Ricky Gervais On Teaching Morals To Children | BEST OF Politics | Universal Comedy

Taken from his 2nd special POLITICS, the recent host of the 2020 Golden Globes and creator of The Office, Extras and AfterLife Ricky Gervais discusses sweatshops in third world countries, the fable of the two mice, nursery rhymes and everyone's favourite idiot Karl Pilkington
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[@Skirk84]

My 2-year-old climbs on everything and constantly falls down, I tried to teach him the Humpty Dumpty story. And then next time he climbed up on something I said be careful and get down all you'll end up like Humpty Dumpty. He said "I'm not an egg daddy"

[@joshuaxiong8377]

"Well, you'll fold like an omelette when you hurt your self badly. How about I help you down instead?"

[@Blepple_2005]

@@joshuaxiong8377 lol

[@PunkZombie1300]

That's when you switch to Jack and Jill.

[@treacherousjslither6920]

@@joshuaxiong8377 🤣👏🏾

[@treacherousjslither6920]

@Brazilian Goddess Ouch

[@carlthehatllama8930]

Humpty dumpty was actually a story about a huge cannon which fell off a castle wall and it was so heavy that all the kings horses and all the kings men couldnt put it back on the wall, humpty dumpty was never an egg until childrens picture books made him one

[@MarthaRoseMoore415]

Right on! I heard this too, but nobody believes me. Yay, glad I didn't just fabricate that reference. Hee.

[@Jessebella1]

yea we all listened to xfm when ricky and steve and karl discussed it too and found that out

[@oliverholmes-gunning5372]

I've heard that one too. I think the idea that he was an egg came from Lewis Carroll (or rather John Tenniel's illustrations to Through The Looking-Glass), although I could be wrong there. Originally (post-cannon of course) I think he was just meant to be a person who resembled an egg, since "humpty-dumpty" used to be slang for a short, clumsy person.

[@warren52nz]

Thanks I didn't know that. That makes more sense.

[@wnaish7541]

Oliver Holmes-Gunning deeping it way too much

[@taskendeer]

That reveal of him getting the cheap jacket was fucking brilliant, comedic timing on point!

[@trippcrosby]

it really was

[@gatehanger1385]

Well I guess if he didn't buy it then the next guy would have bought it...

[@spornge]

The Moral of Jack and Jill is a valid point.

[@LordHayabusa85]

I always thought Jack and Jill were siblings and the moral was “be careful when going up and down hills”.

[@JK-vp2ux]

There are no morals to English nursery rhymes. Morals are taught in ancient Greek parables. The English were just gossips.

[@cherias.4069]

@@JK-vp2ux --Are you sure of that? 🤔Doesn't sound 'right'

[@jonathanhirst5062]

@@cherias.4069 no I think he might be right jack and Jill was a unit of measurement and a tax was placed on something and to avoid the tax merchants switch to a product that used a different measurement system so the rhyme is just mocking the king that tried to impose a tax

[@Diddley_Squat]

Especially back then.

[@andrewjohnson6716]

The fact that people think that the £150 suit wasn’t made in the exact same sweat shop is part of the problem.

[@funnyvalentinedidnothingwrong]

Same sweat shop. But expensive one was made by the Chinese kids who still had all their fingers

[@s4rg380]

You said it...

[@aloistrancy9204]

Their own fault tho

[@Moglis00]

@Jack McCalla no. Not protecting all their fingers.

[@seanmatthewking]

I mean, if you’re gonna sell a guitar to buy a pricier suit that was made more ethically, you might as well do some research too to actually find a company that meets your standards. They surely exist.

[@Emperor_Palpatine_66]

“Never tell the same lie twice” -Garak, Deepspace 9

[@briancates3576]

“The truth is usually just an excuse for a lack of imagination."

[@KanonZombie]

"Lying is a skill like any other, and if you want to maintain a level of excellence you have to practice constantly"

[@matthewcorcoran2891]

That’s what I thought of when he said it too.

