American Reacts -THE RICKY GERVAIS SHOW - S2 E2 Doppleganger

[@__Raze]

Two doors: Ask person guarding Hell, "If I asked the other guard what's behind their door, what would they say?" -> Person guarding hell tells lie and says Hell (because the other person is guarding heaven, and would tell the truth) -> This is what's behind their door Ask person guarding Heaven, "If I asked the other guard what's behind their door, what would they say?" -> Person guarding heaven tells the truth and says Heaven (because the other person is guarding Hell and would lie) -> This is what's behind their door The part that might have thrown you off during the episode about this was that immediately after Rick explained this all as "what would the OTHER person say", Karl instead just asked "what is behind your door?" and so then both answers were wrong, and there was no further reclarification of the logic. Happy to see more Karl on the channel! Hope things are going well now

[@Squant]

Not being able to tell if you're a clone or the original is one of the main concepts of the movie Infinity Pool. After the cloning operation, you wake up feeling exhausted and confused and they simply tell you that you're the original, but there's no proof and no guarantee. The original doesn't "just know" because the clone is 100% identical and they also "just know". That's kinda the point of a perfect clone, they have exactly the same memory of turning up at the location and agreeing to be cloned as you do.

[@krissuyx]

Yup, it only works if you wake up in the same place and nobody's there to tell you if you're the original or not.

[@balder9033]

Yeah, it's weird how nobody else got that. It's common sense Lots of Carl's ideas makes sense, but everybody writes him off.

[@pookz3067]

I think it’s because he phrased it as “how do I know I’m me,” and Steve and Ricky clung to the formal absurdity of that statement instead of listening from his explanation that the “me” refers to “the real Karl that I think I am.”

[@Ian-Omega]

It’s just a silly question on a comedy podcast it’s not meant to be taken this seriously

[@cbcdesign001]

@@balder9033 That's because he wasn't told that he would lose consciousness at any stage, that was never said, just that a clone shows up. The fact that he has experience and no loss of consciousness means he should be in no doubt he is the original, if he starts doubting that he is an idiot.

[@thvivf1414]

"How would I know which one I was" is actually genius if you really think about it

[@JohnnyJohnny-f5o]

Right. If they cloned your memories then it really would be impossible to tell if you were the clone or not.

[@reallystraightguy2716]

@@JohnnyJohnny-f5o It would all depend on how the clone was created. If you were knocked out to make the clone and you both woke up at the same time, then you wouldn't know for sure. But if they just took a blood sample and made the clone while you watched, then you would know that you weren't the clone while the clone wouldn't be sure if he was or not.

[@TangibleBelly]

Finally more Karl! Thanks a lot Mandy, this brightens up my day after just getting home from the dentist

[@MandyCaneLane]

Oh, hope your teeth don't hurt too bad! Dentists are never fun!

[@davidz3879]

@@MandyCaneLane Tooth pain is the worst!

[@RS250Squid]

@@MandyCaneLane Unfortunately I've been around enough to consider dentists the preferable alternative to toothache. These days I'd love to be able to just walk into a dentist and get my teeth fixed, but the local dentists aren't taking on new patients >_

[@c_n_b]

@@RS250Squid Ain't it the tooth

[@Ian-Omega]

The problem with these animated versions is they cut a lot of stuff out. Ricky’s explanation of the “two doors” scenario was almost completely removed from this version.

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

The real answer to the door question would be "do I want to go to heaven?" The liar will say no because he knows you'll want to go to heaven but he has to lie, but the truthful one will say yes because they know you will want to go to heaven

[@bluesrocker91]

4:58... I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of nerds suddenly cried out in terror. 😂

[@MandyCaneLane]

Lmaooo! 😅😅🤣

[@blinify]

Perfect reaction again loved your art story too had me laughing out loud when the guy ate the banana 🤣🤣

[@MandyCaneLane]

Well thank you! 🤗🤗

[@alreadygotone9180]

Definitely love to see some of your art work!

[@MandyCaneLane]

I could snap some pics 🤗

[@morganga]

I second that 👍

[@alreadygotone9180]

@@MandyCaneLane just watched one of your time lapse art videos, you definitely need to start drawing again, you have great talent and you should keep it going!

[@alreadygotone9180]

@@MandyCaneLane make a video showing your best work.

[@Industrialist2015ofUk]

Hey Mandy, a good suggestion from moi, is Johnny Depp in Lifes Too Short - Depp plays himself, but is fascinated with Warwick davies, and tries to get back at Ricky, for the golden globes comments. obviously acting, as Depp and Ricky are good mates, but sooo funny!!

[@CybrAshley]

omg, i nearly forgot about that. that was a brilliant episode.

[@MandyCaneLane]

Awesome, thank you!!

[@dazediss6629]

Couldn’t tell if it was the real Mandy or a doppelgänger for a while. But then she started talking about Paul Rudd, Netflix, the island, with obi wan from Star Trek. And I was like ahhhh there she is!!

