Here’s one for the comedy geeks: Ricky Gervais sat down and talked about comedy with Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, and Louis C.K., and the resulting conversation will be aired on HBO April 22nd as a one-hour special called “Talking Funny.”

I’ve got a couple preview clips below, and even though they’re short, they effectively give me a big ol’ comedy boner. It’s not often you get to see four giants of stand-up talk about their craft like this. I mean, sure, my personal preference would be to see Dave Chappelle sitting in Seinfeld’s chair, but I’m not THAT finicky about such an impressive lineup. The last person I want to sound like is the music snob who quibbles with the Coachella lineup. Even though the Strokes are unbelievably boring live and have no business co-headlining with Kanye and Arcade Fire and Kings of Leon.

Aw crap.

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Here’s a clip from Comedy Central’s “Night of Too Many Stars” — the Autism Education fundraiser hosted by Jon Stewart — in which Chris Rock offers to curse out the ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend of the highest bidder. And a woman donates TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS to charity for Rock to swear at a guy who broke up with her over Facebook. So Rock follows through with lots of NSFW language and hilarious results.

Now, I love listening to Chris Rock swear at people, but what I can’t get over is that someone would break up with a woman who has $20,000 to give away. Sure, she’s a little thick in the britches, but ladies, if 20 large is an afterthought to you, you can look like Jabba the Hutt in a wig and I’ll give you all the lovin’ your big ass can handle. Call me!

Chris Rock on “The Jay Leno Show”:

People are defending Roman Polanski because he made some good movies. Are you kidding me? He made good movies 30 years ago! Even Johnnie Cochran don’t have the nerve to go, “Well, did you see O.J. play against New England?”

Unfortunately, Leno steers the conversation to Michael Vick instead of pressing to Rock to keep killing it with Polanski, but Rock makes it work. From now on when I see a German shepherd I’m gonna think “snitch-ass dog.”