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Gervais returns to XFM
by DiS News
Posted: 13 May '05, 14:42
Fans of decent radio rejoice! Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant are returning to the airwaves to host their Saturday afternoon show once again on Xfm.Gervais and Merchant will be returning to on Saturday May 28 alongside their producer turned sidekick Karl ‘The K Man’ Pilkington for a six week run.
During their two year run on Xfm, Ricky, Steve and Karl managed to put to rights all the major issues of the day including why you never see an old man eating a Twix, debating the point of Y-Fronts, and of course all the latest Monkey News™.
To listen to their previous shows (genuinely worth doing) click here.
And of course, it's not just a London thing. As well as Xfm being available on 104.9 in London across the, you can also hear it on Sky Digital 864, NTL 891, Telewest, HomeChoice, on DAB digital radio and www.xfm.co.uk.
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God this day couldnt get better could it?
Sorry but they are not funny whatsoever - can people not yet see that!-
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because obviously, your sense of humour is the only sense of humour in the world.
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how do you click there? -
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Look I cant like everything I'm 'meant' to like - I can deviate from the pack if that's ok - I think Gervais is overrated- is that ok, Dick Cheney?-
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tee hee hee.
"i'm just so fuckin different MAAAAN. Stop trying to pigeonhole me! I am not a MACHINE!" -
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the only funny thing about ricky gervais is that he doesn't need to act in the office, he is actually david brent.
and even that's not that funny, just a little bit sad. -
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Yes you have decoded everything correctly there- that is exactly what I was trying to say - I'm Gordon Comstock really aren't I?
Its just an opinion or am I meant to mention just exactly where I was when the Twin Towers fell AND when I first saw the Office Party Dance-
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You're worried that people think that you're un-American coz you don't like Ricky Gervais? But the American's were so not bothered about him that they didn't even ask him to be in their version of The Office.
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erm...no?-
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well i reckon gervais is quite a character, cringeworthy but still quite funny.. if thats ok with you. i'm sorry, for what its worth. -
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so you don't think he is funny - fine. it takes different strokes. but why the need to come onto this news story and go...
"why does nobody GET it - he's not funny"
you can't help but come across as slightly pretentious when you say stuff like that. it's your opinion, fair play, but no need to take the condescending tone - you think he's shit, but you are by no means right. its not a question of people "getting it" that he is or isnt funny.-
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His XFM show, from what I've heard of it, was shit, bar the odd decent gag which he and Steve Merchant would drag out over half an hour...
The Office was great, though. I wouldn't say funny, coz I found much of it genuinely upsetting! Having worked for a downward spiralling manufacturing company on a windswept (literally, it was like a fucking Dave Lee Roth video) business park in Macclesfield*, I can say, hand on heart, much of was basically true...
*Perma-raining Cheshire home of Ian Curtis and Mr Methane -
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Me likes Ricky Gervais. Me no trust people who don't. Me thinks they a bit weird. -
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of course the REAL star of their radio show was always Karl Pilkington, the producer.
i reckon Gervais would probably admit that too.-
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Agreed. -
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I was going to say exactly the same thing. guess you beat me to it. -
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The original XFM show Ricky did, before being sacked when Capital took over, was comedy genius, as anyone who remembers "Tip the Balance" will tell you. These days he knows he doesn't have to try so hard, so he relies mostly on poking fun at Karl.
It's still the funniest show on the radio though - how can anyone not laugh at Karl's description of "the boy with a horse in his house"? Or the time he was doing the washing-up and saw a naked woman through the window... Go listen, you won't regret it. I promise!-
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Brilliant sitcom actor/writer.
Not quite as good radio DJ.
Funny people do not always play the best records. But they are often funny to make up for it. -
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I don't think anything's ever topped the original Tom Binn's Xfm breakfast show. I don't know who got rid of him but they deserve to have 'FUCKTARD' tattooed onto their forehead. Possibly in reverse so they read it in the mirror.-
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Gervais is God! Genuinely. -
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one might think learning to use the 'Reply to this post' link might make you seem like less of a dunce, though. if anything, you were the one having a go at people for having a sense of humour. So, to use your device, you're the Dick Cheney. for the record, i'm not particularly enamoured towards Ricky Gervais either way. -
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Did he do Sunday Mornings about 4 years ago? If so he was very good - maybe they thought Lauren Laverne needed more airtime for her groundbreaking music and comedy experience
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Over-rated
I gave his show a few listens, but it was never all that good. Mostly just him talking about how he hangs out with Jonathan Ross, and an excuse for Karl Pilkington to flex his ego on the air.
Once they even did the whole thing pre-recorded, complete with references to "oh, it's 20 past 1, but actually it's 20 past 8 on Thursday night" and so on. Sub-student radio rubbish. -
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ricky gervais - still a thousand times funnier than you. and always will be.
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