Ricky Gervais In His Bath
March 23, 2013 3:08 PM Subscribe
This reminds me of that scene in House of Cards where Robin Wright is talking on her phone in the bathtub. People use their smartphones in the bath? Don't they worry about dropping it? Makes me anxious just thinking about it.
For Ricky Gervais, though, this is awfully G-rated. I was fearing something more, uh, colorful.
posted by ambrosia at 3:16 PM on March 23, 2013
For Ricky Gervais, though, this is awfully G-rated. I was fearing something more, uh, colorful.
posted by ambrosia at 3:16 PM on March 23, 2013
He repeatedly uses the #funny tag with reference to these images.
posted by mani at 3:30 PM on March 23, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by mani at 3:30 PM on March 23, 2013 [1 favorite]
I follow his twitter and have always wondered how the whole bathface thing started.
re: phone and water here's a sony xperia z being boiled alive
posted by M Edward at 3:30 PM on March 23, 2013
re: phone and water here's a sony xperia z being boiled alive
posted by M Edward at 3:30 PM on March 23, 2013
Here's some more exposition on his hobby on Conan.
posted by lazaruslong at 3:36 PM on March 23, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by lazaruslong at 3:36 PM on March 23, 2013 [1 favorite]
does someone throw a toaster in? because that would actually be funny.
posted by Conrad-Casserole at 3:40 PM on March 23, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Conrad-Casserole at 3:40 PM on March 23, 2013 [1 favorite]
Here's some more exposition on his hobby on Conan.
That was excellent!.
posted by gkhan at 3:46 PM on March 23, 2013
That was excellent!.
posted by gkhan at 3:46 PM on March 23, 2013
So, ok, wait. I watched the Conan video, and then there are the other like "related, recommended" videos at the end of that, and it looked like he had been on a few other shows? Plugging this....this tumblr blog? Seriously? I mean, I like the guy and all, but really? Famous guy takes pictures of self in bathtub, the tour? I used to joke about superfans buying "The Beatles Fart Xmas Tunes, Vols 1-5" but we have surely just about achieved this nadir.
posted by nevercalm at 3:48 PM on March 23, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by nevercalm at 3:48 PM on March 23, 2013 [1 favorite]
He could be funny if he wanted...but he's no Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, or Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
posted by discopolo at 3:54 PM on March 23, 2013
posted by discopolo at 3:54 PM on March 23, 2013
Seriously? I mean, I like the guy and all, but really? Famous guy takes pictures of self in bathtub, the tour? I used to joke about superfans buying "The Beatles Fart Xmas Tunes, Vols 1-5" but we have surely just about achieved this nadir.
Seth McFarlane is kicking himself for not thinking of this first. Uh, both the bathtub and the farting stuff.
posted by TheSecretDecoderRing at 4:18 PM on March 23, 2013 [1 favorite]
Seth McFarlane is kicking himself for not thinking of this first. Uh, both the bathtub and the farting stuff.
posted by TheSecretDecoderRing at 4:18 PM on March 23, 2013 [1 favorite]
It's nice but not as good as Will Sasso Lemon Vines
posted by fungible at 4:23 PM on March 23, 2013 [4 favorites]
posted by fungible at 4:23 PM on March 23, 2013 [4 favorites]
I don't understand this bathtub thing or the "funny" faces, honestly. I love The Office and love him on the podcasts/radio show, but I don't get why he has such a fixation on this.
posted by getawaysticks at 4:28 PM on March 23, 2013
posted by getawaysticks at 4:28 PM on March 23, 2013
I really don't like Will Sasso, but that was hilarious.
posted by codacorolla at 4:56 PM on March 23, 2013
posted by codacorolla at 4:56 PM on March 23, 2013
I don't understand this bathtub thing or the "funny" faces, honestly. I love The Office and love him on the podcasts/radio show, but I don't get why he has such a fixation on this.
I like him too, but this is by far the most annoying thing about following him on twitter. And now it's on metafilter as well. Maybe the weakest link ever posted on metafilter. I'm not saying that to be mean. I'm actually impressed.
posted by justgary at 5:11 PM on March 23, 2013
I like him too, but this is by far the most annoying thing about following him on twitter. And now it's on metafilter as well. Maybe the weakest link ever posted on metafilter. I'm not saying that to be mean. I'm actually impressed.
posted by justgary at 5:11 PM on March 23, 2013
I both think it's hilarious, and wonder what epoch of civilization we've reached that "I take funny pictures of myself in the bath" is a project that deserves more conversation than just, "Ha."
posted by muddgirl at 5:22 PM on March 23, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by muddgirl at 5:22 PM on March 23, 2013 [1 favorite]
Count me as another fan of Gervais' comedy- his standup and TV shows notably (his Hollywood movies were kind of flat, but power to him for giving it a go).
