Two of My Favourite Things
I love Ricky Gervais. And I adore David Bowie. On the British show Extras, the two recently collided when Gervais's character, Andy, is ticked off when he loses his seat in the club to David Bowie and his entourage. When he tries to approach Bowie to tell him his story, Bowie does what Bowie does best, and the result is hilarious! Tonight's episode of The Office is written by Gervais and his writing partner Stephen Merchant (who you see briefly in this clip as a guy with glasses standing against the wall), so this clip is in honour of what will no doubt be an awesome episode.
Ricky Gervais is genius - what is the scoop with Extras - I think this is the second series - what is BBC Canada spending their programming money on - this show should be on there by now...and of course, any chance to see David and then to see him perform is always a treat (even if you are the pug-nosed fatty being sung about) - question - the blond woman with Gervais sounds and looks a lot like the Scottish clotheskeeper at Mode - ??? I'll have to imdb - assuming she's a regular on Extras... :)
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sorry to post again but oh my goodness - I thought that one guy looked a lot like Barry Evans (beside Merchant I believe in the clip) - just confirmed on imdb :) nothing better than another EastEnders sighting!!
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Yep, you're right on both counts. :) Maggie on Extras is Christina on Ugly Betty, and Barry from EastEnders is... Barry on Extras (I LOVE that they called him Barry). Extras actually airs on CH television from Hamilton in Canada. They've aired series 1, about a year after it aired in the UK, and they've yet to air series 2. I LOVE Ricky Gervais. I'll have to start posting his podcasts.
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