Stephen Merchant Interview, Febuary 2011

[condemned70]

@MurrayHerts Well please tell us what they are? :) I'm preetty sure they were built as mausoleums but if you know better spread your knowledge.

[ZAVGreviews]

Him being wheatly is so natural! its like never tries to act like anyone else but wheatly

[posthastey]

Doess Ricky Gervais prefer to be refered to as a dwarf, or is "little person" more PC?

[StrongIntelligent]

@posthastey Ricky Gervais isn't a dwarf...

[Speedpogo]

WHEATLY!

[jmn1228]

As white as a frenchmans flag lmao

[Musicroxmysox134]

wheatlyyyy!!!

[swedishsubtitles]

Stephen <3

[SlightlyBionic]

QUICK! SHOOT A PORTAL ON TH MOON BEHIND HIM!

[Alpinex105]

dead crowd.

[adfgfds]

3:50 sounds like something Wheatley would say xD

[ZenoKameno]

MECHANT who do you call sad?

[MurrayHerts]

The pyramids weren't a mausoleum, Stephen is wrong on that.

[sidus87]

@MurrayHerts Most were built as tombs for the country's Pharaohs and their consorts during the Old and Middle Kingdom periods. (source: wikipedia)

[MurrayHerts]

@sidus87 Do some more research other than just looking at a wikipedia page and you will find I am right :).

[tenatopps]

He's such a dreamboat C:

[JJeaco]

Oh my God, I had no problem with the Portal 2 comments at first, but now it's getting a bit ridiculous...

[comedypros]

people know him as wheatley. i know him from the ricky gervais podcasts, extras, the office, cemetery junction, idiot abroad. glad he is getting more recognition, find him funnier than gervais who is also funny

[shadownerd13]

@comedypros same here

[amers963]

Now any time I hear his voice I think Wheatley. (:

[MrCountBleck1]

3:36 MORON!!!! I AM NOT A MORON!!!!!!!!!11

[MrCountBleck1]

WHEATLEY!! you escape from space!!

[Flippers913]

WHEATLEY<3

[Rainbowstache3]

Wheatley!! :) <3<3

[MrJackGBG]

WHEATLEY! :DD

You can still hear him in there!



[CorneliusGrim2011]

I knew it! I knew that was Wheatley in Hall Pass! I saw that movie a few days ago, and I turn to my dad, and I say, "Hey, is that Stephen Merchant?" And he, naturally, had no idea who that was. Unfortunately, I was too lazy to read the end credits to find out, and now I don't have to! Hah, I knew it! :D

[danielspital]

on american shows you have to lower the intellect of your humor to get the audience to laugh

[claimmedead]

@danielspital not necessarily, you just have to be louder so we don't hate you for being one of them smurtees.

[danielspital]

@claimmedead i can't even begin to wonder what that means

[claimmedead]

@danielspital smart people ... smartee ... ive heard it said weirdly like that smuuuurtee ... dunno, made me laugh. 

[danielspital]

@claimmedead oh right lol. was so confused

[robotech6886]

3 people hate stickbugs fighting

[DarkGothGirl3212]

WHEATLEYYYYYYYY

[comedykidders]

Wheatley!



[juffan]

As white as a what? Can't understand what he said

[tallbabyvideo]

@juffan "as a Frenchman's flag"

[videogamenostalgia]

Goddamn I just knew the comments section would be 'herp derp derp portal portal unoriginal comment about portal derp derp'

[DiarrheaChain]

Karls face looks like an orange.

[MyScorpion42]

And in the background... THE MOON

[RachieRoosky]

I'm somehow incredibly attracted to Stephen Merchant.

[LoriAretz]

What's this "Wheatley" business?

[DethMagnetik]

@LoriAretz game, Portal 2

[johnpetermalcolm]

Good picture of Karl; with "Spare Head 1", and "Spare Head 2"

[jokezstar]

he looks like a sim

[HyperArorea]

Thumbs up for being 1/8 brazilian.