[@MandyCaneLane]

HAHAHAHAHHA 🤣🤣🤣

[@Jbatley1]

Morning Mandy! Glad to see more ricky gervais shows. And yes the lighting is great for you, makes your face look a lot more colourful 😊 Ps: I noticed the other day how you seem to know a lot of your subscribers almost persoanlly. Just thought I’d say I admire how you seemingly take time to build relationships with some of your followers. Sorry to hear about all the troubles and stuff you’ve been through. Hope your doing better now x

[@MandyCaneLane]

Thank you Fuckgoogle! 🤗 And speaking to my subscribers is my favorite part of all this. Really makes doing these reactions feel like sharing stuff with friends 🤗🤗

[@Jbatley1]

@@MandyCaneLane yeah I got that sense looking through your comments section randomly. It’s rare people actually use KZbin as a social network these days despite that being what it was built for really, I respect that. You don’t just do things for views or have a genre as such (although maybe British comedy as a main bulk) but I like that you just do you. I often comment suggestions based off how it might boost a channels performance, but I don’t think that’a your goal as such. I think you just like the social aspect of it? I’ve got so used to “content creators” I’ve almost become blind to the social aspect of KZbin these days. I love that! It shows a lot about your character

[@phueal]

The thing with the doors is that by asking what the other person would say you guarantee that the answer is always a lie. Because the person who always tells the truth will answer (truthfully) with the lie that the other person would have given; the one who always lies would answer (falsely) with the opposite of what the truthful person would say, i.e. a lie. So whichever one you ask, they will answer with a lie about what the other door is, effectively giving you the truth about their own door. So if they answer “Heaven”, go through their door, if they answer “Hell”, go through the other door.

[@markdavidson9100]

Hi…have drawn a nice shot of Karl and Suzanne hugging by the Eiffel Tower in the artwork. Will send you when I’m finished…lots of respect, watching before I go to sleep

[@MandyCaneLane]

That sounds lovely! 🤗

[@dazediss6629]

I like how Mandy passively wanted to murder every other entrant in the art contests 😂😂😂

[@MandyCaneLane]

🙃

[@EmulsionTime]

The crime scene probably would have won first prize.

[@zarajday]

35:30 I'm curious where you think the pee from the bathroom goes after you flush. Surely you realize the ocean is full of liquids much fouler than urine.

[@MandyCaneLane]

Lol, I know that. I just don't want to pee in public surrounded by strangers. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@cedric182]

To explain the conundrum, the question is “if I were to ask the other person what door they are guarding, what would they say? “ and whatever they answer, is the door that THEY are guarding. Because it catches the bad one lying about the other. But there are many loopholes to this one. 😂

[@Jbatley1]

I think they did say Dopple ganger, but from the tone of the conversation that definitely talking about a clone

[@NJH01]

I used to be confused about it as well and Karl’s understanding of things doesn’t help but Steve says how Karl’s fascinated by the concept of doppelgängers but the email just asks Karl what he’d do with an exact replica or clone of himself

[@solalexander674]

I love "mandy rants" , it was good to see that Steve isn't such a square, another great video

[@benwinter5295]

16:55 I think you need to start a conversation with these twins and other people you haven’t met from your theatre, or general life, and if there’s anything weird or creepy about them report back to us immediately 😂 You can call it ‘Mandy’s Diary’ I’m sure it’ll be a success 👍🏽

[@MandyCaneLane]

🤣🤣🤣

[@benwinter5295]

@@MandyCaneLane If you don't do it, someone else named Mandy will.... :)

[@laupstad]

I think what Karl means by "How do I know which one is me" is that in this scenario the clone has all your memories and stuff as well. A true 100% copy in every way. You both remember doing and experiencing the same things from the day you were born until you meet. The clone *is* you physically and mentally. How would you know which one is actually you and which is the clone? You'll both be utterly convinced you're the "original". You say the real one always knows, but the clone knows exactly the same things you do and feels the same way.

[@alexp6712]

I was going to say the same thing. Very often, they seem to try very hard to not get what Karl is saying so they can ridicule him. Plus I don’t think either of them are as smart and knowledgeable as they think they are.

[@cohenparsons947]

But they never said it had all your memories, plus the original and the clone would have different experiences after the clone is made. The original not remembering being made as a clone, because he wasn't made as a clone

[@laupstad]

@@cohenparsons947 You're applying a lot of logic to Karls train of thought here. I'm not sure that's the way forward! 😂 I'm with you, but I don't think that's how Karl heard it. They concurred when he asked if his doppelganger would be exactly the same. To me that sounds like they'll be the same mentally and physically. EXACTLY the same. Even the clone would just wake up at the hospital with your memories up until the point where you went to hospital and got your DNA extracted for this experiment. It'd be as if you both lived the same life up until the point where there was suddenly two of you. It's not where my mind would've gone if I was posed the same question as Karl, but that's why I love Karl. He has a way of seeing things from a different angle.

