>>> HE'S A COMEDIAN UNANIMOUS
WHO MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF BY
CREATING AND STARRING "THE
OFFICE."
IT SPAWNED SEVEN SEASONS IN MORE
THAN 90 COUNTRIES.
HEAP DOESN'T NEED TO WORK, PUT
IT THAT WAY.
AND JERRY SEINFELD BORROWS MONEY
FROM HIM.
THE RESIDUALS AREN'T BAD.
OF COURSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
RICKY --
>> OH, YEAH --
>> GERVAIS.
>> WE DON'T WANT TO KEEP
STROKING HIS EGO OR ANYTHING --
>> OR BACK --
>> HE'S GOT TWO GOLDEN GLOBES,
THREE PRIMETIME EMMYS.
>> AND HIS SHOW "RICKY GERVAIS
IS DEADLY SERIOUS."
>> CLEVER TITLE.
WHO CAME UP WITH IT?
DID YOU COME UP WITH IT?
>> I DID -- IT'S A PUN.
IT'S NOT -- NOT ROCKET SCIENCE,
IS IT?
IT'S THE ONLY SHOW WORSE THAN
THIS ONE.
THAT'S WHY I SAY, IT'S -- IT'S
UNPROFESSIONAL -- THE MICS WORK,
AT LEAST.
BUT IT'S AN ABSOLUTE SHAMBLES.
IT'S THREE IDIOTS IN A ROOM
TALKING NONSENSE ABOUT STUFF.
>> WHO --
>> I BET IT'S THE BIGGEST HIT.
WE'RE THREE IDIOTS NOW.
>> THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
YOU'VE INSPIRED ME.
I LOOKED AT YOU -- HOLD ON,
THEY'RE RICH, THEY'RE
SUCCESSFUL, THEY'VE GOT GREAT
RATINGS.
THEY'RE -- THEY'RE IDIOTS.
I CAN DO ANYTHING.
THERE IS NOTHING TO BEAT
ANYMORE, AND I DID.
AND -- GIVE ME A RADIO SHOW.
I'LL DO THAT.
>> WHO'S WITH YOU ON THE SHOW?
>> I'M OFF TO INTERVIEW JERRY
SEINFELD ACTUALLY.
>> OH.
>> GOSH.
>> THIS WILL AIR MAYBE NEXT
WEEK.
I STARTED OFF WITH BIG IDEAS.
I HAD RICHARD DAWKINS AND AN
ASTRONOMER --
>> FELLOW ATHEIST.
>> YEAH.
>> YOU GUYS HAVE TO HANG AROUND
EACH OTHER.
>> I KNOW.
I KNOW.
AND THEN IT WAS JUST -- JUST
THREE IDIOTS IN A ROOM TALKING.
I DON'T REMEMBER -- MATES.
>> HOW LONG -- A TWO-HOUR SHOW?
>> YEAH.
IT'S USUALLY AN HOUR AND A HALF
TO TWO HOURS EVERY WEEK,
TUESDAYS, 11:00 A.M.
ON THE SIRIUS APP SO YOU CAN
LISTEN AGAIN.
IT'S ALWAYS THERE.
>> CALLED "DEADLY SERIOUS."
SO ARE YOU REALLY SERIOUS DURING
IT?
>> NO, WE'RE NOT.
WE'RE MUCKING AROUND.
WE ASK BIG QUESTIONS.
>> AT THE END, RIGHT --
>> ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
IT'S ABOUT THE MEANING OF LIFE.
WHY ARE WE HERE?
I SORT OF DO A QUICK -- A
BIOGRAPHY OF THE PEOPLE.
WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW OUR
PARENTS INFLUENCED US, HOW
SCHOOL INFLUENCED US, WHAT'S
WRONG WITH THE WORLD, WHAT'S
RIGHT WITH THE WORLD, FREEDOM OF
SPEECH.
WE DO THE BIG QUESTIONS.
OF COURSE IT BREAKS DOWN INTO
THREE IDIOTS MUCKING ABOUT.
AND I PLAY A -- YOU KNOW, MUSIC,
MY FAVORITE SONGS.
IT'S PERFECT.
IT'S WHAT I'D BE DOING ANYWAY
SITTING AROUND.
WHAT I MEAN?
>> MIGHT AS WELL HAVE A
MICROPHONE ON AND GET PAID FOR
IT.
>> IT'S REAL.
THERE'S NO EDITING.
ANYTHING GOES.
THERE'S NO RESTRICTIONS.
THERE'S A LOT OF -- A LOT OF
SWEAR WORDS.
>> UNLIKE THE GOLDEN GLOBES AND
STUFF.
>> REMEMBER --
>> YES.
>> FUN --
>> YOU CAN'T BE FETTERED.
