The Ricky Gervais Show: Difference between revisions
quote cleanup
Looney Toons (talk | contribs) m (quote markup) |
(quote cleanup) |
||
Line 52:
* [[Does Not Like Spam]]: Ricky has it in for Turkey Twizzlers, every mention of them is to point out how only [[Fat Idiot|Fat Idiots]] eat them.
* [[Dope Slap]]: Karl is CONSTANTLY in the receiving end of the verbal version of these.
* [[Double Entendre]]: Ricky and Stephen love making them, despite (or perhaps ''because'') of how uncomfortable it makes Karl
:This is doubly true, although more legitimate, on the older XFM (radio) shows, as Karl was afraid of the repercussions of Ricky or Steve swearing on-air. Of course, the one time XFM got a complaint and Ricky and Steve were meant to be reprimanded, Karl [[Cloudcuckoolander|forgot to tell them]].
* [[Double Take]]: Sometimes, the things Karl says will drive Ricky and Stephen to baffled, stupefied silence.
* [[Dude, Not Funny]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPRWr778XGQ During one show, Karl refers to Steve as an "Invalid".] What follows is a long awkward silence. Then, Ricky quickly states that they had a request to play a song. It's one of the few times where Ricky doesn't have a snarky remark. You can hear Steve's bitter remark of "I...I don't want to do this right now" in the background while the music was playing.
Line 100 ⟶ 101:
** In Karl's world, seals are "between dogs and fish".
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: Ricky is a master of this trope when it comes to Karl's insane ramblings. This becomes particularly prominent over time during Karl's Monkey News -- Ricky frequently foresees the incoming twist -- granted, something which is not exactly hard given that it nearly always involves something previously suspected to be a human turning out to be a monkey -- and repeatedly points out how ridiculous certain events would have to be to reach that conclusion in the hopes of making him see how absolutely unbelievable his stories are. Karl always ignores him, of course.
{{quote|'''Karl''': (Telling a story about a gangster buying a racehorse, the jockey of which turns out to be a monkey) [[The Comically Serious|So anyway, this big race is coming up, and he's like, "I've got to be involved in this, because I can make a lot of money out of my horse here--"]]
'''Ricky''': Choose the jockey wisely, then.
'''Karl''': So he says to his, like, mate, "Look, I've got myself a horse and that, so we just need a jockey. Get someone to sort it out and what-have-you, so I can get in this race."
'''Ricky''': [[Deadpan Snarker|Go to the Jockey Club. Loads of 'em.]]
'''Karl''': So his mate's like, "Alright, I'll have a word and that, have a look 'round and that, see if there's anyone decent knocking about--"
'''Ricky''': (Cutting across Karl) The good thing about jockeys is that there's never going to be a shortage of jockeys, because a lot of them don't make the grade. There's always too many jockeys to go around.
'''Steve''': [[Lampshade Hanging|Always too many human jockeys.]]
'''Ricky''': Yeah! There's '''never''' a problem getting jockeys. (Turns back to Karl) [[Jade Coloured Glasses|Go on.]] }}
* [[Life of the Party]]: Repeat contributor Paul "[[Insistent Terminology|The Party Animal]]" Parker. Stephen and Ricky are convinced that it's an [[Informed Ability]].
| |||