Pilot | Learn English with Ricky Gervais

[@liberty0758]

After seven years, such a shame this still hasn't been made into a series...

[@nothajzl]

Agree 100%

[@gastonbell108]

He's no longer a public figure and has thus gone back to being an indolent Manc twat who futters about his house and occasionally goes out to get groceries. Occasionally some media type will pin him down for a bit and he'll say something stupid and look confused and then he'll go back to what he was doing. He's bored with the public eye, I believe.

[@AbramG1]

Johan Faul you’re a jackass

[@xkinsey3831]

@@gastonbell108 he's in the middle of making a TV show, the second series just released

[@Eerex594]

Johan Faul Buddy you got no idea what you’re talking about. He’s making a series starring himself right now.

[@elscourou6654]

i like how Karl's laugh is just a cheesy grin followed by a quiet scoffing sound. and then he goes back to looking like he has war induced PTSD.

[@ISetYourFaceOnFire]

@Maiahi Not sure what the quotes were for, but he's not playing a "role" though. Karl is 100% genuine. At best, he likely, probably exaggerates for entertainment purposes.

[@benevolent2077]

LMFAO HOMIE WTF

[@goodkidmaadblog]

Thankyou

[@jacobkobald1753]

Soooo true

[@oomfoof7294]

I don't think it's war iduced PTSD, it's "bins out before thursday" PTSD

[@nebuchadnezzarofbabylon3896]

I love how Karl's idea of translating a word to someone who doesn't speak any English is just giving a synonym and then repeating it forcefully

[@noahmay7708]

The idea was to have subtitles so you could see what the word was in your native language.

[@MisterJaay]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@chickensquishy123]

Still better than the usual approach of repeating the same thing louder and louder, as if sound volume could influence comprehension 🤣

[@tyroon81]

I don't think Ricky's idea was to a actually teach people English. It was to set Karl up to talk gibberish, which he succeded in doing, as usual.

[@wilmer89]

what tEaBaGs have you gottt'

[@Tattman80]

“You smell, you shit” will always send me over the top laughing.

[@dannygreen592]

Same lmaooo.

[@marcconner3386]

After all the years of xfm...u smell u shit will always get me lol thump in the face

[@whoever_81]

😄 Just remember that Karl actually thinks....that this is a real learn English programme. While Ricky knows full well this is just a wind up! Brilliant! And notice, that while Karl actually thinks that...he is acting like it's a real travel guide for Chinese people. LONDON EYE! It's basically "the worst English lesson ever" (as Ricky remarks) and, surprisingly, the worst real travel guide for Chinese people. A comedy masterpiece like no other.

[@aintgonnahappen]

"I'd just wrap any old shit up.." "10'er, rip you off.." Karl is the absolute best

[@AA-hg5fk]

aintgonnahappen and that's what's happens in this country... If you're coming to England don't be ripped off!

[@Ddarkan]

I love how as soon as he's given control of the scenario and realizes that he can do whatever he wants with it, he uses it to vent his own personal frustration and completely abandons the idea of helping others or teaching english. lol

[@briantrowbridge8134]

For real! He legitimately uses ricky as a stand-in for foreign people that he is genuinely pissed off at

[@Fifi_almond]

@@briantrowbridge8134 that's not what he meant...

[@thefairygodmothers]

@@briantrowbridge8134 his neighbours are English, relax yourself

[@brandonhohensee5452]

Dont listen to the below. Karl is being so legitimate with his responses at all times. the reason why it is so funny is because it is the first rational thought of all humans...He is the realist person with no filter i've ever heard.

[@karaloop9544]

@@sanhasenteredthechat7901 He was doing "Idiot abroad" before, visiting lots of different countries. If you've ever been to India it's crystal clear where he's coming from. Just because he's generalizing like there's no tomorrow doesn't mean he hasn't got a point.

[@phrenz1796]

"You smell. *You s h I t ?*" fucking lost it lmao

[@jackmehoffe9372]

We all did bru

[@mrcookedbacon324]

3:29

[@mmapsycho5843]

This is just golden 😂

[@DIFFIEH]

Ricky getting up at the end screeching like a bird holding his stomach while Karl is sitting there re-living his altercations with his neighbours over bins is one of the funniest things I have ever seen.

[@thehighflyingkorean]

Being back the XFM days!