YOU CAN'T BE MUZZLED, DOING GONE
-- DAGGONE IT.
YOU'RE RICKY GERVAIS --
>> I SHOULD DO IT DRUNK ONE DAY,
SHOULDN'T I?
>> WE SHOULD BE ON IT WITH YOU.
>> THAT WOULD BE AMAZING.
AMAZING.
>> WE HAVE HEADPHONES AND THEY
WORK.
>> YOU CAN COME INTO THE STUDIO,
CAN'T YOU?
>> YES, OF COURSE.
>> I'LL RECORD IN NEW YORK NEXT
TIME OF.
>> SHOULD WE ASK SOME OF THE
DEADLY SERIOUS QUESTIONS THAT
YOU ASK --
>> TURNING IT THE TABLES.
OKAY.
>> READY?
>> YEAH.
>> WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU.
>> OKAY.
>> YOU READY?
>> YEAH.
>> WHO'S THE FUNNIEST PERSON YOU
KNOW?
>> PROBABLY MY BROTHER, BOB.
MY BIGGEST INFLUENCE GROWING UP.
HE WAS LIKE 11-YEARS-OLDER THAN
ME.
AND HE'S -- HE'S JUST A -- A
FAT, OLDER, BALDER VERSION WITH
NO RESTRICTIONS.
THAT'S MY FUTURE.
I'M GOING TO LOOK LIKE MY
BROTHER BOB.
AND I'M GOING TO BE A BETTER
COMEDIAN IN TEN YEARS BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE -- THE FUNNIEST
PERSON YOU KNOW ISN'T A
COMEDIAN.
>> YEAH.
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S -- IT'S YOUR
DAD OR YOUR BROTHER OR YOUR BEST
MATE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> IT'S JUST THAT -- THAT WAY OF
LIKE KNOWING SOMEONE.
>> DOES HE KNOW HE'S FUNNY?
>> YEAH.
HE'S -- ALWAYS -- ALWAYS BEEN
FUNNY.
I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE FUNNY
-- LIKE HIM.
I LIKED IT, IT WAS LIKE A SOCIAL
SKILL.
HE COULD GO INTO A ROOM AND JUST
-- JUST SAY WHAT HE WANTED,
WHATEVER IT WAS.
I ALWAYS ADMIRED THAT.
THAT, YOU KNOW, HE DOESN'T CARE
WHO HE'S TALKING TO.
WHICH I --
>> DOES HE EVER CALL YOU LIKE
AFTER A GIG OR SOMETHING THAT HE
SEES AND SAYS, HEY, RICKY, THAT
KILLED, OR HEY, THAT WAS BLAH,
BLAH --
>> HE'S COME TO MY GIGS.
YEAH.
I TALK ABOUT HIM IN MY GIGS.
>> YEAH.
>> I ASKED PERMISSION.
HE SAID, SAY WHAT YOU WANT.
I DON'T CARE.
>> DOES HE EVER SAY YOU WENT
OVER THE LINE?
>> TOO FAR?
>> IT WAS ALL ABOUT -- I
REMEMBER ALL MY BROTHERS ARE
HOLDER THAN ME, 11, 12, 13 YEARS
OLDER THAN ME.
I ASKED MY MOM, WHY ARE MY
BROTHERS AND SISTERS SO MUCH
OLDER THAN ME.
SHE SAID, YOU WERE A MISTAKE.
>> OH.
>> I JUST LAUGHED.
>> YEAH.
>> THE TRUTH IS THEY'RE ALL
MISTAKES.
YOU KNOW.
>> THEY'RE ALL --
>> EXACTLY.
ALL MISTAKES.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE HAPPENED TO
BE HONEST.
YEAH.
>> YOU WRITE ALL YOUR MATERIAL.
WOULD YOU EVER WRITE -- HAVE YOU
WRITTEN FOR BOB TO BE IN ANY OF
YOUR THINGS?
PROBABLY A GREAT ACTOR.
>> TOO DANGEROUS.
I'D BE SCARED OF WHAT HE'D SAY.
I WOULD TELL THE STORIES FOR HIM
AND CLEAN THEM UP A BIT.
>> YOU ARE FRIGHTENED OF SOME
THINGS.
>> YEAH.
YOU CAN'T -- WELL, I DON'T WANT
TO BREAK THE LAW.
I DON'T WANT TO LIE TO ANYONE.
APART FROM THAT, I THINK
ANYTHING GOES.
YOU CAN JOKE ABOUT ANYTHING.
PEOPLE ARE OFFENDED WHEN THEY
MISTAKE THE SUBJECT OF THE JOKE
WITH THE ACTUAL TARGET.
THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY THE
SAME.
IT ALWAYS DEPENDS ON THE JOKE.
AND THERE'S NO HARM CAN COME
FROM MAKING FUN OF ANYTHING.
