publication date: Monday, July 11, 2016 (part of Summer 2016)

category: Television

clue: This British comic no longer gets to enjoy the extras since he left his office job.

explanation: Gervais starred in Extras and The Office. more…

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, and Matthew Preston


Similar Goos

Alexis Bledel

She was the only actual girl in the Gilmore family. Go »

Will Arnett

This actor has been a toy Batman, a sitcom-starring horse, a suriphobic chef, an angry squirrel, and an evil banker, and those are just the roles where he didn't show his face. Go »

Lil Poopy

Rap, like everything else, is just a game (albeit a shitty one) when you haven't yet reached puberty. Go »

Robert and Michelle King

They abandoned their show about a well-behaved missus to make another about brainless politicians. Who's the king? Go »

Brandon Tartikoff

The visionary executive who rescued NBC and spearheaded so many pop-cultural landmarks of the 1980s (The Cosby Show, L.A. Law, Cheers, Miami Vice, Knight Rider, Family Ties, and many more) deserved more of a tribute than having Punky Brewster's dog named after him. Go »

Dick Van Dyke

Long before he got into diagnosing cases of homicide, he was a comedy writer tripping over ottomans and a chimney sweep dancing on London rooftops. Go »