Gary really did catch Ricky and his crew violating his privacy when he arrived. They were going through his cupboards and such. He was truly upset when he arrived.
garry shandling makes ricky gervais the very thing that ricky makes people in his comdies - the butt of the joke. Ricky expects people to get it and deal and Gary is pushing his buttons to see how he reacts when put in that situation himself. Brilliant stuff.
Same idea here. Garry humiliated - actually toyed around with - him, just for fun. I think he disliked Ricky from the second they met, because Ricky was a boor. Ricky's accent sounds a bit posh for US ears, but it couldn't have went more beautifully if he, the chav boy from Reading was visiting a real nob family in the UK. Garry just mopped the floor with him.
@@maisiethedog5182 I think Ricky - apart from being obviously talented - is just showing his real awkward persona in his comedies. David Brent is him - as he seems to be appearing during this talks with Garry in the follow-me scene and so on. So he is the butt because that's what he has. Although in his interviews he is incredibly funny and witty, so he is talented in making fun of his real nature.
@@maisiethedog5182 He _plays_ the butt, but those are all characters--not actually him. It's a protective layer of irony. He doesn't mind if the characters he plays get made uncomfortable and get laughed at... _him personally_, on the other hand, is affronted to hell and back.
I compare this video to the time Jon Stewart went on Crossfire and Tucker Carlson finally got to meet his hero, and Jon Stewart absolutely despised him.
The deal with this interview is Shandling gave strict instruction that they were going to shoot something for him first which was going to go on a dvd extras thing - before the interview with Grevais for the BBC was supposed to happen, and when Shandling arrived and quickly realized Gervais was not told this and they were going straight into the Gervais thing he decided to kind of sabotage it by playing it very low key - which was what he was going to do originally for his own thing. Shandling has since spoken about it saying it was probably was not fair to Gervais but ended up being interesting anyway..
The interview was awkward because Gervais can't interview, therefore shouldn't be doing such shows. But he's determined to be thought of on the same levels as his heroes. Gervais was a rude little shit over the coffee thing - he's meant to be there to learn something about Shandling, NOT to boss him around and say "fuckin ell" to the camera. HE is the one with no manners.
He wanted to be nice and everything, but Gary never gave him a chance. Ricky should've ignored it and focused on getting something out of this, but he just couldn't
when he says there will never be this moment again when i meet you for the first time, he's absolutely right. it all started after one bad first impression. LOL!
@@ScorpIron58 Why wouldn't he? I can't believe the sides here how people say Gary mopped the floor with Rick where I absolutely think it's all the other way around!
ricky said that awkward moments are what makes up his comedy. then garry gave an example of one by improvising a scene with coffee. God, does everything have to be explained for most ppl to get?
Gervais is pretty much always Gervais: aggressive, abrasive. In contrast, you don't know which Shandling you're going to get. He can be a nice guy in real life, complimenting other comedians. But in Larry Sanders he shows how a talk show host can destroy a guest, make them look like a fool. His low key delivery makes his attack even more devastating. He's giving zero energy to the guest, who gets dragged into the quicksand. This interview is so much harsher than the scripted Larry Sanders episodes, because Shandling didn't give Gervais any warning. Yeah, this was a performance by Shandling, but it was devastating anyway.
I think there was a misunderstanding here. They were supposed to do two segments. The first being funny and playful and then a more serious discussion about comedy. Shandling thought the opposite would happen so he took Ricky's playfulness at the beginning as aggression and then he handled him with ease on multiple levels to teach him a lesson. I think Ricky came in too hot and got what he deserved. He should have treated Garry with more respect. ruclips.net/video/PJthU3_CuiM/видео.html
@@georgesotiriou7051 Shandling came in with the "was that you?" shtick, which is a strategy to throw someone off. It wasn't funny and it wasn't resolved amicably. Looked like Gervais did his best to keep it positive.
I remember watching this when it was on, forgot how hysterical it was. Think I only have the Larry David one on VHS. I didn't know it had become so controversial. I know Shandling said he invited Ricky over so he could interview him and had set his mood low to do that but then walked in his kitchen and a hyper Gervais was there with a camera crew rolling and took him by surprise, so he just went with it. he said they should have stopped the interview and got on the same page but neither of them suggested to do that and the camera kept rolling. If the day had gone as agreed beforehand, maybe it would've turned out different. R.I.P. Garry, you were a comedy great.
@@wolfman8325 I would think it improvised, on account that this has been Gary's act forever. But my god was it ever interesting to watch Ricky's face throughout as his schtick continually fell flat.
@@hd-xc2lz Shandling explains in detail the misunderstanding that led to the awkward nature of their discussion here: ruclips.net/video/PJthU3_CuiM/видео.htmlsi=wRYGfc3DSteaKLFA&t=109
He hasn't, look at 2:17,this is where Gervais goes from "is he acting a prick" to genuinely thinking this is what shandling is like..There's loads of really embarrassing moments ,and shandling is turning rickys kind of comedy on him,but even nastier.
I bet Ricky hated him after this, Gary was walking all over him. You can see that Ricky has no idea how to handle being made fun of. A true masterclass of comedy
The coffee situation, whether intentional or not, is basically Garry turning Ricky's premise back on him. He did something and made the situation uncomfortable, and Ricky didn't find it funny. Because Ricky only likes uncomfortable when he's the one controlling the situation.
This is it in a nutshell. And, same with the very rich and very famous Gervais dictating his opinion to celebrities at the Golden Globes that they, as very rich and very famous people, don't get to have opinions. And, hell, same with him dismissing his critics as "woke" and criticism as "cancel culture". When you boil it down, what he means is "I should be able to do and say what I want. You shouldn't."