YOU KNOW, I -- IN MY SPECIAL I
TALK ABOUT THE JOKES WE'VE MADE
AT MY MUM'S AND DAD'S FUNERAL.
YOU KNOW, THAT -- YOU KNOW,
HUMOR GETS US THROUGH --
>> THERE IS HEALING.
IT'S WHY WE'VE GOT IT.
IT'S LIKE A SUPERPOWER.
IF YOU CAN LAUGH IN THE PLACE OF
ADVERSITY, YOU'RE BULLETPROOF.
>> IF IT DOES HURT SOMEONE FOR
REAL, DOES IT BOTHER YOU?
IF WHAT YOU SAID DID HURT
SOMEBODY?
>> I TRY NOT TO GO AFTER
INDIVIDUALS --
>> YEAH.
>> -- AND ABOUT THINGS THEY
CAN'T HELP.
>> YEAH.
>> LIKE AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES, I
TEASED THEM FOR THEIR PUBLIC
BEHAVIOR.
IT WAS NO BIG DEAL.
I DON'T -- I DON'T PICK ON
PEOPLE, AND I DON'T PICK ON THE
AUDIENCE.
BUT --
>> YEAH.
>> IF SOMEONE SAYS, OH, THAT'S
LIKE MY SITUATION, I DON'T KNOW
THAT.
>> RIGHT.
>> YOU CAN TALK ABOUT ANYTHING.
AND PEOPLE USUALLY WORRY ABOUT
-- IT REMINDS THEM OF BAD THINGS
SOMETIMES.
IT'S NOT LIKE YOU MADE A JOKE
ABOUT THEM.
BUT SOME PEOPLE TAKE THINGS
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE DO.
ESPECIALLY IN TODAY'S WORLD.
>> YOU SHOULDN'T TAKE ANYTHING
PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT VIDEO WE LOVED
WATCHING TODAY THAT MADE US ALL
LAUGH?
DID YOU SEE THE VIDEO OF THE TWO
BABIES --
>> THE TWO TWIN KIDS?
>> I LOVE IT -- ON YouTube.
>> WATCH THIS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> THIS IS ME AND HODA ACTUALLY.
>> WHAT'S IN YOUR BOTTLE?
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> EXACTLY.
THAT'S WHAT LIFE SHOULD BE
ABOUT.
>> EXACTLY.
>> THEN YOU START LOSING THAT
WHEN PEOPLE SAY YOU SHOULDN'T BE
DOING THAT AT 48.
I SAY, WHY NOT?
WHY CAN'T I SIT AROUND THE FLOOR
WITH MY FRIEND --
>> IN YOUR
>>> THE SHOW --
>> WE'RE BACK WITH OUR FRIEND
RICKY --
>> GERVAIS.
>> ON HIS SIRIUS SHOW, RICKY
GERVAIS IS DEADLY SERIOUS.
THIS AWARD-WINNING COMEDIAN
LIKES TO ASK QUESTIONS, THE BIG
QUESTION, SOME SERIOUS AND
PHILOSOPHICAL STUFF.
>> YEAH.
WE'RE ASKING YOU, WE'RE TURNING
THE TABLES.
>> SHALL WE?
>> YEAH.
>> WHAT IS YOUR IDEA OF PERFECT
>> PLAYING WITH THE DOG.
JUST PLAYING WITH ANY DOG -- AND
WE'RE BOTH DRUNK.
NO --
>> HAVE YOU EVER BEEN BITTEN BY
A DOG?
>> I HAVE WHEN I WAS LITTLE.
IT WAS MY FAULT.
I FRIGHTENED IT.
YEAH.
NO.
I -- I ABSOLUTELY LOVE DOGS.
THEY'RE JUST -- JUST AMAZING.
>> YOU HAVE HOW MANY?
>> WE HAVE THEM -- WE TRAVEL TOO
MUCH, SO WE HAVEN'T GOT A DOG.
WHEN I RETIRE --
>> GO TO LOCAL PARKS AND PLAY
WITH DOGS.
>> I KNOW DOGS BY NAME.
I KNOW -- IN HAMPSTEAD, I KNOW
DOGS BY NAME.
IN SEDGWICK -- ALREADY BEEN
THERE THIS MORNING, SCRUFFLING
DOGS AND REMEMBER THEM.
I SEE A DOG I DON'T KNOW, RIGHT,
AND I LOOK AT IT, AND IT LOOKS
BACK AT ME AND IT LOVES ME, AND
I LOVE IT.
DO YOU WANT A KIDNEY?
THEY JUST MET YOU, AND THEY LOVE
YOU.
THEY'RE THE BEST CREATURES ON
THE PLANET.
>> I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST FEAR?
