Ricky Gervais XFM - Series 3 Episode 10

3. January 2004
Karl can't get the original album version of "Love Will Tear Us Apart". He's back from his visit from "Lanzagrotty" and decides it's made up of 36 volcanoes that should be filled in with cement. Karl finally reads "The Guvna" which is actually in order this time. The gang wonder how barometers work and comment on the rather nervous looking daughter on the cover of the calendar. Finally, they're also clueless on China.

[@STIRofSOULS]

I love the film thing Karl does because even though Ricky's voice is faded down you can still hear him giggle. Love these guys

[@joemack13]

Love listening for Ricky's faint laughter during Karl's film bit

[@HayleyDrawsThings]

Its better to see him dancing and singing 'Jump' .... Love it

[@toenail12345]

love steves laugh when he's told 'egg'

[@TheTerrorUforgot]

LotR will outlast anything Merchant or Gervais create....but I think Karl will be remembered forever. O hail thee, Great Baldy Orangey One!

[@akayakayz]

TheTerrorUforgot Play a record.

[@gibbs7444]

+akayakay play two records

[@DrummerTurner]

I must say, the Cumbria (Keswick) pencil museum is truly awe-inspiring.

[@HayleyDrawsThings]

"Last one to the moon's a bender"... Gets me everytime !! And rickys laughter in the background of planet of the apes is priceless!!!! xD

[@kylejoseph6416]

I wonder what Steve Merchant thinks of Martin Freeman now that he's in the Hobbit.

[@GooglyEyedJoe]

Kyle Joseph I bet Steve actually loved the LOTR, it's like you see that one person who lies to fit in "Oh yeah what about all those little nerds haha such losers" then when they're at home alone they're playing World of Warcraft xD

[@Anxiathy]

Joey Lock Just because he looks like something from Middle Earth... lol

[@FiveSigma72]

+Ron Perlman Yeah he's like Gollums head on an Ent.

[@TheMiniSmith]

I have learnt more from karl in all of these episodes than i have in my entire time in school.

[@SkandiaAUS]

By far the BEST thing about "Karl's film thing" is muted Ricky losing his shit in the background, I love it, everything they do.

[@johnh7390]

"Well nothing it was in Spanish." - Karl Pilkington (Genius)

[@TheBestUserEU]

"What did you learn" "Well nothing it was all in Spanish" MY SIDES

[@GrooveScorpion]

LOOOL I love Ricks laugh

[@gluetubeserver]

this is public service, i lost my collection thanks you poster, also love the descriptions

[@Jakebicchieri]

'Look at the shine on that, look at the gleam.'

[@simonrider6928]

"20 offers of marriage... does that annoy ya steve?" hahahhaha

[@SleeplessAnarchist]

Clicked on a random spot on the time line just for shits and giggles...first words that came out, "lesbian Chinese fellas". And this is why I love these three men.

[@Fungle-]

Thanks for the heads up man

[@tescosbarsboys]

what did you learn , well nothing it was all in spancih ahah love it !

[@IBiteThings]

"Twenty marriage proposals.... does that annoy you, Steve?"

[@stoox006]

Thanks for posting a description under each clip. Great effort! I've listened to all of them on my ipod, so it's really helpful to know which one of them it is.

[@PaperMoonMedia]

Fully agree, bravo!!

[@prnfl]

totally agree about jackson's LOTR, adapted from tolkien by two women TOTAL SLUSH

[@SlickGinoRomano]

I absolutely love Lord of the Rings. But I still love Steve and Ricky :)

[@MagusMirificus]

There are also archers, catapults, huge flocks of evil, intelligent crows, and loads of other shit that could easily knock an Eagle out of the sky. It really boils down to three things

[@noveltybobel]

Delt A good ram.....Brilliant.

[@shanebrown1544]

12 years ago... I'm commenting so you can come back

[@TheChrislee110]

Anyone else fall asleep to thesse

[@Fungle-]

17 academy awards beg to differ.

[@denverm4x]

Last one to the moon's a bender!

