Every part in this show is perfectly cast. Not only was the big bald Welsh fella great but even small parts, like the wanky production assistant, are done really well. Laughed hard when he coyly fired Andy and Maggie, like he was embarassed to even be talking to them.
@ukulazy Like I said...we Brits are the absolute masters of cringe, cause our minds are always racing neurotically at a billion miles an hour...incomparable. For humour/comedy it's what puts us at the absolute top supreme super absolute unreachable hors concourse. The sad thing is that there are a lot of "When the Whistle blows" British comedies - tragic! Cheers.
@xumbapaice when the whistle blows is more like american comedy,only because of HBO,arrested development,Curb,stole from Gervais & other brits(I"m from ny) we're starting to catch up on real comedy w/o the laugh tracks and catch phrases..but for some reason the bigwigs at the american studios create shyte sitcoms,try to dumb e'rything down,apparently thinks or tries self fulfilling prophecy we americans are that dumb,if you treat someone like a dumby/baby long enough,we'll start acting like it
@cykoaudio777 Don't get me wrong, eh? (but I'm not Canadian!) I'm not putting any Brits on any pedestal and saying that American comedy is basically shit (as I've said before, somewhere, I think "After Lately" is great, with hints of "The Office" and even "Extras", maybe copied, but who gives a fuck, if it's funny and causes a few laughs?). But what I'm really tring to put across is that the Brits are the absolute MASTERS of cringe...because we as a race are neurotic (takes one to know one,etc
Whats wrong with having a black doll? We have tons of white dolls and have them on show in houses etc.... why the hell not have a black doll too? If black people have an issue with it or get all offended ...they are stupid and don't deserve to comment. Its not racist to have black dolls on show with your other nationalities. Black people make too much of race. Sometimes I feel like THEY are the real racists.
@louiscfc93 You don't know what you are talking about. Because that was a lame comment. No insight at all. Black people DO get all uptight about black dolls etc. Especially Black Americans. THEY 'make shit worse'. I say what the hell does it matter what colour that doll was? She has twenty dolls on the shelf, one happens to be black???/ so what? The other 19 are white. Maybe we white should start getting all pissy over having dolls made in OUR image or err...colour? Black ppl can be whiney
@LoveMokes a family friend of mine owns hundreds of those dolls.her son in law and grandkids are black.they dont give a shit neither does she.some black people at my school even had those dolls.however black brits and black americans are completely different.blacks from here didn really get lynched on the grand scale that american blacks did so maybe over here its not as bad as in america
Ashley playing with the dolls is so desperately innocent and funny.Comicly fluent actress.She takes a hopelessly dumb childlike character and makes us care about her and cringe each time she opens her mouth.Wonderful
Love the innocence of Maggie's character when she specifically points to the actor she tried having sex with after Andy mentions to Samuel about her wanting to shag with a black guy for a couple of weeks to point out how Maggie's not a racist.
Ugh, Andy is so quick to blame others for everything that goes wrong with him. He wants to point the finger at his friendship with Maggie costing him his line, but at no point did he have to say "rat up a drainpipe".
Maybe someone can help me out here. Does anyone know why Gervais sticks his head in the soup, because i don't know if he did it because the guy gave him that gift and he was pissed off that he'd just insulted him etc. Or if it was all too depressing.
3.01 onwards when he presents the tickets, and the looks and expressions on that fat guy's face is really, really good acting and cringingly well written and timed!
This is quite a clever strategy, diving his head in the soup. He has to behave more annoying and nuts than the dullard to end that excruciating relationship. Great suttle humor ...
Gervais is a cocky, arrogant motormouth but when youve written and starred in a scene like that restaurant sketch you can be as cocky as you like...cos that is fucking comic GENIUS
To be fair, lots of people get Laurence Fishburne and S.L. Jackson confused...Still, I couldn't stop laughing when she started talking about The Matrix :D
Well firstly, the reason the joke is on this episode to begin with is because it is a common mistake.
Secondly, it's not so much the facial features as their charisma and persona. Big, tall, ultra-suave, penchant for black coats and sunglasses, always appear in control, almost always play 'cool' characters in films.
