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  • @Argumemnon
    @Argumemnon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +732

    "obsession for diversity, so long as it's not diversity of opinion"
    True words.

    • @jackpage8831
      @jackpage8831 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And as long as it’s not in their gated community either

    • @rvanzo925
      @rvanzo925 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      They wouldn’t even be for diversity in their own neighborhoods. They want it in the nearby town so they can visit as if it is a zoo.

    • @Hirnlego999
      @Hirnlego999 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The only true obsession is for the shareholders. Everything else is just PR.

    • @SamuelBlack84
      @SamuelBlack84 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      No wonder so many people hate me considering my opinions on anything are way too vague to be ascribed to any philosophy

  • @davidpillinger2699
    @davidpillinger2699 4 ปีที่แล้ว +207

    "so long as it isn't diversity of opinion of course". Nailed it. Love this guy.

  • @Ruddigore
    @Ruddigore 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2346

    Absolutely spot on. Pie is the perfect dessert to a Gervais roast.

    • @Furykidxxx
      @Furykidxxx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Amen!

    • @jamiemb17
      @jamiemb17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nice comment dude

    • @SeanT181167
      @SeanT181167 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Very good, sir!

    • @funktionalitee
      @funktionalitee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Perfectly put!

    • @muhschaf
      @muhschaf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i totally agree.

  • @bvs-79
    @bvs-79 4 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    When satire gets it’s shit together, it gives me genuine hope. More Comedians like Ricky Gervais, Jonathan Pie, Frankie Boyle and Chris Morris please.

    • @cryptocipher9578
      @cryptocipher9578 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      now there's a lineup for a relaunch of brasseye that would blow the world away.

    • @Feeeeerg
      @Feeeeerg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Not Boyle. He's drank the Kool Aid.

    • @lostnomads2285
      @lostnomads2285 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Don’t forget that Jonathan Pie is actually a character invented & played by comedian Tom Walker

    • @bvs-79
      @bvs-79 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lost Nomads all comedians play a character of some sort.

    • @bvs-79
      @bvs-79 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Feeeeerg really? how is that?

  • @YeagerBomb-ww3bn
    @YeagerBomb-ww3bn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1486

    Well said. Ricky Gervais didn't kill himself.

    • @mattlofty5884
      @mattlofty5884 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeager Bomb very funny

    • @BandytaCzasu
      @BandytaCzasu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Pessimist

    • @MoonBurn13
      @MoonBurn13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yeager Bomb Is that a portrait of Boris Johnson you have for a profile pik? 🤣

    • @YeagerBomb-ww3bn
      @YeagerBomb-ww3bn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@MoonBurn13 no, but I like the way you think

    • @stevebradbury7757
      @stevebradbury7757 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's next Tuesday, you've jumped the gun a bit

  • @Tranxhead
    @Tranxhead 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    That is a brilliant point: giving awards to leading ladies just entrenches their lead, it doesn't open the market to other ladies.

    • @riffcaster
      @riffcaster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They are not ladies by any means. There are no ladies in Hollywood. Just s***s.

    • @SamuelBlack84
      @SamuelBlack84 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't see the point in giving them awards for a performance. It's just a shiny statue that means nothing

  • @colaboytje
    @colaboytje 4 ปีที่แล้ว +575

    Actually, he didn't call a stir. The media tries to turn it into a stir.
    People actually loved it.

    • @mathiashygen
      @mathiashygen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      It was painfully obvious the actors didn't.

    • @colaboytje
      @colaboytje 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@mathiashygen True. But who cares. They are just rich actors.

    • @mathiashygen
      @mathiashygen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@colaboytje well he caused a stir then didn't he

    • @Revan-eb1wb
      @Revan-eb1wb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@colaboytje well not all of hollywood or actors are assholes. there are still some great people among them but unfortunately most of hollywood is rotten to the fucking core

    • @colaboytje
      @colaboytje 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@mathiashygen No. The media do that part.

  • @DivadNoodeldehm-lz2gm
    @DivadNoodeldehm-lz2gm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    In ancient Rome actors were on par with gravediggers and prostitutes.

    • @bullmoosemedia
      @bullmoosemedia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah....what the hell happened?!? 😄

    • @Lightning77305
      @Lightning77305 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Narcissists worshipped by gullible zombies.

    • @bluebluelotus2868
      @bluebluelotus2868 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      In ancient China too

    • @THAT.RANDOM.GUY_
      @THAT.RANDOM.GUY_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      In my view, most actors today (if not all) still fit that lime-light. I don't regard people who can play pretend like the rest of us as meaningful to society.

    • @donald12998
      @donald12998 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      But did they have advertising?

  • @trueblueryu5713
    @trueblueryu5713 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1034

    If only we’d have seen how more of the celebrities reacted to the Epstein joke.

    • @Crick1952
      @Crick1952 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Along with a notebook to see who started turning red

    • @SirRandom
      @SirRandom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Hopefully, the FBI were watching reactions...

