XFM The Ricky Gervais Show - S1 E20 - Karl's Near Death Experiences - REACTION!

[@Harbinger1978]

Understandably missed a great Ricky joke at 1:22:33 because few people outside UK use the term 'Busman's Holiday', but it means where you're supposed to be on vacation or engaging in another activity, but you're essentially still doing what you do for a living. So Ricky's joke is Karl's father working with kids who have learning difficulties and then coming home to Karl. No difference!

[@GoodDocGonzo]

Thank you. Been listening to these for a decade on repeat, and never would have caught that without your explanation.

[@49dwalin55]

‘I’m using me Fables’ ‘😂😂😂Use your brain instead’ That’s an all time classic right there haha

[@bigalgames7963]

Karl's dad and the kid in the wheelie bin. One of the greatest stories from Karl. Unfortunately, I've seen comments on other videos claiming that Karl's dad may have recently passed away. However, I've not seen anything official confirming this, no announcements from Karl or eulogies in newspapers, nothing.

[@alexp6712]

Karl’s dad is funny because he and his friends are obviously criminals. Like when he asks for tic tacs, and the uncle “just happens” to have 30 boxes. Those are obviously stolen from some warehouse. Of course, it’s sad if he has passed, although not unexpected. Karl must be past 50 at this point.

[@Thomas-pi7mx]

The song at 1:10:09 you wanted to know the the name of is The Universal by Blur!

[@MandyCaneLane]

Thank you!

[@BelfastManUtdTherapy]

similar but way better was a b-side go look up the masterplan.................oasis the universal is Amazing though!!

[@s.england.the_sunshine_coast]

For England (not the same thing as the UK), especially anywhere south of the north west, it's tends to be 6 days of sunshine without rain, especially in central & southern England. Plus it's dry, sunny, warm to hot, drought season weather fast approaching & incoming here in the south of England especially.

[@OfficialSituation]

We are slowly approaching and entering the run of the show that revolves around Karl, they only get better and better :D

[@NGT4LIFE]

London is roughly 2000 years old. NY is roughly only 400 years old. London has plenty popular attractions and historical locations. Plus it's a great place for shows,museums, shopping, entertainment and food.

[@nickparton5663]

Song at 1:09:55 is The Universal by Blur. Very nice song. I'm sure Karl would agree

[@MandyCaneLane]

Thank you! 🤗✨️

[@stevenkaye1625]

You quoting Cartman has made my day lol! My friends and I used to always say that to each other 🤣 "Whateva! I do what I want!✋"

[@MandyCaneLane]

🤣🤣🤣

[@phueal]

In this episode they mention the TV Series “Faking It” a lot, and that’s actually really worth watching. Basically they take someone who you wouldn’t expect to be good at something, give them a month-long crash course in it, and then see whether they can fool experienced judges into thinking they’re an expert. Every episode is stand-alone. Particularly good episodes are: punk singer -> orchestral conductor cellist -> club DJ burger-van man -> chef naval officer -> drag artist city lawyer -> garage MC

[@chocvanr227]

Christopher Reeves broke his back because he had an accident with a horse.

[@TwoNinePrime]

Spam was created to be a military ration. Cheap, easy to produce and long lasting.

[@phyg-q6d]

Summer in England.... incoming = 🌞☀☀😎😎😪🥵😓😎🥵☀☀🌞☀☀

[@Dextrous]

I cannot imagine for a second how Karl thought his made up quote was going to go unnoticed amongst the others 😆Also The Guardian getting Steve's name wrong is a bit of a blunder but I don't blame the journalist at all for mishearing Ricky's favourite song/album, he even slurred and mumbled it in the retelling 😆 So much gold in this episode, thanks Mandy! (The Universal is an amazing song, I ❤ Damon Albarn)

[@MandyCaneLane]

Hahahaha! This was a fantastic episode 🙌🏻✨️

[@DonerKetty]

Thanks Mandy. An hour and a half of your time every Friday, delivered on time as if demanded, is not the norm on KZbin. Reaction videos are probably a 5-10 minute-a-video business so I just wanted to say thanks a lot, I know we all here appreciate your time. Great episode, Karl hasn’t even kicked into full gear yet too 😂

[@paddaman2003]

10:17 Steve directed a wrestling movie staring Florence Pugh, called Fighting with my Family.

[@-TheLaughingStock-]

It's a good film, I enjoyed it.

[@SaintPhoenixx]

Was that the one based on the ex-WWE wrestler Paige? I never knew that was directed by Steve Mitchell.

