Man of Honour
Agreed, can't think anyone could watch that nonsense. We got 5 mins in and I said to our lass 'this is like Ricky Gervais'. She confirmed he'd written it. I turned it off.
Doesn't compute.
Life's Too Short: New Ricky Gervais sitcom
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Agreed, can't think anyone could watch that nonsense. We got 5 mins in and I said to our lass 'this is like Ricky Gervais'. She confirmed he'd written it. I turned it off.
Doesn't compute.
Caporegime
Liam neeson bit was randomly good lol, i love a good AIDS joke.
Soldato
Watched 10 mins and didn't like it. As others have said it was David Brent in shorter form. Such a shame as it could have been really good. As much as I'm not a fan of Gervaise the actor, his, and Merchants, writing is usually very good.
Man of Honour
I love Gervais
Associate
The funniest moment for me was the very end with Warwick stuck in the door.
The awkward comedy had dwindled in quality with every incarnation of Rickys sitcoms. Office was amazingly fresh. This just felt forced with Merch and Gervais appearing for the sake of it with their celebrity friends. Can we just focus on Warwick please
The awkward comedy had dwindled in quality with every incarnation of Rickys sitcoms. Office was amazingly fresh. This just felt forced with Merch and Gervais appearing for the sake of it with their celebrity friends. Can we just focus on Warwick please
Associate
+1
I loved Extras and The Office, but with this I felt like I'd seen it all before. He is a carbon copy of David Brent.
Man of Honour
Having just caught this on iPlayer I agree.
It was funny in parts, the Neeson bit was funny but also pointless and random. could have been much better.
Soldato
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Just finally got round to watch first episode.. I didn't like it. He's just trying to be Ricky Gervais, and it's not funny at all :/
I love Ricky, but not when someones trying to be him
I love Ricky, but not when someones trying to be him
Soldato
Funniest line. Gervais: "You ARE always popping round yeah, I thought we'd made the buzzer high enough..." 
Rest was a letdown sadly, but I'll still watch the series just for Gervais and Merchant. I don't know if anyone else here feels the same way, and I hope this doesn't come across the wrong way, but if someone has a form of disability, in this case warwick davis being a dwarf, I don't find them funny, and that's simply because they are disabled. I don't really know why. Psychological I guess.
Rest was a letdown sadly, but I'll still watch the series just for Gervais and Merchant. I don't know if anyone else here feels the same way, and I hope this doesn't come across the wrong way, but if someone has a form of disability, in this case warwick davis being a dwarf, I don't find them funny, and that's simply because they are disabled. I don't really know why. Psychological I guess.
Soldato
really didn't like the 1st episode, but will give it a chance with maybe another 1 or 2 episodes
The Warwick in the documentary (vain, self centered) would always go on about Willow - how many people can say that George Lucus wrote a movie just for them?
And it was a cracking movie.
Watched the first episode last night and loved parts of it, particularly the Liam Neeson scene. Hopefully the parts with just Warwick will pick up.
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Same, saw the first episode last night.
Some great bits, particuarly the Neeson cameo. Very good indeed!
Very office/brent, hopefully this doesnt become the staple as I think it has some really good potential.
Will keep watching for the mo...
Some great bits, particuarly the Neeson cameo. Very good indeed!
Very office/brent, hopefully this doesnt become the staple as I think it has some really good potential.
Will keep watching for the mo...
Soldato
The part with Liam Neeson was simply incredible, I laughed so much it hurt and I went back to rewatch the scene a load more times. Brilliant writing and comedic acting.
I'm finding it hit and miss, but the second episode was more hit. Johnny Depp was incredible ('do the noise again!') and the interview for the local news very funny indeed.
It's testament to Depp's skill as a character actor that when they started dissing Pirates of the Caribbean I suddenly thought 'Holy ***. Yeah, he's Jack Sparrow isn't he?'. One of the only actors where I remember the characters better than the actor him/herself.
It's testament to Depp's skill as a character actor that when they started dissing Pirates of the Caribbean I suddenly thought 'Holy ***. Yeah, he's Jack Sparrow isn't he?'. One of the only actors where I remember the characters better than the actor him/herself.