    • @darthkek1953
      @darthkek1953 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      They were killing themselves.

    • @drifter402
      @drifter402 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      FBIs in on it

    • @catherinetaylor2333
      @catherinetaylor2333 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @WhyOWhy and 'you had to get your own plane here'!

  • @emmacat3202
    @emmacat3202 4 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    I love Ricky Gervais. He shines a spotlight on the hypocrisy of the elite.

    • @mag-7924
      @mag-7924 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      not like he's a part of the elite or anything. Not like this was clearly orchestrated to generate controversy so idiots like you who would never normally watch the golden globes would tune in

    • @ac.salsdate2432
      @ac.salsdate2432 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He did what he was supposed to do.. Ricky the kings jester

    • @emmacat3202
      @emmacat3202 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I know he's rich, but I know the elites didn't seem too happy about his jokes. Look at the backlash he got. I think it's great. The court jester could say whatever he wanted in the king's court. I say good for him.

    • @ac.salsdate2432
      @ac.salsdate2432 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@emmacat3202 he was allowed and told to go in hard in my opinion. . Think about the court jesters role. . He wasn't allowed to say just anything. .. it may of looked that way to many in the court but it was a good way of "feeding the beast" .. and giving the little ppl some laughs at the expense of the king without losing your head... 😉 think about it... don't we all feel better that at least one a-lister is with the truth and "expising" things. ..

    • @robsengahay5614
      @robsengahay5614 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      fowtwenty - Gervais accepts that he is privileged.....unlike so many of the privileged he mocks. It is actually a tough thing to go against the group to which you belong which is why most of the people who make it into that group go native and lose touch with reality.

  • @AnythingMachine
    @AnythingMachine 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1942

    I want to see you and Ricky Gervais do a special together

    • @namescarrynomeaning5222
      @namescarrynomeaning5222 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      That would be gold

    • @bdf2718
      @bdf2718 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I want to see him host the Golden Bollocks.

    • @tomoates186
      @tomoates186 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You and Gervais would be amazing.

    • @joestockton7016
      @joestockton7016 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Like, comment, and subscribe to this comment.

    • @andydixon4424
      @andydixon4424 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sitcom!!!!!!!!! Yeah baby!!!!

  • @mikeythrussell7409
    @mikeythrussell7409 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    How can anybody dislike this, nothing he said was sexist racist or abusive. Perhaps that was their problem.

    • @davehedric1543
      @davehedric1543 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The thing you said about the Australia's climate changes is utter bullshit though. The cause for the fires are arsonists...
      Read up. Other than that funny stuff

    • @djm5687
      @djm5687 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You can find stuff funny, even if you disagree with it.

    • @davehedric1543
      @davehedric1543 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@djm5687 yeah totally

    • @palomino73
      @palomino73 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      THEY know they were caught in the act!

    • @josephrobinson6171
      @josephrobinson6171 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dave Hedric Yeah but the fires wouldn’t get so bad if the weather wasn’t so hot.

  • @kevinjackson1275
    @kevinjackson1275 4 ปีที่แล้ว +436

    Ricky was bang on though, most of these celebrities know nothing about the real world

    • @Eusantdac
      @Eusantdac 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Many humans in general, create a "safe-buble" around themselves. When that bubble is poked, sometimes it bursts and they freak-out. We know very little about compromise and have little acceptance that the world is not the way we think it is.

    • @frenchguitarguy1091
      @frenchguitarguy1091 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      And apparently Ricky knows what it’s like

    • @jarhead21100
      @jarhead21100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Weirdly enough, Adam Driver, a US Marine who served in the military on the lowest levels (enlisted infantry) thought the whole thing was hilarious.
      But top 1% types were rather annoyed over the idea that their knowledge of the real world was lacking.

    • @MBOmnis
      @MBOmnis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@jarhead21100 Driver really looked like he was enjoying it all. I loved seeing his reactions almost as much as the weird looks from Tom Hanks

    • @schwarzwald6672
      @schwarzwald6672 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yep they are in their own luxury bubble.

  • @clicheguevara5282
    @clicheguevara5282 4 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    “I. Don’t. Care.” - Ricky 2020

    • @nicholasdickens2801
      @nicholasdickens2801 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Cliche Guevara “I’m joking. I. Never. Did.”

    • @clicheguevara5282
      @clicheguevara5282 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nicholasdickens2801 That was close to being my favorite part. LMFAO

    • @A_Haunted_Pancake
      @A_Haunted_Pancake 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'll so remember that profile name for insults ! :'D

    • @tomchapman5568
      @tomchapman5568 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ricky 2010-2020

  • @jackburton1455
    @jackburton1455 4 ปีที่แล้ว +267

    "We dont tolerate people who dont tolerate round here." Southpark

    • @brainsmoran4954
      @brainsmoran4954 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Omg they killed you, screw you guys. I'm going home.

