If a sleep-in is a protest, I'm always protesting.

Ricky Gervais be dressed as the supreme leader

"He's saying what he thinks. In C" 😂😂

Like a caustic TED talk

Crispy Duck to his mates😀😀😀😀

Seriously, you censored the word “shag?” Gervais himself would roast you for that kind of spineless moralizing.

"I made it sick once" Ewww🤣🤣🤣

That yoko joke was brilliantly executed

"If you call yourself peaceful, you have to be able to commit great violence - if you can't, you're just harmless."

_"I'd save that for my autobiography, that's the way to do it"_ I see where he could've gone with this part of the joke & I like it.

The Buddhist monk he talks about that set himself on fire is actually the cover art for the first rage against machine album. It's an amazing picture really. You're basically seeing the final moments of his life as he's burning to death snapped in a photo.

I miss this Ricky. When comedians are hungry they're funnier

It's like a ladies Kim Jong Il jacket.

Everyone: *laughter and applause* That one guy: 1:25

"or crispy duck, to his mates" lmao he got roasted

I love how much Ricky’s “exasperated” voice sounds like Jay from Inbetweeners.

The burning monk wasn’t protesting the war, he was merely protesting the oppression of the Buddhist, as he said. Ironically, rather than ending the oppression, it kicked it into high gear. His protest ultimately did nothing for the cause, but he was remembered fondly because of, well, the media. The picture taken by the AP journalist looked surreal, a great photograph. That was what immortalised Thich Quang Duc. He wasn’t the first to do such a thing, and wasn’t the last. But the picture made him into a legend. Which is the point. What’s the point of killing yourself for your cause, if it doesn’t have the media power to send a message? Lucky for Thich Quang Duc, the AP reporter brought his camera with him. Compare his selflessness to John Lennon and Yoko shallow bed protest, it really shows that the intention, sincerity and meaning completely pales to the spectacle. I would argue that Lennon and his mad wife did more to rouse up the public than Thich Quang Duc, but I have no statistics to back that up. In any case, it’s up to comedians to deliver these lessons succinctly.

"Watch out he has a guitar"

So I guess my depressed friend has just really been protesting for 20 years.

Comedy genius. And he infuriates all the right people.

Dude. He is killing it. Freaking funny.

Fun Fact: We Didn't Start The Fire is basically one huge "fuck you" to a friend of Sean Lennon who told him nothing happened in the 50s, which makes the song pretty enjoyable if you think about it that way

So this was 2004? Man Ricky Gervais is always on his game.

You can figure out the year of rickys stand up by the amount of hair he has

Only Ricky could roast Hollywood like he did.

I was just about to practice guitar and as soon as I sat down he said "look out mate he's got a guitar" LMAO

i love celebrities now who say they are "raising awareness" this has to be the "phone it in" of all activism ( not including praying of course *THE LAZIEST* form of activism)

"A conversation with rain man ...." Pretty much🤣

“Crispy duck” 🤣🤣

in the whole world i love watching these 2 man laughing charles chaplin and ricky gervais they laugh from their soul from inside pure and clean........

So much quality irony in this stand up. Reveals so many truths.

Can't get enough of Ricky Gervais, Louis CK, Larry David, and Bill Burr. These guys are head and shoulders above their crowd.

Shag Yoko ? Oh no !!

" and i made it sick once." looooooool

Here in June 2020, this is hitting a little different.

I love it when we the people are given comics like Ricky,class and funny

It's almost 2020, this aged like fine wine.

...the one about Grandad Charlie and the rabbit... I'm speechless

Lmaoooooo “that’s not a song that’s a conversation w rain man!” 🤣🤣🤣

Have to say that monk burning image is one of the most powerful images I've ever seer. How stoic he is. No muscle moving, no sound while getting engulfed in flames. The most striking image to come from a match striking.

“We used to own and run Africa?” How very British of you.

He's just brilliant.

@RickyGervais you made my (end of the) day. Cause these are exactly my thoughts on posts and Band Aid "thonks"..

