Karl Introduces his Diary...

[@rturae]

I love how ecstatic Ricky is when first hearing about this, like he discovered gold, which of course he did because Karl's diary is brilliant.

[@youhustlinmeboi5335]

It has made Ricky alot of money.

[@glurganergc4856]

@Mai Nyigguh yeah of course he is but he knows gold when he sees it

[@coreyS33]

"I...Karl!"

[@JohnyG29]

Yeah, it's almost like they planned it...🙄

[@louispconstant6624]

@@JohnyG29 lol

[@jasobres]

I love the watch that counts down to your death bit. "How does it work?" "You pop it on your wrist."

[@alegomanYTPs]

thing is tho, the watch can read ya pulse, so if ye pulse slows down, watch lights up, "yer gunna die"

[@gladwinmorwe505]

Karl predicted the 2011 movie "In Time "

[@Chrisbajs]

Poh i on ya rist.

[@Chuck-PK]

But can it tell if you're going to die in a disaster?

[@awzthemusicalreviews]

@Marshall Carwood just so you know, I did read this in Karl's voice. Brilliant

[@speedyg2012]

Karl's diary is one of the greatest literary works of the 21st century.

[@strangeways4217]

Speedy Gonzalez 21st*

[@scunthorpeintolerance9383]

It’s the best ever pal

[@kevanbrown7620]

Most Definitely

[@listerofsmeg884]

Up there with Ann Frank

[@rinkaaaaa9006]

"...but we never saw his wife." I don't know why that kills me every time, but it does! XDD

[@prettypointlessvideo]

Poetic

[@evilemperordude]

I wonder if Hawking even remembers what his voice sounded like.

[@nizzleprizzle9783]

evilemperordude would you?

[@StargateUnending]

I mean, he wouldn't just stop thinking. His voice in his head wouldn't just turn robotic as well..?

[@EvilA110]

They actually have the technology to give him a more normal-sounding voice, but he declined because he now identifies with the robotic one we’re all familiar with

[@gordonm7038]

Andy Matz I find him crushingly boring. He now has political views. He goes to strip clubs. I just don't get his appeal as an icon.

[@voidrick1765]

Gordon M well I guess it wouldn't matter anymore because now he's dead.

[@aprilfuul]

"Brilliant. You're an idiot." That pretty much sums up this whole show.

[@LetsChatGrace]

it's so weird hearing Karl say things in proper English like "isn't it"

[@gleam6370]

grace l OMG GRACE

[@LetsChatGrace]

Alexa OMG WHAT?!

[@gleam6370]

grace l i don't know if it's you but I believe I saw u at wheldrakes

[@LetsChatGrace]

Alexa OMG YES PROBABLY!!!

[@gleam6370]

grace l OMGGG A SMALL WORD. I HOPE IM NOT CREEPY

[@johnsmith-zx5er]

Karl is clearly referring to an inner monalog. all humans experience this

[@buzzytrombone4353]

@Ties de Jong Karl's the braindead one here, he has no idea how to properly express his thoughts to them.

[@MrRayndog]

@@buzzytrombone4353 not everyone has an internal monologue. i do but not everyone does.

[@gabrielmendez4161]

MrRayndog yeah some people just don’t hear there voice in their head

[@MrGabol100]

If you don't have an internal monologue then you are an NPC.

[@_booth7992]

Not all do. Possible ricky doesnt...

[@johnh5646]

He is actually a genius.

[@Rappatiligoe0419]

John Buoy not

[@JamesGames101]

No, he can have wise moments, but a lot of his ideas are completely idiotic

[@brokenwave6125]

No...he's an idiot. And if you actually think he's a genius then you're also an idiot.

[@ZonZorZerx]

@@brokenwave6125 Comedic genius. You're the idiot.

[@hipsterelephant2660]

He's actually really smart, he just lacks the vocabulary to communicate his thoughts.

[@1994PandaBeth]

I think Karl seems to be more of an introvert, which explains why he thinks whole sentences in his head and, practically, has conversations with himself. I often do that. Introverts tend to sit back and think.