    • @dropgold
      @dropgold 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@brainsmoran4954 OMG! You didn't kill Epstein!

    • @BrownGaijin
      @BrownGaijin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Now calm down Skeeter; he ain't hurting no one.

    • @mikeboosh8776
      @mikeboosh8776 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thin out their numbers!

    • @jessmark763
      @jessmark763 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "Don't take kindly to folks who don't take kindly"
      We say it is thus, so thus shall it be.

  • @sirierieott5882
    @sirierieott5882 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wonderful for Johnny Pie to be right on point again. Truth hurts the powerful and the influential.

  • @Wordavee1
    @Wordavee1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    The fashion industry is one of the most wasteful and exploitative on the planet!!

    • @hq4287
      @hq4287 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes :)

    • @AlexRod9646
      @AlexRod9646 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Dr Diablory it's usually private school wankers. Public school kids who have had to wear a uniform, know better 🤣🤣🤣🤣 😂🤣😂🤣 But seriously, these mofos have made it look that shopping at thrift stores is equivalent to pickpocketing 🙄🙄🙄. I know a guy who'd get "designer clothes" from yard sales and Goodwill and salvation army outlets, that's called being smart. Saving $2,995 is not something to be ashamed of.

    • @04017072
      @04017072 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wordavee1 and we’re the dipshits buying most of the crap

    • @DarkCreed
      @DarkCreed 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And I hate how they say what fashion is trending. The pattern or fabric is trending cos it's in every bloody shop so you have no choice but to buy it.

    • @return2innocence221
      @return2innocence221 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Certainly is

  • @nathanhobson1142
    @nathanhobson1142 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    On point. Seems the general public is sick of the ivory tower hypocrites scolding us for wrongthink.

  • @manny_f
    @manny_f 4 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    They invited Gervais, wtf did they expect?

    • @kristienwhitneyjohns2215
      @kristienwhitneyjohns2215 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Fair point. I was still taken aback lol

    • @jackburton1455
      @jackburton1455 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The viewer ship count doubles when Gervais presents the Golden Globes. Like him or loathe him, he still commands attention.

    • @luvlife6347
      @luvlife6347 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kristien Whitneyjohns I loved what he said it's about time . God bless

    • @geoffpoole483
      @geoffpoole483 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      A lot of people watched the Eurovision Song Contest just to hear Terry Wogan's comments. Gervais has presented the Golden Globes several times so they knew what was in store. I'm not a fan of Gervais' comedy but he comes across as an interesting person in interviews, unlike most of the people he was taking the piss out of at the Golden Globes.

    • @liabe18
      @liabe18 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I honestly don't get what's going on with this madness- true i only watched the monologue so far, but I feel like this years monologue was the tamest he has ever done. Really, I don't get the outrage at all.

  • @PhoenixAngel429
    @PhoenixAngel429 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    And this is why I love Pie's works. Can't wait to see more. He's going to have tons of fodder with the US 2020 election if it goes the way I think.

  • @robbie1jd
    @robbie1jd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +461

    "feeding Pheobe Waller-Bridge awards until she shits gold pate" absolutely comedy gold. Crying with laughter. Spot on rant.

    • @Bruce1983
      @Bruce1983 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      robbie1jd id never heard of her till now

    • @MoonBurn13
      @MoonBurn13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Optic shit scared I know, huh? Wish I was up on pop culture - ONLY for as long as it takes to water a Pie vid, mind!😐

    • @s1050
      @s1050 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      She’s very average. Getting awards for her genitals...

    • @chrisgutteridge
      @chrisgutteridge 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@s1050 I've enjoyed both Fleabag & Killing Eve. Had no idea she wrote Killing Eve until after I'd already got into it. That said, if I won an award for my genitals, I would be surprised but put it on the mantelpiece any way -- it'd be a fun conversation piece for the swanky dinner parties I never have.

    • @davew4998
      @davew4998 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Bruce1983 Shame. She's a proper comedian and actor. Unlike Jonathan Pie who is neither. He's a frustrated actor who hasn't the balls to stand for election.

  • @slashingkatie7872
    @slashingkatie7872 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you again Mr. Pie. You are the voice of the people as always.

  • @sirdigbychickenceasar2654
    @sirdigbychickenceasar2654 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1022

    "Liberal twatterati" gold.

    • @Dom_Meribel
      @Dom_Meribel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      with that name?!?? lol

    • @sirdigbychickenceasar2654
      @sirdigbychickenceasar2654 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@Dom_Meribel I'm neither liberal nor a twitter user, jury is out on the twat bit. Also my namesake is a comedy character from the mitchell and webb show who is homeless alcoholic with severe mental health problems..

    • @frenchfrench4514
      @frenchfrench4514 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sirdigbychickenceasar2654 haha I just watched Sir Digby Chicken Ceasar on Netflix.

