Ricky Gervais XFM - Series 3 Episode 7

13. December 2003
Xfm's Christmas presents to the guys. Karl not buying for Suzanne. The birds and the bees. 'Baby wot giv birf to a baby'. Rockbusters revisited. Lord of the Rings is shit. Nerdlingers. The English language. Karl in Films this week is 'Scrooge'. Cheeky Freak of the Year: the 7 year old who is 38. Monkey News this week is about an aeroplane passenger complaining that they have no nuts.

[@ValkyrieDaisy95]

"COME ON!!" "SHHHHURRRTUPPPP.." xD

[@ThunderChunky101]

The English language is defined by words in common use and they get into a dictionary by their word count in publications (common usage) and that means that to this date there are at least 1,022,000 words, growing at a phenomenal rate. Many more than any other language. It's one of the reasons to be proud of the language. For comparison, Russian (the language of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky) language only has about 200 thousand words! It's our greatest invention.

[@ISetYourFaceOnFire]

I love Steve. He's got an incredibly ability when telling an anecdote or analyzing a situation. He really is the genius behind it all, but is sadly overshadowed by Ricky, and well Karl.

[@alexnzxVersion2]

I nearly fell off the chair when he said 'Garlic Bread'

[@hariskhan7930]

Steve really is the genius behind all the XFM shows.

[@statyisgod]

All these negative comments about Karl, Ricky and Smerch, don't fucking listen if you don't like them. Sure you'd be more at home watching Friends or some shit.

[@kelso120]

i love the fact karl hates new york, you never hear anybody shareing that view hahaha brilliant

[@HayleyDrawsThings]

Such sweetiez!!!... I luv em!...

[@safeasjack]

Would tune into this every show without fail if it was brought back..

[@YMB9Shinzou]

If you understood anything about these people you'd know that it's a part that Ricky plays up to partly to mess with Karl and partly because in truth Gervais is quite a modest person and probably feels more comfortable being seen as arrogant as opposed to being praised all the time. If Gervais was an arrogant man wanting to come across as humble He's intelligent enough that your stupid ass would be sitting there going "Aww.. What a great guy Ricky is! He's so genuine!"

[@bluestevo93]

This has gotta be the funniest XFM episode

[@simpsonmark]

Jelly (jello) is Wackelpudding in German which is wobbly pudding.

[@alandodd7195]

RIP barney. You were a legend.

[@robertomeara5130]

excellent

[@celtlen]

That third clue has, literally, given me sore sides from laughing!!

[@cpkchunky]

love when ricky goes "i need to bake her, doesn't work, it is shiteee!!" 18:55

[@myuwan777]

yeah so have fun waiting for your video to load and watch those informative brilliant adverts =D

[@roxyqueen2]

"phil....phil co....phil..." hahah that gets me every time.

[@inflamedjamez99]

Ok mate, thanks for uploading them to begin with. Lets just hope it is a while before the next clips are removed.

[@garrettmillerdrums]

MRC is a massive movie and television studio who is distributed by Warner Bros and Universal. They probably thought they were claiming rights to The Ricky Gervais Show, which they rightfully own, but I don't believe they have rights to XFM broadcasts, although it wouldn't surprise me if they did.

[@mcn625]

That last Rockbuster clue hahahaha

[@2109917162]

The company owns the rights. If someone owns a copyright on something, you can't use it unless you pay them with the exception of fair use which does not include posting the show in its entirety on youtube without any addition of commentary, parody, analysis or review.

[@Broc13]

It always frustrated me how harsh they were to him when he was giving the rockbusters clues or the monkey news info, then they'd be confused when he'd basically get fed up and say "forget it then".

[@LowGrav1ty]

No, you are not correct, he does not care that people don't like him, he does all the things he does to amuse himself, if other people like him it's a bonus :)

[@Feuerbach1]

Wikipedia vs MS Encarta. This is a great case study as to the value and efficacy of altruistic motivation vs profit based. That being said, I realize this does not apply across the board. But profit is not the only effective motivator for content creation. I will say specifically here I would buy these radio shows if I could, until then I have no problem watching with ad-block on!

[@inflamedjamez99]

Alright cheers mate, that clears it up a little. Still, very annoying that they are that concerned about something that was 9 or so years ago.

