American Reacts - The RICKY GERVAIS SHOW - S1 E11 - BEETLES

[@Chimponaut]

This animated show cuts from different episodes of the podcast and mashes them together a bit which is why some things might not seem that connected to the conversation they had before it and such.

[@DovahFett]

It also includes content that was never in the podcasts, like Karl referring to that "travel thing" on several occasions, which is no doubt a reference to An Idiot Abroad, a show that was probably filmed in 2009. Some stories are from 2006, and others are from maybe as late as 2010 or 2011.

[@laupstad]

A lot, if not most, of these questions had already been asked on the XFM show. Ricky and Steve sat down and wrote the questions they knew Karl would have brilliant answers to and then the actual podcast has been cut down by about 10-20 mins for the animated version.

[@mentalhealthgaming1998]

I love that Mandy does art and really appreciates the animations pausing it in scenes to read signs lol

[@MandyCaneLane]

I just know the signs are going to be good! 🤪

[@andrewjones575]

@@MandyCaneLane This is the best animated series I've ever seen.

[@dazediss6629]

Karl, you wake up one morning and you’re a slug… what is the first thing you do? …throw myself in the salt pot 😂😂😂 classic Karl

[@Jbatley1]

That is by fair my favourite part of the eppisode where he just admits “I don’t know what I’m talking about” 🤣 thanks for making me laugh on a daily basis with random old shows n ur infectious laugh Mandy! Really needed a little chuckle today 😊

[@MandyCaneLane]

Glad you enjoy Fuckgoogle! 🤗

[@cupafail]

I never understood Ricky's thing about "there'd be no stress" if we didn't know we were dying. If dying was something that made you stressed anyway, you'd just think "what if I die in tonight's sleep".

[@itsMrNoble]

Yeah I know what you mean. On some level I guess he’s just saying that it would illuminate the anxiety of dying from AIDS after being gang raped by clowns or being in a car crash that reduced you and your family to dust because the petrol tank ruptured and somehow doused the interior with burning fuel so intensely hot that the resulting fire burned away everything down to the chassis, but you’d still spend your life frightened to go to sleep at night wondering if you’d wake to see the next morning.

[@apatternedhorizon]

Now you see why Ricky said his brain is like a pinball machine.

[@MandyCaneLane]

😂😂😂

[@cupafail]

I also love how Karl basically described the plot of the Horizon Zero Dawn game. In that game they were very advanced in technology, then the world "ends" and they basically went back to caveman times, and you'd discover "lost relics", such as ipods/phones/etc.

[@MandyCaneLane]

Haha, Karl apperently has predicted all kinds of things! Never played Horizon Zero Dawn though..

[@LowGrav1ty]

I like how they completely changed the metamorphosis story from cockroach to beetle 😂 😂

[@easterdeer]

They set a very high bar and not every episode can be the best one 😄 Great reaction as always and can't wait for the next one!!

[@MandyCaneLane]

That is very true Deer!!

[@robbie.j7639]

You really need to listen to Rockbusters. It is from the radio show and was never animated, but it is pure genius and real insight into Karl's brain (and if you thought you had a hang on what his brain is like, this will flip you out). Long live Wet Knee Houston 🤣

[@MandyCaneLane]

😂😂

[@neezduts69420]

"well what's next week's quiz - what am I thinking?!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@karmapolice3146]

I think you interviewing Karl would be the best interview ever

[@MandyCaneLane]

A true dream!

[@jasonmitchell43]

Each of these segments are the most animate-able stories from multiple shows. That's why there's no continuity.

[@findlestick]

Yeah. Off-the-cuff comedy is always inevitably hit-and-miss.

[@nitelite78]

I agree about dying in your sleep riding marshmallows - you wouldn't necessarily live life to the full because firstly, life has plenty of other worries, and secondly because you'd still be worried about when your friends and family would die.

[@MandyCaneLane]

Exactly, also people would be terrified of sleeping!!

[@SamuelBlack84]

In relation to the episode discussing the of living I a pod where you live out your best life. I can 10o% say that I would go into it without question

[@DM-rc4yu]

I'd just chuck myself into the salt pot.

[@MandyCaneLane]

😂😂😅 The animation for that, as per usual, was *chef's kiss *

[@frozengamer3030]

The animations are just great.

[@MandyCaneLane]

Agreed!

