I wish I had known about it back then. I was a big fan of The Office but I had no idea this show existed. It would have given more more to look forward to during the week, that's for sure.
Can't help but feel as though in the later years the ridicule wore him down. He's so energetic in these earlier episodes, delivering actually funny jokes/quips, audibly laughing and speaking up to the other two. I love when he laughs, it doesn't happen often enough. Later seasons and even in the podcast he seems to just accept the insults instead of trying to banter back. Maybe I'm reading too much into it. I know if I had 2 people taking the piss the whole time I would get annoyed, let alone over decades.
Totally agree!! Been thinking the same thing. That’s my main problem with later episodes and the podcasts, I really don’t like it when they just bully Karl and usually take it too far
I agree with you, the earlier radio episodes are the best. But I think later on (like in the podcast) they had an agreement where Karl would continue playing the role of village idiot because they’d found a formula that worked. Karl would just take it because it was all part of the “plot” and he was getting paid, but I don’t blame him for getting tired of it.
I mean a fire alarm went off in the first 5 minutes of the show and his immediate thought was “wrap it up” you’d think he always hated doing the show 😂
3:59 - "If you were 8 foot 3 it'd be slightly disabilitating, you would you know but..." "Disabilitating?" "Bu.....What?" "Disabilitating? Yeah, you're a medical man aren't you?" 4:27 - "You could drive it from the back." "Here it comes, watch it."
Gareth says it in the office at one point. My theory is that ricky wrote it in with Steve thinking it was funny because it made Gareth seem like a clueless tit but ricky believing that it was the right word
utter rubbish steve cant take any jokes against him, he takes so much chin and basically laughs it off or jokes about it too. You clearly dont understand his humour
Was wondering if anyone else noticed, this episode specifically Ricky is almost distorting and Karl is so low in the mix ya can barely hear his nonsense 😂
I love when Ricky is actually laughing at what Karl says about Steve's looks but pretends it's Steve's response he's laughing at, so he can get away with bursting out laughing!! 😂🤭
Talking of cartoons, I just realized that Steve looks like Flik from A Bug's Life. They could have done what they did for Gollum in Lord of the Rings, just put a stop-motion suit on him and have him act out the part of Flik and then render his face. Or he could've been a stick insect or a praying mantis or something. Also, when I was a kid I quite fancied the lionesses from The Lion King. I guess the fact that they weren't noticeably furry and fuzzy was what kept that from feeling too weird.
I prefer series 1. Towards the end of series 2 Ricky started crafting the character of "Karl Pilkington" in a more deliberate way and it took out some of the spontaneity (only a little bit) and Karl started acting up a bit.
"All the songs there are, Karl, Steve likes some of them, and he doesn't like others. But for this feature, the only ones that will be in this feature are the ones he likes."
373k views .... I'm responsible for about 0.01 of those. Wow, if anything makes you feel your real significance as one little person on our planet 😅😅😅😅😅😅
If only someone had realised that the error with when the sun will 'die' was actually 50 times more out than that presenter's mistake with the size of the moon was out.
Yeah 1 million vs 5 billion is a far more egregious mistake in scale than 4 vs 400 but it's almost like people don't notice or care as much about the difference between a million and a billion.
I'm as old now as Karl was in series 1. Weird as I've been listening to these for about 10 years. Soon I'll be pottering about
Doing DIY.
Same, I can't wait for my big break on a tin pot radio station
Any issues with your boiler yet?
Me too.
I'm 32
Ricky, "Steve's got a huge column"
Steve, "Brilliant Ricky, Award winning comedy"
Made me laugh :'D
I did a spit take 😂
Same here . Also cause the sound was fading, lovely sarcasm from Steve.
I think that the baguette story was the first unofficial Educating Ricky!
totally
Definitely was because it started with the classic "Ages ago.."
stevo34 17th century?
35:10
That ''Good Night'' just seals the deal, one of Merchants best.
hahaha nailed it
Haha been listening to these for ages. Why does that still make me laugh?! Lol
Me too, 3 years later. @@camille79
I laughed so hard. Love young Smerch
Could you explain this joke to me? What's the stereotype about lesbians and dogs, and what does "they're right dogs" mean?