@@DoctorFurioso Well said, this also smacks of Andy Kaufman. "Make everyone uncomfortable and that will be viewed as humor". Larry brilliantly "cancelled" Ricky: no coffee, having to explain to the telephone caller who Ricky Gervais is .. I'm all for the cancel culture when appropriate.
Absolutely not. Ricky totally went along with it and actually made it more uncomfortable for comedy value, by saying things like "fucking ell" under his breath, he was making it funnier. You just straight missed the comedy in the situation.
@CharlieBrown401 spot on. any 'awkwardness' in Shandling's work revolved around actual characterisation. Gervais prefers to just wheel out anonymous minority figures for cheap laughs under the guise of 'exploring' something or other.
Garry's passive aggressive controlling narcissism is exactly what the worst kinds of bosses are like. I'm guessing he did that to rip the premise of the Office?
Garry Shandling was fine in other interviews I've seen, its obvious he was trying to make Gervais as uncomfortable and awkward as possible as that what his shows are like. The whole thing is a setup and Ricky got schooled at his own game as far as im concerned..
I wouldn't say Gervais got schooled, cause most of the moments where Gary is acting like a dick truly weren't funny, and I thought that was objective at the end of the day: to be funny. I think Gary was genuinely pissed, struggled to hide it, then later justified his shitty behavior by saying it was all part of an act. Don't get me wrong, Shandling is a legend, but I just hated how he behaved here. It's SO unlike who he was
Garry put Ricky in the situations Ricky says he enjoys comedically. This was Garry being honest and trying to teach Ricky something. I thought Garry was brilliant and Ricky was caught off guard just a bit, which Garry wanted - Garry's last line summed up the entire thing.
@@glennrobinson8868 Garry was embarrassing to new levels. Everything Ricky's Globes hosting was pointing out. I can see why Americans are pretending he was doing it for comedy effect but it was just facepalm taken to new levels.
@Tony England I don't agree. Shandling wasn't embarrassing. Gervais desperate attempts to be funny and fake over the too laugh were painful. I don't think Garry came put of it that well either tbf it he has since explained why it was the way it was
@@TonyEnglandUK There's explanations for what happened on RUclips even from Garry. The whole thing was cringey at best but neither of them came off well from it. Gervais never did any more episodes after this either lol
"I should get a little drum. That would make you really happy, wouldn't it?" Damnit I miss Garry Shandling! This is Garry's act, he treats everyone like Hank. It's brilliant.
@MalibuAce Indeed. The biggest clue for me is the "coffee scene". Both actors over-egg the pudding just SLIGHTLY at that moment and that is the red flag that this is brilliantly contrived.
Massive fan of both comedians. This video is fascinating to me. It's almost like an episode of Larry Sanders. It's really hard to say if it's real or not. It's like there each playing their on-screen persona(Andy Millman and Larry Sanders). Millman as the new comedy star who wants the respect of his peers and Sanders uncomfortable with and threatened by younger talent. Great video. I Have to see the full version.
It is very real. Ricky is a massive prick who *literally* thinks he is some sort of comedy God. We didn’t know that when he was playing David Brent, he was being himself.
I think that actually Garry was really smart and relised that Ricky's whole humour base is on cringe, unconfortable comedy (derek, the office, extras) so he made the interview extremely awkward as a way of making someone like Ricky (who comes across as arrogant and thinks he can shrug off anything thrown at him) actually live the unconfortable experience he simulates in all his comedy shows; to get a taste of his own medicine.
@SamuraiPoptart I just saw it, as well, on British TV and thoroughly enjoyed it! As you RIGHTLY said "these guys are both masters of uncomfortable comedy"..and are so SUCCESSFUL that it is beginning to irritate me that so many did/do not get the joke! This is ( the WHOLE) interview CLASSIC DRY BRITISH HUMOUR!....amd Garry Shandling played his part so well, like not offerring the Coffee!:) DELIBERATELY!!!!
Page after page of comments and almost every single one of them missed the point. Shandling is smart, a comedy (and marketing) genius. He, like many MANY other people dislikes Gervais intensely and finds him offensive. With that in mind, why would he try to make Gervais comfortable? And why would he give a darn what people on Gervais's sleazy little island think?
After all this time I think Garry was at first a little on guard and Ricky was too overly familiar, but at the end they were fine after they both relaxed. Still laugh when Garry asks the guy over the phone if he knows who Ricky is 😂😂😂
Thanks for this, a superb piece of comedic teaching. I agree with you about Gervais. I'm not going to say he's a one trick pony, but as the years roll by...the Office seems to stand out from his other work. Most of his work is predictable. Gervais and his crew were rude. Gary dealt with him accordingly, being a professional showman, not a childish show-off.
How is this lost on so many people commenting? Gary pretty much invented (for TV at least) the kind of humor that Ricky made much more famous. That the Brits think they own and that people here apparently do not get. The fact that so many Brits are not getting this makes me sad. That was brilliant.
R Sulli I would be HONORED if I was Ricky, and Garry broke out this hostile routine on me. That's like saying "You don't need any help from me, you need a challenge!"
They're both hilarious but Ricky is definitely phased here. Shandling did his best to make him feel uncomfortable to see how Gervais would react - he was looking for a sparring match. Shandling actually asks Ricky why he feels it's funny to make people feel uncomfortable, all the time trying to hold a mirror up to him. Very clever, I think. Ricky really should have made the most of it. Nice little insight, though.
It’s like watching two famous painters walk into a mutual canvas without realizing it. Shandling though, it was his own home. Judd Apatow talks about this interview on Neil Brennan’s Blocks podcast. Apparently, Ricky broke an agreement to wait to set up until Garry arrived. That’s why the awkwardness and hostility in the opening scene. It’s a plausibly deniable “accident” that Ricky and his team were already there. But Shandling felt slighted and disrespected. Sometimes I wonder if Gervais is a genius or an imp possessed by the Joker archetypal spirit. Shandling was a “serious person” - as he said in the ending, “he did the best he could”. You can really see him trying to contain his emotions. And of course, get some digs in while he’s “suffering”. Absolutely fascinating and insightful.
