Ricky Gervais as Bowie

[cirquedude123]

HAHA! "We'll drive-in Saturday To See Aladdin Sane! HAHA

[jieuxarmeni]

Great impression, even though his voice barely changed. :)

[headlikeanorange]

Smerch's papa!

[headlikeanorange]

Smerch's papa!

[anmar1002]

His voice and accent are just like David's! In freakin' sane!

[colonelmatterson]

Titanic in Detroit?

[MrSaidso]

It's not pronounced Bowhee...it's Bowee.....B-o-w-i-e that is, since 1972 for me.

[cockylachy]

JANE @ 1:35!!!!

[KADiamante]

He sounded just like David Bowie!!!

[netipothead]

what is this from?

[Snotra]

I wish I was british so I could possibly understand this.

[eruption257]

Black Titanic White Noise

[NickChafin]

@eruption257 well done

[piaaguilos]

he looks pretty thin here. Maybe he's wearing that corset again =D

[rini6]

@piaaguilos Seriously, I think this was a few years ago. He has been gaining weight. You should have seen his music video from the eighties. His was down right skinny.

[piaaguilos]

@rini6 Oh I hated how he looked before.I like how he looks right now 'cause he looks sho adowable XD

[Gooseage]

@rini6 Dude, Gervais has lost a lot of weight. I'm so used to him being chubby, he looks unnatural now.

[mtlgrsldsnake]

Wow, this is....EPIC. You Brits sure are lucky!

[azn88hunni]

ricky gervais does awkward so beautifully

[siskavard]

OY! That guy with the glasses is Stephen Merchant's old man!

[jesseoapest]

@siskavard  I had no idea Stephen Merchant was half black!

[Roskomaximus]

"John, I'm Only Dirty Dancing"...

FUCK I DIED!!!

[MusicIzMySavior]

actually when he was younger...alot slimmer he did look like david bowie

[billybadbrakes]

Stephen Merchants dad is the older guy ...the one with the glasses!

[mstheroff]

The guy with glasses is Stephen Merchant's dad.

[HarryTaylor91]

The guy with glasses is Steve Merchants dad

[CityzenJane]

the pants.

[IdRatherBeInLondon]

Hey do you know what this is from, 'cause it's not from The office or Extras?

Cheers

[NightRiff]

It's from neither, watched bother series many times, 100% positive it's from neither

[IdRatherBeInLondon]

Yeah it's strange

[phil946]

it's from something before both The Office and Extras - a 30min show named Golden Years (named after the Bowie track of course) and was part of a series by channel 4 looking for new talent. The series of individual shows was a sort of contest and the one show that got the best reception got made into a 6 episode series - unfortunately for Ricky and Stephen Golden Years didn't win the contest but instead they got the chance to work on a new sitcom for bbc 2... and so The Office was born...

[IdRatherBeInLondon]

wow, how in depth.

I've heard of that show, just didn't put it together lol.

Thanks alot =D

[jetstarIII]

Gervais zoundz just like Bowie

[wisesatyr72]

james david miller is a prick

[bundleHastings]

the older guy with the glasses at 0:13 is Stephen Merchant's dad.

[windh]

...seen as the staring janitor in the office. :)

[iisgonnasmackurface]

All the jokes r ruined by the bad directing. Sort of shows you how important good direction was in the succes of the office

[pauloutten]

Can someone pleaes remind who is the Girl on the right of RG please?

[headlikeanorange]

He's looking less podgy than usual! And anyone notice Smerch's dad at :12?

[WILLOW5033]

"Heroes" (The tv show)

Modern "Love Actually "

"The Queen" Bitch

"Moon"age Daydream

[thestevencrane]

"Lost Boys" keep Swinging

Somebody up there likes "me myself and Irene"

Wild is "the wind that shakes the barley"

"Blue Velvet" Goldmine

The Man Who Sold "The World According to Garp"

[komandersilva]

Wow, he looks great. :)

[grecomic]

"Angela's Ashes" to Ashes

[bass234]

lol, how about

fill your "brave heart"

diamond "reservoir dogs"

soul "love actually"

one flew over the kooks nest

Ziggy "Stardust"

eight line poem below

i don't know why i felt the need to come up with these after watching that clip but i did. my favorite one of his was "drive-in-Saturday"

[unclejnr]

LOL, I love Steve's Dad randomly popping up.