24:21 😂😂😂
I love it when he struggles:
“Wheeere wot”
“Bid lin”😂
“Just don’t let him carry the baguettes” Karl with a proper joke there! He’s got some sharp wit every now and then.
Too much laying low
'at he chewed
He knew it was funny. He said it to be funny. And it was funny! Well done.
This is the first episode with Karl really going. First educating Ricky with the baguette and first story that started with "ages ago".
6:19
I never noticed before, but Karl was the one who started with the chicken noises!
HAAAA oh my goodness what an observation
oh karl, hes adorable
:o
'It's a disabilitatin..' genius Smerch
3:59 If you were 8’3 it would be *slightly* disabilitatin’... lol
As someone who has been listening to podcasts etc from comedians for years now, nothing comes close to this. I keep coming back about once a year.
"Just coming out of your teens..."
"I'm a virgo"
..on the cusp
I admire the committment from Karl.
@@WollongongWacko ,
@@lilme7052 neither did Karl.
he’s actually a libra :)
These podcasts help me de-stress soooo much, thank you for uploading
exactly
Same
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@@nicoletaungurean5230 .❤️
Ah yes, nothing more relaxing than the sweet, soulful sound of Ricky Gervais saying "WELL, IT MIGHT'VE BURNT DOWN!"
Time for the comforting sounds of Gervais, Merchant and Pilkington
Perfect bedfellows 👌
weird innit.. sleep well
clare harding hahaha bedfellows... so wrong but so right
Ooh, ‘ello
Pilkers: 'wrap it up if ya want'
Gervs: 'No, not wrap it up'
"Don't let him carry the baguette!" Absolute genius from Karl there. Quick wit from the K-man!
"Only people with money had drinking or summet"
Oh Karl😂
My addiction to these is a-disabilitating
this show was actually broadcast live...amazing
I wish I had known about it back then. I was a big fan of The Office but I had no idea this show existed. It would have given more more to look forward to during the week, that's for sure.
"just don't let him carry the baguettes" know it's coming every time and always crack up
Love Karl jumping in with, "Betty!" Early sign of him getting all his information from The Flintstones.
Steve ripping Gervais for being scared of fire.
There's someone official coming in now....
Love these. Cheers man Man Moth
remember rickys story of when he said to a firefighter, "there's enough of ya", he learned his lesson not to disrespect fire related incidents.
"The only place on a coach I can sit-"
"-is the driver's lap."
Justin Kline he could drive it from the back
“It’s like bisbismen, bisbisme-bisbismen”
Karl's first reaction to a fire alarm: finish the show early and go home lmao, any way out of work
Bizmismem... bizmissme....biizmismen XD
hehe
The bid lin
Tubberware
Cropage
Can't forget replemishing and rummanging
Everything’s good in my world when I’m listening to this first series
Can't help but feel as though in the later years the ridicule wore him down. He's so energetic in these earlier episodes, delivering actually funny jokes/quips, audibly laughing and speaking up to the other two. I love when he laughs, it doesn't happen often enough. Later seasons and even in the podcast he seems to just accept the insults instead of trying to banter back. Maybe I'm reading too much into it. I know if I had 2 people taking the piss the whole time I would get annoyed, let alone over decades.
Totally agree!! Been thinking the same thing. That’s my main problem with later episodes and the podcasts, I really don’t like it when they just bully Karl and usually take it too far
Yeh they milked the cow far too dry.
I agree with you, the earlier radio episodes are the best. But I think later on (like in the podcast) they had an agreement where Karl would continue playing the role of village idiot because they’d found a formula that worked. Karl would just take it because it was all part of the “plot” and he was getting paid, but I don’t blame him for getting tired of it.
I mean a fire alarm went off in the first 5 minutes of the show and his immediate thought was “wrap it up” you’d think he always hated doing the show 😂
No it’s the opposite. He stopped bantering back quite as much because the trio knew where the money was. Having Karl saying stupid shit
Love the subtle "..right set the tape going now if you wanna tape.. this... " hehe
"Lesbian?"
