Ricky Gervais - Extras - Timezone Arguement

[NYJALB]

Hold on a minute, if LA is 8 hours "behind" how can Sydney be 9 hours ahead....you go the same way to get there!!?? ....Oh my brain hurts.....!!

Talking of which, a tad late I know, but remember all that Millenium bug cobblers back in 1999/2000. British industry could have saved millions if they'd listened to me at the time..Sydney 9 hours ahead ok....right turn everything off at mid-day, and we get 9 hours warning if Australia explodes when they hit mid-night! No one listened though...FOOLS!

[polymorphic123]

i don't know what portal is

[Lucyeleanor97]

"Right..add eight"

"To what?"

"Ten!"

"Eighteen"

"WHAT D'YOU MEAN EIGHTEEN?!" xD

[989dillon]

Anyone else checked this not because of Portal 2's Wheatly?

[iinspectra]

i feel proud to have known Merchant from Extras before Portal 2. :D

[ZenoKameno]

Wasn't he kinda right when he said 18? lol

[juliengarneau]

He’s not just a regular moron. He’s the product of the greatest minds of a generation working together with the express purpose of building the dumbest moron who ever lived.

[DayDreamAscent]

I love this, it's like watching a new Laurel and Hardy

[greenday21]

i lost my extras dvd >.>

[imthefly]

Guys, Stephen Merchant has done more than Portal 2. I respect that you took the time to check him out after Portal, but it gets annoying seeing "Wheatley" on every video with Stephen Merchant.

[MrRyanGC]

@imthefly The Wheatley comments will die out, his new fan base will not.

[Butteryjam]

@imthefly It's getting to a point where i hate portal 2 haha.

[khalimseye]

These lines are written for Wheatley!!!! :D:D

[spideydk12]

Yeah, they twist it quite good:D

[hawzy]

@BaDumTiiiiish Hmm did i say i looked down on anyone? Or that im not happy that Merchant has made lots of new fans with this wheatley shit. The only thing i was saying was that Stephen Merchent is a comic genius and should be associated with the office rather than a computer game. I dont know how you can base me being a "hipster arsehole" from that but whatever thanks for the hipster points u retard

[MrRyanGC]

@hawzy Stephen Merchants role in Portal was brilliantly written, performed perfectly and is arguably even more entertaining and than his role in a television show that only airs in a small portion of the world.

[BS4Tactful]

@MrRyanGC it aired in america you bellend, and all over europe. extras definitaley had higher viewing figures than portal 2 has players.

not that i give a fuck, it's just good that he's getting some recognition. doesn't matter where the fans come from, my first radiohead album was In Rainbows. all this elitist "ooh i knew him first" bullshit is gay as fuck. unless you knew him before the office, you don't have an impressive story. this rant wasn't wholly directed at you.

[batrama310]

One of my favorite bits, Abbot and Costello for my generation.

[FilmTrailersChannel]

Simply two of the greatest comedy writers of all time :)

[Biteme759]

@FilmTrailersChannel THEE greatest comedy writers.....EVER!!!!!!

[hampusheh]

It's weird to me that so many people didn't know about Steve before Portal 2, but it's great to see so many people talking about him now, I'm all for it. But it's just weird because I've spent so many hours listening to him and Ricky talking to a bald monkey...

[FreedomFighterUK]

@hampusheh It is definately weird. I mean a majority of Britons have been aware of Steve since The Office, that's got to be about ten years. It's similar to the annoyance I experience when people only know Hugh Laurie from House. It's not a negative thing that new people are being introduced, although sometimes it can be depressing (when it's fellow Brits).

[HarresHarresHarreful]

im gettin sick of this wheatley shit.. merchant is a genius, he always has been. remember he wasnt working for ricky when he got big. they CO-wrote the office. teh office was genius, smerch is a genius. any true fan of comedy knew he was huge before portal 2 or whatever the fuck that game is. btw incredible scene.. hes not fooling anyone with his new stubble and cool glasses, hell always be that smerchy dweeb to me

[kyrakyramyra]

@HarresHarresHarreful Stephen Merchant did a brilliant job as a voice actor for a character in a great game. Is this a strike against him? Not really.

But congratulations, you get hipster points for knowing about him before Portal 2.

[CalebC92]

@HarresHarresHarreful +1 hipster point

[crissscrosss123]

close your eyes you imagine its wheatly

[DeeDubDrum]

this scene is hilarious!

