Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant on 5 live

[DontFearGrim]

Ricky is wrong about what came first. The chicken came first.

[OBS3RVE]

@DontFearGrim No, the egg came first obviously...

[DontFearGrim]

@OBS3RVE No, it was scientifically proven a year or so ago that the chicken had to have come first.

[umgolem50k]

Two-for-quarkles and a strumpet.

*making notes for physics exam*

[NemesisProducts]

I love Steve´s gardigan! 83

[keepitauthenticppl]

ricky you genius. i bet all those mugs who sent those wanna-be smart arse emails thought they could stump him

[ajax201000]

why do they need to plug extras anyway its not like no one knows that it is out,

[stino22]

At 5:30, they use inches. Does Britain not use the Metric System for small units like that, or is the Customary System more widely used than I believe?

[shanario]

@stino22 britain went metric about 30 years ago so a lot a of people grew up with inches and pounds. but then, im 21 and i use imperial and metric.

[ellagrace810]

in various points of this stephen looks so sick of ricky

[1337ontoast]

4:08 quick as lightning ricky haha

[TheBlackoutification]

@3:18 Simon Mayo looks fucking baffled...

[michalusOG]

8:48 Please,don't split this atom .

[michalusOG]

@michalusOG 8:47 :)

[Rickardo228]

ricky's a bloody genius! =D

[keepitauthenticppl]

haha ricky is so quick. intelligent man

[JasdAfterburner111]

Stephen looks younger

[DanSpurce]

@JasdAfterburner111 funny that, it was 3 years ago

[garlandx]

Hey guys instead of saying how people who discovered Merchant through Portal 2 are posers, instead wasn't it just a way that helped Stephen expand his fanbase? I mean I'm sure his Wikipedia page experienced a huge increase in hits after the game, and instead of saying how the game disregards his accomplishments, isn't helping people learn of them?

[trisoutlaw86]

wow ricky is fat compared to now, he really has done well!

[natschavez]

fucking comedy genius

[CrouchMaggot]

9:37 i used to do that aswell

[cerebralcereal]

blind and deaf cultures ahaha

[Planetrock555]

I knew Smerch before portal 2, but It's alright that people found out about him from there. What I don't like is people that only confine him to that one piece of work from that game, you should check out the other work hes done, its brilliant!

[BeatsNBassNRhymes]

this is the freakiest ive seen steve lookin i know what ricky n karl were on about now

[DeathnoteBB]

Ricky Gervais is awesome, especially cause of the questions he tries to (and does sometimes) answer :)

[sepsepsep12]

@DeathnoteBB fucking love that guy

[DeathnoteBB]

Since the first time I ever heard Stephen's voice was as Wheatley in Portal 2, I just see wheatley whenever he talks.

[TheLondondragon]

so weird how everyone knows Steve as Wheatley now hahahahaha

[TheJovanist]

They tell the radio host how to be a radio host. HAHAHA maximus brilliantus

[imgonnafuckuup1]

Imeasured the distance between my nipples

[wotucudavwon]

"Portal 2" is gay slang for bumming in a portable toilet.

[TheRandyChimp]

I'm covered in quimbles and strumpets. Someone call gervais, he'll know what to do.

[DarkHelm78]

My nipples are a bit over 10 inches apart...HA

[rushuki]

Please tell me I'm not the only one who immediately measured the distance between their nipples?

[MrSkinnyBill]

*puts on hipster goggles*

I knew Stephen Merchant before Portal 2 :)

[kamyou70]

geezz ricky really knows his biology and chemistry.

Wheatley! is looking great

[GeekKnightUK]

Now, I'm not saying it is bad, but, it sort of annoys me when people search stephen merchant on youtube and find every single video with him in it and comment saying "Wheatley!". People knew him before portal 2 people.