[@cohenparsons947]

@@laupstad sure, I get what Karl's saying I'm just not convinced by it and a lot of people seem to agree with it

[@laupstad]

@@cohenparsons947 What's there to be convinced by? The phenomenon "doppelganger" isn't real in the first place and even if someone cloned you that clone wouldn't necessarily even look like you (Though you'd probably look related). The clone would just share your DNA. Not your looks and certainly not your thoughts and experiences. On a scientific level we were on thin ice as soon as the question was asked. There is nothing to convince anyone of here. Just the amusing musings of Karl.

[@billthebassist256]

BRO IVE NEVER HEARD YOU SWEAR BEFORE IMPRESSIVE I feel like a student when their teachers swear

[@MandyCaneLane]

Hahahahhahahaha! 🤪 My emotions are flying all over the place these days 🤣

[@bagpuss121]

A Doppelganger Should Have Different Memories .

[@Benji568]

I agree with you about the art world. It's why I gave up doing my degree. I couldn't take the stress anymore and the tutors who I was working with seemed very pretentious and condescending that it made my blood boil. I eventually got so mad when I failed my second year because I had a feeling that the board of examiners were playing "favouritism" that I ended up falling out with my classmates and it drove me into terrible depression. It was exhausting so I left the damn place.

[@friendlyneighbourhoodsteve4087]

Art. Such an interesting topic. I remember looking through an art book in high school art class and coming across a 'painting' titled "female llama pissing in the wind". It was a canvas painted orange, just flat orange and nothing else. 🤷 IMHO art should never be ranked or rated or judged, it's just too subjective. And frankly there's so much wank 🙄.

[@MandyCaneLane]

OMG!! Thank you for sharing that story!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@commieRob]

I get so angry at this episode when Ricky and Steve call Carl an idiot for the clone question. Carl is absolutely correct. If there were a clone of you that had identical memories, there would be literally no way of knowing if you were the original or the clone.

[@SirMonkeySuit]

It wasn't a clone question though, it was a doppelganger.

[@nemangame]

Karl asked how would he know which one he is, not which one is the original though

[@afterdinnercreations936]

It's really not that hard. A. As long as you remember being in the house before. B. Cloning cannot replicate non-genetic markings like scars, tattoos, or even if you shaved recently.

[@jonbolton3376]

You aren't alone. If i'm at the beach, instead of going in the sea, i'll find a pub toilet, then i have an excuse to have a beer too lol

[@MandyCaneLane]

Lol

[@freethinker--]

Obi wan from Star Trek,FUCK 🤣🤣 Another gold moment. Love the rants and stories 😊

[@MandyCaneLane]

🙈🙈🙈

[@Craigox001]

Lighting accentuates your beauty mandy 💕

[@MandyCaneLane]

Thank you 🤗

[@steved6092]

You make the original video twice as good Mandy, it's like watching for the first time, all over again ☺ ... Espero que você esteja bem ☺

[@MandyCaneLane]

Thank you! I am ok, and that was Portuguese 🤣🤣

[@steved6092]

@@MandyCaneLane Yep 😊, doing my best to learn ... tries hard, must to better ! 😂

[@SaintPhoenixx]

@@steved6092 Mandy lives in Argentina so she'd understand/speak Spanish, not Portuguese haha

[@wildwine6400]

The video of Ricky getting his cat from Jonathan Ross is on here "The Day Ricky Gervais Received His Kitten - Rest In Peace, Ollie! | Friday Night With Jonathan Ross" . Ollie passed away sadly last year, Ricky adopted a new cat called "Pickle", hes always posting pics on Twitter of his cat

[@MandyCaneLane]

Pickle 🤣🫶🏻

[@ericforsyth]

Ollie died three years ago 😿

[@wildwine6400]

@@ericforsyth didnt think it was that long ago. Ricky had him a long time atleast

[@frederikkordiak9750]

Loved it! Thank you Mandy :) Wishing you the best

[@MandyCaneLane]

Thank you Frederik 🤗

[@lanifer2608]

Funny enough about the beginning of this video is that years after this (2018) Karl had his own TV series called Sick of It with a very similar premise. I remember that Paul Rudd show, it was really good.

[@i_have_no_taste]

The two doors/paths riddle (I'm so bad at explaining this so apologies if I mess up): You can ask one of them, "Which path would the other guard say is the path to heaven?" It doesn't matter which guard you ask because they'll both give the same response. The best way I can explain why is through voicing out their thoughts. GUARD 1: "I must answer this question truthfully. I am guarding Hell. If this traveller asked the other guard where the path to Heaven was, he would point to my path instead of his - because he is a liar." *Guard 1 points to Guard 1's path* GUARD 2: "I must answer this question with a lie. I am guarding Heaven. If this traveller asked the other guard where the path to Heaven was, he would point to my path because he is telling the truth: I am guarding Heaven. However, I cannot tell the traveller this as I must answer their question with a lie. Therefore, I must direct them to the path to Hell." *Guard 2 points to Guard 1's path* Notice how they both point to the same path. This is the path you AVOID. Whichever path they respond with, go down the OTHER way and you'll make it to Heaven.

