. Ricky Gervais. Stephen Merchant. Karl Pilkington Updates active in new format Publication Original release 1998, 2001–2005 (radio) 2005 (podcast) 2006 (paid podcast) 2009 (audiobooks) 2010–2012 – present Website The Ricky Gervais Show is a comedy show in the starring, and, later adapted into a podcast and.
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Despite being named after the more famous Gervais, it mostly revolves around the life and ideas of Pilkington. The show started in August 2001 on, and aired in weekly periods for months at a time throughout 2002, 2003, 2004, and mid-2005. In November 2005, offered the show as a series of 12 shows. Throughout January and February 2006, the podcast was consistently ranked the number one podcast in the world; it appeared in the 2007 for the world's most downloaded podcast, having gained an average of 261,670 downloads per episode during its first month. According to the, by September 2006, the podcasts of the series had been downloaded nearly 18 million times. As of March 2011, the podcast has been downloaded over 300 million times.
An animated series based on the podcast and adapted for television debuted for and in 2010. Contents. Broadcast history Radio shows Early shows Gervais and Merchant first worked together in radio on the London-based alternative radio station. Their show was broadcast from January to August 1998 from 4-6pm on Sundays, and only featured Gervais and Merchant (before their collaboration on ).
The show's original format was more interactive, with features, guests, phone-ins, and audience interaction through listeners' letters. Return to XFM Gervais and Merchant returned to Xfm in August 2001, after the first series of The Office had been broadcast. However, the earliest surviving radio broadcasts are from November. Xfm brought in Pilkington as producer. The show was originally just billed as Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, and Karl's presence was not acknowledged on posters and other advertisements.
Gervais and Merchant would speak to Karl about his thoughts on whatever they were talking about. In 2003 Pilkington was officially added to advertisements for the show as over the years Karl's role on the show became more prominent as Ricky and Steve were finding more amusement with his views and personal life. As the producer, Karl had input with features such as Rockbusters, Songs of Phrase, Do We Need 'em, Knob News, Cheeky Freak of the Week, Monkey News and Educating Ricky. Their last show for XFM aired on July 2, 2005, after which they chose to switch the show's format from radio to podcasting.
Controversy On the 17 November 2001 broadcast, Gervais and Merchant (despite Karl's protests) filled the show with sexual innuendos, in which they used the word 'cock' multiple times, claiming they were referring to the bird. During a later show Gervais and Merchant revealed that they had discovered that they had received a warning from the radio authority by reading an article on a news website.
The pair often joked how it was acceptable to say 'cock' referring to the male bird but not say 'cock' referring to a penis. Such as on 2 August 2003, when Ricky brought in a tin of 'Cock Soup' then he and Steve made obvious sexual innuendos about the soup, while maintaining they were referring to 'cock as in the bird', and later the two played with the name of philosopher Immanuel Kant and its obvious similarity in sound to the word 'cunt'. In the years 2001–2005 Karl also acted as main producer of the radio show. Podcasts.
Season One Season one The first series of Podcasts began on 5 December 2005, and a new episode was released each Monday for the next twelve weeks. The show relies heavily on the wit and bizarre theories of Pilkington, who was now unemployed, having left his job as at Xfm. The podcast focuses more on Pilkington as a primary figure of humour in the show in various ways, including questions directed at him that have been emailed in, either by fans of the show or by Gervais and Merchant themselves. Season Two Radio 2 Holiday Shows Gervais, Merchant and Pilkington broadcast two hour long holiday specials on Radio 2 during the 2005 holiday season, the first airing on Christmas Eve and the second on New Year's Eve. Season two Series two of the podcast began on 28 February 2006. It consisted of 6 episodes with the final one released on 4 April 2006. The series saw the return of Karl's Diary and Rockbusters.