[@codydavidyates72]

I've watched this video 700 times. You pointing that out made it better

[@88TiagoCosta88]

This is, by far, the best video ever made in the history of mankind

[@coleslawchrobry]

Tiago Costa I agree

[@aaqilian5.085]

Fuck off

[@nightsonrepeat336]

MANKind

[@CarlosMensuckass]

I must have watched it at least once a year, it's better than Xmas for me. If you liked this, hopefully you've seen The Ricky Gervais Show and Idiot Abroad starring Karl Pilkington, both are as genius.

[@AJDHelix]

I mean, its certainly in the top 1.

[@Laurenpu1996]

“I’d just wrap any old shit up” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@adamhunter1724]

Tenner. Rip you off. “Cause that’s what it’s like!” Brilliant improv.

[@zak4257]

Fucking lost it🤣

[@clintclint7673]

Yeah i died at this one bro 😂😂

[@shapeshifter818]

9:12

[@thetroyzernator]

@@adamhunter1724 That isn’t improv. It’s not even comedy. It’s not even him trying to be funny.

[@JMH997]

I reckon if there was a 10 hour version of this it wouldn’t get boring

[@jackmehoffe9372]

Probably the smartest thing you've said all minute

[@joatmofa0405]

You would be having stomach pain contractions! ... and it would be worth every millisecond of pain!!!

[@lauramichelle1767]

@@joatmofa0405 get the ashtray out, they ‘old the cold

[@derek5395]

​@@lauramichelle1767 Can verify this as true, because I've read "Old Cold Belly Badness."

[@Aheadoftheabyss]

@@derek5395the coldness kill’th the badness

[@NohEnvy]

I can't tell how many times I've watched it over the years but it never gets old, it's uncanny really

[@CHRISTSPIRACY.comJESUSwasVegan]

same i cry laughing lol

[@DreamClean]

I always come back to this every couple of months, never fails to make me laugh.

[@jordaxuk]

lol same here

[@wolventhrone1631]

QuixoticQuaver Likewise!

[@DreamClean]

QuixoticQuaver 2 months later and I'm back again. I ask: Will it ever be unfunny? I think not.

[@swfcocs1]

QuixoticQuaver it is hilarious-my only issue is that Karl is clearly acting,it's a shtick,the whole ignorant fool thing-not sure why Gervais insists he is really like that,as it's hilarious either way

[@DreamClean]

***** Karl does play up to it at times but I don't know if I would call it acting. He has genuine moments like that rant at the end. The XFM radio show is him at his most natural and best.

[@bobgibb2781]

I've watched this at least 15 times and it's still funny .

[@bobgibb2781]

@VinylViper Ricky Gervais was probably just bored on afternoon . There may have been no intention to make a series at all .

[@박건우-j7n9m]

Same here🤣🤣🤣

[@stepcorrect5324]

Same 😂😂😂 hope you all get a notif from this so you can watch it again 👊🏽

[@silversteele6624]

15? Ive watched it about 40 times and I still lmfao! Haha

[@joewright9879]

Yes. Made me tear up.

[@Pianosnail12]

How did this never become a series!

[@RexOrwell]

Declan McCartney Because Karl is notoriously lazy. A busy day for Karl is pottering around the kitchen sink for twenty minutes and distributing biscuit crumbs around his garden.

[@MakisHMMY]

And yelling at his neighbours for putting out the bins on a Tuesday

[@emilygilbeyful]

Declan McCartney the fact it's called pilot probably doesnt mean it was intended as a series it is just a premise or excuse for a sketch of sorts.

[@garyokeeffe7161]

Gervais and Karl Pilkington don't talk anymore

[@LeviJohansen]

This was a prank on Karl.

[@jabbypants788]

Ricky Gervais is a comedy genius. Bringing Karl to us was a master stroke.

[@AA-hg5fk]

Ricky is good at getting comedy gold from Karl but I really don't think he's a comedy genius, have you seen afterlife? It isn't very good.

[@turbotegs2102]

​@@AA-hg5fkyeah Ricky Gervais is a terrible director and writer.

[@bjornsteponeweb]

@@AA-hg5fk don't think Afterlife was meant as an all out laugh-fest

[@whoever_81]

😄 Just remember that Karl actually thinks....that this is a real learn English programme. While Ricky knows full well this is just a wind up! Brilliant! And notice, that while Karl actually thinks that...he is acting like it's a real travel guide for Chinese people. LONDON EYE! It's basically "the worst English lesson ever" (as Ricky remarks) and, surprisingly, the worst real travel guide for Chinese people. A comedy masterpiece like no other.

