The Ricky Gervais Show/Headscratchers: Difference between revisions

* Steve and Ricky take the piss out of Karl all the time, and he takes it in stride. But whenever he makes a comment about them, they call [[Dude, Not Funny]] or just get bitchy. It's quite hypocritical.

** Well, in all fairness, usually when Ricky and Steve are poking fun at Karl, they are usually doing it in a good-natured way. And, Karl doesn't seem too bothered by it most of the time. Their tone is more of a "Ah, I'm just messin' with ya" manner of speaking rather than a "Oh, you really are a moron, and I cannot stand you" manner of speaking. Karl, unfortunately, tends to sound more sincere with his insults (Though not necessarily on purpose), and he often unwittingly says or does something Ricky and/or Steve consider [[Dude, Not Funny|pretty offensive]] while trying to tell a joke. There's a difference between insult ''comedy'' and just plain insulting.

** I wouldn't say "whenever." They take the piss out of each other all the time without incident. I recall specifically several insults about Ricky's weight, or Steve's cheapness and poor luck with women, that didn't result in awkwardness. It's just that sometimes when friends are sitting around jokingly ripping on each other, you touch a live wire. In the [[Dude, Not Funny]] example on the main page, Karl hadn't known the two that long. As an aside, does anyone know why it was below the belt? Is "invalid" a larger insult in England?

*** Well, calling someone an "Invalid" is the same as calling them a "Moron". Apparently, [[Stephen Merchant]] hates being called a 'Moron" as much as [[Portal 2 (Video Game)|Wheatley]] does.