[@Isabelle-fh3yr]

Extroverts don't do that (have conversations in their head)?

[@emmettdonkeydoodle6230]

Isabelle they do too, but it's the thought being in full complete sentences that's a bit off.

[@Isabelle-fh3yr]

ah ok, get it :)

[@veronicatoothpaste8576]

Jay Gemmell which would explain why his diary is hilarious because he sits back and notices everything while extroverts dont

[@ghoulbuster1]

extroverts are boring

[@sethroneen475]

Someday, many years from now, Karl Pilkington will be remembered as one of the greatest innovative thinkers of our generation... Not sure whether to shake my head or bust out laughing.

[@MrGeeza]

"Everyone sat and watched one of the local cats lick it's bollocks" This killed me! 6:39

[@StephNuggs]

I'm fucking dead 😂

[@BT-kc3ee]

Me too😅

[@Highlander1518]

Best thing ever.

[@ChilupaKing]

6:39

[@MrGeeza]

@@ChilupaKing how do you do that lol

[@MeansofIntrigue]

6:38 - 6:47 May just be my favourite moment in the entire series. The banality of both the description and of the moment itself. The fact it's just four men brought together by happenstance in an otherwise empty bar with nothing better or more entertaining to do than just watch a Cat do Cat stuff; alongside the blank and somewhat disappointed look on their faces as they watch and drink. All of that punctuated by Ricky's appropriate laughter at the situation Karl happened to live through and conjure up a wonderful image through the bland language which was effortlessly delivered by Steve. Just ten seconds of hilarious humanity.

[@Mrwatchdog1000]

I would totally buy his diary LMAO

[@cal1050]

Buy some of his books! They're basically just his travel diaries anyway :)

[@cabuscus]

+Callum Bateman omg just realised

[@dapaintbrush6965]

I definitely would

[@timbroski4487]

Happyslapped by a jellyfish is a great book, basically a diary but there are also pictures and they're really funny

[@TheNewVaultOfKnowledge]

He's got best sellers. They're just precious.

[@hamnchee]

The actual Diary is already probably worth millions.

[@willowayoubi5659]

I love how Ricky is BEGGING Karl "Please can I read it?" Karl was trying to say no because he knew what was coming 😂

[@AleK0451]

susanne thicc af

[@sophiebophiex]

Karl’s lucky innit

[@borismuller86]

AleK 7:49 PHWOAAR!

[@aaronmolloy8019]

Too bad she's just fat irl lmao

[@callumfisher8101]

orange polo That isn’t Suzanne though...

[@Christoff070]

@Sharpy because Karl always complain about her fat arse...

[@aidyk85]

This is quite clearly the birth place of “Idiot Abroad”

[@msmilano7091]

“Not much going on in Anne Frank’s life at that point” “Whereas you’ve been to Gran Canaria”

[@tb7667]

'have you heard of joined up writing?' 'There's no point, is there?! Cause sometimes you can't read it.' I love Karl with all my heart.

[@Shun101010]

inner discourse is a normal occurrence and a helpful tool in problem solving for humans. if ricky and steve don't have inner discourse, they're the weird ones. everyone i know says they think in sentences. it's not like it's a constant thing but i can turn it on or off so to speak.

[@emmettdonkeydoodle6230]

Jaqen H'ghar they didn't say conversing with yourself was weird, it's the complete sentence part that's off. And it is. Usually thinking in complete sentences hints at a developmental disability, mental illness, or dissociation, as does dreaming in third person instead of first person.

[@LoverOfManyArts]

+Emi Other I highly doubt that

[@kittymartin2564]

Jaqen H'ghar u talk in third person out loud all the time...who is weird now.

[@CoryMck]

@@emmettdonkeydoodle6230 where did you fabricate this from?

[@emmettdonkeydoodle6230]

Cory Mck My bad for assuming people would understand what I was talking about. There’s a difference in intentionally vs unintentionally thinking in complete sentences. What I was trying to suggest is that, if you are incapable of thinking without complete sentences, that’s a sign that something is very wrong. A normal brain is able to think in concepts, so unless you are intentionally forming complete sentences with your thoughts, that isn’t something that should be happening.