[@GenericGooner]

A better example of Karl’s point of not knowing which one he was is the Arnie film 6th day. In that there are clones and they aren’t aware they are the clone. And there is a cool little way to identify them as a clone.

[@davidz3879]

Imagine if there were 2 Karls!

[@MandyCaneLane]

An Idiot abroad with him and his clone! 🤣🤣🤣

[@davidz3879]

@@MandyCaneLane I don't think Suzanne could cope with 2 Karls!

[@TheQuietTimes]

11:01... Just ask a basic ("What's 2 +2" or "Does 2 + 2 equal 4") math question. If the guard gets the answer right, he's guarding the 'heaven/truth' door... If he gets it wrong he's guarding the 'hell/lie' door.

[@drdassler]

Karl wrote a show called 'Sick of It' where he plays two parts. One part is just in his imagination & nobody else sees him. It's pretty good.

[@leanderdegoede5598]

The simplest question for that one liar riddle is "which is your door?"either would point to the heaven door.

[@MandyCaneLane]

Ohhhh!!! Is THAT what Ricky was trying to explain??

[@leanderdegoede5598]

@@MandyCaneLane he was trying to explain a more roundabout question. That also works but it's way more complicated than it needs to be. This riddle is also in the movie Labyrinth by the way.

[@wildwine6400]

"The Island" is a movie based on the very well known series "The Prisoner" , which was actually filmed in Wales

[@wizardflaps]

I like how you went full Karl Pilkington trying to remember Star Wars. I gained IQ points from this.

[@MandyCaneLane]

Lmao! I am currently (and always) a mess

[@wizardflaps]

@@MandyCaneLane It's the only way to be. Keep on being a mess

[@MantisEnergy]

The What? The Ricky Gervais Chase? 1:38 😂

[@MandyCaneLane]

🤫🙈

[@pintuztv]

that probably offended both star trek and star wars people haha, also it wasnt Ewan McGregor acting in The Island it was the clone of Ewan McGregor 😆hehe

[@DanIel-fl1vc]

I like that puzzle, but there's more than one answer. You can just ask them anything that's obviously true and if they lie about it you know it's the devil. Are you guarding a door?

[@Crow-T-German-Robot]

If I hada a clone, or a Doppelgänger, I'd definitly play with myself.

[@MandyCaneLane]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 I think that is pretty common. P!nk said something about that once 🤪

[@ihugkittens484]

Why would I need a clone for that? I mean I'd definitely want to but what if the clone doesn't? That would be extra uncomfortable...

[@Crow-T-German-Robot]

Maybe I just wanna play some games, how 'bout that? 😜

[@arifeannor9573]

I have only been to a few beaches, but never have I seen a life saver at one.

[@MandyCaneLane]

Really? In Argentina they are there all summer

[@arifeannor9573]

@@MandyCaneLane Not here in the US, maybe some upper class beaches have them, but so many places to swim here its mainly just swim at your own risk. Otherwise it would have to be ban most beaches to be able to supply enough of them to watch over people and I don't know who would pay them.

[@paulbriggs5238]

Lighting looks good either way. Glad you're settling in 🙂

[@MandyCaneLane]

Thank you Paul 🤗

[@MaikKellerhals]

Ooh, The Island, Michael Bay's last good movie.

[@sirgooner6604]

Lol its also hilarious you call it the little soldier 🤣

[@MandyCaneLane]

😅😅

[@animalcharitychannel]

I still don't get the logical conundrum Ricky posed, no matter how many times it is explained lol

[@MandyCaneLane]

You and me both!! Haha comments are helping though 💜

[@wildwine6400]

Theres a clone film with Arnold Schwarzenegger called The Sixth Day, which is along the lines of what Karl was saying about the confusion of a clone

[@arsenewenger49]

Love your Karl reactions Mandy, it’s like watching them for the first time all over again!

[@MandyCaneLane]

So glad you do! 🤗🙌🏻

[@ChipWhitingtonIII]

Whatever troubles Mandy has had, we all agree that it's Argentina's fault, right?

[@MandyCaneLane]

Haha, a particular Argentinian actually!

[@davidz3879]

Mandy, are you going to do more film reactions?

[@MandyCaneLane]

Yes, when I get a bit more back on track 🤗

[@davidz3879]

@@MandyCaneLane Are any British films or TV shows popular in Argentina?

[@aaronmicalowe]

Imagine you have a clone then it gets to night time and you want to go to bed, who gets to sleep in their bed? Do you flip a coin? And what happens to the other one? Is it relegated to the unheated room? I think the unlucky one could become evil if that happened. 😂

[@MandyCaneLane]

Lmao

[@gamingbady5305]

There’s a movie called the double, that deals with clone like concepts but it’s darker

[@shadybacon3451]

The lighting looks absolutely fine this vid, not perfect maybe but certainly not shit. Hope all is well after your tough few weeks. That story about the person eating the banana 'art' made me laugh, there have been some similar instances of people accidentally destroying 'art'. There was a cleaner at an Italian gallery who threw away some bits of newspaper, cardboard, and some other trash as she didn't realise it was an art installation. It was allegedly created to make people think about the environment and was worth $15k.