Pure genius! Thanks Ricky.

Ricky Gervais is just the best.

"I made it sick once." LMAO

At 1:22 did someone really boo at him for the Yoko joke??? Strange crowd as if he didn't offend anyone or anything else

Or crispy duck to his mates😃

Comedy sometimes brings the message home far more than any "serious" speech.

I love that you make fun of everything ! Greetings from Czech republic. I love sarcasm!

This is one the best and smartest thing I've ever heard and seen.

The handshake when he says “light yourself on fire or shag yoko” kills me

hear that "boooo" like 3 times... after that third attempt he was probs embarrassed

He's so relaxed here doing his thing. He's seems to be trying a bit harder in his latest show

so brilliant

So glad to hear Nelson Mandela didn't reoffend since his release. Good on him... he's on the straight & narrow . Lol

2010, a Tunisian man set himself on fire , and it did change the Arab world forever.

I know Ricky is trying to be funny, but the "Burning Buddhist" was indeed successful in the sense that it was reported on/photographed/filmed for display around the world. It signalled to those elsewhere that what someone found it *preferable* to be burned alive than to endure the hardship of the current ongoings in his country. It was a simple message, really, and it drew lots of attention.

This is a master at work.

Brilliant 😂😂 that's my new word

He hasn’t reoffended 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Actually, the monk's immolation Ricky is referring to sparked the end of the pro-Catholic government of Vietnam at the time.

@1:27 That double Boo tho. Gervais wasn’t even phased.

Love it man

The African joke is perfection!!!

3:00 lol reminds me of the ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny

One of the best speakers. Martin Short Steve Martin...

The funniest man alive Ricky. 😂

Grandad Charlie was awesome!!!!

“You don’t wash it like that. Give it here.”

Legend man

Absolutely hilarious😂😂😂

Africa "We're starving!" West "Maybe you shouldn't have killed all your farmers then!"

''...then in the 80's we get a phone call.''

This guy is brilliant !!

I love Ricky 😁

US comics (which I love) always talk about the need to perform multiple times a week. Ricky says hold my carling

The suit tho. A homeless going to his relatives funeral with half hour to shop in st Vincent’s

I already started and it's working

I love this mans humor , it disgusts me half way , morbid in another, oh god basically the exact humor i enjoy the most !

The Rage Against the Machine album cover the “crispy duck”.. Ricky is the greatest, makes jokes of such serious topics 😭😅

That man is a genius.

3:11 Im guessin that fan on the right is doin a good job keepin everyone cool

"it was scared stiff" LMAO

Ricky Gervais Really is one of that last real comedians.

Shag is already an euphemism, no need to censor that.

That burning monk happened in Saigon in 1963, it triggered the coup that saw president Diem and his evil brother executed, Diem's brothers wife, "the dragon lady", mocked the monks death claiming he was forced into doing it, when re-cremated, his heart wouldn't burn and became a holy relic, when the govt stole it, more immolations occured, then protestor shootings, thus the coup.

Yep very true mate

Legendary status✅will go down in history as a hero✅

Big ricky

I just realized something.... PEOPLE DESIRE SUCH COMEDY. PEOPLE DESIRE SUCH TRUTH. BECAUSE THIS IS A TRUTH, RICKY SAYS in funny way, A REAL PROBLEMS OF OUR WORLDS. I LOV IT, this is brilliant, I REALLY HOPE THIS WILL GET MORE RECOGNITION since 2021. Africans seems to be Muslims since they resign from UK. Am I wrong?

Cool 😎 cheers from Portugal 🇵🇹

1:26 whys Ronaldo in the audience 😂

If you search "George Carlin on pro-life" (at 2:15), you'll see him talking about the self-burning guys as well.

I love the crudeness 👍👍

Wonderful

Bing search "Thick Wang Duck" and it comes up, However Google it doesn't, Incredible.

I like the Billy joel song.

That's not a song. That's a conversation with Rainman lol

“Ryan started the fire”!!