Agree with you on Gervais though. Like a lot of his stuff but I'm coming round to the fact that Merchant and Pilkington are the real geniuses. Gervais is an utter bell on social media though. Not quite at Graham Linehan bellendery levels yet, mind.
Karl Pilkington is a million times funnier than Gervais without having to try, and I think Gervais knows that.