BBC NEWS CLAIM RICKY GERVAIS: "The Office Would Be Cancelled Now"

[@ronniepace8778]

It’s the BBC that needs canceling.

[@DaveThompsonfairlife4all]

And their threat letters. Amazing how they get away with threatening legal action on anyone who doesn't give money to them.

[@LiterallyMark1]

Vote reform to remove the BBC license fee

[@malcolmstockbridge2569]

@@LiterallyMark1 and then have to switch to other providers who charge far more than the license fee......thanks a lot !

[@LiterallyMark1]

@@malcolmstockbridge2569 no it would be free… the only other change is that the BBC would have to run ads like every other channel EVER

[@malcolmstockbridge2569]

@@LiterallyMark1 Sadly its not quite that simple, the outlets available to advertisers is at an all time high already and the revenues dropped like a rock since KZbin and other media. The gains to the BBC wouldnt go anywhere whats needed to produce what they do. Also...more advertising has a hidden cost.....when an advertiser uses media to advertise who do you think pays for it ?....you and I as costs for products increase to pay for that advertising spot. Nothing is free in this world.

[@countroyhifi8730]

I had a knob of a manager called Vince at the time I accidentally stumbled across The Office, I thought it was real 🤦🏽

[@hugolindum7728]

I thought it was a documentary and therefore not funny.

[@philthycat1408]

the bbc proving that the bbc should go ,asap.

[@bigjohn1717]

Cancel the BBC I haven't watched it since week 1 of covid.... Best thing I've ever done

[@markgregory7140]

Is that really the best thing you've ever done?

[@EdekLay]

Someone's missing mask mandates​@@markgregory7140

[@bigjohn1717]

Well I once saw Timmy Mallet on the bus in 1991 that comes close 😂

[@markgregory7140]

@@bigjohn1717 🤣🤣🤣

[@jasonclarke7422]

Have you watched Derek and Afterlife, these are also very good.

[@TheTrickshot77]

I wish the "Woke" would get cancelled.

[@scottb32a]

very clever

[@billlynn8256]

explain wokw

[@Carfilliot]

@@billlynn8256what’s the point in us explaining it when you can’t even spell it?!!!!!!

[@tynebar]

@@billlynn8256 i can't - cos I don't know what "wokw" is.

[@philipbayliss879]

​@@Carfilliot😂😂

[@garystyles4151]

Cancel the bbc

[@deanlowdon8381]

Did you watch the video or just comment based on the clickbait title?

[@Tommysimonsen]

They still go by BBC, that sound to racist for 2024

[@guybrushthreepwood2380]

It's not an insult though, is it? It's a compliment if anything.

[@jamesthecat]

​@@guybrushthreepwood2380Not for a corporation!

[@LiterallyMark1]

@@guybrushthreepwood2380it’s a myth

[@pooooornopigeon]

​@@LiterallyMark1That sounds like Chris Eubank snr describing a football match.

[@Matthew-ve7uv]

@guybrushtheredwood: I mean, the office black guy like it

[@markimusmaximus7870]

I quit the BBC four years ago & it's been much better for my mental health.

[@ylliblee5073]

Was my go to in the car but its been unbearable for quite some time now, every once in a while I’ll try again but give it 10 min and I’m irritated again

[@NashvilleTuneStream]

There are people there who covered for Saville to save their own asses. NEVER forget that

[@antonnym214]

Ricky is brilliant, funny, and legendary. When he said "It comes down to people recognizing things in people." All I could think of was, "That's what she said." ROFL. Great stufff. thank you for this. Ricky should be your prime minister!

[@margaretfleming3554]

My hairdresser’s husband went for a job with the Post Office. The bloke training them turned up in a tight shirt and no tie. He was obviously a gym fanatic and couldn’t do the last few buttons up. He then looked to all the females in the room and said “Don’t be looking at this ladies” pointing to his exposed chest “It’s this you should be concentrating on” circling his face. As she recounted the story David Brent popped into my head.

[@barbaraangele8615]

UsA Office not funny at all. Gervais Office is best comedy EVER!!! And also Extras. No one does comedy better.

[@DhanushkaVibeVentures]

True UK comedy has it's own cultural way of deliverance of comedy. I'm an Asian, seen both. But when USA tries UK comedy the same way it doesn't work. Look at Inbetweeners, a brilliant teenage comedy remade by USA, turned in to a turd. Copying comedy with culture doesn't work

[@shirleymental4189]

There's an interview with Gervais and Steve Merchant (why does he seem to be written out of the picture) where they state what they DIDN'T want the office to be. This is exactly what the American Office is.

