Posts Tagged ‘the office’
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
In yet another hilarious promo for Life’s Too Short, Ricky Gervais manages to get Warwick Davis to dress up as a Muppet. This was after he and Johnny Depp had him in a toilet [see]. No word yet on the premier date, according to his blog Ricky is in the editing room now and recently finished episode 2. With this coming later this year, An Idiot Abroad 2 and The Ricky Gervais Show season 3 you can look forward to a few months of CityofRicky.com amirite?
Watch the clip below and check out all our Life’s Too Short news here:
(more…)
Tags: extras, life's too short, promo, ricky gervais, stephen merchant, the office, trailer, warwick davis
Posted in Reel News, Trailers | Comments Off
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
I really hope people keep in mind when watching these promos and trailers for Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s upcoming comedy Life’s Too Short, that it’s just that…comedy. I’ve seen comments on others sites saying that Ricky is mean for what he says and does to Warwick Davis – who is a 41 year old man who helped create and stars in the show. I think he’s in on it if you ask me. The Internet kids, when will they learn? [see Ricky Gervais with Elmo and Warwick Davis]
Life’s Too Short created and written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, and is described by Gervais as being about “the life of a showbiz dwarf”, with Warwick Davis playing a fictionalised version of himself. How can it get better than that?
Life’s Too Short – GQ Exclusive Promo with BONUS video of Ricky fighting Warwick (do you think it was real?)
(more…)
Tags: bbc, extras, GQ, life's too short, promo, ricky gervais, stephen merchant, the office, trailer, warwick davis
Posted in Reel News, Trailers, TV | Comments Off
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
Ricky Gervais has said that The Simpsons is the best TV show of all time, a sediment I’d have to agree with. It didn’t take long for Matt Groening to extend an invitation to Gervais after many of the creators and writers found they shared a love for The Office – saying: “Everybody on The Simpsons is a fan of The Office – it’s one of the best shows on TV in the last decade.”
Ricky Gervais went on to write and star in The Simpsons episode “Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife” voicing the character Charles Heathbar [see video below]. He guest starred as himself in the Season 22 episode “Angry Dad – The Movie“. A 2008 article [here], Entertainment Weekly named Gervais one of the sixteen best Simpsons guest stars.
Before the episode air, Gervais did an interview with Entertainment Weekly, where he picks his favorite episodes! The man knows his stuff:
(more…)
Tags: angry dad the movie, homer simpsons this is your wife, matt groening, ricky gervais, the office, the simpsons
Posted in Reel News, TV | Comments Off
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
The TV event of the year for me is the upcoming BBC2/HBO television series Life’s Too Short created and written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, and is described by Gervais as being about “the life of a showbiz dwarf”, with Warwick Davis playing a fictionalised version of himself. How can it get better than that?
Gervais has told reporters: “I’d been thinking about doing something with a midget since seeing The Wizard of Oz again a few years ago. Then we met Warwick during Extras. The real Warwick tells us these great stories. They’re comedy gold.” Stephen Merchant commented of Davis that “he helped create the idea and came to us with the story.” [see Ricky Gervais with Elmo and Warwick Davis]
Gervais described it as “A cross between Extras and Curb your Enthusiasm and One Foot in the Grave but with a dwarf. That is out and out funny.”
Warwick is playing a twisted version of himself. He’s quite conceited and arrogant and manipulative. And he runs a [small person] talent agency, which he does in real life. Davis said that his character is egotistical and suffers from small man syndrome, while Gervais said of the character “he refuses to live his life as a disabled person. We’re making him empowered but also give him these foibles”.
(more…)
Tags: bbc, extras, life's too short, ricky gervais, stephen merchant, the office, trailer, warwick davis
Posted in Reel News, Trailers, TV | Comments Off
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
Ricky Gervais and Will Arnett have been confirmed to appear in the season finale of The Office. Gervais made a cameo earlier this year as the UK version’s David Brent which you can watch below.
Steve Carell will leave his role as Dunder Mifflin boss Michael Scott at the end of the season. There is speculation of who might replace Carell, Gervais actually brought the idea of Arnett taking over the role to NBC, so I wonder if this appearance by Arnett is for keeps.
“Had a little meeting with NBC about various things and recommended Will Arnett for a regular in The Office. Thoughts? I think he’s amazing” he said.
The Office season finale will air on May 19 at 9pm on NBC. (more…)
Tags: ricky gervais, the office, will arnett
Posted in Reel News, TV | Comments Off
Friday, January 28th, 2011
Holy crossover Batman! Last week we mentioned [here] how Ricky Gervais secretly filmed a cameo appearance for The Office (US). The clip is below, short and sweet. A goodbye to Steve Carell who will be leaving the show soon.
Tags: david brent, reel, ricky gervais, the office
Posted in Reel News, TV | Comments Off
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
If you want the rainbow, you've gotta put up with the rain - do you know which philosopher said that? Dolly Parton. And people say she's just a big pair of tits.
Ricky Gervais is pretty popular this week, fresh off his fantastic job at the Golden Globes (see all his work here) we now have news that Ricky will have a cameo on The Office as David Brent. Ricky of course created The Office, one of the best TV series of all time which was later adopted by the U.S. with Steve Carell starring.
I haven’t seen a lot of the Carell version but I can guarantee I’ll be watching it for this. Vulture has learned that Ricky Gervais shot a top-secret cameo back in September that will appear in the cold open of the January 27 episode of the NBC series. “It’s a little more than if you blink, you’ll miss it, but if you don’t set your TiVo right, you’ll miss it,” says Office show-runner Paul Lieberstein. “It’s outside of the office, and it’s just the two of them interacting,” he says. “It’s just a llittle nod to Steve and his final year.” To help maintain the cone of silence, Lieberstein adds, “We didn’t even tell NBC at first. So [Ricky] worked for free. But don’t print that — it might get him in trouble with the INS.” (more…)
Tags: ricky gervais, the office
Posted in Reel News, TV | Comments Off
THE RICKY GERVAIS SHOW
The Ricky Gervais Show audiobooks have been developed into an animated TV series, which premiered on February 19, 2010, on HBO. The Animated Podcast of The Ricky Gervais Show is an animated version of the popular podcasts of the same name. It features real audio from conversations between Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, and Karl Pilkington from the first series of podcasts which were released starting in December of 2005. A lot of people were expecting new material (for some reason) but as advertising and Ricky’s Blog indicated, it was money for old rope, as they put the old audio on top of new animation. It is very funny and the animation in my view adds a new layer to the hilarity. (more…)
Tags: extras, life's too short, ricky gervais, stephen merchant, the office, the ricky gervais show, warwick davis
Posted in Reel News, TV | Comments Off
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
"Shoot."
History will show that I once worked at a video store, turning that gig into this one was not much of a stretch. Whilst working there I met many good people who showed me alternatives to renting Red Shoe Diary episodes each week. So came my encounter with The Office (UK). That is probably the beginning of the whole obsessed appreciation of Ricky Gervais, and the best place to start if you’re wondering. (more…)
Tags: bbc, extras, ricky gervais, stephen merchant, the office
Posted in Reel News, TV | Comments Off
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
What else can be said about
THE OFFICE that hasn’t already been said about Fudge Sundaes? Here is a little clip of what’s to come with
A Night at The Office Sunday August 30 on BBC2. Also another toss in; a
very funny video Ricky and Steve filmed about the upcoming retrospective. Are you watching Steve Carell? It’s called comedy. Stop screaming in every one of your movies already. OK I’m done.
Tags: ricky gervais, the office
Posted in Reel News, TV | Comments Off