[@matthewcorcoran2891]

@Livin Gunk True, all the Trekkies will know Garek really invented this.

[@IgN5P]

Tell it a thousand times, and you’ll have a religious chant.

[@irrelevantdoughnut2309]

"How's the baby?" "It's an egg."

[@cryalot378]

every bird parent ever

[@boogoodie]

God I love Ricky, he’s one in a billion. He never fails to make me laugh. 😂

[@sandyn3384]

He's an atheist so your god's love means squat to him😂😂

[@richardreger6026]

Ricky Dave and Jim Jeffery 👌

[@alisonlewis9275]

Seriously don't think he's funny at all! Bit of a has been.

[@georgeadams9653]

@@alisonlewis9275you’re off it mate

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

In fact, he's exactly one in eight billion😉.

[@nathanbiller7662]

Until listening to this, I legitimately thought Jack and Jill were brother and sister

[@razorsaber2287]

They aren’t?

[@bobbobby632]

Same

[@TheSucram729]

Sweet Home Alabama

[@a.t.hustle1583]

I mean they still could be...

[@lulolie]

Same

[@sparks8934]

Ricky is so talented. I hope he stays at it. We need comedy now more than ever. The world’s gone mad and we need comedy for our sanity.

[@loganshillington9812]

I agree. It’s a shame that our species clearly isn’t worth entertaining.

[@ljubomirjuraj9658]

So talented that he steals joke from star trek

[@sethiddings7293]

@@ljubomirjuraj9658 You right he's terrible >_>

[@thebunter1290]

"Healing the world with comedy"

[@anouarkrassimovich7481]

that's exactly what i told my two other personalities today!

[@kurtjohnson3917]

Ricky has the quite unique ability to be at once devastatingly funny, and present a well-considered, incisive world view on a range of issues. LOVE this guy.

[@jonathanseibert8832]

For some reason I really love how Ricky laughs when he recounts something Karl has said to him. You can seriously tell he legitimately loves the guy An idiot abroad was fantastic

[@austinaxley81]

Morale is what gets low after a team suffers a devastating loss. Moral is what you teach to a child with a story like the boy who cried wolf.

[@xxIluvyouguysxx]

And Morale can’t be plural.

[@KingNefiiria]

@@xxIluvyouguysxx unless its a family with the last name Morales

[@PeterParker-yg6fc]

@@KingNefiiria that's not english though

[@KingNefiiria]

@@PeterParker-yg6fc Well if you want to claim multiple Morales, you can just add as many es'es to the end and make it absurdly English. Moraleseseses'

[@LEO_M1]

Terra Estrahl No, because morale only exists in the singular. “His morale is low.” “Both teams’ morale is low.”

[@WestOfEarth]

Plot twist about the suits: Both are made by slave labor. Only difference is how much money goes to the top.

[@sefp]

Not slaves. They are free to leave and work for whoever they want. If they had a better job they would do it. Those jobs are better than the alternative to what they can do ie subsistence farming

[@101Mant]

@@sefp you sound like a Victorian industrialist. It was a terrible way to treat people in the 19th century in Europe and it's a terrible way to treat people in the 21st century in Asia.

[@sefp]

Mark Antill they aren’t getting injured all the time like in the 19th century. China has gone from poor to the worlds second richest economy and has lifted more people out of poverty than anyone at any time of history thanks to their hard work and the west using them as place to manufacture their stuff.

[@mikitz]

It's not all that moral to 'help' quit child labor in textile mills. If they lose their jobs, they are forced to even more dangerous work, since they basically have to support themselves somehow. I know it's wrong, but that's the unfortunate reality.

