Hold Cold WHAT?! Americans React To "The Ricky Gervais Show - S2E6 - Kidneys"

#karlpilkington #stephenmerchant #rickygervais
Original Video: • The Ricky Gervais Show...
Support us on Patreon: / embracethesuck21
Intro song: ‪@SpencerJoyceMusic‬ - Boh's & O's
Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/5KtOzM...
Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/bohs...
Wanna send us something?
Embrace The Suck 21
P.O. Box 2246
Annapolis, MD, USA
21404
Subscribe to our other channels
Spencer's Music Channel: ‪@SpencerJoyceMusic‬
Daniel's Home Improvement Channel: ‪@AriasandtheNATION‬
Spencer's Motorsports Channel: ‪@SpencerJoycesWorld‬
Follow us on social media to influence our content:
/ embracethesuck21
/ embracethesuck21
/ embracesuck21
Listen to our podcast in audio form:
anchor.fm/embrace-the-suck-21
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS

[@spoogerl1126]

in Karls defence he said "they hold cold" but his accent doesnt pronounce the H. The old glass ashtrays were quite thick and they were always colder than room temperature :)

[@stemid85]

It was likely crystal and not glass, feels a bit cold and a fancy home ashtray common when I was growing up in the 80s. I think metal spinny ashtrays became more common in the 90s tho.

[@loneb9759]

Thank you... I've listened to this episode so many times and always heard "old cold". I never got it😂😂😂

[@sussex33]

Is that true? I’ve listened to this loads of times and never noticed that. It does make more sense, but I’m Glaswegian and usually pretty good with a Manc accent but that went right over my head

[@JoeJones3001]

@@sussex33 at 4:36 you can hear it a bit more clearly "thick glass and that it holds the cold"

[@Football101s]

@@loneb9759 Same haha, I was just about to comment the same thing

[@andrewward7168]

I've literally put these on to go to sleep with most nights for the last ten years 😂, listened to each one tons of times and I'm not by far the only one lol

[@wagonsworld9592]

Me too

[@Bill_Dingsite]

i do exactly the same thing, i thought i was a bit wierd doing it lol

[@DruncanUK]

"An insect had it away with a leaf!" - I laughed so hard I choked...that literally nearly killed me! 🤣🤣🤣

[@remimoses3769]

When I first heard him say that I realised Karl really is an idiot, it made me a bit sad.

[@r0btech]

You know it's hilarious and unbelievable when you hear Stephen Merchant laugh.

[@danholland8722]

Stephens comedy based in the US "Hello Ladies" is hilarious and completely under rated. There's a scene where he's trying to join in with a group in a nightclub and ends up sitting on a barstool about 4ft above everyone else who are on sofas, trust me you guys should watch it. The stand up routine with the same name isn't as good so avoid that id say.

[@jonathanhebden-caley686]

Bbb no

[@tanyacampbell29]

Stephen Merchant writes and acts, he's turned to more serious acting lately. He has been in a few movies but you might recognise him from Logan, he played Caliban the bald man who was allergic to the sun. He recently played a very serious role in a true-story drama in which he was very good in and he is currently starring in a show on BBC with Christopher Walken called The Outlaws which I think he also co-wrote and produced.

[@samyheath8103]

He was great in 'Hello Ladies' and 'Extras' 😎 👍

[@ianp1986]

You can die from kidney stones. Nearly happened to me twice in 2020. It all depends on where the stone is. Mine moved into the tube below the kidney so it blocked everything and it led to sepsis, internal bleeding, multiple transfusions and a 2 week coma

[@danielwood8864]

Crikey, glad to hear u pulled through!!💪

[@Martin-88]

Good grief. Sounds like you had a lucky escape!

[@TomRNZ]

You should've used a larger ashtray.

[@evoke97]

whinging

[@sukikerridge6453]

This is class! I've had three kids, all different experiences. Haven't had kidney stones BUT have had gall stones and they are really bad!!! Had my gall bladder removed and thank God I won't have to go through that again... Think it is definitely on par with my worst birth 9lb 8oz boy, gas and air, won't go into detail but it wasn't my finest hour until I actually gave birth to my gorgeous boy, all that is forgotten now. Oh! Well done Spencer!!! Great weight loss, I was thinking you had lost weight. Well done you!

