Ricky Gervais On Hitler's Ideology | POLITICS | Universal Comedy

[@Mattalica-ss9pj]

When we went to see Schindler's List in the cinema, a guy sitting behind us leaned over to his wife and asked "This is that Schwarzenegger film, right?" just as the lights dimmed. I wish I could have seen his face during the actual film...

[@lecyd]

OMG 😂 😂 😂

[@baddestburrito]

@@lecyd "I'll be back."

[@DieFlabbergast]

Weeell...Hitler, Schwarzenegger -- both Austrians, right? Not much difference.

[@lecyd]

@@baddestburrito "Quick, get to the choppa" 😅

[@antonycharnock2993]

Well Schwarzenegger is anti fascist. His parents suffered Hitler kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJKxaGuojb1pgsU&has_verified=1

[@radddish]

Hitler Jokes are outta mein kampfort zone

[@fheil5040]

thats not how you write kampf

[@samiam619]

@@radddish Pay no attention to him. Both words work... And are funny.

[@righteousrenegade]

Well ah...Shwitz.

[@icouldntthinkofagoodname7216]

@@radddish maybe someone needs to put him in the concentration kampf

[@senorpepper3405]

Das ist nicht richtig 😔

[@greggf.1393]

He isn't afraid to cross the line, we need more comedians like him.

[@TheFlatPancakeTheory]

Most cross the line, but it’s how it’s done that makes the difference between a funny joke and an unfunny one. Here Ricky does it excellently.

[@caleymckibbin2304]

Except it is not even slightly funny because that was not Hitler's basis for hating jews. His basis for hating jews was an article by Karl Marx known as "On The Jewish Question".

[@TheFlatPancakeTheory]

@@caleymckibbin2304 it’s a joke. It’s not supposed to be factually correct. It’s supposed to make you laugh. But you get triggered because “zomg hitler never killed Jews because of this”.

[@caleymckibbin2304]

@@TheFlatPancakeTheory It's supposed to make me laugh. But it doesn't, because it's wrong, not ironic.

[@TheFlatPancakeTheory]

@@caleymckibbin2304 it doesn’t have to be factually correct to be funny. Lighten up a little friend

[@thepansyman2247]

"there was a shower scene"

[@sidelvy-owen1116]

His face as he realises what he’s just said

[@charliedanso3803]

@@sidelvy-owen1116 ?

[@aberamagold7509]

@@sidelvy-owen1116 I don't know how to respond to what you said. It's a mind boggling comment.

[@digitaldemocracyai-rob]

@@sidelvy-owen1116 he knew exactly what he was saying

[@luernios9075]

@@digitaldemocracyai-rob I think Sid Elvy-Owen is perfectly aware of it.

[@dorsyb1]

"I read between the lines" 😂😂

[@stuartkseels]

Even he would have been tripped up by the Apple T's & C's lol.

[@joshportal2808]

If you read the Gay Science by Nietzsche, he said at the same time how the Nazis should never grow in power because they will destroy everything and how much he loves Jews. What is crazy is that Nietzsche sister tried to censored her brother’s writings to make herself popular with Hitler and the Nazis. Nietzsche hated Christians, Muslims, and Hindus but loved Jews and Buddhist.

[@ewwpoorpeople5684]

I feel like at that point someone stole your book and wrote nasty things in between the lines

[@SergioMartinez-xv9tt]

Im the 4k like!

[@MrLince-hr4of]

@@joshportal2808 Jews are more or less the opposide of Buddhists

[@metothemoon1227]

"Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right." -Ricky Gervais

[@SynthApprentice]

That sounds nice and all, and it's quite true, but the obvious counter is that it doesn't mean you're wrong, either.

[@metothemoon1227]

@Nathan V 😋 Thanks for you comment m'y dear :) I can't get enough of the Ricky Gervais 2020 golden awards . Sorry for my Bad english i'm french

[@SynthApprentice]

@@metothemoon1227 Please don't apologize for speaking a second language! You took the time and effort to learn how to speak English. That's nothing you need to be sorry about.

[@Praise___YaH]

Here is the Original Semitic Text. YOU REALLY NEED to READ this YaH The Heavenly FATHER HIMSELF was Who they Crucified for our sins and “HERE IS THE PROOF” From the Ancient Semitic Scroll: "Yad He Vav He" is what Moses wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3) Ancient Semitic Direct Translation Yad - "Behold The Hand" He - "Behold the Breath" Vav - "Behold The NAIL"

[@metothemoon1227]

@Darrell Moore Awesome comment thank you :)

[@jgagnier]

"Rubbish, I used about two." Savage.

[@ravenmage1859]

There was a groaner pretty close to one of the crowd mics that caught it like a second later that makes it even better. You can see he's struggling to keep a straight face because for dark humor types the groans are hilarious.

[@alexanderwild3058]

Can you explain it to me? Really don't get it (english not native language). Thx

[@fantasticmrmonk]

@@alexanderwild3058 the movie recommends a box of tissues because it’s a sad movie that makes people cry. Ricky’s joke is an implication that he use two boxes for... a certain type of pleasure.

