What are the funniest memories in your life? Are they bizarre coincidences that happened to you? Maybe it was witnessing something unfortunate happen to someone else? Or were they nothing more than the conversations you've had with your friends? For me, the biggest laughs I've ever had in my life have come from simply talking to people I enjoy being with. The Ricky Gervais Show captures these moments by being a show entirely about the conversations held by 3 friends: Ricky, Steve, and Karl.
Despite the show's title, Karl is by far the main focus throughout the series. Ricky and Steve ask him questions that have divided humanity for centuries because of the complex ideas deeply rooted in the issues at hand. But Karl is able to answer them with earnest, original, and outright hilarious takes on these questions that you just couldn't make up. Nowadays, podcasts leave audiences with an abundance of shows about people just chatting to choose from, but only The Ricky Gervais Show has Karl Pilkington. This show is worth it for him alone, but it gets better.
Ricky and Steve react to Karl's ideas in ways that are almost just as hilarious. Ricky's contagiously explosive laughter is the best form of a "laugh track" in any show, if you could consider it a laugh track at all. Steve also supplements Karl's hilarious ideas with some sharp, witty quips of his own. This is all topped off with animation that does a great job at calling back to previous conversations that the 3 had, often combining the representation of the current discussions with things like characters in the background who are doing stuff that was happening in a previous scene or episode.
Other than those callback jokes in the background, this show has no continuity, so you can watch any episode at any point. If you want to get someone else into the show, I recommend "The Diary" or "The Future." Arite?
Despite the show's title, Karl is by far the main focus throughout the series. Ricky and Steve ask him questions that have divided humanity for centuries because of the complex ideas deeply rooted in the issues at hand. But Karl is able to answer them with earnest, original, and outright hilarious takes on these questions that you just couldn't make up. Nowadays, podcasts leave audiences with an abundance of shows about people just chatting to choose from, but only The Ricky Gervais Show has Karl Pilkington. This show is worth it for him alone, but it gets better.
Ricky and Steve react to Karl's ideas in ways that are almost just as hilarious. Ricky's contagiously explosive laughter is the best form of a "laugh track" in any show, if you could consider it a laugh track at all. Steve also supplements Karl's hilarious ideas with some sharp, witty quips of his own. This is all topped off with animation that does a great job at calling back to previous conversations that the 3 had, often combining the representation of the current discussions with things like characters in the background who are doing stuff that was happening in a previous scene or episode.
Other than those callback jokes in the background, this show has no continuity, so you can watch any episode at any point. If you want to get someone else into the show, I recommend "The Diary" or "The Future." Arite?