[@WestOfEarth]

@@mikitz and there you go, using the defense of the oppressor / slave master. You realize that your lazy argument has been used for centuries, right? Promulgated by those in power to keep the masses subjugated. When we in the US abolished child labor, it created a booming economy. Why? Because labor shortages forced manufacturers to pay better wages in order to keep workers. More take home pay means more spending which in turn creates demand. The children, free from hours and hours of labor, could now focus on school and gain better skills to work in more advanced industries which in turn, again, generates demand and wealth. But that little history lesson won't convince you. You've already made up your mind on how the world is..which is why you commented. A comment, I might add that has no bearing on my original post. In the short few lines I wrote, I didn't mention abolishing child labor. I only pointed out the reality of branding.

[@annawimpey5307]

I was taught that these old poems and rhymes were satirical jabs at the royals, politics and news of the day using moral lessons. Sung by traveling minstrals, discovering the meanings behind these nursery songs are facinating.

[@Seilolo]

I have heard the same. Like Humpty Dumpty represented King Richard III.

[@FranciumBoron]

Bravely bold, Sir Robin rode forth from Camelot! He was not afraid to die, oh, brave, Sir Robin!

[@HeriEystberg]

​@Seilolo Humpty Dumpty is about a huge cannon that fell off a castle wall, and all of the king's horses and men could not get it back up on the wall because it was so heavy.

[@JLF201]

"I sent them to mend an egg." Brilliant!

[@majial2709]

"What if we had been invaded by France that day?" Was hilarious but that jump he did when he said are you mental was the best

[@nathant3347]

Karl pilkington is the best thing to happen to British comedy since Ricky Gervais

[@tommillard4193]

Both legends

[@shaunyshaun86]

Mate the uk is full of comedy geniuses we have the best humour in the world

[@myname719]

@@syksgurillion5068 why have you commented the same thing repeatedly on this😂😂😂

[@odyseuszkoskiniotis6266]

He is so Mancunian it hurts

[@syksgurillion5068]

@@myname719 because it's cheaper than buying flyers

[@debrabolton9372]

Ricky Gervais is a comic genius. One of my favs.

[@AtamMardes]

"Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool." *Voltaire*

[@indricotherium4802]

I think Morales is that Spanish author, isn't he? Yep he's worth studying.

[@DiccusBiggus]

Pretty sure he's a Mexican boxer actually! He was bloody good so he's worth studying too lol

[@rezalbb]

You beat me to the only reason I clicked.

[@IrishGuysScarf]

He's also a pretty good footballer as well!

[@jondunmore4268]

207,000 subscribers. Don't know how to spell "morals."

[@jondunmore4268]

@Cynthia Baker -- I"m thinking of "Universal Comedy" as a bunch of people, so I meant [They] don't know how to spell...

[@yungstallion2201]

Karl Pilkington gives a fresh perspective on life

[@TonyRule]

He sounds like my kind of bloke.

[@sunnyjim1355]

I'd rather spend a lifetime with Karl than a minute with Gervais.

[@shr00mhead]

@@sunnyjim1355 Youd rather be miserable?

[@rhett1029]

“Don’t send horses to do medical procedures” *write that down write that down*

[@mitchryan257]

“Humpty Dumpty” was old slang for a cannon.

[@robertollier3085]

I'd never heard the Colchester Cannon theory. I was led to believe that Humpty Dumpty was King Charles the first, who was executed after losing power to Oliver Cromwell's army. The King's horses and men who could not restore Charles to power were the Cavaliers, who were defeated in the English Civil War by the Roundheads. A fall from grace of epic proportions, and a reference to the fragile hold that the British Monarchy had on power at that time, and which it has never regained. But the cannon story is a good one, too.

[@ilikethisnamebetter]

You don't need stitches to put eggs together, you need glue. Horses doesn't sound so daft now, does it?

[@BigyetiTechnologies]

And horses are made out of glue to start with.

[@fredrickskellten7083]

Yes it does

[@artypyrec4186]

What about the yoke?

[@LEO_M1]

Tray Percy Just scoop it back in. It doesn’t have to be perfect.