A new (though short-lived; it was only presented in the first episode) feature was also introduced in order to replace Pilkington's 'Monkey News', called 'Real Monkey News', where Gervais attempts to present facts about chimpanzees which are factual and scientific. With the start of series two, the formerly free Ricky Gervais Show shifted to a pay model – and as a result the show is now classified as an. It is available through and the with individual episodes. The reason for this addition, according to Ricky on the podcast, is because The Guardian agreed to pay for the bandwidth for 12 episodes, and any more extra episodes would have to be paid for out of their personal finances. Season Three Season three Series three of the podcasts was released on 22 August 2006. This season sees the return of Karl's Diary, though all other known features have been abandoned, with the rest of each episode focusing instead on conversation.
The season has the same pricing implementation as season two, although the file quality increased from 32 kbit/s to 56 kbit/s. A new feature that will be recurring is Karl's Poetry. At the end of the sixth episode, Gervais and Merchant agreed to put the show on an indefinite hiatus. Adobe acrobat professional 11 crack. Free Episode Fame special A special podcast was made available as a giveaway to people who went to see Gervais' standup tour Fame, which showed from January to April 2007. It was later to the public in October of that year. Hour Long Bonus Podcast On 25 November 2007, Gervais, Merchant and Pilkington released a special bonus podcast for free.
In it Ricky and Steve continued to probe Karl with questions from Inside the Actors Studio. Originally released as an extra on the audio CD release of series one, it was later made available free through iTunes. NME Radio show Gervais, Merchant and Pilkington recorded a as part of the test transmissions for the new radio station NME Radio. The episode aired on Monday 9 June 2008, 12pm (BST). Season five Four more episodes were released on 15 September 2008 through the. This series was released all at once as an, almost two hours in length and split into four half-hour episodes.
This series differs because they were recorded at the same time. There are no contests or any interaction from the listeners as the previous series contained. The Ricky Gervais Guide to. See also: Season one The latest series starring Gervais, Merchant and Pilkington is called The Ricky Gervais Guide to. The first volume The Ricky Gervais Guide to. Medicine was released on 31 December 2008. This was followed by The Ricky Gervais Guide to.
Natural History on 21 January 2009. This in turn was followed by The Ricky Gervais Guide to. The Arts on 18 February 2009.
The 4th episode, The Ricky Gervais Guide to. Philosophy aired on 17 March while the 5th and final episode of season 1, The Ricky Gervais Guide to.
The English followed on 21 April (2 days prior to ). Season two It was announced on Gervais's blog that the first episode of the new series, The Ricky Gervais Guide to. Society, was recorded on 6 September 2009; it was released on 3 November 2009. The second audiobook of the new series, The Ricky Gervais Guide to.
Law and Order, was released on 1 December 2009. A third audiobook, entitled The Ricky Gervais Guide to. The Future, was released on 29 December 2009. A fourth audiobook, entitled The Ricky Gervais Guide to. The Human Body was released on 26 January 2010. The fifth and final audiobook of the second season, entitled The Ricky Gervais Guide to. The Earth was released on 23 February 2010.
On 12 June 2010 The Ricky Gervais Guide to. The World Cup released.
This was followed in 2011 by a podcast entitled 'A day in the Life of Karl Pilkington' following a format more associated with the Ricky Gervais Show podcasts. The Ricky Gervais Guide to.
Comic Relief was released as a free podcast on 6 March 2011 in aid of (18 March 2011). Video podcasts On 24 March 2006, an 'irregular run of free ' was launched through the podcast directory. The video podcasts do not follow the format of the earlier audio shows and the content varies greatly from podcast to podcast.
The first video was a conversation between Pilkington and Gervais, with Gervais enthusing about the idea of Pilkington becoming a human crab or having massive. The second podcast served as an for Pilkington and Gervais's new book, (a series of excerpts from the previous podcasts and various musings and drawings produced by Karl). The third on the series was an audio clip from a previous edition of Monkey News, synchronised with a animation. The fourth video podcast features a controversial audio advertisement for and Gervais talking about his. The fifth is Gervais and Merchant making Pilkington watch. The sixth podcast was another conversation over Pilkington's book The World of Karl Pilkington. The seventh podcast was about a story Pilkington told in series one, episode one, about his bizarre journey in an abandoned asylum and rehabilitation clinic.