First time I saw this interview I took Ricky's side. After watching the Larry Sanders Show, you realise Shandling is so much deeper in his comedy and thought than Gervais ever will be. He can't deal with any of the actual questions, just repeats that 'embarassment is funny'. He's got nothing on Garry.
Here's the real story: Shandling had been struck by the idea that Gervais would be a great addition. Though he’d never appeared on the show, Gervais had spoken openly about how Sanders inspired him. So Garry called Gervais and asked if he’d do it. The answer was yes, but Gervais also had a request. While he was in Garry’s home, could they also shoot his Channel 4 show? Shandling agreed, and all was well until the day of the dueling interviews, when wires got crossed. Garry says he assumed they would shoot the “visit” for the DVD extra first, because “that laid-back, not-on tone is good preparation for saying, ‘Let’s turn it on'” later, for Gervais’s special. But when Shandling walked into his kitchen, he realized instantly that Gervais thought the Channel 4 special was being shot first. Gervais was on-extremely so-and so were several cameras. Garry could have said something but wanted to see what would happen if he played it out. What if he stayed in the same low-affect head space he was in to do his DVD extras? Could he reach Gervais without explicitly identifying the problem? Could he bring Gervais’s energy level down? “It’s fascinating, really,” Garry tells me. “We both became locked into the shows we were each doing, and it became a bit of a boxing match. Because he’s trying to get me to do the show that he needs, and I’m trying to get him to do nothing. I was trying to pull Ricky into the moment.”
Clean your palate of this uncomfortable conversation with the conversation of Garry Shandling talking with his old friend Tom Petty. It's so sweet and caring, you just wish you could see hours of their friendship. Thanks for posting this, first time I've seen it.
@meyster7 Well done M8! Thats the best explanation so far! It was NOT "scripted" but the 2 Comedy Genius's just improvised and have executed an hour so clever that they have FOOLED 80% of the Guys writing on here. TRUST ME I've watched comedy for 50 years nowand these Guys got on great! When Ricky looked at the camera to say he has collected many awards, that was "fed" to him by Garry!..and the phone calls " Really funny!
Garry was playing around. It was more funny/entertaining watching him be awkward, than watching Ricky constantly feeling hurt that he wasnt being validated for his work by one of his heros. Ricky was the preening fragile ego in this, Garry was having a ball
If you watch the Larry Sanders DVD you understand what Garry was doing in this interview (it was shot at the same time)... but Ricky was on a different wavelength. He wasn't really being as hostile as he seemed.
I think that he understood gervais' work pretty well, and thus made him feel uncomfortable so that he'd see it and laugh after. I thought he was funny.
The fact Ricky was so gutted about this interview he cancelled the rest of the series, tells you all you need to know. Shandling chopped him up like meat.
Shandling showing how impressed he was with Gervais´s lack of introspection on his comedy whilst Gervais just tries to smirk his way out of it & desperately trying to exert ANY control over something Shandling is going to deny him control over! Gold.
The first thing Garry did was accuse Ricky of looking down the hall, then he accused him of lying, then he snapped at Ricky not to touch him. Not the greatest start.
According to a recent New York Times profile, Shandling is a Zen Buddhist currently making amends to cast members of his previous show (apologizing, seeking love and understanding, etc). I've tried to reproduce the link and contents of the profile here, but RUclips won't let me. So, do a search for Hey Now: It's Garry Shandling's Obsession - it may or may not put the Gervais meet in context. It certainly casts it in a different light.
I can't believe how many people have mis-read this whole meeting. They were both having fun on a level which is obviously above most people watching this clip!
Can no one see this is set up? It's so obvious Garry is beating Ricky at his own game. Making Ricky Gervais feel uncomfortable and awkward is fucking genius. This is the best 'Ricky Gervais meets...' ever.
+bambamgti Na, don't buy it. Garry Shandling is quite obviously a genuine arsehole. Ricky Gervais was asked in an interview if any of this was set up. He just said: "it was what it was". Says it all.
I love both of these guys, and I kind of "get" what they were trying to do here, but I didn't think it was terribly funny. It would have been much better if they hadn't carried on with the bit for the whole show.¹ I kept waiting for them to stop and be real, but it never happened. Do you suppose this tension and apparent dislike was planned? Maybe they talked ahead of time, and one said "hey, wouldn't it be funny if..." Either way, the result isn't what I'd call comedy gold. ¹ _Edit --- I read in the comments that this was edited. So hopefully the whole show wasn't this bad. I see the whole show is available in 5 parts, so I'm gonna check that out._
You know, to the fellow who argued that this compiliation put an unfair spin on things, I'd forgotten that I made another video along with this. It was impossible to cram all the highlights in the ten minute limit RUclips imposes, so I'd advise folks to perhaps check my other video linked on the side there "Ricky Gervais Meets... Garry Shandling - Bingo." I think this gives a better illustration of what a rude boorish arse Gervais was.
I was so upset with Gary after seeing this, until I heard a podcast where Gary was explaining what was happening and all is forgiven. I don't remember what he said, but he explained what was going on. I hated to see him being a creep to someone I like. It wasn't like that, at all. I love almost all comedians and then saw this, and wondered what the hell was going on. So glad this wasn't the angry exchange it appeared to be.