[mllenocinq]

Los An-gel-es.

[TheShanklyboys]

I'm here because I have an internet connection and the ability to type. Fucking morons.

[YawnGod]

It's WHEATLY!

[MrsGreenDay123]

Hahhahaa CLASSIC!!!!!

[systemfeletp]

Brilliant scene.

[dicekpapi18]

Best agent ever.

[Deathys]

I'm kinda annoyed that Stephen Merchant got famous for his voice acting, whereas one of his greatest work, like The Office isn't that much appreciated. He was awesome before he even voice acted as Wheatley.

[Cryer24597]

@Deathys You can't say The Office isn't appreciated, it is widly accepted as the best british comedy series ever and has won loads of awards. It is much more well known than Portal 2. But I agree Stephen merchant himself is not widly known.

[Deathys]

@Cryer24597 Ah, I kinda formulated that wrong. What I meant was, that Stephen got famous by Portal 2, not by The Office. Yet, there's no one here mentioning about Ricky Gervais, who is also a famous comedian along with Stephen Merchant.

Such obliviousness infuriates me.

[kiwimci]

@Deathys I would never say Smerch became famous via Portal 2. I only heard of the game like a week ago cos a bunch of people kept writing Wheatly everywhere and I had no idea what was goin on. I love this man, trust me he was more famous thanks to The Office, XFM, filming and interviewing alot of Ricky's stand ups and skits, Extras and the podcasts. Every Rick fan knew Steve. He's been famous since the early 00s

[TheJDorian]

@Deathys hes actually been in movies and tv and was already famous, the game just made him famous to gamers

[Pazimierz007]

Wheatly!

[dageezerboi]

whats this whole "press 2" thing noobs post on every vid about?

[schredder12]

@dageezerboi in this vid pressing 2 would give duphone

[reassert]

I'm here because Wheatley voices Stephen Merchant.

[dk61jnr]

i love how ever video with stephen merchant in has a wheatley comment

[gillri]

@dk61jnr I dont! he was (into) S.M. way before Wheatley. He did co-wrote the office for crying out loud!

he should be way more famous for that than being in Portal 2

[dk61jnr]

@gillri i agree he is amazing and being in portal 2 has made people realise this ^^

[JJJMMM1]

@gillri

He is more famous for it, obviously. This is just a temporary invasion of gamer nerds.

[NibblesAndCasino]

@JJJMMM1

You just insulted pretty much everyone else in the comment section.

[VeryWittyName]

I AM NOT A MORON!

[SirPenguin75]

Press 2 repeatedly to make Ricky Gervais masturbate while saying "Goth" repeatedly.

[argebarse]

@SirPenguin75 I was endlessly amused by this so I'm giving you several thumbs up

[jensbolle]

Man now everytime i hear stephen i think Wheatly rofl

[keepitauthenticppl]

genius

[Megamanny]

WHEATLEY!!!

[alsiony]

I love you Wheatley you're so cute

[misterbread1]

Who's on first?

[hellbrendy]

Anyone else checked this for Portal 2's Wheatly?

[akaBanKsy]

@hellbrendy you need to watch all of extras. clips don't do it justice

[bensimps123]

@hellbrendy can you computer gaming geeks fuck off with this wheatley crap , he's done much better stuff then a bloody computer game so piss off back to your games 4 eyes

[Mussi93]

it's the voice of the little roboterball in portal 2 :)

[nimpo46]

... *points to the left* that's down the look

[cheekyegg]

18.

[seekoober]

Ridiculous, but plausible!

[nickygify]

That's down

[MrsGreenDay123]

*laughing hysterically *

My god... I lovee These two guys soo muchh!!!

<3

[wownov83]

Oh for f-

lmao Gervais is a genius

[gymnosophy]

Merchant is so borring that the term "merchant" has come in to english usage. i.e. "That bloke is a right merchant" meaning that bloke is a borring cunt.

[abhinavc]

Well, if one thinks about it, Stephen Merchant wasn't quite wrong when he said '18'. 18:00 is 6pm - which is the UK time he should have called LA at.

[antbubb]

You're still going up!

No, that's down look...

LOL

[ursie1986]

I love that Steve's character in this is entire series is basically just Karl Pilkington.

[JohnAdamsShoeShiner]

Finish Him!

[rockfairy91]

Golden

[StewedCarnage]

I love how Merch (Darren) acts so excited when he proclaims: "Eighteen!" He's so jacked to have added 10 and 8 together correctly, only to be instantly shot down again. Ha!

