Are you avin a laff?!?!

[BtchinProductions]

The show-within-a-show, When the Whistle Blows, is set in Wigan in Greater Manchester. So the dialect is essentially Manc (Manchester). Also, I think Gervais and Merchant may have picked the phrase up from friend, Karl Pilkington (An Idiot Abroad) who's also from around there.

[RudiWeinhold]

what a fuckin man.hahahahaha!

[ArtypNk]

Little fat man sold his soul...

[Songremixer123]

I think that the series finale of this (Christmas special) was probably the best series finale I've ever seen of a sitcom, most probably because it isn't trying to be that funny and gives Andy and Maggie more character and lets Mr. Merchant bring most of the humor into it. Absolutely brilliant

[1292liam]

THE LAST ONE IS THE BIGGEST (LAFF)!!!!

[georginiou]

Notice the t-shirts with catchphrases from Little Britain and Catherine Tate? Awesome they way Ricky Gervais implies how crummy those shows are!

[stevenwilliams7]

@georginiou its cathrine tate and peter kay

[georginiou]

@stevenwilliams7 The 'I'm a Lady' t-shirt is surely from Little Britain?

[smileyvirgo1993]

youtube.com/watch?v=v1h9qnv_mm­c

[importedmusic]

This is actually quite funny!

[11stoutd]

This is a depressing scene if you watched the show.

[chapaev36]

I love the look of crippling inner pain on his face.

[mlc871]

I clicked on this thinking it would be Moss.

[IrnBruFiend]

Ahhhhhhhhh...you're avin a laff!

Haha

[UltimateVenom]

funny hearing southerners talk like me

[saturn1returns]

"'E-IS-'AVIN'-A-LAU-GH"

[UrAvinARightLaff]

It was inevitable

[UrAvinARightLaff]

I guess this video was made for me!

[saturn1returns]

heheh brilliant - always cheers me up that.

[UrAvinARightLaff]

Sorry I'm not quite stalking u but just had to comment cos i just wrote on one of ur videos just a little while ago and saw that u favourited this video which seems to be a perfect side dish for my acc :P

[alexandria2224]

r u avin a laff? I don gitit. Ricky's character is so different than David Brent in this skit. I hardly recognize him. I know they are mocking British sitcoms, but it is still cute. The China man son was totally outrageous. all they haffing a raff? I couldn't believe my ears/eyes when they were singing that song. How does he get away with it? lol Ricky/Merchant a great team.

[hashimamla21]

av a lovely bit of muffin. fat barry is so kl!!

[thenewzidane5]

i dont get it

[elliot5050]

u gotta watch the british comedy series extras to get it

[hcvang]

heh, 'cause he couldn't bedoing Gobbler's catchphrase, could he? =)

[leomnor]

"is he having a laugh?" and not "is he avin a laff"

[FreethinkingFun]

wow...insightful!!!

I'm pretty sure everyone knows that "avin" and "laff" aren't real words, they're phonetic

hope you had fun playing though

[toddpinkstonisgod]

leomnor got pwndededed

[Holms]

@FreethinkingFun that's a chavy slang from scouse I think.. at least I saw some from scouse people on forums. zas bloody boss! ;D

[Faggotbitchfuck]

Thank you, I was very confused when I read the title and thought it was in a different language. Your comment really helped me.

[blackwhimsy]

For all his loudness and brashness,it's the subtle things of Ricky's work that's amazing.That look of total disgust with himself for selling out to perform such cheesy humour for fame is brilliant.A sort of 'I feel sick' moment.Andy Millman is a GREAT chr,Ricky.

[MalamuteKid]

wtf

[PistolgriPimP]

"I haven't watched the show and I know that. All I've watched is this clip but I truly get it now" - Like2012

"I've watched the show many times and I am indeed aving a laff." - Like2012

hmmmm...

[Like2012]

Hmmm, what? So I lied on youtube. Is this a special club only people who get the joke are allowed in? I get it, belive me. Ayhal?

Okay, I confess. I wrote the show. I am Ricky Gervias.

[goobernutz]

hi ricky. you so fine.

[RenShiWu]

Is Gervais using a Wigan accent? I'm surprised the BBC let him make cracks about the catchphrases. Seems like "Extras" really bit the hand that fed it, mocking the low-brow humor of the different TV shows on BBC and all.

[RobBobMarley]

jesus people get it right, this is a character within a show, where he plays a character who is an uprising actor who plays the character Shown here. The character (played by rick) hates playing the character (shown here in this video) and he hates that line but has to do it anyways, the REAL rick plays the character who hates the character he plays in that fake sitcom. The real show in which he is part of an imaginary show (showed in the clip) is called "Extras" on HBO.

[VanCityKyle]

RobBobMarley"... I have been trying to explain to these people the whole point of this "Are you having a laugh" clip. People just dont get that its a freakin character within a character and that "Ricky" really hates putting on the glasses and saying those punchlines.... And people still dont get it! AHHHHHHH

[Like2012]

VanCityKyle you've been trying to tell me for weeks that Ricky hates putting on the wig! Ricky's having a laff, Mr. Stokes is, the audience is, I definitely am. It's only you and Andy who aren't. Yeah you say you get it but obviously don't. It's Andy who hates the line! Ricky's a fictional character. That's the irony.

[VanCityKyle]

Yes if the character who hates putting on the glasses is Andy then your right! I already knew that! But you still dont truly get it!