    • @billyconnolli8224
      @billyconnolli8224 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's *twatterazzi

  • @hoodootechnochina5893
    @hoodootechnochina5893 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    "..... they play 'Let's Pretend' for a living."

    • @allanlear4735
      @allanlear4735 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You realise Jonathan Pie is a character, right. It's an actor called Tom Walker playing Let's Pretend I'm An Outspoken Broadcaster

    • @laurengalan2760
      @laurengalan2760 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes and his lines are written for him by people who may or may not be more clever than him. Actors don’t have to be geniuses, they have to have the right look and understand the material their given enough to convincingly play pretend.

  • @ianmacfarlane1241
    @ianmacfarlane1241 4 ปีที่แล้ว +493

    Brilliant - I nearly spilled my Rice Crispies all over my tuxedo.

    • @petitmeowmeow
      @petitmeowmeow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      I hope that's the same tuxedo you wear for dinner

    • @kind-hearted-thievesjoe1512
      @kind-hearted-thievesjoe1512 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Ian and Livvy- Brilliant!

    • @bonzobanzi1137
      @bonzobanzi1137 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You nearly had me, but no self respecting elite would be caught dead eating cereal!
      I don't suppose you're the Ian MacFarlane who went to school in Oranmore in the mid-90's?

    • @Crick1952
      @Crick1952 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@petitmeowmeow of course not, don't be absurd

    • @ianmacfarlane1241
      @ianmacfarlane1241 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@bonzobanzi1137 No, I'm not the same one.
      Is that Oranmore on the West coast of Ireland?
      I wish I had grown up on the gorgeous Atlantic coast, but for my sins I'm from Glasgow.
      I'm also a wee bit older than yourself - left school in 1987.
      Take care ✌️

  • @warriorpoet9629
    @warriorpoet9629 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant. I’ve worked in this industry for 30 years and I’m disgusted by it. Thanks Ricky. Thanks Jonathan.

  • @Flame1500
    @Flame1500 4 ปีที่แล้ว +288

    George Orwell warned us. The manipulation of language nowadays is absurd.
    You must: Completely agree with me, wholeheartedly, on everything. Never question your beliefs. Ostracise and, in some cases, imprison those who disagree with us. Or else YOU’RE a fascist...

    • @PlatinumAltaria
      @PlatinumAltaria 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      George Orwell was a socialist, and who is saying you have to agree with anyone? All anyone said is that some ideas are bad.

    • @Lee_303
      @Lee_303 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      PlatinumAltaria We have left & right calling each other Nazis, but look at who is doing what, to whom, and who is profiting from it all. Actions speak louder than words.

    • @declaringpond2276
      @declaringpond2276 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@PlatinumAltaria Reading book hard, book said u bad

    • @hanamlchl
      @hanamlchl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      00ProblemChild Progressives complaining about the manipulation of language. Priceless. “Men are not women” and “Arson is not climate change”.

    • @fillosof66689
      @fillosof66689 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @00ProblemChild reactions like yours make caring for real, tangible men's issue a negative sum game.
      That is on top of missing the fact that the right mostly uses progressive newspeak to lay bear all its contradictions and absurdities, not to claim victimhood that will be a negative in the eyes of their supporters.

  • @parhhesia
    @parhhesia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Oh silly, diversity isn't for poor people to benefit from.

    • @SamuelBlack84
      @SamuelBlack84 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I love how we all think we know better than nature

  • @jamesl8640
    @jamesl8640 4 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    He's done it before, it's not like they expected anything else.

    • @petitmeowmeow
      @petitmeowmeow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      He mostly just made fun of individual celebrities, this time he took on the entirety of hollywood, hah.

    • @laffetum3050
      @laffetum3050 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      To be honest they don't really care this one either. They got their views, tweets and general interest in the awards. Business wise it was a very good choice and let's not kid ourselves business is what they want.
      Controversies create very good business in entertainment media and people are just fueling it more. Can't think anyone who's involved with this event is affected badly with winners being Gervais and Golden Globes.

    • @infesticon
      @infesticon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@laffetum3050 Indeed , I just thought about CM Punks pipebomb when I saw the Gervas thing go viral. It's good for buisness, No one is gonna stop buying apple products it's not excactly a secret about apple and the sweat shops.

    • @ashleelmb
      @ashleelmb 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ...well, not like they SHOULD HAVE you mean...

    • @MrM0nKey79
      @MrM0nKey79 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yup, this was great for the Golden Globes ratings. Most people didn't give a shit about it otherwise.

  • @somebloke3869
    @somebloke3869 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    If talking about the Australian Prine Minister, he should be referred to as Scotty from Marketing.