[ahmadaz96001]

what do you mean 18 !!!

[JHDELIVERY22]

lol

[coftroy]

HAHAH

10...at night? IN THE MORNING!

[NaszaOjczyzna]

merchant...godlike

[jonhandsum41]

I love Extras, I love this scene and I love Barry.

Infact, I went too far and made a video called 'The Story of Barry's Life'.

Like if you liked the video.... It shouldn't be like.....should be love!!!1

[DylanSpicer136]

Even though this is simple, thanks to Merchant I can't work out the time difference!

[1212nur]

bring back extras!!!

come back to england ricky!!!!!!

[CrazeeCatrin]

i've outgrown you . . . I DONT KNOW WHAT YOU"RE FOR

[goodrobotusses]

What's clever about this is how they worked out so many different wrong answers for one simple calculation

[seafortha]

haha boss scene this!!

[okee9]

The fact that his agent works part time at the carphone warehouse is just priceless. Gotta love Barry too.

[ChanceCorax]

Gervais, Merchant, Pilkiinton. ACES.

[KalVarnsson]

Darran Lamb is more broad a character than any in When the Whistle Blows.

Interesting.

[ddwj08]

Two of the best comic performers, writers, directors of our generation. They will go down in history amongst the all time greats.

[PeterStevens01]

Smerch is a f#cking genios!!!

Ricky, Karl & Steve = 3 funniest people to ever live!!

[Cryer24597]

"What do you mean 18!!!" LOL

[jimmi161]

The scenes with his agent are the best part of the show.

[MsMarc1234]

"5,6,7" "You are going up" "oh. 5,6,7" "You are still going up!"

[MrNarrative]

ADD 8!

[blm1990]

LOL, when he switches hands to count.

[coftroy]

@blm1990 HAHA I know, same here.

[Josh360]

your're still goin up!

[onealreid1]

They are the new awesome Abbott and Costello

[WINYARD87]

IN THE MORNING!

[remcotorken]

it so freakin funny how merchant repeats gervais immediatly when he corrects him

[hadabenz]

pause at 0:20 to get Extra laugh... that's the funniest Smerch face ever.

[olofus]

in the mawninn!

[RogueNL]

One of the funniest scenes from Extras.

[aTREYu001]

Ive never understood that bit when he says 18h. Isnt that correct? 10h+8h=18h

[cuchulainn187]

@aTREYu001 they're trying to work out the time, not the hours.

[RogueNL]

@aTREYu001 Yeah, but the Brits don't tell time like that. :-)

[aTREYu001]

@RogueNL thanks for clearing that up ;)

[robbief21]

@aTREYu001 wat a fucking idiot.

[aTREYu001]

@robbief21 Im not from england you stupid shit, i dont know how you tell the time. And you wasted your time just to reply that? lol what a loser...

[robbief21]

@aTREYu001 im not from england either, but any person with half a brain would get the joke. u fuck. maybe u should watch episodes of sesame street instead as this is obviously too confusing for u. lolz

[aTREYu001]

@robbief21 whats with you anyway, are you nervous or something? get off my back dude

[agentgooner007]

@aTREYu001 You are technically right in what you say about 18/00 hours and we (Brits) do use both 12 and 24 clock systems (24 for business, emergency services, military, etc) but Gervais was freaking because he coukd tell that Merchant was not even thinking about the time, hours, clocks or time zones but just a dumb knee jerk answer with no idea of what units of 18 (hours/ litres/ MPH) he was on about.

[McMaster2000]

from what I've learned from the radio show, this is actually all kind of based around Stephen's agent, who could never fix him up with any work :D

[bensimps123]

andy-"ok so how you getting on with the di nero thing?" agent-"what's that?" Andy- "aw for fuc" LOL funny as

[StereoTypeA]

"I've outgrown you, I don't know what you're for" lmao lmao lmao

[brock786]

very monty python esque

[amnm1000]

This is so hillarious!

[dannymcdoogle]

I've never used capped words on You Tube before but this is ABSOLUTE CLASSIC

[Kevo216666]

Perfect timing.

[Killahxxx]

is he avin a laff?

[19george73]

merchant & gervais , gotta be up there with the greats , rocking

[bojanstoiljkovic]

this is tv comedy at its best

[lanczak90]

'how you getting on with the de nero thing?'

'Whats that?'

