https://el.rub.de/wiki/Brit-Cult/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Ricky_GervaisRicky Gervais - Revision history2026-05-12T00:59:39ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.0https://el.rub.de/wiki/Brit-Cult/index.php?title=Ricky_Gervais&diff=13353&oldid=prevPankratz at 19:43, 29 November 20212021-11-29T19:43:05Z<p></p>
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</table>Pankratzhttps://el.rub.de/wiki/Brit-Cult/index.php?title=Ricky_Gervais&diff=10165&oldid=prevPankratz at 07:19, 21 April 20152015-04-21T07:19:13Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"I love this next presenter; he’s so cool. He’s the star of ''Iron Man'', ''Two Girls and a Guy'', ''Wonderboys''. I’m sorry are these porn films? ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang''. ''Bowfinger''? Up the Academy. Come on! He has done all of those films, but many of you in this room probably know him best from such facilities as The Betty Ford Clinic and the Los Angeles County Jail. Robert Downey, Jr." <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><ref>{{cite web|url=</del>http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/awards/golden-globe-awards-the-20-best-one-liners-from-the-past-five-years/story-e6frfpmi-1227181068630 <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|title=Golden Globe Awards: The 20 best one-liners from the past five years |publisher=news.com.au |date=11 January 2015 |accessdate=18 April 2015 }}</ref></del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"I love this next presenter; he’s so cool. He’s the star of ''Iron Man'', ''Two Girls and a Guy'', ''Wonderboys''. I’m sorry are these porn films? ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang''. ''Bowfinger''? Up the Academy. Come on! He has done all of those films, but many of you in this room probably know him best from such facilities as The Betty Ford Clinic and the Los Angeles County Jail. Robert Downey, Jr." <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[</ins>http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/awards/golden-globe-awards-the-20-best-one-liners-from-the-past-five-years/story-e6frfpmi-1227181068630<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>At the 68th Awards in 2011 he said: "Also not nominated, I Love You Phillip Morris. Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor, two heterosexual actors pretending to be gay. So the complete opposite of some famous Scientologists, then. My lawyers helped with that joke." <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><ref>{{cite web|url=</del>http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/so-long-ricky-gervais-his-most-offensive-golden-globes-moments-8213513.html <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|title=So long, Ricky Gervais: His most offensive Golden Globes moments |publisher=The Independent |date=16 October 2012 |accessdate=18 April 2015 }}</ref> </del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>At the 68th Awards in 2011 he said: "Also not nominated, I Love You Phillip Morris. Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor, two heterosexual actors pretending to be gay. So the complete opposite of some famous Scientologists, then. My lawyers helped with that joke." <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[</ins>http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/so-long-ricky-gervais-his-most-offensive-golden-globes-moments-8213513.html<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">] </ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"Everyone has the right to believe anything they want. And everyone else has the right to find it fucking ridiculous." <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><ref>{{cite web|url=</del>http://www.alternet.org/belief/ricky-gervais-being-atheist-its-just-supernatural-thing-i-dont-buy <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|title=Ricky Gervais on Being an Atheist: ‘It’s Just the Supernatural Thing I Don’t Buy’ |publisher=Alternet |date=30 March 2015 |accessdate=18 April 2015 }}</ref> </del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>"Everyone has the right to believe anything they want. And everyone else has the right to find it fucking ridiculous." <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[</ins>http://www.alternet.org/belief/ricky-gervais-being-atheist-its-just-supernatural-thing-i-dont-buy<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Together with Merchant he not only created ''[[The Office]]'' but also starred as David Brent, "a self-deluded manager at an English paper company" <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/ricky-gervais-13628634 |title=Ricky Gervais Biography |publisher=bio |accessdate=17 April 2015 }}</ref>. The show and Gervais as an actor won numerous awards, including Golden Globes (2004) and BAFTA awards (2002-2004) and British Comedy awards (2001, 2002). <ref><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{cite web|url=</del>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290978/awards<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|title=The Office awards|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=20 April 2015}}</del></ref> At Because of this success ''The Office'' was “exported” to other countries, leading to the American version starring [[Steve Carrell]] or the German TV series ''Stromberg''. Gervais also kept his alter ego alive by performing “Free Love Highway” at “The Concert for Diana” at Wembley (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXaaR5-cSvY) and by posting short videos on Youtube under the slogans “The Return of David Brent” and “Learn Guitar with David Brent” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYPBVDZ8_Bs&list=PLPf6bUqN1Brt7YUifE52IEJV4l553NZ1v).</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Together with Merchant he not only created ''[[The Office]]'' but also starred as David Brent, "a self-deluded manager at an English paper company" <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/ricky-gervais-13628634 |title=Ricky Gervais Biography |publisher=bio |accessdate=17 April 2015 }}</ref>. The show and Gervais as an actor won numerous awards, including Golden Globes (2004) and BAFTA awards (2002-2004) and British Comedy awards (2001, 2002). <ref><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[</ins>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290978/awards<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]</ins></ref> At Because of this success ''The Office'' was “exported” to other countries, leading to the American version starring [[Steve Carrell]] or the German TV series ''Stromberg''. Gervais also kept his alter ego alive by performing “Free Love Highway” at “The Concert for Diana” at Wembley (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXaaR5-cSvY) and by posting short videos on Youtube under the slogans “The Return of David Brent” and “Learn Guitar with David Brent” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYPBVDZ8_Bs&list=PLPf6bUqN1Brt7YUifE52IEJV4l553NZ1v).</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==After ''The Office''==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==After ''The Office''==</div></td></tr>
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</table>Hassel Hoff