Thumbs down for being not legal X'D

[KoolKat549]

YAY IV FOUND WEATLEY!!! :D

[CopyriteInfringement]

4:24 someone laughs at the idea of big steve merchant making love

[TheGoshDarnBatman8]

@CopyriteInfringement How dare they......

[mindtoonz262]

1:18 Stick insect fight

[WannaBeKamikazePilot]

0:16 Haha gotta love how he lift his leg there xD

He is so elegant ;)

[jfwade13]

stephen is too polite. kind of awkward interview

[tigerblaze26]

GLaDOS : Warning, robots become humans when exposed to space.

And thus, Stephen Merchant was born.

[TonettaFans]

Wheatley has left the facility.

[Lucky38Man]

I came here searching for an interview with Stephen Merchant about his voice acting as Wheatley in Portal 2 xD

[MrMattyvibes]

@Lucky38Man I've been looking for one also. Unfortunately there isn't one :( The Portal team captured his voice and that was it. Quite a shame really, It would have been enlightening.

[pesahson]

It's a great interview, because Conan seems to really enjoy himself.

[kawadamark]

KARL REFERENCE <3

[yomi4146]

Is it bad that Wheatley brought me here?

[herrbasan]

i'd say this performance is a result of the pre-interview ... bad format

[hobbolufc89]

ricky gervais would be nothing without this man

[MrMcMAGz]

I imagine him as a core

[Felicitric]

wheatley brought me here. XD

[ghostofkenny]

Terrible audience.

[MetalFluffyNinja1]

"He wanted us to battle like stick insects." -Stephan and Conan start circling each other while climbing the furniture moving like stick insect- -sit back down- -continue interview like nothing happened-

[steve30toon]

@MetalFluffyNinja1 Thanks for narrating what I had just seen for myself, once again, thanks.

[MetalFluffyNinja1]

@steve30toon No problem, brah!

[equalcharliebrown]

you don't find many taller than conan, haha at least it doesn't make steve look like a preying mantis.

[AylaAbbs]

just imagining Ricky wetting himself at Steve and Conan dancing/fighting like stick insects xD

[rom2014]

It's strange, so many relate him to this Wheatley character from portal 2, of which I knew nothing about prior to seeing these comments, and upon hearing his character in the game, I could only think of Darren Lamb as a robot.

[Arcadiah]

@rom2014 me too! I hate it when people make that reference, when i hear it, I imagine his character in Extras too :D. Glad im not the only one!

[xXxSparrow200xXx]

So many Wheatley-related comments.

So many.

[ah06ict342]

i wonder if steve emrchant knew that when he was on conan he would dance around on a desk pretending to be a stick insect

[TheUltimateNoob001]

He's really tall...no wonder they made Wheatley repeatedly talk about how huge he is when he is in GLaDOS's body...

[onefairyfan87]

one more thing, MY GOD IS HE TALL!!!

[onefairyfan87]

after playing portal 2..........many, many times

i just cant help but look and hear stephen merchant and just think of a human version of wheatley

[2KingdomHearts345243]

Why am I watching Conan?

"BECAUSE WHEATLEYS IN IT DERP"

[GLaDOSlabratories]

Wheatley brought me here...

[Xubelo]

@faceityafired - saw that last night man - so funny.

[XgottahavemychucksX]

Smerch without his glasses? Vote: Yay.

[batrama310]

JESUS!

[TeamWoodyLUL]

lol cory

[ThaFlaKkiO]

I can't stop seeing a big blue eye instead of his face

[mohare87]

I love how his story didnt really land that well, so he just threw out some joke about the French that he knew the Americans would love.

Brilliant, the guys a genius lol.

[Msfootie10]

waw they,re ALL so tall!

[EshnehGaming]

Lanky goggle eyed freakazoid 

[emmetLshavinski]

love stephen merchant

[TookieLooCookies]

Everyone always mentions his height, I'm 5'1 so I probably would like, be up to his kneecap XD loljk.

[Jojoateyt]

Conan is clearly outmatched in comedy here.