[MAlexandra152]

@GeekKnightUK I get annoyed when every single comment is "Wheatley!" and.... and just that one word! At least say, "Oh, I had no idea Stephen Merchant voiced Wheatley!" or "Oh, wow, I discovered this because of Portal 2!" I just wish people would look at the other comments, and see that the one word has been posted as a comment a zillion times, and would put some more effort into their comments :P

[Mehefinheulog1]

I totally refuse to mention Wheatley in any of my comments!! totally

[gretschbriansetzer]

ricky gervais in gta 4 and stephen merchaint in portal 2 yea^^

[Sniz4402]

Can we all shut up about portal 2 and the office and extras for a minute and stop to think about the incredible work steve did on that barclays ad

[DeathnoteBB]

@Sniz4402 lolnope

[maximotheone]

@Sniz4402 and the increadble work these two did in FINDING carl pilkington

[ymfb87]

@Sniz4402 hmm... your comment reminded me of portal 2 and the office and extras and made me forget about the work he did on the barclays ad

[jewishboatuser]

@Sniz4402 LOL!

[matthewosterloh]

So according to Ricky's theory of the egg came first, that means...adam was a baby when he arrived on earth? O_o

[DarrelHerring]

@matthewosterloh Who or what are you referring to when you say "Adam"?

[pwnetah]

@DarrelHerring adam and eve, look it up

[DarrelHerring]

@pwnetah I know the story of Adam and Eve, I was just making sure you weren't telling a joke about a chicken called Adam or something similar. Ricky's "Theory of the egg came first" is about the origin of Chickens not humans.

[ghjuy101]

@matthewosterloh No, adam was an evolved monkey.

[frusciante39]

@matthewosterloh arrived on earth? Are you a Scientologist?

[TranquilityMedia]

@matthewosterloh

you are a fail. Its called evolution. 2 different species mated and made an egg, that was a new species, that being the chicken. It is really NOT hard to understand.

[matthewosterloh]

@TranquilityMedia u obviously aren't that educated, you do know that it was adam and eve...and THEN animals right? Therefore there was no life before adam and eve...ag why am i even bothering half of you are totally retarded just trying to sound smart, im over it.

[TranquilityMedia]

@matthewosterloh

ahahahaha you actually believe in adam and eve? holy fuck how much of a primitive uneducated fuck do you want to be? i mean holy shit, i never actually thought anyone took that seriously, even the christian fags... and you have the audacity to cool me retarded? just wow

[matthewosterloh]

@TranquilityMedia i would say i'd pray for you but apparently as a "christian fag" that won't do you any good. say hi to amy whinehouse for me.

[TranquilityMedia]

@matthewosterloh Good, it would offend me if you prayed for me. Get some education you are living in the stone age, and especially since you have the internet, it is SO easy for you to do some research and find the truth.

[maximotheone]

@matthewosterloh ACCUALLY in genisis god created fish birds and then the land animal HUMANS where the last thing god created don't fucking dare misquoate the bible the fact you got THAT wrong proves your talking shit

[matthewosterloh]

@maximotheone my goodness, your spelling is atrocious!

[maximotheone]

@matthewosterloh i have a mentil conditioon

[johnnygannerss]

@maximotheone God didn't create shit, he doesn't exist. Maybe if you were educated enough you'd understand that

[maximotheone]

@johnnygannerss HEY dont think im cristain just because i corected someone else on THEIR religion im educated enough to know that

[ICaptainMidnightI]

@johnnygannerss Just interested to know, how did the universe begin? Or did it ever begin, as such?

Assuming that only god could be causa sui (cause himself), whether he were conscious or merely a 'godlike' force or action, it seems absurd to declare there ISN'T a god outright, instead of merely being skeptical concerning his nature.

I'm not religious, but I find it crazy for people to declare god doesn't exist, as if they could know.

