YOU KNOW MY FIRST GUEST AS THE EMMY AWARD WINNING COMEDIAN WHO
CREATED "THE OFFICE," "EXTRAS," AND "AFTER LIFE."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," RICKY GERVAIS!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> THANK YOU.
THAT'S CRAZY!
THERE IT IS.
AMAZING.
THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK.
LOVELY TO BE HERE.
>> Stephen: NICE TO HAVE YOU.
WE WERE TALKING A LITTLE BIT BEFORE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE ONLY
HAVE SO MANY SUMMERS IN YOUR LIFE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> Stephen: YOU'VE GOT TO GRAB LIFE BY THE FIGURES.
HAVE YOU BEEN ENJOYING YOUR SUMMER?
DO YOU MAKE THE MOST OF IT?
>> I GUESS I DO.
I MEAN, I'VE GOT LESS SUMMERS NOW THAN I'VE EVER HAD.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: THAT'S TRUE, BUT
YOU'RE AS YOUNG AS YOU WILL EVER BE.
>> YEAH.
I KNOW.
( LAUGHTER ) EXACTLY.
>> Stephen: EXACTLY.
EVERY DAY, I WEEK UP, AND I GO, OH, I DIDN'T DIE...
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WAIT A SECOND, IS
THAT RELIEF OR EXASPERATION?
( LAUGHTER ) >> I LIKE SUMMER.
I DO APPRECIATE IT.
>> Stephen: YOU AN OUTDOORSMAN?
>> I DO.
I PLAY TENNIS, I PLAY GOLF, I RUN, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: IS THAT HOW YOU
GET THAT DEEP BUTTERY TAN YOU HAVE?
( LAUGHTER ) WHAT SPF ARE YOU USING?
>> NO, THE RED IS LIKE WINE ESCAPING
( LAUGHTER ) BUT, YEAH, I DO ENJOY SUMMER.
I HAVE BEEN ON TOUR AS WELL.
I'VE JUST STARTED DOING MY NEW SHOW SUPER NATURE.
I'VE DONE SOME U.K., I'VE DONE SOME EUROPEAN DATES.
IN FACT, I'M COMING TO THE STATES NEXT YEAR, NEXT MAY AND
JUNE, MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, CHICAGO FAIR, AND ORFIUM IN L.A.
>> Stephen: THOSE ARE CLASSIC.
I'M MISSING OUT THE BIG MIDDLE BIT.
NO, I WILL.
THEY GO ON SALE NEXT FRIDAY THE 26th, AND THEY SELL OUT FAST,
SO GO FOR THEM.
BUT I'LL COME BACK AND DO MORE.
I'M BACK AND FORTH, SO I CAN'T TRADITIONALLY GO AND TALK
BECAUSE I'M ALSO WRITING THE SECOND SERIES OF "AFTER LIFE"
AND I'M FILMING THAT IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, SO AFTER,
YOU KNOW, MY TOURS TAKE TWO YEARS, AND MY SHOWS TAKE --
BECAUSE I TRY AND DO EVERYTHING AT ONCE, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T GOT
LONG.
I'VE GOT TO DO IT ALL.
>> Stephen: WE'VE GOT TO HURRY UP.
>> I KNOW.
HONESTLY, MORE AND MORE, THE MORE I COME ON, THE MORE CHANCE
IT WILL BE MY LAST.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: KEEP IT LIGHT.
( LAUGHTER ) LATE NIGHT TV.
LATE NIGHT TV.
YOU SAID THE NAME, WHAT DID YOU CALL IT, SUPERNATURE?
>> SUPERNATURE.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS THAT SUPERNATURE?
>> IT'S THE FOLLOW UP TO HUE MABT.
IT'S ALMOST A COMPANION PIECE TO MY LAST SPECIAL.
>> Stephen: WHICH IS.
"HUMANITY."
THIS IS SUPER NATURE.
THIS IS TO DEBUNK THE SUPERNATURAL.
I DON'T BELIEVE IN THE SUPERNATURAL.
>> Stephen: WHY DO YOU LOOK AT ME, BECAUSE I'M SO MAGICAL?
>> YES.
I THINK THAT ANYTHING THAT EXISTS IS BY DEFINITION PART OF
NATURE AND EXPLAINABLE.
>> Stephen: POSSIBLY EXPLAINABLE BUT JUST HAVEN'T
EXPLAINED IT YET.
>> IF NOW NOW, EVENTUALLY.
I THINK SUPERNATURE BECAUSE NATURE IS SUPER ENOUGH.
WE DON'T NEED ANGELS AND UNICORNS, WE'VE GOT THE OCTOPUS.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: THAT'S STRANGE
ENOUGH.
