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Connoiusseurs of comedy will recall the excruciating sight of Ricky Gervais, sent to California to interview his comic idols for Channel 4, and squirming under the hostile glare of Garry Shandling (aka Larry Sanders of The Larry Sanders Show).
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Whenever I flicked over throughout the night – which I did infrequently, and only through a sense of moribund duty – I was presented with the same sight; three men sitting around a table, grinding out the sort of excruciating small talk you make when your girlfriend goes to the toilet and you're left trapped in a room with her parents.
Excruciating boredom?
Excruciating, too.
It was always excruciating".
Walking became excruciating.
Driving was excruciating.
Exquisite victory, excruciating defeat.
The misses are excruciating.
The boredom is excruciating.
It's excruciating.
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