I don't confuse them now, but I did when I was about 14, which is Maggie's mental age.
haha another classic example of a white person being so paranoid about being considered a racist they will go to any length to be politically correct.
Bit like Ricky's character (David Brent) in The Office when he spends the whole of series 2 trying to convince the 'office black guy' that he isn't a racist. Even going as far as to buy a black dog so that he can call it Nelson, 'after the great Nelson Mandela, who they locked up just because he was black'. LOVE IT!
...........pulp fiction
cocaobean 4 days ago
rat up a drainpipe
ukstevey 5 days ago
i cant watch this. makes me cringe so much.....
sinprelic 1 week ago
i had to close my eyes really tight
ezmereldagreen 1 week ago
can't. stop. watching. but. want. to.
WillyWillyP 1 month ago
Every part in this show is perfectly cast. Not only was the big bald Welsh fella great but even small parts, like the wanky production assistant, are done really well. Laughed hard when he coyly fired Andy and Maggie, like he was embarassed to even be talking to them.
LondonPride25 1 month ago
0:14 "HE-LOO DAR!"
Bahahahahahaha!!
rabidrabbitshuggers 1 month ago
Steve Speirs absolutely STEALS this show. He is just genius as the dullard. "I may not be the joker of the pack..." :D
ShizuokaDolphin 2 months ago
I like it but it allover same type of humor and i can see what's gonna happen next.
michalusOG 2 months ago in playlist Ricky gervais- Extras series and outakes.
I wonder what it feels like to be an extra on Extras
ShearsOfAtropos 5 months ago 8
oh my god, simulated sex with dolls. Unbearable to watch!
MissusFingerBottom 5 months ago 3
What does he say to Jackson about a rat up a drainpipe? Sometimes I can't make out what he says on these vids
Greengiant223 6 months ago
@Greengiant223 Says if he wanted to shag Maggie, he could - like a rat up a drain pipe. One of the best lines ever broadcast.
caeteez 6 months ago
@caeteez Haha genius, thanks
Greengiant223 6 months ago
Oh God, the extreme discomfort XD
Randomidus 7 months ago
i died of shame in their place! and it's a tv show! hope i will never witness that in real life! cause then i will die, period.
periesicsd 7 months ago 2
The Samuel Jackson scene is possibly the most cringetastic scene in the series.
ukulazy 7 months ago 4
@ukulazy Like I said...we Brits are the absolute masters of cringe, cause our minds are always racing neurotically at a billion miles an hour...incomparable. For humour/comedy it's what puts us at the absolute top supreme super absolute unreachable hors concourse. The sad thing is that there are a lot of "When the Whistle blows" British comedies - tragic! Cheers.
xumbapaice 6 months ago
@xumbapaice when the whistle blows is more like american comedy,only because of HBO,arrested development,Curb,stole from Gervais & other brits(I"m from ny) we're starting to catch up on real comedy w/o the laugh tracks and catch phrases..but for some reason the bigwigs at the american studios create shyte sitcoms,try to dumb e'rything down,apparently thinks or tries self fulfilling prophecy we americans are that dumb,if you treat someone like a dumby/baby long enough,we'll start acting like it
cykoaudio777 5 months ago
@cykoaudio777 Don't get me wrong, eh? (but I'm not Canadian!) I'm not putting any Brits on any pedestal and saying that American comedy is basically shit (as I've said before, somewhere, I think "After Lately" is great, with hints of "The Office" and even "Extras", maybe copied, but who gives a fuck, if it's funny and causes a few laughs?). But what I'm really tring to put across is that the Brits are the absolute MASTERS of cringe...because we as a race are neurotic (takes one to know one,etc
xumbapaice 5 months ago
Whats wrong with having a black doll? We have tons of white dolls and have them on show in houses etc.... why the hell not have a black doll too? If black people have an issue with it or get all offended ...they are stupid and don't deserve to comment. Its not racist to have black dolls on show with your other nationalities. Black people make too much of race. Sometimes I feel like THEY are the real racists.