[@blackie75]

A lot of people are pointing out the that the episodes are snippets taken from different podcasts and that's why the subjects and topics of conversations change quickly. This is part of the reason, but it's also the fact that Ricky knows what is funny, and he's constantly bouncing ideas off Karl and trying to get him thinking or put him in to imaginary scenarios to see how he'll react etc. So if something isn't working, or Ricky doesn't think it's funny, he'll immediately move to something else. From Ricky and Steve's standpoint, these conversations aren't serious, they're solely to get Karl to react in a humorously.

[@helvete983]

If an Alien watched us Mandy, they'd think the same as Karl, They walk, go into boxes, I don't know what they do, Do we need em?

[@MandyCaneLane]

HAHAHHAHHAHA, brilliant! 🙌🏻

[@simonwinwood]

Suzanne gives Karl his first head rub as he's editing.

[@phillipcarlroberts4640]

its actually shrove Tuesday, 😆it's the traditional feast day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday...I know Karl does not understand shrove/pancake day but it dates back a long way.

[@MandyCaneLane]

😂😂😂

[@laupstad]

13:44 Ricky does that a lot on the XFM show as well. Every time Ricky tries to say something about Karls explanation of things, his use of words and diction etc, Steve always brings Ricky back down from it. "A little bit of pot and kettle there Rick?" Ricky is easily excited and even more easily bored so he will cut off his own sentences if he gets bored halfway through them!

[@MandyCaneLane]

😅😅

[@buddabudda]

Yea, I'm basically a sentient cheeseburger, so even now I sometimes get nervous going to sleep thinking about whether this will be how I die. If I knew 100% that I'd die in my sleep, I'd just end up passing out from exhaustion every 3 or 4 days.

[@MandyCaneLane]

Hahaha, right? 🤪

[@andy2950]

Beetles are a vital part of the ecosystem.

[@MandyCaneLane]

But what do they do!?

[@andy2950]

@Mandy Cane Lane They convert decaying plant matter into compounds, which can then travel through the biosphere being used by other flora and fauna.

[@ajivins1]

@@andy2950 I liked the old air cooled ones.

[@DM-rc4yu]

Do we need 'em?

[@friendlyneighbourhoodsteve4087]

This wasn't the funniest episode ever, but I feel like it still has value because Karl has such a unique mind that he makes you consider things that would never normally enter your head. A lot of it is just ridiculous nonsense, but it amuses me to think that in 1000 years time, people will be discussing the wisdom of Karlism and consulting the Pilkipedia (that's actually a website by the way). Let's hope that never happens. Thanks Mandy, always a pleasure 🙏 Oh yeah, and Yaaayyyyy Futurama! One of the greatest shows ever imho

[@MandyCaneLane]

OMG! Pilkipedia! 😂😂😂

[@SamuelBlack84]

Hopefully, Karl will be a giant round head I'm a tank 😂

[@friendlyneighbourhoodsteve4087]

@@SamuelBlack84🤣 and people will feed him Monster Munch like fish food.

[@kevinmoore49]

I must admit I've never really thought about what beetles do until Karl talks about them, then I think I wonder what they do? 😂

[@MandyCaneLane]

Right? Like really, what are their goals? 😂😂

[@kevinmoore49]

@@MandyCaneLane yes I'm beginning to think like Karl should I be worried? 😂

[@MandyCaneLane]

@@kevinmoore49 Nahh! Not at all! I agree with Karl all the time and I am just fine! *eye twitch * 🤪

[@robg1151]

🤔

[@joshua10jko3]

HBO bought the rights to use clips from xm radio show that Ricky and Steve were hosting and Carl was the producer that they became friends with. The radio show originally was on terrestrial radio and before Rickys fame from office.

[@AntsHumour6521]

The whole die in the sleep part was weird but I know my best friend who was 31 died in his sleep back in 2013 and I know that he was addicted to 2 things which was the red bull energy drink which I know energy drinks can be lethal for the heart if you have too much of any type of energy drink and also he was addicted to workouts which again is something he over did every day with barely any rest...but yeah it was either 2 of these things or possibly both that led him to pass away in his sleep...it's a rare way to go but a peaceful way to go.

