- Summary: Ricky Gervais returns with an animated comedy that began as a radio show, continued in his podcasts, and now exists as a cartoon with collaborators Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilington.
- Genre(s): Comedy, Animation
- Show Type: Returning Series
- Season 1 premiere date: Feb 19, 2010
- Episode Length: 30
- Air Time: 10:00 PM
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 17
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Mixed: 7 out of 17
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Negative: 1 out of 17
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80Gervais serves as a bullying sidekick to Mr. Pilkington and steps out of the way, letting his strange and funny collaborator take the lead. The series is not a full-blown comedy show; it's a collection of Web-styled sketches and proof that big laughs can come in small doses.
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60The show's only visual, literally, is cartoon animation of Gervais, Merchant and Pilkington talking. That's a bold gamble because if the words aren't grabbing the viewer, there's nothing else to hold the fort until the words get good again....So as with radio, you ignore the lulls and focus on the keepers.
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30The static nature of three talking heads (even in cartoon form) is dull, and the intermittent non-studio interstitials used to illustrate the discussion fail to provide enough of a change. Watching cartoon characters laugh at one another feels recursively silly, and not in a good way.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 4
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Mixed: 0 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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10This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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