  • @streglof
    @streglof 4 ปีที่แล้ว +276

    Hollywood: "you were supposed to tell jokes not truths"

    • @leeballington3136
      @leeballington3136 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Let's have both. ;)

    • @kramarancko1107
      @kramarancko1107 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@leeballington3136 Hollywood say no truth, only liberated opinions and jokes 😡

  • @04017072
    @04017072 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    “They play let’s pretend for a living” !!! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @MatBird93
    @MatBird93 4 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    Calling Ricky Gervais right wing lol. He's a well known Labour voter and Corbyn backer. Shows how much people know. Probably the worst part though is literally nothing in his opening speech was right wing. He criticised big corporations and rich people/celebrities in general and how they're out of touch with normal people.

    • @RealIllumin
      @RealIllumin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      He criticised Apple.
      Wearing an Apple watch.
      Discuss.

    • @deesmith4800
      @deesmith4800 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I had to google to double check that he really had been accused of being right wing

    • @NicolasCharly
      @NicolasCharly 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@RealIllumin He criticized mainly actors and celebrities promoting such companies with such terrible practices whilst claiming 24/7 how woke they are. That is what he criticized directly, not Apple.

    • @MatBird93
      @MatBird93 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@RealIllumin so? I criticise Amazon but I still buy shit off Amazon. Just because I use a product/service does that mean I'm not allowed to criticise them?

    • @davidlazarus67
      @davidlazarus67 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mat Bird Yes most barely do anything unless it’s good for their career. There are a few who will stand with protesters and get arrested and not just for standing up against Trump. They are also very out of touch with the common person.

  • @garyweglarz
    @garyweglarz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you Jonathan! There is nothing like speaking the truth to get people's undies in a bunch. Gervais was spot-on in his comments and Hollywood was of course collectively appalled. I mean, "how dare he?"

  • @coolbreez773
    @coolbreez773 4 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    Jonathan Pie to host next Golden Globes !

    • @Isobel31Swan
      @Isobel31Swan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I second that motion.

    • @MatrixExpress
      @MatrixExpress 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @NewtNukem If Frankie Boyle did the Golden Globes he wouldn't need a spot light because of all the laser sights trained on him ;-)

    • @CurrieNerd
      @CurrieNerd 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @NewtNukem Frankie wont fly, will he?

    • @ArcanePath360
      @ArcanePath360 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Only if he doesn't do his lame, ill educated Trump bashing. That's why they got Ricky back because of the over use of this by liberal elites for cheap laughs which went down like a lead balloon.

    • @JohnnyMac95
      @JohnnyMac95 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ArcanePath360 Free speech, eh?

  • @dougfrith
    @dougfrith 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    To quote Staefel, from Goodbye Mr Chips, "the world has become unlovely..."

  • @CallMeMrRook
    @CallMeMrRook 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I'm doing my bit for the climate bollox by wearing the same pair of pants all year and only washing them once a month when I'll be commando, making sure I use the water on my herb garden to add some kick to the sage and thyme

    • @threestepssideways1202
      @threestepssideways1202 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      If you bury those kecks in your garden after a year, you'll be doing your herbs a massive favour. Recycling your tighty whitey crap stains for soil refinement *and* improving your culinary aspirations at the same time.
      You're a god damn hero mate. I wouldn't want to sit next to you on the bus though.

    • @AlexRod9646
      @AlexRod9646 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@threestepssideways1202 human piss contains auxins which act as growth hormones . He can even piss on trees to make them grow.

    • @iamreg1965
      @iamreg1965 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AlexRod9646
      It has the adverse effect if one was to piss in someone's petrol tank though!

  • @yeoldefagge8867
    @yeoldefagge8867 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mr Pie, your wit, your passion and your honesty are pleasure to behold.

  • @Deathdrumz
    @Deathdrumz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I always find myself giving a thumbs up to Pie's videos after the first 30 seconds and then I think "could I regret this later on?" The answer is 'never' :)

  • @ravenhill_down_yonder-1968
    @ravenhill_down_yonder-1968 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    the world today is not a place i particularly like.

    • @ravenhill_down_yonder-1968
      @ravenhill_down_yonder-1968 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Carlos Saraiva how do you know that i'm not a right winger?

    • @nb8936
      @nb8936 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Carlos Saraiva But its trumps fault right? you know.. the guy who got into politics 3 years ago?
      Your opinion is about as worthwhile as Michael Moores.
      And, you're a racist. WOW!

    • @F1ll1nTh3Blanks
      @F1ll1nTh3Blanks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Carlos Saraiva Blame everyone else. 🙄

    • @F1ll1nTh3Blanks
      @F1ll1nTh3Blanks 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Carlos Saraiva I am not even right wing or conservative, nor arch capitalist.. yet I don't even follow your logic. 🙄

    • @renek243
      @renek243 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      well, the 11th century wasn't exactly a party for everybody either, unless you were a cardinal or a bishop or the like.

  • @lukestratton5805
    @lukestratton5805 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    I love the meta-joke here: an actor who made his name ranting about politics ranting about how actors shouldn't talk about politics. Love it!