[@MandyCaneLane]

🤦🏻‍♀️

[@Jamienomore]

When I was about 10 I used to buy the pocket war stories. Most of the drawings were just normal drawings, BUT, some were done so perfectly they looked like B/W Photos. It was done with shading and lines so I started copying how it was done. Two years later I was very good at it. Unfortunately as I got older School work took up more and more of my time so I rarely did any then eventually stopped. I don't like A.I. Paintings/Drawings. Take a photocopy of a Painting/Drawing and that is the same as an A.I. version. You did a lot of laughing with this Video which I enjoyed.

[@ajivins1]

I know someone who just puts stock photos through a filter to make them look like pencil sketches then claims them as his own work. Annoys the hell out of me!

[@rasmusn.e.m1064]

Interesting solution Ricky has to the problem. My answer was just to ask a question that I knew the answer to "Is this either the door to heaven or hell?" If the person answers yes, then it's the door to heaven, and if the person answers no, then it's the door to hell. Also works with "am I me?" or "is 1 + 1 = 2?"

[@MandyCaneLane]

"Am I me?" Sounds like what Karl would ask if cloned! Haha Thank you for explainimg Rasmus!

[@jasongates-]

"Some time maybe good. Some time maybe shit." 😂You did that voice good. I don't know if I would want a double. I would have to be in some kind of doo doo in need of a double for me to go ahead and get one, like if I had been president of the United States and something happens. I'm glad I'm not an identical twin. One reason is because I wouldn't want to see myself all day. Every time I look up, it's me. I'm good with just looking in the mirror when I'm ready to look in the mirror, and that's it. The other reason is, Karl does have a point that, if the clone (or twin) commits the crime, they might think it's you, so you get punished for what they did. So I'm glad I'm not an identical twin. I wouldn't have minded a fraternal twin. Just not an identical twin. I mean, I would have loved the identical twin. But, yeah. Star Trek, good show. Star Wars, good movie. I like both. Sometimes Karl over thinks things. I think I followed what they were saying on the "one question for heaven or hell" part, but then after Ricky explained about himself lying and saying what Stephen would say, Karl took it to be as if they were talking about their own door, so they could have lost the viewer from Karl getting lost in the explanation. So even Karl didn't understand Ricky's explanation.

[@davidz3879]

The value of various works of art is baffling. If I had £millions, I wouldn't spend it on art.

[@benwinter5295]

You would if that money was stolen or otherwise needed to be hidden from prying eyes. I think that’s why art sells for so much.

[@neezduts69420]

@@benwinter5295 that's probably the only logical possibly unless someone really has money to just nurn

[@neezduts69420]

Burn*

[@neezduts69420]

Ugh I'm walking with phone and editing is a chore i think you get what I mean 🤣

[@Jbatley1]

To be fair, I don’t know if this is true or not, but there may be more twins in Britain than most countries because I know a few sets of twins and triplets, but they usually from in-vitro fertilisation. Because you’re more likely to get twins with in vitro fertilisation, I think perhaps because the NHS will provide this for free in our country to people who can’t have children. There’s probably more test-tube babies over here than in other places that don’t have free healthcare.

[@fringestalin6263]

I too was incredibly confused by Ricky's heaven and hell guard riddle until someone explained it to me in a way of asking "if I were to ask the other guard which door lead to heaven, what would they say?". - The guard who always tells the truth will tell you "he'll say it's the door behind him" because the one who lies is always trying to point you in the way of hell. Meanwhile the guard who always lies will tell you "he'll say it's the door behind me" because once again he is trying to point you in the direction of hell. The common factor here is the door behind the lying guard because the truthful guard will know he'll lie and tell you it's the door behind him, whereas the lying guard will tell you that the other guard will tell you it's the door behind him. In both cases the lying guard will try to point you in the direction of his door. It is still extremely confusing, and therefore the best solution is to simply hold up three fingers and ask one guard "how many fingers am I holding up?". The truthful guard will say three, and the lying guard will say otherwise. Therefore you have not only outsmarted the both of them, you have also outsmarted the one giving you the riddle by thinking outside the box and coming up with a simple yet effective solution, and they will either accept it, or tell you that's not allowed because their bruised ego can't take being outsmarted (as you can probably tell, I hate riddles).

[@freethinker--]

First heard that riddle in Labyrinth,I was always confused. Like the fingers question, I'd just ask am I standing or sitting 🤷 Took me years to come up with that😅

[@stingersplash]

The problem is Ricky left out one major thing....the guards have no prior knowledge. So you cant ask about your fingers or the colour of your shirt etc because they don't know what those are.

[@fringestalin6263]

@@stingersplash If the guards have no prior knowledge then logically they can't know how the other guard thinks, and that is pretty much why I hate these sorts of riddles because they require so stringently specific and illogical goalposts that forbids people from thinking outside the box, a trait that I think demonstrates more intelligence and logical thinking more than simply knowing the right answer to a very specific set of circumstances.