"Hung around with a dog."
'It's adistabilating.' That's easy for you to say. Hhahaha. I'm dying.
3:59 - "If you were 8 foot 3 it'd be slightly disabilitating, you would you know but..." "Disabilitating?" "Bu.....What?" "Disabilitating? Yeah, you're a medical man aren't you?"
4:27 - "You could drive it from the back." "Here it comes, watch it."
'Diasbiliabitating.' - Steve.
"No the point is it's a disabilitatin'..."
Gareth says it in the office at one point. My theory is that ricky wrote it in with Steve thinking it was funny because it made Gareth seem like a clueless tit but ricky believing that it was the right word
Steves got a huge column 😂
"..It's just we've arranged to meet back at you.."
Hope Ⓥ Justice I did this to a 6’5 black guy, the lights kind of bonced of his head and he became like a light pole...
Karl “I think people have given you more of a chance in life.”
Steve “yeah, stacking shelves!”
Straight into plug in baby, good timing from Karl there
Imagine calling lesbians "right dogs" on radio in 2020 hahaha
Good times.
Lol about 2 episodes ago I think it was literally called Filthy Lezza Ostriches
They'd get a dressing down for certain.
Its changed so quickly.
Nowadays I don't think Jonathan Ross could walk into a studio and pop his meat and 2 veg out either haha
Might be my submission for most underrated episode
Awwwww steve "two of my best buddies" 2:14
Although he’s only known Pilkers for a month or so
utter rubbish steve cant take any jokes against him, he takes so much chin and basically laughs it off or jokes about it too. You clearly dont understand his humour
@@dball_94 Terrible take.
@@dball_94 steve is clearly acting offended, its apart of what makes it funny
@gotgot4 no, alot longer.
“Here’s a kagool I’ve made out of my own sthkin” 😂😂😂
ricky's mic is so much louder than steve and karl's
That's just his normal volume.
Was wondering if anyone else noticed, this episode specifically Ricky is almost distorting and Karl is so low in the mix ya can barely hear his nonsense 😂
Yes it is a bit grating, especially since he's by far the loudest of the 3 anyway
Karl’s story about the baguettes - the first of many to come haha ❤
The episodes with Claire are a lot of fun, especially if you've never given a full one a chance
This isn't a Claire episode though hahahaha
Oh brak, Sarge! Braaaak, Sarge!!
Thank you so much for putting these together. The best medicine for whatever ails me.
Karl Pilkington or to use the Latin; 'Dimmus Mancoid' x
Brilliant!
+Saad Alvi "Eh, it's alight an' that... But the Latin bit, do we need it?"
Were Latin people always in a rush?
12:26 Ricky finding out Jessica rabbit isn't a rabbit always cracks me up. 😝
I love when Ricky is actually laughing at what Karl says about Steve's looks but pretends it's Steve's response he's laughing at, so he can get away with bursting out laughing!! 😂🤭
Imagine how many people would get offended if this were broadcast today
i think they were offended at the time
How many people would be seething and outraged and insecure enough to start a protest 😂
I like them being quite nice to Karl in these early days
Iconic episode. “Arrange to meet back at you” canon event anecdote
I just watched that clip of ricky on razzmatazz. Wow. He was trying so hard to be david Bowie. Pretty adorable really, and hilarious at the same time.
At least he had a go
Still listening in 2021
Yo! 5th time round for me!
Talking of cartoons, I just realized that Steve looks like Flik from A Bug's Life. They could have done what they did for Gollum in Lord of the Rings, just put a stop-motion suit on him and have him act out the part of Flik and then render his face. Or he could've been a stick insect or a praying mantis or something.
Also, when I was a kid I quite fancied the lionesses from The Lion King. I guess the fact that they weren't noticeably furry and fuzzy was what kept that from feeling too weird.
I also fancied Rita from Oliver and Company and Vixy from The Fox and the Hound.
the Crossroads bit at the end is still great 😂
Remember that Karl is older than Merchant
stephen should come shoe shopping in the Nederlands, everyone is freakishly tall here..