This is around the time Stephen Merchant stopped writing jokes for Gervais, so he decided to appeal to the lowest common denominator by becoming a cookie-cutter "edgy" comedian: 1. Tell people how much you don't care they're offended 2. Repeat Reddit joke from 2010 3. Reiterate how much you don't care
I so agree with you, I can hear that his talking, but it's all in the same tone so i'm not really taking any of it in as i'm falling asleep!! Feel sorry for Ricky for being disappointed to meet an idol who turned out to be such a let down.
Shandling is a comedy god, twice re-inventing the sitcom. Gervais is in thrall to him and rightly so. And of course they're both in on the 'Shandling feels uncomfortable' gag.
I thought that Shandling found him to be a complete jerk, didn't like him, and made a complete pratt of him. Funny how perceptions differ. If it was ''all a gag'' I'd be surprised.
If that were true, Gervais would have let the interview air. He didn't; his ego couldn't take it. Gervais is hopelessly out of his depth here, and fails to learn any of the lesson that Shandling tries to teach him.
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Like the way shandling spots the Gervais trademark audience glance and gives a puzzled look at camera.
Good lord, in all my lifetime of following Ricky's work I have never before seen his whole offence broken down.
Yes! And it's wonderful, isn't it?
"do you realize i'm not with you?"
that's a deep question
Gary really did catch Ricky and his crew violating his privacy when he arrived. They were going through his cupboards and such. He was truly upset when he arrived.
That's not what he was upset about: ruclips.net/video/PJthU3_CuiM/видео.htmlsi=rQCqrNm6xfvYi4Lh&t=82
Ricky thinks he is some sort of comedy God who can do whatever he wants.
They were molesting his cat
I like when he tells Ricky Keep Going when he answers the Phone 😂
garry shandling makes ricky gervais the very thing that ricky makes people in his comdies - the butt of the joke. Ricky expects people to get it and deal and Gary is pushing his buttons to see how he reacts when put in that situation himself. Brilliant stuff.
Same idea here. Garry humiliated - actually toyed around with - him, just for fun. I think he disliked Ricky from the second they met, because Ricky was a boor. Ricky's accent sounds a bit posh for US ears, but it couldn't have went more beautifully if he, the chav boy from Reading was visiting a real nob family in the UK. Garry just mopped the floor with him.
Ricky Gervais makes himself the ‘butt’ of his comedies so I disagree.
@@maisiethedog5182 I think Ricky - apart from being obviously talented - is just showing his real awkward persona in his comedies. David Brent is him - as he seems to be appearing during this talks with Garry in the follow-me scene and so on. So he is the butt because that's what he has. Although in his interviews he is incredibly funny and witty, so he is talented in making fun of his real nature.
@@maisiethedog5182 He _plays_ the butt, but those are all characters--not actually him. It's a protective layer of irony.
He doesn't mind if the characters he plays get made uncomfortable and get laughed at... _him personally_, on the other hand, is affronted to hell and back.
I compare this video to the time Jon Stewart went on Crossfire and Tucker Carlson finally got to meet his hero, and Jon Stewart absolutely despised him.
The delicious irony in Ricky talking about how, in retrospect, uncomfortable moments are funny. I wonder if he thinks that about this.
He to this day still name searches and blocks you on twitter if you post a link to this video. One of the biggest babies alive.
@@emmastrange1770 absolutely,he is triggered
He still can’t handle this. The big Hollywood edge lord 😂
He is giving Gervais a fricking Master Class in the humor he has chosen!!!
your not being serious right now are you m8, are you..
@@gerd9126 Some of it was annoyance, like the contact lenses, but the timing on that coffee bit was just *too* perfect.
Ricky doesn’t know how to handle ANY of this. He is David Brent and it is hard to watch.
@LittlefootItIs ..you are completely clueless mate.
"Don't touch me."
lmfaoooo
Supposedly Gervais didn't like this experience. I think it was great.
The deal with this interview is Shandling gave strict instruction that they were going to shoot something for him first which was going to go on a dvd extras thing - before the interview with Grevais for the BBC was supposed to happen, and when Shandling arrived and quickly realized Gervais was not told this and they were going straight into the Gervais thing he decided to kind of sabotage it by playing it very low key - which was what he was going to do originally for his own thing. Shandling has since spoken about it saying it was probably was not fair to Gervais but ended up being interesting anyway..
Absolute classic - the most awkward antagonistic television I`ve ever seen. Deserves multiple viewings.
Only Garry Shandling could use ACTUALLY STANDING UP as a punchline hahaha
The interview was awkward because Gervais can't interview, therefore shouldn't be doing such shows. But he's determined to be thought of on the same levels as his heroes. Gervais was a rude little shit over the coffee thing - he's meant to be there to learn something about Shandling, NOT to boss him around and say "fuckin ell" to the camera. HE is the one with no manners.
He wanted to be nice and everything, but Gary never gave him a chance. Ricky should've ignored it and focused on getting something out of this, but he just couldn't
when he says there will never be this moment again when i meet you for the first time, he's absolutely right. it all started after one bad first impression. LOL!
He created and starred in The Larry Sanders Show. One of the greatest sitcoms of all time.
is it though?
@@dannygolightly865yes
and..
Definitely
@@dannygolightly865yes! In the DNA of so many great shows that followed
I like that 'we can get into being extremely funny in a second', surely just a way to make Rick feel even more uncomfoprtable
At what point Ricky was uncomfortable, he was fu..ing enjoying it!
@@oldtimer7635 D'ya really think that?
@@ScorpIron58 Why wouldn't he? I can't believe the sides here how people say Gary mopped the floor with Rick where I absolutely think it's all the other way around!
Brilliant. The Larry Sanders Show is one of the best out there!
Garry wrote the book on awkward moments.
ricky said that awkward moments are what makes up his comedy. then garry gave an example of one by improvising a scene with coffee. God, does everything have to be explained for most ppl to get?