[@Matt77125]

'the place yu go tu take yu dog at walk' haha

[@Jakebicchieri]

The fucking rockbusters answers made me fucking cry.

[@JCHornerTV]

It's funny cos Alex Parks was the only RockBuster I got.

[@sologals361]

I just thought of a good but easy one. "No wonder your overweight playing games all day.FD".

[@33hegemon]

Solo Gals Fats Domino?

[@Granpire]

The thing to keep in mind is that private youtubers don't get any money from your views if you leave adblock on. I turn adblock off on KZbin for that reason. In that sense, Google has permitted plenty of people to make a small (sometimes excellent) income from running KZbin channels.

[@skunkymunky2008]

It's the birds and the bees because its to do with nature and it kinda rhymes and it rolls off the tongue rather well

[@Goochbot]

"This baby with 4 legs" "it wasn't a puppy was it?"

[@anoldsmellyunusedaccount]

"Ti'shiett!"

[@SmokeTemple]

oh, i wasnt aware of that, i use adblock so ads arent a problem for me

[@gracescarlett6613]

According to tradition, the birds and the bees is a metaphorical story sometimes told to children in an attempt to explain the mechanics and good consequences of sexual intercourse through reference to easily observed natural events. For instance, bees carry and deposit pollen into flowers, a visible and easy-to-explain example of male fertilisation. Another example, birds lay eggs, a similarly visible and easy-to-explain example of female ovulation.

[@KingMuld]

jeez some people using comments to make their point! seriously grow some and speak up in public hazma matey. 10% react though 90% laugh at you. excellent work FullXFM

[@cupmaballs3000]

Avnt listened to xfm since these guys left. All radios crap now

[@matrat57]

I might have an answer for it: On their site, it seems that MRC are affiliated with the ricky gevais show (the anime on HBO) So my guess is that HBO had to buy the copyright from XFM (obviously) in order to make the cartoons. That would explain why MRC is making the copyright claim and not XFM. I might be wrong but I think it makes sense

[@DanWilliamsKILLR0Y]

And karl calls steve tight lol...

[@Fionatron]

GARLIC BREAD!

[@terraLiquidus]

LOTR FTW

[@bensimps123]

its a catchphrase from comedian peter kay's comedy characters.

[@Jakebicchieri]

GARLIC BREAD.

[@myyoutubechannel-the2ndthx10]

51:20 freak of the year list

[@JoeRivermanSongwriter]

27:30 ironically Gandalf WAS based on Gandhi. Not Gollum.

[@kathyswallows6695]

because the creator has rights to the property. period

[@inflamedjamez99]

@FullXFM Just out of curiosity, who makes the copyright claims?

[@Balloonbot]

AdBlocker will change your life.

[@inflamedjamez99]

So what are they? I mean how can they claim ownership of the clips and ask you to remove them or get youtube to terminate your account?

[@deedeeclayton]

Steve is an absolute creep in that photo

[@harryhill5949]

adblock plus halves the problem, i agree with you though

[@juicyjuice743]

Definitely pollination

[@Gleebo]

What's the song at 48:28? It's on the tip of my tongue and driving me crazy...

[@HayleyDrawsThings]

Aceeddd! Lmao...Garlic bread! Pmsl...!!!!

[@thedroogfulable]

what does ricky say he put on his jacket in '87? acid?

[@newellboy2]

Adverts are put on by the uploader. It's a way for a user to monetize their videos.

[@Goochbot]

Garlic Bread!

[@matszz]

that explains the bees, what about the birds?

[@nick515666]

garlic bread!

[@oliviabyrne1407]

Ricky's laugh 47:45

[@howitt400]

Aaaah I love acid house, but it does sound a bit shit to write 'Acieeed' on a leatehr jacket. Even in the late 80s.

[@ringodooby]

I know there are loads of video hosters online, theres loads of everything onine ffs. but I like complaining about things while i use them, youtubes perfect for me

[@HayleyDrawsThings]

@murphbox It's a Peter Kay joke. :)

[@townsjim]

Ever heard of adblock?

[@DoctorTealReynolds]

What is on Karl's head?

[@33hegemon]

21:10 Rocbusters...

