Ricky GervaisVerified account

Agreed. But I think there’s a big difference between making a joke about something and using casual racial slurs without actually making a joke, simply because you think it’s “edgy”

There is indeed. The second one won’t fill arenas and make you money.

You know what else makes a lot of money? Human sex trafficking. Surely you have a better moral code than whether or not something is profitable.

We're talking about comedy though. I'm saying that just being racist to be be edgy isn't my thing and wouldn't make me money. What's confusing you Ray?

You make it sound like that's the only thing holding you back, Ricky. As if, were there money to be made, you'd be out there in blackface like Jolson.

No. My point is, it's absurd to say I'm 'just being edgy'. I wouldn't be this successful if that were the case. It's not what I do and it never has been. Some people just don't like what I do. That's cool. They don't come to see me. Again, what's confusing you?

The amount of people who are taking exactly the wrong point from this is astounding.

I know. Hilarious. People loving it and hating it for both the right and wrong reasons.

He can say anything he likes. Viewers and listeners will decide whether he needs to go sit down somewhere because he just ain’t funny

Exactly.

Whilst me, my two brothers and mum were by dads bed holding his hands as he took his last breathe (cancer) - the pizza guy turned up an hour late and knocked on the hospice room. Quick as a flash, my younger brother said - well that’s more pizza for us dad, thx - we laughed/cried

God rest his soul and God bless you. Your Pop must have been pretty awesome.

He certainly was, enjoyed a few malts as well in his day

So joking about suicide is funny?

Depends on the joke. A shit joke about anything isn’t funny. A great joke about anything is. Simple really.

We have become a society of politically correct zombies. We all need to lighten up

So much hidden meaning behind this one. It’s brilliant