[@declanclark2445]

@@alexanderwild3058 he had wank mate

[@EverybodyIsDeadDave]

@@fantasticmrmonk Two tissues, not two boxes :P

[@ShawnRavenfire]

I love it when a comedian goes too far, loses the audience, goes one step further, and wins them back. Edit: Please stop asking me to explain my comment. It's more than a year ago, and I don't remember what I meant.

[@Michael_Michaels]

Exactly what it did NOT happened here...

[@TheAlmdal]

At no point did he go to far, it's a joke..

[@stephenwalsh4481]

Read between the lines!😂 how most people think! Not sure anything should go cos its a joke! Imagine saying something hatefull but then saying I was joking but really meant it!

[@VivekAnandJ]

Yes! Jimmmy Carr has made that his model of comedy!

[@captainlanguste]

@@stephenwalsh4481 but the intentions are different! One just want to put hate on somebody and needs an excuse as he gets caught. The other one is a comedian who is making fun about a really bad thing

[@jamesbell1206]

This era of his standup was a lot more thoughtful and well executed

[@MarlboroughBlenheim1]

And original. He’s now self conscious.

[@milansvancara]

Than?

[@thebirdee55]

Ricky has not changed his style. He does this type of comedy now. And it's why he's a treasure!

[@jackrose5077]

His abilities with his timing is almost unparalleled, having the ability to be so funny whilst doing a one man bit for a hypothetical situation is awesome.

[@TheShattenjager]

This is true. John Mulaney has impeccable timing as well. A good few others do as well, but certainly far more comedians just never reach this level of such a skill.

[@bruhmoments7367]

"what is politics?" Audience: *laughs

[@Sweeti924]

True It was a bruh moment

[@EnigmaticSpuce]

I was about to make this exact comment lol

[@funsterkeyven]

baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more

[@user-ii2fu7ii6z]

anticipation laugh, visions of Trump and Brexit danced in their heads

[@CaptainRed1000]

“Correct!”

[@limyohwan]

That one guy’s reaction was brilliant. Almost made Ricky break character

[@harrythomas1252]

3:28 ?

[@SeanKL107]

Friedrich Nietzsche literally published a passage about how dumb antisemitism is. I do not recommend scrolling through the reply thread.

[@alberich3099]

Not only did he write about it in Wahnsinnszettel, but he also acted upon it. He openly antagonised Schmeitzner, who wanted to take aways rights from jews via a petition to Bismark. Nietzsche also later broke with parts of his family due to the rising antisemtism in germany. „Die verfluchte Antisemiterei verdirbt mir alle meine Rechnungen, auf pekuniäre Unabhängigkeit, Schüler, neue Freunde, Einfluss, sie hat Richard Wagner und mich verfeindet, sie ist die Ursache eines radikalen Bruchs zwischen mir und meiner Schwester.." (The damned antisemitism destroyes all my plans for financial independance, students, friends and poisoned my friendship with Wagner, it is the reason of my radical distancing to my sister) While we can argue on Nietzsches idea of the Übermensch and Nihilism or even some of his personal life, he made quite clear that his understandment of Nihilism and moral evaluation are not to be taken in form of social darwinism like hitler tryed to spin it.

[@alberich3099]

​@@firstnamett4656 no not Hitler Himself, however the idea of social darwinism which he was very fond off and the NSAP pushed with the idea of the Herrenrasse, is somewhat based on the conflation of the concept of evolution and Nitzsches Nihilsm (which is faulty but that's how it was) Furthermore the idea of the Übermensch in Germany, caused assosiation with the later used Herrenrasse.

[@beback_]

@@firstnamett4656 He was an admirer of Nietzsche, but not well read enough to actually know what old Fred was talking about.

[@carlosandleon]

it was about having a scapegoat

[@bingo4461]

@Johnny Bravo of course the dude larping Johnny bravo is a Holocaust denier what else is new

[@SAMTYLER1974]

I just love how Gervais takes both Nietzsche and Hitler and channels them through his inimitable personality to craft this hilarious vignette. Imagining Hitler getting all embarrassed like Ricky and pressing his thumb in a preoccupied manner whilst pretending not to listen is something that'll never get old. People offended by Gervais simply don't get the joke and really need to laugh more ...

[@tinknal6449]

He triggers liberals. The greatest sin in Hollywood.

[@CH-ml4rz]

@@sticklyboi when was this controversy? Gervais hating jews.

[@belgarath6508]

His humor isn't mainstream enough to get a casual laugh out of me, and not dark enough to really hit my humor - and I can't stand his personality. But that are all problems I personally have with his performance, and it's only my opinion and not a fact.

[@haunter4708]

@@sticklyboi people who get offended by Ricky are Hitler from his joke.

[@Michael-Archonaeus]

I could actually see Adolf Hitler acting like this, he wasn’t always the big tough guy, that was mostly a persona he took on, when he was giving public speeches.

[@poppi3362]

The fiddling his right hand does makes the whole joke

[@jorjicat6318]

why does he do that?

[@poppi3362]

@@jorjicat6318 you know, when someone did something bad and they are reluctant to come out with the whole truth so they get nervous and start fiddling with stuff.

[@paddotk]

"I won't do it anymore... 'Cause, you know, the Soviets are at my doorstep"

[@williampeden6687]

"And Stalin wants the anti-semitism all to himself..."