[@mrmockatoo6786]

@@BigyetiTechnologies Reverse engineering. Nice.

[@themanwnoname3454]

“don’t send horses to perform medical procedures” 🍾🥂

[@paulaisomura4894]

Many years ago there was a fellow named Johnny Standley, who did a hilarious comedy routine all about Little Bo Peep. It was one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard for the time. Ricky has resurrected the genre beautifully with his take on other nursery rhymes, albeit with a different vocabulary. Hysterical.

[@HeyWatchMeGo]

I'll bet he didn't.

[@flyte19tql8r]

The 45RPM of Johnny Standley is titled "It's In The Book" and pt 1 is the Little Bo Peep dissection and pt 2 is a song about Grandma's Lye Soap. "Little Herman and Brother Therman had an aversion to washing their ears. Grandma scrubbed them with the lye soap and they haven't heard a word in years!" 😁

[@paulaisomura4894]

@@flyte19tql8r Yes, I remember both very well. Unfortunately, I was responsible for destroying my father’s copy of the recording by dropping the arm of our record player on it while he was at work. I think I was taken down the basement for that!

[@carlhollis47]

Take a look at andrew dice clay's take on nursery rhymes. Spicy but funny.

[@21stCen]

This is the making of a comic genius. More power to Mr Gervais.

[@amalau2472]

Scrolled comments for the "WELL, actually, it's about..." people. Was not disappointed.

[@mrmockatoo6786]

Well, it's actually about...it's actually about time I stopped manufacturing stories about the Morales family in case they actually exist.

[@rebeccadelbridge2998]

Lol! Here here.

[@ryanstarkweather3625]

Just a thought, but I was always under the impression that the moral to humpty dumpty was that somethings that are broken can never be mended (most likely referring to relationships) so you should be careful of things you don't want to lose. Especially since humpty dumpty (egg or not) is supposed to be seen as a person which I figure insinuates that he can't just be replaced.

[@seanmatthewking]

Nah it’s definitely about eggs bro

[@youdoyouidome7452]

Or y'know. Telling kids not to climb in high places, because they could fall and break something. Like, yes, very nice, take care of people, keep relationships well. These are children

[@voodoodolll]

@@youdoyouidome7452 Children can understand the concept of having good relationships / friendships unless they're especially dense.

[@youdoyouidome7452]

@@voodoodolll Children understand relationships better than they understand avoiding breaking an arm, yes, not sarcasm

[@jonhutchens9770]

Jack and Jill going uphill to get water never made sense to me.

[@awonoto]

“Water.”

[@whoshotjj]

@@awonoto A water is not on a hill. Rather it should be down the hill near a well

[@whoshotjj]

@@somedumbozzie1539 ooh, that’s interesting, never knew that. But I guess generally water is downhill, so that’s why I made that comment

[@kungfutzu3779]

or maybe it's a volcanic crater lake...

[@adithyaanil2823]

@@somedumbozzie1539 huh. australia.

[@timotei5879]

4:16 “there is a *horse* in the hospital!” - john mulaney

[@brentb1148]

Just realized how well he finessed that suit button to open it so quickly at 1:33😂

[@andysebok5250]

Ricky's the best, hands down. Clever and witty like no one else,

[@nicolenotizieeamici]

I wish there were at least 3 billions of Ricky Gervais around the globe… different bodies but same brains and souls !!!

[@clairdent3192]

Thank God for Ricky Gervais during quarantine.... he completes my life lol

[@MarthaRoseMoore415]

Right?! Laughter is keeping me sane-ish. Isn't it funny how the word laughter becomes slaughter with an 's' ? Maybe that's why comedians say they're killing when they're doing well (occurs to me now that they also talk about dying onstage when they're bombing). Hmm. Words are.

