god i hate the bit where ricky rants about lowry being a bad artist. yeah, his work is technically amateurish in terms of material and design, but lowry was a very good artist in terms of emotive input and visual storytelling. just look at that pic and tell me it doesn't ooze atmosphere. his style was bar none even if he was probably a nonce.
The diary was on the podcast, not the radio show so I assume it's somewhat 'scripted' like a lot of the podcast stuff was.
My hunch is that Karl genuinely wrote it and it's probably real events, but he was asked to do it by the other two, and they then feigned surprise when he brought it out.
>Karl's Diary >Karl started keeping a record of his thoughts and experiences whilst on holiday in Gran Canaria with his girlfriend, Suzanne. The segment first appeared in episode 8 of the Guardian Unlimited podcasts (23 January 2006). Karl compared his literary efforts to those of Anne Frank, 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".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ricky_Gervais_Show#Karl's_Diary
Not rockbusters, but the well known songs of phrase does it for me. >I know your just 16 but looking all of 21, that's because the chiiinneeese look older.
One of the best moments i remember was Karl getting Mondays off and proceeding not to put any effort into the show, absolutely based.
You could hear the absolute seethe from Ricky and Steve
They harrassed him for 2 episodes they were seething so hard, irc karl even told the MD that he wouldn't come back for the show unless he got what he wanted lol.
karl 'the user' pilkington.. just takes takes takes.. destroyed a man
conning the management baby, sending this station spiralling down, with his greeeed.. and selfishness
Karl's stories about Christmas and why he hates it genuinely make me sad. >Drunk older brother broke his new train set and it was never fixed >The whole story about the Victoria Plum doll
Steve is somehow almost autistic in his outright failure to follow Karl's simplistic train of thought, but his anecdotes are underrated and he's a pivotal part of the team
>pretends to know even less about LOTR, Harry Potter, and DnD than fricking Ricky >pretends to not know what playstation game he spent all day playing despite going to the launch event
>As long as you say something good about someone you can always say something bad about someone. >Go on then. Give us an example. >Well, Chinese. Great people, right? Women, women really good looking, as younger people. >NOOOOOOOOOOOO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!?
not a troony, just sick of him. He got backed into a corner BY trannies getting butthurt and now that’s all he goes on about. Similar thing with that Chapelle fella. Just move onto something else ffs
>the episode where Karl gets berated so much by Ricky and Steve that you can hear him shout "I HATE HIM" as the record fades in and he leaves early to go to Hastings with Suzanne
I've watched the HBO cartoon-ified version all the way through a few times is it worth looking up the actual podcasts? Ricky constantly says the HBO stuff was the best of the best and there isn't anymore of "the good stuff" so would I be wasting my time?
>Ricky constantly says the HBO stuff was the best of the best
Ricky only said that because he gets money if people watch the HBO stuff, he gets nothing from the XFM stuff. XFM stuff is way better though
someone scanned it here
https://imgur.com/a/qi7NW#0
it was a giveaway from a magazine, might be able to find it on ebay if you actually want a physical copy
Listening to this shit on loop is the only thing getting me through my joyless existence and it makes me genuinely wish I grew up on an estate in manchester in the 70s and 80s
I've discovered so many rock tracks from the early 00s thanks to binging the xfm shows. >The Darkness....Growing On Me....they are the best band in Britain right now >Strong words, Rick...
>still no images of suzanne >even though she apparently had a job of appearing on television based on Ricky's comments that she 'needs to look good' >just that one video of a blonde woman in Karl's company as he exits a building who people insist isn't her
imagine karl having sex with her, the position they'd take and the look on his face and what he might say before during and after. I reckon it would be missionary and quick based on why he likes short stories, with a 'get your knickers off then' before, no talking from him during, and a 'that was all right that' after
i mean i actually did work in telly abt 10 years ago and met her but i don't need to prove my credentials to a bunch of autists listening to a tinpot radio station 20 years too late
Even though it’s likely BS I want to believe you to keep the mystery alive.
2 years ago
Anonymous
honestly there's no mystery, karl's suzanne is still a full-time tv producer and i happened to have worked with her over 10 years ago. it's not the woman in the aforementioned pic, that's all i have to say.
