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Wondering how Office/Extras creator Ricky Gervais, one of the comedy world's most brilliant actor-writer-directors, will translate his genius to the stage in his first HBO stand-up special, Out of England? We have part of the answer: penis jokes. But perfectly articulated, self-deprecatingly hilarious penis jokes, mind you - the kind David Brent might appreciate but Michael Scott would find too erudite. Yes, Ricky's a real pisser in person, as you can see in this exclusive video from his upcoming appearance on Bravo's Inside the Actors Studio, which contains almost-verbatim excerpts from his live act. (Hey, if you wrote jokes as well as he does, you'd recycle your material, too.) And incidentally, check out how host James Lipton almost steals the bit with his own improv. Where's his HBO special?
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Gervais mentioned on Conan that he didn't know how Lipton got the information about this anecdote, and then launched into the same story. Meanwhile, it's part of his stand-up act. I adore Gervais, but anyone who has seen his stand-up in the last two years (his NYC shows in '07 & '08 were nearly identical) would know this story. It doesn't make it any less funny, but I guess I'm too much of a fan. I see him whenever I can and think he's spreading himself too thin. Time for some new material.
"as you can see in this exclusive video from his upcoming appearance on Bravo's Inside the Actors Studio"
What exclusive video? Where is it?
Oh, never mind... network settings at work are blocking the embedded object. :(
Well put, sir, well put. I'll ctearilny make note of that.