Anyway, I love this. It's just so absurd. I think he gets a kick out of sending this weirdness out into the world, knowing that most people will think it's just so, so stupid.
posted by beau jackson at 6:05 PM on March 23, 2013
Anyway, I love this. It's just so absurd. I think he gets a kick out of sending this weirdness out into the world, knowing that most people will think it's just so, so stupid.
posted by beau jackson at 6:05 PM on March 23, 2013
when i saw him talk about it on graham norton i'm pretty sure he was there for another reason and he also talked about the tub pictures. i don't think he's going around to promote the tumblr. i happen to think it's hilarious. of course, i also like danny devito's troll feet posts.
posted by nadawi at 6:22 PM on March 23, 2013
posted by nadawi at 6:22 PM on March 23, 2013
I really don't like Will Sasso, but that was hilarious.
Huh. I really like Will Sasso, but I just don't get this. And it probably wouldn't be as disturbing if what was projected from his mouth was limited to just the lemon.
posted by TheSecretDecoderRing at 7:15 PM on March 23, 2013
Huh. I really like Will Sasso, but I just don't get this. And it probably wouldn't be as disturbing if what was projected from his mouth was limited to just the lemon.
posted by TheSecretDecoderRing at 7:15 PM on March 23, 2013
but we have surely just about achieved this nadir.
Whoa-ho-ho, careful how you throw that phrase about - I'd hate for you to be proved wrong...
posted by Greg_Ace at 7:38 PM on March 23, 2013 [1 favorite]
Whoa-ho-ho, careful how you throw that phrase about - I'd hate for you to be proved wrong...
posted by Greg_Ace at 7:38 PM on March 23, 2013 [1 favorite]
I love the way it's become fashionable to hate on Gervais. The guy cracks me up. But then I'm British, so he would.
posted by Decani at 7:41 PM on March 23, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by Decani at 7:41 PM on March 23, 2013 [2 favorites]
Eh, I find him to be hit or miss, but on the otherhand I don't think anyone needs to defend him from haters. His comedy clearly works for a lot of people, given his success.
posted by muddgirl at 7:55 PM on March 23, 2013
posted by muddgirl at 7:55 PM on March 23, 2013
I love the way it's become fashionable to hate on Gervais.
Me too. Makes me like his work even more.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 8:13 PM on March 23, 2013
Me too. Makes me like his work even more.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 8:13 PM on March 23, 2013
He could be funny if he wanted...but he's no Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, or Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
Sadly true, men just aren't funny. For every Louis CK, there are two Sarah Silvermans.
posted by fredludd at 10:27 PM on March 23, 2013
Sadly true, men just aren't funny. For every Louis CK, there are two Sarah Silvermans.
posted by fredludd at 10:27 PM on March 23, 2013
Sarah Silvermen*
posted by ferdinandcc at 1:22 AM on March 24, 2013
posted by ferdinandcc at 1:22 AM on March 24, 2013
*Sarahs Silverman
posted by Potomac Avenue at 5:51 AM on March 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Potomac Avenue at 5:51 AM on March 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
I love the way it's become fashionable to hate on Gervais.
The thing is, The Office was brilliant, but it worked not just because of Gervais, but also the strong cast he had around him, as the success of the US version also shows. Yet it was he who got the most credit for it and he has been coasting a lot on it ever since. Extras was still good but again was due to a strong cast as much as Gervais himself, as well as a lot of famous faces willing to make fun of themselves. Which, to his credit, is something he's good at, getting Hollywood megastars to act the fool.
Unfortunately, it turns out the character he played on The Office was more or less himself and he turned out to be somewhat of a clueless asshole in real life too (e.g. the whole mong twitter controversy), a bit like when people realised that Jimmy Carr doesn't just play an obnoxious rightwing comedian, he actually believes some of the things he said...
So he's a bit obnoxious, hasn't done anything really interesting since his early successes and is able to get on Conan just to promote his Tumblr; it's no wonder he's hated on.
posted by MartinWisse at 6:29 AM on March 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
The thing is, The Office was brilliant, but it worked not just because of Gervais, but also the strong cast he had around him, as the success of the US version also shows. Yet it was he who got the most credit for it and he has been coasting a lot on it ever since. Extras was still good but again was due to a strong cast as much as Gervais himself, as well as a lot of famous faces willing to make fun of themselves. Which, to his credit, is something he's good at, getting Hollywood megastars to act the fool.
Unfortunately, it turns out the character he played on The Office was more or less himself and he turned out to be somewhat of a clueless asshole in real life too (e.g. the whole mong twitter controversy), a bit like when people realised that Jimmy Carr doesn't just play an obnoxious rightwing comedian, he actually believes some of the things he said...
So he's a bit obnoxious, hasn't done anything really interesting since his early successes and is able to get on Conan just to promote his Tumblr; it's no wonder he's hated on.
posted by MartinWisse at 6:29 AM on March 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
The Office was great. Extras was pretty good. Derek was interesting and rather gutsy. Gervais's stand up is pretty funny. His radio show was occasionally hilarious. Your portrayal of him as a one-trick pony is fashionable, but incorrect. Oh, and his star-shredding turns at the Golden Globes were terrific.
posted by Decani at 7:13 PM on March 24, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by Decani at 7:13 PM on March 24, 2013 [2 favorites]
The wife dragged me to see "Bridesmaids" and it was a much funnier movie when I pretended that the Melissa McCarthy character was actually played by Ricky Gervais.
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