Ricky Gervais and Karl Pilkington on Youth Culture

Karl has an interesting idea for how to educate today's young people: show them old episodes of Bullseye. Ricky helps him to explore other nuggets of wisdom on their visit to T4.
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[@gillywibble]

Ricky's teenager impression is the old neighbour with massive balls who puts his bins out on the wrong day.

[@taters1123]

gillywibble I've told you, it attracts foxes! >:(

[@TheClassicWorld]

Tate M You're putting the bins out two days early, it attracts foxes!

[@MajorazMasta]

+gillywibble Is that from something?

[@taters1123]

MajorazMasta Nah, we were just exchanging pleasantries ;)

[@Gfious]

+MajorazMasta learn english with ricky gervais or something

[@Shade571]

I just love it when Ricky does an impression and Karl just looks at him like wtf are you on

[@Niaurus]

hate the background music, love the Pilk

[@jeremyc9593]

I can't believe anyone would think that using that shitty music in the background was a good idea. It just confirms the last thing Karl says.

[@joseph1845]

Get rid of the bed for a start

[@Skirk84]

It's "The Lazy Song" by Bruno Mars, it's a theme in this instance.

[@manofmedia992]

@@Skirk84 it implies that Ricky & Karl aren't entertaining enough on their own, we would get bored with just their voices & need extra stimulus via a backing track. Complete fuckin wrong decision.

[@Aaron-ze1io]

@@Skirk84 everyone knows what song it is and in this instance it's totally unnecessary and sh*t.

[@awkwardsean5141]

He's right, we live in a world that puts pressure on young people to be successful, bright and happy. What if that doesn't work out for them? They are going to get depressed and stuck in a rut, naturally. Karl gives good advice.

[@lpsp442]

More than anything, it puts a pressure on them to be some ideal that they're not. Modern education is full of preaching acceptance and peace, but where it counts it's full-on snobbery and mould-fitting. People cannot live simple lives under that system.

[@saiyaniam]

Almost Everything on tv shows a magical world, where you'll build up n up as you age. Yet reality is far different. It's like showing a dog a bone then chucking it away. Can easily be considered child abuse and mental manipulation.

[@Rehd66]

@@saiyaniam LOL. OR....don't be a fuckin div and make up your own mind

[@shanebobey9435]

@@rbeck3200tb40 That's actually very true though?

[@patriklindholm7576]

"Pressure" is a word used by privileged ignoramuses still expecting to get whatever they want and especially uttered vociferously when the world around them doesn't accept their limpness and the burden they thus pose on society. Education is about honing the mental tools used for problem solving. One can carry around and swagger about having a huge toolbox at one's disposal but if all the tools are but for show, unattended and the owner is without proper knowledge of their purpose and application the lot is useless, as is the person claiming otherwise.

[@jf160297]

Karl is the king of not giving a shit. He's one of the realest people out there.

[@davidoxygen4924]

I met a very successful maths teacher once. His favourite lesson was teaching the 15 year old dimwits. His lesson consisted of a dartboard, sporting life and a mock up betting shop. His theory was that this was what they would be doing when they left school but at least they could count how to win a game of darts and settle a complicated bet like yankee .

[@AA-hg5fk]

Haha the mock betting shop was brilliant, so realistic! Understanding odds when you're down the bookies is very important!

[@jackbonner3056]

Ricky: (youth impression) Life's never gonna get any better for me... Karl: ...Well maybe it isn't actually.

[@beeferoni786]

hahaha that was in the video!! i remebered that part!

[@malekpinecone118]

fuckn amazing man lmao

[@AA-hg5fk]

True, growing up in Tory Brexit Britain must have been pretty crap for teenagers of the 2010s.

[@ofcoursecali]

Take the goddamn music out.

[@bfkc111]

Mind your own shit.

[@owllucas9426]

@@bfkc111 Nice timing mate

[@TheNimbleOwl]

Yep

[@NomesyTroy]

i love karl's face when he is watching ricky do the impressions

[@jordslifes]

I wish I could go back to the day of your comment

[@TaxingIsThieving]

@@jordslifes So do I

[@jordslifes]

@@TaxingIsThieving God bless brother

[@Kurabuman]

I love it how Karl never smiles when Ricky is just bursting out laughing.

[@ots1634]

oh, but he does.

[@brainrot4919]

"couldn't handle a kid like that" hahaha

[@thomasreynolds771]

A simple conversation with Karl = TV gold.

[@Isaac1995]

Love Karl. Says how it is and doesn't give a shit

[@ScouseStarKid]

I'm 14, and this has changed my life.

[@Marasma101]

I wish I knew about Karl when I was 14.. life would be so much better. I discovered him at 18. Now I'm almost 20 lol

[@JD-Media]

almost 30 now?

[@Michael-cc8ex]

30 now haha. Weird reading my comment after all these years. Cheers

[@DUFFYISBACK]

@@Michael-cc8ex how has life treated you friend?

[@waynepinnock5874]

Vacant eyes, " I wish I was sitting here more". Hilarious.