Gervais is pretty much always Gervais: aggressive, abrasive. In contrast, you don't know which Shandling you're going to get. He can be a nice guy in real life, complimenting other comedians. But in Larry Sanders he shows how a talk show host can destroy a guest, make them look like a fool. His low key delivery makes his attack even more devastating. He's giving zero energy to the guest, who gets dragged into the quicksand. This interview is so much harsher than the scripted Larry Sanders episodes, because Shandling didn't give Gervais any warning. Yeah, this was a performance by Shandling, but it was devastating anyway.
I think there was a misunderstanding here. They were supposed to do two segments. The first being funny and playful and then a more serious discussion about comedy. Shandling thought the opposite would happen so he took Ricky's playfulness at the beginning as aggression and then he handled him with ease on multiple levels to teach him a lesson. I think Ricky came in too hot and got what he deserved. He should have treated Garry with more respect.
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@@georgesotiriou7051 Shandling came in with the "was that you?" shtick, which is a strategy to throw someone off. It wasn't funny and it wasn't resolved amicably. Looked like Gervais did his best to keep it positive.
@@hanshananigan1233 Garry played him like a fiddle. Gervais was clearly outclassed.
'You cannot get caught up in the result of your work - that's not who you are.' - those were really wise words!
Ricky's laugh at 5:06-5:12!! He sounds like a cassette tape on repeat! Love it
I remember watching this when it was on, forgot how hysterical it was. Think I only have the Larry David one on VHS. I didn't know it had become so controversial. I know Shandling said he invited Ricky over so he could interview him and had set his mood low to do that but then walked in his kitchen and a hyper Gervais was there with a camera crew rolling and took him by surprise, so he just went with it. he said they should have stopped the interview and got on the same page but neither of them suggested to do that and the camera kept rolling. If the day had gone as agreed beforehand, maybe it would've turned out different. R.I.P. Garry, you were a comedy great.
This comment makes it sound like Gervais killed him in retaliation
@@danielharrison3250 lol
That was one of the most akward and uncomfortable things I have ever witnessed. I loved every moment of it. Can we get more of this please?
Do you think Shandling planned all this?
@@wolfman8325 I would think it improvised, on account that this has been Gary's act forever. But my god was it ever interesting to watch Ricky's face throughout as his schtick continually fell flat.
@@hd-xc2lz Shandling explains in detail the misunderstanding that led to the awkward nature of their discussion here: ruclips.net/video/PJthU3_CuiM/видео.htmlsi=wRYGfc3DSteaKLFA&t=109
There are moments where Ricky transforms into David Brent out of sheer awkwardness
The fact that Ricky Gervais fans here are unable to discern when somebody is being rude and awkward on purpose is insane to me.
Its gervais who didnt get it
@@davehoward22 what makes you say that?
He hasn't, look at 2:17,this is where Gervais goes from "is he acting a prick" to genuinely thinking this is what shandling is like..There's loads of really embarrassing moments ,and shandling is turning rickys kind of comedy on him,but even nastier.
Yeah they were both playing the improv game. Loved it.
jack saint what the fuck
Gary is still my favorite comedian. His deadpan expression makes him even funnier. I bet Ricky really liked him.
Then, he liked him. He wouldn't tolerate it today.
I bet Ricky hated him after this, Gary was walking all over him. You can see that Ricky has no idea how to handle being made fun of. A true masterclass of comedy
The coffee situation, whether intentional or not, is basically Garry turning Ricky's premise back on him. He did something and made the situation uncomfortable, and Ricky didn't find it funny. Because Ricky only likes uncomfortable when he's the one controlling the situation.
just so .. bigtime
This is it in a nutshell. And, same with the very rich and very famous Gervais dictating his opinion to celebrities at the Golden Globes that they, as very rich and very famous people, don't get to have opinions. And, hell, same with him dismissing his critics as "woke" and criticism as "cancel culture". When you boil it down, what he means is "I should be able to do and say what I want. You shouldn't."
@@DoctorFurioso Well said, this also smacks of Andy Kaufman. "Make everyone uncomfortable and that will be viewed as humor". Larry brilliantly "cancelled" Ricky: no coffee, having to explain to the telephone caller who Ricky Gervais is .. I'm all for the cancel culture when appropriate.
Absolutely not. Ricky totally went along with it and actually made it more uncomfortable for comedy value, by saying things like "fucking ell" under his breath, he was making it funnier. You just straight missed the comedy in the situation.
@@eyesears2046 you are ascribing characteristics to Gervais he does not posses
@CharlieBrown401
spot on. any 'awkwardness' in Shandling's work revolved around actual characterisation. Gervais prefers to just wheel out anonymous minority figures for cheap laughs under the guise of 'exploring' something or other.
Shandling is hilarious here, but also genuinely annoyed, intelligent, acting, complex, mocking, the real deal
You could have shortened that to _"Shandling is cringeworthy"_ and he made a prat of himself.
BS!
@@TonyEnglandUK rare english comedy L
@@TonyEnglandUKAngloids excel at tantrums and huffing their own farts, QED
The real deal? Why are Americans so clueless when it comes to comedy? :D
I like how Garry turned it around on Ricky and pretty much interviewed Ricky
Garry's passive aggressive controlling narcissism is exactly what the worst kinds of bosses are like. I'm guessing he did that to rip the premise of the Office?
oh ffs.
@@gerd9126shush you mong, go back inside Ricky’s stinky black track suit bottoms
Garry Shandling was fine in other interviews I've seen, its obvious he was trying to make Gervais as uncomfortable and awkward as possible as that what his shows are like. The whole thing is a setup and Ricky got schooled at his own game as far as im concerned..
+heres johnny Funny you should say that, Ricky Gervais made a couple of comments that clearly went over Gary Shandling's head.