[@freethinker--]

@@stingersplash forget it, don't want to go to heaven or hell anyway 😅

[@SebHighDef]

the point is that the lying guard doesnt necessarily stand in front of the door to hell, so the finger thing doesnt work

[@annother3350]

E-wan! It's pronounced Yoo'un matey!! 🤣

[@MandyCaneLane]

That doesn't feel right either 😭🤣

[@annother3350]

@@MandyCaneLane ok, You do it your way!

[@morganga]

I honestly think Karl has a legitimate point about not knowing whether you're the clone or the original. Consider the hypothetical mode of transportation known as teleportation. There's the wormhole kind, where you walk through and appear in a completely different location in space, then there's the scan-and-reassemble kind where your entire body is scanned, that information transmitted to a new location, then reconstructed like for like. In the second case, you've effectively cloned yourself. The you or the clone would need visual stimulus to confirm whether or not you're the original. We can imagine a setup where you're teleported in the same room, and there's absolutely no visual indicator which is which. I guess at the very least, the clone has a gap in memory between being scanned and being reconstructed, which the original would have experienced. If that gap was insignificant, there'd be no perceivable difference

[@NJH01]

The thing is you’re 100% right if you weren’t there or didn’t know about the clone but in Karl’s hypothetical he knew he’d been cloned and had met up with him so unless there was a trick where they were swapped he’d obviously know he’s the original Karl

[@morganga]

@@NJH01 Doubt would creep in when you conclude the clone would be thinking the same thing. So it brings into question everything you think you knew for sure, because that's also what the clone would be thinking. I'm talking about the specific case where you step into one of two facing cubicles of a cloning device, close the curtain, the machine clones, and both of you open the curtain to stand facing each other. In the absence of any visual indication, like a big old sign above the cubicles saying "Original" and "Clone", You might initially think you're the original, based on what you think you know, until you realise the other version of you is equally confident, and that's not a reliable indication of the truth.

[@aaronmicalowe]

​@@NJH01but then that knowledge of knowing he'd been cloned would also be cloned. Karl took it literally and made it much more interesting.

[@MandyCaneLane]

But in the teleporting instance, one is scanned, deconstructed and then reconstructed at a different location. So there is still only one of you. Exactly the same as before or a cloned version, but the 'original' you is gone. This reminded me about the movie 'The Prestige' - "It took courage to climb into that machine every night.. not knowing.. if I'd be the man in the box.. or the prestige."

[@morganga]

@@MandyCaneLane I guess if you're being transported particle by particle, it'd be like a cut & paste. If just the reassembly instructions were transferred, and you're reconstructed from new material it'd be like a copy & paste, and hey presto, there's two of you. Actually, quantum teleportation is a reality, and it's the destructive kind, and has been demonstrated with things as large as a calcium atom! It wasn't a problem with "Living with yourself", if you had to dig yourself out of your own grave, that was a goooood indication you were a clone lol

[@jumju11]

Love the Karl vids keep them coming! I’m also Argentine-American fun seeing someone with the same background react to stuff 😂

[@MandyCaneLane]

Oh cool! I feel like there aren't many of us! 🤪

[@jumju11]

@@MandyCaneLane Coolest club to be in 😎

[@guidowinter]

Star Wars, Star Trek, both amazing!

[@WezMan444]

Paul Rudd’s wife in living with yourself is a stand up comedian in real life. Aisling Bea is hilarious!

[@MandyCaneLane]

Yes!

[@stormingelysium1996]

The movie "Multiplicity" doesn't have evil clones. If anything, the original is the bad guy.

[@ndboulton]

Re: the heaven and hell door thing- Asking whichever guard what the other guard would say, guarantees one lie is involved in the answer, so the answer to the question will always be the wrong answer.

[@MandyCaneLane]

Thank you 🤗

[@RavenZahadoom]

That was the first of the great Steve stories, there are a couple more great ones like that.

[@alexp6712]

He actually told the riddle wrong. The position of the guard needs to be random or unknown as well. If you know that the liar is the one guarding hell, there are suddenly multiple solutions.

[@alexp6712]

If you know the liar is guarding hell, you can just ask anything. How many fingers am I holding up. If the guard lies, it’s the wrong door. That’s why the guard needs to be unknown as well.

[@Harbinger1978]

Before watching, in case it hasn't been addressed, Ricky (though somebody I consider a borderline comedic genius... Along with Merchant) messed up the logical puzzle. He implied that the person in front of Hell door always lies and Heaven door always tells the truth . In which case, it's an easy solve with 'Is the sky blue?'. One question. If truth, Heaven. if lie, Hell. That's not the puzzle. Either of the guards could be lying or telling the truth and that has no indcation which door they're guarding. With those specific parameters, Ricky's solution now works and is the only way to determine what lies behind each door.

