Ricky Gervais Live - Animals/Politics DVD

Advantages: Some fo the best stand-up comedy out there
Disadvantages: Ribs hurt and hours are wasted

...Whether you did or didn't Ricky Gervais's stand-up comedy is a totally different kettle of fish. Gervais has released this combination of his two stand-up shows 'Animals' and 'Politics'. Inside this box set contains a couple of hours of comedy gold. The way Ricky Gervais grabs an audience is what immediately makes him a funny person. He doesn't do the whole spontaneous speeches act like Eddie Izzard, he doesn't do the quickfire one-liners like Jimmy ...
...Animals continues in brilliant fashion, Ricky Gervais enthrals the audience and pauses between outbursts of laughter are few and far between. Although brilliant, 'Animals' it is clearly a class below the follow-up show, 'Politics'. I would argue that politics is Gervais's best comedy piece ever, on or off screen. It is a watertight set that gives the audience little time to catch their breath. It starts like 'Animals' with a video sketch which really ... Read review

Advantages: Really funny, Ricky at his best
Disadvantages: Funny, Ricky at his best, again

...a cut scene, dubbed by Ricky explaining about some animal behavour, and it is well, rather offensive, but then the actual stand up comedy is brilliant. Remeber the office? Did you watch Extras? Have you seen him in any of the films? Well don't bother, these dvds are different from those!! Ricky doesn't write jokes as such, not like Peter Kaye, or Jimmy Carr, there is none of that, in these Ricky tells it how it is, yes it's comedy, yes it's offenive ...
...money to buy, in some cases its cheaper to buy this than buy them both individually! Animals, 10/10 Politics, not reviwed much in this but still 10/10, you can watch some clips online, you all know where ;). If you like Ricky Gervais, go on you know you want too ... Read review