2 years ago
Anonymous
I mean the mystery of having no real confirmed photo.
2 years ago
Anonymous
fwiw, there is a pic of her in the google results of her name
2 years ago
Anonymous
how the frick after all these years is there not a single photo of the both of them out together or do they never leave the house?, you can find a picture of anyone nowdays on the net if you look hard enough and there was a giant thread on Pilkipedia devoted to finding her and still nada
2 years ago
Anonymous
Presumably because whenever they find a pic of Karl with a blonde the usual suspects will start the chorus of >NOT HER
2 years ago
Anonymous
Are any of the pictures floating about online actually her?
And does she look like Dave Hill from Slade?
>suddenly... >right, if you say that a fella cycles past and he's really quick even though he's got short hairy legs which is weird innit because cyclists usually shave their legs, he wins, they give it the keys to the city, if it goes anywhere near that, we're never doing monkey news again >... this tricycle
>Sat next to an old fella...old men's ears and noses carry on growing as they get older. Suzanne noticed his fingers were fat too, maybe they continue to grow. Suzanne didn't laugh when I said her arse had the same problem.
Obligatory
>painted in the style of that british artist he likes
best fanart I've ever seen
L.S. Lowry
god i hate the bit where ricky rants about lowry being a bad artist. yeah, his work is technically amateurish in terms of material and design, but lowry was a very good artist in terms of emotive input and visual storytelling. just look at that pic and tell me it doesn't ooze atmosphere. his style was bar none even if he was probably a nonce.
Its shit you pretentious wanker.
Ricky is a pseud. He’s hilarious, but he’s not an actual intellectual
He also isn't actually hilarious
he's an inarticulate brain damaged old drunk
where is the woman pushing a doll in a pram?
I'm sure I'm going to feel a muppet but who is this? I recognise all the others
I'm guessing it's Auntie Hazel's (aka Uncle Hazel's) boyfriend that looked a bit like Ken Dodd.
thanks
didn't know what ken dodd looked like
>twiggy's dance club with a load of toilet rolls inside
Glad it’s night
mars bars werent a quid in the 80s, youre talking shit
50p
which is too fricking much so fricking nick it you c**t
kino
was Carl's diary his honest thoughts or was it an act for the radio?
The diary was on the podcast, not the radio show so I assume it's somewhat 'scripted' like a lot of the podcast stuff was.
My hunch is that Karl genuinely wrote it and it's probably real events, but he was asked to do it by the other two, and they then feigned surprise when he brought it out.
the diary was on s3 of the radio show
>Karl's Diary
>Karl started keeping a record of his thoughts and experiences whilst on holiday in Gran Canaria with his girlfriend, Suzanne. The segment first appeared in episode 8 of the Guardian Unlimited podcasts (23 January 2006). Karl compared his literary efforts to those of Anne Frank, 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".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ricky_Gervais_Show#Karl's_Diary
It was a baby that had the power
The place where you go to take your dog a walk an' that ... have a taste of it!
HE'S DONE YOU AGAIN
I'm not havin a go steve. You're the one thats sad and lonely.
Fat baby fat baby! Fat baby, fat baby on telly, fat baby on telly!
Is there any Rockbusters trio that can beat Buy on ferry, Deli meat tree and Christ de bergh?
not rockbusters but faulty tooth (42) was funny
Nah, they were the GOAT trio.
Made even better by Karl fricking up Del Amitri's initials as D rather than DA so no one had a chance to get it.
Not rockbusters, but the well known songs of phrase does it for me.
>I know your just 16 but looking all of 21, that's because the chiiinneeese look older.
No. De-Trout Spinners is incredible by itself but I don't remember the other two in that set.
not as funny but az took camera, phil colons and alicks parks is easily as shite
Wet Knee Houston
buy it ferry
>what?
buy on ferry
>What?
buy on-buy on ferry
b-buy on ferry
b-buy on-
>WHAT?
phil collons.. phil colons.. phil
>HAHAHAH
right there's a little midget, right. circuis. think it was in america...
One of the best moments i remember was Karl getting Mondays off and proceeding not to put any effort into the show, absolutely based.
