For anyone who has not heard or seen of the HBO animated Ricky Gervais Show, hi welcome to Coolville, population: you. The great news is that The Ricky Gervais Show has been granted a second series on HBO. The first run of the animation, created by Gervais, Stephen Merchant and their friend and producer Karl Pilkington first aired on the network in February. It’s an animation based on their world recording selling audio podcast, which I am listening to as you read. Jump for a clip.“With this second series we would have already done as many episodes as The Office and Extras put together,” said Gervais. “This can run and run as long as Karl remains a global village idiot,” he added.
How cheap must this show be to produce with old audio, no live actors and few animators; money for old rope indeed. They are also working on other projects (no longer resting on their laurels); Gervais and Merchant’s first film collaboration, Cemetery Junction, will be released in the UK on April 14th.
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