[@felixhenson9926]

@@williampeden6687 Stalin made anti-semitism illegal, intervened in a tonne of pogroms and put legal measures in place to preserve Jewish cultures...

[@alexeyr2872]

@@felixhenson9926 and then killed millions of Soviet people.

[@circuscannon6381]

@@felixhenson9926 are you seriously defending Stalin? Lol

[@R0B1NG5]

@@circuscannon6381 Its not defending him. Its just history. He wasn't particularly anti sematic, so the comment makes no sense. Their is no commentary on anything else horrific he did. Its like stating hitler was Austrian and having someone claim you are trying to defend germany for WWII or the holocaust by saying that.

[@iviaverick52]

highly offensive jokes that are executed in a hilarious manner. Ricky is right up there with Bill Burr for the comedians we truly need in 2021

[@adrianalavez4140]

To hell with you teemo

[@iviaverick52]

@@adrianalavez4140 I prefer to be called Satan

[@malice21nall]

Comparing Burr with Ricky. Now that's one offensive joke.

[@RelightLowlight]

this ages well

[@mwatson5702]

Bill who?

[@ahmedalfatih7723]

This guy has the talent of being offensive without being offensive

[@andrewrobinson3585]

Proof that anything can be the subject of comedy if done correctly

[@footballnerd277]

I’d say the holocaust is a pretty easy subject for comedy if you’re into dark humour. Trying to make people laugh whilst talking about quadratic equations would be much harder!

[@Sephiroth517]

@@footballnerd277 nah, it's easy.. well... easier than filling a whole theater with nasa scientists who could understand the joke at least ^^

[@SebHaarfagre]

Ricky Gervais is the most offensive non-offensive person I know of. Wait... I mean non-offensive offensive. Well you get what I mean. ..... I think

[@iceteal3mon108]

Havin a stroke eh lad? :D

[@user-cm1mc4qv1e]

He should work in the maternity ward of a hospital.. _..because his delivery is amazing._

[@natem889]

That's a very offensive non-offensive comment. I hate to like it.

[@pablofunpeople89]

Politely offensive or Offensively polite, choose your fighter

[@gkky-xx4mc]

Offensive non-offensiveness: comedy Non-offensive offensiveness: microagressions

[@gxenick6656]

I love this man because he makes it really clear that he’s really just joking

[@schubertuk]

I love him for precisely the opposite reason...

[@danagray9709]

PC culture: "There are some things that are never funny!" Ricky: makes the audience laugh about a concentration camp execution method. "There was a shower scene!'

[@phantim_othy571]

My knees buckled with disbelief that he said that ....then I pissed myself laughing....had to also have a shower to disinfect myself

[@za.5476]

it must really pain him so much to see how ppl aren't really getting his "jokes"..

[@phantim_othy571]

@@za.5476 his jokes are not directed to people that are the woke pc brigade

[@manavsridharan3811]

Also the truth is Gervais never trivializes things for humour, he always ensures to pay respect to the subject material while making jokes out of it. He walks that line so well.

[@szilamer1997]

@@manavsridharan3811 WTF? Where was the respect in that "joke?" I'm not that PC person, but that was not funny I think.

[@EthanDCash]

Am I the only one obsessed with Gervais fake nervous ticks he does in bits like the thumb picking at a table or wiping away dust? I makes his bits so much more human and normal and I love it

[@ChessJourneyman]

That was a part of the bit...

[@wyattcole5452]

Dark comedy is the best. “I only used two” and his excuse is “there was a shower scene” 😭🤣

[@Lisiralei]

You misunderstood. He said that some quote read "have a box of tissues ready", and it wasn't accurate, as he used 2, as in two whole boxes

[@rb3872]

@@Lisiralei No, I fear you misunderstood. He anticipated to use more (the whole box as the box promised) but the movie 'failed' him and he only used two tissues.

[@AlanWinterboy]

In reality, Nietzsche hated nationalism, the big state, and anti-semites: “Deutschland, Deutschland über alles, that is the end of German philosophy,” he wrote, and “I will have all antisemites shot.” His sister, however, was a Nazi before Nazism, and she took charge of his estate and writings long before his breakdown/death--hence misinterpretations of him like this one.

[@sandshark2]

@Kalergi is trash well they wouldn’t have been translated into English, because they were used in the German language in Germany during the Nazi Regime

[@TheCelestialvision]

So many people trying to defend Nietzsche but his ethics was despicable. His sister only edited the publication of “Will to Power” he talks about all these ideas in his earlier works such as”Beyond Good and Evil” and “On the Genealogy of Morality” which were both published before his death. In those he blamed the Jews for a radical re-evaluation of morality which he claimed harmed the German people which he saw as naturally superior and even referred to as a “master race”. This stuff should have never been written to begin with and was bad philosophy. Ricky Gervais majored in Philosophy at UCL. He’s not an idiot. This skit is ridiculing Nietzsche for his bad take as much as hitler. People need to stop defending him. Those two works of his are indefensible and influenced not only hitler but also Mussolini who was a huge fan of Nietzsche’s concept of the will to power, which was developed first in these earlier works before his sister ever published a posthumous work of that title.