[karaloca]

He looks like Cilla Black.

[rojosal]

Funny! He does.

[sooperheromax]

woops the song is called "bitter heart" the band were called seona dancing..my bad :P

[sooperheromax]

I like the reference, as Ricky had done a song called "Seona Dancing"(youtube it!)in the 80's which is what I think this is what this is all about

[damunk88]

It's from a comedy lab special. I was made before the office and as you can tell there are many similarities. You can watch it on 4od. It bloddy Hilarious!!

[garreco]

what is this seen from?

[Jordaneagames]

AAAHHHHH they pronounced BOWIE wrong!

[KJS72]

there are to pronunciations of Bo-ey or Bowy..depending on your accent.

[calumlikesjohnnycash]

ITS SMERCH'S DAD AT 0.12

[12345l6789]

what really?

[Queenesy]

Brilliant!!!!!! Ricky is so funny! god!

This reall tops all his former gigs :-)

[pauloutten]

Brilliant impression!

[you2begin]

Ricky Gervais likes David Bowie because they both used to have funny teeth.

[Mrster]

"David Bowie knicked all your stuff!"

[DeafFret]

What's this from?

[MrTalkingSense]

Type in Ricky Gervais comedy lab...this is a clip from that

[ogielko]

which year is this?he's not that fat..

[ToTheTopJohnny]

The old dude staring at Ricky in the beginning of the clip, is that Ron, Stephen Merchants father?

[ellenmcr]

hahaha yeah i think it is

[gringolazlo]

suffragette city slickers

loving the aliens

starman (the movie starman)

[bundleHastings]

Which programme does this come from? I'd love to see the rest of it

[MrTalkingSense]

Ricky Gervais comedy lab...it's on youtube

[mrtyles]

chubby little loser

[stratman123]

All the Young Dude, Where's My Car?

Men In Black Tie, White Noise

Deep Blue Jean

The Sunshine Boys Keep Swinging

China Town Girl Interrupted

Blood Diamond Dogs

Friday the 13th On My Mind

On Golden Years Pond

It Ain't Easy Rider

[JanineRobin]

I don't know what drugs you're taking stratman123 but I bet they're not very expensive.

[stratman123]

All the Young Dudes-Dude, Where's My Car?

Black Tie, White Noise-Men In Black

Blue Jean-Deep Blue

Boys Keep Swinging-The Sunshine Boys

China Girl-Girl Interrupted

Diamond Dogs-Blood Diamond

Friday On My Mind-Friday the 13th

Golden Years-On Golden Pond

It Ain't Easy-Easy Rider.

Don't be dense. If you can do better-do it. If you can't. Shut up.

[BIuejay]

Oh yeah, you're brilliant... Cunt.

[stratman123]

Wow, did it take you the whole month to come up with that, or did you take a little time off in the middle?

Hard to type with a dick in your mouth, huh? If you're not sure, check with your Dad.

[BIuejay]

Ridiculous. The first sentence doesn't even make a scrap of sense.

[ScareMeSexy71]

Ashes to Ashe's all that

All Diamonds Dogs go to Heaven

The man who sold the world is not enough

[DJOfRadioGallifrey]

His voice does sound like david bowie's, especially when he was younger.

[nerp23]

Thats Stephen Merchants dad at 0:12

[PHILIBOYLONDON78PH]

he could have said- wallow in the sorrow that is titanic!

[yaxofossiad]

Haha I love the way he says Bow-ey. I say Bow-e, like bow and arrow.. Is Bow-ey, as in 'take a bow' correct?

[MarlaSingerIsMyIdol]

No. David himself says his name like Bowie (bow and arrow) so that's the right one.

[yaxofossiad]

Thanks!! =]

[squigglethepiglol]

I'm sure Bowie actually said he doesn't mind, as its not his real name anyway.

I personally say as in take a bow.

