A short clip from Ricky Gervais' stand-up show "Fame", where he turns his comic attention to the world of the celebrity and everything that fame can bring, both good and bad.
Ricky Gervais is an English comedian, actor, film-maker and broadcaster. Gervais achieved mainstream fame with his television series "The Office" and the subsequent series "Extras", both of which he co-wrote and co-directed with friend and frequent collaborator Stephen Merchant.
Besides writing and directing the shows, Gervais played the lead roles of David Brent in "The Office" and Andy Millman in "Extras". Gervais has starred in a number of Hollywood films, assuming leading roles in "Ghost Town" and "The Invention of Lying".
Ricky Gervais has performed on three sell-out stand-up comedy tours, written the best-selling Flanimals book series and starred with Merchant and Karl Pilkington in the most downloaded podcast of all time, "The Ricky Gervais Show".
He has accumulated a multitude of awards and honours throughout his career, including seven BAFTA Awards, four British Comedy Awards, three Golden Globes, two Emmys and the 2006 Rose d'Or, as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.
Stand-up comedy: "Fame" was the subject of some controversy in January 2007, when Gervais told a story, ostensibly about how people will do anything to become famous, to a Scottish audience.
The story referred to a question asked of Gervais five years earlier by a reporter: what could someone do to become famous like you? To which he replied, "Go out and kill a prostitute". He followed up with the punchline, "I won't do that bit in Ipswich", referring to the December 2006 murders of five prostitutes in Ipswich.
The joke drew criticism from the father of one of the victims. Gervais did not apologise but did defend himself: "I do want people to know that that happened five years ago and is not related to anything now. That is the problem with comedy, a joke that is funny today can be a terrible faux pas tomorrow".
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Ricky Gervais is an English comedian, actor, film-maker and broadcaster. Gervais achieved mainstream fame with his television series "The Office" and the subsequent series "Extras", both of which he co-wrote and co-directed with friend and frequent collaborator Stephen Merchant.
Besides writing and directing the shows, Gervais played the lead roles of David Brent in "The Office" and Andy Millman in "Extras". Gervais has starred in a number of Hollywood films, assuming leading roles in "Ghost Town" and "The Invention of Lying".
Ricky Gervais has performed on three sell-out stand-up comedy tours, written the best-selling Flanimals book series and starred with Merchant and Karl Pilkington in the most downloaded podcast of all time, "The Ricky Gervais Show".
He has accumulated a multitude of awards and honours throughout his career, including seven BAFTA Awards, four British Comedy Awards, three Golden Globes, two Emmys and the 2006 Rose d'Or, as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.
Stand-up comedy: "Fame" was the subject of some controversy in January 2007, when Gervais told a story, ostensibly about how people will do anything to become famous, to a Scottish audience.
The story referred to a question asked of Gervais five years earlier by a reporter: what could someone do to become famous like you? To which he replied, "Go out and kill a prostitute". He followed up with the punchline, "I won't do that bit in Ipswich", referring to the December 2006 murders of five prostitutes in Ipswich.
The joke drew criticism from the father of one of the victims. Gervais did not apologise but did defend himself: "I do want people to know that that happened five years ago and is not related to anything now. That is the problem with comedy, a joke that is funny today can be a terrible faux pas tomorrow".
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Ge...
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It will be great to watch Ricky Gervais, i have bought tickets from
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