[@sandshark2]

@@TheCelestialvision That makes no sense, because those last 2 books were edited by his sister when they were published. She did this during his time in isolation when he went mad, not after his death. Plus those books do not talk about the Jews re-evaluating what morality is which harms the german people. Quite the opposite, where he believes the super-human he calls it - seeks absolute truth by disregarding what society historically deems as important, moral, etc. because he saw morality as nothing more than humanity trying to justify their own selfish desires. He even directly points out that a “super-human” must disregard their race, nationality, and any link to others because it causes bias. Here he sites the austrian rural area where he grew up in and how much he despised it for being nationalistic. Indirectly spitting at Hitler, who was a nationalistic austrian. While I do not subscribe to Nietzche as he is painfully nihilistic, he has insights to the meaning of good and evil and how neither truly exist - rather a state of being where desires are acted upon in different ways that society will determine which paths are bad and which are good just to fuel a “us vs them” hatred against those who do the actions they dont do. The term “super-human” wasnt meant as a term for any race of human, rather a state of humanity anyone can reach by removing all bias from their perspective. In German the term is actually “UberMensch” which directly translates to “over-man” describing a man’s triumph over bias. Not exactly “superman” but thats how his sister and Hitler and Mussolini twisted his definition to fit their narrative. I suggest looking up “Sisyphus 55” and watch his video on Nietzche’s life and his philosophy for a summary. Pretty sure Nietzsche was a bit racist so im not saying he was a perfect human being, but the facts should be laid out straight

[@TheCelestialvision]

@@sandshark2 Nietzsche did not display good (intellectually rigorous) philosophy in his works of ethics, which defended a view of ethical nihilism. That is, the meta ethical view that denies that morality exists as a thing in itself. His argument for this is to go through the etymology of words from different languages and draw conclusions about the fundamental nature of morality from this rather than than from making any logical argument for this position. And he very clearly implies that the Germans were harmed by the Jewish revaluation of values (an argument that itself doesn’t make sense as other ancient religions like Zoroastrianism, considered likely older than Judaism, also practiced things like compassion and concern for others). I’ve read his direct work and it uses a lot of similar notions and wording to the nazis. I’m not saying he himself was a nazi, as he died before they came to power, but his notion that there is no objective morality and all that matters is being strong and being able to exert your power over others, is definitely consistent with their fascist thinking.

[@sandshark2]

@@TheCelestialvision Ok first comment: I agree with the beginning, as thats essentially how I attempted to explain his philosophy but im not good with words. However I dont know where you got the Jewish hatred from as he only used his Jewish town as an example when describing how he sees the world, same way someone may criticize the israeli government for being Zionists. I also never saw any fascist rhetoric and instead much of what he discussed as a danger to human progression was authoritarians and narcissists due to their avid use of good and evil to justify genocide, death, etc. he was in no way a nazi, nor a fascist (nazism and fascism are very different but I assume you know that)

[@lambycorn5253]

"The gypos, do we need them?" 😭😭😂😂😂

[@leegibbs5317]

Sounds like something Karl would say.

[@Godsfavouriteidiot_]

This hurt me

[@FarmersAreCool]

Who is we ?

[@happyguycol]

No

[@selimrotarelli4247]

what are gypos?

[@cgavin1]

So much respect for his brass balls to consistently say "No, life IS funny. Even awful things should be mocked. Its necessary."

[@oliverholm3973]

"The Holocaust isn't your average comedy subject" What are you talking about, it's the goat of dark humour

[@jakedeane5304]

Not 15 years ago I wasn’t

[@seanscanlon9067]

And your average comedy subject is not usually dark humour.

[@oliverholm3973]

@@seanscanlon9067 Well I can't speak for wherever you grew up, I suppose

[@martinbudinsky8912]

@DJ BANE Dont know where you are from. But where I am from it was always mainstream dark humour. That and comunism.

[@theredboneking]

What has a swimming pool, a brothel, a soccer field, a sauna, a theatre, a library, a dentist, a maternity ward, a cinema, a life saving delousing room, a kitchen, religious facilities, sports facilities, artist studio and a complainants department?

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

A deeper punchline for Nietzsche's new book would have been The Gay Science, which is actually the title of a Nietzsche book.

[@pumpkingamebox]

I expected him to make this exact punchline but he went with something else.

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

@@pumpkingamebox I think he didn't want to assume too great a level of knowledge from his audience.

[@pumpkingamebox]

@@Sam_on_KZbin True enough, they were laughing at his 2 kleenex joke before actually realizing what it meant. lol

[@morningstar9233]

What struck me was that Hitler did in fact also try to annihilate European gypsies.

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

@@morningstar9233 Yes. He was expecting some knowledge of WWII from his audience. But I think knowledge of the title of Nietzsche's books was asking too much.

[@christinawatkinsyoutube]

it takes a true genius to make jokes about such a touchy subject without offending people

[@milansvancara]

Nah, it just takes an European;)

[@slewone4905]

no , people are offended. But these people are nuts.

[@NapFloridian]

@@milansvancara in Merica, farting offends 90% of the general population, laughing or having a good time, nooooo we cannot have that, censored !!!

[@Lord_Skeptic]

Everyone is equal. It is just some people are more equal than others.

[@leegibbs5317]

"Four legs good. Two legs bad".