[MissPegSquare]

@Jojoateyt just in defense of conan he kinda has to humor the guest so...yeah i don't think so personally

[Jojoateyt]

@MissPegSquare Thanks for your opinion

[Jojoateyt]

Ricky Gervais= Atlas

Stephen Merchant= P-Body

[Niimphy]

@Jojoateyt NOPE

[Jojoateyt]

@Niimphy YEP

[Claverleykid1]

@Jojoateyt But what about Karl :O lol

[Matoloko12]

hello from Brazil ;D

[tamamanito2]

I need to see that movie. For Steve. xD

[tamamanito2]

*snicker* Moron. xD

Steven is adorable. :D

[IMakeEpicSAMmiches]

Omg Ricky and stephen are like atla and Pbody! Oh and I love how there's a large moon in the background...

[Oztronpaj]

steve is an awesome guy and comidian, shame he reuses the same material in all his interviews :/

[manwithouthat44]

hes not that freakishly talll

[SensoryWorks]

7:25 That is a pirate cackle if ever i heard one.

[thenoname08]

0:42 Wheatley's "Ha!"

[RevanorSzeged]

@thenoname08

"Ha! Did it kill you? It would be awesome if it killed you. Ah no those were the crap turrets weren't they?" :D

[Mayna00]

01:25 HOW did he just climb onto that desk, but was unable to jump over that sad little barrier in th Extras finale? =P

Gotta love the Smerch!

[Haluzator666]

wow aperture science can now make a human body for sphere cores....

[ConanCnutKicker]

hall pass was an appalling movie apart from the scenes with stephen merchant.

[demonmonkeysoda5563]

I just close my eyes and Conan is interviewing Wheatly.

[sKaYj2]

I love how he was "Tiny little wheatley" and in reality he's fucking 6'7 lmao.

[jaunzemselvijs]

0:51 You're monster! (for science)

[FudgeHeadShow]

Weird, because Stephan Merchant was bragging that he is so enormously tall, but Wheatley calls himself, "tiny little Wheatley".

[mythyvonne1]

I thought it was funny beacause he called Carl a moron.

[tailsfan13]

I can't unhear him as Wheatley <3

[2KingdomHearts345243]

@tailsfan13 Omg same here!

[TheUltimateNoob001]

@tailsfan13 ....dammit neither can I!

[ukikocarrot23]

Haha... he just keeps saying 'moron' xD

[RevanorSzeged]

@ukikocarrot23

"I AM NOT A MORON!!!" XDDD

[SteveMerchantStalker]

I WUD OF LOVED TO SEE STEPHEN LIKE THAT IN THE SEA! I just cant belive steve-3 aint married yet cuz he iz REALLY damn fit n u cant deny it! id LOVE to marry him!!!! Xxxx also i wud DIE to see steve stand up but i cant also to pour salt into the wound its annoyingly on my birthday! :o also did u no he lived with rick! Its a dream cum true! :D i LUV them 2

[DRHOLY12]

1:20 Puppet Fight

[TheCaponeMethod]

I close my eyes, and imagine Wheatly.

[TheWindows2000Guy]

I AM NOT A MORON!

[FunnyGrenadeVideos]

Does anyone notice the MOON in the background!!

[TheTromboneFreak]

@FunnyGrenadeVideos SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!

[tailsfan13]

@FunnyGrenadeVideos YES....reminds me of Wheatley....

[EvilStreaks]

"i know ricky gervais personally." "I've met ricky gervais several times. "Ricky Gervais sent me an email the other day." "I work with Ricky Gervais and...." Shaddap about him for 5 minutes and live your life. Also, you know him? You poor fuckers. He's funny as hell, but he's an irritating prick to know. I assume. :P

[andrewtregoning]

ricky is a chameleon when it comes to interviews, it's part of his genius.

[MooseyFate01]

stephen. is. god. <3

[afro10k]

I LOVE THIS STORY!!! (Smerch in Brazil)

[TDLBallistic]

STEVE

IS

SLENDERMAN

[Nayyfz]

is there an interview out there where his hight isn't mentioned? seriously.