The eighth video shows Gervais showing the viewer around the various sets during the filming of the second series of, followed by Pilkington giving his opinion on Gervais's latest book,. The ninth was Pilkington talking about Gervais's cat; Ollie. The tenth was Gervais, Merchant and Pilkington announcing the new series of the show beginning on 22 August. In August 2012 Ricky Gervais started a new series of video podcasts, titled Learn English with Ricky Gervais. The show features Gervais and Pilkington engaging in English dialogue, and translated captions have been provided in many languages by his fans. Cancelled podcasts In November 2010, Ricky announced that a new series of podcasts would be recorded in 2011 and a new audiobook series where Karl will be an answering listeners' problems. However, in October 2011 on his online blog Gervais revealed that the new audiobook will consist of Karl reading the book written by Gervais himself.
In the blog Gervais said both himself and Stephen Merchant will be present during the reading to 'help him with long words'. This idea was eventually scrapped as well. The Ricky Gervais Show (TV series). Main article: The Ricky Gervais Show audiobooks have been developed into, an animated series which premiered on 19 February 2010, on the American channel and on the British channel, Channel 4 on 23 April 2010.
The show consists of past audiobooks with animation, drawn in a style similar to classic era cartoons, describing jokes in a literal context. Series one, two and three are available on DVD.
Recurring features and competitions Monkey News Monkey News was a popular feature that began in the early days and was originally referred to as 'Chimpanzee That'. Monkey News segments typically came near the end of the broadcasts and featured Karl Pilkington relating stories of chimps (referred to by Pilkington interchangeably as 'monkeys') performing absurd and often impossible feats. The 'monkey' is often a mysterious protagonist until he is revealed at the conclusion of the story, although in most cases, it is immediately obvious to Gervais, Merchant, and the audience how the monkey/chimp will figure into the tale (a segment about horse racing will have Pilkington saying that the chimp was the jockey, for example). The stories are rarely sourced by Pilkington who is always accused by Gervais of 'talking shit' or possibly having extrapolated misinformation from a news story. Sometimes listeners would email Monkey News stories to Pilkington. Despite its popularity, Monkey News almost always led to Gervais becoming furious at Pilkington for the obviously fatuous nature of the stories, which Pilkington insisted were true. He would often interrupt Pilkington to express outrage and disbelief.
In one XFM show, he became so frustrated that he left the room before Karl finished the segment. Stephen Merchant was often more patient and frequently admonished Gervais by shouting, 'Let him finish!' Or 'Shut up!' , insisting that Karl be allowed to deliver the story in full. On one occasion he told Karl to cut Gervais' microphone when Ricky would not cease his interruptions. However, even Merchant has been driven to verbally abuse Karl during the most obviously nonsensical and extreme stories. Despite the far-fetched nature of Monkey News, Pilkington always insists he is accurately recounting the facts.
The confrontational interactions among Gervais, Merchant, and Pilkington often result in Monkey News becoming a sort of collaborative. During their podcast, Ricky and Steve try to disprove monkey news by 'casually' talking of the story being told and how the central character could not possibly be a monkey due to the need for high intelligence, specialized knowledge, or the fact that a monkey would be immediately recognized by onlookers, etc. Gervais incorrectly stated that do not have, when trying to prove that a chimp could not use a tool to perform surgery. On the 20 February 2006 podcast, Pilkington announced that Monkey News would no longer be a featured segment in future podcasts, claiming that there were no more Monkey News stories to report.
However, it came back for a brief reprise at the end of the third series. Monkey News was introduced on both the XFM radio show and the podcasts with a 'jingle' performed by Gervais shouting, 'Ooh, Chimpanzee That! Monkey News!'