[kryptic127]

@ICaptainMidnightI Atheists don't say there is absolutely no chance any god like being could exist. What we do say is any god based on any religion on earth is what is utter BS. Obviously you can't say there is 0 chance a god created the universe but it is the least likely and most flawed theory. There is 0 evidence for it and saying it deserves as much thought as any other theory is just non sense. I use the old cliche ' i say a flying spaghetti monster created the universe. prove it didnt'

[ChainsawVsGod]

@ICaptainMidnightI

But why wouldn't be declare he doesn't exist. It's like me just thinking of a giant horned ostrich called Humphrey who lived on planet Glongxyz., and then me demanding proof that he doesn't exist.

[johnnygannerss]

@matthewosterloh IF you were educated you'd know the adam and eve story is a load of shit and so is any religion, idiot,

[TwillightHeavens]

@matthewosterloh

Uhhh...well, we aren't exactly talking about beliefs of christianity here...but i guess so O.o

[mangusrah]

My nipples are exactly 9 inches apart.

[AyameChiba]

thumbs up if you knew stephen merchant before portal 2!!!:D

[AyameChiba]

thumbs up if you knew stephen merchant before portal 2!!!:D

[Maxified666]

hahahaha Wheatley, what an awsome accent.

[theMilkproduct]

Wheatley? YOUR BACK ON EARTH AND AS A HUMAN!? :D

[MEG0308]

HAHAHAHAHAHAH I love the guy whos doing the interview xD His face when Rickys talking about the egg coming first is priceless

And Stephen is just adorable <3

[dissinitbig]

Love the girl laughing in the background.

[keepitauthenticppl]

ricky could bullshit for england

[johntkooz]

who's the 5live host name?

[EnrichmentCenter]

@johntkooz Simon Mayo

[hyllaf]

@johntkooz simon mayo. a legend of the airwaves

[xilix]

Available now at a torrent site near you.

[jungla3]

spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaace

[strongbadman2]

I close my eyes and imagine wheatley and a couple of other personality cores talking

[ivorbigonee]

is there any more of this?

[LanteanKnight]

He got out of his ball!

[M30W3R]

They put two orange and blue gel microphones right there

[RockinxXxKzxXxWolf]

Stephen Merchant is no more...It's Wheatley now

[Stu588991]

The chicken came first. Its been proved!

[ProducShuns]

Ricky is a real fuckwit, seriously, what a narcissistic faggot, he doesn't treat his friends with respect, just look at how he treats Karl and Stephen

[SKYCLAD77]

shut up fatty, let weatley speak...



[sunooii]

thumbs up if portal 2 brought you here

[ToricoUK]

Omg Ricky, let Stephen talk!

[clipmaster30001]

wow ricky gervais im pressed me he knows a decent amount about physics

[Booksareepic]

HE"S NOT IN SPAAACE!!

[wassupjg]

lol pythagoras

[nanutek]

press 2 to hear ricky pleasuring himself

[NeeNaBeeNa]

You came to this video after playing Portal 2, haven't you? I know I did....

[Nipsofjustice]

One of the people here has a minor case of serious brain damage. :D

[leoholsbach]

He didn't even bother creating a particular voice for wheatley. Must've been pretty easy to "interpret" him.

[ToricoUK]

@leoholsbach Mmm they could of hired anyone to create a voice, but Valve wanted Stephens voice and accent for Wheatley.

[DrShotgunSurgeon]

WHEATLEY SCIENCE ;)

[MOPHenry]

7:10

How do you stop SPAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCEEEEEEEE?

[malbor]

hot broad alert above Stephen Merchant's head.

[flashcode0]

Wheatley!

[nikostripesmiller]

If you imagine Stephen as P-Body and Ricky as Atlas it's extremely surprising to see Ricky's mic blue and Stephen's is orange.

[iNick28]

@nikostripesmiller and the whole short and fat gervais, and tall skinny stephen!

[HometownBro]

If you close your eyes this feels like Portal 2 DLC lmfao

[skulljoint]

lol its atlas and p-body

the human versions

is this portal 3!?