[@jonathandavies89]

Great film! One for Mandy to watch 🙏

[@MrOasis316]

@@SaintPhoenixx😂😂 brilliant

[@jedthementalist5112]

31:16 Mandy's face: "I'm saying nothing!"

[@andrewchurch8237]

That picture is a movie - fighting with my family

[@garethm3242]

Mandy ranting about 6 days of rain without sunshine . . . to a UK audience 😆

[@Harbinger1978]

Beat me to it! :)

[@SaintPhoenixx]

Today is the first day of sun since 2017. I'd love just 6 days of rain at once.

[@voodoochile333]

It's only been 4 days raining before today!

[@LowGrav1ty]

That's a summer to us in the uk! 😂 😂

[@drdassler]

Rain stops? 🤔

[@matthale6563]

The band your looking for is Blur. The song is called The Universal.

[@MandyCaneLane]

Thank you 🤗

[@laupstad]

We're really getting into Karls universe from now on. This is the first game he's come up with and there will be a lot more!

[@SaintPhoenixx]

Strike It Ricky, The Rice Is Right, Rickidiculous, so many classics yet to come.

[@huaysai]

Thanks for still more XFM. Where they no longer even pretend to put together a regular radio show! I'm totally on board with Karl's take on the wheelie bin and minibus stories. "He makes the human body sound like a freakin horror story!" Not going to argue with Karl on this one.

[@benlezmh1835]

I don’t think it’s right to say that animals in zoos are usually bad. Modern zoos aren’t seaworld from 40 years ago. That’s looking at it through a very human lens. While some give an indication of stress through stereotypical behaviours, we have to be careful about anthropomorphising animals in an emotional sense. Perhaps a better way of looking at it is that some animals are not suited to captivity because their needs are not able to be met, manifesting in these behaviours. Accredited zoos do wonderful work for conservation and education. They are breeding endangered animals, educating the public about them, even a few species have plans to release them back into the wild. Meanwhile, they are funding outside conservation projects too. AZA zoos donate around $160~ million a year towards conservation programs. There are bad zoos that would be unethical to fund. Before you go to any animal attraction, try to do your research to see if it's accredited. Accreditation will be the easiest way to know if it's a quality zoo or not.

[@arsenewenger49]

I’m using me fables 😂

[@MandyCaneLane]

🤣🤣🤣

[@OracleTheRonin]

Use your brain instead!

[@jamesaston2031]

Steve wrote and directed a movie about Paige, a British WWE wrestler, called Fighting With My Family, and has since become a wrestling fan. That's why he was pictured next to the wrestling ring. He's close friends with The Rock apparently

[@wildwine6400]

He was in the film The Tooth Fairy, with The Rock. That early meeting got The Rock to know him and eventually to team with him again as a writer and director for the wrestling film

[@SaintPhoenixx]

Now they're two good-looking muscular men who the ladies love, it makes total sense that they're friends. Like peas in a pod.

[@SteveW-ee8cj]

Greetings from the sunny midlands of England ....like it usually is !

[@andy2950]

Neil Armstrong has denied the BJ story many times.😅

[@MandyCaneLane]

I believe you 🤣🤣

[@andy2950]

@@MandyCaneLane In fact he got quite angry in several interviews.

[@jimwright4163]

45:00. That’s Benny Hill, English comedian.

[@MandyCaneLane]

Thank you Jim 🙌🏻✨️

[@Gabriel_Moline]

22:54. I agree! Phenomenal job by Rusty Dog!🌿🌸

[@easterdeer]

That was the best episode yet! "The way I see it..." 😂😂 Thank you Mandy and RustyDog!!! ❤

[@MandyCaneLane]

❤️❤️❤️✨️✨️✨️

[@nathanmitchell295]

I’ve always loved this episode because 1) “I’m using me fables” 2) My dads name in Steve Mitchell

[@electricelectric1500]

The visuals are really helpful. Up until seeing this I always thought Karl was suggesting always bring a bit of danish as in the pastry.

[@veryvarley6706]

The song you were looking for was The Universal by Blur ( lead singer Damon Albarn together with an visual artist became The Gorillaz just for some extra info ).

