I still can't believe he is repeating the same material from the last series of 11OCS. Mind you, the quiz game based on Every Second Counts (I said 'counts') shows just how much mileage you can get out of a copy of the Viz book 'Roger's Profanisaurus' -yes, you too can read out euphemisms for 'cock, tit, fanny' to your heart's content. Now it's online at www.viz.co.uk, Gervais hasn't even had to cough up the money to buy the book!

Much funnier than 11OCS though but I'm very very frightened to think the people producing the end theme tunes might be real.

Can't believe that he didn't rip into that zenophobic, homophobic, Tory-worshipping git.
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Yes, why didn't Paul Daniels have a go at Ricky Gervais?


F/X: SYMBOL CRASH

I thangyew!

>Much funnier than 11OCS though but I'm very very frightened to think the people producing the end theme tunes might be real.


I too have a sinking feeling in my heart that they may be real people.... eeeeek!

I just hope Ricky Gervais isn't real.

I didn't see the Paul Daniels interview. Any good moments you can remember?

The bit when I turned the telly off and indulged in some hearty self abuse instead of simply watching a load of toss on TV.

>The bit when I turned the telly off and indulged in some hearty self abuse instead of simply watching a load of toss on TV.

Way too much information thank you!

>>The bit when I turned the telly off and indulged in some hearty self abuse instead of simply watching a load of toss on TV.
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>Way too much information thank you!
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Just make sure you don't get invited round to his place when next week's show is on!

A lousy show, presented by an instantly dislikable person. C4 can't make up their minds as to whether or not it is contreversial chat show, comedy chat show, or just a comedy show, when of course, it is none of those, just bloody awful.

I saw a bit of last week's (or was it the week before?) show, where he was talking to some news-reader woman. I remember him saying that WW2 "had the best ending for any war", and asking her what her favourite war was. "Evelyn" she replied.

Oh dear.

There was also a short VT, about a man in a suit hiding in a cupboard whilst Gervais and a friend changed to play squash. That made no sense to me whatsoever. Does anyone know what it was supposed to be about?

I think the idea is that behind the scenes Mr Gervais is being sexually exploited by the producers of his show.

Funny, no?













[no]

I only saw the first few and there was a 'behind the scenes' sketch involving someone who seemed (to me) to be loosely based on 11oCS Producer turned C4 commissioning editor turned E4 head, Andrew Newman.

But maybe this isn't the case as so few people outside of C4 would know who he is. But the dialogue between him and Gervais about 'tell me what the Producer told you to do' and the fact he's supposed to be representative of Channel Four makes me think they must have had Newman in mind.

He too is a short bloke in glasses who wears big suits. He had to defend The 11oCS on Right to Reply...

>...the dialogue between him and Gervais about 'tell me what the Producer told you to do'...

By which I mean that character isn't supposed to be the Producer.

If that makes sense.

So he's doing routines making fun of what his producer says to him?

Ronnie Corbett should sue.

Andrew Newman also managed to ride on the coat-tails of Brass Eye - he was "Specialist Researcher". Lest we forget though, just because he worked on Brass Eye doesn't mean he knows any more than we do about comedy.

After all, the following year, he produced a Christ-awful tribute to Yoof-TV on BBC2 which, aside from a few astute comments from Adam & Joe, had no redeeming features whatsoever. Including Danny Baker's annoying narration (much as it pains me to say so).