>> SEE, MOST PEOPLE I ASK THIS
-- THEY SAY SOMETHING ABOUT, YOU
KNOW, DYING OR -- OR -- MINE
ISN'T THAT, THOUGH.
MINE'S -- MINE'S NOT MAKING THE
MOST OF LIFE BEFORE --
>> NOT LIVING?
>> YEAH, EXACTLY.
SO I DON'T CARE -- I DON'T MIND
BEING DEAD BECAUSE I WON'T KNOW,
I THINK, I BELIEVE.
THAT'S THE BEST THING ABOUT
BEING DEAD, YOU DON'T KNOW.
>> YOU THINK --
>> IT'S LIKE BEING STUPID.
LIKE -- I SUPPOSE I CARE HOW I
DIE.
>> YOU DON'T WANT TO BE IN PAIN.
>> NOT IN PAIN.
YEAH.
JUST -- NO ARMS AND LEGS, STUCK
IN A BUCKET WITH SOME NURSE
EMPTYING ME.
>> WHAT IS HAPPENING?
>> OR WAXING YOUR BACK --
>> YEAH, COMING ON THIS SHOW IS
A BIT HIGH ON THE LIST.
>> WHAT IS THE MOST OVERRATED
VIRTUE?
>> WHY DO THEM ON THE PROMPTER?
HE'S --
>> DOESN'T MATTER.
HE CAN SEE THEM.
>> PATIENCE.
>> YEAH.
>> PATIENCE IS BAD --
>> YEAH, NO.
I DON'T HAVE TIME --
>> NO TIME FOR PATIENCE.
>> I GO, OH, I'LL COME BACK
LATER.
>> WHEN DO YOU DO IN NEW YORK
TRAFFIC?
>> I CAN'T STAND TRAFFIC.
I LEAVE EARLY BECAUSE IT
STRESSES ME OUT.
I DON'T WANT TO BE LATE.
I'M OBSESSED WITH BEING LATE.
I WAS EARLY NOW.
THAT'S WHY I'M GOING THROUGH
THIS.
IT'S MY -- MY OWN FAULT.
>> NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED.
>> I DON'T WANT TO MISS -- I'M
ANXIOUS.
I WANT TO GET THINGS DONE.
I THINK PATIENCE --
>> IT'S PROFESSIONAL.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
I SUPPOSE SO.
WE KNOW -- LIKE WE KNOW.
LIKE WE KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
>> HERE'S THE BIG ONE -- WHY ARE
WE HERE?
>> ON THIS SHOW, I DON'T KNOW.
>> LIFE?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
NO REASON.
BUT WE ARE HERE.
I THINK IT'S A BIT LIKE A
HOLIDAY.
WE DON'T EXIST.
WE DIDN'T EXIST FOR THE FIRST
13.5 BILLION YEARS.
THEN WE HAVE A BREAK OF LIKE
1,800, 1,900 YEARS IF WE'RE
LUCKY, THEN WE GO BACK TO NOT
EXISTING FOREVER.
I THINK WE'RE HERE TO MAKE THE
MOST OF IT.
IT'S ALL WE'VE GOT.
>> LASTLY, WHAT IS YOUR MOST
TREASURED POSSESSION?
>> IF YOU CAN POSSESS AN ANIMAL.
>>> IT'S -- IF YOU CAN POSSESS
ANIMAL, IT'S MY CAT, OLLY.
I LOVE MY LITTLE CAT, OLLY.
>> HERE'S A THING, THIS IS A
SERIOUS QUESTION.
CATS DON'T LIVE FOREVER.
THEY HAVE NINE LIVES.
EVENTUALLY THEY -- WHAT --
>> THEY HAVE NINE LIVES, AND
THEY'RE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF
EACH.
>> ARE YOU PREPARED -- THAT'S
GOING TO BE A HUGE THING FOR
YOU.
>> OH, THE LAST TWO CATS -- WHEN
WE HAD THEM PUT DOWN, I WAS
CRYING.
>> CRYING.
>> YEAH.
IT'S TERRIBLE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S FOR THE BEST.
AND AS I SAY, IF THEY'RE IN
PAIN, IF THEY'VE GOT A GREAT
LIFE, GREAT.
IF THEY'RE IN PAIN, I -- I
BELIEVE THE SAME FOR PEOPLE.
I BELIEVE IN VOLUNTARY, YOU KNOW
--
>> RIGHT.
>> EUTHANASIA.
IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH, IT'S ALL
RIGHT TO GO -- I CAN'T WAIT --
HOPEFULLY I'LL BE ABLE TO GO
INTO CVS AND GET THE PILL BY THE
TIME.
I'LL GO, COME ON, GIVE IT TO ME
NOW.
ARE YOU SURE?
LOOK AT ME, I'M SURE.
>> IF YOU CAN WALK INTO CVS,
YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT READY.