[@seanwade8188]

@@bjornsteponeweb bad mix of comedy and melodrama where both are weak

[@googelle7555]

Karl is an improv genius. He continues holding an imaginary cup of tea after the skit is over. He licks his finger to turn the pages in an imaginary appointment book. He starts getting genuinely annoyed by an imaginary spa customer's waxing requests. Improv Genius

[@ValleyRC]

Reminds me of that time they role played that Karl was the boss of a plumbing firm and he sacked people for not coming in because of the snow and Steve said "but you didn't even give them one chance" and Karl said "they've done this before"

[@LordZordid]

I have never seen him break character.

[@animatiz]

Goog Elle Wtf :S

[@deanwalker6262]

@Goog Elle I couldn’t agree more!

[@CONGTHEGUERILLA]

@@LordZordid character?

[@hunterrogersmusic]

Ricky uncontrollably laughing like a screeching bird at Karl; will never, ever get old.

[@jackmehoffe9372]

Underrated comment. #2536e7382

[@goblinoide]

@@jackmehoffe9372 no

[@jackmehoffe9372]

@@goblinoide yes

[@goblinoide]

@@jackmehoffe9372 stop commenting "underrated comment" on everything, it just shows that you don't know what the word underrated means

[@jackmehoffe9372]

@@goblinoide no

[@amatagirapinkheartemoji]

I started laughing from the moment Karl said "alright" in the very beginning

[@CortezHoratio]

God's*

[@Rhh26]

CortezHoratio Gods'*

[@theasz3012]

I thought this would be an educational video and I watched it seriously for 40 seconds and then I realised I know enough English to enjoy this masterpiece.

[@whoever_81]

😄 Just remember that Karl actually thinks....that this is a real learn English programme. While Ricky knows full well this is just a wind up! Brilliant! And notice, that while Karl actually thinks that...he is acting like it's a real travel guide for Chinese people. LONDON EYE! It's basically "the worst English lesson ever" (as Ricky remarks) and, surprisingly, the worst real travel guide for Chinese people. A comedy masterpiece like no other.

[@assistantmagus5213]

"This has happened to you hasn't it?" "Yeah it has." Brilliant.

[@chrisperez1004]

thatguyyousawinasda Best line!!!!

[@ChordsForU]

Karl is the funniest man alive. When he says “course it is” it gets me every time

[@kevcatnip7589]

cunk and carl ...married ??

[@ConcitoUK]

This is potentially the best video ever uploaded.

[@DRIFTAH1]

😂 its fucking hilarious

[@OzyMandias13]

I have viewed this video at least 100 times and I will view it 100 more wiithout shame. This is the greatest video series That Never Was. " 'Ty-phoo' does not mean more milk!". Kills me every time...

[@ConcitoUK]

@@OzyMandias13 The bit that always gets me is... "You Smell? You shit"

[@TheMrShanmao]

@@ConcitoUK mine's the C: "where's the pain?" R: "my anus" C: "Course it is..."

[@mannenthemythe]

My favourite comment from Karl easily is "Testie, if you're having one done"

[@76elphaba]

Im literally home 1 hour after being discharged from hospital with chest pains.... And i watch this....laugh so hard all the pains are back!!! And i couldn't care less! Best thing on the internet, i swear!!!! 😂❤

[@wj11jam78]

I love how Karl makes up random details when he's acting out scenarios. Why was the fish store busy? He just randomly decided it was busy for no reason.

[@yunghoene8753]

It was busy so he would have an excuse to be impolite towards the customer.

[@j_freeman3230]

He was trying to dodge the scenario XD

[@banjomoevies]

It was busy so that he didn't have time to awnser Ricky's stupid questions

[@j_freeman3230]

Pob some cthulhu cultist shit

[@jackflash743]

@@yunghoene8753 its not one bit funny, and if people think it is then there something wrong with them

[@rufusgreenleaf2466]

Karl is the cure for depression.

[@kryptikknowledge1501]

Adam Halstead honestly i was having the worst day ever and watching this just perked me up and i have no crippling depression now :D

[@rufusgreenleaf2466]

+D'Cypher AoP It's amazing how specific humour, commonly known as 'Dry Humour' can cure a downed day. "You have Typhoo?! That means 'more milk'".

[@kryptikknowledge1501]

Adam Halstead i love him and i really do understand why him and Ricky make such a awesome duo :D his dry plain view on life is just a blessing and well we're all a little like Ricky and would do/say/ask the same questions as he does 😂😂 i just love Karl. "if its Twinnings not so much milk!" you know he is right on the money 😂😂

[@rufusgreenleaf2466]

+D'Cypher AoP and the gem with karl is the more frustrated he gets the funnier he becomes. "You smell, you shit?!"