[@LilMonkeyFella87]

Don't worry, Karl will eventually tell his cake story. In about 30 episodes time 😅

[@MandyCaneLane]

Hahahah, something to look forward to 🤪

[@wildwine6400]

@@MandyCaneLane except multiple people spoiled it now in the comments 🤬

[@Mouse2222]

Hi Mandy, The picture of the guy you thought was one of the Ronnies was in fact Benny Hill, he had a comedy sketch show

[@Gabriel_Moline]

32:10. Just so you know, you wouldn’t have been able to give little Karl the Heimlich, cuz it was liquid, he was even more an idiot as a kid, also, if it’s something like peanut butter or something viscose, the Heimlich can’t work. You gotta do a tracheotomy at that point.🌿🌸

[@Silver_Specter]

And fun fact for you, we are no longer allowed to call it the Heimlich maneuver because of legal reasons we have to call it the abdominal thrust / thrusts

[@stemid85]

The body parts thing was very common throughout history. Even a finger bone of a saint would be kept by a church as a sacred artefact. Sometimes the bones weren't even real, from the right person.

[@jasongates-]

I remember, I think it was in 2015, June of that year, my area went every day (except for one) for that entire month, and it rained 24 hours every day, moderate level rain. Every day except for one, that month. So much rain that I don't even remember the one day that month that didn't rain. I thought it was EVERY day, but the news or something said it was all but one. By the end of that month, I wanted to scream. Also, I seem to have more of the effects of SAD during winter. Once we get to about this part of spring (like today) ... (I know you're in fall now, Mandy), I seem to be happier, and I'm at my happiest during summer. From me serving as a mod on KZbin for some, I came up with this line (used during live streams): "Spam belongs in your stomach, not in chat." It's like how I tell people in those streams, when they beg for subs from the streamers' viewers: "If you want subs, go to Subway."

[@SugarHighHeather]

The cream cake story is coming

[@wildwine6400]

Glasses can cost hundreds of pounds. Easy to find designer glasses for £500+. Childrens glasses you can get for like £20 but not uncommon for adult glasses to cost £100. If you are on benefits you can get the cheaper glasses for free, the ones under like £40 or whatever.

[@MandyCaneLane]

Oh, well that sucks 🙁

[@slimpixie2404]

Your eye is back! Yippeeee!! 😉🤣😁

[@dannycrowther3632]

Am watching this whilst on the train, looking forward to this, love your videos as always ❤

[@Gabriel_Moline]

35:53. Well, when you’re a kid, every year is so much longer than when you’re an adult!🥺🌿🌸

[@Gabriel_Moline]

55:15. The Thames river. It’s a river, and most humans live next to a body of water so they can throw all their garbage and sewage into it.🌿🌸

[@Gabriel_Moline]

34:40. Right around the time I was a kid, probably around the time your mom was a kid, they still would, when a kid was born, right out the womb, hold the baby by the feet, and smack it on the ass to get the little gogychee worm “breathing”/ screaming. Humans have never really known what they were doing, they still obviously don’t!😆🌿🌸

[@Gabriel_Moline]

1:12:40. Hey, I was living in the woods and got rained on for two months! Had to dry my socks by a fire, and the carbon buildup you wouldn’t believe!😆🌿🌸

[@kylefromnz]

35:57 "How many regrets can an 8 year old have?" This is Karl Pilkington, who at about age 7, put a hole in his girlfriend's dress. Lest we forget the stolen Mars bars 🤣

[@Gabriel_Moline]

28:30. Aww, that sucks. I always thought that the quick wit and the direction of that Merchant quip was so funny! Barely got a snicker from you.😆🌿🌸

[@vomgrady]

The song was The Universal by Blur

[@MandyCaneLane]

Thank you! ✨️

[@Gabriel_Moline]

55:40. This might be where Ricky had the inspiration for his stand up Noah’s Ark bit!😆It’s a fantastic bit!🌿🌸

[@Daisy-Routes]

Yes!! Love these Friday uploads

[@MandyCaneLane]

🙌🏻✨️🤗

[@Gabriel_Moline]

17:15. It’s very processed pork. Somewhat like a hotdog in a loaf. It has a long shelf life, has protein and fat. If you fry it, it tastes good. Hawaii had it for their main protein during World War Two, so it is deep in their lexicon. Also, it is very popular in South Asian cuisine, one being a slice of spam fried in a soy mixture, rice, all wrapped in dried seaweed.🌿🌸17:30. Never mind, you’re doing your own research.😆🌿🌸

[@ihugkittens484]

Karl referring to Forrest Gump as "That man in Forrest Gump"🤣 And he didn't come up with the box of chocolates quote, it was what his momma always said. By the way, Mandy, I agree that salamanders are absolutely adorable a little correction though, they're amphibian, not reptiles.🤓

[@Gabriel_Moline]

