Ricky Gervais can do no wrong. He's flippin' brilliant. And he's an animal lover. That's the perfect combination, right? Right. Stephen Merchant is 6'7" and weighs about 150 lbs. That itself is hilarious, but he's also quick-witted. Karl Pilkington is, well, just plain funny ... even if he doesn't mean to be.
Have you ever watched The Ricky Gervais Show on HBO?
No? Go watch it immediately. It's THE funniest show on TV. Some ridiculously talented animator listened to Ricky, Steve, and Karl's pod casts and animated them. So basic, yet so side-cramp inducing funny.
These three can do no wrong. I loved Ricky Gervais as the host of the Golden Globes (both years) and his laugh is a piece of heaven. I want it to be my ringtone, but I can't find it as a ringtone ... which makes me feel:
I like Steve a lot more now that he has facial hair and isn't wearing "dad" glasses. He was a tad hard to look at before. See what I mean?
Ricky and Steve wrote and co-starred in Extras together. Here is one of my favorite Steve scenes:
Karl is the "regular guy" of the trio, and was working with Ricky and Steve on a radio show when they discovered his flair for comedy. They sent him to see the Seven Wonders of the World in An Idiot Abroad. Basically they just tried to make him feel as uncomfortable and annoyed as humanly possible. It worked and I loved it. Here he is visiting Petra in Jordan:
See ... clearly these men are hilarious and you should love them just as much as I do. They're bloody brilliant!*
*Just b/c I want to be British and live in London does not make this post bias in any way.
