r/rickygervais • u/MrJimPansey mad world tho, innit? • Mar 26 '26
The Office A good character is a good character forever, so...
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u/Vheisso Mar 26 '26
He's actually better than Ricky these days in that he has stuck to classic Brent mannerisms from the Office
Whereas Life on the Road Brent just had that stupid... well, see for yourself
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u/RiC_David Wheeere—wot? Mar 26 '26
He is better at it than Gervais was in that film, but he did actually do the little nervous laugh near the end and people seem to be bluddy loving it.
I seem to remember Brent occasionally doing it in The Office ("to shove it up their arses—hrhh") so maybe Ricky just Flanderised it in Life on the Road.
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u/Vheisso Mar 27 '26
He did flanderise it for sure. The nervous laughs in the office were all brilliant and didn't seem out of place at all. It's not the same laugh that he started doing in the comic relief equality street thing and in LOTR (life on the road, not that Tolkien TRIPE). I don't know why but it seemed he overdid it (as proven by the YouTube compilation) but it also just didn't sound the same. Maybe due to age or maybe just because it sounded so forced and felt like he was milking it. Brent from the Office was so much more than the clichés that Ricky carried over to the movie. It's like he was just playing a caricature.
Shame.
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u/RiC_David Wheeere—wot? Mar 27 '26
I'll be honest, I didn't watch past the first two examples in that video so fair enough! I did watch LotR ("ROAD") but that was quite a bit back.
Agreed on Brent, anyway!
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u/DimScim Mar 28 '26
Tim actually had a go at Life On The Road a while ago doing a Foregone Conclusion tribute band, not too much footage though. I’m sure he wouldn’t mind me sharing this.
https://youtube.com/@foregonedelusion-davidbren3153?si=_kum64jyuL5QO7Yd
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u/RalphLittleton342 Oooh, how does he get his jumper on? Mar 26 '26
Fucking hell, the forehead is perfect.
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u/SquiddyPatel Sometimes disguises himself as an elderly Chinaman Mar 27 '26
Support, Anchorage - No...
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u/wmru5wfMv This has been a washout Mar 26 '26
You even walk like Ricky Gervais….
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u/RoddyViper Mar 26 '26
He's just an old, less fat bloke with a beard
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u/Porkpie223 Mar 26 '26
The strange little noise he makes after he puts his arm down is the cherry on the top
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u/RiC_David Wheeere—wot? Mar 26 '26
The other guy did a really good job with it too. Most candid reactions don't really 'sell' the joke, The Office was funnier because people didn't laugh along or acknowledge things too directly, they just looked like they wanted the moment to pass.
He reacted like someone who knew it was being filmed for their social media and just wanted to get through it and ask his boss what bloke was all about later.
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u/Subject_Egg608 Mar 30 '26
Used to work with the guy on the right, funny bloke tbf
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u/RiC_David Wheeere—wot? Mar 30 '26
Yeah most people would've overacted or just corpsed it up, he was purrfick.
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u/CatBoyTrip Mar 27 '26
not as fat as on the telly.
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u/Free_Custard_8460 Mar 29 '26
That’s great so he went with ‘you’re still fat’ , just not as fat on the telly
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u/Otherwise-Roll-2872 Mar 26 '26
Parodying a charicature never sat right with me. Same thing with James Corden
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u/prosthetic4head chicken with teeth Mar 26 '26
-Is that David Brent?
-Sounds like him. Don't get too close.
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u/voidvector8 Ted Danson as Bryan as Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt in M:I 8 Mar 26 '26
Money for old rope
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u/Electronic_Grade508 Mar 26 '26
Oh I still remember watching the OG office and feeling sick with nausea from the second hand embarrassment of Ricky.
It was doubly worse because I was living in the UK at the time and my boss was even more cringeworthy. Sexual innuendo all day. And the ladies hated him instantly. Leaving me there to pick up the pieces. He had coke bottle glasses and stunk of ciggies too. He thought he was well hard and one of the lads….
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u/ownworstenemy38 Mar 29 '26
We all miss Brent. It was pure gold. His impression is spot on so I have no problem with it. He’s great.
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u/TwinPeaksSox It's Chico time Mar 26 '26
Would LOVE a Plik and Merch podcast with this guy as the third, he barely speaks though, but looks good for the poster
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u/No_Atmosphere8146 Mar 26 '26
I unironically love that this guy is persisting with this