You could hear the absolute seethe from Ricky and Steve
They harrassed him for 2 episodes they were seething so hard, irc karl even told the MD that he wouldn't come back for the show unless he got what he wanted lol.
karl 'the user' pilkington.. just takes takes takes.. destroyed a man
conning the management baby, sending this station spiralling down, with his greeeed.. and selfishness
steve (and ricky to a lesser extent) talking shit about lord of the rings and tolkien and comparing them to harry potter was cringe
little hairy fella...
>If this "fella" turns out to be ape or simien related we're never doing this feature again.
Pierre Woodman? Fricking underage girls?
Men in Black 2...
he coulda been your brother
>my 60p
>tfw you walk in on the cleaning lady doing an impression of you in your size 14 "Doctor Martens" making your dorm-mates laugh
Steve had some really embarrassing stories to tell
>tfw your roomates like your cleaning lady better than you
nothing will top listening to the XFM shows for the first time
me rn
is karl autistic? he's incapable of empathy, takes everything literally and is fascinated by very specific things.
Karl's stories about Christmas and why he hates it genuinely make me sad.
>Drunk older brother broke his new train set and it was never fixed
>The whole story about the Victoria Plum doll
>dad getting a commodore without the cartridge
>When you need a RAM pack but Tandy's shut for the christmas holidays.
Not enough dry heaving
>Karl Pilkington in Skyrim - Helgen
Amazing
Which episode is the "I looked at the wrong time" from?
I believe it's the great wall of china episode when the family are preparing toads to eat.
>Karl is proud about his part in the school play
>his father calls him a twat
why does karl keep going on about little donkey like it was the highlight of his life
At that point it probably was the highlight of his life.
Man Moth?
Guess what's 'appened today
'omeless person called me a dick'ed
>how’d he know?
'orse in the 'ouse innit
'aving me 'ead squoze.
Jellyfish.
Do we need 'em?
Listening back to these Steve is the MVP, without him it would flow somehow even worse and his observations and witticisms are my favourite parte
Steve is somehow almost autistic in his outright failure to follow Karl's simplistic train of thought, but his anecdotes are underrated and he's a pivotal part of the team
“Eyes bulging with imagined riches”
wasn't that him quoting the magazine
>pretends to know even less about LOTR, Harry Potter, and DnD than fricking Ricky
>pretends to not know what playstation game he spent all day playing despite going to the launch event
>As long as you say something good about someone you can always say something bad about someone.
>Go on then. Give us an example.
>Well, Chinese. Great people, right? Women, women really good looking, as younger people.
>NOOOOOOOOOOOO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!?
It lost its soul season 3 and the podcast was just shit
>theres this ghost in boston
>its pushing people off their bikes
that story starts with
"there's this shadow somewhere"
DEAR MR DILKINGTON
funniest clip ever and he doesn't even say anything
the animation kind of ruins it, it's nice to imagine what's going on based on the audio
Karl and especially Steve were always freaking out about 'war'. I know it was just post 9/11 but they sound like pansies
There were a lot of big anti-war protests in Britain about Iraq going on around S2 of the show. It's probably more about that than 9/11.
If I could go back in time and save only one thing, I'd archive every frame of the XFM webcam
never saw what their XFM studio looked like before, listened to the shows multiple times. kinda cosy and also a bit of a dump
that's what radio studios are like
>Karl smiling
I love that he was actually enjoying himself making this radio show, despite pretending to hate every minute of it
i want footage of the burger stuffing so goddamn bad
pile of dead flies
Can’t stand Gervais nowadays but I still fondly remember this show
>t.ranny
not a troony, just sick of him. He got backed into a corner BY trannies getting butthurt and now that’s all he goes on about. Similar thing with that Chapelle fella. Just move onto something else ffs
After Life was total piss and all
Watched all 3 seasons of that, what a waste of time
>the little stable door closing
mandatory Karl in India kino
?t=1372
>tfw Gervais is now a vegan
I've been listening to these on repeat for like 16 years, am I autistic?