[@TheCheweeRevolutions]

how can karl possibly think going up everst on a bike is easier than walking? surely hes not that stupid

[@marcotoni231]

karls is the worst gift giver.hahaha

[@romeovarga80]

That's right. Because Ricky Gervais does receive percentage of the ads we are forced to watch, right? You argument makes holds no water, mate. I'm in entertainment industry and depend on people not getting work for free, but this isn't an example of it. Ads have gotten way too aggressive on 'tube.

[@oliverl89]

I'm all with you but to be fair, it's your own choice to use the website. I'm sure there are several other sites to choose from. Otherwise, why not start your own website and make it better?

[@CarlosCMTF]

Fill.... Phil Coll..ons, Phil Collons, Phill Coll....

[@PhattyBolger]

Well, there's no right or wrong. It's opinions.

[@illiteratethug3305]

Garlic bread?

[@JuMp4ty]

why garlic bread

[@ihavesexwithpandas]

that was perfect hangover cure

[@LHR90101]

haha karl says something ridiculous. ricky ; Play a fuckign record hahaha

[@StickyManMaxxx]

Yeah but it's still google/youtube giving you the option to make money which isn't the point at all

[@SmokeTemple]

lol yeah poor little google aint got enough money. there was a youtube before google and ads. the dude is claiming the internet reformed the way it works, on pirate bay for example, you dont have to watch an ad before every download

[@maxcohen13]

Now, don't get your panties in a bunch just because you don't like the ads. Just hike up your skirt and be brave. You'll get through it, young lady. I promise.

[@gracescarlett6613]

says wikipedia.

[@ISetYourFaceOnFire]

LMAOO... I loved Karl's "SHUUTT UPP"

[@ryanleexuanhao]

Hi

[@matszz]

According to some here and the wikipedia article on it suggest it has to do with eggs. Seems far fetched to me, the human egg is hardly the same as bird eggs. I agree with stephen, its an oddy saying. Birds eating fruit would work equally bad, while true it has little to do wtih human sex life.

[@maxcohen13]

There's always the option of not using KZbin then. If enough quit watching, maybe they'll change their ways. Since nothing else has worked for you, give it a go.

[@jamescooling]

21:52

[@ChrisOrillia]

Some people don't have the money & wouldn't have had the money anyway. Would you deny a poor person or child the richness of our culture which is not only unlimited but can cheaply be reproduced? Deny a mind development? Why? Historically, people with your opinion were always around yet none stood the test of time when faced with progress. The clergy had the same type of reaction to the printing press for example - and the right to the information itself was dolled out to only the privileged.

[@AFCEvanz]

5:20

[@ThreeWordsFirstWord]

LANZAGROTTY INDEED! ;)

[@therealribbit]

Wow, not understanding 'the birds and the bees'... Ricky doth protest too much.

[@oasis4ever92]

SHUUUUURRRT UPPPPP!

[@weefeatures]

It's the internet and you can only win by getting things illegally!!!!!!123 I WANT TO WIN

[@PadHatter]

LOTR is fucking aesome.

[@EGGJAZZ]

ad block plus

[@underage4page]

"Next week...prisms"

[@ringodooby]

youre right, by commenting on and using a service while complaining about it im basicly nothing more than a soapbox hypocrite. I actualy spent some time looking into how difficult it would be to set up a new youtube style website that went back to youtubes original values. I came up with the name "newtube". unfortunately, when i researched the name, I found it was already being used by a plastic and metal tube manufacturing company. what a waste

[@superArmysoilder]

21:53 SHUT UPPPP!

[@Macphile2]

It seems like Suzanne keeps picking boring-ass places for their holidays. Well, boring to me--a pretty beach and shit-all to do. (Never mind that I'd really like to spend a few days in Santorini...but that's like my *one* trip idea that's like that.)

[@heinzgud8464]

Macphile2 like karl said, it depends on what you want from a holiday. Like.. i'm pretty sure the the most popular idea of a holiday is sitting on a beach and doing f-all.. so does that make them wrong or does it make you a pretentious idiot who thinks they're too cool to sit on a beach and do nothing?

[@deborahkay3967]

'lh as uttr rrt rr the train to the train lobbied I have

[@ThreeOne33Seven]

no

[@A1Gentleman1Said]

Ill smite you with my sWord.....LOL but on a second not you cant compare harry potter with Lord of the Rings.....c'mon