[maninthemirrortable]

WOW I never thought I would hear that voice coming from a guy. The feeling is just awesome!

[louster200]

AAAAAAHHHHHHH! They, they told me, that if I were to turn on this flash light, I would die!

[DjSugarKitty95]

I could kill myself, I'm not english and i didn't catch a lot of things. Damn it! I really would to understand all the interview...

However, I knew Stephen because of Portal, and now i really want to know everything about him *-*

He's great <3 and cute <3

[90geekgirl06]

Aww, he's cute. :3

[kamyou70]

i need to see hall pass

[YasminlamaGaming]

i cant when listen to the interview properly... all i think of is WHEATLY!!!

[322kittycat]

they said U MONSTER!!!! :D

[t0ymachine23]

they told me. if i pee'd in the ocean. i would DIE!

[322kittycat]

@t0ymachine23 lol!

[BelphOwl]

Good old smerch!

[Ghostation11]

When i stare at Stephen Merchant. Something Seems weird. Than i picture his head as Wheatley and then i am all better :D

[88FingersEddward]

Stephen Merchant is easily one of my favorite people out there. He's absolutely hilarious, he's a genius writer, I loved him before Portal 2, and I love him even more after Portal 2.

Now, I am one of those people who is usually asking everybody to calm down with all of the "OMG, WHEATLEY!"s, and the "ZOMG HE SOUNDS LIKE WHEATLEY!"s, and the "WHY HASN'T HE DONE ANY PORTAL INTERVIEWS!?"s.

...BUT even I cracked a smile when he said "A moron," at 3:14. :)

[rhasti]

Wow, he sounds like Wheatley and he is NOT even trying!

[andrewtregoning]

not quite vibing with the american audience or presenters the way ricky has. needs to be a lot broader, fall over more, be more obvious.

[tomthefunky]

@andrewtregoning: Or he can stay home. Besides, Ricky does none of the things you think Stephen "needs" to do to appeal to an American audience and he does just fine.

And since you seem to know exactly what American audiences want to see on talk shows, can we be expecting you to entertain us anytime soon?

[adliikhwan280]

0:42

When he say HAH or AH

it really sounded like Wheatley

[AmaLovesWow]

He is 6'7 and plays the voice of a eyeball...

[adamvandyke2]

@AmaLovesWow Omg, I wonder what Karl had to say about him voicing a giant floating eye.

[AmaLovesWow]

@adamvandyke2 lols, idk

[LazyPencil]

wheatly!!!

[GregTom2]

Oh my God... if this guy was my friend, it could be like being with Weathly again!

[christophparnell]

OH MY GOODNESS ITS WHEATLY!!!!!!!!!

[DeviousMeneil]

"You monster"

Hmmm...

[Guardiansaiyan]

Wheatley! Come to the sequel!

[feefernutter]

Oh my god he's taller than Conan.

[jazford86]

can people just f**king shut up with this portal 2 crap

[thekiddlightning]

@jazford86 well portal 2 is awesome and thats how tons of people know of him now i am sure he does not care

[ninjafish258]

im just imagining the guy talk to him being a robot and steve being wheatley

[MrFeer123]

like this if portal 2 took u here

[Gold3nW3r3wolf]

he's made it so hard to not think about wheatly whenever i hear his voice

[TechnicolorYear]

He's so great. I'm going to be cliche and say I freaking love Wheatley.

Am I the only one who thinks he looks like a mix between Anthony Rapp and Joe Moses? (Am I the only one who knows who they are? XD)

[MAlexandra152]

@TechnicolorYear Whoa.. Anthony Rapp more than Joe Moses (What the devil is going on HEEEEERE??) but yeah

[TechnicolorYear]

@MAlexandra152 I'm so glad I'm not the only one who sees it. XD I say Joe Moses because his eyes are really round like Joe's, but the first thing I thought when I first saw a picture of him was Anthony Rapp.

[MAlexandra152]

@TechnicolorYear Ah Joe and him do have similar eyes :P (AVPM forever!)

[Axerty1234]

That desk was like a step to him.