These conversations will never be Allowed again. Gutted!!!!!
"Whatever he says is gonna be good innit." the most accurate description of Karl ever
MIGHTA BURNT DOWN!!
"I think we'd have known that, with the flames licking 'round our ankles!"
Bong!
+WollongongWacko go the gong! )
4:10 it's a disabilitating...
"we´ve had emails from people, please dont speak to karl, its cruel"
Don't let him carry the baguettes... Touche Karl
"Business mem, business nem, business men"
40:00 - "i thought it looked alright" ""did you.... oh hello"😂😂
This episode disabilitates me with laughter.
Has anyone been to upper crust these days? I saw this baguette story 'on the wall' the other day
34:59 I love this bit
32:10 “was that her first day on the job?” 😂😂😂
5:55 Ricky panicking about the fire alarm bwaaaaaaark
"' 'Ere is a kagool made out of my own schkin..."
"Ages ago..."
17th century?
Haha first one
'dimus mancoid' i'm fucking dead
Why is this so re-listenable?
Anyone seen steves misses now, she's an absolute worldy hahaaa!
True that's what money can get youn
really? I was looking on the article from when they went to Vietnam but couldn't see her. what's her name?
nick nack That was his old old girlfriend called Claire or something. His new one's called Christine Marzano. He's a lucky man.
+smalla ss you call poor Stephen uncool yet you say stuff like 'even his vibe is lame'. Oh how I love irony...
***** Ricky could be with a worldy?
Ahh the old days where Karl didn't speak much and laughed at himself
I prefer series 1. Towards the end of series 2 Ricky started crafting the character of "Karl Pilkington" in a more deliberate way and it took out some of the spontaneity (only a little bit) and Karl started acting up a bit.
@@arturobandini4078crafting the character.. are you serious?
20 years since this was broadcast
21 years now ennit, almost 22, mental
I really wish they'd said "radiobread" after the baguette story...
I love his follow up later "..Just don't let him carry the baguettes!"
Brittney Spears "crossroads" received Shockingly bad reviews from critics and fans alike... In case you're wondering.
8:40 ABSOLUTELY KILLS MEE!!! 🤣
back around we go again.....
Did Steve inadvertently invent UA-cam on this show?
it's a disabilitatin..
"All the songs there are, Karl, Steve likes some of them, and he doesn't like others. But for this feature, the only ones that will be in this feature are the ones he likes."
Is it only the music and adverts that get cut out of these?
BWAARRRRKKKK!!
Sir Of Sirs oh look at him he's scared of fire!
Can people like the video?! . 800 likes and 250k views . Just press the like button for christ's sake
I just disliked it
they don't play by the rules.
Why are Ricky's levels so ridiculously loud in this episode?
ikr its brutal
373k views .... I'm responsible for about 0.01 of those. Wow, if anything makes you feel your real significance as one little person on our planet 😅😅😅😅😅😅
If only someone had realised that the error with when the sun will 'die' was actually 50 times more out than that presenter's mistake with the size of the moon was out.
Yeah 1 million vs 5 billion is a far more egregious mistake in scale than 4 vs 400 but it's almost like people don't notice or care as much about the difference between a million and a billion.
Is Dermott O Diddly Dermott I Leary?
It's so nice when Karl actually lands a joke. He is so rarely funny on purpose.
Karl is actually very witty I reckon
Yeah... Stacking shelves
5:57 just as they said that, a dude came at me with a flame thrower on far cry 6 😄
"Were you a tall baby?"
😂
Ricky: 'P.O.D or pod, as I call them'
Steve: 'Mhm'
Ricky: 'I don't'
Steve: 'No'
Idk why that made me laugh
It's weird, as I used to call that band "pod" as well back then
Can you watch this anywhere with all the music, uncut?
I'd enjoy that too man did you find it anywhere?
@@jdmhbeats I think there are some on Spotify, some parts that were cut from the animated show too
This is where it really starts in my opinion
Time goes by so fast
I'm a virgo
On the cusp
They're weird, and obsessed with insignificant details. Fits him well.
Why did he say that??