[@SamuelBlack84]

I suppose it's better than breathing your last all alone

[@SaintPhoenixx]

I *think* that when Karl said fish have more rights, I assume he means they have more freedom and diversity, like physically having more space to live in and there being more of them and millions of different species living together. Or it could have just been another bizarre Karl thought that even he didn't really process before he said it. Always hard to tell with Karl.

[@MandyCaneLane]

Hahahahah, maybe!!

[@mazza4190]

Top distraction to lighten the mood of the day. Keep them rolling. Could be considered 'What IF...'.

[@Paul_Allaker8450]

You need to keep going, you haven't watched "leg rubber" yet...... Great reaction as always. 👍

[@MandyCaneLane]

I will keep going!

[@gregoryams]

We all need a uncle Carl!

[@SirFlibbertyJibbit]

Yeah going onto the crab thing, there's lots of cut parts from the original podcasts. One of my favourite pieces of cut content is some of karls poetry.

[@MandyCaneLane]

They CUT his poetry!?!

[@SirFlibbertyJibbit]

@@MandyCaneLane Not all of it, just some. I listen to the old podcasts more than I watch the animated ones. That's how I can tell things are missing. I think half of season 3 episode 2 podcast wasn't animated. That includes one of the funniest poems and ricky reactions.

[@johnjon8219]

These are all cut and edited from the podcasts. You have to listen to them to hear these conversations in full, as they are in context and make more sense... Well, I say sense, lol 😆

[@lovebitcoin813]

Love Futurama that show is coming back by the way 😃maybe you could react to the new episodes 👍

[@MandyCaneLane]

😲 Is it??

[@RavenZahadoom]

Mandy you have to keep in your mind that this show is a edited down version of their radio show, so some context of why they move from subject to subject is lost.

[@gazb87yorkshiresalt48]

Congratulations on getting to 14k subscribers Mandy. Next 15, then 50k! Hope you had a good Christmas? 🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿✌

[@MandyCaneLane]

Thank you Gaz! Slowly but steadily my channel is growing! I am so happy about it! And my Christmas was fantastic! The best one I have had in years! How about yours?

[@gazb87yorkshiresalt48]

@@MandyCaneLane Fairly quiet but good too. I went to my mates last night for my birthday drinks(whisky,12yr aged + so nice) and had a great night. Wobbled home, got a takeaway on the way back and slept 10 hours! No hangover though as I don't get them. Thanks for asking Mandy. 🤙❤✌

[@MandyCaneLane]

@@gazb87yorkshiresalt48 Right! Happy Birthday Gaz!! 🥳🌺🍻🧁 I am so glad you have been having a good time this last week! 🤗🙌🏻

[@markdavidson9100]

Artwork will have Karl exploring his feminine side, what’s the best way for you to see when it’s finished. Wouldn’t have dared to do it, had it not been for your reactions ❤

[@MandyCaneLane]

🤗🙌🏻

[@jasongates-]

A "happy" homeless person, Karl? If I knew I would die in ten minutes, I'd die from a heart attack ten minutes early.

[@MandyCaneLane]

😂😂😂😂

[@Lnch4ALion]

The tribe are North Sentinelese (or something like that) everything he said is true

[@asyrotk7604]

They have had very little contact with the outside world, and most of the contact that happened has been hostile. The Indian government had sent officials to the island with gifts of coconuts but they had to leave after being threatened by the natives. After the boxing day tsunami of 2004 a coast guard helicopter flew over to check if the islanders were safe- a man was seen with a bow and arrow and he fired an arrow at the helicopter. The Indian government forbids anyone from visiting this island as previous attempts at contact have been so hostile. In recent years- I'm not sure how long ago but it was after the 2004 boxing day tsunami- a Christian missionary ignored the ban and made his way to the Island to preach to them. The boat that dropped him off close by and was waiting for him saw him being slaughtered on the beach. I don't remember exactly but I don't think his body was retrieved. An amazing example of a stone age culture that exists right now. Karl was right on this one- I don't know about the bit about them shaking their tackle- but they definetly shake their spears to show visitors they are not welcome.

[@CMDRRustyDog]

I always like to watch something good while I'm eating a meal. So, I was in the middle of a movie that I hadn't seen before and when the food was ready, I paused the film and switched to this video instead. So what does that tell you? It's a power you have Mandy, use it wisely :) Beetle could also have been the car :) - Congrats on the 14k subs !