42:41. Well, if there isn’t a genuine Smerch laugh in here somewhere, you might never find it!😆🌿🌸

[@Gabriel_Moline]

1:08:43. It’s really brilliant how Dog is fading in the lettering! So fucking professional! Wow!🌿🌸

[@Adam-di9kl]

I find if you listen to the Monkey News Compilation or RockBuster Compilation you will hear Steve laugh authentically 😂😂😂

[@OracleTheRonin]

I can feed it and then I can throw it against the wall 😂😂😂😂😂

[@scotriani]

Yay! Karl Pilkington and Mandy Cane Lane. Perfect Friday night in.🎉😂 Thanks for another Karl video.

[@MandyCaneLane]

🙌🏻🤗✨️

[@PaulMcCaffreyfmac]

Alison and My Brother Jake are two of my favourite songs (especially Alison) Thanks Mandy, as always.

[@MandyCaneLane]

🧡✨️

[@PaulP-wh2pd]

Tends to be more like 6 days of SUN & no rain anywhere here in central / east / southern England.☀☀☀☀☀☀ (Also, England summer OTW= 🥵 😎🥵😎)

[@Wagoo]

SPAM is a world war 2 thing.. it keeps for ages in the tins so was good during rationing and used pork shoulder with the ham which was often wasted. It was called "Spiced Ham" before they renamed it to SPAM The little fella during the moon conspiracy bit at 45:30 is the late great Benny Hill They could have dangled the Queen Mum from a helicopter and just flown over all the queues in about 10 minutes? 🚁 The song you want at 1:09:55 is "Blur - The Universal" BrbxWOMpwfs Everyone likes Mr. Miyagi from the Karate Kid, so maybe that's why they had it in a band name? Although Steve fails to say it correctly.. which is odd if he knew the bloke in the band. Maybe the band say it wrong too Karl does eventually get to the cake story about when he nearly died.. but I don't think it's for another 30 episodes or so lol - sorry! 😂 Hurrah for XFM Fridays! Cheers PS: you can quickly adjust the volume in VLC just by using the up and down cursor keys

[@Gabriel_Moline]

1:05:38. Top: it’s basically a Flowers For Algernon story. I was dragged by a friend to see Lawnmower Man a very long time ago, won’t go into the specifics of my relationship to the individual, or why I was invited. Shouldn’t have typed that, but whatever, it’s done….I’m gunna go back to top…

[@stingersplash]

The song is The Universal by Blur 😊

[@flumpah]

That bloke that flashed up was Benny Hill

[@MandyCaneLane]

Ohhh! My bad 🤭

[@Gabriel_Moline]

45:00. This is the kind of garbage I speak about when I describe my bizarre distaste and fascination of The Pilkdown Man, and all his minions! Just absolute vomit from a half story from a torn out page from The National Inquirer! And because he is partially correct about one or two stories he less than half remembers, therefore everything he says is true! And this is what gets me, he really believes this garbage he doesn’t know two fucking things about! He might know one thing, but he has no clue about the other three or ten things that make it whole. So aggravating!🌿🌸

[@ndboulton]

This is how I know it's Friday... Love it

[@MandyCaneLane]

🤗✨️

[@Gabriel_Moline]

56:20. Oh hear we go. Prime Pilky! Fuuuck! I can’t wait to hear your defense of this!😆🌿🌸

[@Dabro1010]

I once started choking on a grape early in the morning when I was a kid. Fortunately my dad heard me from upstairs and ran down, turned me upside down and I vomited out the grape. I didn't eat grapes for about 6 years after that 😅

[@MandyCaneLane]

Oh no! That sounds so scary 😰

[@Gabriel_Moline]

I hope you listen to this one over on your own time. It won’t get you out of your Karl Cult, but it is one of the best episodes!😆🌿🌸

[@Gabriel_Moline]

40:43. I agree. He was dressed as the Michelin man, after all!😆🌿🌸

[@jaihayes9647]

Very similar situation with London. There’s good work there that pays highly, everything’s happening there, like events and concerts and things. And again showbiz. However far too expensive. I like to travel to london for concerts and stuff but to me it just ain’t worth it to live there. But have a few friends who stick there. Madness! 😅

[@Gabriel_Moline]

30:35. Great picture of an incredible artist! One of the greatest and longest lived sonic and visual artists of all time!🌿🌸

[@Gabriel_Moline]

37:55.🤣🌿🌸 What eva, that was really good!😆🌿🌸

[@tithonus6041]

Keep it up Mandy. I'm waiting for the day we finally have Educating Ricky.

