Tags: Ricky Gervais, smarmy git, Karl Pilkington, An Idiot Abroad
Date: 24 September 2010 19:01:29
A few years ago Mrs T&E used to like Ricky Gervais. The Office and Extras were great comedy but also had a bite to them. You got the impression that Gervais was showing us how horrible some people could be.
Then we saw a "live" concert and thought that Gervais came across as a rather horrid person. We thought that this was a persona until we saw him on a few chat shows. Then we started to grow dislike him as we saw that his "comedy" persona was actually how he is in real life.
Now he has been advertising his new show An Idiot Abroad. He he sends his friend and sidekick, Karl Pilkington, off to various countries to "expand" his horizons. What it actually seems to be about is finding various ways to ridicule and upset his "friend". From this Gervais extracts great humour, if only for himself.
So we have someone exploiting someones naivete for profit. Yes, there will be plenty of people for him this will be worthwhile entertainment. Thankfully I can also find something else on TV that is actually more worthwhile to watch. Expoliting someone for self gratification has never been my idea of fun.
Now, if I had a friend like Gervais, then I would feel a sudden urge to kill the smarmy git!