[@MandyCaneLane]

Hahaha! Thank you!! And I shall always keep that in mind Rusty! I am so glad you enjoy!! Also, what movie was it? 🤪

[@CMDRRustyDog]

@@MandyCaneLane The Curious Case of Benjamin Button :) After watching your vid, I didn't get back to it, LOL. I'll re-start it again another time.

[@MandyCaneLane]

@@CMDRRustyDog Haha! Not sure that movie is worth it 🤪

[@Gazzzz1]

love futurama

[@MandyCaneLane]

🤗🙌🏻

[@JustayoungBBCliving]

Andy Samberg did a film about the monkey ham so this is facts

[@abelovedsonofGodinwhomHeis35-6]

Yep Ricky was trying too hard to be clever, saying the only fear of life and death, he lost it already, the most common fear is living a meaningless life, so when you look back just before you die it's all regrets

[@garybennett7835]

It's a great book i agree .

[@charliecosta3971]

Even the animation is getting in the action, with the Pornagraphic. Loooooooo. It can get very erratic and very repetitive. Just the way it is .

[@MandyCaneLane]

2 for 2! 😅

[@charliecosta3971]

@@MandyCaneLane Congrats on 14k

[@MandyCaneLane]

@@charliecosta3971 Thank you! I am proper chuffed!

[@charliecosta3971]

@MandyCaneLane I did predict that by Jan 31st, it will be 15k

[@Marc-so2cd]

Happy New Year my dear.

[@Novaximus]

I think the randomness comes from the viewers. They've stuck to the same format..."Here's some questions sent in from Emails for Karl" "Now it's time for Karl's Diary" and finally Monkey news. They're just reading the stuff that viewers are asking about. When they cut to the animation scene of getting a refill of water at the cooler or another cup of coffee that's not a "bounce" that's a "end scene" We're done talking about that, time for a different question. And the time and format, I feel, has been fairly consistent throughout all of the episodes including this one. But the viewer questions are getting way more random for sure.

[@LinkachuTriBall]

KP Squad! Here we go!

[@markdavidson9100]

Interesting how Ricky and Steve have a drink each, Karl has nothing

[@ZakHorrocks]

Just got to say if a lion(or any animal) could speak english then we could obviously understand it because its speaking english so thats a stupid saying 😂😂😂

[@miff227]

ha, i've never made the connection of Beat-les/beetles. Cheersmadears

[@jeffrey44]

You what!?? What is your first language?

[@miff227]

@@jeffrey44 not Scouse.

[@jeffrey44]

@@miff227 In what accent does Beatles and beetles sound different?

[@miff227]

@@jeffrey44 it was a joke. What I mean is, I've never considered that the spelling of The Beatles is different to the animal. And thus I've never considered why they did this until today, and so I immediately thought "oh...beat". Though I'm now wondering if the Monkees did it cus of ecstasy...

[@jeffrey44]

@@miff227 Thank you for the clarification. I believe The Spice Girls name is a reference to the popular drug Spice so maybe The Monkees are druggies too. It would certainly explain why some of them are dead now. Don't do drugs.

[@cedric182]

We can tell you the Ricky lol…

[@adambennett5306]

So many recommendations..so little time! you are wicked and cheers for your lucid wisdom. See you in 2024 with Karl

[@MandyCaneLane]

Thank you Adam!! 🤗🤗

[@iambecomepaul]

You NEVER “look like a fool.” Nor even like an alpaca. Seems like you’re a normal girl… I mean as normal as a Mandy can be 😊

[@MandyCaneLane]

🤪😅😂

[@johnwoods920]

you got me under your spell girl

[@obi-wankenobi917]

Ricky Gervais show Karl and Idiot Abroad Karl are like 2 different people

[@annother3350]

He became more and more of a moany bastard

[@MandyCaneLane]

Right? He seems so confident in An Idiot Abroad!

[@1989stoneroses]

finally 😂

[@Jbatley1]

N it was about 12pm when ur video premiered uk time incase you wanna know the time difference between you n the uk (obviously we’re not ur only audience so not to offend anyone, but just so you know 👍)

[@MandyCaneLane]

Thank you! And good, because I aimed for lunch time! 🤪

[@jeffrey44]

This comment offended me.

[@MandyCaneLane]

@@jeffrey44 Lol, why? What time was it for you Jeffrey?