[@rellik1585]

Steve doesn’t tell many story’s but they’re all good

[@morganga]

The idea of a clone being evil (or at least different) has analogies in biology and chemistry. Molecules have a handedness, like cloning a left handed glove into a right handed glove, same but reflected. Earth exclusively use left-handed amino acids and right-handed sugars. These molecules interact differently with their environment, for example some artificial sweeteners are real sugars, taste sweet yet pass through our organism without being metabolized because they have the wrong handedness.

[@MandyCaneLane]

I love how much you understand, and how you are explaining these things to me, and I love learning about this kind of stuff, but I didn't fully understand that. 😅

[@akumaakabane5276]

i mean based on the situation ricky set out you dont have to overcomplicate it like he did coz u know the hell one is going to lie so you just ask something you know the answer to so like whats 2+2 and if they say 4 they are gaurding heaven

[@HawkOfGP]

Loved the art rant!

[@MandyCaneLane]

Thank you! 🤗🙌🏻🪻

[@djohnson6585]

"Derek Parfit and others consider a hypothetical "teletransporter", a machine that puts you to sleep, records your molecular composition, breaking you down into atoms, and relaying it to Mars at the speed of light. On Mars, another machine re-creates you (from local stores of carbon, hydrogen, and so on), each atom in exactly the same relative position. Parfit poses the question of whether or not the teletransporter is actually a method of travel, or if it simply kills and makes an exact replica of the user.[3] Then the teleporter is upgraded. The teletransporter on Earth is modified to not destroy the person who enters it, but instead it can simply make infinite replicas, all of whom would claim to remember entering the teletransporter on Earth in the first place" Smartest thing Karl has ever said! Also!! Ricky's riddle is WRONG. He should include that the question has to relate to which door they're guarding. But he doesn't. So there are INFINITE questions that's can get you the right door. Anything that you know is a fact Eg. What is my name? If he says anything other than Mandy it's hell What's 1+1? Anything other than 2 he's guarding hell What colour shirt am I wearing? How old am I? What's my address? Etc But the riddle as it should be - that he question can only relate to which door they're guarding, Ricky's answer is right Eg If I asked the other guy what door he's guarding Devil: the other guy would say he's guarding hell (lie because the angel would say heaven) Angel: the other guy would say he's guarding heaven (because he's guarding hell but would lie)

[@huaysai]

There's one moment I look forward to every time there's a Karl reaction video. And I haven't been let down yet! This - Mandy: "He has a point."

[@MandyCaneLane]

Lmao! The man does have points sometimes! 🤣

[@paulhatton9564]

I'm with you regarding art. I know it's 'in the eye of the beholder', but some stuff is clearly pants. We've always had experimental art throughout history, but what we have now (the banana!) is a result of children not being allowed to lose or come 3rd or 4th, but everyone gets a medal. Society rewards mediocrity not wanting to offend anyone.

[@MandyCaneLane]

Agree! Art is pants! 🤣🤣

[@surlycanadian]

Maurizio Cattelan is a boomer. I’m not sure how affected he was by modern day children all getting participation trophies. You’ll have to help me out there.

[@friendlyneighbourhoodsteve4087]

Oh thank goodness, those dead pixels on my TV are clearing up 😜

[@MandyCaneLane]

Hallelujah! 🙌🏻

[@Jbatley1]

Ps this is my favourite eppisodes by far of all of em

[@MandyCaneLane]

It was a great one! 🤗

[@SaintPhoenixx]

I get what Karl meant by 'How would I know which one I was?'. It wasn't quite as stupid as he made it sound, I know what he meant, he just worded it badly. Ricky and Steve thought he meant 'How would I know who I am?' when he actually meant 'How do I prove I'm the original if we're the exact same?' If you have the same memories and neither Karl or Suzanne (or anyone else) couldn't tell which was the original Karl, then is the 'real' Karl actually the real one? It was a reasonable philosophical question, but his smooth brain made it sound like he didn't know who he was. And Ewan McGregor is pronounced You-wun. It's a Scottish name so there was little chance of you knowing that haha

[@mickyfinn1948]

I've seen your Art, Mandy and its really good. 👏 Your comments on various topics are often as entertaining as the shows you react too! Haha Now I'm off to paint some blue lines and a few red dots...and maybe eat a banana! 😜😄😄

[@MandyCaneLane]

Lol, thank you Michael! Hope you make millions! 🤞🏻🙌🏻

[@markcox9243]

If you want some insite to Karl's clone problem watch Schwarzenegger's '6th day'

[@constantinosmavroyannis9409]

wait till you get at season 3. there are some absolute gems in there both in the audio and in the animation. the island was such a great movie. also something similar to what they posed to karl happens in a Schwarzenegger film called "6th day". another nice 00s scifi

[@MandyCaneLane]

Can't wait! 🙌🏻

[@CMDRRustyDog]

