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libertangoI'm somewhat surprised none of the usual UK suspects have mentioned this, but it turns out Ricky Gervais is doing a podcast at the Guardian. It just started yesterday, is about 30 mins in length, and will allegedly update weekly.
The 'cast is basically Gervais hanging out with his mates, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington. Fans of The Office will recognize Gervais' laughter from yards away.
But the most revealing things, especially if you liked The Office: It's painfully yet deliciously clear that Gareth was based on a real person, and that person is Pilkington. As such, the 'cast is almost like having a Yet Another Ridiculous Story From Gareth Festival, with Gervais and Merchant taking their turns at playing Tim both goading and deflating him. Enough so, in fact, that I suspect we can now guess that huge swaths of script for The Office are just transcriptions of these three guys talking.
Which says interesting things about what we may expect over the coming weeks.
Recommended.
The 'cast is basically Gervais hanging out with his mates, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington. Fans of The Office will recognize Gervais' laughter from yards away.
But the most revealing things, especially if you liked The Office: It's painfully yet deliciously clear that Gareth was based on a real person, and that person is Pilkington. As such, the 'cast is almost like having a Yet Another Ridiculous Story From Gareth Festival, with Gervais and Merchant taking their turns at playing Tim both goading and deflating him. Enough so, in fact, that I suspect we can now guess that huge swaths of script for The Office are just transcriptions of these three guys talking.
Which says interesting things about what we may expect over the coming weeks.
Recommended.
