Ricky Gervais: Live IV - Science

In terms of laughs and quality, probably just about on-par with 'Politics' as far as Ricky's stand-up shows go. Stand-up remains, in my opinion, by far Ricky's weakest performance medium.

Gervais is undoubtedly a funny guy but you increasingly get the feeling stand-up is not his forte. He previous three shows got progressively worse and Science continues the trend, barely touching on the title subject and failing to raise more than a few chuckles throughout. The man himself looks oddly flustered too, as if he's taking to the stage with unprepared material (he's not mind). There are a couple of strong traditional 'jokes' toward the end, but this is only worth one watch.

Just call this one "Mock the Weak". A mean spirited tirade attacking the poor, the old, the ill without an ounce of charm or indeed humour. Tired old hateful material the likes of Jim Davidson would be ashamed to trot out mixed with fat jokes a child would find boring. The theme of the show is supposed to be science but it makes up less than a quarter of the show while the rest is basicly the thinner, richer, living in america Ricky bitterly hating the poor fat british guy he used to be.

The theme of this stand-up special is supposed to be science, but in actuality it's about mocking fat people, old people, poor people and christianity. And he's not even doing in some creative, interesting way. It's on the level of "Yo momma is so fat that...". Poor jokes and cocky attitude made me want to punch him in the nose through the screen, maybe he would try harder then.

My favorite stand up from Gervais.

Needs new material.

Some very funny jokes in here, but overall a lazy effort.