The RICKY GERVAIS SHOW - S3 E10 - Society - REACTION!

[@jossecoupe446]

The casual commonplace 'I'm a rapist.' as a job description fuckin' sends me every time.

[@davidz3879]

That sort of joke wouldn't be in a 2020s show.

[@jossecoupe446]

Sure it does, many comedians tell way more obscene jokes, they just know how to do it well. If you can establish a firm disconnect between the reality as described by the joke and that of your own, telling offensive jokes is easy. In a friend group where everyone knows each others' characters such obscene hypotheticals are hysterical and commonplace. And in a comedy club you just need to provide the right setup. I agree that in general people have increased the extent with which they opine their disapproval at rude or inappropriate jokes, but this has in no significant way hampered the telling of them. Edit: Also the Ricky Gervais Show is such a unique piece of media, it's kind of an anomaly even for its time lol

[@davidz3879]

@@jossecoupe446 I'm talking about TV shows, not stand-up routines.

[@DM-rc4yu]

@@jossecoupe446 I can't really think of comedians who are "allowed" to tell rape jokes anymore. Mocking death, torture etc, no problem. But rape, no. People even seem to be censoring the word itself these days.

[@jossecoupe446]

@@davidz3879 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqqkpIFpmLlqnM0si=nBebCJlV_ABe-eoF&t=19s Best example I could think of on the spot lol

[@animalcharitychannel]

Love how Karl takes a simple story and turns it into a horror 😅

[@sarahfields288]

"where's yer mam?" "Put you in a home" Gets me every time

[@stemid85]

So sad this is almost at an end. I've really enjoyed watching you react to one of my all time favorite shows.

[@martins1964]

there are fan animated segments of xfm, well worth a watch.

[@garethm3242]

The thing is, everyone wears a helmet when riding motorcycles here (UK and Ireland), because of the laws being enforced. So it does work. Similarly certain ppl complained about having to wear a seatbelt back in the 80s when that law came in. Now it's just a given, because attitudes change, sometimes they just need a little time to catch up with this kind of law. So Karl's misfired with this particular point. Countless lives saved everyday because of it.

[@conormurphy4328]

There are stupid people who don’t want to wear seatbelts, but they do because police will pull them over if they’re not.

[@annother3350]

I've never worn a seatbelt in the back. It just never occurs to me

[@f3aok]

Except Sikhs. They're exempt from the helmet law.

[@paulonius42]

​@@annother3350you think being in the backseat means that you aren't subject to the same forces you would be in the front seat? Why wouldn't you think to put a belt on in the backseat? Be careful, natural selection is not on your side.

[@Steezy93]

@@annother3350 if you crash you will smash into the back of anyone in the front and kill them as well as yourself...... very selfish

[@phueal]

Karl's reaction to all of these thought experiments is always to put himself in the shoes of the person who's "just doing their job", and wash his hands of it. "I'm just a bus driver making £30 a week, I don't want the hassle"; or "it's your dad's responsibility, not mine"; or saying that only some people should have kids, but when asked to roleplay the person making that decision he instead makes himself into the paper-pusher who just makes sure the form is filled in and submits it to the magical faeries who make the actual decision on who should have kids and who shouldn't.

[@davidz3879]

His way of thinking is hilarious!

[@davidz3879]

The young underclass single mother is the one whom Karl suggests earlier in s3 use fruit as contraception!

[@WhiteViper1992]

I think she was also the cashier that says he is killing turtles

[@craiglearmond]

"Rosie Parks" God I love Karl 😂

[@MisterD90x]

Mandy's laugh cures all sadness :D

[@davidz3879]

KP turned 51 on the 23rd.

[@SamuelBlack84]

The big round orange is getting old

[@Honeysunz]

I love how when Mandy first experienced British culture she had some reservations but now she loves it British culture is unique and amazing

[@SaintPhoenixx]

I love how Karl spent all of this episode saying "People have to die, we should stop trying to save people and to be safe, let people get hurt and die!" and then all of Idiot Abroad complaining about doing all the stuff Ricky signed him up for because it's dangerous.

[@phillipcarlroberts4640]

I think the lady on the couch was the same lady that sold Karl carrier bags at the supermarket, 5p to kill a turtle in Karl's way of thinking.

[@stephenderbyshire7849]

Yes, that's what I thought.