LoveMokes 7 months ago
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@LoveMokes are you basing this on the scene?
silentwitness297 7 months ago
@LoveMokes THEY arent anything.neither are all white people.there are racists and non racists.thats it.people like you make shit worse
louiscfc93 7 months ago
@louiscfc93 You don't know what you are talking about. Because that was a lame comment. No insight at all. Black people DO get all uptight about black dolls etc. Especially Black Americans. THEY 'make shit worse'. I say what the hell does it matter what colour that doll was? She has twenty dolls on the shelf, one happens to be black???/ so what? The other 19 are white. Maybe we white should start getting all pissy over having dolls made in OUR image or err...colour? Black ppl can be whiney
LoveMokes 7 months ago
@LoveMokes a family friend of mine owns hundreds of those dolls.her son in law and grandkids are black.they dont give a shit neither does she.some black people at my school even had those dolls.however black brits and black americans are completely different.blacks from here didn really get lynched on the grand scale that american blacks did so maybe over here its not as bad as in america
louiscfc93 7 months ago
This scene makes me cringe so many times... I love it! lol
vampiro1216 8 months ago
why didnt she just go "im sorry i was shamed to let you see that i have it"
000000imcoming 8 months ago
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PUT THE DOLLS DOWN
livinthedream89 9 months ago
I love how Samuel L Jackson is having make-up applied to his head.
Flowerblood 10 months ago
Ashley playing with the dolls is so desperately innocent and funny.Comicly fluent actress.She takes a hopelessly dumb childlike character and makes us care about her and cringe each time she opens her mouth.Wonderful
jameschairmanwong631 10 months ago 2
Maggie: *points* "That one."
Love the innocence of Maggie's character when she specifically points to the actor she tried having sex with after Andy mentions to Samuel about her wanting to shag with a black guy for a couple of weeks to point out how Maggie's not a racist.
breah23 10 months ago
Ugh, Andy is so quick to blame others for everything that goes wrong with him. He wants to point the finger at his friendship with Maggie costing him his line, but at no point did he have to say "rat up a drainpipe".
EffingAndJeffing 11 months ago 3
Hahahahahaha this is the funniest thing I have seen in a long long time!
E1878F89C 11 months ago 3
"I don't like reggae?" 10CC reference, much? XD
hatsthemax 11 months ago
Oh my god, I started yelling at her when she had the dolls and started playing with them! "Please for the love of God, STOP."
xJealousOrchard 1 year ago
The most cringe worthy dating scene ever... loved it.
Chik2300 1 year ago
"Don't take this the wrong way, but i looked at you and though what a pathetic loser"
LadyEllex 1 year ago
cringe!!!!! lol
vela2303 1 year ago
lmao sam looks like hes jus gonna break into laughter after gervais says "rat up a drainpipe"
Aztecius 1 year ago
cat stevens/yusef islam is great
Studas2006 1 year ago
i don't think i've EVER cringed soooo hard!!!
ClockSquirrel 1 year ago 2
Maybe someone can help me out here. Does anyone know why Gervais sticks his head in the soup, because i don't know if he did it because the guy gave him that gift and he was pissed off that he'd just insulted him etc. Or if it was all too depressing.
I think it's the first reason but can't be sure.
VerbalGraffitti 1 year ago
@VerbalGraffitti i think its because he couldnt reason with that guy
so he did something irrational. and left
2BitterFucks 1 year ago 2
Hello dere!
CystVonCysor 1 year ago
EXCRUTIATING!!!!!!!
3eau2aniel 1 year ago 2
extras has the biggest cringe factor of any tv sho
iammrsnowflake 1 year ago 16
fantastic episode
mutater0 1 year ago
3.01 onwards when he presents the tickets, and the looks and expressions on that fat guy's face is really, really good acting and cringingly well written and timed!
THthefirst 1 year ago
Gervais' soup ftw!
Bionic3333 1 year ago
why is ricky gervais so fucking hilarious. lmao
steph5492 1 year ago
samuel l jackson looks like he's about to laugh during the conversation with ricky and maggie..
MissusFingerBottom 1 year ago
maggie blew it with that hot black guy... he is a good catch!