[@adsyoffinch]

Stephen Merchant has had a great series on the BBC called The Outlaws, he even got Christopher Walken to star in it! Well worth checking out!

[@jeffknight904]

I'll endorse that. One of the best series of the last couple of years. Both series were filmed back-to-back during the pandemic, according to Wikipedia. Gotta be right, right?

[@sideshowmark913]

Thought that was excellent myself

[@devilstower8495]

The thing about English commentaries , is the graves are sometimes hundreds of years old, so its fun to look at the dates.

[@AutomaticDuck300]

Daniel should do stand-up. He's hilarious.

[@EmbraceTheSuck21]

(Spencer here) I've been telling him that for YEARS!!!

[@Psichotica7]

Haha yeah, I love it when he gets going and cracks up Spencer .

[@hamzah5643]

Karl: Old Cold ash tray to get rid of the badness Every other human: frozen bag of peas/ice

[@stingersplash]

I used my dads ashtray in the 80s. Bags of ice are for posh people.

[@andrewhallam237]

Those form you fill in are for whenever you go under general anesthetic for any operation. You sign to show you understand the risks ( any kind of surgery has some risk ) and protects the hospital if anything goes wrong. Morphene is not such a risk, in the UK you self administer it through a switch in the IV.

[@simonlane8614]

I've started falling asleep listening to you 2 reacting to this stuff let alone the original

[@BaresEatBeats]

That’s seriously impressive weight loss, in a relatively short space of time! And yes, kidney stones do rank much higher on the pain index than childbirth. Women who’ve experienced both always report that kidney stones are in a different league.

[@rossross3689]

Everytime I see this episode I pour myself a glass of water lol

[@michaelnewman6505]

To be fair, when in the U.K. there’s a lot of history. When me and my missus went to Yorkshire for a weekend away we went to a Saxon church where some of the grave stones were a thousand years old. In that situation we did see how old the dead people were 😂

[@livingart2576]

I can’t sleep to this. Even with the balanced sound versions. I have tried but I keep laughing 😂

[@tomnorton-platford4896]

The difference between a cookie and a biscuit; biscuit goes soft/chewy when its stale, cookie goes hard when its stale

[@Mediocre_Chairman]

A chocolate chip cookie is a type of biscuit where Im from in the UK.

[@WitchKing813]

I listen to the podcasts whilst I'm playing my Xbox and if I'm tired I will definitely nod off for a bit lol. I have a crush on merchant it's actually why I started listening to them.

[@Wagoo]

What position is he on your list of unlikely lust objects?

[@WitchKing813]

@@Wagoo lmao, ah but I don't class him as an unlikely lust object though.

[@DDoig1]

Steve has a show called Hello Ladies

[@tommorgan7599]

At the moment of holding a child for the first time, women often report that the pain of labour has all but been forgotten. It hasn’t really been forgotten, but the happiness and reward colour the memory of the preceding pain. This is known as the halo effect. Holding a kidney stone in your arms after passing it does not quite trigger the same reward systems in the brain, and so is difficult to compare for someone who has experienced both.

[@philiphind7830]

Stephen needs his own show

[@necrolicious]

I don't understand why they go off on him about using an ashtray for pain relief. I didn't use an ashtray, but when I was young, if I felt sick, I used to lay on the bathroom floor because the cold tiles felt great. Am I a weirdo?

[@FlissFloss2906]

I literally went and checked out Daniels rant…so so funny!! 😂😂

[@AutomaticDuck300]

Where?

[@Kevin-irish]

Many of the sleep compilations are great edits that personally help me sleep. I live with a snorer so I rather be woken by Ricky's laugh anyday of the week over snores haha

[@jordanb1955]

a tube up the knob put me off drinking for life 😂 got two done put in the one week after hospitalistion from drinking too much...far too say ive never drank again haha

[@tyrondor5600]

Stephen merchant interviews on conan and the graham norton show are really good. He also voices Wheatly in Portal 2 if you want to play a game that he was involved in

[@jessicarose7819]

I've never given birth but i am a woman who has had kidney stones, i found it painful but no more than period pains. I actually thought it was just period pains at first, obviously when they went on longer than a week (like normal period pains) i went to the doctor and it turned out to be kidney stones. I know giving birth is a LOT more painful than periods so i'd guess giving birth is way worse than kidney stones!