[@carolinejohnson22]

It would be the same if English TV tried to do Two and a half Men. It just wouldn't work. It's down to the actors as well 😂😂

[@shirleymental4189]

@@carolinejohnson22 Agree 100 per cent. American comedy is great, and we don't do it well. And they don't do our comedy well. Check out their attempts at Red Dwarf. Truly awful.

[@mst7806]

I disagree, I love them both, different reasons but I love them both.

[@markgrayson4740]

And BBC directors pose as Question Time audience members and we are all supposed to be alright with this. It's a joke

[@nerojay2105]

Well it’s actually funny so it wouldn’t get made in the first place.

[@tynebar]

That makes NO sense whatsoever.

[@14caz68]

That’s true. We can’t have anything remotely funny like the Office. NO laughing please , we’re the BBC.

[@tynebar]

@@14caz68 There's LOADSA funny on TV, and most of it comes from BBC. The last decent thing on ITV was Rising Damp.

[@nerojay2105]

@@tynebar you don’t seem to realise comedy is subjective. Just because you find something funny doesn’t mean other people do.

[@14caz68]

@@tynebar 1970s !!! Even that wouldn’t be (re)made now.

[@Matthew-ve7uv]

Wow, did Ricky write it by himself? I really thought it was co-written. Well, there ya go!

[@markbehr88]

Like the song “the day the music died” all this Woke BS (if we allow it to continue) might create the outcome “the day the comedy died”. Nah, only joking. 👍😃

[@daveontoast]

I'm still watching it now. I love it to this day. I brought it on dvd, video, on Prime, and even had it on those little playstation portable discs so I could watch it while I was on the move all the time in the Army.

[@teffhoward9134]

Thank you Ricky for making my days better. Don't ever stop doing what you do.

[@8daysaweek-f2m]

BBC is a real kick in the stomach for good hard-working taxpayers

[@rafflemonkey9864]

You don't need to pay for it if you don't watch TV

[@BeerStens]

Only one think need cancelling and that's the BBC licence fee.

[@TheOverlordOfProcrastination]

The BBC needs cancelling, period.

[@deanlowdon8381]

Did you watch the video or just comment based on the clickbait title?

[@DeTroutSpinnaz]

I don't remember the last time Ricky mentioned Steve by name...

[@michelleduncombe9675]

Thank goodness there are enough of us out there that loved shows like this and are sharing it and the ideas we have from people like Ricky with our children so they don’t grow up to be utter twats!

[@deanlowdon8381]

Did you watch the video or just comment based on the clickbait title?

[@GoTellTheSpartans24]

I worked in an office with at least 3 of those pathetic characters that were driving me fcking mental and yes…..in slough trading estate!!

[@NashvilleTuneStream]

Which one of them was you?

[@GoTellTheSpartans24]

@@NashvilleTuneStream could be worse, I could be ……American! 🤣🤣🤣

[@ripvanwinkle2002]

gratz on 20 years of that masterpiece! watched versions from both sides of the pond. cant pick a fave TBH because i guess i get both versions of the humor though the local and colloquial stuff from the UK prob misses me.

[@harryricochet8134]

Of course it would be cancelled today. All the things that would get it cancelled are what made so awesome!!! Cancel the BBC instead.

[@arthurconan1899]

Thank You Ricky Gervais.... ❤

[@gerardferrara4387]

I worked in Slough in the early 90's, as a backpacker Aussie. Dank, desperate place, but good cheese and onion pasties

[@freeagent8225]

I too as an Aussie worked in London, great sense of humour the English possess.

[@pdjhh]

Did you go down chasers?

[@tynebar]

you worked as a backpacker Aussie??? What did that involve?

[@gerardferrara4387]

@@pdjhh No, home base was SW19

[@gerardferrara4387]

@@tynebar Okay, you win !

[@tomservo4299]

Lol does anyone think that is progress?....I mean antons a lovely bloke.....

[@JAY1892]

RIP Ewen.

[@donrobinson6613]

Wonder if the BBC would cancel "It ain't half half hot mum"?

[@barrymay8269]

Sadly that wouldn’t even get on the screen today. BBC are so WOKE it is cringe worthy.

[@peterhutton8687]

I wish the"cancelled "would get woke.Same up.

[@tonydavies3511]

If the BBC is so good, they shouldn't have a problem with being a subscription service and stop threatening pensioners and the vulnerable with prison time.

[@matthewphilip1977]

Why doesn't Ricky call everyone a mong anymore? It was great when he called everyone a mong. Then the woke brigade had a go at him for it. Now he's scared to call anyone a mong, when he used to call everyone a mong. Political correctness gone mad. And Derek was funny, when he played a spastic. And that bit in the After Life when the dog knew that the character, Ricky Gervais, was going to commit suicide and the dog made an intervention, saving Ricky Gervais' life. Now that is what I call writing.