MissusFingerBottom 1 year ago
God i can't get over how fucking annoying the fat bald guy's voice is. Seriously, he sounds like he permanently has something stuck in his throat.
andrewm153351 1 year ago
@andrewm153351 And a Taff. HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
xumbapaice 6 months ago
I reckon that Maggie would have been fine in that conversation without Andy interfering.
MsYesterday1 1 year ago
lol at 0:17
TheReilly8 1 year ago
Excruciatingly funny.
Ilemauzer 1 year ago
I'd forgotten how funny this was.
westwaytv 1 year ago
THAT ONE !!!!!!!!! AMAZING LMAO
CATASBOYFRIEND 1 year ago
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maggie is unattractive
WKaliberr 1 year ago
3:50 mental breakdown hahaha.
SaschaAleks7 1 year ago
I love the subtext that the two white people are in police uniforms whilst the black chaps aren't.
This is clever stuff.
watanidiot 1 year ago 3
what was the "rabbit up the drainpipe" all about?
skitch88 1 year ago
@skitch88
Haha i haven't noticed that, but i think he is referring to the matrix...
Tname20077 1 year ago
Ricky Gervais, king of kringe
martinmedeski 1 year ago
How does he come up with this stuff it's so "oh dear trainwreck" but so funny.
jimijable 1 year ago
The black guy is hott!!!
harrifullxx 1 year ago
Going from Extras to Catherine Tate is like going from Rolls Royce to Reliant Robin.
JanineRobin 1 year ago
@JanineRobin what, you mean Catherine tate only has three limbs?
THthefirst 1 year ago
the whole racist thing throughout this episode is soooo painful to watch, but yet so funny! lol made me cringe and laugh both at once.
Wrathasyth 1 year ago
the guy looks like ashley cole
adzarsenal39 1 year ago
@adzarsenal39 Yeah that's it.
jimijable 1 year ago
Work of a comedy genius/king of comedy, Ricky Gervais!
RickyGervaisFreak 1 year ago
''and dont take this in the wrong way, but when i saw ya, i thought what a pathetic loser.'' hahahaha.
barneycoles 1 year ago
"yeah, that's it...another great day, being friends with you" hahaha
TheCohen2008 1 year ago
"I just wanted to say I hate reggae", she really is a thick piece of shit lol.
urbandisaster567 1 year ago
"Hello derr... hello there." Oh boy she's a ditz.
wobblypunt 1 year ago
Ricky Gervais is a genius.
unlockthepower 1 year ago 9
@unlockthepower fact
iamfriendable 3 months ago
@unlockthepower as is merchant
oasis4ever92 2 months ago
I feel so sorry for the bald guy, even though it is obviously not real, but there are people like that.
utdfordouble 1 year ago 4
This is quite a clever strategy, diving his head in the soup. He has to behave more annoying and nuts than the dullard to end that excruciating relationship. Great suttle humor ...
NaturalBornHedonist 2 years ago 4
Is Gervais diving his head in Cheap can- food (Heinz-Spagetti) ? I bet he does.
NaturalBornHedonist 2 years ago
does anyone know the name of the song at the end of every extras episode?
tigercholabear 2 years ago
Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman
IamtheG1 1 year ago 4
andy cud be a fucking success if he didn't have maggie n darren fucking up his life lol
GlennYule 2 years ago
this the episode to which i have said wtf more times out loud
angellebron23 2 years ago
Episodes 4 and 5 are not as funny as 1 and 2 imo. The ones with Gervais' and Merchant's exchanges are hilarious.
ollie705 2 years ago 2
"Word of advice : if you get the most amazing, gorgeous, good-looking black guy back at your house, don't leave your Golliwog lying around."
PurushaDesa 2 years ago 3
maggie is extremly irritating
SirSwaggerDon 2 years ago
AAAAAAHHH! xD I can't keep still and burst out panic "Noo!"s all the time because they're doing it all wrong XP still can't stop watching XD
Annahojan 2 years ago
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i swear this show was meant to be funny
getaboner 2 years ago
that restaurant scene made me laugh out loud!!!
LBJT100 2 years ago
That scene in the restaurant made me LAUGH OUT LOUD!!
LBJT100 2 years ago 2
Sublime. Oh. My. God.