I wouldn't say Gervais got schooled, cause most of the moments where Gary is acting like a dick truly weren't funny, and I thought that was objective at the end of the day: to be funny. I think Gary was genuinely pissed, struggled to hide it, then later justified his shitty behavior by saying it was all part of an act. Don't get me wrong, Shandling is a legend, but I just hated how he behaved here. It's SO unlike who he was
It was actually due to them both expecting different interviews. Check out Shandling talking about it in a separate video.
youre deluded
Garry put Ricky in the situations Ricky says he enjoys comedically. This was Garry being honest and trying to teach Ricky something. I thought Garry was brilliant and Ricky was caught off guard just a bit, which Garry wanted - Garry's last line summed up the entire thing.
Ricky’s uncomfortable fake laugh says it all. Ricky can’t handle not being in control. He needs a Karl Pilkington to belittle to get anyone to care.
I’ve liked Rocky Gervais less and less the more I see him, and I think Garry Shandling helped me understand why in this interview. Thanks!
And here's a nobody called Eliott McFadden who's a professional leech. Round of applause for mr Eliot..umm...sorry whats your last name again??
Agreed mate, he's an awful, overatted shit. It makes me happy that one of Ricky's heroes clearly doesn't rate him at all.
@@gofanman8455 Elliott Who??? Exactly.
You sound butthurt
@@gofanman8455 it’s quite sad attaching your self-worth to how other people perceive a comedian you like.
It was so funny when Ricky said you can't say Zebra and then Garry didn't laugh. Just like an extras scene.
because it was a desperate attempt to make Garry laugh and it was so transparent it failed
@@glennrobinson8868 Garry was embarrassing to new levels. Everything Ricky's Globes hosting was pointing out. I can see why Americans are pretending he was doing it for comedy effect but it was just facepalm taken to new levels.
@Tony England I don't agree. Shandling wasn't embarrassing. Gervais desperate attempts to be funny and fake over the too laugh were painful.
I don't think Garry came put of it that well either tbf it he has since explained why it was the way it was
@@TonyEnglandUK There's explanations for what happened on RUclips even from Garry. The whole thing was cringey at best but neither of them came off well from it. Gervais never did any more episodes after this either lol
"I should get a little drum. That would make you really happy, wouldn't it?" Damnit I miss Garry Shandling! This is Garry's act, he treats everyone like Hank. It's brilliant.
@MalibuAce Indeed. The biggest clue for me is the "coffee scene". Both actors over-egg the pudding just SLIGHTLY at that moment and that is the red flag that this is brilliantly contrived.
"what are you controlling?" hahaha If this is staged it's genius, if not it's still fucking funny
Massive fan of both comedians.
This video is fascinating to me.
It's almost like an episode of Larry Sanders.
It's really hard to say if it's real or not.
It's like there each playing their on-screen persona(Andy Millman and Larry Sanders).
Millman as the new comedy star who wants the respect of his peers and Sanders
uncomfortable with and threatened by younger talent.
Great video.
I Have to see the full version.
I think you put it perfectly. 😊
It's absolutely real.
It is very real. Ricky is a massive prick who *literally* thinks he is some sort of comedy God. We didn’t know that when he was playing David Brent, he was being himself.
I think that actually Garry was really smart and relised that Ricky's whole humour base is on cringe, unconfortable comedy (derek, the office, extras) so he made the interview extremely awkward as a way of making someone like Ricky (who comes across as arrogant and thinks he can shrug off anything thrown at him) actually live the unconfortable experience he simulates in all his comedy shows; to get a taste of his own medicine.
@SamuraiPoptart
I just saw it, as well, on British TV and thoroughly enjoyed it!
As you RIGHTLY said "these guys are both masters of uncomfortable comedy"..and are so SUCCESSFUL that it is beginning to irritate me that so many did/do not get the joke!
This is ( the WHOLE) interview CLASSIC DRY BRITISH HUMOUR!....amd Garry Shandling played his part so well, like not offerring the Coffee!:) DELIBERATELY!!!!
Page after page of comments and almost every single one of them missed the point. Shandling is smart, a comedy (and marketing) genius. He, like many MANY other people dislikes Gervais intensely and finds him offensive. With that in mind, why would he try to make Gervais comfortable? And why would he give a darn what people on Gervais's sleazy little island think?
The coffee bit was priceless.
They were both on the whole
clip with Gary leading.
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Is no-one going to comment on how Garry put milk in his coffee from a BABY BOTTLE? - what a great set up
After all this time I think Garry was at first a little on guard and Ricky was too overly familiar, but at the end they were fine after they both relaxed.
Still laugh when Garry asks the guy over the phone if he knows who Ricky is 😂😂😂
Ricky sounds like a dolphin when he laughs.
Thanks for this, a superb piece of comedic teaching.
I agree with you about Gervais.
I'm not going to say he's a one trick pony, but as the years roll by...the Office seems to stand out from his other work.
Most of his work is predictable.
Gervais and his crew were rude.
Gary dealt with him accordingly, being a professional showman, not a childish show-off.
How is this lost on so many people commenting? Gary pretty much invented (for TV at least) the kind of humor that Ricky made much more famous. That the Brits think they own and that people here apparently do not get. The fact that so many Brits are not getting this makes me sad.
That was brilliant.
R Sulli I would be HONORED if I was Ricky, and Garry broke out this hostile routine on me. That's like saying "You don't need any help from me, you need a challenge!"
Ben Culture Exactly.
R Sulli And when Garry says "Don't touch me", he immediately turns away from the camera, trying not to crack up.
Ben Culture I think he was honored by it, from what i could see he loved every awkward moment as much as Garry did!
Ben Culture I think he was honored by it, from what i could see he loved every awkward moment as much as Garry did!
Brilliant. I love this!
