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[John Bilbo]

Ricky Gervais dishes out controversial takes on political correctness and oversensitivity in a taboo-busting comedy special about the end of humanity.

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I had a decent laugh. The special had a nice relaxing flow to it.

The content was pretty much standard stuff for Gervais. Nothing new under the sun but I didn't mind. It felt quite cozy actually and the runtime just flew by.

Would recommend.

 

[Tieno]

Just saw it. Loved it. Lots of laugh out loud jokes. Been loving his humour for the past 20 years.

I love how he just can’t help himself saying funny shit.

 

[Boozeroony]

It has some good bits, but I felt like I've heard it all before. He is repeating himself. 3 out of 5.

 

[INC]

Can't wait to hear about how rich he is again

 

[TexMex]

Always liked him, and I’ll give this a watch, but it’s been diminishing returns for years.

 

[Lukaku's First Touch]

Love him as a comedian but this was pretty weak. Only 2 lol jokes.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

Sorry but as a fan of some of his other work and a massive standup fan in general, this was just fucking lazy and painful most of the time.

It absolutely coasts on a tired, boring 2 Offensive 4 U routine. Sometimes there aren't even punchlines or actual jokes to discern, it's just "insert stuff woke people find offensive randomly and wait for the oh no he didn't laughs".

It just feels bored, tired and lazy overall. It reminded me of having to listen to that one "comedian" uncle at a wedding everyone has to tolerate.

 

[DKehoe]

Always liked him, and I’ll give this a watch, but it’s been diminishing returns for years.

Feels like the split with Merchant was the turning point for his output.

 

[6502]

It was ok but I was convinced I had watched this a few years ago.

 

[FunkMiller]

Nah, he’s fucked it. Not that funny at all.

 

[GrinWithoutaKat]

I feel like there's very few actual jokes in this one. Most of the time he's saying anti-liberal stuff that is getting some loud "Yeah" reactions from the audience, but they're hardly laughing out loud. He knows that sort of thing will make him popular and make money regardless if it's comedy or not. I used to love him too, and still consider The Office one of my favourites.

 

[mitch1971]

He is becoming a bit of a parody of himself. He seems to have one bulk of knowledge that he just regurgitates every show. A comedian who likes being risky but always seems to qualify some of his jokes with 'oh, I'm not having a go, but...'. Well you are, that's what a comedian does. Either stand by it or change your topics of comedy.

His series After life just became a grown man who was all 'oh woe is me, a human I knew died. Let's make every other person feel like shit around me.' Show starts, feed the dog, go to work, moan, turn on the laptop to watch my dead wife again. The same episode over and over.

Feels like the split with Merchant was the turning point for his output.

Any reasons why they split?

 

[fran.fernandez]

Was ok

 

[DKehoe]

Any reasons why they split?

It seems that they want to do different things, which is understandable after they worked together for so long. There have been rumours they fell out but there's no actual confirmation of that and they've both denied that's the case. The royalties from The Office mean neither has to worry about money for the rest of their lives so they don't necessarily have to work together. The Office, Extras and the XFM radio show are all incredible. And, to me from what I've seen and heard, neither have managed to produce something on their own that comes close to those. But they're both free to do what they want. Gervais is regularly retweeting the same clips of Afterlife so it does seem like he's proud of the stuff he's made so good for him.

 

[Spyxos]

I've seen very little stand-up comedy so far. Are there any must haves that I should have seen?

 

[Shake Your Rump]

I've seen very little stand-up comedy so far. Are there any must haves that I should have seen?

Out of England 2 and Humanity (both Gervais) were funny

I always recommend Jerry Seinfeld “I’m telling you for the last time”.

 

[HoodWinked]

The illegal immigration stuff was good but ya it's overall pretty weak. This year we had Soup to Nuts and Beautiful Dogs those specials were incredible, even Chappelle's might not surpass these.

 

[Chittagong]

The problem is that laughing at woke people is not edgy anymore, it has become a common sense response. I did enjoy the blue haired hetero queer bit though.

 

[Winter John]

Just because Gervais self identifies as a stand up comedian doesn't mean I should be forced to recognize that he is one.

 

[John Bilbo]

The problem is that laughing at woke people is not edgy anymore, it has become a common sense response. I did enjoy the blue haired hetero queer bit though.

Yeah I hope for next year's special he and other comedians pick up on some new topics and fresh material.

 

[gaming_again]

He is becoming a bit of a parody of himself. He seems to have one bulk of knowledge that he just regurgitates every show. A comedian who likes being risky but always seems to qualify some of his jokes with 'oh, I'm not having a go, but...'. Well you are, that's what a comedian does. Either stand by it or change your topics of comedy.

His series After life just became a grown man who was all 'oh woe is me, a human I knew died. Let's make every other person feel like shit around me.' Show starts, feed the dog, go to work, moan, turn on the laptop to watch my dead wife again. The same episode over and over.


Any reasons why they split?

On the other hand, After Life had the therapist, who is one of the greatest characters ever.

But yeah, too schmaltzy for my tastes.

 

[gaming_again]

The problem is that laughing at woke people is not edgy anymore, it has become a common sense response. I did enjoy the blue haired hetero queer bit though.

Yeah. You have to be super original or interestibf by to pull it off today. What a rich target it was for 2013-2021 stand-up, though.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Didn't see this special, but watched his Supernature show the other day. Though it was good overall, but the back half drags on and he kept laughing at his own jokes.

I dont follow his career, but the small number of times I've seen him do stuff, I fond his material overall funny and a good reflection of how ape shit silly modern day people are with SJW and politics.