[@insertedgynamehere___969]

*[Insert animal farm reference here]*

[@averagegamer3405]

I was thinking angry birds was thought of by someone who just finished reading animal farm

[@eddiemaiden4192]

@Straight White Male man, I gotta say Orwell really knows how to dampen the mood. Poor Boxer

[@memorymedia6188]

Hitlers ideology is the same ideology that slaughtered 100 million in Soviet Russia, Cuba, China, North Vietnam, Nicaragua, North Korea etc. Its called COLLECTIVISM and its currently bieng pumped into your national media 24/7.

[@MiniLemmy]

Ricky Gervais will always be a hero to me for calling out the woke wankers in Hollywood at the Oscars ceremony….

[@teamEP789]

Golden globes

[@BassByTheBay]

His Golden Globes monologues are my all-time faves, but he calls out narcissism and self-importance way more than he calls out wokeness.

[@emerynoel567]

FFS stop using words you can't define.

[@joakimandersson7769]

Still years later it baffles me how people can so totally miss the point of his entire Golden Globe speech XD Ricky is one of the true woke legends out there.

[@hobo393]

​@@teamEP789same thing no one cares about them

[@isaacwilcox3010]

I don’t know if it’s the way he’s dressed or the way he talks but until I heard people laughing I thought this was a church service.

[@patrickharvey158]

I could see that

[@colbylaband9397]

Or a Ted talk

[@osvagt]

And the over sized jacket added U.S of America

[@richardwhitehouse3439]

it's the lecturn, i think. Looks like it from every church i ever went to

[@grantdowling8550]

“There was a shower scene” jesus christ

[@broth7905]

@Morty Steinblatt wut

[@broth7905]

@Morty Steinblatt I am confuz

[@transrightspanda]

@Morty Steinblatt Haha based

[@noahmay7708]

Just got that

[@jamesbain1594]

I enjoy comedians that laugh at the stuff they talk about. Gervais repressing a smile made me laugh even harder. Ron White and Bill Burr are likewise adept at using their own mirth in their routines.

[@chrisbingley]

The Nazis had to rewrite massive portions of Also Spracht Zarathustra to make it fit their ideology. It's almost impossible to find one of the edited versions today, which is a shame. Being able to show the difference between the two might open more people up to reading some of Neitzsche's other works.

[@Willy_Tepes]

The Commies had to edit massive portions of history to paint the Nazis as the bad guys. Just one question. Have you ever hear an actual Nazi explain Nazi ideology? Makes you think, don't it?

[@overlybored991]

@@Willy_Tepes So explain it.

[@BlackAdder665]

@@Willy_Tepes I have read "Mein Kampf". Please, do explain what of its contents differs from what we are taught at school, and how.

[@Willy_Tepes]

@@BlackAdder665 I am not a propagandist, I don't have time for that. I am not here to save souls, LOL. As I read the situation in the world, we are on the verge of a global conflict. I would rather focus on other more practical things. I most certainly will not be on any side friendly to the Commies ;)

[@OersJ]

@@Willy_Tepes what a bunch of bullshit! why even start a dialogue?!

[@randomjasmicisrandom]

I laugh every time I get in a Schindlers Lift.

[@steveno4624]

Brilliant

[@patrickohare3677]

Ah yeah, the place I work at has a lift made by Schindler's lifts. I giggled for about 2 hours straight the first time I saw it

[@SwissTanuki]

As a Swiss I never made the connection... now I will

[@antonycharnock2993]

Hell of a come down though.

[@paddotk]

I saw that too somewhere! Of all the names you could call your lift-manufacturing company... Jeez.

[@carolking6355]

I love Ricky so much. He is brilliant but I am nearly 80 so miss a lot of jokes and find some disgusting but I still love him. After Life was so brilliant and then Derek. ❤️

[@hamba_yang_hina]

Hey mate :)

[@sanctionbuster]

I play a game where I try and eat the popcorn before the movie actually starts...

[@Gekkibi]

That's easy: the commercials last over 15 minutes, and after those they start to show the trailers...

[@infinitydreamzz]

The sound of people eating popcorn and crisps is as loud as the movie itself for the first half hour. I wanted to get up and tell everyone to shut up

[@anaos1004]

Oh, I always win on that one!

[@theonionsystem7779]

I do the best. I don't drink and eat and leave it for home so I can snack at home

[@haunter4708]

@Joseph Douek exactly! 😂

[@bikquerel2982]

Ricky Gervais: What is politics? Audience: haHahHhaHha

[@fouzanium]

Considering how it’s not working too well, it is a joke really

[@Marianne999]

3:28 - Ricky's reaction to the shaken laughter of the audience is everything!

[@r.s.4085]

He looks like me mum. Miss him terribly.

[@VethoRinga]

Who? Hitler?

[@SebHaarfagre]

@@VethoRinga Who the who? Hitler being his mum or Hitler being missed?

[@KantHandleThis]

This raises a lot of questions

[@noneofyourbuisness2380]

Please help us to understand

[@ArtsyChick24]

He misses her too

[@ffsf739]

You may not like what Ricky says, but his delivery is always spectacular, innit?