>you haven't probed me enough Steve
never knew Claire was so pretty
and loose
it's high time we build a time machine and get some footage of when she went to the nudist beach
>easy boys EASY BOYS!!
would cry with laughter when me and a friend would quote this randomly.
rare rick and freak
forgot pic. shambles. absolute shambles.
little cheek of the freak
>the episode where Karl gets berated so much by Ricky and Steve that you can hear him shout "I HATE HIM" as the record fades in and he leaves early to go to Hastings with Suzanne
>"I HATE HIM"
did he mean Ricky or Steve?
Ricky
link?
22:04
I've watched the HBO cartoon-ified version all the way through a few times is it worth looking up the actual podcasts? Ricky constantly says the HBO stuff was the best of the best and there isn't anymore of "the good stuff" so would I be wasting my time?
The XFM shows are the best, different more out of control vibe. Podcasts are good too.
at the very least watch a Rockbusters compilation, it's the easiest way to understand frustration at Karl
Ricky's an idiot and the XFM shows are the best.
You've seen some great stuff yeah, but barely scratched the surface. XFM stuff is solid gold.
>Ricky constantly says the HBO stuff was the best of the best
Ricky only said that because he gets money if people watch the HBO stuff, he gets nothing from the XFM stuff. XFM stuff is way better though
link to xfm stuff? there used to be an archive innit?
youtube or there is a big fat torrent with them all in it
wouldn't buy. no clippable mat.
>the phone
?t=33
she's havin a go isnt she?
she wants that BGC (British Ginger wiener) stat!
SHE'S DONE HIM AGAIN!
>steve rants for 3 minutes
>ricky: "yeah, yeah, exactly, yeah, bang on.karl what do you think of that?"
>...it's alright
karl/xfm community thriving
so they said... let's do some business with the bananas
only good part about Idiot Abroad S3 was seeing Karl being used to the foreign culture and cuisine while Warwick is cringing and uncomfortable
never watched idiot is it any good
That and Karl's childlike glee at flying Warwick like a kite
Yeah, better than podcasts, probably just under xfm shows.
There were lots of great moments, like Karl BTFO of Warwick
He owned that smarmy little dwarf
Is Warwick playing a character in that show?
my favourite
>HEY HEY HEEEEEY + that song
soul
Rivers Cuomo must have purposely written Dope Nose to be Karl's triumph song. It fits so perfectly at the end.
I hope karl does more tv series but I guess he is getting old.
he's not even 50 yet
Karl was born old
me mam said 'a was an old babeh. she said a' could frown before a' could walk.
reminder that karl is an old soul who's been here before and remembers having tin baths in front of the fire from one of his previous lives
It was actually a wooden bath. Remember that time Karl went to Russia and had Sam Hyde as his taxi driver?
?t=191
Anyone know if you can still buy that book of 50 top freaks that Karl had?
someone scanned it here
https://imgur.com/a/qi7NW#0
it was a giveaway from a magazine, might be able to find it on ebay if you actually want a physical copy
legend.
that's more intense than I thought it'd be lmao
There was an interview where he showed a page and I always figured there was a reason he covered about 80% of the page with his hand.
Listening to this shit on loop is the only thing getting me through my joyless existence and it makes me genuinely wish I grew up on an estate in manchester in the 70s and 80s
AND KNOW THAT IT MAY TAKE A WHILE
TO COME BACK AROUND!
I've discovered so many rock tracks from the early 00s thanks to binging the xfm shows.
>The Darkness....Growing On Me....they are the best band in Britain right now
>Strong words, Rick...
spud 'ed
>Kick your height? What do you mean kick your height?
HEE
you know when ricky does the little boy voice your going to get gold from karl.
>right. we'll put you in a home.
For me? It's the Ciabatta Brothers.
Did Karl ever get around to trying a gooseberry?
He had a spicy sausage
Was that the same night he ate a knob?
alright love, i'm willing to split the tab 60/40 even though you had one more drink than me
is that the tailored suit he said he spent big money on? if so, kek
it was a different time
>MECHANT! Who are you call sad! At least my mother still don't cut my hair.
ricky, your show is appalling
are you actually aware you're on the radio or has someone secretly stuck a microphone on you
DICKERS!
I've had my pudding now you have yours
What’s your favourite legit good rock busters?