[@MandyCaneLane]

Soon? I have no idea 🤣

[@Gabriel_Moline]

14:15. It’s fondont. It’s like sugar paste. Can’t be good, but at least it isn’t “white chocolate “!😆🌿🌸

[@SugarHighHeather]

That 10 million dollars doesn’t make sense. It’s not that one day is worth that it’s that the rest of your life is preferable to dying that night.

[@stingersplash]

I never understood the Mr Freeze one because we used to have to freeze them at home they weren't already frozen....so he just drank a little bit of concentrated pop?

[@wildwine6400]

Some places did keep some in the freezers too

[@PaulCatterall-y9e]

Fabulous…. and if I remember rightly rockbusters is coming very soon

[@Nietzsche_K_Gote]

This is the hottest summer we’ve had here in southern India this year,No rains at all and Monsoon delayed

[@MandyCaneLane]

Ooof! That sounds awful. Hope it rains and brings down the temperature soon! 🙌🏻

[@Nietzsche_K_Gote]

@@MandyCaneLane its pouring now :)

[@markcutting6504]

The thing with his mr freeze "near death experience" was they go in a freezer to become an ice pop.so basically he greedily drunk flavoured liquid to quickly😫

[@simonwinwood]

❤ Karl Friday

[@MandyCaneLane]

I am here too 🤪

[@Hard-Boiled-Bollock]

Mandy.. trust me, never try spam.. it's revolting

[@SaintPhoenixx]

It's very much the kind of food you eat to not die during a war.

[@testtubetrauma77]

hey mandy that tune you wanted was the universal by blur. big hugs

[@MandyCaneLane]

Thank you! 🌻

[@Gabriel_Moline]

25:30. Obviously we are on two different wavelengths!😆I would want to know how big is the worm, why does it come out of the persons head, does it come out of the scull from the brain, or is it just the skin cuz the skin is thin, does it have trouble with the hair….so many more questions. No wonder you are obsessed with Pilkington!😆🌿🌸

[@jefforymitchell5697]

23:45 are we finally getting an Inbetweeners reaction series?

[@Silver_Specter]

10:24 Steve made a film called fighting with my family I think he directed or something 1:00:40 I wonder how many complaints they received for that 😂

[@markwilliams19]

I'm from Swindon and always get a little kick out of my crappy little town being mentioned.

[@MandyCaneLane]

🤭

[@Gabriel_Moline]

8:05. It could be he doesn’t like his own laugh, so he disguises it.🌿🌸

[@Gabriel_Moline]

1:09:18. No, I think he’s chaff, cuz they probably got a bunch of calls and emails in the time since!🌿🌸

[@BigScubes]

I had a paper round and it was decent. Used to get quite a bit at Christmas all the old dears would give you a fiver every year

[@MandyCaneLane]

That sounds nice ☺️

[@Gabriel_Moline]

1:15:50. He didn’t, it was his mom. He just repeated it.😆🌿🌸

[@RavenZahadoom]

58:00 Mandy this is why we call him the 'Idiot Savant', the contradiction. However, it should be noted, when he has great ideas, it's the sort of idea a young mind might come up with, like a kid having no filters to tell it how it is.

[@MandyCaneLane]

🤣🤣

[@mikeydoc11]

I’m usin’ me fables Use your brain instead An all time classic

[@PaulCatterall-y9e]

Have you seen Derek by Ricky?,Karl is in the first season and steals the dhow

[@andy2950]

Rain is beautiful. It's all we need.

[@MandyCaneLane]

Can we maybe alternate with sunshine? Make everyone happy? 🤔🤪

[@Gabriel_Moline]

1:04:08. And here he comes with his misogyny! You didn’t get this on all those slick shows he has been on, where they edited out all his terrible cretinous views! Good thing there is this document! The document so many other misogynists and racists go to feel comfort!🌿🌸

[@SaintPhoenixx]

Happy 30th Mandy!

[@MandyCaneLane]

🤣🤣🤣 Is this going to be a thing till I turn 31? 🤪

[@jasonwebb71]

A minor point, but salamanders are amphibians, not reptiles.

[@colz22]

It's Blur. Think it's called the universal. Pretty sure the picture was Benny Hill

[@Gabriel_Moline]

1:16:25. I hoped you would say salamanders specifically, and then I was gunna tease you about moths and butterflies, but then you said “..reptiles..”. Excuse me, I hope like hell you realize your error!😆🌿🌸