[@veryvarley6706]

The zombification of various insects/fish is often about changing their behaviour. So the ants you mentioned will climb to the top of grass crops and seek out bright light instead of shade. They then become far more susceptible to being eaten by birds than if they are hidden under a rock for example. The reason for this is that the fungi/bacterium has a multi part life cycle, so it lives in a cold blooded animal to start --- like an ant or fish, then the second part required a warm blooded mammal or bird. Nature has a tendency to be lever but cruel

[@davidz3879]

Rosa Parks wasn't the first to resist bus segregation, but those who did so previously wouldn't have been able to be good figureheads for the movement due to not being educated or well-presented or due to being single mothers.

[@sera2775]

Claudette colvin did it 9 months before parks, but as she was an unwed teen mother thought not portraying 'right' image. PS - mandy is so biased against ricky and Steve, don't know why watches as they seem to annoy her easily

[@gabbermensch]

After God-knows how many hours of listening to Karl, I've worked out three things that explain why Karl comes out with such bananas things. The first is that he can't handle metaphor or allegory. Which leads to the second in that, when asked about a wider philosophical, ethical or moral quandary he will deflect responsibility away from himself and that gets tied up with point three - he will never admit his standpoint is wrong. Leads to hilarious results 😂

[@constantinosmavroyannis9409]

28:50 "it grows like a little mushroom on their head" LMAO

[@Silver_Specter]

There actually is a higher chance of having nightmares when you are sick, and thats partly where the term fever dream comes from, I dont normally have vivid dreams but back in 2022 i had strep throat for 6 weeks and i kept waking up having nightmares it was horrific

[@jitendrakulkarni69]

Your attention to detail is extraordinary. The toenail thing I had to pause and look carefully. Love how you immerse yourself in the characters and stories.

[@MandyCaneLane]

Thank you!

[@huaysai]

Thanks for this - Karl Pilkington, existential philosopher. The sayings of Karl: "With death, comes beauty" and "Sometimes people have to die." Also Karl Pilkington, President of Society. Not often does the punch line write itself but here it is - 'Society's to blame.'

[@MandyCaneLane]

If Karl were President of Society I think we would all just watch in awe as everything quickly turns to absolute chaos. 😅

[@TantricMonkey]

For the record we do not stick smack heads or fat kids in cupboards here in England.

[@wildwine6400]

The woman is the chavy woman when they was talking about contraception

[@davidz3879]

Yes, the discussion about using oranges as contraception!

[@seanc411]

I never noticed that picture of Karl on the wall when he is president of society 😂

[@kierand600]

Oh you can always do the xfm shows!

[@davidz3879]

Mandy, have you decided which shows you'll start reacting to soon on YT? The IT Crowd, I'm Alan Partridge, Coupling, Father Ted, Fawlty Towers, The Young Ones, Men Behaving Badly, The Brittas Empire, Not Going Out, Only Fools & Horses or the original version of The Office?

[@wildwine6400]

She is currently watching The Office. None of those things can go on KZbin without heavy editing. Not worth the messing

[@davidz3879]

@@wildwine6400 Is that the case with all BBC sitcoms?

[@wildwine6400]

@@davidz3879 yes. BBC is very harsh with copyright.

[@bl4ck0p]

@@wildwine6400 father ted can if you ask permission

[@albert0F]

This is one of the best episodes of the whole series. I love it. This one and 3x01. This whole third season to be honest, it should have won awards.

[@Sprite_525]

9:13 your contagious laughter gave me a giggle 😆

[@davidz3879]

Ricky Gervais is from an underclass background but is now a multimillionaire. He became rich & famous as a result of the original version of The Office being released in 2001 when he was 40. His previous attempts to become successful in TV & music didn't gain much of an audience.

[@daveangel2991]

Always makes me laugh that they animate Cordon Bleu as a restaurant. It was actually a chain of mostly freezer-based supermarkets. There were quite a few around the area Karl and I grew up, but they've been gone since the late 80s/early 90s.

[@andycardenas3561]

oh how i wish there were many many more seasons of the Ricky Gervais Show, i LOVE watching them with you! I anticipate it, looking forward to your thoughts on one of my favorites shows EVER!!!

[@bigalgames7963]

The Zombie Fungi is what The Last Of Us's zombie infection is based off of.

[@DragonsTooth]

Love your reactions to this, Mandy, lol.

[@ZRICH7]

Get well soon Miss Mandy 🩵🌸

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

If you want people to wear helmets on motorcycles, show them what happens when a face gets eroded away by the road at 70mph, basically there's no nose left

[@freethinker--]

Glad you're back feeling good🤪

[@tomcotton8800]

29:23. Young Alfie came from the same little town as me and there is a pub named after him on the Main Street…

[@EpicNovA97]

If you've ridden bikes, you know you want a helmet anyway, not even from just a safety standpoint. Anything above 30mph without a helmet is just horrendous

[@ajivins1]

The fungus thing is basically what 'The Last of Us' is about.

