In 2007, David Bowie appeared on Ricky Gervais’ HBO show, Extras, in an episode entitled…”David Bowie” (each of the 12 episodes of the series were titled after the star who made a cameo as a fictionalized version of themselves).
In the episode, “Andy Millman” (Ricky Gervais), who can’t seem to get the respect of his peers despite starring in a hit sitcom, gets kicked pretty hard while he’s down when David Bowie is suddenly struck with inspiration at Andy’s plight.
Here’s the song Bowie performs. We’ve provided the lyrics as well so you can singalong.
Little fat man who sold his soul
Little fat man who sold his dream
Pathetic little fat man
No one’s bloody laughing
The clown that no one laughs at
They all just wish he’d die
He’s so depressed at being hated
Fatso takes his own life
He blows his stupid brains out
But the twat would probably miss
He sold his soul for a shot at fame
Catchphrase and wigs and the jokes are lame
He’s got no style, he’s got no grace
He’s banal and facile, he’s a fat waste of space
See his pug-nosed face
Pug, pug, pug, pug
See his pug-nosed face
Pug, pug, pug, pug
See his pug-nosed face
Pug, pug, pug, pug
The little fat man with the pug-nosed face
Pug, pug, pug, pug
Little fat man, pug-nosed face
Pug, pug, pug, pug
He’s a little fat pug-nosed face
Pug, pug, pug, pug