[@nixneato]

People who don't like should do two things : not listen, and get a sense of humor

[@nixneato]

@Chuck Ufarley You sure about this bro? I quickly googled it but coughing find anything

[@nixneato]

@Chuck Ufarley Haha got it. I did google it, and yeah these are freaking weird times.

[@Generichjm]

@@nixneatothe fox that smelt it, delt it

[@Generichjm]

I just wanna go fast…. With the law

[@OhGodItsHimAgain]

Love when there’s a blend between smart comedy and purely chaotic dumb comedy.

[@AlmostBipedal]

"No no!....I said I hate JUICE!"

[@blatherskite3009]

Yep, it's like that thing with "Jesus hates figs." So much unpleasantness throughout history could've been avoided if people just mucked their ears out occasionally.

[@cqnzr-clipsgameplay5706]

It's actually "No no! GLASS OF JUICE"

[@fionafiona1146]

There was a real awkward moment in Christian history when they stopped being antigoverment subversives but got state endorsement from the state who killed the profet, blaming the only other power of the region (people who survived extra taxes but refused to eat (unkoshar) communally for social reassuring) fixed that... Who ever approved of that patch?!?

[@AlmostBipedal]

@@cqnzr-clipsgameplay5706 Riiiiight......and that makes all the difference.

[@SebHaarfagre]

But how can he hate all juice, there's so many different flavours and kinds of juice

[@gormless2545]

The one guy after he said; “I only used two.” 😂😂😂 The sheer disgust.

[@Kyrieru]

Whether you like him or not you've gotta admit that Gervais has some great delivery.

[@EleanorPeterson]

It fills me with dark joy to know that someone, somewhere, is going to be offended not only by Ricky, but also by this Comment in his defence.

[@pizzaboy3946]

Not that dark: freedom of speech is a wonderful thing and the world will be a lot darker when we lose it.

[@emmettdonkeydoodle6230]

Not entirely sure where the defense is here! Missed your mark just a tad

[@emmettdonkeydoodle6230]

Lee Sylvester It’s just words; there is no defense there. It would be the equivalent of saying, “I take offense,” without alluding to what was actually offensive.

[@discipleofhermes563]

@@pizzaboy3946 We already lost it. Let me put this into perspective. Mark Zuckerberg recently expanded the Community Guidelines on facebook, which essentially banned Holocaust denial, censoring critical analysis of historical events. I saw somebody who was happy with the decision, being a free speech advocate, I was offended. This dude was from Australia and had olive skin similar to an Italian or Greek, though his last name suggested Italian, but he had a funny looking nose. My off the cuff comment to him was "with a nose like that, I'm not surprised on your position on the matter" This dude lived in Australia, a big nose isn't exclusively a stereotypical facial feature for Yews, and whilst I will admit to the intention of the comment, I received a 30-day ban for Harrassment and Bullying. But here's my point. On a daily basis, not only do I say much worse to people on Facebook, but so do a great many others, and this is the first ban I've ever received specifically for harrassment and bullying. I didn't know if the guy was Yew-ish or not, the insult was misappropriated for all I know and in all likelihood it was. Nonetheless, I'm in the digital gulag for 30-days. I don't even hate Yews, like I said, I'm just a free speech advocate. But I will say this. It is a directly observable and self evident truth, that historically, you've only ever had to look to those you cannot criticise, to see who the oppressors and tyrants of the times were.

[@pizzaboy3946]

@@discipleofhermes563 thanks for that. Regarding the Holocaust, I think it probably happened but I wasn't there at the time and my views are based on what historians tell me. It is still repugnant that no one can hold a contrary view and, indeed, Christopher Hitchens lambasted the decision to prosecute David Irving for expressing his views. There should be no prerequisite of freedom of speech to be factually accurate (few of us are in the long run) or in "good taste." I understand a chap called Toby Foster set up a free speech union, with a condition imposed on its members that they were things tgey could not say! And I'm not talking about inciting violence or shouting fire in a crowded cinema, which are not expressions of free speech anyway. Yes, the hard left are the fascists and tyrants but, of course, they have virtue on their side and their moral superiority affords them the right to dispense with trivial things such as free speech but, for the rest of us, we'd better make sure we cling onto it.

[@ThePostalGril]

funniest man on earth rn

[@MegaSpiderpunk]

Trueeee.

[@BareFunnyYeah]

Umm..Lee evans is

[@3cHoStat]

@@BareFunnyYeah Arguable

[@Rua_Rise]

Dave chappelle

[@jonapple2325]

In your opinion

[@michellejoy3678]

Love his style of comedy.

[@aerohard]

2 Kleenex comment: "That's about the limit of cringe for this audience." Shower scene comment: "Hold my beer."

[@fkovacs1]

scary- Ricky looks like Lindsey Graham with a toupee...

[@dabacadabra7009]

I was thinking thicc English Elon Musk 😂

[@jkjk354]

Don’t disrespect Ricky like that 😂

[@grbggaming6885]

Him and Bill Burr have the best timing. One of a kind. A few others can be thrown in there as well but those two are among the best to ever do it

[@blackmercury7783]

Honestly, the way he tells these, I genuinely can’t even imagine anyone getting seriously offended by this.

[@Forscythe80]

Gervais, living life on that fine line. Mostly never falls off it.