[@Davemcfc]

-Breathed in... -Breathed out again.

[@generalgk]

Bit weird, innit?

[@listerofsmeg884]

'everyone watched one of the local cats lick it's bollocks'

[@K.Dilkington]

Karl totally gave the writer of In Time their whole idea for the movie.

[@valinorean4816]

from where, which season/episode (or title/link)?

[@crimsondynamo615]

Mr. Dilkington has me fucking rolling

[@jasoncarto]

"susan didnt laugh when I said your ass has the same problem." Susan confirmed for EXTRA THICC?

[@TwoBlueOlives]

Karl is honestly one of the most interesting people

[@jonahc2807]

1:26 "Me writing's quite big, innit?" **only seven words take up two whole pages** I love that part

[@ryanchance5206]

"there was a fat bloke from Bolton" haha could have been anyone!

[@ISetYourFaceOnFire]

His laugh could assassinate a world leader.

[@DavidMiramontes1]

I love how he even acknowledges people's passive-aggressive reactions in his entries. Love it.

[@ElMoShApPiNeSs]

I think in full sentences. I'm actually quite offended now :(

[@RockLee679]

Emi Other it's conceptual though

[@TheBanMan]

Karl did nothing wrong

[@nelsonsiwady9415]

@x2yll l yeah sometimes Ricky and Stephan are the true idiots

[@megalopolis5388]

​@x2yll l I'm just glad someone noticed that Ricky is so wrong... Karl is absolutely right here even about the accent. sorry guys. I absolutely love you all.

[@JNYC-gb1pp]

@@nelsonsiwady9415 They're been wrong many times! They laughed at Karl once because he said something about plates killing people - turns out it was true! (they had some mineral and reacted with tomatoes and turned to poison)

[@jul30ie]

Karl is ahead of his time. Smart Watches are being invented that monitor your health and will alert you if there is anything wrong with your readings.

[@noahmay7708]

He's got the right idea sometimes, its just his way of saying things makes it sound like absolute bollocks.

[@aredub1847]

bollocks

[@TheRuddster95]

@Alfredo just pop it on your wrist!

[@ElaMongrella]

I SO want to buy that diary.

[@luddity]

I want to buy that watch.

[@themysteriouscatperson9483]

I want to buy Karl himself.

[@burnsyboyy7534]

The Cat Licking its Bullocks had me on the floor 😂😂😂😂

[@gleam6370]

Karl is a freaking genius

[@norikodied]

Maria petrov yep

[@acorn1014]

Richard Feynman, the greatest physicist of the 20th century, thought in words and not conceptually. There's an audio interview where he discusses how weird he thinks this is.

[@liamefc97]

"Sat in a bar watching the cat lick his bollocks" had me in stitches 🤣🤣🤣ffs

[@alansmithee4927]

Karl is a true anomaly. He’s like a truly insightful and intuitive idiot. If his iq was higher he might be an actual genius whereas some people who do have a high iq don’t have Karl’s insightful ness and couldn’t be a genius. So In a sense Karl is a smart guy just in his own hilariously entertaining way

[@cheetocairo]

I totally get that about thinking in your accent; I've asked people who speak two languages, which language they think or dream in.....

[@SmoothCriimiinal]

".. but we never saw his wife" i have no idea why but that sentence has me rolling on the floor with laughter

[@jh1328]

This is one of the few instances where the animation is infinitely better than it would be if it were live action.

[@bippiebedd9122]

I genuinely think Karl is the most intelligent of the three

[@JogVodka]

Honestly. Yeah. He's also the most down to Earth

[@fernandobusciglio]

It's interesting that Ricky said that Stephen Hawking is either from Oxford or Cambridge, because he was born in Oxford and died in Cambridge.

[@valinorean4816]

this show aired LONG before he died..

[@ivanbo3217]

"if moths had eyes"

[@crimsondynamo615]

Ricky: *FUCK ME!*

[@zabaoth]

1:14 Ladies...