>> EIGHT LEGS, NINE BRAINS, THREE HEARTS AND A BEAK.
MAKE YOUR MIND UP.
THE DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS.
WHEN SCIENTISTS FIRST FOUND THAT THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A HOAX
BECAUSE IT PRODUCES EGGS AND MILK.
IT COULD MAKE ITS OWN CUSTARD.
>> Stephen: IT'S GOT A POISONOUS SPIKE, LIKE A
RATTLESNAKE TOOTH.
>> IT'S THE CRAZIEST CREATURE.
>> Stephen: IT WAS LEFTOVERS.
IT WAS A BRUNSWICK STEW.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: GOD PUT IT ALL IN THE LAST BATCH.
>> BASICALLY THE LEFTOVERS FROM OTHER ANIMALS.
I TALK ABOUT HOW AMAZING LIFE IS BUT IT'S FINITE.
I SAY I FEEL LIKE IT'S A HOLIDAY.
WE DON'T EXIST FOR 13 AND A HALF BILLION YEARS THEN WE HAVE 80,
90, 100 YEARS TO BE CONSCIOUS AND EXPERIENCE EVERYTHING AND
THEN WE DON'T EXIST AGAIN FOREVER.
BUT WE'RE ALIVE NOW AND THAT'S BRILLIANT, BUT ROLL ON DEATH.
>> Stephen: ROLL ON DEATH?
( APPLAUSE ) WAIT A SECOND, DID YOU SAY ROLL
ON DEATH LIKE YOU WERE CHEERING FOR DEATH?
>> YEAH, WELL IT'S GOING TO -- >> Stephen: ROLL ON DEATH!
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, ISN'T IT?
AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING DEAD.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: A LOT OF GREAT
PEOPLE HAVE DONE IT.
>> EXACTLY.
EVERYONE'S GOING TO DO IT.
>> Stephen: ALL THE BEST AND WORST PEOPLE HAVE DONE IT.
>> THE BEST THING ABOUT BEING DEAD IS YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
THAT IS THE BEST -- IT'S LIKE BEING STUPID, IT'S ONLY PAINFUL
FOR OTHERS.
IT'S FINE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S VERY NICE.
( APPLAUSE ) YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT UNICORNS
AND ANGELS.
YOU SAY UNICORNS AND ANGELS HAVE GOT THE OCTOPUS.
ARE UNICORNS AND ANGELS THE SAME TO YOU?
IS MAGIC AND FAITH THE SAME TO YOU?
BECAUSE THEY'RE DIFFERENT TO ME.
>> NO, I DON'T BELIEVE IN ANYTHING WITHOUT EVIDENCE,
THAT'S IT.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE IN COMMON.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH FAITH OR SPIRITUALITY, I FEEL IT IN
DIFFERENT WAYS.
I FEEL IT WHEN I SEE NATURE, AND I CAN --
>> Stephen: WHAT IS YOU FEEL?
AN AWE.
IT'S AMAZING THAT WE'RE HERE.
>> Stephen: SO YOU DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER IT, RIGHT?
>> NO, I DON'T BELIEVE SOMEONE MADE IT.
THAT'S THE ONLY DIFFERENCE.
WE KNOW AMAZINGS NATURE AND HOW GOOD PEOPLE ARE AND HOW AMAZING
DOGS ARE.
DOGS ARE AMAZING.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I JUST DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, I
JUST DON'T THINK THERE WAS A WILL TO IT.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
THAT'S THE ONLY DIFFERENCE.
AND, UM, I ACTUALLY HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH FAITH OR ANYTHING
LIKE THAT.
>> Stephen: I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MAGIC.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH FAITH.
I HAVE A SOMEWHAT ANEMIC FAITH.
IT COMES AND GOES.
>> SURE.
>> Stephen: I HAVE A FIREFLY OF A FAITH.
COMES EVER SO OFTEN AND THEN YOU GO, OH!
AND NOW IT'S GONE.
WHERE DID IT GO?
CAN I PUT IT IN A JAR?
YES, BUT IT WILL DIE.
PUNCH A FEW HOLES IN THE LIDS OF MY FAITH AND MAYBE IT WILL LAST
FOR THE NIGHT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> I HAVE FAITH IN PEOPLE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S NICE.
YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WILL BE OKAY.
>> Stephen: WHAT?
IT WILL BE OKAY.
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU SEEN PEOPLE'S TRACK RECORD?
( LAUGHTER ) >> NO.
BUT IT WILL BE FINE BECAUSE WE'LL ALL BE DEAD SOON.