Absolutely brilliant.
weepingforbrunnhilde 2 years ago
LOL Brilliant...
othelloxxxx 2 years ago
Rofl
Yamcha67 2 years ago
So awkward sometimes........
Jakerno 2 years ago
I love how Maggie addresses Andy's index finger as it points up the drainpipe.
hollyceejay 2 years ago 3
rat up a drainpipe :D
celticfootballclub 2 years ago
That is why I don't own any Golly Dolls.
poobert 2 years ago
Gervais is a cocky, arrogant motormouth but when youve written and starred in a scene like that restaurant sketch you can be as cocky as you like...cos that is fucking comic GENIUS
neilus 2 years ago 2
Its GOLLY!
LMAO
TheLastMatic 2 years ago
"you really are mr. grumpy boots tonight" :D
beardedcollie39 2 years ago 4
jackson cant help but smile
oscaroscar11 2 years ago
i love maggie
JoeyPencils 2 years ago 3
To be fair, lots of people get Laurence Fishburne and S.L. Jackson confused...Still, I couldn't stop laughing when she started talking about The Matrix :D
ukulazy 2 years ago
They look nothing like each other. Who are these 'lots of people' you speak of?
z0mgrugbyreturns 2 years ago
Well firstly, the reason the joke is on this episode to begin with is because it is a common mistake.
Secondly, it's not so much the facial features as their charisma and persona. Big, tall, ultra-suave, penchant for black coats and sunglasses, always appear in control, almost always play 'cool' characters in films.
I don't confuse them now, but I did when I was about 14, which is Maggie's mental age.
ukulazy 2 years ago
What a poor bastard :(
gartnavel89 2 years ago
this is abit of a lame one. gays, blacks and slapstick. comedy gold! : /
VoodooConcept 2 years ago
catherine tate is shite
geoffster1990 2 years ago 8
"don't take this the wrong way, but I looked at you and thought 'what a pathetic loser.'"
Nice.
RienImporte 2 years ago 3
"Another good day being friends with you" haha
And i love Andy's reaction at 5.26 :D
flagga 2 years ago 6
Ha I like how Andy leaves the bald bloke with the bill
flagga 2 years ago 2
Not a lot of Jackson in this episode. Another couple of scenes would've been better.
AdmiralBirdseye 2 years ago 7
I love watching Gervais.
Whenever he starts making himself look like a idiot i have to strain to watch it, it's so painful :P But in a awesome way :D
xlxShannonxlx 2 years ago 9
lmao at the dolls
canyonerodriver 2 years ago 3
that one. lol
meekiyas 2 years ago
i started saying stop, stop!! when she said matrix.
meekiyas 2 years ago 29
@meekiyas
That's what white guilt does to people.
116Bears 1 year ago
@116Bears i'm african.
meekiyas 1 year ago
@meekiyas
Your point being? I was writing about Maggie.
116Bears 1 year ago
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Ive started to fast forward when Maggie has a prolonged speaking part. Its just too annoying
archeronfoot 2 years ago
i know what you mean its funny and everything, ashley jensen is a gooda ctor but its a bit painful sometimes
Jwo32 2 years ago 4
When he puts his head in the soup! Genius!
berlinmitte10117 2 years ago
Absolutely hilarious
arabicred 2 years ago 2
haha i love those social situations where some one is just digging themselves a HUGE pc whole haha
princesschat 2 years ago 6
lmao when ricky says no what are you doing? that reaction is killer
Metalaxeman666 2 years ago 4
haha Love it at the end "stay with us, catherine tate next on 2". Err, no
nietzsche123456 2 years ago 21
I can't stop watching
AmmyTammy 2 years ago 3
omg. so hard to watch but can't stop.
Amazing
Shewaplayer 2 years ago 6
sooo awkward!omggggggg
nazzazzan 2 years ago 7
"2 tickets to the.. Ben Elton musical'
I almost died with laughter
sfh91 2 years ago 3
Ouch, those last few minutes are painful.
Kiddae27 2 years ago 5
Try that. NO WHAT ARE YOU DOING lol
corcman19 2 years ago
Don't take this the wrong way but I looked at you and I thought..." what a pathetic loser.