[@fenrizzwolfe3159]

Adam Halstead even though I know these videos off by heart I still use it as a kind of relax therapy

[@TheChocolateEagle]

sorry, can we address how perfectly karl recreated the sound of sipping tea?

[@nathanmckenzie6130]

Haha

[@julianquevedo5127]

Also noticed that!

[@karldilkington8802]

One of the greatest actors of our generation can act out any scenario.

[@hunterbradshaw1995]

As any Englishman worth there salt would.

[@romino23]

and he pretended to held a cup long after ricky changed the topic too...

[@EMBRZmusic]

Karl saying ‘of course it is’ is genuinely one of the funniest things ever

[@DarrenJamiesonJamieson]

I started laughing just reading you're comment. Karl be having my guts for this!

[@Perriax]

Have repeatedly watched that part, still crackes me up to no end 😂😂.

[@abstractnonsense3253]

It's my favourite part. It's perfection.

[@dinkules]

Karl pantomimes drinking tea like a fucking professional

[@longy001]

His tea-drinking noises are spectacular too!

[@jamesadcock5235]

\Enthusiasm/ he should be a mime artist

[@chrisbarnett6362]

Probably because, by this point like most scenarios he acts out, it has become a reality in his head lol.

[@dantoon25]

As any Englishman worth his salt should

[@wizzaard12]

Look how long he keeps on holding the imaginary cup for as well

[@SophieJackson1993]

What's funny is ''bald'' in German is Kahl.

[@TheUntrainedNinja]

@Dodger thirst

[@buckbumble]

Dodger China

[@thomashardcastle7231]

Lol.

[@annalogan6241]

Lol

[@jootai]

This is what caused ww2

[@__Andrew]

Karl just so invests himself into these little imaginary scenarios, i love him for it. Look at him hold his imaginary tea cup well after the skit is done lol.

[@SveinGrimholt]

This is probably Ricky's greatest work.

[@dickcheese6841]

What makes Karl more funny is Rick's laugh. His laugh compliments Karl so much.

[@denisepleines6906]

OMG ricky s laugh is HILARIOUS

[@3pacz]

15:05 that’s comedic timing perfection actually

[@mAcroFaze]

I love how frustrated Karl gets about waxing Ricky's bollocks as though it's a genuine conversation!

[@wisdomleader85]

+mAcroFaze And his "WTF" facial expression at the beginning when Ricky talked about his bald head, priceless....

[@orangejoe204]

He's a wonderful combination of gullibility and irritability. So he's massively irritated at Ricky's shenanigans, but not at all suspicious as to why he (of all people) was asked to do a foreign language instruction video. Brilliant. Play a record.

[@smellypeter721]

"I'm not paid or qualified to be sorting your ass out." -Karl Pilkington

[@how2pick4name]

I think to Carl it IS a genuine conversation. Once you get him into a scenario and make him care about it, which is pretty easy, he is there defending his viewpoint as if it was real. That's exactly what makes him funny. Carl, suppose..., and off he goes. :D

[@jamestabbron8124]

I don't believe Karl genuinely is as stupid as he comes across, I think in his own right he is a comedy genius, he plays a character that I feel everybody has deep inside. I feel it's partly put on and partly real at the same time.

[@YaRaginAye]

"You'll be getting Leslie in the back room" A call back to A Love of Two Brains there. Outstanding from Pilkers.

[@ryang5719]

When Karl took his initial sip of faux tea and said ‘It’s alright, that.’

[@danm2084]

Yaaa???? You forgot to finish your thought man! What about it?! Dont leave us hangin!!

[@88omair]

@@danm2084 I'm assuming Ryan appreciates Karl's dedication to his props

[@thissmithymanga7119]

Most people say the same when they're made a cup of tea in England, so he was very much dedicated to the fake cup of tea.

[@babtash85]

We all know there was too much milk in that tea

[@oscarking2733]

Go on

[@dianasinko7403]

Ricky- *brilliant joke* Karl- *doesn't laugh* Karl- *repeats what he says three times* Ricky- *loses it*

[@BoySpook]

Diana Sinko "it's not what you say it's how you say it"

[@OfficialFingazMC]

Kind of describing the whole span of their friendship, not just the video lol

[@Bigredwillol]

Ricky in general laughs too much and too annoyingly

[@Dingalow]

Ricky: "Teabag okay?" Karl: "...wot?"