    • @Kathkere
      @Kathkere 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      There's a difference between bloated self-importance and satire, though!

    • @Tourasaur
      @Tourasaur 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Kathkere There is, but this isn't satire of anything anymore, it's just some political rants to camera.

  • @chinookvalley
    @chinookvalley 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ya done good Jonathan. Thanks for the passion and truth.

  • @jamesbluntirules
    @jamesbluntirules 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    As an Aussie, I was waiting for the ScoMo reference 😂

    • @imaadahere
      @imaadahere 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yeah but I get momentarily confused when people use his full name rather then ScoMo

    • @jamesbluntirules
      @jamesbluntirules 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@imaadahere Haha I think a lot of people do. It's like people saying Bob Hawke rather than Hawkie.

    • @suemills4434
      @suemills4434 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      For every thousand tonnes of coal well throw in a roasted koala. But now trump has forced China to by USA shit instead. Sigh

  • @AdrianGrayComedy
    @AdrianGrayComedy 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Glad this guy agrees with diversity in the film industry and is even woke enough to point out that it needs to extend further - factoring in class privilege to a greater extent.

  • @hefestos002
    @hefestos002 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That tuxedo part hit me hard 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
    I remember reading that the other day and going like: Whaaaat? She HAS to be trolling right?
    These people are incredible. Complete aliens.

  • @wills2552
    @wills2552 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You're always spot on, keep doing it you're keeping me sane.

  • @lee-xr1xm
    @lee-xr1xm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Well done Ricky!

  • @Littlelurch85
    @Littlelurch85 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Damn I love this guy. Hits those topics spot on every time. Who give a shit about an actors political views, they aren't the ones struggling to make ends meet.

  • @sebastianmelmoth7331
    @sebastianmelmoth7331 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Who in their right mind listens to actors and musicians.... over paid and completely out of touch with reality. thank you Pie!!

  • @rhammond2152
    @rhammond2152 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    The one thing Ricky keyed in upon.....people getting lectured by dimwits....is the one that I totally agree upon. I'm fed up with lectures, and that mute button gets hit forty times a day right now.

    • @mag-7924
      @mag-7924 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      so basically you don't like the idea that people might be smarter than you

    • @ChrispyNut
      @ChrispyNut 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@mag-7924 Those who're lecturing people, especially on MSM platforms are rarely "smart" or "knowledgable", they're just propoganda parrots, which are designed to sow division in the population so we don't unite against those who're truly fucking us over and hoarding the wealth they're funnelled from us.

    • @AnthonyCook78
      @AnthonyCook78 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Anyone that's in a position to press the mute button 40x a day needs to have a word with themselves. Oh wait you don't like being lectured.

    • @rhammond2152
      @rhammond2152 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mag-7924 The problem is that they really aren't smarter than me, and the obsession to lecture has become passion.

  • @berlinerrose
    @berlinerrose 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good God, I love this man more and more each time. Spot ON, KId, spot on!!!

  • @NetAndyCz
    @NetAndyCz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    What was _controversial_ about Ricky Gervais' speech? Seemed like perfectly reasonable use of humour.

    • @PlatinumAltaria
      @PlatinumAltaria 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Telling people not to speak is not usually considered good form.

    • @scotswarrior9535
      @scotswarrior9535 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Telling people that they aren't allowed to make a silly joke is not considered good form either you know.

    • @PlatinumAltaria
      @PlatinumAltaria 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@scotswarrior9535 You can make jokes, and I can criticise them for being shit.

    • @PlatinumAltaria
      @PlatinumAltaria 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@Greig91 Of course it's controversial, we all JUST watched a video about it. If there's no disagreement then Pie would look like a bit of a tosser making a scene, wouldn't he?

    • @codyw1
      @codyw1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He said some things that were unquestionably true. That's not allowed in loony lefty land.

  • @MacReady1980
    @MacReady1980 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was brilliant. As usual you are spot on with EVERYTHING you have said. Bravo sir.

  • @JumpingJack6
    @JumpingJack6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    "The world has gone mad...." what was your first clue?

  • @joekauffman9690
    @joekauffman9690 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for doing this, you were spot on and you make a lot of sense, not only that you’ve made me laugh as well!!

  • @FaolanHart
    @FaolanHart 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Jonathan Pie has the richest filling of any pie.

  • @richdyer2000
    @richdyer2000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Reminds me of this quote from the Daily Mash "You wouldn’t expect Noam Chomsky to be any good at pretending to be the Hulk, so don’t concern yourself with Mark Ruffalo’s ‘thoughts’ about fracking.”

  • @mygetawayart
    @mygetawayart 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Imagine a show with both Ricky and Jonathan. You've just imagined heaven.

  • @alexandratreppke6400
    @alexandratreppke6400 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is so spot on, especially the bit about helping getting working class women into the film industry.

  • @mp2572
    @mp2572 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I said much the same on the independant article... they've since removed the ability to comment

    • @gravitytwo4088
      @gravitytwo4088 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not surprised. More of that "diversity" shining through!

