Ricky Gervais XFM - Series 4 Episode 4

18. June 2005
Karl makes a new friend on the train from Manchester to London and takes issue with The Who's classic Pinball Wizard. Also on This Week: A sceptical journalist is convinced Karl is a creation of Ricky and Stephen, plus: Karl gets in trouble with his family and 'knobnews' returns.

[@pow2111]

Yes. I am American and have listened to these for thousands of hours over the years. I am to the point where I know the words from my favorite episodes.

[@youweechube]

still listening ?

[@brwhizz3060]

Weird, innit.

[@Krispycrem]

These xfm shows are a lifeline at the dead of night. (Ricky, if you ever look in here, please don't have them taken down. I've bought all the audiobooks etc., but these radio shows are something apart. They've saved me so many times) Thanks for uploading xx

[@thentherewas]

there is no end to the addiction. I've been listening to all of these for 5-6 years now. pretty much know them all by heart, but still listen!

[@z0r036]

Bit weird, innit.

[@mattdickey2717]

The guy who got all of the rock busters should get a Nobel prize.

[@casualamer8543]

😂

[@RetroEcoChicken]

where has this been all my life?

[@wissamnibrahim]

How can I still be addicted to this!

[@akay0000]

18:10 is one of the cutest and most honest anecdotes ever on this show. Brilliant.

[@marcysmith1528]

I try to listen to them at night too, but I can;t stop laughing long enough to fall asleep

[@JammieDodgerRules]

I loved this bit Karl- "I don't think she reads Zoo" Steve- "She's more of a nuts woman"

[@ananiasacts]

55:00 "But if you lived in a woman's locker room." Steve is so quick witted. He's great.

[@Kingkongzilla999]

I agree its a halarious thing to listen as you drift off

[@sandybong7663]

yeah got me though many sleepless nights from my insomnia from medication withdrawl, greatest radio ever!

[@ElvisLivesUpstairs]

"Like now, I'm sat here right, now with my jeans on. I don't know where I am" hahaha

[@oliverwallis4284]

Ladder 49 is my faviourite movie!

[@flashman6342]

Since they played Pinball Wizard, I think that Karl would enjoy the rest of the Tommy album, since every song is part of a story.

[@emoshunman]

love the beginning!

[@Tom-bn6pr]

Dunno why but 26:59 kills me every time Karl: "I'm gon- I'm-I'm-I'm" Ricky: "Ugh... jesus... sorry, has he got a sweet in his mouth?"

[@HayleyDrawsThings]

"somethin's said..." .. Just 2 words outta that mans mouth has me in stitches!...Love!.

[@iscoisoler8325]

these three never get boring

[@Fionatron]

"Bug gulls." My favourite Rockbuster. Makes me laugh for hours.

[@IAmSoMuchBetterThanYou]

Love it love it, can't get enough of these three.

[@RhapsodyOfHammerfall]

This picture: 1. Steve´s fake laugh, being annoyed by Karl being the center of attention. 2. Ricky genuinely loving Karl. 3. Karl not wanting to do the photoshoot (´What´s the point?´).

[@TheBrink15]

"somethings said" almost pissed myself !!!!hahaha

[@kvatch]

Something's said

[@sandybong7663]

this greatest radio statio ever , got me through a lot, makes great chill out sound :)

[@dannad123]

When discussing the train journey with the downs kid, i love how Karl says "Everyone ignored him, but i probably made his day good", and Ricky says your a nice bloke to Karl. I find that quite sweet.

[@Pebble_Collector]

Why do these get so many dislikes?! Thanks for the upload!

[@Kevo216666]

America.

[@Pebble_Collector]

James Garland You may as well say that 44 is less than 0.00000000000000001% of the world's population as it would be as relevant. You add up the number of likes and the number of dislikes and then find out the percentage of dislikes from there as the people who didn't 'vote' are not relevant in your survey.

[@brandondyck5421]

If we dislike it, the video wont get shared as much. Meaning less chance of youtube finding it then taking down the video.

[@baconsauce6364]

Brandon Dyck Not true, the number of fucking videos with 90% dislikes that gets recommended is stupid. Just because they have tons of views.