[@mezalong]

6:43 best bit that

[@anders4949]

that "wot" was so sincere

[@hansno1475]

literally scrolled down and read this as he said it

[@kasblue]

every time I feel like my English has lessened, I come back to this lesson. I have been watching this lesson since 3 years now. always fresh and helpful.

[@TheTUDOR91]

"Wear and where, one word, different meanings." Nailed it Karl.

[@MrROTD]

+TheTUDOR91 LOL Karl those are Homophones, wear ,ware and where

[@dylanwest723]

i think he means sound the same

[@swanclipper]

not forgetting were and we're

[@johnnyfelcher8156]

+swanclipper Were is pronounced differently than we're, wear and where.

[@swanclipper]

Johnny Felcher no it's not. were at the park. we're at the park. where at the park? ... wear at the park. without context, none of these are distinguishable vocally.

[@Hopohoo2]

"focking 'el, you smell" fuck I'm in tears

[@gjo1832]

"you smell, you shit?"

[@kuryenlaindia]

Karl, I'm Argentinian, from Argentina, I can't speak a word of English, I had my Chinese friend Danny Fung translated this for me, for a fee. I've enjoyed this class enormously, but I would like to know more about fish and bladness, which are very important subjects here in Argentina. Thank you

[@chriswakefield9538]

I agree, he could have gone into more detail...

[@flickk678]

Sz,@@chriswakefield9538

[@grivero]

My friend Fu King translated this video to me.

[@robsimpson4465]

Ho Lee Fuk would have done it for free

[@BurntFaceMan]

you cut people with your bladeness, but if you cut hair it has make you baldness!

[@alfredvonkelaita8156]

Never seen such exceptional chemistry!... they absolutely complement one another... it's a gem, it's timeless... Love it!!!

[@mr.s3806]

Ricky : ‘What’s sort of fish is it ?’ Karl : ‘Chinese and Japanese know fish very well’ 🤣🤣🤣

[@gastonbell108]

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[@Brackenwall]

Amazing, also not going to like the comment, let's keep it at 69 likes :)

[@omikronweapon]

I'd just wrap up any old shit

[@aledhopkins2958]

Most underrated bit of this is Ricky’s slight pause when Karl says he can go in sort of 10 mins. He is so confused why Karl can’t just say he can go in now in a completely hypothetical scenario but can’t be bothered to argue so just goes along with it

[@edmacdonald2065]

I wonder if anyone trying to learn English accidentally stumbled on this video

[@gastonbell108]

Last year, I was housebound with a roaring case of ass fungus. I spoke only Middle Church Slavonic. This video was my sole companion. Need I say more?

[@AliciaPigue]

That would be me...

[@dnmcfall]

@@AliciaPigue did it help?

[@tomarintomarin9520]

Doug M it helped me, I guess. Sac

[@dnmcfall]

@@tomarintomarin9520 Sac?

[@Bossard19]

Watched this about 50 times and it still kills me everytime 🤣

[@jord19100]

I'm not a native English speaker and this was the best English learning lesson ive ever seen

[@0mnicide]

Have you gone into a grocery store and went to the fish counter and asked for your sack and crack to be waxed? "This fish smell? It shit?"

[@AA-hg5fk]

Make sure you don't get ripped off!

[@atiagooqkinguliaalu4027]

@@0mnicide 😂🤣🤣🤣 LMAO!!

[@loulabelle5082]

Love how he can only envisage a Chinese person! "Are we focusing on Chinese?" "No." "Well we should."

[@sentinalno1]

Loulabelle plus, 'you never see a homeless Chinese person'.

[@msmith7860]

😗🎶🎶

[@mattday7337]

They age weird

[@loulabelle5082]

@@mattday7337 good-looking when they're young, then they age over night and all look 45. According to the gospel of KP.

[@DannyMac3d]

Favourite sketch by these two. Wish they had done more!

[@jeremyc9593]

Agreed. I wish they would have done just 83 more.

[@SteyrR]

@Rich Booker 100% sure it wouldn't work

[@obamaorb7426]

@@SteyrR You seem fun at parties

[@pcs6905]

@Rich Booker how come they don’t work together anymore?

[@pcs6905]

@Rich Booker aw no I liked them together a lot. I hope they work together in the future

[@westleymocke9601]

Why is there not a 20 part series of this, must be the best bit of comedy gold on youtube! Fantastic!