[@davidharvey4433]

Yep often 3 hours into sleep I wake in fright to Ricky’s laugh.

[@dangerpainter]

This is fckn gold dust!!!!!! Bloody love you guys….

[@RS250Squid]

Stephen's story is basically the video for Smalltown Boy XD.

[@gavinhall6040]

Graveyards in the UK are interesting because places can be really old!

[@paulrodgers6371]

I've had kidney infection quite a few times.its the same thing not serious as long as you drink plenty of water and eat plenty of fruit .it's older people who have more complications. As long as they are not damaged through alcohol your pretty fine for them to recover

[@JimmyGuitarist]

You should both listen to the old XFM radio days of Ricky, Steve and Karl. Not for making videos about since it’s only audible but you’ll love it. It’s something I just tell everyone to do in general. 👍

[@markelkins1392]

Fudge (a sweet confectionary that is popular in British holiday Resorts ) LOL

[@adamtheaker]

Stephen on Graham Norton and would I lie to you is good, his stand up hello ladies the play is brilliant and there is also hbo sitcom hello ladies too

[@davetrotter80]

In the UK all cookies are biscuits but not all biscuits are cookies. This no doubt cleared the whole thing up. Glad I could help.

[@atiminthailand4531]

I've had kidney stones 3 times now. 1st time I was hospitisled as it was immense pain, they scanned me it was 8mm in size. I had ultra sound surgery where they blasted it with waves. Felt like someone flicking your back comstantly for 30 minutes. I pissed pure blood for about 2 days. That was 6 years ago. Then I had 2 massive kidney stones earlier this year while I was away in thailand and abu dhabi. I pissed these out but these were huge, much bigger than 8mm. I took photos of them. 1 got stuck half way up the end of my knob and I had to wait until I was desperate for a wee to get rid of it. Worst pain ever!!! The pain for men goes to the balls. It feels like your balls are twisted.

[@Psichotica7]

Holy hell! Drink more water in your life!

[@evoke97]

whinging

[@LondonNat]

I concur... cookies and biscuits are different. I'm a massive biscuit loving person and not a massive cookie fan. They are definitely different in my eyes!

[@wildwine6400]

The kidney stones vs pregnancy was on Moaning of Life on the episode with the natural birth

[@petertrott2483]

Worst pain I've ever experienced was on gas and air all the way to the hospital in the back of the ambulance. I too had a tube (stent) inserted and when they took it out i was allowed to watch the monitor and saw my insides while they took the stent out, interesting.

[@arthurspils2565]

A really good show of Stephen's that was on in the UK of the past couple of years was Outlaws, semi comedy but also some very serious subjects in there, basically a story which brings together a group of people from different backgrounds all doing community service - maybe not one for reaction videos but a good watch if you're looking for some of his material.

[@sophie7051]

Having had both, child birth and kidney stones both hurt like mad but in different ways, I think kidney stones were worse only because I wasn’t getting a reward for my suffering and I didn’t know when it would end, pain wise, childbirth hurt more but I had pain relief for kidney stones and I didn’t for labour, kind of a hard one to compare 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@wildwine6400]

Unfortuntly Steve doesn't have much content on KZbin. He did a stand-up show which isnt KZbin friendly and only has a few clips from it which are like 3-4 minutes long.

[@heatherarnott5457]

He is saying they "hold cold" 🤣

[@andrew348]

That form is definitely not for morphine. It's for any complications that occur due to anesthesia or any other reason that would cause a person not to wake up. Morphine doesn't come into play until after an operation.

[@colinboerboom1607]

A lot of experience unfortunately with pain, nerve pain/ chronic pain etc. Ain't nothing like kidneystones. I was able to fall asleep with nerve pain (because of an illness i can't take any painkillers except morphine and i dont feel like taking that daily not for anything you guys talked about but mainly cause as i found out im prone to the hallucinations that can come with it yay) but i couldnt even think with kidneystones. Worst morning ever, waking up thinking there's a knife inside of my genitals. I know it's Karl where you got the childbirth v kidneystones from. I'll tell you one thing, a doctor will never say "Childbirth can take a few days.....or longer" Also also if you are forced to let it pass naturally (Yay me #2) there's apperantly 3 *checkpoints* the stones have to travel through where you really feel it. So every single stone can be a triple threat.

