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THE PAPER CHASE.
If Samuel Beckett were still around, his plays might begin on the late shift. "An office. An unattended PC glows under strong fluorescent light. Front left, a copying machine. Front right, a document shredder. Back, in near-darkness, a lounge with a disorderly refrigerator. A head peeps over a cubicle wall."
Yet Beckett might consider an office too familiar, too encoded with generic misery. Just as a commercial about a fretful housewife readies us for a miracle spray, so a commercial set in an office--such as one for FedEx, Sprint Nextel, and countless others--prepares us for jocular scenes of oppression. The ads follow the blueprint established by the "Dilbert" ...
- Dressing as a woman, working in a tent and endless jokes - how his years in my...
- Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England) February 1, 2004 700+ words
...familiar. But most familiar of all is Ricky Gervais's monstrous alter-ego, David Brent...excruciatingly embarrassing middle-manager of Wernham Hogg, the fictional paper merchant in Slough...desk (curved, just like the one at Wernham Hogg) alongside his partner, Jane Fallon...
- I could be playing King Lear and they'd still want THAT dance; RICKY GERVAIS...
- Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England) November 22, 2003 700+ words
Byline: RICK FULTON RICKY Gervais regrets doing David Brent's infamous...Brent was sacked as manager from Wernham Hogg's Slough office. Mackenzie Crook...new stand-up DVD and video, Ricky Gervais Live Animals, for the behind...
- Office job: Ricky Gervais is bringing the wickedly deadpan humor of his hit BBC...
- Magazine article from: W Conti, Samantha November 1, 2003 700+ words
Unlike many comic actors, Ricky Gervais loves being silly even when it's not required. He's neither...winning British comedy about the going-nowhere workers at the Wernham Hogg paper supply company and their glib, goateed boss--can...
- The Ricky Gervais Show Now Available Through Audible; Audible and Ricky Gervais...
- Press release article from: Business Wire February 21, 2006 700+ words
...entertainment on the Internet, and Ricky Gervais today announced an agreement that will...Gervais's blockbuster comedy show, The Ricky Gervais Show, exclusively to Audible. The...The Office and HBO's Extras, The Ricky Gervais Show revolves around the comic dialogue...
- A New Season of the Ricky Gervais Show Returns to Audible; ''The Ricky Gervais...
- Press release article from: Business Wire August 22, 2006 700+ words
...entertainment on the Internet, and Ricky Gervais today announced the launch of the third...his blockbuster comedy program, The Ricky Gervais Show. Season Three of the show is...www.audible.co.uk/ricky. The Ricky Gervais Show will also be available within...
- Ricky Gervais.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) March 20, 2006 700+ words
...his name, why aren't we turning on Ricky Gervais yet? Gervais stands for the common...project is an internet podcast The Ricky Gervais Show, in which he muses on life with...effect. Following its first episode The Ricky Gervais Show immediately became the world...
- Ricky Gervais likes a nice quiet set.
- News wire article from: Independent Television News Limited (ITN) October 5, 2009 700+ words
Byline: Ricky Gervais admits that when he is acting he cannot stand any distractions. Summary: Ricky Gervais admits that when he is acting he cannot stand any distractions. Ricky Gervais has admitted that when he is acting he cannot stand any...
- Ricky Gervais on his new film The Invention of Lying.
- News wire article from: Independent Television News Limited (ITN) October 5, 2009 700+ words
Byline: Ricky Gervais makes his directorial debut with The Invention of Lying. Summary: Ricky Gervais makes his directorial debut with The Invention of Lying. Ricky Gervais makes his directorial debut with The Invention of Lying. It's a new...