[@465336ify]

I love these! I’m gonna watch this and enjoy my sleep. I’m in Australia BTW so it’s late here 😂

[@MrBabalu2011]

Glad you are feeling better

[@martindunstan8043]

Hey Mandy👍glad you're back up and running, we've all missed that giggle at Karl you do🤣 that was great as always, you take care✌️

[@laurentfranco8075]

You mean that you're 52?

[@GF-20]

At the start, when you said you got sick, it implies you were healthy before that. The fact that you were once healthy shocked me more than you getting salmonella😲🙃

[@Paul_Allaker8450]

Cordyceps is the fungus that infects ants and is the basis of the hit TV series The Last Of Us. Great reaction as always Mandy. Your laugh should be bottled, always cheers me up!😊🤣👏🏻👏🏻

[@chi6801]

been looking forward to this episode :)))

[@cbcdesign001]

A wasp stings a cricket, nothing more. In Karl's weird world, an egg has been planted, miraculously by a worker wasp (they cannot lay eggs) in a crickets head and it will turn into a maggot.

[@conneryshand.]

What they don't teach us, is that Rosa Parks had previously had an argument with the bus driver. She said that she would never ride his bus again. Her actions were premeditated.

[@tez4792]

Don't worry about the show coming to an end, you still have all the Ricky Gervais Show Fan Animations to watch. There are playlists on KZbin.

[@Silver_Specter]

People who put the gas in the car we would call the attendants pump attendants

[@colinglen4505]

Speaking of birthdays ... Happy belated 30th birthday Mandy! 🎂🙂

[@philiphudgens4726]

Most of the background characters in each of Karl's explanations or stories are returning characters from previous episodes.

[@CMDRRustyDog]

I was waiting for that part where Karl said "His head was in great condition, it just wasn't attached to his body" LOL. Brilliant. A shame they cut short the adoption scene though. After Steve said he was a rapist etc., at the end of the interview, Steve says something like "Do you know where I can buy a knife?" :) Your looks to camera are great btw. :) Now onto Patreon for the next one, The Office.. wohoo!

[@markcutting6504]

No the 1 out the bangles

[@jordangayle7794]

33:40 are you under the impression that bugs aren't animals? 😅 FYI, they are. Great reaction though 😊

[@RuudJH]

`this episode is classic. One of the best in this series

[@arsenewenger49]

Rosie Parks 😂😂😂

[@danielgardecki1046]

15:40 is *Vicky Pollard.*

[@Chrono_Punk]

The Ant Fungus thing is called cordyseps, it's what the last of us is based on, if it made the jump to humans

[@j9lorna]

If you google Suzanne, you wont find a photo of her. Many photos claim to be of her but they are just photos of women who happen to be interviewing him. Also, that fungus i think is called Cordycept fungus... The Last of Us is based on it jumping to humanity.

[@buddah1978egypt]

The ant zombification is called cordyceps, it's what the last of us is based on. Love your content

[@roybowers4315]

missed you girl .... i get so much joy from your unadultarated enjoyment... ta yea had the same projectile expulsions from both ends but i lost 4 stone and rushed to hospital glad you never went that far 🤢🤮😁 keep at it love

[@ac4th371]

The number 1 reason why people do the things they do is fundamentally because they CAN. Same goes for the other way - Number 1 reason why people don't do things is because they can't. People aren't as complicated as we like to think we are.

[@SamuelBlack84]

Exactly why so many have been so cruel to me over the years. They believed they were justified due to arrogance and egoism By that right, I have the right of vengeance. My faith demands it

[@bigthecat100]

The zombie ant fungus was the inspiration for The Last of Us infections!

[@-R.Gray-]

Ricky's standup segment on Fat People (from Out Of England 2) mentions being out of breath and clammy.

[@philipgroves4186]

The xfm podcast series is great, too. It's where a lot of this is based on.

[@markcutting6504]

Prettiest girl in the world🤗

[@davidz3879]

Mandy looks like a hotter version of a young Gloria Estefan!

[@ZRICH7]

10:25 👁️👄👁️

[@davidjb-750]

I went to Karl’s estate as a child to visit my nan 😊

[@MichaelSheffield-ox8yd]

The end is a new beginning. These pay off as re-runs.

[@9-Paul-6]

Police enforcing the law might be different in UK compared to Argentina.

