Extras Christmas Special US 8

Extras Christmas Special (US)
Part 8/9
Ricky Gervais Stephen Merchant Ashley Jensen

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Film & Animation

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• Ricky
• Gervais
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• Merchant

[dillinjaesc]

this is a historic piece of television. Some people view it as mere entertainment. The fact of the matter is Gervais couldn't be more correct on the current state of society.

[Mucky1little2me3]

Give some credit to the likes of Lionel Blaire too who are prepared to laugh at themselves and celebrity culture.

[superarmysoldier12]

@Mucky1little2me3 probably just desperate for a job.

[chatohe21]

@JanineRobin Haha, that's one of my favorite parts of the episode. Thanks for pointing it out; hilarious.

P.S. I hate seeing Maggie so damn low, she's the sweetest person in the show, and yet- all she gets in return is crap. Previous season and beginning of s2, it was funny .. but now, it's just too much. She doesn't deserve it.

[kr1shan101]

jesus how many people did she shag!

[JennyENicholson]

I think it's sort of pointless making a "US" version, but I don't think it's "selling out."

They just changed a few names, like the now-"Katie Couric" joke. It doesn't change the meaning - just ensures that everyone can get the joke straight away.

[Talkinhorn]

Do you know I look forward to this day...death!!!

[flynntheman90]

@dannyday58218195 what did you think of cemetery junction?

[THthefirst]

Of course the irony is that Gervais recorded an American version of this scene to make sure that it sold better to the american market, when he had orginally written it as an English scene with English celebrities mentioned, which is far more realistic. So he was prepared to change and adapt for his own benefit in the USA, a market he was at the time very keen to break into. If he was really above all of this, he would have said, "my character is English, I'm not changing things for the yanks"

[THthefirst]

@hitch4645 Er, yes, you got the joke, well done.

[THthefirst]

@dannyday58218195 The films were not as bad as you suggest, and the invention of lying was based on an interesting idea. You have a point though, which is that Gervais can't fully translate the shorter, sit-com format to the big screen. Coogan and Cleese couldn't either. A two hour film is different to a 30 min comedy.

[THthefirst]

@superstelling Blackadder? Only Fools? Alan Partridge?