, which was sometimes followed by a muttered obscenity. Knob news Knob News has a format which is an amalgam of Monkey News and Educating Ricky. It features only in the latest 2005 XFM shows. Early versions had Ricky giving the news, though later it involved Karl giving a series of headlines of a male genital nature, from which Ricky and Steve would choose. A one-off show feature, similarly related, was Fanny Facts — where Karl presented news about or related to vaginas. 'Knob' was used as a non-offensive slang term for penis throughout.
The jingle for it was Ricky shouting 'Ooh! You're gonna have someone's eye out! In a very similar fashion to Monkey News. Rockbusters Rockbusters was conceived by Karl Pilkington and was played on Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's long running XFM radio show between 2002–2004 and brought back in 2005. It debuted on 12 October 2002 as a phone-in, but converted to an e-mail competition the following week. Despite punning in its title, the game has very little in common with.
It is played as follows: Karl gives three clues, which he considers 'cryptic' but are in reality convoluted which often depend on the answer being mispronounced. Along with the 'clue', Karl includes the initials of the answer. Merchant sometimes referred to the clues as 'craptic'. One such Rockbuster was as follows: Clue: That fella doesn't want anything.
Initials: ND. Artist or band. That fella doesn't want anything. What's going on there?
Answer: (Nil Demand). Another is: Clue: That part of my leg is. Artist or Band. Answer: (Brit-Knee). As a means of reminding listeners how the game is played, Ricky and Steve often referred to what they considered the textbook example of Karl's cryptic clues: Clue: I was walking in Texas, I fell over and my leg landed in a puddle. Answer: (Wet Knee Houston) For the XFM broadcasts, Rockbusters was not typically prefaced with an introductory 'jingle' (usually a phrase shouted by Gervais) like some other features such as Monkey News.
However, for the podcasts, Ricky would introduce the segment by screaming, 'Rockbusters!' In a high-pitched, sustained, and stereotypical hard-rock style. Educating Ricky Introduced along with Rockbusters on 12 October 2002 and lasting throughout the autumn, Educating Ricky was a feature in which Karl tries to teach Ricky several facts every week by catching his attention with a made-up headline, usually a pun. At the time, Gervais described Educating Ricky as being his favourite segment because the puns often left him in hysterics.
Some classic stories include a man who was abducted by aliens for three days and he grew a beard, a man who was beheaded and his corpse took 32 steps after decapitation, the infamous tale of the hairy Chinese kid and the origin of the phrase 'don't let the cat out of the bag'. Fan Mail Described mockingly by Merchant as their 'biggest fan' although 'not afraid to offer some constructive criticism', someone calling himself Richard Anderson would e-mail the show regularly in the early days of the Xfm show. His first mail was read by Steve in the 2 November 2002 episode: 'Ricky, your show is appalling. Are you actually aware you are on the radio or has someone just secretly stuck a microphone on you?' Ricky and Steve from then on referred to him as Dickie Anders, Dickers, The Dick Machine, The Dickmeister General, The Big Dick and several other nickname variations. Another listener calling himself Paul 'The Party Animal' Parker would send in various facts and news stories during the early podcasts in late 2005/early 2006. Gervais immediately picked up on his self-proclaimed nickname, and imagined he looked like from.
Songs of Phrase This competition, initially named Crosswords before adopting a listener's suggestion, was introduced when Karl was finding it hard to come up with new Rockbusters clues. A well-known phrase from the show, such as 'You never see an old man having a ' was split up into words of different songs. The competition was to guess the songs played. In this instance ' cover of 's 'You'll Never Walk Alone' made up the first two words of the phrase.