[@Necron00b]

I think Karl's idea of "what you do" in the small villages is from some old TV show he must have seen because, I think most people would wander the local countryside...and not the local graveyards. hahaha

[@michaelcaffery5038]

My mother once had kidney stones and it's a very painful condition. She was prescribed pethidine, a strong opioid. Btw morphine is not as dangerous as you seem to think it is. In a medical setting the chance of being given too much is negligible.

[@AliceSylph]

I had kidney stones when I was 8 years old, had a couple months in hospital and multiple surgeries because complications. Still the worse pain I've ever had and it caused kidney damage so I'm in constant pain with my right kidney and get more stones and infections regularly

[@Bill_Dingsite]

Ive had 2 kidney stones and the first time i thought i was dying. Luckily this only lasted for a hour or so. It was afterwards that drove me mad when i was trying to pass it constantly needing the toilet and peeing blood. The second time was worse i had just jumped out of my truck and ended up lay on the floor , went to hospital and had to wait for an hour and a half in agony in the waiting area. I got called in and the pain went . i passed both stones without the need for the tube up my knob lol

[@martindunstan8043]

Great reaction fellas 👍✌️Stephen Merchant was the lead in a comedy called 'hello ladies' where he's a Brit that finds himself in very awkward circumstances with women. I thought that it was quite funny especially how Merchant looks, you might want to check it out? He co wrote it so he's taking the p*** out of himself. Nice one guys take care now ✌️👍🍻

[@davidharvey4433]

I always thought he said ‘old cold’, which seemed to make sense at the time. ‘Hold cold’ probably is right though.

[@stingersplash]

I thought he said old cold. And I get it. My dad had a glass ashtray and it was old and cold. And if I felt hot I'd put it on my belly. 80s kid so it feels very normal to me.

[@jeffknight904]

Biscuits in espresso bars and coffee shops are called 'cookies' or, if Italian in style, 'biscotti". Choc chip cookies have to be called cookies because 'choc-chip biscuit' just doesn't sound right.

[@lawrencedevere2242]

That insect part is by FAR the dumbest thing Karl has ever said ngl, the rest of what he said is misconstrued or uneducated, but that was bloody thick lmao 😂😂😂

[@jerryhayes9497]

"at some point something has had it away with a leaf" 😂😂😂 Karl is a Young Earth Creationist

[@Sdw77]

Still funny after hearing and seeing it before, gotta love trying to work out what Karl is going on about, there is something to everything he says and I think it’s probably only Ricky and Suzanne that really understand him😂😂😂🫶🏽

[@davidmcnulty8181]

DVT is serious. My friend had it in her 20s and couldn't come home to the UK from Australia for a year. I've seen photos and her leg was three times the size.

[@bblair2627]

Stephen Merchant series in the USA Hello Ladies is a funny watch

[@michaelwhite6740]

Check out "Hello Ladies" from HBO. Steven I think is the creator of the show

[@anthonyfawcett1851]

My mum had kidney stones and had keyhole surgery she said she’d rather give birth 20 times again rather than have them again

[@jacksonbrown4112]

Hello ladies TV show was amazing. Soooo underrated.

[@KotRFFXIV]

Jellyfish get eaten by turtles don't they? That's a good use for them 😂

[@Wagoo]

But do we need turtles?

[@YouSmokeChed]

any plans for 1080p no stress if not

[@gleam6370]

Just in time 🤭

[@MetalMonkey]

Please do "Randy buys a bookshelf off Gumtree". Gumtree is like Craigslist and Randy is and Aussie puppet, I guarantee you won't regret it. A few people have reacted to this and some from a year ago

[@FEARYOYOYO]

I think Steves comment about game shows is about J. Carr. Also, Karl says that ashtrays "hold" cold not "old cold"

[@Martin-88]

It will be Jonathan Ross. Ricky is good mates with him.

[@stoneoutdooradventures2286]

I was in agony with kidney stones and I'm one of those people who don't really feel pain..so I thought I was dying..I've been attacked by a gang with baseball bats and that was half the pain of kidney stones 🤣🤣

[@kasperzak]

I would love to hear a gothic rock bluegrass band! 😅

[@percyplays8842]

Steve’s best stuff in my opinion is the office and extras. His stand up is ok but he’s much better writing

[@alisonstark1258]

love your reactions, please do the inbetweeners, you won't believe how funny they are

[@davidjb-750]

From experience it’s the worse pain ever

[@geoffpinkerton63]

Well done on the weight loss man, hard to do (must be all that pause pressing!)