[@lordwallie24]

those guys should make some kind of Seinfeld-like series

[@DrizzyDrayg]

Love this channel :)

[@MrMerlin87]

i love these shows. ive tried listening to them as i go to sleep but it cant be done. i turn it up loud enough so i can just about hear the talking. but then ricky starts laughing and its like a fucking fire alarm. almost makes me jump out of bed. someone should remaster these recordings to lower the volume of his laugh so i can actually listen to it while i drift off to sleep

[@maxcohen13]

"a split tennis ball."

[@Thethr1ll1]

FullXFM, I love you.

[@miketrn16]

"You watch TV programs about removing someone's second head or whatever..."

[@jack_8061]

If he was good at Pac-Man you'd go 'ooh bloody hell' lmao

[@JUSTJOElc]

awesome, thanks man!

[@patatasfries]

the knob news...Brilliant!

[@theweberjosh]

Nice channel,.just found it and am delighted i did,.thanks :)

[@garrethuol]

And the idea for "the short way round" AKA "an idiot abroad 3" is born...

[@TheAnniediaz]

I think Steve is standing a foot or so back.

[@petrunjela1212]

This show has some good music :)

[@natalie21178]

20:01 I LOVE Ricky's Laugh!!

[@marcysmith1528]

I would love for karl to come visit us here in arkansas...He would be so funny

[@Tmuk2]

I'd recommend "The Strangest Hotel In Britain" too - wait until you see the bloke with the monocle

[@TruthThanks]

"Ages ago..."

[@Jennifer-lp7jo]

Karl really does look like the Victor Meldrew character 🤪

[@marcysmith1528]

Well my daughter and I do...I can watch him all day long...the people that don't find it funny, is because they have a hard time understanding them.. I watch alot of BBC tv....I love their shows more than ours....lol..anyway, I can understand them and laugh so hard.

[@wissamnibrahim]

I love you. You are a man among boys.

[@jambojahenas]

anyone know where u can get the shows with music?

[@PeteDempsey]

Can someone please answer. Does ricky and co still do these? Cant seem to find anything on itunes! thanks

[@shaquillestirling6534]

please can you send me the name of the song in your last series on tv perth western australia march 21 thank you rod

[@12Emmilou]

I am in love with steve x3

[@warboism]

He gave the headline for another knob news we didn't hear :(

[@Kaiiak97]

Is there a way you could send it to me, because I absolutely Love listening to these before I go to bed and now I'm listening to them 2 or 3 times over (still laughing)...! Please...?

[@joshcleary10]

Whats the song they start to play at 22:38?

[@KevinAndrewRea]

Karl Pilkington still does not know whether he likes mosaics or not to this day.

[@MagusMirificus]

Karl is NOT dumb. He's just not from earth. He shows some ignorance from time to time, but he's fascinating because his thought process is so completely alien to the rest of us. This side of the pond, we have these things called reality shows. THOSE are what happen when you dive deep into the life and thoughts of someone who's just dumb. Using those as a control, it's easy to see that Karl is anything but dumb, or else this show wouldn't appeal to the intelligent audience it currently holds.

[@1020648]

Coming from you who put 'suck an' instead of 'such a'. Nice one XD

[@NickSpeakz]

It's funny if you listen to how many times Karl goes 'aight...

[@98smithg]

is episode 3 around?

[@lozz0dnb]

im in actual shock that someone managed to get all 3

[@sitgilichit]

in the case of "blind deaf and dumb," dumb actually means silent and youll NEVER get that from ricky gervais

[@HayleyDrawsThings]

Love steve!!! xP xxxxxxx

[@noveltybobel]

You can watch the documentary "the strangest village in Britain" It's here on KZbin

[@AdamaProductions]

Only Human: Season 1, Episode 3 The Strangest Village in Britain (16 Jun. 2005)

[@ThunderChunky101]

Karl lived in Eerie Indiana!

[@SzlampStudios]

Jesus Christ, Ricky doesn't get anything, the third rockbuster was awesome!

[@MegaDriveChris]

if you didn't know, dumb means unable to talk not stupid..

