Ricky Gervais Live: Animals

This is one of a number of Ricky Gervais live DVD's out on the market.This particular product won't play on all DVD players however due to region coding. Please don't join the queue of morons who buy it and then act stunned that something clearly marked as not compatible with all DVD players isn't - gasp - compatible with all DVD players.Having made that public service announcement I can continue on to say that this produce shows Gervais at his wonderfully understated best, weaving a gentle tale of gags that run the gamut from observational, satirical to slapstick. The show is not overlong but there is a lot of material in it. The man is obviously playing to an adoring audience in his home country. There is swearing in this DVD but it's not thrown about like confetti as per someone like Billy Connolly and in fact there is probably less of it than in 1990's era Ben Elton.The DVD has a few extras which are OK, they do add to the value though aren't earth shattering.Excellent stand up comedy by someone who is obviously quite intelligent and who doesn't need to reduce everything to its base element to get a laugh.

I had seen snippets of this DVD before I bought it on youtube, I knew I would enjoy the video itself. However I got hit with region code restriction like others.Dismissing some PSA's from other non verified purchase reviewers that miss the point, this is a one star because the seller should make the buyer more aware upfront. We are not all going to scroll down to reviews to discover region codes, I wasn't aware of region codes existing in DVDs until today. I just saw the title and bought the item, like a normal person would.They should put "only plays on UK dvd players" in the description in all caps or even the "(only UK)" in title of this product. Or try selling this only in amazon.co.uk .I wish I could rip the video out of this DVD and make a US compatible copy.I will probably return it as a broken product since it doesn't play

It kinda pissed me off the fact that this DVD in paticular is not compatible with all DVD players. It limited its enjoyment.

This DVD is also not viewable in this region (I guess meaning the USA since he's a British comedian). i Have no use for this DVD either that I cannot watch.

The disc did not work because it was from the "wrong region."

I purchased this CD and Ricky Gervais Live - Fame and Ricky Gervais Live - Politics and none of them work on the North American DVD players. Do not waste your money.

Ricky Gervais is a rare comical breed- he is naturally funny. When he goes up to except an award he only has to say a few lines and I'm laughing along with him, on the Office series two video diary I was laughing all the way through because of the way Gervais knows what to say and how to say it without making it seem rehearsed or practiced. He doesn't need to rely on anything to be funny, only his won thoughts and opinions. Therefore it was a natural progression from The Office to the stage for Gervais and Animals is a genuinely funny from start to finish.Gervais has a unique and hilairious way to look at the Animal Kingdom and he shares it with us which had me in stitches from the moment the curtain went up. I was nearly falling off my seat when he gave his view on Mermaids but the whole thing had me unable to breathe through laughing so much. If you were unlucky enough to miss this then you must get it on DVD, especially if you are a big fan of The Office.Thankfully Gervais has promised he'll do more stand up as he wants to get better- if this isn't his best then I can't wait to see what is.

Fantastic first show from Ricky Gervais.The DVD doesnt have loads of extra features but there's a few bits on there and at a price of less than £2 a must have in the collection of any fan

There were a few 'less funny bits' but in general it was hilarious - if you need a hearty laugh, I recommend.

Bought as a present, so cant say too much but my son is a big fan