[Pook365]

The thing i don't like about that pronunciation is that it means his son's name is effectively Zoë as i assume Zowie rhymes with Bowie where as with the other pronunciation it a rather more awesome sounding name....I mean sure its still no Moon Unit. :P

[ellenmcr]

i say it like bow and arrow as well

[latetobegrateful]

Well, he got the teeth right...

[rdgloveshouse]

... that guy at 1:47 kinda' looks like Jamie Theakston

[johnnymoondog]

LOL !

He should have said "Titanic In Detroit "!

[rdgloveshouse]

WOW!

What's this from?

[Grawp55]

The Office (UK)

[rdgloveshouse]

um... then why'd they call him Clive?

[Grawp55]

OK sorry, according to Wiki, it's from "Golden Years". I think his character is so like David Brent that  G Y wasnt terribly memorable.

[rdgloveshouse]

lol- thnx.

alot of his characters are like David Brent (e.g. Andy Milman, Dr. McPhee, Bertrum Pincus. etc)

lol

thnx

[ellenmcr]

andy millman isn't like david brent

either is bertrum pincus

millman and picus though are slightly similar

and i dont know who dr mcphee is

[rdgloveshouse]

I didn't mean exactly like him.

I meant they all have those little awkward moments like David Brent. most of them not as much though lolxx

[UnusualTastes]

Let's Spend The Night to Remember Together?

[Clinteastwood76]

she pronounces Bowie wrong, bitch

[Oilbert]

she does not - and neither does Ricky (unless Mr Bowie pronounces his name wrong himself)

[lovedeliberate]

She doesn't, it's just her accent.

[Clinteastwood76]

No it's not...

[ILikeABandCalldOasis]

yeah she says it wrong, its not her accent. and david bowie says it bowie as in bow and arrow, but he once said in an interview that he didnt care how you said it.

[juniperandlamplight]

Black Titanic White Noise? It was worth a try.

Panic in Detroit Rock City...Rock 'n' Roll Suicide Kings...Glass Spiderman...Blue Velvet Goldmine...Into the Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (bit obscene, that one)...

Those are kind of lame, but it's quite a lot of fun. :)

[anthonydavidpirtle]

The Man Who Fell To Earthling :)

[DeafFret]

Is this from The Office?

[ralphinioresurrected]

No.

[666rocko]

of course not!

[kald0rei]

he's got the teeth

[doortosummer]

well done

[JontieDesario]

Cilla Black meets Ronald McDonald.

[afromike123]

hahahaha

[andiejanefisher]

hahahaha - looks more like Ronald MacDonald

[FleurT18]

Ingenious!

[hotdave86000]

you mean ronald mcdonald restaurants, i was inmspired over e' strawberry juice box being poured into my cereal?! hey new killer starr?!

[THALIDO]

Ricky is a massive Bowie fan.

[ayazyam]

Ricky is Hilarious

[andywaltonuk]

this isn't from the UK office.

[alman53]

Whats this from?

[sillysmooshie]

Looks like its from The Office (british edition..obviously) .. if that. :)

[therockromantic]

For all you wondering, this is from a one off show in 1998 called Golden Years, it is one of the first TV shows Ricky and Steve wrote together. You can find all three parts on youtube somewhere. It's worth a watch as you can see that some of the ideas of the Office came from it. And yes, the guy at 0:13 is Stephen Merchants dad.

[stevenuuu1212]

Smerches Dad at 0:13!!!

[hongsingpong]

its bowie like the knife. he has stated that its insparation was from the knife so he wouldnt become confused with Davy jones from the monkees. so its not boo-ie like so many who pronounce it wrong. it is his legal name but not his birth name

[DANNYTOMASSI]

does ricky look thin or do my eyes decieve me

[quaidbergo]

This is about 10 years old, from well before The Office. Before Ricky started eating blocks of cheese wrapped in strips of bacon!

[KrunchyFish]

Davy Jones aka David bowie

[applejack357]

What is this from?

[andrewzhang6666]

brilliant

[LilLyon]

Omg, he even got Bowie's voice down xD Haha, wow.

Is it just me, or does it seem like a lot of British people actually pronounce David Bowie's last name with an "OW" sound instead of an "OH" sound...?

