🟢Fall Asleep to Ricky Gervais Steven Merchant And Karl Pilkington XFM Show Series 2 Episodes 30-33

#rickygervais #stevemerchant #karlpilkington Fall Asleep to Ricky Gervais Steven Merchant And Karl Pilkington XFM Show Series 2 Episodes 30-33
Gervais and Merchant returned to Xfm in August 2001, after the first series of The Office had been broadcast. However, the earliest surviving radio broadcasts are from November. Xfm brought in Pilkington as producer.[8] The show was originally just billed as Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, and Karl's presence was not acknowledged on posters and other advertisements. Gervais and Merchant would speak to Karl about his thoughts on whatever they were talking about. In 2003 Pilkington was officially added to advertisements for the show as over the years Karl's role on the show became more prominent as Ricky and Steve were finding more amusement with his views and personal life. As the producer, Karl had input with features such as Rockbusters, Songs of Phrase, Do We Need 'em, Knob News, Cheeky Freak of the Week, Monkey News and Educating Ricky. Their last show for XFM aired on 2 July 2005, after which they chose to switch the show's format from radio to podcasting.

[@chrishumpherson2901]

My uncle is a solicitor for productions at Sky and he said he just recently had a contract to mock up between Sky and Ricky Gervais. He said it was a new show with Ricky Steve and Karl and they were going to travel to the seven wonders again but with all 3 of them… it had all the green lights from RSK but they were struggling to get this one producer to sign the contract at Sky…. He only wanted to meet up in a dark room for some reason so my uncle went to this office in London to get it signed finally…. He went into the room.. there was a dark figure standing there looking over the city but couldnt quite see it properly… there was a desk in the middle of the dark room.. he walked over to the desk and placed it on the desk and asked the figure to sign it….. suddenly this hairy hand signed the contract “Marty” my uncle looked up….. little monkey there holding a fountain pen

[@darrenk1591]

bollox lol

[@didnaeknowyehaditinye2813]

Don’t talk sh...aww ffs play record!

[@victorymansions]

Weird innit?

[@rtothev1253]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@davidarmstrong894]

Don't. Talk. Shite. Twice.

[@broganjones6204]

This is definitely hearsay, but I have a friend who knew some assistant that worked on a few Ricky and Steve projects, years ago. It recently came up in conversation, and my friend heard this pretty surprising story that I definitely hadn’t heard when he passed it on to me. It’s not recent, in fact it was around Life’s Too Short time, either just before or just after the series aired. Ricky, Steve, and a producer (and the assistant, the source of this story) were travelling back to their hotel in a limo after some awards event. Basically they got into an argument about future projects (maybe Ricky floated the idea of an Office follow-up before the Brent film idea was finalised?). It got pretty heated and Steve kind of slammed his fist against the wall. But he hit that button that lowers the window between the driver and the passengers. Everyone kind of naturally looked through the now-open window: little monkey fella sat behind the wheel.

[@michaelgarman5569]

You realed me in 🤣🤣

[@ianinkster2261]

This story is the Karl equivalent of a legal high

[@PaddyRoon7]

Mate don't just copy paste the top rated post of all time from the subreddit... who are you, Chris Moyles?

[@Paddy.C]

It's been done many times before. The best one I saw was a couple of years ago, and started out by claiming to have the real reason that Ricky and Steve stopped working together. That really peaked people's interest, and got loads of likes. Granted, it hadn't gotten as passé back then as it is now.

[@burdbrain1598]

LOL, fucking brilliant. I thought this was some real gossip.

[@shakmanceljames9336]

Steve and Karl going at each other is so funny, Steve gets so rattled every time 😂😂😂

[@MrPlum1282]

Steve’s a bit of a prick imo

[@kylemurray8862]

You cant fall asleep to this.... its too funny.

