Ricky Gervais @ Benefit

[GhostReconGuy]

I think it's the audio.

[manwithouthat44]

pffffffftttt..... tough crowd ricky, Im feeling for him... :/

[Soundgarden8497]

audience couldnt be any gayer ... probably oprah fans

[plstrom]

when was this!!'? and for how many years is he doing the same jokes??!

[daithifleming]

@plstrom Judging by his weight, roughly around the time he was doing this gig... keep it up, you'll get there some day.

[plstrom]

@daithifleming really ! and probably with that coment you still think you are very intelligent... poor guy you.

[shelbeable]

I'm American and I think the audience was uptight too.

O_o

[johanneswiberg]

Firstly, I thought there was quite a bit of laughter

Secondly, he did rush through it a bit. I've heard the material before and it's not his top stuff, and neither did he really do it justice.

Thirdly, the amount of laughter depends on TWO things. ONE - how much the audience laughs, and TWO - how loud it is in the mix. If what we heard here was only Ricky's mic, it meant they tore the house down. Notice how he stops himself at times? The audience interrupted him. Only we couldn't hear them.

[ollyg85]

Its amazing how humour isn't universal, some people get it some don't, this is painful to watch. I'm not saying the americans don't have a sense of humour, rather this humour isn't part of their culture. you only have to watch the The Office from both countries to see the difference in humour

[drew2pac]

okay i notice people are slting yanks on here. right, i used to live in cleveland. my step-sister was a cheerleader, with cheerleader friends..... in journalism (class), she asked me (i swear this is true!!) 'hey drew..... you know in england..... what language do you guys speak?'

i don't know, if you meet someone from there, see if they know. i can toally understand why americans get the image of being a tad dumb

[Riouken]

He's so good at adapting the jokes along the way when he realises the audience isn't getting it.

[sparkyinbath]

Ricky, stick to what you're good at. Leave stand up to the pros.

[PaddyBoyDane]

@sparkyinbath Wow... That's an amazingly daft thing to say.

You can't have seen any of his material, saying things like that

[klum18]

Audience is so bad.

[BertTrump]

fucking moron americans. if he came out honking a big red nose they'd know to laugh.

[chuckstar666]

i know why the audiance doesent laugh at his fat jokes, its because being in America , most of the audiance is probably fat.

[charlesbyers]

tough crowd

[UltimateSerge]

Not shit audience, shitty piece of stand up, and I like riky.

[andymaxwellandy]

@UltimateSerge well this is straight from his stand up show so you cant like him that much?

[ItsameAlex]

@UltimateSerge

no, you're a gaymerican

[breakaway4404444]

which asshole decided to censor this?

[reckingmachine]

Perhaps abit to edgy for his own good at the start, yanks just dont get it.

[reckingmachine]

Shite audience

[ignoranceisbliss23]

the first two minutes is so painful to watch.... poor ricky the americans just don't understand his humour....

[hellsxrebellion]

I'm American and I get all his jokes and I'm not fat so i guess I'm a small exception lol

[rhysmon007]

Why must yanks be so god damn thick?

[Rammbock]

he's far to nervous and fast on this one. just compare this to the British gigs. dunno, but particularly in America, you'd better slow down... :)

[fleetiver]

audience sucks majorly

[Tom4Cheese]

@fleetiver

They're probably not laughing because they've heard all of those jokes 1000 times. This is all old recycled material, plus he doesnt exactly look comfortable up there. Im a fan of Rickys but this was pretty painfull to watch.

[fleetiver]

@Tom4Cheese the fact is most people in the audience will not have heard any of his material before. he plays on awkwardness, doesn't finish sentences etc which is why you think it looks uncomfortable.

[Tom4Cheese]

@fleetiver

No lol, I know Rickys awkward act and thats not what I mean, the act that he's doing in this video is from his fame tour, if you watch that and watch this you can tell he is not in his element here, he seems abit off. Sort of what you'd expect at a pub gig.

[DaveSimonH]

If you don't get Ricky Gervais' style of humor then its your loss, I doubt anyone was really offended though.

[cam89able]

If you have to say 'im joking' twice, less than 30 seconds in then you know its not going well.

[Xubelo]

Wow, American's are thick fucks.

[lassewins]

Its like the crowd, dosen't understand all the punch's.. Uptight americans..

[CrystalCanyons]

@lassewins it's cause it's an autism benefit.. you might say there were a few raw nerves

[ShinDragonForce]

haha yeah...but the last steve carrell joke was kinda funny.. not right though.

[dontleademsomuch]

@lassewins shut up, not all americans are uptight. listen to opie and anthony for fuck's sake

[lassewins]

@dontleademsomuch

Lol.. No im sorry.!. Obv. Not all americans are uptight..

Must of you are; Stupid, fat, low educated, intelligent-design belivers..

All right?

[dontleademsomuch]

@lassewins I'm english, dumbass

[taniahurley]

@lassewins as well as serious lack of sense of humour..

[9zizou8]

brilliant!