Karl Pilkington - An Idiot Abroad
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Just watched the Egyptian one. Love the start bits like you menioned, classic!
The China episode where he says their language is like some fella testing out a biro!
Merchant and Gervais are class, wonder what idea's they have for the next couple of years. Another season of Extras would be amazing and plausible!
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Gotz the bluray.
That's late night tele sorted.
That's late night tele sorted.
Excellent stuff. Had'nt seen this, thanks!
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Just finished watching the DVD with the other half. Literally laughed my head off a good number of times from start to finish.
Doesn't matter to me at all if people think it's fully scripted or whatever, it's still hilarious.
Major thumbs up.
Doesn't matter to me at all if people think it's fully scripted or whatever, it's still hilarious.
Major thumbs up.
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Just watched the first one of these (revival I know). I thought it was terrible. Totally not comedic. The "idiot" Karl came across as a bigoted xenophobic commoner. If that was the intention then I find it completely mind-numbing.
Come on.....Kung Poo chicken is comedy genius.
Some times you just have to concede - its just not right for you.
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I've got to say that since this thread has resurfaced, I've totally changed my opinion, I think Karl Pilkington is hilarious and he's definatly not fake.
Parts of An Idiot Abroad had me in stitches and since then I've been listening to all the podcasts (which I missed at the time) along with the animated Ricky Gervais Show and the archive of XFM Shows. I can't get enough of it!
It's when you listen to the early XFM Shows when he was just Producer that you realize he isn't a fake character, because they put a question to him and it's obvious he isn't very comfortable talking on the radio as he is the Producer and not one of the Presenters. It's only because his responses were so ridiculous that they began including him properly in the show because they knew how hilarious he would be.
Perhaps they play it up a little more now that there is a lot of money involved from the likes of Sky and HBO, but he is still quite genuine I think.
It actually made me think that I once knew somebody who was like Karl. He always had a story to tell and he was hilarious without intending to be funny. I think more than anything it was down to him being incredibly gullible, which I think Karl also suffers from, believing what he has been told or read.
Rumor has it that the next series they do for Sky will be called 'The Bucket List' and will feature Karl doing all the things that say you should do in your life before you kick the bucket.
Parts of An Idiot Abroad had me in stitches and since then I've been listening to all the podcasts (which I missed at the time) along with the animated Ricky Gervais Show and the archive of XFM Shows. I can't get enough of it!
It's when you listen to the early XFM Shows when he was just Producer that you realize he isn't a fake character, because they put a question to him and it's obvious he isn't very comfortable talking on the radio as he is the Producer and not one of the Presenters. It's only because his responses were so ridiculous that they began including him properly in the show because they knew how hilarious he would be.
Perhaps they play it up a little more now that there is a lot of money involved from the likes of Sky and HBO, but he is still quite genuine I think.
It actually made me think that I once knew somebody who was like Karl. He always had a story to tell and he was hilarious without intending to be funny. I think more than anything it was down to him being incredibly gullible, which I think Karl also suffers from, believing what he has been told or read.
Rumor has it that the next series they do for Sky will be called 'The Bucket List' and will feature Karl doing all the things that say you should do in your life before you kick the bucket.
I think it's more enjoyable if you know what his character is like from the Podcasts and radio shows; he has a very unique and simplistic -yet genius outlook on things
I honestly love that bloke, Idiot Abroad without doubt the best TV program of 2010
That interview was classic
Best one was when he went to Brazil and went on that gay beach, proper out his comfort zone
Yep deffo the highlight of the series for me...i also liked his travels in India as well...found him quite funny and likeable albeit a bit simple though.
Good to hear the 2nd series has been commissioned...