Problems arose in this case when Karl couldn't find a song with 'Twix' in it, and so he substituted the alternative chocolate bar 'Mars', using the lyrics to David Bowie's 'Life on Mars'. Songs of Phrase was a feature present throughout the later series of the XFM shows. The quality of this contest varied greatly from broadcast to broadcast, sometimes drawing praise from Gervais and Merchant when they felt Karl had done an especially good job picking the songs and editing them together. Other times, they felt the phrase was too elaborate and/or the editing of the songs was too muddled for the listeners to clearly understand. On such occasions, Karl would draw harsh criticism from Ricky and Steve, and Ricky would threaten to cancel the feature. White Van Karl At the time, ran a feature called 'White Van Man' whereby questions on the stories of that week were put to across the country, just to gain an insight into their views and opinions. Stephen Merchant posed the same questions to Karl, to find out more about him.
The best aspect of this was Karl's bizarre beliefs and theories. Gervais and Merchant also found humour in the very mundane answers the White Van Man of the week would give (the most famous of these being a comment about bringing in square tins: 'That should be interesting for meatballs'). This feature was mainly used as a way to introduce new listeners to the mind of Karl Pilkington and was only used during the earlier days of the XFM shows. Karl's Diary Karl started keeping a record of his thoughts and experiences whilst on holiday in with his girlfriend, Suzanne.
The segment first appeared in episode 8 of the podcasts (23 January 2006). Karl compared his literary efforts to those of, claiming that 'If she's sat in a, you know, a loft knockin' stuff up, not much goin' on in 'er life at that point, yet she was still writin' it down.I thought well I'm on holiday an' I have got stuff goin' on.start a diary'. Gervais and Merchant were amused when Karl first showed them the diary, revealing to be a large desk-diary and not a smaller pocket-diary that would have been easier to carry. Gervais correctly predicted that the extracts from Karl's diary would become an instant hit with fans, and encouraged Pilkington's efforts to maintain a record of his thoughts and experiences. Gervais and Merchant often lapsed into fits of hysteria while reading Karl's diary owing to the absurd, pedantic, and often mindless nature of Karl's day-to-day experiences (such as rescuing insects from a swimming pool and going to the cobbler's). Archived from on 10 August 2001.
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Description Ricky Gervais’ brainchild in three hilariously offbeat, idiocy-packed series. Aided and abetted by Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington, this is the complete collection of all 39 episodes of their phenomenal record-breaking podcasts transformed into cartoon form. The series is an animated version of the original podcasts that earned a spot in The Guinness Book of World Records for the most downloads. It is voiced by Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, and colleague and friend Karl Pilkington whose offbeat musings inspire many of the storylines. Name Description Time Price 1 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 1, Episode 1: Space Monkey Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant briefly explain the ongoing experiment of turning their pointless conversations with friend and colleague Karl Pilkington into an animated series – and then settle down to pointlessly discuss a range of topics.
22:56 £2.49 2 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 1, Episode 2: Knob At Night Stephen provides conversation fodder in the form of fan emails, leading to discussions about a lion that laid waste to Cambodian midget fighters. Karl shares his experiences of being conned when he's given in to his charitable instincts. 23:36 £2.49 3 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 1, Episode 3: Charity Karl revisits his concept for improving the life cycle. Pilkington also shoots holes in the practice of donating a goat to an African family in lieu of giving a holiday gift, and finds flaw with the assumption that space travel is pleasurable. 26:18 £2.49 4 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 1, Episode 4: Dolphins Karl defends facials as more reasonable than enemas, and the friends discuss the customs of tribes in Papua New Guinea.
Fan email raises the specter of armed dolphins and, in Monkey News, Karl relays the tale of a lonely monkey brought home by a zookeeper. 20:31 £2.49 5 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 1, Episode 5: Glass Houses Ricky and Stephen challenge Karl's interpretations of famous sayings such as, 'People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.'
Stephen questions Karl on what he's learned since his New Year's resolution to learn something new every day. 24:03 £2.49 6 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 1, Episode 6: Cobblers Karl considers what body part he could do without and explains why he likes to do the dishes. Other headier topics include Descartes and Plato's untimely demise, as well as Karl's feelings about the usefulness of the saying 'A stitch in time saves nine.'