  • @richardmabe4186
    @richardmabe4186 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well put, what a shallow and messed up world we live in.

    • @garygansbrubaker
      @garygansbrubaker 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It has always been a shallow and messed up World, but you can always get up from the computer and start living!

  • @AcornElectron
    @AcornElectron 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Weird, was literally watching the Tom interview on CNN from a month ago and this popped ☺️☺️

  • @brynstarkiller7419
    @brynstarkiller7419 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    We’re all sick of being lectured by these hypocrites .They secretly hate regular people

  • @quentinarchpomple-bigginsw352
    @quentinarchpomple-bigginsw352 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I find it a bit ironic that Jonathan Pie is himself a character being played by an actor

    • @rafal5863
      @rafal5863 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just too meta for me to think where the hypocrisy is. I just know that pie is too PC for me.

  • @DerekArmsden
    @DerekArmsden 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Australia's Prime Minister got a mention! I'M SO PROUD!

  • @dawnelizabeth6707
    @dawnelizabeth6707 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    “Wack’ing” Phoenix. #dead 😂😂

  • @asahmed1980
    @asahmed1980 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the fangs on this guy. My country is on fire and rich actors shouldn't be the tide. Rich entertainers shouldn't have as much sway as they do money but when money and fame is worshipped 24/7 what did you expect? We glorify the wrong people. The doctor working in the field for MSF in Yemen means shit compared to the actor playing doctor on TV. Discrimination isn't being dealt with at the roots. Diversity in award ceremonies means jack and is just a pretty dressing to the problem. Meritocracy not Tokenism. Renewable energy not lumps of coal in parliament. You're a legend Pie!

  • @krishm16
    @krishm16 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Brilliant. Loved watching hollywood get roasted!

  • @jackarnold6755
    @jackarnold6755 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.

  • @zerogee768
    @zerogee768 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    "Shits gold paté!" 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

  • @reginaldworthington7558
    @reginaldworthington7558 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brilliant - just brilliant.

  • @anasabutamata3689
    @anasabutamata3689 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    "Scott Morrison, Australia's Climate Change Denier in Chief...". As an Australian, i urge the british people to protect you at all costs Jono, you're a British National Treasure.

  • @andresaxmanbrown
    @andresaxmanbrown 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is one of his best for me! Brilliant!

  • @grantmathieson650
    @grantmathieson650 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Maybe non of the female directors were any good this year?

    • @hanamlchl
      @hanamlchl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Grant Mathieson Or maybe they aren’t reaching the main customer demographic? Imagine an artist condemning their audience...because that artist couldn’t reach that audience.

    • @eldel3290
      @eldel3290 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      There were some amazing female directed films this year. They just don't get the attention they deserve, so people don't know about them. Watch Honey Boy. We need more female directors to be given the chance to make big films. As an aspiring female director myself, I can tell you there are many many talented female directors out there

    • @grantmathieson650
      @grantmathieson650 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@eldel3290 good you keep working hard and make something decent.

    • @eldel3290
      @eldel3290 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@grantmathieson650 thank you very much :)

    • @v11cu96
      @v11cu96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Maybe if they can get a non-woke, not a gender obsessed zelot of a female director to make a movie, she might actually win something. Just saying.....

  • @stevestryker
    @stevestryker 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely spot on 👏👏👏👏

  • @Yatsurim
    @Yatsurim 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Finally, the best video you’ve done since the Scottish guy who joked about his dog being a nazi, and was legally sanctioned for joking.

    • @Yatsurim
      @Yatsurim 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      aola wili that’s a joke (about videos regarding jokes). But thanks for not breaking community guidelines while insulting me.

    • @2lowkey100
      @2lowkey100 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Frankie Sanabria Jr. Are you referring to the guy that trained his dog to do a nazi salute?

    • @switchplayer1016
      @switchplayer1016 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@2lowkey100 the guy goes by count dankula here on TH-cam and he taught his dog the salute to piss off his girlfriend. He even says in the video that he wanted to turn the dog into the least funny thing he could think of which is a nazi.

    • @torque9889
      @torque9889 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Count Dankulw

  • @grimTales1
    @grimTales1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He (Jonathan Pie) is right - actors should get awards/nominations based on whether their work is good not just because of their gender, race or whatever.

  • @IRBenHunter
    @IRBenHunter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I come here every week for the political opinions of an actor 😄

  • @s.n.d.e2025
    @s.n.d.e2025 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    A narcissist in denial is worst thing but the most funniest thing ever!!

  • @benusmaximus3601
    @benusmaximus3601 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I'm just gonna say this before it becomes a thing:
    Ricky Gervais didn't kill himself...