They're both hilarious but Ricky is definitely phased here. Shandling did his best to make him feel uncomfortable to see how Gervais would react - he was looking for a sparring match.
Shandling actually asks Ricky why he feels it's funny to make people feel uncomfortable, all the time trying to hold a mirror up to him. Very clever, I think. Ricky really should have made the most of it. Nice little insight, though.
Best comment on this thread!
It’s like watching two famous painters walk into a mutual canvas without realizing it. Shandling though, it was his own home. Judd Apatow talks about this interview on Neil Brennan’s Blocks podcast. Apparently, Ricky broke an agreement to wait to set up until Garry arrived. That’s why the awkwardness and hostility in the opening scene. It’s a plausibly deniable “accident” that Ricky and his team were already there. But Shandling felt slighted and disrespected.
Sometimes I wonder if Gervais is a genius or an imp possessed by the Joker archetypal spirit.
Shandling was a “serious person” - as he said in the ending, “he did the best he could”. You can really see him trying to contain his emotions. And of course, get some digs in while he’s “suffering”.
Absolutely fascinating and insightful.
I'm glad we still have Ricky...
First time I saw this interview I took Ricky's side. After watching the Larry Sanders Show, you realise Shandling is so much deeper in his comedy and thought than Gervais ever will be. He can't deal with any of the actual questions, just repeats that 'embarassment is funny'. He's got nothing on Garry.
Ricky’s insecurity around a real, legendary comedian is palpable.
@@DABA2024 You are replying to 6 year old comment, get a life you loser. Ricky is more successful than you could be in 100 lifetimes combines.
Here's the real story: Shandling had been struck by the idea that Gervais would be a great addition. Though he’d never appeared on the show, Gervais had spoken openly about how Sanders inspired him. So Garry called Gervais and asked if he’d do it. The answer was yes, but Gervais also had a request. While he was in Garry’s home, could they also shoot his Channel 4 show? Shandling agreed, and all was well until the day of the dueling interviews, when wires got crossed. Garry says he assumed they would shoot the “visit” for the DVD extra first, because “that laid-back, not-on tone is good preparation for saying, ‘Let’s turn it on'” later, for Gervais’s special.
But when Shandling walked into his kitchen, he realized instantly that Gervais thought the Channel 4 special was being shot first. Gervais was on-extremely so-and so were several cameras. Garry could have said something but wanted to see what would happen if he played it out. What if he stayed in the same low-affect head space he was in to do his DVD extras? Could he reach Gervais without explicitly identifying the problem? Could he bring Gervais’s energy level down?
“It’s fascinating, really,” Garry tells me. “We both became locked into the shows we were each doing, and it became a bit of a boxing match. Because he’s trying to get me to do the show that he needs, and I’m trying to get him to do nothing. I was trying to pull Ricky into the moment.”
07:28 "How rude! Fucking hell..." Isn't it funny when people who are accusing others of being rude are being equally if not more rude?
That was awesome!🍀
A lot of nervous laughter from Gervais.
I think Garry Shandling is one of the funniest people to ever walk the face of this earth. I love everything he’s done and I miss him dearly
Shandling is a legend. This is his style of humor.
So he was just a nasty person?
Ma’am, you’re replying to a comment from over a decade ago
@@adamseda1004 Gosh it is a long time ago. I was killing time watching some Ricky Gervais on the Tube. 🤭
Fascinating. Especially seeing how people are misinterpreting this.
AH Off Topic
cheers
+JIDB bruh
My people
same
I saw this at the time, and I thought & still think that they both arranged this ahead of time. I think it was all deliberate from them both.
Ricky Gervais is, for all intents and purposes, David Brent. Once you realise this, you wouldn't give a friendly interview either.
Clean your palate of this uncomfortable conversation with the conversation of Garry Shandling talking with his old friend Tom Petty. It's so sweet and caring, you just wish you could see hours of their friendship. Thanks for posting this, first time I've seen it.
5:04 i thought they looped his laugh for a second there, what the fuck
@meyster7
Well done M8!
Thats the best explanation so far!
It was NOT "scripted" but the 2 Comedy Genius's just improvised and have executed an hour so clever that they have FOOLED 80% of the Guys writing on here.
TRUST ME I've watched comedy for 50 years nowand these Guys got on great!
When Ricky looked at the camera to say he has collected many awards, that was "fed" to him by Garry!..and the phone calls "
Really funny!
Rick Gervais, Mitchell Huruwitz and Larry David need to bow down to Garry...
The Coffee bit is GENIUS!!! Makes Ricky uncomfortable after Ricky said he loves uncomfortable!!!!
Garry was playing around. It was more funny/entertaining watching him be awkward, than watching Ricky constantly feeling hurt that he wasnt being validated for his work by one of his heros.
Ricky was the preening fragile ego in this, Garry was having a ball
Did you watch the whole interview or just this compilation? Shandling has tremendous respect for Gervais and his work he tells him this
@@TeddyBrennanya it did seem like a lot was missing
@@TeddyBrennanGarry was being polite to a guy who was in his home. With a camera. By surprise. He has no respect for Ricky 😂
Gervais, what a twot, a man who laughs AT people, never WITH lovely people, so happy to see the tool utterly schooled here
"Pretend that you are killing me."
Then Ricky starts doing the worst fake hysterical laugh in history.
It's more of a hysterical laugh face with some strange vocal sounds, it looks like weird dubbing.
Er, I think that’s his genuine hysterical response to something hilarious and surprising. I was hysterical at the zebra lion joke also.
@tyujot thank god someone else knows this...shandlings interview was hilarious.gervais had no idea what hit him..
"what are you controlling"? LMAO
If you watch the Larry Sanders DVD you understand what Garry was doing in this interview (it was shot at the same time)... but Ricky was on a different wavelength. He wasn't really being as hostile as he seemed.