[@MrJD2907]

I have my exams in a few weeks, and I have to give a presentation tomorrow, Karl just gave me a stern telling to get started. Right you are karl.

[@AA-hg5fk]

How did your exams go 10 years ago? Did you get an E in history?

[@masterfletcher616]

What he says at the end seems harsh but it’s facts, no point telling people with bad attitude and posture towards people tend to get no where do no point telling them, and he’s right about school a lot of the shit you learn is irrelevant for jobs nowadays, your life shouldn’t depend on exams you sat at 15-16 asking about Romeo and Juliet

[@phillvallace]

Wish someone had told me that at an earlier age, tried to have a positive attitude spend all the money, time and got good grades but end of the day feel like i'm still doomed to be destitute, maybe could have had some more fun in life before death

[@dfghj241]

@@phillvallace yea i hear you

[@juniorperavlova]

"I wish I was sitting here more"

[@MrLittleRedMan11]

Ricky's impressions have me in tears. :')

[@OwenPrescott]

I wish Karl had his own show, where he could just say anything lol.

[@baconsauce8429]

He actually did, in the 90's. I think it was on a low budget station in Manchester, and he actually got fired because his shift was during the night, where he felt comfortable speaking his mind freely.

[@MisterFuturtastic]

Bacon Sauce How did you hear about that?

[@omifical124]

MisterFuturtastic xfm show he speaks about it

[@baconsauce8429]

I don't think anyone has any recordings of it though.

[@arachnaroth]

Bacon Sauce He did not enjoy doing that radio show, he said he wasn't happy doing it. his favourite job was his paper round. also he does have a show which he is the main attaction; it's called "The Ricky Gervais Show"

[@Fettster777]

lol when Karl tells the kids to turn this off and go study, that would never fly in the US. They would fire him immediately for suggesting that because their ratings could drop. Karl is the best.

[@angelkotilainen]

Same for all countries tbh, but Karl gets away with murder lol

[@ots1634]

he is not employed by them, and it is solely for the internet.....?

[@TaxingIsThieving]

No, it's just 'cause it's Karl.

[@LazyAssWins]

Karl's USP ( 😂) is that he points out the absurdities of life under the guise of being an "idiot". That's the genius part

[@aprostate6018]

Karl's so fucking cool, he says it sooo right.

[@squintydoodoo]

Didn't notice it till I saw you write it. Thankyou!!!!!

[@regista4]

I think Karl sums up our attitude towards achievement in Britain. We're so negative, from my experience most kids are brought up to simply get a job that pays well enough rather than to follow their dreams and be the absolute best they can be. When someone becomes successful people want to try to knock them down a peg rather than celebrate them. I'm not saying America is brilliant, far from it, but one thing they do seem to do is instill a belief in their youth that anything is possible.

[@AA-hg5fk]

I agree with Karl, you don't need to keep up with current affairs that much, much of the 'news' is of little importance. You definitely don't need to watch the news every day.

[@seansessions5125]

Every time Ricky does that gruff voice and crosses his eyes, I laugh my ass off

[@dudge8]

These two should have their own channel on Sky or something, where it's just footage of every second they're together, chatting etc. I'd just watch it all day.

[@RJM639]

Ricky... in a white shirt... the mind boggles.

[@ronaldspacey]

Thank you for posting.

[@ironimp1]

Trouble is that I agree more with Karl's world views than I do Ricky's...

[@malekpinecone118]

Karl is a genius in his own way, truly.

[@ZippyRagu]

"Where are my socks? I'm late for school." --- Albert Einstein

[@JustMitchPool]

Everytime i see this bloke, im crying with laughter!

[@daveknow]

I have to agree with Carl on this one

[@pache22222]

absolutely brilliant

[@ryantate6447]

I love karl pilkington!

[@chaosinorderrr]

exactly. some of these fans need to get that.

[@wengerboy]

Karl is getting more and more confident

[@blobby232]

He's so blunt about it all, ahha I love it!

[@odw_99]

It’s genuinely really weird seeing Ricky in a white t shirt rather than a black one😂

[@TheMiscilaneous]

The Day before my maths GCSE Karl Pilkington tells me to stop watching youtube

[@TaxingIsThieving]

How'd it go?

[@Meetyouinhell1]

I can watch this over and over again and die of laughter every time..

[@XFlowSWE]

Listen to this sentence a few times in your head; He doesn't have grades, we can't show him. If anything he's an inspiration and proof that you don't need grades to be successful.

[@des0connor]

i'm 13, and Karl's words are a lot more inspiring than the stuff I hear at school..... n' that

[@ryangledhill479]

2:16 - David Earl from Derek!

[@yanikkunitsin1466]

You can be lawyer, you can be solicitor

[@billgrundy7974]

So according to Karl, you don't need to know current affairs, or history "cos it's in the past init'"....so you don't need to know about any moment in time...

[@KrustyJuggler1992]

1:23 Karl caught me out!