[@Noname-xi7xi]

This is so funny I can't stop watching it, I think it's hilarious and he's great at delivering it, the mimic on his face, the pauses, everything is spot on......brilliant!!!

[@pikachuisshook2795]

Don't watch much of his stuff but this is brilliant

[@sebastianwithers6493]

You comment got liked by the account lmfao

[@CausalityLoop]

Dark humor is like food. Not everyone gets it.

[@petedudson6671]

Ouch (*

[@sacr3]

Lmfao

[@randomwicked9806]

Sam Kinison anyone....??

[@josephwinder6878]

Clearly

[@The_Sleepiest_Socialist]

Jokes are like people. Not everyone likes the dark ones.

[@jameswebb4593]

The more times you watch this , the funnier it is because you understand the humour for what it is , brilliant.

[@kyleblankiv7589]

I understood it immediately because I did the same thing when I watched that movie...

[@mehmetkaygisiz9379]

Ricky Gervais you absolutely a legend

[@rbb2984]

If someone can succesfully joke about the worst thing in recent human history then they're a master of comedy. Bravo.

[@cliffcampbell8827]

Wow, his timing and subject material...he is hilarious.

[@MajPickles]

Such a great comedian and human being.

[@LouisEmery]

I never heard him do comedy before. He's pretty good.

[@MonoMori]

This man has no fear and I love it

[@TomasPetkevicius94]

Love this dude! Stepping over the limits, the way comedy is supposed to be.

[@Blk_Raven]

This guy is always hilarious. I love his comedy

[@narojnayr]

A Comic Genius, who is also very, very well read. A powerful combination.

[@christinalayzelle832]

You have to be very brave these days, but I don't think anything should be out of bounds when it comes to humour.

[@santomkd]

as long as you don't really mean it, and you aren't actually a candid nazi...

[@GGMathi69]

@@santomkd The keyword here is "Humour".

[@santomkd]

@@GGMathi69 Yeah but there are "comedians" that are trying to pass actual racist thoughts as "humour".

[@GGMathi69]

@@santomkd Which makes it even better lmao

[@justsomedude890]

@@santomkd wait, so when people joke it’s not based on some truth?

[@redmondo42]

"Gyppos: Do We Need 'Em" Amazing how much of Karl Pilkington's genius found its way into Gervais and Merchant's own work over the years 😂

[@stevehughes1510]

He's the master at off the shoulder comedy this bloke, an absolute hoot.

[@sujalgvs987]

3:28 I just love how, initially, people were laughing, then upon the realisation of how dark that joke was and thar they shouldn't laugh, came the sounds which hinted that they suddenly started thinking "oh god that's terrible", and then immediately after that, came mixed voices of aws and hahas

[@tinknal6449]

This guy has more intelligence than the whole of Hollywood combined.

[@Diviance]

Funny thing to consider, since he has... worked in Hollywood...

[@tinknal6449]

@@Diviance Yep, when actually IN Hollywood your intelligence level drops to the collective level.

[@Diviance]

@@tinknal6449 Keanu Reeves is in Hollywood, though, and that man is a freaking saint. Well, by all available evidence anyway.

[@tinknal6449]

@@Diviance True enough, but being good and being smart are 2 entirely different things.

[@Diviance]

@@tinknal6449 The consensus on people who have met him, in and out of Hollywood, is that he is an intelligent guy as well. Though he apparently doesn't consider himself that way.

[@Ammeo]

Ricky Gervais is the king of comedy

[@nealteitelbaum8660]

When you can pull off Holocaust jokes you are a god of comedy. Ironic that he's an atheist.

[@Carnophobe]

To be a god you have to be though don't you? I mean... You ARE the Alpha and the Omega, nobody else to believe in.

[@nealteitelbaum8660]

@@Carnophobe That's a great point.

[@ph8077]

@@nealteitelbaum8660 Not necessarily a "great point" Many religions are not monotheistic.

[@nealteitelbaum8660]

@@ph8077 You must be a lot of fun.

[@rickyd.989]

Pictures of Hitler pallying around with the Pope, and German soldiers wore slogans on the belt buckles about God being with them.

[@joluzcompany9442]

This is pure GOLD! Comedy at its finest.

[@bendova5484]

the "shower-scene" scene always gets me good XD

[@blaked5]

I like this bit. Gervais is almost always funny, a little morose, but very bright. And poor Nietzsche, he passed on in 1900. National socialism had been a force in Germany since the mid-1800's, but had not swept to power and Nietzsche would have been horrified at his work being co-opted by anti-semetic fascists.

[@marijaobradovic6346]

He would be horrified most probably because he was passionately against all ideologies. Sadly he is known today as philosopher of nazis with ho fault of his own.

[@JimOverbeckgenius]

@Matthew Hopkins Nietzsche recommended the infirm & sick should be poisoned = the spiritual father of nazism.

[@Wolfsgeist]

The mid-1800s? Sorry, but that's complete rubbish.

[@JimOverbeckgenius]

@Green Goblin Nietzsche went mad in 1889 & the NSDAP wasn't founded until 1920, 20 years after Nietzsche's death.