[@robmarrin6720]

@@MarthaRoseMoore415 well said,, like live and evil,, Santa and satan,, could it be spelling and is all spelling bad,, maybe a religious person may say prayer is one of the good way's to spell along with act's of kindness,, who knows but I like it that you have got me thinking,, great comment mm 94134,,,that looks like a zip code for San Francisco 🤔👍

[@stivi739]

love this guy on netflix

[@sandyn3384]

What "god,"? Ricky will ask you😂

[@ssesf]

Yeah, thank God!

[@desmondbishop5808]

When I was teaching I never forced a child to apologize. That upset a lot of people who would insist the student must understand what they've done is wrong. I would tell them it's been explained, the child understands and if they're not sorry about it I'm not going to teach them to lie. It was a very unpopular stance despite it's effectiveness.

[@splinteredworld]

You have admitted your teachings were unpopular, but you did not show us how they were effective. Do you not teach WHY a child should be sorry? The process of apologizing is part of teaching a child to recognize their mistake and to recognize they have hurt others. It's a tool for teaching compassion. Creating a narrow viewpoint on apologies is not effective teaching. It just makes life harder for the person you "taught".

[@desmondbishop5808]

@@splinteredworld Assuming your methods are better without having seen mine or whether or not they work is a "narrow viewpoint" but if you've decided on limits then that is your prerogative.

[@splinteredworld]

@@desmondbishop5808 You could try explaining how your teaching is effective, since that is what you declared it to be. You could debunk my position on apologies and the reasons children are taught to do so. I'm sure you have some sort of argument to support your claim, or did you just arbitrarily decide it works?

[@aone9050]

@@splinteredworld yeah the initial statement is what is supposed to be critically analyzed. you matched the initial statement with a conflicting statement with the same level of evidence, the burden of proof was then on the OP to up the anty of evidence.

[@aone9050]

@@desmondbishop5808 he is not assuming, he is matching your level of evidence with an opposing theory is all.

[@mohmoony3918]

I still remember my little niece (smart kid) asking what the horses were going to do for an egg, my brother said they were for the glue part to put him back together. I laughed my butt off, she didn't get it (thank goodness).

[@rachellehosking2759]

That was a brilliant answer

[@jamesrutter4100]

Abuse takes many forms. Was your intent to make her cry

[@kellydalstok8900]

They DO make glue from animal bones

[@spamachuchan8824]

To me (even now knowing the real story of Humpty Dumpty) it never explicitly said humpty was an egg, so to me as a kid it was" just don't fall off walls or you will be broken ". A fall from a good height could break a person's bones/skull so it made sense to me XD

[@marmite_popsicle]

Its never explicitly said, because humpty dumpty isnt an egg. Its a cannon that broke. At least thats what i heard, is the origin of the story

[@kalervolatoniittu2011]

Spamachu Chan pretty hot baby

[@fullmoonjudgesson8440]

It amazes me how ricky is reconciliated with himself he embrasses the flow of authenticity,empowering.

[@aishawazne]

I sent them to mend an egg loool I LOVE Ricky Gervais he's such a genius

[@whygodrums10]

That humpty dumpy egg bit was one of the most hilarious standup bits I’ve ever heard 😂

[@davidcardone2141]

Trump ate the boy and took a healthy dumpty

[@mikee101]

I love his Karl impression.. It's spot on

[@blindmown]

Next clip should be "Teaching Children how to count to Juan Hundred"

[@pommiebears]

Very witty 😂👍🏽

[@afterthought9]

You can see the start of his Derek character in the facial expressions

[@claudevieaul1465]

Ricky is an absolute gem!!!

[@unavailableusername9694]

Jack and Jill went up the hill, Each with a buck and a quarter. Jill came down with two fifty. - Andrew Dice Clay

[@BTM8109]

Yeah, glad he's teaching children about Miles Morales. Might want to spell-check these.

[@TegukiSix]

'Came here to type this. XD Take your like, good sir!

[@pumpwellington6631]

Pretty rude. Where are your morales?

[@mrmockatoo6786]

Jose Morales here. We don't mention cousin Miles any more, not after that incident with the underage goat.