[@tonytucker7359]

@kylemurray8 it’s shite and great for sending one to sleep it’s so Edinburgh complete shite obviously cashing in on the😢fame proper shite goodbye tramadol hello twats

[@yvonnefuellemann9262]

Still lovin’ this in 2023

[@tonytucker7359]

@yvonnefuellemann I realise comedy is subjective however I find this predictable and just not funny even comedians can’t be funny all the time

[@ankitkumar-ez8ff]

"Telescope, even the telescope"? Lmao

[@tonytucker7359]

Thanks so much for the post for years I’ve been afflicted by insomnia while I was channel hopping on utube I found this next thing I know it was morning thank you so much I’m totally indebted to you

[@user-oo5wh5qr4r]

Glad to hear your better but how can you fall asleep to this gripping conversation

[@nflynn]

16:00 pure genius

[@oliviastray1492]

Usually this helps me sleep, but I find myself after a 12.5 hr night shift giggling 2 hours later. I really need to get some sleep! Maybe I should try whale noises lol

[@fellatiacumbucket3212]

'In a jar?' always gets me lol

[@turnski]

16 mins in, "ripped tennis ball" 🤣🤣 I'm dying 🤦‍♂️🤣

[@turnski]

@Pugna with laughter 🤦‍♂️ surely you realised that 🤷‍♂️🙃

[@elliotthyde5623]

When told Karl to say the answer he got right on the quiz. I do wanted the answer to be EGG.

[@lauramichelle1767]

I am so jealous of anyone who got to see Karl and the burgers on the webcam 🤣🤣🤣

[@ofrenic]

Im pretty sure the webcam was a photo updated every 30 sec or so instead of a video. I dont know which would be funnier

[@lauramichelle1767]

@@ofrenic hahaha yeah I would pay to see those webcam pics 🤣🤣

[@rodmiester6959]

@@lauramichelle1767 rts:t5

[@lauramichelle1767]

@@rodmiester6959 what

[@rodmiester6959]

Eeree trerttr😮r😮rrttrrrrr😮trrrrtrr trrrrt😮ew😮

[@jackiesmith5886]

How can anyone fall asleep with Ricky going off on Carl all the time.?

[@user-mt4ku7jw1y]

Tinging its way up the tube

[@tyroon81]

Minge, has to be one of the top ten words in the English language😁👏👏

[@man-a-head]

Melted Welly

[@krissmith7]

Clunge is up there

[@VideosCPS]

Never whinge about the minge.

[@jaybrucker1234]

I'm from the U.S. and never knew that minge was a name for the V until I heard these podcasts. However it amazed me learn that Fanny was an offensive term for the V also, in America it means an butt.

[@commentingpausedtoprotectus]

@@jaybrucker1234 you can type vagina mate, don't have to type V 🤣 a capital v at that.

[@vagenr79]

Signed Kevin Spacey DVD.....Ebay goldmine 🤑

[@ChipMattson]

Uuu BH

[@CragScrambler]

Yeah plenty of pedos will bid on it mate 😬

[@TheLouisGilkes]

P is

[@ofrenic]

Id buy it

[@wetkneehouston6293]

The burger bit had me dying in bed

[@ianinkster2261]

I'll never be able to listen to REM again

[@delj3875]

This happened to me when i was a kid this person came to door and sold a commodore or a spectrum computer and my parents put it away for my xmas or birthday and i tried it and it never worked , it was the local person that would come to door and sell things so anyway it was not working and we got hold of person next time he came to door and he said it needed a "ram pack from a shop in town "tandy ' or whatever the shop it was maybe woolworths . On the way to the shop in town we bumped into the person that sold us it and he was like yeah its just round the corner . The shop never sold a ram pack or memory pack he must of just made up a area he stayed at and we hapoened to bump into him out side the so called shop that sold the ram pack .... whats starange is the story is similar to karls . I remember being so disappointed

[@Itsyowboiiiiiiiuu]

I live in Wales and completely agree with Karl 🤣

[@tonytucker7359]

Littlebopee leeks and having relationships with sheep then

[@Itsyowboiiiiiiiuu]

@@tonytucker7359 can't find my sheep 😂

[@stuartstretton6894]

HILARIOUS 😂 Steve calling Karl A LOSER😂😂 Steve mate,that's rich coming from someone who doesn't even have a girlfriend 😂 You LOSS Merchant 😂😂 What a goon!!😂 This has made my day 💯👍

[@unzicek]

Get laid.

