David Brent is the man behind the fictitious character Ricky Gervais who played a supporting role in the British mockumentary “Life’s Too Short” starring Warwick Davis who is also better known for his role as the Ewok Wicket in Star Wars – Return of the Jedi, but as this has nothing to do with this article, I won’t mention Warwick Davis again.
David Brent on the other hand, does have something to do with this article because it’s mostly about him.
David’s musical career began somewhat unceremoniously when, as the manager of an office which was a sub-division of a paper selling company, a BBC documentary TV reality series captured some of his performances which he gave for the sole purpose of boosting office morale – such as this one:
Although the BBC series turned David into a house-hold name over 10 years ago, his true calling lay not in office management, a position from which he was later fired, but rather he was clearly destined for musical greatness. I say greatness because the £50,000 payout he received in the settlement with his former employer allowed him to record this classic cover song:
However, in a cruel twist of fate, David did not become a house-hold name famous for his music.
So what does a washed up manager, come washed up paper sales rep, come washed up musician, do to capitalize on his forgotten 15 seconds of fame?
He becomes a guitar teacher, of course.
Here is what you can expect from his lessons about guitar, and life:
This new show staring David Brent will begin on May 20th as a YouTube series on The Ricky Gervais Channel.
And if you’re wondering what David has been doing recently….
You can watch the Official Video of “Equality Street” here.
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