Comedy

I have never been enamoured of Ricky Gervais. I find humour based around a weak ineffectual man, lame and it appears that this is his trademark. Can he do anything else? Why yes! He was in a (failed) pop group in the 80's. He's a stand up comic. He writes for others (eg The Simpsons). He's also written a series of children's books called Flanimals. Until looking it up on Wikipedia, I was under the mistaken apprehension that he had drawn the illustrations (which let's face it, makes the book). Oh dear! I'm still not "getting" Ricky Gervais. I think it's probably becuase the nagging doubt in my mind that there really is less to him than meets the eye is probably about right.
And although Borat is not my type of humour, it surprised me to learn this week that Sacha Baron Cohen, the character's creator and performer was also Ali G. Here I can appreciate that something that isn't necessarily to my taste has some skill and appeals to lots of people.
Although I probably won't be watching either men, I know which I'd choose any day of the week. The one with talent.