( LAUGHTER ) >( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: LAST NIGHT YOU WERE HERE -- LAST TIME YOU WERE
HERE, LET'S GET BACK TO DOGS.
I ASKED YOU IF YOU BELIEVED IN GOD AND YOU SAID I BELIEVE IN
DOGS.
>> YEAH, THEY'RE AMAZING.
>.>> Stephen: AND YOU HAVE THE NETFLIX SERIES "AFTER LIFE" AND
YOU HAVE A DOG CO-STAR.
WERE YOU ALREADY WORKING WITH THIS DOG?
>> NO, I THOUGHT I CAN DO WHAT I WANT, I'M THE DIRECTOR AND
PRODUCER.
I CAN GIVE MYSELF A DOG FOR SIX WEEKS.
I PUT A DOG IN IT AND SHE'S BEAUTIFUL.
>> Stephen: IS THIS HER?
YES, READY TO DO HER BIT AND SHE'S UNDER THE UMBRELLA WAITING
TO -- OH!
( AUDIENCE REACTS ) >> Stephen: IS SHE A DIVA OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
DOES SHE HAVE A TRAILER?
>> NO.
I LOVE THIS DOG.
I SAID I DON'T WANT DISTRICTS.
IT'S NOT LASSIE, I JUST WANT IT TO BE A DOG, RIGHT?
I GOT IN TROUBLE BECAUSE I WAS SAYING GOOD GIRL.
AND THE TRAINER SAID YOU'RE TELLING HER SHE'S BEEN A GOOD
GIRL WHEN SHE HASN'T BEEN A GOOD GIRL.
I WENT, SHE'S A GOOD GIRL.
( APPLAUSE ) AND WE FILMED FOR, LIKE, SIX OR
SEVEN WEEKS AND I WAS SAYING GOODBYE TO THE CREW AND ACTORS
AND I NEARLY CRIED WHEN I SAID GOODBYE TO HER BECAUSE SHE WON'T
KNOW WHY SHE'S NOT GOING TO SEE ME NEXT MONDAY.
THIS DOG IS GOING, WHERE'S THAT MAN I HAVE BEEN WITH FOR SIX
WEEKS?
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: MAYBE SHE'LL JUST
BE THINKING WHERE'S THAT SQUIRREL?
BECAUSE YOU'RE ASSUMING SHE HAD THE SAME EMOTIONAL CONNECTION TO
YOU THAT YOU HAD WITH HER.
( LAUGHTER ) AND I THINK THAT, IF YOU PARDON
ME, THAT'S MAGICAL THINKING.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THERE'S NO ETCHED.
I HAVE SEEN NO EVIDENCE OF THIS DOG.
>> WHEN A DOG COMES TOWARD YOU AND HIS EARS ARE UP AND THE TAIL
IS WAGGING, I HAVE FAITH THAT -- >> Stephen: THAT YOU'RE SALTY?
( LAUGHTER ) DO YOU HAVE A DOG?
>> NO, WE HAVE A VERY OLD CAT.
SHE'S 16, AND IT WOULDENT BE RIGHT YET.
WE TRAVEL TOO MUCH.
>> Stephen: DO YOU TRAVEL WITH THE CAT?
>> NO.
>> Stephen: MAYBE YOU HAVE A DOG TON ROAD AND THE CAT WON'T
KNOW.
LIKE A TRAVELING SALESMAN WHO HAS A DIFFERENT WIFE IN ANOTHER
TOWN?
>> YEAH, MY CAT'S ON TWITTER AND SOMEONE WILL TELL HER.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WH WHAT KIND OF DOG
WOULD YOU LIKE?
ANIMAL RESCUE?
>> IT'S GOT TO BE A RESCUE.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) AND DO YOU, LIKE, WANT ONE DOG
OR WOULD YOU LIKE THE DOG TO HAVE A PLAYMATE OR --
>> WELL, I THINK WHEN I RETIRE, WHATEVER THAT MEANS IN MY
BUSINESS, I WANT TO SORT OF LIVE IN A CASTLE OR ELSE I'LL GO
CRAZY.
JUST LIVE IN A CASTLE IN THE WOODS AND HAVE LOADS OF RESCUE
DOGS.
LIKE I'M THE KING OF THE DOGS, IT'S MY SUPERPOWER.
I LOOK AFTER DOGS, THAT'S MY MARVEL WILL GO, THIS IS A GREAT
CHARACTER, YOU'RE A DOG MAN, I'LL GO, YEAH.
AND SAMUEL JACKSON WILL GO, WE'VE GOT A THING, RIGHT?
AND I'LL GO, I'VE GOT TO FEED THE DOGS.