[@jeffrey44]

@@MandyCaneLane It was fuckgoogle who offended me with their use of terms such as "n" and "ur". My offence was not time based.

[@Jbatley1]

@@MandyCaneLane well done, you nailed it! 😂

[@antonybrent6232]

😂😂😂👏👏👏

[@obi-wankenobi917]

If people on the other side of the world spoke English you would still understand them and they have different reference points and experiences

[@ShaneCarey]

Yes, but Karl believes he wouldn't, so this is a more realistic hypothetical Karl can engage with, rather than picturing a cartoon lion griping to him about the London Zoo.

[@andy2950]

"Ladies and gentlemon" ?? Pardon? 🤔😳

[@MandyCaneLane]

Sorry, my Jamaican slipped out for a moment! 😅😅

[@ajivins1]

@@MandyCaneLane to get the groceries?

[@MandyCaneLane]

@@ajivins1 precisely! 😂😂😂

[@AutomaticDuck300]

I don’t understand what Ricky means by having no stress if you die in your sleep. Because then you would be scared of going to sleep.

[@asyrotk7604]

Maybe he means that if you knew that you could only die in your sleep then you would be free to take many risks- bungy jumping, sking from crazy slopes and things that dare devils do. But I still don't think that many more people would do these activities than do them now. It's the element of risk that makes these activities desirable to some.

[@SamuelBlack84]

Ot required the idea that human beings would be effectively immortal

[@mynameisnotearl4383]

U may have a short attention span ?

[@MandyCaneLane]

Possibly 😅

[@alan-]

Well that's that settled then. We don't need beetles. Let's get rid of them. Is there a form we need to fill in or something? Who do we give it to?

[@MandyCaneLane]

😂😂😂

[@lloydwaycott8178]

Mandy, you're great and all that, but the moment you start thinking when listening to Karl that (10:02) ''he has a point'', you yourself are approaching idiocy.

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

The tribesmen they were talking about are on the North Sentinel islands, they're very aggressive and untrusting of outsiders, I think he's referring to an incident where fishermen got shipwrecked on the island and they had to fight off the tribesmen so they were rescued by helicopter. They were stone age people but have recently moved into the iron age by using scraps of metal from the shipwreck

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

@@pmbbmp thanks for correcting me, the point about iron age is that from arrowheads they've been attaching iron tips to them made from metal they've found, so they've been shaping it and sharpening it which qualifies as entering the iron age

[@WaywardVet]

Karl gets so many things wrong, and yet when it comes to the most isolated tribe in the world, he knew about that.

[@CatholicSatan]

The thing about crabs is, that from their point of view, _we're_ the ones walking sideways.

[@MandyCaneLane]

😂😂😂😂

[@huaysai]

The episode was so random. Mandy: "Yeah, it was entertaining." That's all I needed to know. It was fun and yes, Karl has some deep stuff!

[@MandyCaneLane]

😂🤪

[@scantregard1915]

have we not ALL been in an egg???

[@MandyCaneLane]

Yes. Yes we have

[@aaronmicalowe]

4:20 I don't agree with this. We have lots in common. We both get hungry, both get tired, both experience a range of common basic emotions etc. In the same way a dog can understand us, a lion certainly could. These so called "experts" make up shit that cannot easily be tested and Ricky automatically believes them without thinking about it.

[@MandyCaneLane]

100% agree with you!

[@billthebassist256]

So basically these animated podcasts are edited don't from much larger segments. You can find the originals on KZbin, they're just sound bytes though. There's also the old xfm radio shows they used to do. They have loads and loads of episodes of them on KZbin if you just search Karl pilkington xfm. Not necessarily a reaction suggestion. Can if you want but they are just sound bytes, but I definitely would recommend them for like background noise in personal time while you're doing anything else for more Karl content.

[@billthebassist256]

The xfm shows and original soundbytes are also on Spotify if you use that

[@krissuyx]

I agree with Ricky. If there's no such thing as disease, deadly accidents, murder or any kind of accidental or painful deaths, there'd be a lot less stress. You just pass away at some point in your old age while sleeping. You'd do whatever you want, not having to worry about consequences as there really are none.

[@Jamienomore]

More Good Reactions toa very funny Episode. 🤣😂

[@ROBOTRIX_eu]