[@mwillis1000]

Tolkien was much more intelligent than not only Ricky and Steven but most of the people who have ever listened to this podcast, and his books were so deep and he put so much effort and time into them. He did also create his own languages too. Also, do they like Star trek? Because thats more nerdy than lotr, and its not anywhere near the level of lotr, because lotr's depth is so much larger than star trek or anything else really. And to top it off, tolkien was a war hero. Love this podcast tho.

[@Lolzer626]

"Who's watching this tripe?" Stephen, evidently -_-

[@shplem]

I wonder how Ricky and Steve feel about Martin Freeman playin the hobbit after slagging off LOTR

[@zegh8578]

an egg is very much "animal", if its fertilized, an increasing percentage of the egg is a living animal, eventually only the shell remains, and the whole thing is a chicken. Unfertilized it is still organic material, including a placenta (the yolk), right from the birds womb. You could say an egg in the supermarket is simply a dead/killed living thing.

[@crafty192]

What makes me laugh is just after moaning for ages about Lord of the Rings, Martin Freeman is mentioned, the man playing Bilbo in the Hobbit XD

[@MsBecky1989]

I love to see the birth of Ricky's jokes. The Chinese woman 20.30

[@maiacookieharlowunicorn1151]

Ziggy stardust and the spiders from Mars. ..

[@cokedaz]

Indoor fireworks were the stupidest thing ever.

[@Marasma101]

He's really talented. People need to give him credit for that. He is not a stupid man.

[@joesoap81]

Pretty Ironic that Martin Freeman from the office is now ''The Hobbit''.

[@mat24486]

The Lord of The Rings trilogy is fucking awesome!

[@benjib00]

"Look at the gleam on that"

[@MisterAlexUk]

Three movies about people walking to a fuckin' volcano!

[@weves87]

Freeman is the Hobbit now. Irony.

[@aaronjmcc1]

anyone else hear ricky in the background laughing at 54mins!??

[@KevinAndrewRea]

Holy shit am I the only one who noticed and finds it insane that in this podcast from 2004 in which they completely rip Lord of the Rings...right after they switch the topic at 34:25 that Ricky starts talking about spending New Years Eve with Karl and Martin Freeman (who is now playing Bilbo Baggins in the Hobbit coming out in a few days). LMAO!

[@ringodooby]

karls mental, he talks rubbish but he's real. He's someone who doesnt want to be famous, if ricky and steve didnt force him into talking he'd never be anything but a producer. i love seeing him being put into situations he hates and watching him complain about everything, an idiot abroad is the most original travel show ever, pure genius

[@JoshdotD]

Haha someone's in love with Frodo

[@Apertravel]

The gleam!

[@Mecynorrhina]

37:55 Last one to the moon's a bender!

[@DingoNudge]

He must've been thinking of a honey badger surely

[@themartin3399]

Imagine Karl doing the moonwalk

[@Zrashy]

44:50 for "Look at that gleam!"-story.

[@MagusMirificus]

1)Sauron and his servants would be able to see the eagles, and probably could kill them. 2)The eagles don't really give a shit, don't take orders from anyone, and wouldn't risk their lives for outsiders. Every time they save people it's either by accident or when they're not put in danger. 3)"Once upon a time, some people got on big birds and dropped a piece of jewelry into a volcano." What an entertaining piece of entertainment that was. But meta-arguments are less fun.

[@kocici_tata]

Well he's kind of right. If you're a Ricky Gervais fan, you've most probably seen The Office and Martin Freeman played the second most important character in that series. But it doesn't make you stupid, that was unnecesarry.

[@freshlineproductions]

Calm down he didn't even take a biology gcse exam haha

[@latuea]

does that annoy you Steve?! Haha!

[@hydro936]

that's the pennine version of love will tear us apart I believe

[@BethanyGordon1992]

Egg! Ahahaha, makes me laugh every time!

[@DrizzyDrayg]

Fact : A scorpion can kill a man and then the beaver right was walking around with a snake in its mouth.

[@jquixlo]

How can you hate something not forced on you?

[@Welshsaint74]

Steve's laugh at 36:19 when Ricky tells him that Karl said Egg is hilarious!