[@SzlampStudios]

Scouse fella with vinyard: Eh mi wine house

[@alibayley]

me too!

[@thagrammarnazi]

Lol, very convincing.

[@Macphile2]

I thought "what side do you dress" had to do with tailoring, not measurement. I've learned something today! -- A female

[@jack_rabbit]

obviously americans love it. they put it on hbo didn't they?

[@bensimps123]

cornwar ......its cornwall karl

[@ellioth7055]

What episode/series is the ripped tennis ball

[@dom85ross]

Think its series 2

[@Katmandu82]

fuck, i wanna hear what they talk about when the music is playing

[@clower7]

Is ricky standing on a box or something on that picture? :P

[@akaianc]

Anyone know the name of the song that starts playing at 22:38?

[@Utubepooperful]

22:49

[@akaianc]

Utubepooperful Thanks, but that's the end of a different song ("Forever Lost" by the Magic Numbers). I was asking about the name of the song that starts at 22:38 and plays until 22:43.

[@neilmorton1971]

This is the first day of my life. Bright eyes. The song your after.

[@akaianc]

Neil Morrton Thanks so much, mate! Been trying to find it for ages. :-)

[@NickSpeakz]

You're getting a thumbs up just for your name...

[@6NoHope9]

forget it then!

[@Jus4ya]

cuttingthroughthematrixOcom

[@johmedis]

Ricky doesn't have any control over these old radio shows. XFM or Capital or whomever does. If it gets taken down (which they inevitably do), why not just go torrent every audio track these guys have ever had? It's like, a couple of GB.

[@MSM3]

somethings said...HAHAHA

[@26wordy]

he plays by smell alone?! that's not the lyric is it?

[@happyhappy85]

You've never been in the same room as him either and you've just made at least 2 assumptions about him. He knows what he's doing is funny, which is why alot of the jokes from the show have been repeted on TV. I'm not one of these people saying it's scripted, it is all coming from Karls head, but he's clearly playing up to the fact that everyone thinks he's a moron. He's probably not the sharpest tool in the shed but no one's that stupid.

[@HayleyDrawsThings]

"your sense of sight or sight of hearing" Aww ricky u slipped up there, but we'll forgive you cuz you're pretty...^_^ lolz xxxx

[@SlimBeafy]

(Y) steve merchants comment, - they wont get fooled again, i think he's underate tbh

[@thagrammarnazi]

@johmedis 1) I knew it barely worked, i was just saying 2) it wasn't intended to be either 3) You're not far off with the age mate 4) Sorry for not directly replying my device won't allow me to

[@superhamzah85]

Anyone else think the monkey news jingle is incomplete without Steve going "hahaa brilliant."

[@bigdog2432]

ʕ´•ᴥ•`ʔ no

[@riptearandlacerate]

Did anyone else check which side their member was?

[@27STS]

Eh! Me wine house!

[@Lroox]

you could do it your self

[@davidhanson7005]

to grammarnazi's defense.....Karl is pretty hard to understand sometimes. That Manc accent is thick

[@thagrammarnazi]

Yes, hence "VERY LOOSELY".

[@happyhappy85]

Karl isn't created but he certainly isn't as stupid as he makes out, he knows what he's saying is funny... Most of the time anyway. I think 70% of the time he's just playing around.

[@caidyc]

Merchant's stories are better than Karl's or Ricky's but Ricky is the better catalyst for Karl to evoke utter nonsense. I believe the animosity between Stephen and Karl to be genuine but harmless like two brothers having a go at each other. Ricky steps in from time to time like the older sibling to sort them out whilst enjoying the tit for tat for a bit along with the rest of us. Thanks be to (insert personal deity here).

[@happyhappy85]

So? What the hell are you talking about?

[@aDislikeBot]

Hahaha, best comment ever

[@webbess1]

Eh-get-out-of-me Winehouse

[@johmedis]

Very loosely, considering in the context of "deaf, dumb and blind" Ricky is more dumb in that sense than Karl is. Also, he says "WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" because Karl talks absolute bollocks, not because he mishears what's being said. But other than that, that was a very edgy and witty observation, if you're 15.

[@NorthWalesKid]

Alright? 😘