[@DieFlabbergast]

Not to mention by anti-Semitic fascists. (What *semetic means I have no idea.) Also, "by the mid-1800s" would refer to the period 1804-06, since "the 1800s" refers to the decade 1800-1809: you mean "the 19th century" (1800-1899). Also (sorry to go on like this, but you really should give more thought to your comments), "national socialism" goes back no further than the very end of the 19th century. It was a reaction to international socialism (communism, aka Marxism), which did not become well-known until around the 1870s at the earliest.

[@thesilversurfer7136]

Love Ricky Gervais. So refreshing and real.

[@petersawyer264]

He's brilliant! If you have a problem with his comedy...there's your answer.

[@mrkeogh]

Ricky's acting is absolute class.

[@ChargedTTq]

Gervais is literally a genius.

[@coolmacatrain9434]

3:00 One of the greatest set-up's and deliveries in comedy.... I'm sure many, many great Jewish comedians wish they had thought of this one.

[@lumo]

His last proper stand-up special, great times.

[@miguelramos48017]

how do you mean?

[@guilhermeantao9875]

Humanity?

[@haydenharrington4777]

@@guilhermeantao9875 humanity is awful. Plays on his reputation and uses same material. His first 4 were great though. Animals is my favourite.

[@doodlegassum6959]

He should do a joke about the rabbi and the three year old. It wouldn't be very funny though

[@mpa8336]

We NEED comedians like this, more and more.

[@Damen178]

"Oh, you found it offensive? Well I found it funny; that's why I'm happier than you." - Ricky Gervais

[@michaelsMW2movies]

When I was in elementary school I used to steal spoons from the cafeteria. No idea why, but I just always had spoons in my pockets. One of the townies that lived by the sporting goods store would always say hi to me, and I would talk to him about stuff. One day I was taking a pencil out of my pocket and a spoon fell out. He laughed and grabbed it, asked if he could have it, I said that's fine, I have more. One day he's on his stoop with another guy and they stand up and come up to me and ask me for a spoon. So I gave them each a spoon, and it became a regular thing. I would walk home, pass the guys, give them spoons, and go home. I told this story to my grandmother years later, when I was about 20, and she goes, "Wait, the junkies by the sports shop? You gave them spoons?" people.. I was stealing spoons from school and handing them out to junkies so they had something clean to cook their heroin on. When I was 10 years old. Lol I still think about that.

[@IanBlack66]

😬

[@hellsSG]

That scoff at 1:19 is one of the best things i've ever heard. No syllable punchline.

[@SomeBoredGuy69]

How does one person manage to make me feel guilty for laughing so many times?! ..... and then I come back for more! He is not afraid of any subject matter. Got to love how fearless he is!

[@juanpablograjalescanseco28]

This is actually really well written and delivered.

[@erickeane471]

3:27 when the guy just gets the joke, Ricky loved that.

[@doro626]

Can someone explain the Lenny Henry bit at the end?

[@dsmyify]

Think Lenny Henry was doing stand up and charging thirty quid a ticket. Ricky was saying, you get value for money with my having two wanks to schindlers list shower scene joke.

[@SugarfreeYT]

It was a long time ago I went to see this tour but the way I remember it he made a joke earlier in the show about how much Lenny was charging for tickets and how he (Ricky) couldn't charge that much, Ricky's tickets were cheaper than Lenny's so he's making a self deprecating joke like 'this is what you get for picking the cheaper comedian, you could have gone to see Lenny but he's 30 quid!' - I may have completely misunderstood though I was a bit young at the time, I have the DVD somewhere though😆

[@jashwinreddy4803]

finally, a public figure who understands dark humor.

[@davidtucker9498]

No, a public figure who's not AFRAID to make dark humor in modern society...

[@WhiteWolf-lm7gj]

@@davidtucker9498 no, a public figure who knows how to make dark humor without just mocking people

[@matthew8153]

@@WhiteWolf-lm7gj Pretty sure he’s mocking Hitler.

[@brendalandes1813]

Seeing this for the umpteenth time. Makes me laugh even in the middle of a terrible war, worst ever, I since the holocaust. Thank you Ricky

[@josef2012]

"Leave it at six..." 🤣🤣🤣

[@simontide6780]

You know it's jokes when it's uncomfortable & so ridiculous which is why it's funny. Comedy is about the absurdity of a situations.

[@icikle]

Im surprised this hasnt been taken down by YT.

[@pflernak]

Politology is the study of politicians and how they can be useful for humans.

[@YamiOni]

Have they found one yet?

[@pflernak]

@@YamiOni Thats useful? No idea. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4WbfodtZa2tmrM Turn on the subs. Trust me its good.

[@gabortoth3644]

Politics is the art of influence, persading and control of others...A politician is basically a legal con man....

[@neovenom9833]

well most of them are either lawyers or businessmen, or good for nothing's with daddy connections.

[@Slemoster]

No. Politics is exactly what he said it is. It is the art of governing others. Stop trying to change the definition of words lmao.

[@gabortoth3644]

@@Slemoster Definitions what you need to check as obviously never heard them before: populism, demagogue, popularity....

[@Doughboy1027]

Bingo. Government is literally a criminal organization.

[@dannygjk]

The ability to, " influence, persading (sic) and control of others", are attributes of politicians which help them achieve their goals - not what politics is.