GgRrYyPpHhOoNn 2 years ago 2
They always put their foot in it! Its absolutely painful to watch at times. hehe! Thanks for posting :D
peacnluv 2 years ago
lol i know its hard to watch when there in extremly awkward situations lol
louy191 2 years ago 2
the black guy is cute...
Narmedor 2 years ago 5
oh god, they just dig that hole for themselves. i can barely watch haha
wyrwich 2 years ago 7
oh marvellous.. the whole series... a genius ode to ignominous social departures.
FOUADMKHAN 2 years ago
Pure class
arabicred 2 years ago
"she's not racist. in fact she's being trying to get a black guy to shag her for a few weeks"
"that one" *points* lol
lckel1 2 years ago 3
Haaaaaa she actually POINTS! Excruciating haaaaaa
mznxbcv01 2 years ago 3
The Dullard is a legend!
SlimBoyCharles 2 years ago
"that's remarkable advice!"
XD
itsageoffrushthing 2 years ago
Omg, best episode! :D
Sabertron1337 2 years ago 3
definitely
mznxbcv01 2 years ago
Pulp Fiction..
sarah2853 2 years ago 2
lmao...best episode so far!
That woman reminds me of me SO much...
marky77 2 years ago
Just a shame Samuel L wasn't in it more, though he's slick as hell, as per usual. Another good episode of totally cringeworthy humour <3
RopeDrink 2 years ago
"what a pathetic loser"
sab567 2 years ago
pulp fiction ... lol
xCultSpherex 2 years ago
i can't watch things like this. it's just too emberassing
Serpico69 2 years ago 9
Are you refering to the subject or the show as a whole?
qPlung 2 years ago
social embarassment aka not knowing when to shut up (which is indeed pretty much the concept of the show)
Serpico69 2 years ago 5
Yeah i know what your saying, i love it on the other hand! This and the Office (US), cringe central! =))
nowwerampage 2 years ago
Last scene I was just screaming 'STOP, STOP'
LaurensDogg 2 years ago 7
Omg same
Mowens65 2 years ago
like a rat up a drain pipe!
Stoo61 2 years ago
"Im not a racist, I think I fancy you", just after the ' hello dere'
stoviesDFC 2 years ago 2
I love how he says 'don't take this the wrong way', as if being a pathetic loser can be taken as a compliment :)
andrew1984uk 2 years ago 8
another good day being friends with you
dokfoto 2 years ago 8
owch
peteroneill 3 years ago 2
Painful to watch? Quite an understatement...I had to pause the vid about a dozen times just to get through the whole thing
peterukk 3 years ago 12
lol he nearly took his eye out wit that fork
ElroyBelfast86 3 years ago
haha another classic example of a white person being so paranoid about being considered a racist they will go to any length to be politically correct.
Bit like Ricky's character (David Brent) in The Office when he spends the whole of series 2 trying to convince the 'office black guy' that he isn't a racist. Even going as far as to buy a black dog so that he can call it Nelson, 'after the great Nelson Mandela, who they locked up just because he was black'. LOVE IT!
Bubbs1987 3 years ago 10
'great man, great dog'! lol
tomr0b 3 years ago 3
Maggie saying "HELLO DERE" in that dodgy negro voice then correcting herself cracks me up every time.
CystVonCysor 3 years ago
Hey, anybody know what the song at the end is? Great show, great episode. Often brilliant, occassionally genius.
mercurius0 3 years ago
It's Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens. Great song!
farmboy639 3 years ago 2
I never ever noticed it was Cat Stevens who sang that song. Don't know why, his voice is pretty distinguishable. Cheers for the heads-up.
CystVonCysor 3 years ago
thanks, great song.
mercurius0 3 years ago
"another good day being friends with you"
dokfoto 3 years ago
"That one" hahaha oh god
lnternetHaetMachine 3 years ago 3
omg i could barely watch it
blazer33x 3 years ago 3
3:28 - brilliant. What else could he do but make it even more surreal?
TheElMuffin 3 years ago
LMAO God they need to know when to shut the fuck up.
PrimevalScum 3 years ago