[@Wankle.]

Hate to brake it to you but that’s a fake laugh

[@Wankle.]

@@user-el1ud9mg8v yeah I mean after probably 4000 hours of listening and 8 years I’m pretty sure I can tell Steve’s fake laugh

[@SpineInABap]

OOOH NOOO. This is worse than when The Dude said he hated The Eagles. I will now have LOTR shame for ever.

[@ChristopherPoirierVoiceActor]

I was just thinking that...

[@khajiit92]

they actually did the soul weighing thing with a dying person....(obviously they didn't take everything into account and the it can be explained properly now, but still)

[@GeorgiaHarris]

Copyright complaint :/ even though the shows are 10 years old.

[@ryanleexuanhao]

Hi

[@baskingblackbird]

1 in 10 out of 1 billion = 100 million(!) little chinese fellas.

[@russellpushon]

cant believe you are debating it publicly

[@ThePontiacBandit911]

46:54 Karl’s parents gave him money for Christmas, and he gives them money for things throughout the year. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@Glozboy22]

Never understood Steve's hatred for LOTR

[@alanthe2]

They were busy.

[@MagusMirificus]

Not really, I just enjoy arguing on the internet. Not because I like making people angry (Which is fun, but that's not the point), just because it's good practice at defending my positions.

[@Fungle-]

To each their own I suppose

[@mat24486]

And coming from from the guys who made A Life's Too Short?

[@ValkyrieDaisy95]

"GLEAM!!" xD!

[@Wingless-]

Agreed. I find him funny and clever, but times when he gets legitimately frustrated or candid he just comes across as very, very petty and self conscious.

[@MegaBangbang25]

any new ones?? mate

[@LEON13858]

you can speed up the video. karl sounds normal

[@Guineapig321]

Why does it say 2003 when steve (In the Video) said it was 2004

[@eviola11]

...but we're still talking shit. Merry new year!

[@DeanRedfearn]

*your Can I? Yes, generally. I cannot do so in a youtube comment though for these reasons: 1) I cannot justify such a critique in the space allowed by a youtube comment. Multiple comments would be inappropriate since it is off topic. 2) As stated previously, I do not engage with anyone that likes LOTR.

[@JW93581]

Aragorn. Sorry probably should've wrote that the first time...

[@KevinAndrewRea]

Oh, because I'm listening to an hour long Ricky Gervais podcast and didn't know that...Was it really necessary to tell me to not "be stupid" because I pointed out a coincidence? Kind of contradicting yourself.

[@SuperWadman]

stephen says its a death trap

[@Goochbot]

Type in Barometer world into Google images and you can see the image they talked about in this, lol.

[@akayakayz]

57:13 Ricky's take at fake Spanish is uncanny.

[@sqweebel1]

100 million, not 100 000

[@ElZilchoYo]

Ricky is wrong about Lanzarote, almost the entire country is just left over solidified lava, it's a huge mess, you could easily plant things on it or something.

[@anoshilling7166]

THANK FUCK there's someone who isn't trying to agree and defend karl

[@cartmanofsp]

''Scorpions an'that.''

[@Zaurthur]

...so are you asking me if you meant it literally?

[@310BPM]

but the fact is, it wasn't really a coincidence.. that's all he was saying.

[@StephenPike]

Well, Martin Freeman was Tim on the Office so... not weird at all. Dont be stupid.

[@JW93581]

I wonder if they would like Game of Thrones

[@natalie21178]

what is "The Guvna"?

[@Zaurthur]

scratch that 105 after death of author, and sometimes Companies can claim to own the rights so 105 years after the British isles sink into the ocean

[@Zaurthur]

copyright lasts for 90 some years ten years is nothin'

[@TheBestUserEU]

Karl is a published author too, just saying :-)

[@rockstarrist]

Exactly what I thought when I watched Lord of the Shits.

[@jquixlo]

I know that feeling. But what I mean is I don't really hate anything that isn't forced on me, my mates can spend hours talking about how they hate Justin Bieber or Chris Moyles or some film or TV show, I just ignore and avoid those things I presume would annoy me, can't hate them.