26:26 £2.49 7 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 1, Episode 7: The Diary Karl is back from holiday where he decided to start a diary. Ricky begs to read some of it, revealing a new invention Karl has come up with: A watch that counts down the days and time to one's death. 24:25 £2.49 8 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 1, Episode 8: Nuts Responding to fan emails, Karl is put on the spot about whether he would choose Ricky or Stephen to rescue from a sinking ship. The guys read from Karl's new massive diary. Other topics include: face transplants, Karl's lessons for children and suggestions for redesigning various creatures (the camel, the octopus). In Monkey News: An airline with striking workers resorts to a chimpanzee co-pilot, but is busted by an older female passenger in search of nuts.
25:30 £2.49 9 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 1, Episode 9: The Jockey In a newly minted segment 'Questions for Karl,' the anointed pundit discusses time travel and adult diapers. Stephen reads more entries from Karl's diary, which entertain Ricky immensely.
In Monkey News: A 1950s gangster was duped into using a monkey as jockey in an important race. 24:05 £2.49 10 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 1, Episode 10: The Fight Karl holds forth on what his approach would be to teaching. He throws out a few examples of provocative discussion topics including a dishwasher being found on Mars and dinosaurs as a form of population control.
Questions from fans lead to a discussion about the viability of changing the length of a day. Stephen reads from Karl's diary, highlighting observations about whistling, worried ducks and a different kind of doppelganger. In Monkey News: A man with failing eye sight who ends up at a chimp doctor. 24:53 £2.49 11 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 1, Episode 11: Beetles This week's topics include Karl's Valentine's Day advice, interpreting Wittgenstein and the rights of fish. Stephen and Ricky explain Kafka's 'Metamorphosis,' and Karl ponders life as a beetle – as well as other insects. In readings from Karl's diary, we hear Karl's observations about various sayings and articles he's read as well as a visit to his family. In Monkey News: Karl announces this will be the final segment.
24:18 £2.49 12 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 1, Episode 12: Noises Stephen and Ricky have Karl complete the 'Inside the Actor's Studio' questionnaire which leads to lively discussion about worm and flower cognition. Karl ponders organ donation in light of the possibility of an afterlife. Stephen reads from Karl's Diary, which includes musings on slippers, plumbing snafus, and germs. 25:23 £2.49 13 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 1, Episode 13: Freaks Karl ponders his entry interview with God at the Pearly Gates and reminisces about his youth. Stephen reads from Karl's Diary, hi-lighting passages about alien mind reading and whether having one's head on backwards is harder than having one's hands reversed.
Finally, Karl offers his top five list of freaks. 24:46 £2.49 14 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 2, Episode 1: Clive Warren Karl pitches a bizarre idea for a film, in which the comatose hero, played by 'Clive Warren,' has his brain transplanted into his widow's head. Stephen reads from Karl's Diary, sharing his thoughts about the continent of Australia, why he hates camping, and spending time with his in-laws. 23:22 £2.49 15 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 2, Episode 2: Doppleganger Karl imagines what life would be like if he had an exact doppelganger. Ricky poses a logic riddle that Karl has difficulty solving.
Entries from Karl's Diary include his difficultly understanding art, why he hates Ricky's cat and when medical science goes too far. Stephen shares some embarrassing anecdotes form a recent trip to Rio de Janiero. 23:53 £2.49 16 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 2, Episode 3: The Fly Ricky teaches Karl some interesting facts about animals. Karl offers a misguided theory about evolution then recounts the latest scientific breakthroughs in medicine. Stephen reads from Karl's Diary, sharing his thoughts about the Congo, the decline of gadgets and watching films with subtitles. 24:19 £2.49 17 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 2, Episode 4: Onion Karl addresses one of his pet peeves, animals who are treated like people, and issues a public safety announcement for chameleons.
