An Idiot Abroad 2

Robert1986 · 24 Sep 2011 at 10:56

scripted or not, that has to be extremely stressful doing what he is doing in this show. Not to mention all the travelling he has to do. He is probably constantly tired and jet lagged.

beachBOYken · 24 Sep 2011 at 12:58

i loved last nights show!

Karls attempt at the tribes wooden bungie jump was so funny

SexyGreyFox · 24 Sep 2011 at 14:08

beachBOYken said:
i loved last nights show!

Karls attempt at the tribes wooden bungie jump was so funny

Merchant could have fell over and broke the world record

BriT · 24 Sep 2011 at 14:35

I haven't got sky one or two anymore, is there anywhere i can watch the series online?

Robert1986 · 24 Sep 2011 at 15:30

BriT said:
I haven't got sky one or two anymore, is there anywhere i can watch the series online?

opethdisciple · 24 Sep 2011 at 18:53

Robert1986 said:

LOL!

InternetZ use it!

LOAM · 25 Sep 2011 at 00:21

I thought they conveyed his terror on the bungee jump quite well and his land dive was epic. It was a good start though, looking forward to the rest.

doofer · 25 Sep 2011 at 04:52

'What was her name?' - 'Nicola'

OMG I just dropped my toast for laughing.

ChrisJSY · 25 Sep 2011 at 05:24

Oh more people whinging about scripting?
I simply couldn't care less, a movie's scripted and can be funny, this is a show with a platform, scripted and on the fly.

blitzwing85 · 26 Sep 2011 at 15:39

Really enjoyed the 1st episode.
Plenty of laughs.

Would prefer to see less of them trying to stress him out though and more just putting him in situations were he can come out with his crazy comments. I guess this will come out more during the series.

I just love his flippant, un PC comments and observations.

Gilly · 26 Sep 2011 at 15:41

I thought it was very poor. I thought the first series was great so was disappointed with this one.

Noel Gallagher · 26 Sep 2011 at 15:43

God it was so funny. It's just as funny as series 1 for me, I was in stitches

Gonna watch it again along with new episode with le gurlfrienddddd at weekend

SexyGreyFox · 26 Sep 2011 at 18:21

blitzwing85 said:
Would prefer to see less of them trying to stress him out though and more just putting him in situations were he can come out with his crazy comments. I guess this will come out more during the series.

So you really believe that Karl has no idea what he is going to be doing before he gets there?

Mr Men · 26 Sep 2011 at 22:39

dmpoole said:
So you really believe that Karl has no idea what he is going to be doing before he gets there?

Did you not have this same debate in the last series thread?

SexyGreyFox · 26 Sep 2011 at 22:51

Mr Men said:
Did you not have this same debate in the last series thread?

There seems to be some wiser people in this thread thank goodness.
The writing partnership of the three of them is superb.

Anyway, I've watched the first one 3 times now and it got funnier.

blitzwing85 · 27 Sep 2011 at 08:27

dmpoole said:
So you really believe that Karl has no idea what he is going to be doing before he gets there?

Of course I know he does :rolleyes:

. But that's not my point at all. I find him funnier when he is making comments about the locals, their cultures and things. (which there was in this episode) but I don't find it as funny during the parts where he is complaining about being stressed out and tired etc.

This is why i loved the podcasts so much as it was all just his comments and thoughts.
This episode was still really funny but it had a bit too much of him complaining. This is still funny but not when saturated with it, best kept in moderation. He has plenty funny things to talk about so it's not necessary.

Regardless, it's still the funniest thing on TV!

zootfloot · 27 Sep 2011 at 10:57

It went exactly how i thought it would.....wasnt as funny as the first series, some of it was very predictable.

I will probably watch the rest of the series to see if it picks up (some episodes in series one were not amazing either) but i fear it has now lost its edge.

jaybee · 27 Sep 2011 at 11:12

I caught this last night. First time I seen the show all the way through. Erm...can someone explain to me...it is an act right? Karl is acting in character to "be funny"...correct? I found bits of it hilarious tbh but didn't know quite what to make of it in places.

SexyGreyFox · 27 Sep 2011 at 13:31

jaybee said:
I caught this last night. First time I seen the show all the way through. Erm...can someone explain to me...it is an act right? Karl is acting in character to "be funny"...correct? I found bits of it hilarious tbh but didn't know quite what to make of it in places.

Yes & no.
He has most definitely got some weird thoughts/ideas on life and sometimes listening to him is like listening to a couple of mates and my younger daughter.
For example when looking at the Giza Pyramids my daughter just shrugged her shoulders and said 'So what, lots of bricks?' while I was having an orgasm.
I have no doubt that Karl probably thinks the same but what he does is to make some funny quips to go along with the experience and some of them I 100% believe are scripted by Merchant & Gervais.
At the start of this series he went over the top in the office meeting when he mentioned Robinson Carusoe but it made it funny for me because some people believe that he believes it which makes them great people to sell double glazing to.

blitzwing85 · 27 Sep 2011 at 14:57

dmpoole said:
Yes & no.
He has most definitely got some weird thoughts/ideas on life and sometimes listening to him is like listening to a couple of mates and my younger daughter.
For example when looking at the Giza Pyramids my daughter just shrugged her shoulders and said 'So what, lots of bricks?' while I was having an orgasm.
I have no doubt that Karl probably thinks the same but what he does is to make some funny quips to go along with the experience and some of them I 100% believe are scripted by Merchant & Gervais.
At the start of this series he went over the top in the office meeting when he mentioned Robinson Carusoe but it made it funny for me because some people believe that he believes it which makes them great people to sell double glazing to.

They did a good job choose someone with a Manchester accent too. Just makes it even funnier.