#249

after life was TERRIBLE

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#250

a show designed to make people cry so Ricky Gervais could pretend to people that he has feelings. so bad

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#251

that’s true. he said that, not my imterpretations

#252

Liz from Darkplace isn’t it. Pops in lots of stuff

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#253

genuinely think peter kay is great

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#254

Me and my whole family used to love his first 2 stand up DVDs and watched them over and over. I bet they’re still quite funny.

He did seem to just give up after that though. My mum bought me the 3rd DVD which was just the same set as the second one in a much bigger room

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#255

Ah, of course. Public Ricky Gervais is an arse though, so he would say that.

Still thought it was really well done. Maybe struck more of a chord with me as we’re going though something similar.

#256

Probs kinda obvious but this is really great too!:

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#257

if I voted I would have for him because the XFM radio shows, The Office and Cemetery Junction are all 10/10

Everything he has done since Life’s Too Short has been actively hateful

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#258

Garlic thread

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#259

Really enjoying how irked people have been by the Irish entries so far

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#260

I think Peter Kay is really underrated, just by dint of the fact he’s incredibly popular.

People shit on “observational” humour because iTs JuSt NoTiCiNg tHiNgs but that’s such a dismissive cop out. Yes, we can all remember stuff, but that’s not just what Kay does, he hones this perfect little vignettes that are completely recognisable, and his use of character is incredible.

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#261

@FontaineYouGotaSon coulda got him higher

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#262

Never heard of this but want to watch it now.

#263

Worth posting this anyway though

“Peter, why are you reminding people of these things??”

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#264

He’s an absolute genius. Operating on a different plane. If anything I’d say the Viper’s View programme doesn’t play to his strengths. The videogame playthroughs he does in character on his Youtube, absurdist, wtf humour at its best, this sequence for example

It’s almost 6 o’clock!

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#265

Hmmm

#266

I did love it all, back when he first did it on the Sunday Show in the 90s, but if you were to compare his output to other comedians over that period, it’s tiny. Maybe there’s a quality over quantity argument :slight_smile:

He’s just too old-school: needs his name in the title of every show, despite usually working with others (Phoenix Nights being a great example) and thinks nothing’s wrong with touring the same show for 10 years. Certainly that’s how comedians did it in the 70s, but I’m amazed his audiences keep coming back time and again.

#267

I really like Peter Kay.

At the risk of being a bit regionalist, I think he resonates particularly well with people from the north west of England, especially what I’ll call ‘Granadaland’. Several southern / posh people I know just don’t get him, in a way that I can’t just attribute to age, which is often the biggest determinant in what you find funny.

The first series of Car Share is absolutely outstanding. That and Detectorists are the two best ‘sitcoms’ of the last 20 years.

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#268

sorry, 11/10*