jboothmillard Review of Ricky Gervais Live: Animals

Ricky Gervais Live: Animals (2003 TV Special)

Ricky Gervais Live: Animals

[7/10 · 30 June 2005]

I first became aware of the writer and star of The Office when he appeared in a segment for Comic Relief in 2003, I had never watched the sitcom beforehand, and then I saw he was bringing out his first stand-up comedy performance, so I watched with interest. Ricky Gervais performs to an audience at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London, with a show based on the theme of animals. The majority of the jokes are based on this theme, for example he calls King Kong the scariest animal on the planet, of course he leaves room to delve into other subjects. Gervais started his career playing versions of himself and characters that are perceived as annoying bastards, he does continue this persona on stage, and it works fantastically well, this is a very funny show. It was number 12 on The 100 Greatest Funny Moments, Ricky Gervais was number 49 on The Comedians' Comedian, he was number 18 on Britain's Favourite Comedian, and he was number 11 on 100 Greatest Stand-Ups. Very good!