'Oh for fu... '

Genius

[dustasdu]

I SO LOVE THIS SHOW

[mrcolmh]

brilliant

[Hyperion004]

Hahaha Darren looks so dejected at the end.

[chrillec]

Best scene ever.

[Kaipoeira16]

This made me lmao XD

[Gannondalf]

ahh for ff

[IzzardManiac]

I love Stephen Merchant! <3 Seriously, he's so sexy and funny as hell!

[2FLUFFY4U]

....this has a wonderful "who's on first" feel about it that leaves you thinking it can't get any funnier...... and then does!

Merchant is flawless.

[sk3pt1c1ndustr13s]

merchant's awesome in this! :)

btw, does he have man boobs? :D

[butsy27]

Took me 2days to realise they're 8 hours ahead haha fucking brilliant

[Dandango123]

What do you mean 18?!

[RogueNL]

Love Steve's part in Extras, he would be so annoying in real life, thank god it's just a character. ;-)

[ThrashTillDeath322]

merchant is fucking funny.

[fezile]

brilliant scene

[thomdibble]

i think extras real saving grace was steve merchant. he's a proper foot in this seires

[jomo999]

such a well done scene, the timing is pefect from both of them :)

[ghostwhiskey]

"oh for fff...."

[kronzzzzzz]

"No thats down!" *moves hand opposite direction*

PURE GOLD

[PREVideos1]

quality script writing, delivered with brilliance!

[iamericwhite]

0:04 "Ah, for f-"

I do that all the time now. So brilliant.

[DommesTemp]

@iamericwhite lol Ricky does this "ah for f-" thing again in the Patrick Stewart episode

/watch?v=h95T73D6LHA

just after 1:25 when Greg comes in

[wownov83]

@DommesTemp He does it almost every episode, sometimes a couple times in a single one :p

[theshortladders]

Into the sea to have a wee!

[misternylon]

Stephen Merchant rules!

[schpleeb]

this is golden : )

[Podesta16]

are they... that explains a lot.

[etocadet]

its the change from the smile thats the best

[ScarTissue1990]

Bet they've had this feeling with Karl an infinite amount of times!

[artsygan]

steves face @ 0:00 is so funny.

[pnkgtr]

According to Ricky it is all scripted. That doesn't mean it wasn't improvised in the writing process.

[lolspud]

Oh for ffu-

[kidigus]

These are among the funniest minutes ever filmed.

[odracirseraoseia1999]

True!

[transonicbuoy1]

When I fly back to th UK, from Japan, I never know if I`m coming or going. 12 hour or so flight, and the timzone thing. It`s a chunky double whammy - too much to take in.

[AJSProductions]

lol classic, we need more extars.

[ThatGuyInTheCorner01]

"You're still going up!"

[batrama310]

18...thats when I went crazy.

[XPowellyyy]

There is no way, no way in hell I could watch this video clip without laughing!

[philly500go]

i dont know what your for pmsl

[wiriness]

One of the greatest scenes ever

[Zonnexx]

ROFL Steve Merchant's face at 1:00, so confused

[stewux]

Hilarious! Ricky's " oh for ff....I told you " at 0.04 almost seems too quick in terms of timing, but it works and cracks me up every time. Love Stephen's face right at the end, he's thinking " oh fuck, i'm fired unless I grasp this time difference thing ".

[bobek3x]

@stewux It's not quick at all. It's actually perfect and makes sense like this. Andy was expecting it.

[erroneousapostrophe]

This is excellent. So Laurel and Hardy

[quovardiss]

Hillarious ha ha ha ah ah

[leeham987]

haha funny stuff

[slytown]

Shaun should have won a BCA for Extras. Steve and Shaun were both brilliant.

[woody12311]

Genius scene.

[misternylon]

Brilliant as ever, merchant is genius, not just ricky.

[jophus82]

Good call. If I could be either one of them in real life, I'd choose merchant actually. I'm glad they remain together and don't go off on their own though.

[cosmocreeper]

@misternylon merchant is the best part of extras i think?

[misternylon]

@cosmocreeper I used to watch the office religiously every week on a monday night it was like a club back then in 2002 and to be honest I had no idea who the ogg monster was. Smerch got his chance to really shine in Extras, I agree he was one of the absolute stand out characters. The dinner date scene with Maggie is actually painfully funny. I say it again, genius.

[Jlarsed]

from 0:52-1:00, that's the funniest thing I've seen in a long time!