[@SuuupaGirl]

9:18 "id wrap any old shit up. you'll like this. tenner. rip you off" HAHAHAHHAH

[@phoenixheat9681]

😂😂😂

[@BaldMancTwat]

He done him up like a kipper.

[@SmellTheCanvis]

"Where. Wear." "One word, two meanings."

[@saam77]

@!? I'm wearing a jumper!

[@Tomversal]

@@saam77 Where've you been?!

[@TheREALSimagination]

Same sound, at least. If they were the same word they'd be spelled the same.

[@MrHotstepper89]

Ricky’s face when he said that

[@luqkuh]

@@MrHotstepper89 Brilliant.

[@fhurley8447]

Please make episode 2. Episode 2.

[@fhurley8447]

+Joshua Smith Seriously!?

[@fhurley8447]

+Joshua Smith In a lot of reasons I can see why he'd feel that way...

[@JP_-oq3xn]

show us proof!!

[@JP_-oq3xn]

+Joshua Smith can you just find it for me , I'm on my phone so I can't really use ctrl-f.

[@JP_-oq3xn]

+Joshua Smith I'm so sorry, pardon my impoliteness. But thank you for linking me the reddit post. Such a shame that Karl, Ricky and Steve don't talk anymore😢.

[@hemispheres789]

Karl’s angry rant about the bins at the end had me physically tearing up from laughter

[@DirtyDozen6612]

Made even better by Ricky staying in character during his rant, his expressions killed me

[@willmacdonald5961]

As an English teacher in a foreign country I can confirm this is how a lot of my lessons feel

[@AA-hg5fk]

What sort of things are you teaching them?! About purchasing a back, sack and crack waxing?!

[@TWisM009]

I love how Karl keeps going back to the Chinese.

[@GhostofRhurValley]

are we focusing on the Chinese? NO. Well we should.

[@Charlio23]

The Chinese know fish really well

[@orangejoe204]

This was just after Idiot Abroad's first season. Carl has just had his horizons forcibly expanded for the first time in his life, and his primary memories of the experience are how irritating and unusual Chinese people are. hahaha. He'd need a thousand years to get down to the deeper bits.

[@blackgirlthoughttv372]

LMAOOO

[@denisepleines6906]

And eventually the Japanese

[@Justgregular88]

Ricky knows exactly how to get the funniest out of Karl, he's brilliant at planting seeds in Karl's mind then letting him run with it.

[@hepasb]

Please, I beg you, make a second part of this. I've been coming back to this video for 3 years now and this still is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

[@antivorg1239]

I love how Ricky immediately recognised when Karl was talking from experience.

[@jesslovesrammstein]

Karl would honestly be fantastic at improv - he just jumps right into any scenario and rolls with it in his own unique way.

[@MrBoreray]

As Dougie in 'Derek' he's fucking superb!

[@W.M.-]

I love it when half way through Karl realises this is all a stitch up

[@williamcollis455]

It's criminal that this wasn't continued.

[@ajeje1996]

Karl turning towards the camera and repeating what he just said kills me every single time.

[@tallnotdeaf]

I love Karl, he's actually very real. His insight and experience gives him a very real honest intelligence of the world. That combined with a mix misery and British mood makes him truly hilarious.

[@charliesinnott9840]

Karl is the greatest person ever created. Perfectly pure in every facet....

[@ukmell]

this is actually the best video on the internet

[@TaryllBaker]

I come back to this video every 6 or so months, and it still cracks me up. I really want more episodes!

[@cockiesun]

Yeah. Ricky's laugh is borderline evil, but it's damn infectious. More lessons please!

[@GroinStrain_]

I love how Karl's way of "teaching English" is by randomly looking at the camera and shouting a random word, regardless of what it is. "It's a very STRONG tea".... love this I also could not be part of the crew on these. I could not be a DoP or boom swinger or anything behind the camera whilst watching this. It would be the hardest thing ever to keep quiet and not laugh

[@WilliamHButtlicker]

Groin Strain - You were working sound on some of their sets??

[@olivierolzolz1693]

Sad the whole day because of a breakup, until I came across this video: I went from one extreme to another for a while. Thanks guys!!

[@Rubberdinghyrapids]

Stay strong bruv , it gets better

[@SquirrelASMR]

Nah you just dodged a bullet

[@knye2]

Ricky Gervais' laugh is the best thing I have ever heard

[@masterbulgokov]

Karl's ability to play the straight man is unparalleled. He can hold that face all day and put Ricky over the edge a couple dozen times. He's just so good at that face. I love it.