[@thomashernandez8700]

All cold is what I think Pilkington said.

[@Wagoo]

'old cold - as in "hold cold", as in the glass is thick and holds room temperature for a while to cool his belly

[@Industrialist2015ofUk]

u guys shud definetly do Stephen Merchant clips. he was funny af, on Extras! I noticed him on a Big bang theory episode as well.

[@sierracharlie6355]

Carl takes things literally. That’s all.

[@anitahargreaves9526]

Mum had her kidney stones removed, given them to keep. She said painful, apparently they were soft, told she had too much calcium, milk. 👵🇬🇧 edit. Looked like caviar in a glass jar.

[@IreZico]

You could possibly loose a kidney if you think the stone has passed and it hasn’t and the kidney looses function and dies. But in terms of Death by Kidney stone no its not possible to died from kidney stones.

[@IreZico]

@@bethcushway458 depending what happens with the stone if its in there long, but in no point would your cause of death be kidney stones. Ur right u can get infections if something happens but the kidney stone will not be the leading factor in a death. Thats will never be recorded.

[@IAVAIN]

old cold belly badness ;)

[@makaveliuk86]

Had to skip half that kidney stone bit,slightly sensitive about that area,having had 3 operations down there by the time I was 10,one of my boys decided to go walkabout and got wrapped up in the artery in my leg!😱😖 Still can't watch/listen to anything painful about that whole area 20/30 years later👀🤦🏻‍♂️🤷‍♂️😂😂

[@barrysmarkwickauthor]

check out "hello ladies" us sitcom with the goggle eyed freak

[@elizabethle221]

I am English and my mum would love to take me trips to the graveyard. Happy times hey?

[@dktv-musicbykasperbruunkri8663]

215 lbs is about 97 kg. Congrats spence you below 100 kg now Nice one 🎉

[@shanefoy3720]

Getting your leg amputated i imagine is worse, good old morphine and horse tranquillisers into the vain in hospital 😂😂😢😂

[@righthandofdoom1656]

jellyfish do have a purpose, they clean the oceans

[@Wagoo]

of what? tourists who are trying to have a swim?

[@righthandofdoom1656]

@@Wagoo of oil and microplastics. They also in large numbers help oxygenate the water.

[@Myviewoftheworldful]

Was it Noah or Noah’s wife that brought two public lice on to the arc?

[@highviewbarbell]

Much like Karl Pilkington, I too can kick me height

[@christopherofficial9017]

When you guys doing some more father ted we need more

[@jameshumphreys9715]

Dr Karl Plinkinton, put this ash tray on your stomach.

[@michellecarby478]

Had both….childbirth is worse

[@martinp8174]

My wife has had both and completely disagrees !

[@boerkuhjah]

Did you know Steven is now married to a hot model.

[@Wagoo]

yeah but we don't know if she's let him have a go on her yet (they're not married, she's his gf)

[@boerkuhjah]

@@Wagoo 😅👌

[@ashleygibson2141]

Love the reactions. but. Suzanne - why is she with him? He truly loves her. He is an odd cookie and pretty insular and awkward. But he has never even considered another woman. You see that in Idiot Abroad where his main request was a phone that will mean he can talk to her every night because since they got together he has never been apart from her. We all long for that level of devotion.

[@enworb]

FFS I’m trying to watch this discreetly in a hotel restaurant. Stop being funny 😀

[@christianking3915]

No your not, your by yourself, crying and touching yourself, now man up sweetheart

[@galesito1733]

Do you guys actually believe the Noah story? Even by the standards of The Bible, it's clearly nonsense.

[@michaellucas6466]

Spencer.....please stop calling Karl 'thick'....its one of the most hurtful, bullying words anybody could ever use against somebody. Maybe you should just keep silent.

[@PlaidSuitPinstripeWorld]

Chill out

[@hendryde-lux4287]

Don't be dense Michael

[@CMDRRustyDog]

You do know that Noah's Ark is fictional right? (like the rest of the bible) :) Ricky already explained how ridiculous it was. And so much moaning about references that you don't get. This humour isn't for you.