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Ricky Gervais 'Afterlife'

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First Posted: 07/18/11 11:27 AM ET Updated: 09/17/11 06:12 AM ET

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The Office meets Dexter?
Yes! Ricky Gervais, the creator of The Office and Extras is teaming up with former Dexter showrunner, Clyde Phillips, for a new show called Afterlife, about an atheist who dies and goes to heaven.

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The Office meets Dexter? Yes! Ricky Gervais, the creator of The Office and Extras is teaming up with former Dexter showrunner, Clyde Phillips, for a new show called Afterlife, about an atheist who di...
The Office meets Dexter? Yes! Ricky Gervais, the creator of The Office and Extras is teaming up with former Dexter showrunner, Clyde Phillips, for a new show called Afterlife, about an atheist who di...
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RickDean
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12:49 PM on 07/25/2011
This sounds a lot like the R.D.Coste book "A Night at the Gates". That's also about an atheist who goes to heaven. Pretty funny too. Could that guy and Gervais be one in the same?
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Dan Jighter
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06:29 PM on 07/19/2011
You mean even when atheists write TV shows about atheists, religion still wins. Did you really have to have the atheist go to heaven? You couldn't find any way to spin this where there was no heaven and have the show still be funny?
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kwinter
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07:18 PM on 07/19/2011
I'll trust Gervais on this one. His comedy instincts are great, and I'm sure he's not going to do the religionists any favors.
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kranholio
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12:09 PM on 07/25/2011
He already did that. It's called not having a show, and reviews were mixed.
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Jazmo
Cause they're hip to the bull and hip to the lies.
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04:54 PM on 07/19/2011
Grrrrr deceptive headline had me thinking for a second Ricky was joining the cast of Dexter. My heart beat faster for a second or two ...
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hypyrwyf
there'll be pie in the sky when you die
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01:33 PM on 07/19/2011
They should make a good team, I'll definitely watch it once.
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ehmaybe
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12:58 PM on 07/19/2011
W T F? This might not suck.
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canpete
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06:11 PM on 07/18/2011
anything ricky does is worth watching, he's a comic genius..........
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Casey Addason Coolbaugh
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01:35 AM on 07/26/2011
Agreed. He takes no guff from exec's and creates and produces on his own terms. He'll never wipe his chin and walk away. He's someone my generation would do well to look up to.
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04:45 PM on 07/18/2011
Awww, I thought he was going to be on Dexter...
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momoluvsu
We live in a parallel universe
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03:16 PM on 07/18/2011
Is Ricky considering a conversion?
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MyNameIsKarsten
...sounds like Chewbacca when he yawns.
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02:53 PM on 07/18/2011
Oh wow, that sounds exactly like my cup of tea. I can't wait!
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Puffin16
82.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot
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12:17 PM on 07/18/2011
No need for Sunday school - the atheists are going to heaven!!
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MikeDu
Both salubrious and lugubrious concurrently.
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11:16 AM on 07/18/2011
I'm developing an intense dislike for that man, but I can't quite put my finger on why. The phrase 'strutting egoist' comes to mind.
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Cole 33
If someone asks if you're a God, you, say, YES!
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11:15 AM on 07/18/2011
Sounds funny. The Invention of Lying is a pretty under appreciated flick
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