[@Aliens_Gonna_Get_Ya]

The Office!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@williampne]

Usa office was absolutely rubbish,not funny at all.

[@slicktrick9640]

Vote reform and dump the bbc tax

[@seaoftranquility7228]

Right. So he clearly says the Office would NOT be cancelled today.

[@deanlowdon8381]

I know, yet most of the comments seem to be from people who didn’t even watch the video and are just responding to the clickbait title.

[@nickworley1000]

BBC not fit for purpose

[@MAXlMUS66]

Do people still watch the BBC

[@robbie5181]

oh ffs shut up ricky

[@veraw1221]

Thats the problem with todays society, there happy to cancel Everything ? But replace it with utterly cringe fest viewing!,,,,, eg LIVE AT THE APOLLO? ,,,,,painful!!

[@artbylukebennett]

Of course it wouldn't be cancelled now. It's literally still available on BBC iPlayer. Anyone who claims this or the American version couldn't be made these days clearly didn't get the joke. That being the bosses have no self awareness, are often completely inappropriate and are basically useless (but ultimately likable) clowns. The shows aren't endorsing the views of the bosses.

[@shirleymental4189]

For the love of Jebus, never make another show about Brent. 12 episodes and a Christmas special. Perfic! And a film, yeah? The law of diminishing returns, init. Now a spin off about Pete Gibbons is another thing. Sounds like a fun bloke.

[@MrGMawson2438]

😆

[@Paul-fi8hy]

Hahaha😂😂😂 cancelled for making people laugh ffs how long do people have to put up with the crap that the BBC spout .... STOP PAYING YOU LICENSE FEE THEY WILL NOT AND CANNOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT IF ENOUGH PEOPLE DO IT ❤

[@Peter-gw6ur]

Wouldn’t be cancelled because the character of David Brent is not sympathetic, Gervais is just stirring it. The BBC is amazing, has been very daring over the years and without it we would be left with middle of the road, click bait dross

[@samhill618]

Really it would have some success, plenty boomers would enjoy it, and anyone younger would be like “this is just another crap remake of The Office” and looked for something new

[@davesmith4248]

The funniest programme on TV since the legendary Fawlty Towers, yes, it was that funny. So called comedy now is no joke! Ricky was amazing in the Office as was the rest of the cast.

[@ineedoff1]

I no longer engage with the BBC I’d rather pay for something in open market. No compulsory license Undemocratic and the channel does not reflect my world view

[@jontwatson7001]

I reckon David Brent relaxed and contemplative on his allotment at 60 would be…………

[@MrMisanthrope84]

What I would love to see is David Brent as he is now as a changed person. Hes older and kinder and generally just a nice guy, happily married with some kids, made a career change and got the therapy he needed. I think him being alright is what people would like to see. That would be the only way revisiting the character now would be worthwhile. You could write new cringey characters around him and have Brent as the Tim character, or the straight man, that would actually be interesting. Have people digging up his past and you feeling sorry for him as he cant escape who he was because people wont let him.

[@micheltheflambonian]

Hi folks, Is this, here, Rickys own account or is this a fanpage? Thx 🙏👍🍻🕊🇩🇪🌻

[@andy-the-gardener]

stop moaning about the licence fee and cough up. you need your daily dose of free market neoliberalist propaganda. ask yourself this. would you really prefer to be forcefed corporate alt right propaganda instead. the beauty of western media is we get to have both.

[@sebastianalegria3401]

The Office isn't the only sitcom that would be cancelled today, think also of American Pie movie in this WOKE era.

[@888bangthory]

The funny thing is David Brent would be a woke virtue signaller today, he was a tragic , insecure people pleaser desperate for validation

[@JohnnyPerth]

Nonsense, poor billionaire complaining about being censored when he’s not. Look at his specials, he takes the cheap strategy of attacking the vulnerable

[@rangerwhite5165]

Yeah, We've enough home grown problems, aka, the disableds.

[@Holy000]

Reporting on hypothetical questions? No wonder society is trapped in past and cannot let things go, who cares, it was made yrs ago and is a tv programme, grow up BBC! Prats

[@LovetheUk]

This show was absolutely brilliant, the whole cast was fantastic. The Og monster..

[@libbymelville6683]

While there are people like that there should be comedy that makes fun of it

[@Fearless_Beggar]

... because it fits in the bread bin or because it doesn't fit in the bread bin? *bites scotch egg*

[@michaelconnell2045]

Well lets face it.. the English got cancelled.. who cares abkut the BBC.

