Marcus vs Ricky Gervais?

[Deliverance]

Marcus was the humour in the house. He took the piss he had a laugh and he was a legend in his own way. He deleted himself from the ridiculous leftovers of boring people, game players.

Ricky Gervais' humour and Marcus' humour are the same. We are left with boring idiots who no-one wants to watch or have any passion about.

The intelligent comedy is gone. The favourite now is between incredibly mediocre contestants.

It is to me a contest of class idiots who have no personality.

[pixee]

I wouldn't call Ricky Gervais particularly intelligent comedy, he is an intelligent man who with the help of Steve Merchant wrote the office, excellent, and extras.

His comedy is rather cruel and goes for shock value the quick turnaround of "setup" and then mention a wheelchair user or something.

But Marcus was a character and did make me laugh, he's not an amazing guy though but this lot do not.

[offelia]

u make me cry or .....lough. u can compare Ricky Gervais with marcus????????
grow up kid

[pixee]

u make me cry or .....lough. u can compare Ricky Gervais with marcus????????
grow up kid

haha I even overlooked that point.

[rusticgal]

Ricky Gervais IS A LEGEND!!!

[Shasown]

u make me cry or .....lough. u can compare Ricky Gervais with marcus????????
grow up kid

Wow intelligent debate, well thought out counterpoints and insults what more can we want?

[Deliverance]

I wouldn't call Ricky Gervais particularly intelligent comedy, he is an intelligent man who with the help of Steve Merchant wrote the office, excellent, and extras.

His comedy is rather cruel and goes for shock value the quick turnaround of "setup" and then mention a wheelchair user or something.

But Marcus was a character and did make me laugh, he's not an amazing guy though but this lot do not.
I agree to a point Ricky Gervais is a performer who makes me cringe first and then laugh afterwards. Once I get the humour I realise ... It does have it's limits by it's generalisation and idiocy as percieved.

The genious of the office is that it is a learned humour, it offends it's victims at first, and it passes it on as a learned experience by realision of the ridiculousness of the whole process.

Those that don't get the humour remain victims and indeed complainers as such.

[bansheewails]

Ricky Gervais is a comedian? Who'd a thunk, not me thats for sure. Funny as tooth ache that man. http://getmesmileys.com/smilies/indifferent0018.gif

[Brad.]

Marcus beats all comedians. funniest man i have seen

[headaball]

Gervais wishes he was as funny as Marcus.

[ElProximo]

I'm just trying to picture the type of individual who thinks a 35 year old teenager doing a cheap impersonation of BB9 Rex is 'the humour of the house'.

Ricky Gervais doing a 5 minutes of his Extras character in a CBB season was well funnier than the combined 'one-liners' of Marcy's entire Rex Impersonation for the entire season of BB10,
and,
unlike Ricky Gervais - Marcy spend most of his time ruining fun, spoiling laughs, being a sulking downer and generally making everyone uncomfortable with his complaining, hissy-fits, miserable bad-mouthing behind backs or being grumpy because someone wouldn't respect his defense mechanisms.

But again - how sad is the individual who think Marcus was the 'entertainment' in the season. sad indeed.

[Xabinight]

Marcus was the humour in the house. He took the p**s he had a laugh and he was a legend in his own way. He deleted himself from the ridiculous leftovers of boring people, game players.

Ricky Gervais' humour and Marcus' humour are the same. We are left with boring idiots who no-one wants to watch or have any passion about.

The intelligent comedy is gone. The favourite now is between incredibly mediocre contestants.

It is to me a contest of class idiots who have no personality.

Happens all the time though, the level of anti-Marcus post's last week was a joke. Now we are left with this lot, boring as hell, the ashtray mob, the drama queens a philanthropist. Who goes, does anybody care anymore.

[Shasown]

I'm just trying to picture the type of individual who thinks a 35 year old teenager doing a cheap impersonation of BB9 Rex is 'the humour of the house'.



Oh look the huldra has awoken

[setanta]

I wouldn't call Ricky Gervais particularly intelligent comedy, he is an intelligent man who with the help of Steve Merchant wrote the office, excellent, and extras.

His comedy is rather cruel and goes for shock value the quick turnaround of "setup" and then mention a wheelchair user or something.

But Marcus was a character and did make me laugh, he's not an amazing guy though but this lot do not.

I disagree entirely with your assumption that Ricky Gervais' humour is based entirely on shock tactics and cruel, debase musings, when it's perfectly clear to me that there's a weight of intellect behind everything he utters, as well as a tongue firmly planted in cheek.

The greatest comedians push boundaries in an attempt to expose the humour and irony that abounds in society and in all walks of life; they dare us to look internally and laugh at ourselves by breaking down the common taboos and stereotypes that shackle us in everyday life. His stand up routines are up there with the best in the business.

[setanta]

Oh, and Marcus is more like David Brent than Ricky Gervais.