SmartLess · January 5, 2026 · 1h 6m 48s

Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais joins the SmartLess hosts to dust off old awards, share trade secrets from his comedy career, and dive into bizarre tangents about cannibals, drunken crustaceans, and ping-pong in scuba gear. The conversation circles around why honesty is the funniest approach, with Gervais demonstrating his signature blend of brutal truth and absurd humor.

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Trade Secrets of Comedy

Ricky Gervais shares the hidden tricks and unspoken rules of comedy and performance.

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Cannibal Anecdote

Ricky Gervais spins a bizarre and unsettling comedic tale involving cannibals.

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Getting a Crab Drunk

A surreal anecdote about intoxicating a crab.

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Table Tennis in a Snorkel

Gervais recounts or imagines playing ping-pong while in scuba gear.

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Honesty Is Funny

Ricky Gervais argues that truth and blunt honesty are the foundation of great comedy.

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Misc

✧Ricky Gervais dusts off awards from 20 years ago (again!?)

✧The episode description itself reads like a Gervais routine—trade secrets, cannibals, getting a crab drunk, table tennis in a snorkel.

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