[Like2012]

You didn't already know that about Andy! I haven't watched the show and I know that. All I've watched is this clip but I truly get it now. Andy is playing Rick in a fictional sitcom called Are you avin a lugh? It's like when Seinfeld played himself in a show within a show except his character was called Jerry. Don't tell me I don't get irony. I'm British and we invented it. RobBobMarley: Extras is the bonus things on the DVD! Am I the only one who gets it?

[VanCityKyle]

Andy isnt playing a guy named rick! Ricky Gervais is the name of the actor! Why dont you watch extras and you will figure it out!

[Like2012]

I knew that. I don't want to watch the extras. I'd rather just watch the show. Will you be my friend on youtube? No-one else shares my humour. You're the only one who understands because of this clip. It's the funniest clip on youtube because it's not funny. You showed me how to laugh at something not funny. At last! I get it.

[VanCityKyle]

Of coarse i will be your friend on YouTube, but watch the show its called Extra's and if your in britain than you really should be watching it! "ARE YOU HAVING A LAFF"......

[Like2012]

Haha. I don't get it. Are you having a laugh, haha.

[VanCityKyle]

Well the reason its so funny when he says are you having a laugh, is because Ricky Gervais the guy who says the punchline, well his character really hates that line and thinks its stupid! So the irony is that hes humiliating himself to do the role!

[VanCityKyle]

Well the reason its so funny when he says are you having a laugh, is because Ricky Gervais the guy who says the punchline, well his character really hates that line and thinks its stupid! So the irony is that hes humiliating himself to do the role!

[Like2012]

Oh I get it. He's not having a laugh. His character's wanting to know if anyone is having a laugh, and they are. They are having a laugh. But why are they having a laugh? It's not funny, I see that. The guy that is supposed to be funny is not having a laugh, and that's funny. I want to be having a laugh. The point of the question seems to be, if you have to ask, are you having a laugh, then the answer is no. Is that it? Ricky Gervais is funny. Haha. I don't get it. Are you having a laugh?

[VanCityKyle]

Well the whole joke is that Ricky is playing that character with the glasses! And if you watch the show you would know that he hates that character with the glasses, and even hates the punchline even more, hence that is the irony of the whole are you having a laff!

[Like2012]

Okay, I get it now. Ricky is playing himself, isn't he, and because he really hates the character he can't help revealing he isn't having a laugh. Maybe he should retire if he's not having a laugh. Is this programme a documentary about how bitter he's become? I've only watched this clip but I like it. Is it called Are You Having Laff?!? Is it irony because it isn't funny which is funny because Ricky's bad at acting. I'm not sure I still don't get it.

[VanCityKyle]

You still dont fully get it! The show is called Extra's because Rick is an Extra on t.v shows and movies! He is playing a character within a character and he hates putting on those glasses and that wig.... You have to watch the show...

[Like2012]

Okay I fully get it now. Ricky's playing an Extra in the show. But he seems to be the lead character so I don't get that part. And why is the audience laughing at the punchline, because it isn't funny? I don't understand the irony unless it's because he is supposed to be funny and he just isn't. Why doesn't he write funny lines any more? I don't get it. Well, I do get it because it's irony. But I'm not sure if I really get it. Rick was funny in the office playing himself but this wig guy isn't.

[VanCityKyle]

Thats the whole irony of it all, thats the funny part. YES,YES,YES it is because its not funny which makes it funny! Ricky doesnt like putting on the glasses on the show within the show!

[Like2012]

I thought Ricky was a good comedian and writer. Why does he have to say these lines and wear hair he hates? I'm not sure if you get it. He's just going for cheap laughs and lazy catchphrases because that's what people want. They'll laugh at anything if they're told it's funny. It isn't funny just saying are you avin a laff?!? and it doesn't matter how many times it's repeated. It's obvious near the end of the clip that he's lost his credibility and he knows it!

[VanCityKyle]

YOU ARE MISSING THE WHOLE POINT! RICKY IS PLAYING A CHARACTER WITHIN A CHARACTER WITHIN ANOTHER CHARACTER! IF YOU HAVE SEEN THE SHOW IN ITS ENTIRETY YOU WOULD KNOW THAT! "are you having a laugh" is supposed to be stupid and not that funny and thats the whole irony of it! his character wihin a character is using the punchline, You know what you should just watch the show and figure it out for yourself! No offence but you would have to watch the show!

[blackwhimsy]

Although Ricky's chr,Andy Millman is an 'Extra',he's a trained actor who wants to be famous.When he gets a role on a Britcom it's supposed to be the big break he's always wanted.But he finds the inanity of the role,with its catchphrase and ridiculous costume soul-destroying.Hope that clears it up.

It's a great show.Watch it.

[artrush]

the shot right after this when he walks backstage exasperated, casts a glance at Maggie, and falls back on the set exhausted, and Tea for the Tillerman starts up -- my favorite part of the whole series. i reckon it went downhill from there actually.

[nayb87]

who are you ya goon

[jimbobgooner]

i dont get it?

[Ari3012]

You gotta watch the whole show to get it. It has to do with the 70's sitcom catchphrases!!

[jamescydonia]

:D very funny clip when I saw it, all the people with the catchphrase t-shirts and him being forced to pander to the stupid public- soul destroying

[martinjolsbluearmy]

R U AVIN A LAFF?

[Slob92]

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