[@400hpGTO]

Dayyyummm

[@garythree]

Yeesssss. Why can’t they spell check these for crying out loud.

[@B501M]

omg, this is the most i've laughed in my entire life. i used to hate him as a child, but now that i am close to 30, i find this joyously hilarious

[@marieblade5275]

The podcast with Karl Pilkington is to die for lmao it is absolutely hilarious.

[@kadambini_]

Love Karl Pilkington. That man has his priorities sorted.

[@anonymousmoose8037]

The humpty dumpty part killed me I couldn't breath it was that funny 😂😂😂👌

[@bradders3949]

Jack and Gill was 17th century and about the levy in taxes paid on measures of beer by the "Crown", that being the measures the jack and the Gill being 1/3 of a pint and 1/4 of a pint respectivley

[@raiblast]

I don't see how this is any more appropriate for children.

[@bradders3949]

@@raiblast erm quite unsure of the context of this reply

[@BarbaraStefano]

Gill or Jill?

[@bradders3949]

@@BarbaraStefano Gill, Its a five ounce measure in England, I'm unsure if Jill as a name is a corruption or came about independantly.

[@BarbaraStefano]

@@bradders3949 So Jack and a unit of measurement went up a hill? Nope.

[@benjiebenjamin7810]

Love his humor ❤

[@dustinfresh9341]

The punch line of the joke "moral is don't tell same lie twice" is taken directly from Star Trek Deep Space Nine Character Garak

[@feraldrgn]

I love that he tries to mimic Karl's facial expression for when he has an opinion. xD

[@mac_tire_aonair]

Brilliant as ever - thanks Ricky!!

[@Mushroom321-]

" the horses didnt hav the dexterity" 🐎🤣🤣😂

[@roshanibutani9641]

You are wow amazing I love you for bringing sunshine to a dark moment I managed to squeeze in smile to my mind’s eye

[@TegukiSix]

Lol, moving directly from sentient eggs to Karl Pilkington. Well played.

[@michaelwargo5301]

One of the very best in comedy 👌😉

[@arcanos4167]

I remember actually learning that wolf story back in Kindergarten, which is the german equivalent for daycare or preschool if Im not mistaken. It used to be very popular to tell kids this story with the morale saying: ,,Wer einmal lügt dem glaubt man nicht, auch wenn er dann die Wahrheit spricht." Which basically means: If you lie to people they'll tend to not believe you, even if it's the truth.

[@arcanos4167]

@Grey Bear I know that good sir but I was implying, that Im pretty sure there's a difference in the german Kindergarten and the american one. If Im not mistaken the american Kindergarten describes what the german call the preschool or Vorschule. In germany that's only in the ages of 5-6, whilst the first years would in amreica be the nursery or something like that. If Im mistaken I do apologyze ^^

[@arcanos4167]

@Grey Bear Aight I apologyze and thanks for clearing that up for me have a good one ^^

[@kellidinit3725]

I went to kindergarten here in the states. I still remember my Kindergarten teacher. I’m 57 and probably could not name a good deal of my teachers of mine from my school years, but I remember her quite vividly.

[@HarryBalzak]

"Don't put it on the telly then" lmao

[@SeverinWernli]

his sense of humor is priceless

[@kcbh24]

I love the anecdotes about Karl.

[@valkyrie2307]

I don't know what we did to deserve Ricky, but I am grateful.

[@anaussie213]

"Humpty dumpty sat on the wall. Humpty dumpty had a great fall. All the kings horses and all the kings men couldn't put humpty back together again." Never says he was an egg lol.

[@4st7lb25]

7:12 for Karl Pilkington

[@DoctorProph3t]

Fucken thank you.

[@yungstallion2201]

It’s all class anyway

[@Creamcups]

It's a lot less funny when Karl isn't involved

[@richardcollier1912]

You're a murderer now, Alex.