[@mrbreckles]

Me and my girlfriend always get infuriated when flicking through the tv in the morning and we see T4 is on. The presenters being the only thing that does it. They really do seem to come off an assembly line of hipster facetiousness.

[@paulmorphy6187]

Where did this music with the simple acoustic guitar strumming and the whistling come from...you see it in lots of things like apple and MdDonalds ads for instance...its a modern phenomenon I am sure of it

[@llynfach]

Deeply truthful, Karl.

[@BMACVAGS]

I had a spelling mistake so i corrected it, if you look back at it you will see it is still there. If that makes sense to you, then good luck. I think you know deep down that you are splitting hairs. You mentioned "intelligence", not the original statement. The original statement spoke about making a judgement, which is what you did with the "knob head" statement. If you think "knobhead" is not a derogatory statement, say it to someone who is respected like elder, judge or local bully

[@gaia7240]

Karl is right though, and Ricky is not wrong either, studying is important but my life got better after leaving school, paradoxically I manage to read/study more now then when I was in school, but I'm also from another country and I was poor so I don't know

[@llpalm08]

Yes, people generally do certain exams in January and the rest in May/June.

[@Izaak247]

So funny. When Ricky acts like a teen Karlsruhe reaction is priceless!!

[@feeltheillinois]

LMFAO lifes never gonna get any better for me ..well maybe it isnt actually hahaha karl is so real

[@andy23lion]

Oh sorry, I didn't realise you wanted a whole transcript of the entire interview. Should I get to work on that for you? I picked the part that I liked, that's why I put it, obviously. Thanks for the compliment too.

[@emilywhitehouse9888]

Laughing so much because i'm 15 and should be revising omg hahahaha

[@ghostehh]

ayyyy you're legal now

[@badmancraig7946]

20 now

[@Marasma101]

I tell myself that all the time because of these guys :)

[@Brown_Dunnock]

Karl Pilkington is the wisest man on earth.

[@L_Martin]

0:07 Karl gazing at Ricky with the guilelessness of a baby

[@hypedpotential]

I watch challenge tv all day :)

[@ShakeruShien]

oh my GOD thats the best thing anyone has ever said!

[@nikkimatheson66]

Karl is right tho, that is what makes it so funny....

[@Marasma101]

definitely both

[@hannibal89]

Gotta love karl

[@archiewall124]

‘If you’re that gormless’ 🤣🤣🤣

[@Amiiexx]

my hero

[@michaeldowd8422]

Karl the motivator and life coach lol

[@circle2867]

most of the stuff i learnt at school has been forgotten. read and write, basic maths and science would've done me. so i could've finished in year 7. 4 years was wasted going on from there.

[@minners71]

So we see.

[@circle2867]

@@minners71 l0l

[@DabloKahn]

if that is what he said, than the music in this clip is very fitting.

[@MrThatmeanguy1995]

same here

[@rorschach221]

So impressive.

[@Killerkey4]

Brilliant, you've gotta love Karl

[@kubovicrachel]

Ricky looks like his old self's slimmer brother... Well done for the weight loss, Ricky!! :D

[@admiralboom481]

Hello Kubo I am the ghost of christmas past 👻

[@andyboi6664]

2:18 Amazing

[@Jimbobiscuit]

''You need to get challange tv.'' Brilliant.

[@savagepug]

They need to make a Karl Pilkington inspirational poster with his big round head on it and the quote "Live with it."

[@NaomiVR]

The only reason why I clicked on this is because Ricky wasnt wearing a black shirt.

[@cutes22]

Karl never lies.

[@Andrew.OHagan]

Unique selling point

[@vivavaldez87]

I thought I'd seen the majority of Ricky's screen time, but I've never seen him wear a white t-shirt.

[@D4n1t0o]

Sometimes Ricky seems to be encouraging me to laugh at Karl, when in fact, I'm just sat here nodding in agreement.

[@drmo92]

Lol ricky's thumbs up at the end is priceles.

[@dvarblo]

Karl does have a point about the USP...a kid i know got asked he he had a diploma in 'warehousing' just so he could lift boxes.

[@XnoobSteve]

Karl talks a lot of sense - if that makes me an idiot so be it.

[@jamiehhhchamp]

that is inspiring.

[@TheBennster]

And once again Karl is absolutly right.

[@themartin3399]

I felt guilty when Karl told me to get off my computer.

[@MistaLiir]

Love these two!!! ... hahaha, say what you want, but Karl is a genius in he's own way!!!!

[@lonobeep2519]

2;50 face of ricky. Price less.

[@DXJamo]

He'd be a great teacher.

[@UglyKidMetallica81]

Fuck i love Old Man Ricky xD

[@fittebanan]

true

[@reinforcedpenisstem]

Karl would get annoyed with his child-self for sure.

[@Kevo216666]

Unique Selling Point... it's a marketing term. Not used as much these days.

[@steve-marsh]

genius

[@Toadsanime]

He said he didn't feel that he got anything out of going to school, not that he didn't go.