aldgate
2:14 Sat Mar 16
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exactly alfie
like gervais's dog
but more expensive
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Alfie
2:09 Sat Mar 16
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West ham gives us something to do, somewhere to go, something to belong to that isnt family and that we love like family but that if it hurts us we can detach from because we had no control over and its not a family member we can influence. If it lets us down we will go back without malice or drama. We will never fall forever out and always forgive it.
Its a constant attachment we can have all our lives - from men to boys and back to our graves - unlike birds or pals it will never dump us or stop coming out or go radio silent or under the thumb. It is always a laugh, from when you jumped about on the terraces of old to when you made old bones and watch the match from your seat.
. It will never chide or judge us for misbehaviour or being too pissed or being a pisshead ornaughty.
West ham has been there all your life, from when your old boy first took you and you first went with you pals. From when you first saw the south bank or north or the chicken. You will still go till you cant, and when you go outers youll know that as well as your wife your kids your pals - you took west ham with you. If it was handed down through family it will be a link from the lot that came before to the west ham boys to come.
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aldgate
1:50 Sat Mar 16
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surely everything that all of us at WHO can relate to -
confused and bitter middle aged man given a reason to hate everything but find a mildly comic redemption
like a pass from noble that finds a redeemed arnie and we all hug each other for a few seconds without really realising why
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Alfie
1:31 Sat Mar 16
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Watched it yesterday.
Concluded that it was fairly well written, very funny in parts, written by someone who has not and never will or cannot have kids ( and the brain reengineering that accompanies it) and has been written by someone who has clearly sunk to the very depths of despair, and grappled with the logistics and realities of killing themselves, all of the analysis and labour that accompanies serious consideration of suicide. And written it.
Gervais clearly has the double edged illness of artistic / creative brilliance twinned with crushing self doubt and questioning of the life that allowed him to articulate it: it is probably what has informed his need to pour out his life - loves and mind for consumers to enjoy. I hope he finds the stability to recognise his talent and not crucify himself on its altar. I hope those around him recognise this & are watchful
those who understand life often seek to deny it
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Mike Oxsaw
1:01 Sat Mar 16
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Chatting with my brother today. He reckon's it's a bit sweary, but dead funny.
May have to make some time for it.
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Hermit Road
12:59 Sat Mar 16
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You might be right. Just read the others after I posted that. Didn’t expect everyone to agree with me but...
I laughed once in 3 episodes.
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WHUDeano
12:58 Sat Mar 16
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Pee Wee 6:06 Fri Mar 15
Have to agree with that - nothing will ever compare with the Office, but this was up with the very best of Extras. Fantastic writing and excellent casting / acting. The photographer was as up there with the best small part characters in the Office.
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twoleftfeet
12:54 Sat Mar 16
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I don’t think you are watching the same thing as the rest of us HR.
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Hermit Road
12:53 Sat Mar 16
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Up to Episode 3. Has to be one of the worst, most self-indulgent things I’ve seen. Full of hackneyed old jokes and one-dimensional characters.
No depth, no subtlety and worse of all, no humour.
Just Ricky Gervais capitalising on a reputation, which is fair enough. He’s earned the right to a turkey.
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Pee Wee
6:06 Fri Mar 15
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Beautifully written and acted.
Laugh out loud funny in lots of places but also tugs the heart strings.
Weird that Gervais as a bloke winds me up a bit, but everything he does professionally I love. This is up there with Extras
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Russ of the BML
5:50 Fri Mar 15
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Brilliant show. Had plenty of laugh out loud moments (for me anyway) and enough balance of heart-warming moments. My only criticism was that it got a little bit cheesy in the last 5 minutes. But I can live with that.
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Dr Moose
4:45 Fri Mar 15
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You had me until the 2nd word in Gervais, an immediate no for me.
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Takashi Miike
3:39 Fri Mar 15
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I thought the complete opposite, and it got stronger as it went on
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El Scorchio
3:22 Fri Mar 15
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First three eps were really great, but then it massively tailed off into a very twee and cliched ending.
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Takashi Miike
3:17 Fri Mar 15
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gervais talking about the series on jim norton's show, at times very funny
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hQklp63TqBs
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FruityBoots.
12:20 Wed Mar 13
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Worked my way through all the old XFM radio shows he did with Steven Merchant and Karl Pilkington on YouTube, some absolute gold there and surprised at what they got away with on a Saturday afternoon at 1:00pm!
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LeroysBoots
11:50 Tue Mar 12
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" I love you Dad"
"gay" !!!
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Percy Dalton
10:43 Tue Mar 12
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His old man made me laugh he was a ringer for my father in law when he had dementia.
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LeroysBoots
1:34 Tue Mar 12
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Just recalled the fish fingers scene, brilliant !!!
He was spot on with his feedback to the waitress
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Grumpster
11:26 Tue Mar 12
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Wouldn't surprise me ADSS.
Missus follows him on twitter and says he's always putting some funny stuff on there completely cunting people off who have annoyed him.
I know comedy is like marmite, but Gervais just cracks me up and I didn't find any of it sad, just funny and I could watch it all again already.
Then again, I'm not exactly the most emotional human being!
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AnotherDay_SameShit
10:56 Tue Mar 12
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I think Gervais used this show as a platform to send out messages to the type of people that piss him off in real life..like noisy eaters, people walking slowly, jangling their ice and yawning loudly etc. Would wager they piss him off in real life.
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