[@arthurspils2565]

Distinction between your point and the others is how far the laws are enforced - use speeding as a comparison we can say everyone speeds at some point, but somewhere with tighter enforcement of speeding rules (cameras, harsher fines, licence points etc) is more likely to curb the ones without common sense because they're going to speed, get caught and punished, then be more careful when they decide to speed in the future. Anyway, hope you're on the mend soon 👍

[@direnova6284]

You never see people riding bikes without a helmet here, you'd be pulled by the police before you got out of the street your house was in. Also with a national health service you don't want those morons filling the queues up. Same with seat belts, thousands of lives have been saved by that legislation.

[@annother3350]

Which country are you in? My son and all his friends ride their bikes around London with no helmet

[@davidz3879]

@@annother3350 I think (s)he means motorcyclists.

[@annother3350]

oh, ok!@@davidz3879

[@direnova6284]

@@annother3350 I meant motor bikes, that was the subject wasn't it ?

[@Industrialist2015ofUk]

Yea! it is fucken weird that karl only has interest and sympathy in bugs and insects 🤣

[@webbess1]

There's still the XFM shows! There's a ton of Karl material still out there.

[@surlycanadian]

Argentina’s rampant and infamous police corruption may be playing a role in why helmet enforcement is minimal. Probably not the best barometer to measure the effectiveness of societal law and order. Laws where you get fined into oblivion or have your vehicle seized are typically followed by citizens, even if they hate them. Especially if a half-second glance by a police officer visually confirms a broken law. Growing up in Canada, I don’t think i’ve ever seen a motorcyclist without a helmet. Definitely in the last 10pm years I’ve worked in insurance, but probably ever. However, any nation or municipality with seat belt and helmet laws don’t care about your life; they care about the cost of the healthcare on serious/grievous injuries and long term care on physical paralysis or permanent brain damage if people were trusted to be responsible for their own safety.

[@RavenZahadoom]

I'm finding myself disagreeing with you Mandy :P The thing is yes you'll always have idiots in society, you will always have people who ignore the laws, and some laws are seen by some cultures to be unimportant (like your Argentine helmet example, or speeding laws in Turkey :) ), however this is what a SOCIETY is for, to give a baseline of standards and expectations we live under. For as many people who would ignore the law, just as many do something just because it is the law and would not otherwise. Making it a law for people to where helmets or seatbelts or have yearly gas boiler checks, or think of any other mundane law, is partly what society actually is. So yeah, totally with Steve on this one.

[@LinkachuTriBall]

The zombie ant fungus is pronounced "Cor-toe-sepps"

[@slayskool777]

"Sal Manilla" got you sick? Is that the guy that goes around dipping his ass in mayonnaise?

[@harrymoir2780]

I have never seen one person not wearing a helmet on the public road here. Our police just enforce it with zero leniency.

[@matthewbeckford4520]

We never learnt about Rosie Parks when I was at school, is that a more recent thing, or something just all Americans know about?

[@MandyCaneLane]

On the evening of December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, an African American, was arrested for disobeying an Alabama law requiring black passengers to relinquish seats to white passengers when the bus was full. It is something they used to teach us all in school. Not sure what they teach the newer generations.

[@matthewlaffey8360]

Same, I always have nightmares when i'm ill too, always scary vivid ones that last forever but I wake up drenched in sweat and 10 mintues have passed. Awful because when ill, all you want to do is sleep to pass time, get better and bypass the pain and suffering. But as Karl says "It's good to feel ill" because when you're well again, you feel like a new you, and feel such gratitude for things well people take for granted. Glad you're better. There's always the RSK XFM shows to listen to in your free time, lol i'll never stop recommending it

[@gio-oz8gf]

You don't see people riding motorbikes without wearing a helmet in the UK.

[@slingslang2934]

Grasshoppers should be fine without a leg, they just wont jump straight though or play music

[@kyletaylor-richardson]

Oh no salmonella sucks! Hope you’re doing better now. You haven’t been sharing any chicken with a wasp have you??? 🤔 Heard that’s the #1 cause 😅

[@operationappleseed4039]

I’ve sorted it

[@markcutting6504]

Anyway no comparisons.she's just beautiful

[@doegywhail728]

Cordyceps fungus is the basis of the game, and later the TV show The Last of Us. Have you played it?

[@5hanesBoard]

Helmets would save lives if worn in cars or if worn by pensioners who often fall over; So by the holier than thou helmet police's logic, they are idiots for not wearing helmets too.

[@GoggledAgog]

Only if you reduce it to a binary logic that ignores the probabilities and real world differences in circumstances that are usually considered as part of the argument

[@philipgroves4186]

Yup, that's what the last of us is based on

[@465336ify]

Oh. By the way.. that sucks! I’ve had food poisoning and it’s awful! I hope you are better and stay that way!