[mudki11er]

It's Wheatley!

[Pumpkinspice13]

STEPHEN MERCHANT = WHEATLEY!!! Woot!!!

[craplewt]

Youre adopted Wheatley !

[anders8154]

Ha, I actually guessed that Ricky Gervais had the voice of Wheatley. Kind of weird that I turned out wrong about that, yet it was a good friend/colleague of his who did the voice. Didn't even know who Stephen Merchant was, but I guess Stephen and Ricky has spent so much time together that their voices have started to merge.

[Conneruuu]

@anders8154 I thought that it was Justin Lee Collins.

[n00b4444]

i think it would have been a bit funnier if ricky did the voice for wheatly, but its still hilarious as it is. might have been a good selling point lol. i know people would buy the game if gervais did the vocie just because he is know a lot better for working on the office than merchant

[XxWolfpack247xX]

I AM NOT A MOOOOOOOOOOOOORON

[JDoubIeU]

Portal 2 was amazing. Ricky and Steve also seem like pretty cool guys :)

[HappyGuy00000]

I AM NOT A MORRON !

[obdurare]

wheeeaaaaaaaaaatleeeeeeeeeey!

[gordonfreemannr2]

He really is a talented voice actor! I find it amazing how some people can just go out there and, well talk. Whenever I hear this man in the future I will think of no other than the humorous little personality sphere that accompanied me through the decaying enrichment center :).

[ComedyCutouts]

WHEATLEY ITS YOU!

[daveroberts192]

isnt it pretty obvious rickys taking the piss, why are people taking this so seriously

[Jebusjoose]

Look it's Wheatley!

[picorettte]

@Jebusjoose SSSSSSSSSSPPPAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaa­aaaacee :D

[Mapleopian]

That Wheatley is a traitor

[xJacho11x]

portal 2

[JTC545]

It sucks that Ricky is just going to be known for saying some mean things about people's idol celebrities and Stephen will be known as a voice actor in ONE video game

[BigMikeMcBastard]

@JTC545 Most people probably know them from The Office/Extras and their podcast rather than the Golden Globes or Portal 2.

[JTC545]

@BigMikeMcBastard Judging by the comments that are on here and probably also the ones in the next month will prove otherwise. People who are familiar with them from office/extras are a minority of the ones who will just say "that guy from the golden globes" or "the guy who voiced wheatly in portal 2." Its not that bad to get steve more exposure but people wont know what makes them great outside a 5 second web search.

[BigMikeMcBastard]

@JTC545 They're pretty well-known in the UK.

[JTC545]

@BigMikeMcBastard alright the US, forget it, im gonna go play portal 2

[craniumkazzo]

WHEATLEY YOU BASTARD

[hamtotem]

Portal 2 <3

[thatsWhAtSHeSaidERIC]

STEPHEN MERCHANT = PORTAL 2

[ItsMacabreTime]

@thatsWhAtSHeSaidERIC Blue and Orange microphones? Hmm sounds familiar....

[JJJMMM1]

@thatsWhAtSHeSaidERIC

Agh, fcking nerds.

Stephen Merchant = ½ office, ½ extras and ⅓ Ricky Gervais Show.

Having said that, I liked Portal 1 but haven't played P2 yet.

[thatsWhAtSHeSaidERIC]

@JJJMMM1 90% of profit from Portal 2 goes into Valve's personal weed stash.

[mrmadman86]

@thatsWhAtSHeSaidERIC Stephen Merchant is a video game? I know he voiced a character in Portal 2, but he actually IS the game now? When did that happen?

[thatsWhAtSHeSaidERIC]

@mrmadman86 last night

[AngelHalf]

@thatsWhAtSHeSaidERIC Portal 2 = The cause of thousands of people ignoring Merchant's amazing career as a director, writer, actor, producer, and comedian. Along with his Bafta awards, being co-creator of shows like The Office, Extras, and the Ricky Grevais Show.