[@Dreamskater100]

I see what you mean, more so around the time this was recorded. Now he's with Mircea Eliade, actress ad model.

[@stuartstretton6894]

@@Dreamskater100 Cheers 👍 I'm going to have a nose online lol.

[@Dreamskater100]

May as well! @@stuartstretton6894

[@Dreamskater100]

I meant 'and' not 'ad'!

[@PaddyRoon7]

"Let's give the prize to - Mitchell Sterling! Who has got... some of the answers right."

[@PaddyRoon7]

Karl genuinely can not understand why the invention/discovery of computing, physics, gravity and other scientific milestones is more important to humanity than brush-flippers for cats. Let that sink in.

[@crisstryna_mma1622]

Brush flippers? You mean clearing up the floor slippers???

[@PaddyRoon7]

@@crisstryna_mma1622 aye, whatever you wanna call them

[@crisstryna_mma1622]

@@PaddyRoon7 copyright 👍

[@HeretixAevum]

I also find it funny that he thinks we went from having no computers to having modern silicone based microprocessors. There's some significant missing history there

[@Christoff070]

@@HeretixAevum aye, twas aliens

[@martinc12]

1:40:16 i reckon karl was about to say Steve could have stood up in the water

[@ericamango]

How the fuck was he 30 here. Fuck I am old 🙈

[@simonyricools]

We all are :)

[@ShadyPlatinum777]

first time I noticed Ricky’s duck joke 😂 39:25

[@loopstationyt]

Best of Bob Marley

[@livejts3301]

...one of these prizes was a signed Kevin Spacey dvd... whats that worth today ?

[@YouSmokeChed]

Not guilty now somehow

[@RealfishingNL]

About the cat operation for 5k. Doesnt matter if u have the money or not. I ate dry crackers for 2 months so i can pay for my cat operation.

[@JL46L88]

😊

[@KeithH02]

how can I download this as an mp3 file ? my commute will fly by, listening to this !! Brilliant

[@deloford]

Bit torrent

[@KeithH02]

@@deloford I'd forgotten they would be on there !! thank you my friend

[@loopstationyt]

It’s on Spotify too 💜

[@molagsballs]

youve got tea all over the worlds smallest man

[@donleon01]

C XX

[@Christoff070]

Head like a lightbulb

[@YouSmokeChed]

Karl going at Steve always baffles me has he looked in a mirror ?

[@genetenz]

1:38 winds were bad in the seventies 18:00

[@PaddyRoon7]

"I can't do this either." the defeat in his voice is so perfect.

[@thejacal2704]

3:18:27 One of the best wheeze laughs Ricky has ever done. This, along with 'Square Tins' and 'Get your knickers off'.

[@PeachTristan]

The bad wind in the 70's

[@leo_lion6980]

Mgkgm

[@camerongriffiths8875]

The signed dvd by Kevin Spacey wouldn’t have aged well…

[@MrThorls]

This comment of yours didn’t age well either

[@jaybrucker1234]

A 🐎 ina 🏠

[@Davidjagoartist]

I wish Ricky had set up a camera to film Karl watching Freaks

[@roytomas8743]

4 toilets....I'm dying...lol

[@JeffRoganFM]

Have you ever seen an old man eat a maaaaaaars bar?

[@ThePontiacBandit911]

10:58 But Steve clearly said ‘player-manager’, so it’s not like Alex Ferguson.

[@crisstryna_mma1622]

Scrimpton, if you get my drift..... Alright.

[@MrShredtilldead]

Cranbruly

[@ianinkster2261]

@@MrShredtilldead These are both the places where Jo Biden grew up.

[@crisstryna_mma1622]

@@ianinkster2261 I'm English and I am working on proving these fake news places don't exist. I can't be sure cause I mean they sound real? Scrimptonshire? I think I'm full Scrimpton on my father's side!!!

[@ianinkster2261]

@@crisstryna_mma1622 Stick the record player on, stop the shenenigans.