[@PaulMcCaffreyfmac]

I think Stephen's grasp on history is somewhere between sketchy and completely made up. Always great to see you. Thanks again :-)

[@conormurphy4328]

I’m fairly sure Stephen was just simplifying the Athenian Boule for Karl so they can give him a situation where he can say what he things would be good societal laws

[@Gazzzz1]

The last of us fungus

[@eddieobrien4394]

being free to be an idiot is part of being free. I think shite, starting the sound like karl.

[@MandyCaneLane]

I am happy to exploit that right every single day 🤣

[@Industrialist2015ofUk]

and we're back, lets go! 😅

[@jontastic]

Many of Karl’s stories are close to fact and sometimes prophetic. I know you are not a fool. Those who think so should look in the mirror 😂

[@jasongates-]

"With death comes beauty." Whatever you say, Karl. And, I was gonna say, "Mandy, the most beautiful Argentine in the world." Now, after Karl's line, it's like "uh oh." Especially with her symptoms. I hope you feel better soon, Mandy. How'd it happen? I remember about a month ago, it was a Wednesday, I wound up waking up at night (about 3 AM), and I immediately started vomiting. And then, I spent the next three hours throwing up, that day. I don't know why it took me so long to finish throwing up. It felt like I was gonna throw up for longer than three hours. I think that was a 24 hour bug. Thank goodness that was my only time vomiting. There was also another time, years ago, I spent three hours vomiting, over night. That time, it was closer to midnight. Even that day, I was awakened from sleep, and I started throwing up immediately after I woke up. It was worse that time. I threw up A LOT more at that moment than I did a month ago. So, especially at that moment, I thought I was gonna throw up even longer than three hours. That time made more sense lasting three hours, cause there was so much vomit. That time, it was the flu, so I continued vomiting the rest of that day. I couldn't stop throwing up. I even went another week and a half vomiting constantly. It just kept coming. It wouldn't let up at all. SOOOOOO much throw up came out of me that time, some years ago. It was a lot. So, I know what it's like to have a bad night's sleep. I tend to get sick to the point of vomiting, I tend to stay vomiting sick for a really long time (several weeks), and there tends to be a lot of vomit coming out of me when it happens that long. It even happened often enough to where I could write a book about it. I'm just a sickling. Gas station, not self service but ...... that would be full service. We used to have it in the states, but by the time I came along, that was no longer a thing. I remember only one lone gas station that did it, when I was a little tot. There was one lone tank they did it at. And then, one day, they stopped doing it altogether, and that was the end of my knowledge of full service being done anywhere in the world. I'm shocked anywhere in the world still has full service. Do the non-wearing helmet people in Argentina still wind up getting their gas tank filled, despite the law banning the gas station from doing so? (Cause, since the driver doesn't care, why would the gas station care?) And if the gas station does fill it up anyway, does the government not care to fine the gas station for breaking the law? Is there a place where the driver can fill up their tank on their own, without getting full service in Argentina? Karl has always gotten me with his blunt directness, like the Grinch. Even here, with the helmet thing. EDIT (3 hours later): I was gonna say this, but then decided not to, but now that I saw 1rexrex's comment, I'll go ahead. The part of the show that talked about becoming a vegetable in the motorcycle accident, rexrex is right that if something only affects one's self, it's our choice and our right to take the risk of becoming the vegetable the show mentioned, if we really want to. And, people ARE that stubborn. But, it's our own choice and our own right to take the risk of becoming that vegetable if we really want to insist on ignoring all safety warnings. If you do that, and then you do become that vegetable, that's on you. We can warn you, but ultimately, it's up to you if you want to risk that happening. Rexrex is right. We CAN think for ourselves. And, while government exists for a reason, it IS our own business if we make that decision. Because, maybe it's evening with no traffic, and we're only going a couple of blocks, and we know we're being careful, and we're going below the speed limit, and that everything will be fine, and we're more comfortable with no helmet, or we don't have a helmet, or we can see better with no helmet, or we forgot our helmet at home, or there's no place to put our helmet after finishing the ride, or whatever the case. So, we decide to go with no helmet. That's our choice, and our right to make that choice. We know we are risking serious injury, whether vegetable or not, and even risking death. But, that's our choice, if we're the only one being affected. Rexrex is right.

[@ReallyFarFarAway]

Now, the end is near .. so, I face the final curtain ..

[@Rock-n-Rolla369]

It is somewhat maddening that we have to legislate common sense.

[@larryzigler6812]

Actually the helmet law has worked out well, never see someone without one. Luckily I had one on during my worst crashes even before they were required !!!!

[@michaelgoetze2103]

Perhaps Argentinian bike riders slip on their helmets just before they crash 👍.