funniest storyteller we have.

Just don't make the mistake of thinking even half of his stories are true, or you're bound to be offended.

james99 · 2008-11-16, 11:15 AM

Pretty funny. Never knew he did standup. Not sure why it wasn't on HBO Canada.

Lazaruscomeout · 2008-11-16, 09:42 PM

Gervais is a very funny man. You just need to "understand" his humor, or risk being offended.

He actually did a couple of stand-up DVDs in England before this American version. One was called Politics and the other was called Animals. Both were absolutely brilliant IMHO. I would assume there is a fair amount of duplicate material based on the review.

Have you seen his series called Extras? Again, very funny.

james99 · 2008-11-16, 09:48 PM

I watched both short seaso of Extras. Great show plus the special was good.

thefly · 2008-11-17, 11:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by james99

Pretty funny. Never knew he did standup. Not sure why it wasn't on HBO Canada.

It is set to air on HBO Canada on December 6. Not sure why it didn't air at the same time.

Michael R. · 2008-11-18, 09:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by james99

I watched both short seaso of Extras. Great show plus the special was good.

I found that I did not like Extras. Although some of the cameos were neat, the priniciple characters reminded me of the worst of the Seinfeld episodes; people so self-centered that they would do any ludicrous thing, and hurt anyone else, to have things go as they wanted. I don't find that funny.

tvman · 2008-11-26, 12:27 AM

i take it your more of a news person, lol.

james99 · 2008-12-09, 03:46 PM

This is now on HBO Canada.

hockeymancw · 2008-12-09, 04:48 PM

Caught this one over the weekend. He was funnier than I though he would be. Good performance.

Richard Travale · 2008-12-09, 07:27 PM

This was funny as hell. Definitely a few moments where I was taken aback. I loved the Anne Frank bit.

Lindsay649 · 2008-12-10, 03:51 PM

Watched it today and thought the first half hour was funny but not sure about the gay handbook routine as appropriate for early afternoon viewing in this part of the country. I did exercise my censorship powers and switched channels.

cmurray · 2008-12-16, 10:32 AM

We taped it and watched it in the evening just so we wouldn't be offended.
He is an amazing comic, talented at pointing out idiotic behaviour.

james99 · 2010-12-17, 07:05 PM

Out of England 2 is not available on HBO Canada this weekend.

2008-11-14, 08:39 PM	#1
james99 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burlington Posts: 24,791	Review: Ricky Gervais: Out of England -- The Stand-Up Special (HBO November 15th 9pm) Ricky Gervais may be the funniest storyteller we have. Just don't make the mistake of thinking even half of his stories are true, or you're bound to be offended.

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2008-11-16, 11:15 AM	#2
james99 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burlington Posts: 24,791	Pretty funny. Never knew he did standup. Not sure why it wasn't on HBO Canada.

2008-11-16, 09:42 PM	#3
Lazaruscomeout Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 84	Gervais is a very funny man. You just need to "understand" his humor, or risk being offended. He actually did a couple of stand-up DVDs in England before this American version. One was called Politics and the other was called Animals. Both were absolutely brilliant IMHO. I would assume there is a fair amount of duplicate material based on the review. Have you seen his series called Extras? Again, very funny.

2008-11-16, 09:48 PM	#4
james99 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burlington Posts: 24,791	I watched both short seaso of Extras. Great show plus the special was good.

2008-11-26, 12:27 AM	#7
tvman Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: saskatchewan Posts: 305	i take it your more of a news person, lol.

2008-12-09, 03:46 PM	#8
james99 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burlington Posts: 24,791	This is now on HBO Canada.

2008-12-09, 04:48 PM	#9
hockeymancw Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Calgary Posts: 937	Caught this one over the weekend. He was funnier than I though he would be. Good performance.

2008-12-09, 07:27 PM	#10
Richard Travale Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vancouver Island. Shaw cable.Sony 46V2500,DCT6416(w/TB Xpndr), PS3, Denon AVR2807, Paradigm spkrs. Posts: 777	This was funny as hell. Definitely a few moments where I was taken aback. I loved the Anne Frank bit.

2008-12-10, 03:51 PM	#11
Lindsay649 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Woodstock, Ontario Posts: 1,069	Watched it today and thought the first half hour was funny but not sure about the gay handbook routine as appropriate for early afternoon viewing in this part of the country. I did exercise my censorship powers and switched channels.

2008-12-16, 10:32 AM	#12
cmurray Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 373	We taped it and watched it in the evening just so we wouldn't be offended. He is an amazing comic, talented at pointing out idiotic behaviour.

2010-12-17, 07:05 PM	#13
james99 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burlington Posts: 24,791	Out of England 2 is not available on HBO Canada this weekend.