[@crisstryna_mma1622]

@@ianinkster2261 have you got a ruler 📏 👀

[@mrbiker1294]

Karl deserves everything he gets off Steve and vis versa

[@livejts3301]

Funniest one the food record attempts!! Ricky yelling "COME ON!!!"

[@PeachTristan]

did KP ever write that article on monkeys for the magazine?

[@werxeh]

Very much the cat

[@rooksdoubleohseven9919]

"I don't want to lose a tenner"

[@jaybrucker1234]

Crush grapes

[@conorkennedy3304]

The Auntie Nora story snuck up on me.

[@PaddyRoon7]

3:41:40 this has to be the angriest Ricky has ever gotten during the show lmao

[@rachelpayne4583]

No! It’s got to be the chimps typing Shakespeare/ infinity argument 😅

[@PaddyRoon7]

@@rachelpayne4583 lmao, or the fella with an ear infection getting a knobectomy

[@The_HouStoner]

Where’s your church? where’s your mayor?

[@JeffRoganFM]

My auntie had wind for five minutes

[@Steviebav]

Night

[@mariaalejandra5787]

1:16:40 😂

[@james88er97]

Call was sooo woke the toilet talk

[@ryannoble4789]

Steve and Ricky have the passive aggressive bullying down to a tea, no wonder they no longer talk

[@kyleronan749]

2:53:40

[@peachesandpoets]

Thank God the show came out when it did. This generation, or rather the audience of today no matter their generation, would have whinged about them over all sorts.. bullying, Karls homophobia, etc. Everyone wants to have a whinge these days instead of just turning the dial so to speak.

[@tommyreazy]

*tee

[@ChildishBrandino20]

Nothing about it is passive

[@foxfour3683]

All I hear is Wheatley..

[@matthewvido3902]

1:03:17

[@Jakei]

Gn my people

[@DBriddo]

Tetraplegic is all four limbs, paraplegic is legs.

[@TheVeiledCollective]

Minge. Play a record.

[@thepontiacbandit7874]

31:20 Karl’s parents went on holiday without him when he was only 5?! 😳

[@chellebrown6677]

Ha ha and the Ross's left the cat on him when they went out so who was watching karl really the angry cat????

[@the-np4mr]

There's this hare Chinese kid

[@jonnysupreme]

All'rite?

[@SuperLisalis]

Adams Apple may just give a little clue to you!!

[@SuperLisalis]

Karl Rocks....gr8 stuff!!

[@elleo9920]

I'd say Rickys big mouth would have held more burgers, god that bit was so uncomfortable 😬 Ricky and Steve nag him into stuff but would never dare do it themselves

[@possessedslig]

Might get blown into the road an tha'

[@the-np4mr]

Holy based karl lmfao

[@DaleTheGrinder]

1:23:00 this whole section is very relevant to today.

[@futurefreak8789]

Laughing at the Scottish Album ffs..The best Bands come from Scotland

[@bc86tbl]

Fiddle rock lol

[@user-zb7no8cn7i]

“In the name of God”? Really Ricky? Whose God?

[@michelereddicliff307]

U no but

[@thepontiacbandit7874]

17:14 Man alive! Karl’s homophobia is just off the scale. 🤯

[@peachesandpoets]

Yup

[@russellbridges9779]

auntie norahs ripped up tennis ball 🎾 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@dmc6262]

.

[@kirstenferguson8204]

Holy Moly 🤣🤣🤣 I just wanna adopt Karl if I was sitting next 2 a woman freak who can eat wif her feet & she wisny hungry I wid b more inclined 2 u Steve 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣I'm sore laffing

[@tortoise704]

This has aged wwll

[@user-zb7no8cn7i]

Steven Merchant . You’re not funny. Copying Peter Kay re the 8yr olds sliding on their knees. Why? Bartitsvah?? Really? Pillock. That’s crude but not funny. Karl - on some kind of spectrum - but sometimes quite amusing. Now, Ricky, I like. He has talent. At first he comes across as a right prat but actually I think he’s okay.

[@higherlifementoring9654]

Is that you Dicky Docky Doo Richard Anderson?