[@crs925x7]

7:48 daamn suzanne

[@cabuscus]

Ikr

[@youtubinfool]

I have no idea why ricky and steve find everything so funny. they just seem like teenagers enjoying contempt for everything.

[@troywright359]

It's funny to listen to them. I doubt I could stand working with them or being friends in real life though

[@GrassEater27]

i love how his invention is the main story for the movie "in time"

[@TheLifeOfDan1]

Tbh I think about sentences, its like a conversation in my head...

[@edmannope7497]

3:34 the darts part killed killed me. And that thinker position that karl makes at 8:08 made me remember Lenny from the simpsons at the Oscars ahahahahaha

[@xtiggacatx]

there is nothing better in world to Cheer you up then the Ricky Gervais show, xfm, podcasts, cartoons. fucking genius these are the cure for depression

[@nice1365]

i love how the format of the segment takes shape in the first few minutes. ricky has a go at reading but isn't fluent enough because his thinking about the diary throws off his delivery, then steve takes over the reading with much better rhythm leaving ricky to react as the audience hears it.

[@DottaNatural]

6:05 it priceless XD

[@chuntguntley8771]

"you can't just say "wouldn't it be good"" but like...you CAN.

[@DIEGOSHAY]

I love how Karl objects at first to reading it, but suspiciously he brought it with him. :)

[@stanthemafia]

Ricky’s laugh can cure depression

[@Vuusteri]

"The hotel's a bit odd. I've never seen as many cross-eyed people in one location". LMAO XD XD XD XD XD Oh, my stomach hurts.

[@lemerdeposteur]

I love that the animator hears Karl say “pie and chips” and animates him eating cherry pie.

[@legoface]

“Had a drink at a bar, everyone sat and watched one of the local cats lick its bollocks” 🤣

[@nerdwarp112]

I couldn’t quite put my finger on it, but I realized that Ricky really looks like Fred Flintstone in this art style.

[@richardgullick1867]

4:26 Ricky Gervais - confirmed NPC

[@dunbass7149]

What

[@Alizudo]

@@dunbass7149 They're calling him brainless

[@johnh5646]

karl is brilliant. 😂

[@SicaJay]

Ricky's laugh is the best 🤣 Everytime he laughs, I'm busting a gut too. 3:43 got me good.

[@arrj17]

It’s like he thinks in one liners

[@gogogagetfingers]

I’m with Karl on thinking sentences I’m sure everyone does it

[@Lattidude]

It's a pretty even split, some people do, some don't, but because it's something we never really talk about, it's mindblowing when you find out that other people don't think to themselves the same way you do. Aphantasia is another good one. Most people can visualise a picture in their head but some people can't. Most people who can't don't find out for years because they think they're normal.

[@apbweezle]

I think the diary is the best thing that happened to the show.

[@MrJmrk92]

This is honestly one of the best shows I have ever seen, Its so flippen funny!!! I also love how they actually animate other characters with thier voices when they are telling stories, I wish this was on the radio or tv back in Canada!

[@scottmroberts]

I'm so glad I live in the parallel universe where Steve took over the reading of Karl's diary from Ricky.

[@tommy_bee5389]

The way that they draw karl just makes you feel bad for him

[@lohne87]

I just loooove the voice of Stephen Merchant - it's so ducking relaxing and funny! He should read in some books or stories - i would by that in a second. Also Portal !!

[@murielleladouceur6414]

I would love an adaptation of this animation set in Portal universe! And Suzanne would be played by GlaDOS.

[@GXtera]

In Time totally ripped off Karl's "death watch" idea.

[@christopher0261]

These podcasts do actually take you on an adventure

[@animallover158]

2:57 awh poor Karl they made him look so hurt haha

[@Growmetheus]

Their intense ego makes this whole thing uncomfortable. Its hilarious getting past that

[@oisinmaccumhaill7037]

Personally I despise Steve Merchant for that reason. He literally brings nothing to the table in the podcasts bar acting snooty and contemptuous towards everything that Karl had to say, like he’s some sort of accomplished intellectual. Who even is he?

