One Of The Funnier Shows You Will Ever See.

Extras - Simply Hilarious.

Having a pretty evolved sense of humour, there are not many shows that leave me feeling tickled.

Extras, however, is one of them.

I was at the “movie shop” (can we still called them “video shops”?) the other day, when I literally stumbled across this little gem. A frail old woman with Parkinsons had taken it off the shelf, which of course then resulted in the old bird flinging it into my path.

Once I had dusted myself off, I took a closer look at what had caused me to turn my ankle over. Extras is the follow up show from the guy who brought us “The Office” - Ricky Gervais.

In this show Ricky plays another middle-aged loser by the name of Andy Millman, who claims to be an actor but is actually a full time “extra”, you know, the background guys that you don’t really notice on telly (Seaman #4 etc)

Andy’s aspirations are not helped by his incredibly useless and incompetent agent, who in five years, hasn’t managed to get Andy one audition, and actually tries to discourage him from acting.

This show shares the same humourous style as The Office, with many awkward and embarrassingly cringe-worthy situations experienced by Andy.

Another great thing about this show is the famous actors who play themselves on the various sets Andy finds himself on.

We see Ben Stiller, playing a very egotistical Ben Stiller, who can quote verbatim the opening weekend grosses of his hits like Dodgeball and Meet The Fockers.

We meet a very whorish mouthed Kate Winslet, who appears to be an absolute pro when it comes to talking dirty on the phone and gladly shares some of her favourite lines. (”I want your willy wonker in my oompah loompah”)

Then there is also Patrick Stewart (Professor X) who has written a script which involves him having the power to rip women’s clothes off with his mind, exposing their boobs.

This is quite honestly one of the funnier shows you will ever see. I’ve already ordered the first season, there is also a second season, which I haven’t seen yet, but will no doubt get my grubby sausage fingers on shortly.

If you are a fan of sharp witty humour, you owe it to yourself to get a copy of Extras, it could quite possibly be the best purchase you ever make. It could also be the easiest purchase you make, simply click on the link below to purchase it through Kalahari.

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