[@glenna9811]

He’s not acting or “playing”. That’s Karl

[@charityg9871]

That’s not an act. He’s a really weird guy haha

[@marigoldbells9581]

That's just Karl lmao, no act involved

[@TheGamerThing]

@@marigoldbells9581 Nah I think at this point there is an act involved. You can't get through the amount of shows he did without playing off it abit

[@THICCTHICCTHICC]

@@TheGamerThing All you're really admitting here is you've never met someone from Manchester before

[@GoldenGrego]

This is probably the best video on the internet.

[@denisepleines6906]

For real 😂😂spread the word!

[@tonygeddes9558]

Simply stunning. I so wish they’d made more parts to it. They still could!!!!!

[@hansrockhard]

Being able to see Karl rather than just hearing his voice adds a whole other dimension to how funny he is.

[@fly89]

Nathan Lewis watch him on first season of Derek. He’s brilliant there.

[@OoxB505]

Watch An Idiot Abroad. Classic

[@Blackhawk211]

You've not seen idiot abroad?

[@13lood13ath]

"Rip off" "Conned" "Taken advantage of" "Done up like a kipper" "Look at this foreigner, I done him up like a kipper." lol! I'm dead 😂😂😂

[@tonyredgrave11]

this is when english gets complicated

[@bensvault9149]

Done up like a kipper I'm screaming 😂😂

[@bluecornerboxing6091]

Bens Vault....it’s insane man, I’m crying with laughter!!! 😭🤣😂

[@AA-hg5fk]

Useful though, visitors need to be careful about getting done up like a kipper!

[@JJ-qc2on]

10 years ago....bring them back!!🙏!we need these podcasts in 2023! Literally made me laugh so much, tea went everywhere😂😂😂

[@AliciaPigue]

I'm Chinese and the first time when I watched this video I was hoping to learn some serious English.(My appreciations to the person who made the Mandarin subtitles)

[@6six9nine74]

Yes

[@AA-hg5fk]

Do you think English people smell of milk? Be honest!

[@AliciaPigue]

@@AA-hg5fk To be honest, as someone who grew up in a ranch in Inner Mongolia and whose grandparents are dairy farmers, I may smell more like milk😅

[@AliciaPigue]

@Jesus is Dog : Feels alright, a little bit coronavirus-y though

[@AA-hg5fk]

@@AliciaPigue if you're coming to England, make sure you don't get ripped off (also known as 'conned', 'taken advantage of' and 'done up like a kipper')!

[@tamipritchard9935]

It just doesn't get any better than this.....

[@idiotpictures579]

Ricky: What’s a kipper? Karl: *stares into space and contemplates his existence*

[@13lood13ath]

"Rip off" "Conned" "Taken advantage of" "Done up like a kipper"

[@13lood13ath]

"Look at this foreigner, I done him up like a kipper."

[@Rutherford_Inchworm_III]

8:20 - His eyeballs literally dance in their sockets while the rest of his face goes completely still. I've never seen a human being in a state of such abject confusion. He's like an Asimov robot that Ricky just hard-locked by asking it a paradoxical question.

[@gastonbell108]

@@Rutherford_Inchworm_III he's like a 90's hard drive... where you can hear it spin up, the little lights on the front blink furious, and a few seconds later you get a result.

[@Tgftp]

I absolutely love to watch these two. I remember when this showed up. I laughed out loud. My wife thought I was going crazy.

[@leeman401]

Anyone notice how long karl holds that fake cup of tea. hahaha

[@jmartinez1376]

"I have a pain." "Where about is the pain?" "In my anus." "Of course it is."- Karl is not an idiot abroad. He is a comedic genius.

[@seanbrown8533]

Agreed! & without even knowing it! He doesn't even think he's funny or that he's trying to be! Haha

[@iim4xii129]

Doesn't count as a comedic genius if he doesn't intend to be funny.

[@seanbrown8533]

@@iim4xii129 it does if other people find him funny you moron

[@seanbrown8533]

@@kaukosampola4618 who asked you, you moron.

[@hatchingdraggon8073]

@@iim4xii129 Of course he intends to be funny

[@GlassGhost428]

Ricky, Steve, and Karl have helped me get through the darkest moments of my life. What they've provided for me and many others they'll never truly understand. No matter how many times I watch or listen to them they always make me giggle like crazy and can always cheer me up. To think that Karl's school teach said he would never be a high flyer....he's touched so many people's lives across the globe

[@gtavmj-1852]

Agree... there is something very special about those two.. my humour has become very similar to this over the years.. it's all down to Ricky.. loool

[@missdiamond420]

Me too! Not much makes me laugh really hard like it used to. These 2 together are classic.