I think that he understood gervais' work pretty well, and thus made him feel uncomfortable so that he'd see it and laugh after. I thought he was funny.
Gah I watched the full version. I retract my comment. This is brilliantly edited. Shaldling is brilliant.
The fact Ricky was so gutted about this interview he cancelled the rest of the series, tells you all you need to know. Shandling chopped him up like meat.
Not true.
He only planned 3 episodes from the start
Ricky has the thinnest skin in the business next to Kanye West.
@@rossadams8934 Lol nope.
@@al112v4 damn you quite possibly have the shittiest playlists in all of RUclips
Shandling showing how impressed he was with Gervais´s lack of introspection on his comedy whilst Gervais just tries to smirk his way out of it & desperately trying to exert ANY control over something Shandling is going to deny him control over! Gold.
The first thing Garry did was accuse Ricky of looking down the hall, then he accused him of lying, then he snapped at Ricky not to touch him. Not the greatest start.
two of the best
You can't say zebra makes me laugh every fucking time...
According to a recent New York Times profile, Shandling is a Zen Buddhist currently making amends to cast members of his previous show (apologizing, seeking love and understanding, etc). I've tried to reproduce the link and contents of the profile here, but RUclips won't let me. So, do a search for Hey Now: It's Garry Shandling's Obsession - it may or may not put the Gervais meet in context. It certainly casts it in a different light.
I can't believe how many people have mis-read this whole meeting. They were both having fun on a level which is obviously above most people watching this clip!
Ricky was put in his place. A lying,controlling,critical, racist. Gary saw right through him. Loved it 👏
@@colleenann772 Ricky Gervais is racist? Good lord, do tell how you came to that conclusion...
@@colleenann772 So you really like Ricky, huh?
@@batswbennett I used to like him, till I discovered what a prick he is. He needs therapy bad.
oh this is so good
Can no one see this is set up? It's so obvious Garry is beating Ricky at his own game. Making Ricky Gervais feel uncomfortable and awkward is fucking genius. This is the best 'Ricky Gervais meets...' ever.
+bambamgti Na, don't buy it. Garry Shandling is quite obviously a genuine arsehole. Ricky Gervais was asked in an interview if any of this was set up. He just said: "it was what it was". Says it all.
"That's my ass detector and it's gone off because you're here." 🏆💪🐐
I have more respect for Hank Kingsley after watching this interview.
I love both of these guys, and I kind of "get" what they were trying to do here, but I didn't think it was terribly funny. It would have been much better if they hadn't carried on with the bit for the whole show.¹ I kept waiting for them to stop and be real, but it never happened.
Do you suppose this tension and apparent dislike was planned? Maybe they talked ahead of time, and one said "hey, wouldn't it be funny if..." Either way, the result isn't what I'd call comedy gold.
¹ _Edit --- I read in the comments that this was edited. So hopefully the whole show wasn't this bad. I see the whole show is available in 5 parts, so I'm gonna check that out._
Some real insight into the type of person Ricky Gervais really is. And it’s not good.
Not really. The insight is into what TV producers are like, as Shandling explains here: ruclips.net/video/PJthU3_CuiM/видео.htmlsi=htHr57c4ufwbdsB_
He’s saying goodbye - perfect Shandling
Final parting shot from GS "Sorry did the best I could! " ...classic dry,droll,deadpan British humoUr and yet GS is American...
Well played Chaps!:)
You know, to the fellow who argued that this compiliation put an unfair spin on things, I'd forgotten that I made another video along with this. It was impossible to cram all the highlights in the ten minute limit RUclips imposes, so I'd advise folks to perhaps check my other video linked on the side there "Ricky Gervais Meets... Garry Shandling - Bingo." I think this gives a better illustration of what a rude boorish arse Gervais was.
Thank you Ricky for your gigantic fake laughs, without them James Corden would be a shadow of his current glory. Thanks for that.
Like a horrible little chimp.
Chill
What nonsense. You don't see it, do you?
Incredible
Anyone have a video where Gervais is talking/reflecting about this?
The podcast with Sam Harris around 35 minutes in
@DanLetts97 For me, the giveaway is the "coffee moment". Gervais acts pissed, when he doesn't have to be. He could cover it up, but he chooses not to.
I was so upset with Gary after seeing this, until I heard a podcast where Gary was explaining what was happening and all is forgiven. I don't remember what he said, but he explained what was going on. I hated to see him being a creep to someone I like. It wasn't like that, at all. I love almost all comedians and then saw this, and wondered what the hell was going on. So glad this wasn't the angry exchange it appeared to be.
To me it looks like they are both just having fun.
This is around the time Stephen Merchant stopped writing jokes for Gervais, so he decided to appeal to the lowest common denominator by becoming a cookie-cutter "edgy" comedian:
1. Tell people how much you don't care they're offended
2. Repeat Reddit joke from 2010
3. Reiterate how much you don't care
I so agree with you,
I can hear that his talking, but it's all in the same tone so i'm not really taking any of it in as i'm falling asleep!!
Feel sorry for Ricky for being disappointed to meet an idol who turned out to be such a let down.
Shandling is a comedy god, twice re-inventing the sitcom. Gervais is in thrall to him and rightly so. And of course they're both in on the 'Shandling feels uncomfortable' gag.
Finally somebody gets it
@@TeddyBrennan Don't condescend me, you big twat
I thought that Shandling found him to be a complete jerk, didn't like him, and made a complete pratt of him. Funny how perceptions differ. If it was ''all a gag'' I'd be surprised.
Exactly. These comments are cracking me up
If that were true, Gervais would have let the interview air. He didn't; his ego couldn't take it. Gervais is hopelessly out of his depth here, and fails to learn any of the lesson that Shandling tries to teach him.
A real meeting of the mind