Super-enjoyed this one! Your expressions throughout are a delight. Yeah a doppelgänger is like if you walked down a street and saw someone that looked identical to you but you weren't related. A clone is just a biological copy of you that would presumably be 'grown' in a laboratory. Steve's stories are great. He does a few. If you want the full story, it's on the audio version of The Ricky Gervais Show S2E2 at 8m30s in. Of course, you have access to those now. 😉 When Karl said "How would I know which one I was", I thought that was a clever question. Karl had asked if his doppelgänger had the same thoughts and memories as him, to which Ricky said yes. So Karl then wondered (given that you wouldn't likely know how long the other Karl had been around for or whatever), that he could begin to question whether he was the copy or the original. Because if both had met up and didn't know where or when the other came from, how would either of them know? Hope that makes some kinda sense. :) Finally... I totally agree with you about that modern art crap. It's like wine tasting. People pretending to know about things that they really don't. And I've seen your speed drawing vids. It totally blew me away. You are incredibly talented, and that's understating it. The one you did of Alien was incredible and I need to watch more. You should do illustrations for the movie industry (Marvel or DC superhero stuff). Send in some work. So many ideas :) If I had half of your drawing talent, I'd be putting myself out there. I've always wanted to be able to draw but I'm useless at it.

[@johnnyjohnny-cg7np]

Yeah, Ricky embarrassed himself with laughing so hard at Karl's 'How would I know which one I was?' question. It's a legit question.

[@MandyCaneLane]

This was a really fun episode! And yes, the clone question made sense, but still, I think each would know which one they are. 🤪 And yes! I will most definitely check out the longer version of that story, thank you!! 🤗 And truth be told, at least imo the abilty to draw well is kind of one of those things you are born with. Yes, obviously you can learn and practice at it and become really good anyways, but it will take more tine and effort. But if you do enjoy something, never give up on it! 🤗🤗

[@CMDRRustyDog]

@@MandyCaneLane "But if you do enjoy something, never give up on it!" Oh don't worry, I won't give up on your channel 😁

[@jimthompson939]

21:02 Create art because you enjoy it, the appreciation helps of course but the art world can be so subjective at times as to render it meaningless. If you enjoy doing it, keep doing it. I also like the story of the person eating the artistic banana installation!

[@phillipcarlroberts4640]

With the doors, You should ask the doorman what door the other doorman would say they were guarding, Ricky would say that Steve would say that Steve is guarding Hell because Ricky is lying, on the other hand if You ask Steve what door Ricky would say Ricky was guarding Steve would say that Ricky would say that he is guarding Heaven because he knows Ricky would lie.

[@jeffrey44]

I liked the story about someone eating a banana that was actually/also art. I don't know if that is a genre of story but if it is, I like that genre. I watched a programme and a man was murdered in his house somehow. The police arrived to investigate and the victims wife cooked them a delicious lamb dinner. Anyway, they couldn't find a murder weapon so they went back to the police station without solving the murder. It turns out, the wife had killed the husband by whacking him on the head with the leg of lamb. The police had eaten the evidence! That's a sub-genre. I like that one too.

[@MandyCaneLane]

Lmao! That is hilarious 🤣🤣

[@kevintipcorn6787]

Ewan McGregor UK films to watch before Star Wars IMO: Trainspotting and Shallow Grave. (I have Star Trek people in my avatar)

[@davidz3879]

Shallow Grave & Trainspotting are great.

[@jasona1000]

28:50 always liked this part of the episode. Was the first time when steve and karl were on board with something and ricky was in disbelief of that. Fun to have ricky being on his own for a change. Also liked steve getting his own stories in there. Feel like they need to spread the stories around more so it doesn't seem like the show should just be "The Karl Pilkington Show"

[@MandyCaneLane]

Haha, that part was great!

[@filmfredrik]

And yeah I agree about the Paul Rudd clone show. What happened to it?? Some great first episodes.

[@wildwine6400]

I think the lighting is still much better. Well wishes n stuff to! 🤗

[@MandyCaneLane]

Thank you Wild Wine 🫶🏻

[@kevinmoore49]

Is there room for two Karl's in the world Mandy? He's one of a kind surely, love your reaction and I hope you are well X

[@Paul_Allaker8450]

It is said that there is 9 people alive that look like you in the world.😳🤷🏻‍♂️ Great reaction as always Mandy. 👍👏

[@MandyCaneLane]

Wonder what my 9 are up to.. 🤔

[@R1CARD049]

I may be over complicating the 2 door experiment But if 1 has to lie and 1 has to tell the truth, can't you ask either of them a question you know the answer to? Like what is 1 + 1 etc By knowing the answer yourself, you'd only go with the person who gave the honest answer to get to Heaven You can tell it's a Monday 😅😅

[@snefru__]

For heaven and hell can't you just any question you know the answer to?

[@MandyCaneLane]

I guess 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@anitahargreaves9526]

Jonathon Ross bought Ricky his cat when his cat had died presented it on Jonathan Ross chat show on BBC and Ricky so happy and tearful.

[@MandyCaneLane]

That is lovely

[@ajivins1]

STAR TREK? Leave the room, now!

[@MandyCaneLane]

🤣🤣