[@kevinvu5432]

@@oisinmaccumhaill7037 agreed.

[@henrynelson9301]

I’m sorry but that’s the entire show and that’s why people love it

[@kevinvu5432]

@@henrynelson9301 it just gets unrealistically and egotistic

[@callmecharlie37]

Oisín Mac Cumhaill he co made the office with Ricky Gervais

[@RockLou]

I'm absolutely in love with that quick shot of Karl's writing in the diary.

[@stratocaster1986able]

Thoughts are instantly made and not talked through like a sentence. When the thought arrives then the read it back like a sentence. That was his point.

[@patrickglover7506]

When you're at a bar watching a cat lick it's butt, that must show how bored you all are.

[@joshg2603]

Imagine being able to make Rick laugh like that haha.

[@Archie15559]

Karl is a genius ,nobody could be that funny and not know 🤣🤣

[@qualitycroissant9322]

Carl has such a refreshing perspective

[@Dhb61]

Ricky looks like Fred Flintstone 😂😂

[@taracarroll4218]

Or like Fred and Barney been spliced.

[@KardKing66]

3:45 Ricky's laugh is so infectious!

[@alexdredge655]

The part about the cafe called Tattoos is my favourite, love the animation of Karl suspiciously writing in his diary 😂

[@Griffolion0]

The bit about the cat in the pub made me fall off my chair.

[@Rhiga]

"...but we never saw his wife..."

[@middoo08]

the cat licking it's bollox I literally died

[@sparkygriswold336]

Shane Willy *figuratively

[@g59g.r11]

It’s amazing how the cartoon is exactly how his face is always

[@ctakitimu]

And he scored was it only 82 on a MENSA test? Surely he didn't make any effort what so ever! He doesn't fool me any way. The man is a genius, and Ricky, Steve and a lot of you out there know it, but he is SO good for comedy!!! Big Thumbs Up, Karl!

[@Balstrome1]

I think Karl might be one of the great thinkers of humanity. Someone needs to fund some more research into people like him. (He can not be the only one out there)

[@AnnaBerry590]

Balstrome1 Gavin Free is another

[@JmanGJakey]

It’s kind of crazy how karl has actually gone and made a series out of what Ricky Gervais was saying about how he thinks out whole sentences to himself

[@CrazyFreak714]

6:37 best vacation ever.

[@gandurk]

Roughly a third of people think in images, a third think in words and a further third can do both to a degree. I think in words, not images, so it's a fair point from Karl

[@00robseep00]

Karl makes me proud to be British

[@jennifermunoz9758]

I love, love, love Karl! He is an absolute genius! I think Ricky and Steve are jerks to him, though :-\ It's gotten to the point where I hate the sound of their voices- I just put up with it to hear more of the genius that is Karl :-)

[@themilkguzzler2467]

They're not 'jerks' to him. It's just three mates having a bit of banter and taking the piss out of each other. That's standard friendship in Britain.

[@louisdavis4837]

Plus is scripted

[@jackfitzsimons5609]

@@louisdavis4837 it ain't

[@Pac2Man]

1:01 The moment Ricky realises he has stumbled across the Holy Grail of comedy.

[@squiresquiffy3728]

What he was talking about Mr. Lanky Oh So Clever, was that his journal serves as an aide memoir and he need only read a few words to be immediately reminded of the incident.

[@HoneyMike]

7:48 Suzanne's got that cake

[@lorettamisura8512]

Ricky! 1:08

[@MrJaynash]

“And do you hope that this one day will become one of the great literally documents like Samuel Peeps diary?” “Urm I haven’t heard of that, is it any good?”

[@TomMilleyMusic]

i said it's not all full sentences, but i do have an inner monologue. if there's something i can't find the name to, i keep thinking of that think and say in my head different words i think it might be, or try to find out how it sounds, or the letter it starts with, or remember times i've said it in a sentence or someone else, etc... obviously this is faster than a conversation. but i find i can think things through and break ideas down better than most and maybe that's why.