[@Kristy-ns5bh]

I am so glad you have turned to something that makes you happy it can be hard to focus on positive stuff in this world sometimes. I've been on a ricky binge rewatching his tours and his oscar hosting videos on yt

[@DavidGriffin-ww2fk]

Karl and Norm Macdonald and the American Office those are my big three.No matter how down I am they brighten my day.

[@azhalhalil9429]

XFM

[@danmartins4628]

I watch this at least 5 times a year and it never fails to make me laugh 😂

[@Isagiioo]

As Chinese I've learned a lot from this, esp. about someone who smells and milk and oranges. Thanks Ricky and Karl!

[@AA-hg5fk]

Do you think White British people smell of milk?

[@wisdomleader85]

Don't forget the balls. 😉

[@derek5395]

Hahaha 😂

[@BakedSalmonNetwork]

Were you quite 'airy as a kid?

[@ReMii912]

5 years ago when I was bad at English, I happened to watch this with caption in my language. This helped me a lot learn terms for testicles

[@PhilT81]

Why was this never made into a series?

[@sodapop8885]

Philip Thompson I know, this is fantastic. This is funnier than the ricky gervais show and an idiot abroad

[@jasonfenton8250]

I don't think it has the legs to run more than three episodes. There's not really much to the idea, just enough for one great video.

[@CptSpauIding]

One of History's great tragedies.

[@Vandalle.]

Not much you can do with it? fuck off, the only reason any Karl Pilkington show is funny is because of Karl Pilkington, you get Ricky involved as well and I swear they could do anything and I'd still watch it, they could sit reading the news and they'd make it funny

[@YoSuey]

Karl never got the pot

[@dauritas1460]

Ok, to those saying "Karl is not playing, that's just him being himself", you are only partially right. While he is just being natural most of the time, when Ricky forces the role upon him, his ability to improvise and keep the straight face while doing it is what I find hilarious in this particular video. Like he instantly transforms into the role he is given. He is obviously the strange individual, but I'd also say a natural born comedian. Doesn't need to try hard being funny, he just is.

[@TheSaltsinNZ]

Seeing Karl Pilkington smile genuinely makes me happy.

[@Pumbear]

His face @11:00 of acceptance after Karl still made him wait 10 minutes in this fictional world. Beautiful.

[@darylchristie3809]

Rickie is doing this purely for his own amusement. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@BrotherAzrael]

@Yourtube User Funny thing is, if he's amusing himself then it amuses us.

[@mikeantell533]

Really??? And here I thought they were actually trying to teach English to foreigners...

[@sharonready5102]

Daryl Christie .....and ours ! ( our entertainment ).

[@sdreaver816]

Ricky Gervais doesn't do anything unless it amuses him.

[@ICanSeeYou247]

@Enda mc garth Boo fuckin hoo

[@Animaja001]

I love how unnecessary it was to mention ripping off the man buying fish. The expression of pure bewilderment on rickys face at 9:23

[@DefneDance]

His lifelong obsession with the Chinese 😂

[@captainroger]

Hahahaha

[@darthmong7196]

I'm 42. Have pics if ya want.

[@ryynerwicked2762]

It's more like a grudge almost at this point haha

[@mooooo86]

The back, crack and sack skit was simply incredible. Haven't laughed like that in a while, actual tears hahaha

[@GeneralCane]

If laughter is the best medicine then I think Karl has probably made Ricky immortal.

[@BenWignall]

Why have I only just seen this? This has to be the best video ever.

[@Cletus1085]

+Ben Wignall Smack in the face.

[@BenWignall]

I think I deserve it haha

[@remybader3872]

+Cletus1085 +Cletus1085 thump

[@ryanholden3522]

+Ben Wignall You should search out the channel 'World of KP' and watch the Podcasts, Seasons 1, 2 and 3.

[@kinparlink]

+Ben Wignall I wonder whom it is more fun to watch for -native or non-native speakers:D

[@str8904]

"Wear" & "where". 1 word, 2 meanings lmaooo. I love Karl.

[@denisepleines6906]

Im wearing a Jooompa

[@Milan_Smidt]

pretty sure he said: we're and weir

[@khabibmcgregor3592]

@@Milan_Smidt pretty sure its not those

[@haterology3785]

id just wrap any old shit

[@MCO18]

Rip you off...