[@roohamm2456]

He just makes me LAUGH! Ppl are so damn "touchy" these days! Relax-Breathe stay healthy 💙💚💜🤓

[@IamAthenaVas]

Good thought

[@syksgurillion5068]

Gervais is an obvious T - R - A - N - N - Y

[@daveholmes5540]

@@syksgurillion5068 thankfully though he has more material than you.

[@deathtrap5556]

@@syksgurillion5068 that's not even true

[@roohamm2456]

@Ricky Gervais most appreciated! Just call it how I see it Gents. 🖖

[@husaindehnuwala2617]

"Probably jumped off the wall" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jasonrustmann7535]

Carl has zero filter as to what may or may not be appropriate, and i love it lol

[@TheMikeHoltShow]

Jack and Jill went up the hill To fetch a pail of water Jill came down with half a crown But not for fetching water!

[@sfvaitkus]

@The Bloody Aussie. That made me laugh. Reminded me of a conic in the US, who was popular in the 80’s. Andrew Dice Clay, but his were more graphic. 😂

[@patrickmorgan4006]

@@sfvaitkus Here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rX-XY4Kgmrd7eaM

[@sfvaitkus]

@@patrickmorgan4006 I thought he was funny. He wouldn’t make it today I guess. I wonder how Daniel Tosh still does it. He always says he’s one bad joke away from running his career. 😂

[@TheSakaradast]

He isn´t a comedian he´s one of those rare people with common sense that don´t shut up and haven´t got a problem if someone is offended so telling the truth ain´t funny.

[@warrenmcgreevy4590]

The truth is funny if done in a comedic way

[@juliamontalvo9717]

I love him

[@nobodygrinder5667]

What an amazing person

[@severedproxy]

I just got out of an operation yesterday, and youtube recommended this to me. Worst decision of my life. Almost, reopened my stitches laughing.

[@mrmockatoo6786]

And all the king's horses and all the king's men? Well, my Ma, Ethel Morales is a whiz at stitching blokes up, or so my Pop Absent Pancho Morales reckons.

[@AmadeuShinChan]

Morales is the superlative of Morals, it's: Moral-Morals-Morales so Rikki teaches the highest level of enlightenment. Ask Jane.

[@AmadeuShinChan]

@Cynthia Baker why you destroy my Illusions, Cynthia? Btw cool name. What's your zodiac sign? :)

[@j.walker6845]

Love Ricky

[@crusader5989]

The hampty dumptu bit is a masterpiece. My stomach was i pain from laughing

[@danblaize5742]

I went to school with Morales, cool dude from Argentina, and boy could he dance! I’m glad kids are getting the chance to learn about him.

[@stingpingking4040]

love this

[@IamAthenaVas]

Same here

[@b.h.531]

The humpty joke was hilarious 🤣

[@sharonmariec]

I love him!

[@canadiangopnik7007]

“Still, 29 quid though” oh my god I’m fucking dead

[@brettaspivey]

The moral of humpty dumpty is entropy increases

[@AmadeuShinChan]

How?

[@chronosschiron]

@@AmadeuShinChan lol the closer yout face gets to pavement

[@anyajohnson7965]

Honey. Humpty Dumpty was a cannon that broke. It was heavy and massive. That’s why the horses and king’s men (military) couldn’t put it back together again. So I would say, the moral is don’t build heavy difficult cannons for image, rather than function.

[@mrmockatoo6786]

@@anyajohnson7965 "Bugger! Boys, give the cannon a miss. Perhaps the Morales family can turn it into something useful."

[@iank2615]

@@anyajohnson7965 They were built big for function, not image. So they could fire further than the enemy's cannon. It didn't break, the wall was shot and damaged underneath it. It was probably hard to recover because they were under attack at the time; they'd obviously got it onto the all in the first place.

[@hi2740]

That last part is comedy gold

[@peterbrigden2124]

Cant get enough of this guy,, just so brilliant

[@sallycriss353]

Carl Pilkington in An Idiot Abroad is hilarious.

