{"id":36501,"date":"2022-05-02T17:49:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T21:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=36501"},"modified":"2022-05-02T17:49:54","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T21:49:54","slug":"ricky-gervais-supernature-launches-globally-on-netflix-on-may-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/02\/ricky-gervais-supernature-launches-globally-on-netflix-on-may-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricky Gervais&#8217; &#8220;Supernature&#8221; Launches Globally on Netflix on May 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36502\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ricky-gervais.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ricky-gervais.jpg 480w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ricky-gervais-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ricky-gervais-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ricky-gervais-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ricky-gervais-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>Supernature<\/em><\/strong>, the new stand-up special from global comedy icon and Emmy Award-Winner Ricky Gervais, launches May 24 on Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>In his second Netflix stand-up special, Gervais gives his take on the rules of comedy, spoiling his cat, and debunks the supernatural, concluding that actual nature is super enough.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2272691337\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gervais&#8217; previous Netflix stand-up special, <em>Humanity<\/em>, launched in 2018. 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