  • @ExceptionalPleb
    @ExceptionalPleb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    He almost said Wanker Phoenix instead of Joaquin 🤣😂🤣😂

  • @enyotheios2613
    @enyotheios2613 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    *SAVAGE!*
    I grew up on George Carlin comedy, and you sir, are following in his footsteps well! Thank you so very much! 🖤

  • @JamesCarmichael
    @JamesCarmichael 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    "Under strengths you've just put acting"
    "...Yeah."
    "That's your job though."
    "Mmm."
    "...Okay...Under weaknesses you've put lactose."

    • @Jackaljkljkl
      @Jackaljkljkl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "I thought you filled that bit in..."

  • @PKMastermind2
    @PKMastermind2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is one of my top picks for Pie rants.

  • @OpEditorial
    @OpEditorial 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The UK produces some of the best insult comics this side of heaven, should get Mr. Pie to host next year 🤔

  • @ladyflibblesworth7282
    @ladyflibblesworth7282 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Always was against me too, it cheapened sexual abuse, the real victims overshadowed and silenced in the hustle and bustle of celebrities crying about having their bottoms groped years ago. Never mind all the young girls chained to beds, I had a rich famous man make some sexist remarks towards me once.

  • @johndeighton3370
    @johndeighton3370 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Spot on again
    Why is the common sense only available though parody

    • @thatgnaralooguy
      @thatgnaralooguy 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Should have more likes. Brilliant point.

  • @buggs9950
    @buggs9950 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The hypocrisy of anyone criticising coal whilst using electricity to do so blows my mind. Think about it.

  • @alderaancrumbs6260
    @alderaancrumbs6260 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I realized I would be considered “classically Liberal” before lines shifted so far I’m now “alt-Right mega-Nazi”. 🤷🏻

  • @jennyr682
    @jennyr682 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I absolutely loved this ! if only this was how the world was for real all the time.

  • @missincorrect4371
    @missincorrect4371 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I think Ricky Gervais said everything Mr Pie ever hoped of saying if he ever got on that stage... 😉

  • @robinsaunders3912
    @robinsaunders3912 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well said as always. Keep on ranting for a better world.

  • @paulgal
    @paulgal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Amazing as usual. Love his rants

  • @FormulaTurismo
    @FormulaTurismo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks Jonathan. The News reporter who actually tells the news

  • @xavieraash
    @xavieraash 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Australia: He mentioned Scotty from Marketing and Koalas! :-)

    • @rafal5863
      @rafal5863 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I reckon Scotty from marketing could come up with more original material than Pie's climate change commissar.
      Pie stole some jokes from an award show for credibility and called Australia's PM a climate denier because Pierce Morgan got his ego bruised. And I don't even vote for ScoMo.
      Australian parliament question time has more entertaining and original blowhards than Pie.

    • @Dont_tell_me_to_relax
      @Dont_tell_me_to_relax 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rafal5863 coming from an Aussie, you are a wanker sir. Disliking Pie for criticizing a world leader who doesn't believe that science should lead our country. Science isn't political until a polly (who has no background in the matter) reads the reports... Science denial is economically convenient for the short term at the expense of digging the hole we're in even deeper which is only to overwhelm whoever is in term whenever we inevitable reach that tipping point.

  • @barukkazhad8998
    @barukkazhad8998 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey ...your back !!! where have you been man ?..we need you more than ever !...spot on as always ......

  • @Tkscz
    @Tkscz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    "lack of women is best director"
    How many women directed a good movie in 2019? Do we degrade women now be giving them "you tried" awards for being women?

    • @EuanFoulis
      @EuanFoulis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tkscz TBF Greta Gerwigs little women is streaks ahead of anything Todd Phillips has made in the last 5 years IMO.

    • @samosa4034
      @samosa4034 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Olivia Wilde for booksmart too. I’d say the problem is that awards season is a weird game with weird decision making more than it is sexist imo. It naturally leans towards established names (Scorsese, Tarantino) and bigger budgets (1917, Joker).

    • @eldel3290
      @eldel3290 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Honey boy was also directed by a woman. And it was the best film I watched this year. Absolutely amazing. As an aspiring female director myself, there are soooo many amazing women directors out there. We just need production companies to give them the chance they deserve

    • @Tkscz
      @Tkscz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@eldel3290 Then the second question becomes how popular were those movies? Let's face it, most of these award shows are popularity contest. A lot of great movies go way under the radar because they simply don't draw in a crowd. Honestly, never heard of the movies you guys listed

    • @charlesjenkinson5020
      @charlesjenkinson5020 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I can hear Jordan...; "equal opportunity, but not equal outcome"

  • @denisomahoney5464
    @denisomahoney5464 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely 100% spot on Pie I’m loving this.

  • @JerryBurn
    @JerryBurn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I've had the same suit for 21 years. Joaquin Phoenix? I've shit him.

  • @goulash75
    @goulash75 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Mr Pie for your very true and accurate words about the pampered Hollywood elites and my Prime Minister in denial, Mr Scott Moron.