Like “Soft Sell”
dandy war holes
Cannae Loggins
herman's hermits is my all time favorite
idk why ricky thought that one was so good
it makes no grammatical sense which he would normally blow his top over
Glad It's Night is a genuinely great one.
Ban Gulls is also perfectly fine, it's not Karl's fault if everyone else couldn't get it.
it wouldn't have been a problem if there wasn't another band which fits the clue perfectly
karl was just unlucky
Mad on her
Ay me winehouse!
ay, get out me winehouse*
Ger off gates
His mums ones
these boys enjoy a day out the beach..... initials B B
Backstreet boys
hope you're not speeding when you meet these
Lol was it The Police?
yep
This guy sounds soup-perb...
Glenn Campbell
that one was actually good, without irony
Mr. Mister
Buy on Ferry
I had one working for me. Didn't use his name. I'd just say "Is gay fella in?" and everyone knew who I was talking about. It just saved time
yeah but no one likes to pick on an invalid
Even though this wasn't filmed, I know the exact faces of everyone involved.
>so this little hairy fellow aight...
>ABSOLUTE DRIVEL YOU MENTALIST PLAY A RECORD
>LET HIM FINISH!!
>karl was right
>ricky sputters and stammers and then moves the goalposts
Goddamn how old is this show? I used to download the shows onto my MP3 player and listen in the train to college
Sad times.
>Had to turn down volume whenever Ricky was laughing
>still no images of suzanne
>even though she apparently had a job of appearing on television based on Ricky's comments that she 'needs to look good'
>just that one video of a blonde woman in Karl's company as he exits a building who people insist isn't her
There are photos, she not thst great.
And no, it's not the rado host.
show me
she does have milkers Karl did all right
Any pics of her fat arse?
alright
imagine karl having sex with her, the position they'd take and the look on his face and what he might say before during and after. I reckon it would be missionary and quick based on why he likes short stories, with a 'get your knickers off then' before, no talking from him during, and a 'that was all right that' after
Did I tell you about the immune system?
Not now.
not her, i've worked with suzanne years ago (before idiot abroad and before i'd heard of XFM)
>Trust me bro
i mean i actually did work in telly abt 10 years ago and met her but i don't need to prove my credentials to a bunch of autists listening to a tinpot radio station 20 years too late
Even though it’s likely BS I want to believe you to keep the mystery alive.
honestly there's no mystery, karl's suzanne is still a full-time tv producer and i happened to have worked with her over 10 years ago. it's not the woman in the aforementioned pic, that's all i have to say.
I mean the mystery of having no real confirmed photo.
fwiw, there is a pic of her in the google results of her name
how the frick after all these years is there not a single photo of the both of them out together or do they never leave the house?, you can find a picture of anyone nowdays on the net if you look hard enough and there was a giant thread on Pilkipedia devoted to finding her and still nada
Presumably because whenever they find a pic of Karl with a blonde the usual suspects will start the chorus of
>NOT HER
Are any of the pictures floating about online actually her?
And does she look like Dave Hill from Slade?
she's hot, good job karl
Karl is so obviously gay
she was a producer or something behind camera
bananadrama
Best Monkey news?
For me it's
>Something's said
>It's actually run by a couple of chimps
The reaction never gets old
let's do some business with the bananas
>suddenly...
>right, if you say that a fella cycles past and he's really quick even though he's got short hairy legs which is weird innit because cyclists usually shave their legs, he wins, they give it the keys to the city, if it goes anywhere near that, we're never doing monkey news again
>... this tricycle
I couldn't guess that part, Steve
>They're also quite good at... weighing up the situation.
>"So you're saying it’s easy to put a man in space but there isn’t a little banana machine"
ripped tennis ball
I KNOW YOU'RE JUST SIXTEEN
BUT LOOKIN' ALL OF 21
>that's
>BECAUSE
THE CHIIIIIIIIIIIINEEEEEEEEEEESE
>look
OLDER
Karl... you've gone mental!
Arite?
biggest... with the sort of... goggle-eye thing... ... ...steve
>Sat next to an old fella...old men's ears and noses carry on growing as they get older. Suzanne noticed his fingers were fat too, maybe they continue to grow. Suzanne didn't laugh when I said her arse had the same problem.
actual Suzanne