He considers the question, 'Does the brain control you or do you control the brain?' In Karl's diary, Stephen reads about the futility of taking a picture with a mime and why we should do away with birthday presents altogether. 24:55 £2.49 18 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 2, Episode 5: Insects Karl imagines what life would be like if he had an exact doppelganger. Ricky poses a logic riddle that Karl has difficulty solving. Entries from Karl's Diary include his difficultly understanding art, why he hates Ricky's cat and when medical science goes too far. Stephen shares some embarrassing anecdotes form a recent trip to Rio de Janiero. 24:36 £2.49 19 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 2, Episode 6: Kidneys Karl discovers he has a kidney stone and spends time in the hospital.
Ricky stops by to visit and mock him. Karl considers animals that look like things and wonders if that's difficult for them. Ricky asks Karl if he believes everything he reads is true, and if so, how Noah was able to get all of the animals into the ark. In Karl's diary, he describes a romantic getaway with his wife. Karl offers romantic advice, 'Don't go out of your way too much.' Stephen has an awkward encounter in the pool.
24:10 £2.49 20 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 2, Episode 7: Night Club Karl says he wouldn't mind life as a littler person, since everything from food portions to cities would be bigger for him. Stephen recounts his night out at a London club. During a stay at the hospital, Karl has a bothersome neighbor and later writes a poem about it. In Monkey News, Ricky casts doubt on Karl's story about a monkey toll operator in the jungle. 24:26 £2.49 21 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 2, Episode 8: Future Ricky reads some predictions for the future from an academic study, which leads Karl to share his theories.
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Stephen asks the guys if today were the end of the world, what would they do with their last day? 24:29 £2.49 22 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 2, Episode 9: Natural History Karl contemplates how many different species are actually needed in the world, and whether or not we should keep looking for new forms of life.
Karl questions if inventions like modern vacuum cleaners and toasters are necessary. Ricky describes an automobile powered by human waste, which Karl enthusiastically endorses. Karl tells a story of his father's friend who used to own a misbehaving monkey.
Ricky and Karl describe their fantasy designs for the world's most perfect animal. Ricky tries to redesign the human body with the help of Karl. 24:11 £2.49 23 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 2, Episode 10: Leg Rubber Karl reminisces about an overabundance of breath mints throughout his childhood. Karl dismisses cures for blindness found via research with mice.
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After years of nursing a childhood leg injury, Karl visits a massage therapist with dubious credentials. Ricky, Stephen and Karl describe their earliest memories. Karl finds an adult magazine in his doctor's waiting room and learns more about alternative lifestyles. 23:38 £2.49 24 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 2, Episode 11: Mrs. Battersby After contemplating the concept of memory, Ricky and Karl role-play as the two lobes of Karl's brain. Karl describes a childhood weekend of talkative ghosts and befriending pocket calculators. Karl pretends he manages a plumbing company and gets tough with his employees.
In Karl's diary, he explains why martians are more advanced than earthlings, describes what happens when a horse walks into a bar, and questions whether or not we're running out of new sounds. 23:30 £2.49 25 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 2, Episode 12: Art Ricky, Stephen and Karl discuss the nature of art, and whether old urinals or sharks in formaldehyde should be considered artistic works. Karl describes the benefits living in an apartment with a huge mirrored wall, and tells the story of a woman from his childhood who only communicated via reflection. The trio discuss sculpture and the importance of their appropriate placement in public spaces.
Ricky contemplates the viability of dramatic subject matter as performed by colorful foam puppets. Ricky visits an outsider art gallery. Karl defends whistling as valid form of artistic expression. 23:15 £2.49 26 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 2, Episode 13: Munchies Ricky and Stephen challenge Karl to describe his ideal version of the world as conjured in a magical isolation tank, but Karl is suspicious of a 'perfect' life.
Karl describes his theory of the 'Problem Hole.' Karl's Auntie Nora prepares a curry that doesn't age well. Karl explains his snack eating rituals to Ricky and Stephen in the park. Young Karl get his biggest wish, but get the desired results. Finally, Karl profiles a wealthy man he met on holiday, leading Ricky and Stephen to coax a surprising reaction out of Karl.
