Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2 - The Stand-Up Special

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( Cheering, applause )

Announcer:
Ladies and gentlemen

, welcome to the stage

creator of "The Office"

and "Extras,"

writer, director,

actor,

producer,

philanthropist,

winner of

three Golden Globes,

two prime time Emmys

and seven BAFTAs,

all the way from England,

Mr. Ricky Gervais!

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Hello.

Hello.

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Thank you.

Hello, Chicago.

How are you?

Wow wow.

( Cheering, applause )

Thank you so much.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

I, um...

Thank you. Thank you.

That was an amazing welcome.

I should explain something

straightaway.

Usually when I come out

onstage, it's amazing, okay?

I'm doing cartwheels

and backflips.

It's f***ing spectacular,

right?

But I've hurt my back.

That's true actually.

I've pulled a muscle in

my spine playing golf.

I know what you're thinking...

Serves me right for playing

such a stupid game as golf.

But no, I've been in agony.

I'm actually on painkillers right now,

so... No, it's true.

If I suddenly start talking like

Paula Abdul, you'll know why.

I'm not drunk.

So when the doctor...

This is true.

When the doctor gave me

the painkillers,

he said, "Now, you can't

drink alcohol with these."

And I went, "I don't

want them then."

And he went, "What?"

I said, "Give me something

you can drink alcohol with."

And he went, "Well, you're not meant

to drink with any painkillers."

"Who are you,

my f***ing mother?

Just..."

So I've been walking round

like the elephant man for days,

but without the big cock

obviously.

I assume he had a big elephant's

cock to match the head.

That would make things

all right then, wouldn't it?

That would sort of

balance it out,

because then he'd look in the

mirror and he'd sort of go,

( muttering )

"Oh no.

Oh look at that f***ing head.

Hold on, though.

What's going on down here?"

Like, "Hey!"

Swings it round about.

"So let's celebrate.

The buns are on me."

So yeah, that's my problems.

I didn't cancel though.

Don't you hate that,

when a night is canceled?

You turn up, it goes, "Concert

canceled due to sore throat."

Aw. Or "I couldn't go on.

I was depressed."

Aw, poor little artist.

Can you imagine

the laborer trying that?

Turning up and going, "I've got a

little tickle and I'm fed up."

Aw, move

the f***ing bricks, mate.

Never cancel.

I had a gig in Dublin

a couple of months ago, okay?

- And as you know, Dublin is in Ireland...

- ( Applause )

Which is off of...

Yeah, it's off the coast of Great Britain.

It's not part of Britain,

but it's very close.

It's sort of like

our Cuba, I suppose.

It's like...

Man:
Ouch!

( Laughs )

And... and so...

Okay, so Dublin, O2 arena,

10,000 seats sold out

well in advance,

flights booked,

really looking forward to it.

A few days before the gig,

they start grounding

the airplanes

because there's a volcanic ash

cloud over Britain, okay?

And if you fly through it,

apparently,

it would make the plane

fall out of the sky.

And it was like that was it.

You couldn't fly in that.

I mean, a volcano goes off

in Iceland and we can't...

What's the point

of Iceland, really?

You know what I mean?

What are they think...

Just fill in all the volcanoes

with concrete, okay?

Just...

In fact, tarmac the whole country

and make it a car park

for real Europe,

because it's a waste

of f***ing space, okay?

And so I'm thinking,

"Well, I've gotta get there.

I can't cancel."

And there were pop stars and

people coming over from America,

and they were canceling their flight

because they couldn't get in and out.

I thought, "I can't."

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