# Ep. 62: Ricky Gervais - "Mortality"

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Published: 2026-01-14T19:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://standupsnobs.podbean.com/e/ep-62-ricky-gervais-mortality/
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Duration seconds: 5242

## Resource

In this episode, we tackle The Office co-creator's Golden Globe winning performance, and talk about a bunch of other weird stuff. Different ways of changing bits (0:15). Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery...no it isn’t (4:30). Joke police (9:00). Colton’s “no shame” 2026 (12:00). Intoxicated exercising (23:00). Last Week (23:45). Our little “Is This Thing On?” review (30:10). Introducing the special (32:00). What we liked (37:25). Did the “Mortality” thru line land (42:30)? Our favorite bits...and a killer setup from Colton (47:20). What we didn’t like (1:01:15). Golden Globes talk (1:03:00). Colton Drake: Fashionisto (1:07:10). Good hang/British references/Would it work at open mic/Better name for the special?/What would you emulate?/Top 5? (1:11:10) “Why I’m a Better Comic Than…” Ricky Gervais (1:21:05). Comics You Should Follow (@jamiewolfcomedy ; @alistairogden) (1:23:55) Next Week: Raanan Hershberg - "Morbidly Jewish" (1:25:25). If you'd like to help us out, please like, rate, review, subscribe, follow, and tell your friends! Enjoy! Thank you for listening. IGs: @JayBergComedy, @ColtonDrakeComedy, @standupsnobs Email: StandupSnobs@gmail.com

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