Chimpanzee that: Ricky Gervais & Co. podcast/radio show
Every so often I discover something that I fancy something fierce. This may not be groundbreaking, but Ricky Gervais (ye of The Office UK fame) tickles my proverbial funny bone. (You know, from that old proverb about the funny bone being the way to a man’s heart and the window to his soul. I may have confused/invented that.) I just started downloading podcasts of the Ricky Gervais show a few weeks ago, halfway through its 12-episode run on Guardian UK, and it’s effin’ brilliant. Brilliant in its simplicity and laugh-out-loudness (don’t even think about shortening that to LOLness). Maybe not so brilliant: the use of the word brilliant as a catch-all exclamation is damn near infectious.
The show actually centers around Ricky’s friend, and ex-producer, Karl Pilkington, with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant mercilessly making fun of Karl for a half hour at a time. That’s pretty much it. Detractors would probably label it as mean-spirited, mindless drivel, with the added annoyance of Ricky Gervais’s hyena-like cackling, but for me it falls under the category of “things I cannot get enough of.” Subtitled, things for which I’m willing to forgo common English grammar and end sentences with a proposition. Unfortunately, the second run of the podcast won’t be a freebie, but thanks to the unnatural wonders of the Internet, you can find tons of older stuff, including the entire first run. I’ve done you a solid by compiling some links after the jump.
The official Ricky Gervais website
Fansite hosting episodes 1-12 (the entire run of the first series) of the Ricky Gervais podcast
Archives from Ricky & Steve’s older Xfm London radio show
Ricky’s new pay-per-listen home at Audible
