66th Primetime Emmy Nominations in Comedy
by Here are your nominees for 2014 Emmy Awards in TV comedy. Will update with more categories and breakdowns, but for now, congrats to all! Making …
Tag: Ricky Gervais
Doug Stanhope raises $100,000 for atheist survivor of Oklahoma tornado
Earlier this week, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer asked Oklahoma tornado survivor Rebecca Vitsum if she “thanked the Lord” for living through the storm. Vitsum is an …
Ricky Gervais swears he reveals his favorite profanities to GQ
Ricky Gervais is featured in this month’s “Comedy Issue” of GQ magazine. No, Gervais isn’t on the cover. He’s not some big-time comedian like JAMES …
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UK classic comedy character revivals: New “David Brent” from Ricky Gervias, “Alan Partridge” from Steve Coogan
What’s a decade for comedy nerds to wait for their beloved British characters? Over the weekend, we saw the rebirth of not only Steve Coogan’s …
Conan O’Brien and Ricky Gervais strip to their undies on TV for a bubble bath picture
On Wednesday night’s Conan, Conan O’Brien asked guest Ricky Gervais (there to promote his new TV series Derek, after making a similar stop at the …
Samuel Comroe’s late-night TV debut on Conan
Samuel Comroe made his late-night TV debut last night on Conan, thanks to Ricky Gervais, and even more specifically, thanks to Comroe winning Gervais’ Just …
Samuel J. Comroe wins Ricky Gervais “Just Sayin App” contest; will perform on “Conan”
Ricky Gervais announced late Wednesday that Samuel J. Comroe, a comedian born and raised in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley, has won his Just Sayin’ app …
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Ricky Gervais to grant one stand-up comedian three minutes on Conan: Just SayIn
Ricky Gervais has a contest that will grant one stand-up comedian with a three-minute spot to perform on Conan. Wait, what? Why? Doesn’t Gervais have …
Netflix acquires U.S. rights to air Ricky Gervais series, “Derek,” coming in 2013
For his next TV comedy trick, Ricky Gervais will try to make Americans laugh not via cable TV nor TV at all, but rather, Netflix. …
Nightline profile “Ricky Gervais: King of Unkind Comedy”
In case you missed it last night, ABC’s Nightline profiled Ricky Gervais, calling him the “king of unkind comedy” and introducing the segment by describing …