richard-cattell If you're a fan of friends , how I met your mother , Big Bang theory and the like , this may not be for you , if , however , you like your comedy a bit more cerebral and can find humour in the ways of life , especially if you grew up In England in the 70s and 80s you will love this , three friends having a chat , but it's way more than that , these guys have accompanied me almost daily for the last ten years , their ramblings about all sorts of things are truly captivating, if you have a Sense of humour you can't fail to laugh as karl tries to get to grips with the world , sayings , quotes and the whole spectrum of life , again if you like brainless TV sitcoms based around someone popping their head round a door and muttering a completely unfunny line followed by hilarious laughter , look elsewhere you round headed buffoons

TheDoctorAnd When you watch this show, it is hard to not be in stitches at what Karl says. Ricky's laugh also adds some comedic value to some of what Karl has said.This show includes much dialogue from the earlier podcasts of Gervais, Merchant and Pilkington, but has been given a kind of Hanna Barbera- esque animated backdrop. We are treated to scenes during the conversations to give us an idea of how this would/did happen in real life. It also includes newer dialogue, i.e. An Idiot Abroad is even mentioned in some episodes.Despite the fact that the Show is called "The Ricky Gervais Show", the real star is Karl Pilkington. I assume it was called this because Ricky was more famous than Karl when the podcasts started (if Karl was famous at all at this point). Fans of Ricky's laugh will not be disappointed to hear it in most, if not all, episodes, usually after Karl has given his point of view on something.I would highly recommend that you watch this, along with "An Idiot Abroad", which also stars Karl Pilkington, but with less screen time for Gervais and Merchant.Rating: Please see top of the review.

physed888 I've seen a few negative reviews for The Ricky Gervais Show and I find it very sad that these people have such a puckered anus about it that they have to slag off a brilliant show and brilliant cast. The rating for the show is real, 8.5 or something like that; and, it's for a reason. I'm not going to go on tangents of why the show is amazing and all; but, really people, stop downing things that you might not grasp fully because you have not lived your lives and have no idea what is funny to most people. I have things I have not experienced yet and I don't go whining up and down on a review because some half-brain told me it was bad.Come up with your own conclusion. FFS

Rectangular_businessman This was one of the funniest animated shows that I've ever seen. It was originally a radio show in the 2001, and it turned into animation in the 2010. The animation, (which is pretty well made) makes the audio even funnier, describing the strangest and most ridiculous situations that the viewer could imagine.The interaction between Ricky Gervais, Karl Pilkington and Stephen Merchant is extremely funny, I consider this to be one of the funniest shows ever made, along with "Arrested Development", "Scrubs" and "Space Ghost: Coast to Coast". And of course it is much better than horrible shows as "Family Guy" and "American Dad"I would give this show eleven stars if I could.