[paul21turbo]

yeah alot of brittish ppl do pronounce it like that with a OW, but thats because that is the way you pronounce it,

[LilLyon]

Really? Everyone in the USA pronounces in with the "OH" sound, and even Bowie does, too! *is really confused*

[paul21turbo]

im really confused too, because everyone in the UK says it with a "OW" and so does Bowie, when he's here at least,

er.. well who knows lol,

he's still fantastic wither its "OH" or "OW"

[LilLyon]

Really?  I've only ever heard him pronounce it "OH". God, how confusing....

Yes, either way, he's amazing.. but now I'm not going to be able to live with myself if I don't know the correct pronounciation.

[LilLyon]

Actually, now that I think about it.. it should be "OH", because, David's real last name is Jones, but he changed it to Bowie after the bowie knife (which was named after a guy with the last name Bowie). And the bowie knife is pronounced with the "OH" sound. Unless British people pronounce the knife's name with an "OW" sound as well.. idk. LOL

[paul21turbo]

hahaha, then you must be right, and the reason sounds right, so maybe im wrong but im sure ive heard him say B"OW"ie, and ive always said it with a OW, but i say bowie Knife with a OH, hmmm..........

[LilLyon]

*shrug*

[motellife]

actually, Bowie is supposed to be pronounced "Boo-wee" because that's how Jim Bowie's last name is pronounced (which was where the bowie knife name came from). Bowie says Bowie the american way "Boh-wee" and Britons say it "Bow-wee"

I know David Bowie is British, but I've always seen him as more American than British (I dunno why). He seems more comfortable with America than other british singers i guess why. Still he's a genius.

[Bobdazz505]

ok. .. we'll give you a 25% of Bow wee in exchange for a 100% share of The Killers.

[pagey29]

who cares how it's pronounced, I know many people who don't like the sound of "boowee" personally I don't either, I prefere the way he pronounces it here.

[88222211]

you mean jim bowen from bullseye lol

[lefkytheshin]

...Scary Monsters Inc., The Lady in Red Money or Joe The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe.

[dvorak18]

Hahaha!

[robken0174]

might as well keep up the theme...

"look back in anger management"

[motellife]

"and rent the disney classic, aladdin... sane."

"we've got it's a wonderful life... on mars"

"sufragette city slickers"

"rebel rebel without a cause?"

AND

"John I'm only dirty dancing"

[tvinsider1]

oh you pretty young things

[motellife]

haha, i couldn't stop laughing at these puns.

ricky gervais is hillarious.

[stratman123]

OOH, OOH, I'VE GOT ONE!

FAME

[Phleanix]

Is that Gemma Atkinson asking about Titanic?

Looks just as fit! lol

[mattgunnsaysgetfukd]

Starman on the moon lol. Yea it's a movie too before you abuse me.

[nickeax]

All the Young Dude, Where's My Car?

[hydraulikz]

is that Greg at 1:31 ?

[dvorak18]

I have a few!

'Modern Love, Actually', 'I dream of the Jean Genie', 'Wild is the Wind in the Willows'!

Ey, ey?

[yercheckmate]

Nie one.

[qwerty7546]

good :)

[Flighn]

Was that Jane with her back to the camera?

[mattgunnsaysgetfukd]

Nah I had a look at the end its not her

[Flighn]

ROTFLMAO...what show is this?

[stgeorge2007]

the guy with glasses seen at 12 seconds in is actually stephen merchant's dad

[Vtwinsp1]

Lmfao he looks like Cilla Black!! pml XD... great clip ive never seen this.

[joeyjoejoejones]

he's gotten better :)

[hypatience]

RG--thinnish

[Flighn]

yeah he has lost a shit load of weight.

[hypatience]

this was before he gained all the weight and I'ld love to know where it's from. And it has Jane in it, too.

[favpron]

Where is this from??????

[mr1989]

the ricky gervais show

[anerlie]

do u mean meet ricky gervais?

[mr1989]

yup

[cheekysnout]

wrong

[icedtea1996]

great reply cheekysnout. if only you gave us the second part of that answer you wouldnt look like a prick.

[DBFan82]

lol