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  • -Ricky, now you're known for having strong opinions

  • about all different kinds of things.

  • So with that in mind, I want to play a game

  • of "Wheel of Opinions!"

  • -♪ Wheel of opinions

  • -There you go. -[ Laughs ] I love that.

  • Got a theme tune.

  • A lot of thought has gone into the game.

  • -Here's how it works.

  • I'm gonna hit this button here, which is bluetooth

  • attached to the studio,

  • and it's going to activate the opinion topic generator.

  • And it's going to land on a random topic.

  • -[ Laughs ]

  • -And whatever it is, you have to give your opinion on it.

  • You ready for this?

  • -Yeah. -Alright, here we go buddy.

  • [ Beeping ]

  • Horoscopes.

  • I like horoscopes.

  • -[ Groans ] Ridiculous.

  • -What? -Nonsense.

  • -Why? -A pseudoscience.

  • How can your horoscope, how can people born

  • around the same time have all the same characteristics?

  • If they were in people's minds, because they --

  • First of all, they would make them flattering, don't they?

  • They say things like oh, Cancer, you're brave but considerate.

  • You know, Virgo, logical, hard working.

  • Not one star sign says,

  • "You've got bad breath and you're gullible."

  • You know?

  • Those daily things that are, you know, predictions,

  • they're so vague.

  • It's all things like, "Today you will seize an opportunity."

  • Well, what does that mean?

  • They've got to say something like...

  • If it said, "Sally Marsden in Teddington,

  • your boss is going to fire you today because he knows

  • it was you that nicked the petty cash,"

  • then I'd believe them.

  • But until then, it's absolute nonsense.

  • [ Ding ] -Let's hear another topic.

  • Here we go.

  • [ Beeping ] -Made up nonsense.

  • -Weed gummies.

  • I don't think you're a weed gummy guy.

  • -Well, I mean, I think they're probably good

  • for weaning kids on to drugs.

  • -[ Laughs ]

  • No! -If you're like,

  • "Little Tommy won't smoke his joint."

  • Give him a weed gummy. Give him a weed gummy.

  • That will help.

  • [ Laughing ] [ Ding ]

  • -Here we go, another topic.

  • [ Beeping ] We're moving.

  • Alright, mechanical pencils.

  • When you click and the lead comes, you know.

  • -Why? What was up with the pencil?

  • What was wrong with the pencil?

  • Who is going these pencils, they're not good anymore?

  • What was wrong with it?

  • This invention -- I remember when I worked

  • in an office, it was a little arm

  • that went down when you wanted a paper clip.

  • Like, people are going, "I can't pick up

  • paper clips anymore.

  • Fingers are so passe.

  • I can't pick up paper."

  • It's been made up.

  • No one needed it. What was wrong with a pencil?

  • Although I think that about a lot of stuff,

  • like belt buckles now.

  • They're like trying to do the Rubik's cube.

  • What was up with the belt?

  • And watch straps, absolute nonsense.

  • It's fine.

  • I got a pair of trainers, and it was ridiculous.

  • You had to pull open a thing, then pull them up

  • and then pull a drawstring.

  • What was up with laces?

  • A pencil is fine.

  • No one's ever -- no one's ever been disappointed with a pencil.

  • It's never -- it's never been needed to be changed

  • -Well, imagine having --

  • Imagine having a pencil that...

  • -[ Laughs ]

  • -Some pencils have disappointed. [ Ding ]

  • Let's just say. Let's just move on.

  • Here we go, another one.

  • Last one, Ricky, then I'll leave you alone.

  • Thank you so much for doing this.

  • Here we go.

  • [ Beeping ]

  • This is -- I don't know if we have time for this.

  • Space exploration.

  • -Ah, I mean, it depends for who.

  • I like the idea there's a space program

  • and I love the feat that we've been over.

  • Satellites and, you know, Hubble telescope

  • and we put a man on the moon.

  • It's incredible.

  • It makes me laugh as well.

  • When you see members of like, the human race taking credit

  • for things that a few people did.

  • Like, suddenly these people go, "We put a man on the moon."

  • I go, what do you mean we?

  • You live in a [bleep] bin.

  • You couldn't even point to the moon,

  • so stop taking credit for things the rest of mankind have done.

  • -You had nothing to do with the moon landing.

  • -Yeah, you did nothing

  • And I think it's, you know, it's great as a science program.

  • They're bringing in this thing where I was offered

  • on one of these things to go in space for 15 minutes,

  • and it was like a group of like billionaires

  • and they offered me a chance to be the first comedian

  • to do a stand-up show in space.

  • I went, no. I'm not going to risk --

  • That's mad.

  • I'm careful crossing the road.

  • Also, these people that pay like $300,000

  • to go in space and have a look around.

  • They go, here's Ricky Gervais doing 10 minutes.

  • they can watch me on YouTube and now they've blown $300,000.

  • Look out the window. That's the other thing.

  • People say let's go into space, and you look up.

  • We're in space.

  • We're in space now. We're right in the middle.

  • There's nothing you can see that you can't see from here.

  • It's like me getting out of the chair and going over

  • there and going, I can see the chair from here.

  • You were in the chair. You were in the chair.

  • There's nothing. You're not going to find --

  • Well, we might find a new planet.

  • Where is this planet?

  • It'll take you about 1,000 years to get there.

  • What do they expect a find when they freeze and they go there?

  • They expect to find this an amazing race of things

  • that tells us all the secrets of the universe

  • and it'll be big slug at that.

  • And you'll get there and it's like -- You go,

  • Oh, is there -- how can we cure everything?

  • And they go, "I don't know.

  • We're space -- we're space slugs.

  • We're absolute -- we're moronic.

  • So it won't be what people think.

  • It will never be as good as people think.

  • So just stay at home and watch Netflix, "After Life."

  • -We're in -- we're in space.

  • -Yeah, we're right in the [bleep] middle of it.

  • [ Ding ] -[ Laughs ]

  • That's all the time we have for "Wheel of Opinions!"

  • My thanks again to Ricky Gervais.

  • You can watch his show "After Life" on Netflix.

  • Oh, my gosh.

  • My face hurts yet again. You've done it.

  • Ricky, thanks so much for being here.

  • I needed a laugh.

-Ricky, now you're known for having strong opinions

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