23:22 £2.49 27 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 3, Episode 1: Bryan's Brain Ricky, Stephen and Karl discuss Karl's theory on how museums procure items for their collections (stealing), his invention for a special mug coaster, and his disappointment that the pocket tie never caught on. Also, Karl pitches his new idea for a film about a man whose brain is transplanted into Tom Cruise's body. 24:00 £2.49 28 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 3, Episode 2: Comic Relief Karl discusses why he believes a will is a form of charity, and how his attorney suggested he marry his girlfriend for tax purposes. After Stephen recalls being the only kid in his school to dress in a costume for Comic Relief Day, Karl shares his idea that there should be one, and only one, charitable cause per year. 24:23 £2.49 29 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 3, Episode 3: Armed Forces After Ricky informs Karl that he is very popular amongst members of the Armed Services, Karl recounts how, as a kid, he looked up to his older brother, who was in the Army, and longed to join because he made his bed so neatly.
Also, Karl describes a harrowing day when he defended a pie from a bank robber and other acts of bravery. 24:52 £2.49 30 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 3, Episode 4: Room 102 Ricky suggests they play 'Room 102', a take on George Orwell's 'Room 101' from 1984, and asks Karl what he would banish to Room 102 forever. Also, Karl shares his solution to keep overweight people from eating in the middle of the night, and chooses the one item he would take with him if stranded on a desert island. 23:42 £2.49 31 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 3, Episode 5: Karl's Day After Karl insists that he is really a happy-go-lucky guy at heart, spending most of his time home alone doing DIY projects, Ricky and Stephen ask Karl to take them through the ins and outs of a typical day in his life.
25:09 £2.49 32 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 3, Episode 6: The English Ricky, Stephen and Karl take turns describing the quintessential Englishman, and Karl explains why, if he could be any nationality other than English, he'd choose to be Italian. 26:23 £2.49 33 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 3, Episode 7: Law & Order Ricky, Stephen and Karl discuss Karl's view on capital punishment, whether or not Ricky follows the Ten Commandments in his daily life, and how Karl would negotiate a hostage situation. 24:27 £2.49 34 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 3, Episode 8: Medicine Karl shares his thoughts on medical advancements, how being sick makes him feel better, and his idea for a machine that would allow doctors to feel their patients' pain. 23:50 £2.49 35 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 3, Episode 9: Earth Ricky describes the beginnings of the Universe and asks Karl what other creatures might have evolved on Earth if conditions weren't right for humans.
Karl talks about why he doesn't recycle and shares his thoughts about travelling the world and the many toilets he has encountered. 26:48 £2.49 36 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 3, Episode 10: Society Ricky, Stephen and Karl discuss the laws of society and what rules Karl would enforce (or not) if he were president. Stephen asks Karl what he would have done if he had been on the bus during the historic Rosa Parks protest. 25:27 £2.49 37 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 3, Episode 11: Wartime Karl ponders why old things are always considered great and whether one day his recently published book will be considered a masterpiece.
Also, Karl's thoughts on the meaning of wartime sayings like 'keep the home fires burning' and what Karl would think if he were the wife of a GI. 25:17 £2.49 38 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 3, Episode 12: World Cup Ricky and Stephen reminisce about watching the World Cup in a hotel room, and the awkward situation of sharing the bed. Karl, Ricky and Stephen discuss the problem of overzealous sports fans, as well as cheating in sports and life.
Ricky shares the story of when he tried out for soccer as a kid; Karl recounts how he recently tested how much saliva he could produce. 26:03 £2.49 39 Caution Closed Captioning Video Season 3, Episode 13: The Year When asked about his highlight of the past year, Karl describes an incident of an insect that ate a crumb from his biscuit, which leads into a discussion of Karl's observations on the insect world. Stephen recounts the embarrassment of buying condoms and reads selections from Karl's Diary, which includes Karl's thoughts on avocado-cutting injuries, dating identical twins, and a recent visit to his parents' house. 26:43 £2.49 39 Episodes.