[@charlottestewart5802]

Always enjoyed this guy! Love his late night show, and love his celebrity sing-a-long in the van. He was great in Doctor Who, too

[@Teddy-zr8yv]

dude that´s james cornell... this is ricky gervais

[@downunderrob]

That Moral of the Story, Never tell the same Lie Twice. He got that from Garak in Star Trek Deep Space Nine!😆

[@CYPCentrumYoutubePoopu]

His Karl Pilkington bits are the best!

[@David-Brent]

Much funnier when Karl says them

[@odyseuszkoskiniotis6266]

@@David-Brent Nah, it's better if you listen to them as a comedian

[@adamking2660]

The fights of Erik Morales should be shown to all children

[@joseignacioreallozano348]

He used the same joke about the wolf in After life, and it's still funny hahahaha

[@marleybedford8628]

Excellent.

[@robboltwood]

I thought jack and Jill was about taxes on the price of beer, and the horses for humpty dumpty were sent to the knickers for glue....

[@mrmockatoo6786]

If you wanna see gluey knickers, ask for my sister Pepita Morales. She has a stall next to the knackers yard.

[@JNYC-gb1pp]

"..teaching Morales to children" - who is Morales?

[@brucegately831]

He was a Spanish writer who wrote "Don Quixote" and I think he also wrote for Pedro Almodovar.....

[@JNYC-gb1pp]

@@brucegately831 Ah...so teaching the keeds the chivalric code

[@mrmockatoo6786]

@@JNYC-gb1pp Si. See? Sea? C? I'm seek of thees, senor. Adios.

[@ugrasergun]

@@brucegately831 Cervantes wrote the Don Quixote

[@chrishansen4691]

Pablo Morales. American swimmer. Olympic gold medallist in 1992, 100m butterfly 👌

[@no_prisoners6474]

It's the suit fah me 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kaligriffin]

funny thing is, the nursery rhyme never says humpty is an egg :O

[@kaligriffin]

@@PotatoeSnow lol sorry

[@Anonymous-gg4yv]

OMG! Total wake up call!

[@keepermovin5906]

It was actually originally a canon but a book showed it as an egg for some reason

[@keepermovin5906]

@@IcyTorment Some people make that claim, but it doesn’t seem to be true.

[@crazyjoeshorts5256]

Humpty 'Dumpty' Dumpty, a dump egg. An egg hard boiled outside of its shell. His name is clearly a reference to him being an egg.

[@mainlyfine]

They should teach spelling first - unless they are teaching about a bloke who's name is Morales

[@mrmockatoo6786]

Jose Morales here. Is somebody talking about me again?

[@steeltrap3800]

They could also teach people the difference between "who's" and "whose" while they're at it. ;-D

[@mrmockatoo6786]

@@steeltrap3800 Jose Morales here. Nice one.

[@arthurwatts1680]

@@steeltrap3800 Sure, but can you honestly say you've never picked up the local paper and rolled your eyes within 30 seconds ? These people are allegedly journalists. Its even worse with the trend to internet 'news' services - I swear they just drag some teenager in, tell him he's responsible for proofing new material and hilarity ensues.

[@steeltrap3800]

@@arthurwatts1680 Absolutely. See it all the time on the brief synopsis of an article on the sites of major newspapers and the like here, the sorts of errors I had "corrected out of me" by the time I was 10yo if not younger. I point people to George Orwell's essay titled "Politics and the English Language" if they don't accept that such things matter. We have the problem of teachers themselves being largely ignorant of language (the younger they are the worse it is) because they themselves were taught by those who were ignorant and, worst of all, the switch to 24hr electronic sources means most people DON'T READ BOOKS by great authors. Of course journalism isn't helped by a dying business model as everyone let Google and Facebook steal everything (more or less). I thought that was astounding as I watched it happening.