[@JoshDoughty-y8q]

The age of comedy is over, the age of mediocrity is here, dull dull, and a bit more dull, welcome to hmp britain.

[@transporttimeagain3632]

The BBC is too woked look I've got every single episode of the goodies on the DVD yes every single episode 70 times over

[@GolfMike09]

I travelled during the period of the office and when I stopped Ididn't bother getting a tv. So I've never seen any of it other than clips on YT.

[@RS-ji2ui]

BBC 2024 would not make, allow The Office to be made, shown as it was then.

[@cp4512]

It’s the BBC that needs cancelling. Not The Office which is still brilliant today.

[@deanlowdon8381]

Did you watch the video or just comment based on the clickbait title?

[@mattgardiner313]

Anything good would be cancelled now. Especially if it was funny.

[@doneB830]

Hopefully Farage comes to power and closes the BBC.

[@terrie1485]

To befare all show's would be. different time but love the office wouldn't change a thing

[@jacquelineithell307]

So will they be raiding our homes for are most precious recordings LOL

[@popculture70]

Well yeah obviously.

[@davidloveday8473]

If the Office would be cancelled now, explain why it hasn't been cancelled now

[@hudders11]

No chance, it would never get made now. Was watching one foot in the grave last night. Also no chance!!

[@ICPinOz]

And so the world would have missed out on a great tv series. Just to save the feelings of a few tender souls who would no doubt have suffered life long trauma had they watched it.

[@edpritchard2318]

people with no real life experience saying how people should act is getting boring

[@nikademus4203]

Yup. How sad for the modern generation eh? Frightening what the future holds if we are not allowed to laugh

[@tonylawlor8833]

Get over yourselves, it’s comedy, fine anytime.

[@JackosJingles]

And that's another reason I don't watch the BBC.

[@deanlowdon8381]

Did you watch the video or just comment based on the clickbait title?

[@fhills76]

Gervais a total genius,,the show was only second to Fawlty Towers

[@thechilliman1602]

By the time they are finished be pointless owning a tv because it will be full of crap

[@Chadleyization]

no mention of Golden Years, which was the kind of pilot for The Office

[@moirabaker458]

Just as well we don't have Alf Garnet any more 😂

[@emmacjw]

The office was tedious and unfunny a bit like Gervais

[@Ayeright.]

The BBC is now run by the Tories, with many former Tory MPs and advisers in senior roles ( Tim Davie, Robbie Gibb for example). Now you know what they're using your tv licence fee for.

[@ShanghaiRooster]

When it comes to the BBC, which matters more. Who's sitting in the head office, or who's at the coal face addressing the public (I'm including people like Jess Brammar - BBC executive news editor since 2021 - in the latter category, as they act as gatekeepers for those on the screen facing the viewer)

[@arthurhodgkinson8599]

The woke lefties find it offensive, the rest of us find it funny, that's why we are happier than they are.

[@nooshoff]

Misleading title, all this hate on the bbc that made the office, which they claim to love!!! Ha

[@georeb2]

Time they cancelled Footage of the depravity that is pride

[@arthurconan1899]

Of course it would... Or Race swap the whole cast ....

[@GRAFRU68]

Rick why you not mentioning your lanky co writer Stephen?

[@HellsBells-74]

The office training day was a favourite…🤣

[@dixgun]

That blurring of the visual must end 😮

[@DavidMFranks]

My poor late wife didn't "get" The Office for several episodes. She thought it was a real documentary, and not even slightly funny. But when she finally got it, she was such a huge fan. Laughing until she cried,

[@jcreswick]

BBC are disgraceful gutter reporting

[@scottb32a]

oh jesus . Not Gervais still banging ona bout being cancelled - how tedious . He's last 2 Netflix specials have only been about that . Without irony

[@fakecrusader]

This clip isn't new, it's recycled.

[@michaelmcknight3639]

Has anyone said the BBC should be cancelled yet?

[@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere]

it should be cancelled and removed from Netflix. It's offensive to women. Which I hate.

[@quaverboy63]

Bless. Do you find weirdos in fetish masks at pride marches offensive?

[@The-Chrystalmachine]

David Brent prancincing around at 60 o hell no we dont need that. Mainly because we have got the real Ricky Gervais for that.

[@KJ_2020]

I'm still trying to work out the title of this video

[@Users_rx]

Blantantly biased corporation

[@ceriannalflorencina8297]

Godssake who gives a shit. Like almost all comedy,it was OF ITS TIME

[@ceriannalflorencina8297]

And it really was and is great