[bobdrantz]

@AngelHalf  (Sarcastically) Yeah, it's not like anyone here who enjoyed the character of Wheatley actually looked up his voice actor to see what he else he did and became interested in his other works. (End sarcasm)

It was through Portal 2 that got me interested in Merchant's other works. That's how a lot of people become interested in various actors. Because they loved a role they played so much they want to see what else they've done. I love Wheatley, but I like Steve's other stuff too.

[BasementBeginnings]

@AngelHalf I'm glad I grew out of my gamer phase years ago. It's just shameful to be a gamer nowadays.

[vermillioneffect]

@AngelHalf Actually, in addition to Portal 2, I appreciate all the things he has done beforehand, currently does, and will do. He's a hilarious man, and Portal 2 is just another great thing in his line of credits. If people learn about Merchant through Portal 2 and then go look at more of his material, I would consider that a good thing.

[DrkStrShadow]

@AngelHalf If it wasn't for Portal 2, I would've never known about Stephen, I would've never enjoyed his role as Wheatley more than any other video game comic relief in the history of ever, and I would've never perused his other work to see if it was just that particular thing, and I never would've been proved wrong. I'm a huge Merchant fan now, of all his work, and I feel cheated that all I've ever seen before of this duo before then is of Gervais.

[Mayna00]

@AngelHalf I think I love you,

And Smerch too, obviously xD

[Felicitric]

@QuadfishTym We all realize that he does other roles, but don't blame us for enjoying that role the most.

[QuadfishTym]

@Felicitric Don't worry, I'm not. And I'm disagreeing now with that comment I posted earlier.

[chsssstp]

my nipples are 9.75 inches apart

[roboyle]

Knowledge sharing... brillliant.

[92Phaywood]

@Hyperion004

Have you heard the news toad-day?

[Hyperion004]

Ricky doesn't get enough credit for his ability to make up nonsense words.

[elnocho3]

Shut up Ricky, just cus you do a stand up routine on science does not mean you have a PhD in everything. You wrote 'the office' which was awesome, lets leave it at that, well done.

[nattpop]

birds have evolved from lizards. so the question should be what came first the lizard or the egg. not the chicken or that egg

[StickNinja]

Admit it, you grabbed a tape measure

[artfool9]

fuck merchant is one ugly man

[laggardz]

@artfool9 twat

[its0ver9ooo]

@artfool9 He isn't where he is today because of his looks moron.

[artfool9]

@its0ver9ooo of course its not his looks, he is where he is today because of gervais

[bensimps123]

@artfool9 :(

[Doca]

@artfool9

who is fuck merchant? the gay stripper you're seeing?

[artfool9]

@Doca speak english

[Slushofield]

Chickkkkkken ya believe it

[92Phaywood]

@Slushofield I bet no one else has any clue what that means. High five. I'm kermitted to this treatment ;)

[Hyperion004]

@92Phaywood Get a lobe of this.

[Coolguyrob2006]

It's a fucking lift

[00JakeR00]

It depends how you define an egg. Is it a chickens egg just becaue it has a chicken in it, or does it need to be produced by a chicken to be an chicken egg.

[TheJamiewinks]

His answer to the x factor question is class!

[116Bears]

5:27 It is not true. 11" yo!

[Furkin44]

I ADORE Ricky, but I'd like to see him give Steven a chance to speak as well....be willing to share the spotlight Love.

[AndyPepRock]

Didn't Ricky and Steve once get fired for taking the mick out of Simon Mayo, if so that might explain why this comes across a bit more awkwardly than a normal interview?

[gerardlover92]

i love how steve loves the fact that the nazis wouldve loved him hahaha <3

[thembrown]

THE CLOGS ARE YOUR MAN!

[WilliamTheSupreme]

The birth of an entire species with the production of one egg? Ricky, your talkin' shit.

[wownov83]

@WilliamTheSupreme That's not what he implied at all. :S