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How the devil are you? Thank you so, so much downloading. Things good? Things not so good?
Well put all that aside for an hour or so and let's dive into the world of KARL PILKINGTON.
We announced that Karl would be joining us on Monday, as we always do (what? You don't know that? Check your social media!) and since then anticipation has been building for episode 55 and to hear more of what makes Karl, well... Karl.
Craig & Producer Griff travelled south (London's soho to be exact) to meet Karl at the hotel he was staying in. Tea was ordered, microphones were set up and we hit the record button.
It's a bit of a podcast of two halves this really. Craig and Karl start off by having a bit of a moan about all sorts of stuff (well, it was quite early in the morning) and then just before it turns into a full whinge about the state of everything they think is wrong, it's a hand brake turn into Karl's life and his past and what's happening right now.
Actually while you're here... what's happening right now is this:
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Karl's done with all his travel show stuff and now he heads into sitcom territory with a show cowritten by himself and long term collaborator RICHARD YEE. 'SICK OF IT' starts sept 27th at 10pm on Sky 1 & NOW TV. And before you ask, no, we havnt been sponsored by Sky One. We just like Karl and happen to think his show is dead, dead good. Oh, and there may be a TSP connection for the very first episode of his show... Hmmm.
It's a very, very entertaining episode that we loved recording. Karl is an absolutely brilliant fella to spend time some time with, so sit yourself down and strap yourself in.
Really hope you enjoy.
THIS IS EPISODE 55 OF THE TWO SHOT PODCAST WITH KARL PILKINGTON.
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[@PointOfViewUk]

It is honestly so nice to hear Karl talk about stuff and have someone listen instead of berating him and taking the piss non stop :p Don't get me wrong, I love the old XFM shows, but it is so nice just to hear Karl talk about stuff.

[@rahuldahooobooda1798]

Play a record!

[@Crinkle65]

To be fair, he’s grown up a bit and learned a lot since the XFM days. However, He’s been a lovable and unique dude throughout.

[@jakehixon4073]

Hmm nah I prefer the piss taking and banter.

[@tommythetooth9395]

@@rahuldahooobooda1798 HAHAHAHA!!!!

[@Dreamskater100]

Agree.

[@pointlesscartoons6460]

The interviewer is fantastic, he just sits and listens to Karl and gets the best out of him, without relentlessly mocking him or taking the piss. Karl is an intelligent guy, he just sees the world in a slightly different way to most.

[@AA-hg5fk]

He's not intelligent, he's an empty headed chimp-like idiot but he's also hilarious and has a heart of gold.

[@12starcode]

"Why is the alphabet in that order" has to be one of the most amazing questions I've never even considered, a perfect example of how Karl says things so simple yet incredible.

[@matthew_thefallen]

dude, i agree!

[@fraserwebster8761]

Check out Steven Wright 😂👍.

[@ludoattuoni3681]

I haven't watched the whole episode yet but fyi it's ordered that way because in ancient Greek they used the alphabet as their number system, the symbol for 1 is a, b is 2.. my memory is a tad hazy but I think its smth like the first 9 letters are the first 9 numbers then the next 9 are like 10,20,30 etc. N the next few are bigger numbers

[@ziongite]

There isn't actually a reason it's in that order, every alphabet has to be in some order, it can't be in no order. And our alphabet originates from some ancient writing that came from the Sinai peninsula, which then spread to Greece later, which then became latin after that.

[@dancyr9638]

@@fraserwebster8761 is it because of that song?

[@JakeWilliams283]

Karl slagging off the happy birthday song made me die 😂

[@katieboo4211]

This is so great!!! I like how the interviewer doesn't constantly jibe at Karl and they seem to get on well. It's so awesome hearing Karl again. I wish they'd do a few more.

[@ShaunRL]

There are so many lines in this that cause me to fill in Steve and Ricky's responses in my head.

[@bradenrodriguez5183]

play a record

[@alexdiviney6225]

"What a miserable little manc twonk you are"

[@Scallion_D]

DON'T TALK SHITE TWICE.

[@IOutDoSyndicate]

Thats five holidays he’s had this year..

[@louiefelipemurphy]

geniunely every time I come back to this I leave feeling freshly assured and inspired. thanks for it.

[@thishostingrocks]

Karl starts at 4:18

[@GamingOmnomnom]

Mvp

[@_Super_Hans_]

Hero

[@promi9526]

Ily

[@OfficialFingazMC]

Oh my days, MR DILKINGTON IS HERE!!!

[@reaganrebellion]

You are one of our most valued customers

[@franksmith900]

Charles Burnette I threw it in the bin

[@mist_oldskoolakatherollinr616]

I most definitely am checking you all out as Karl would like me to secretly,

[@mist_oldskoolakatherollinr616]

And if anyone else is saying Mrs Dilkington Please come forward as I am the only one and I have been on media channel and in at the live feeds it’s also my birthday today the 11th so if anyone would like to have a peek at my channel and showing how people that are different can still make you smile please come have a look and yes we threw it in the bin.please come forward as I am the only one and I have been on many a channel and in at the live feeds it’s also my birthday today the 11th so if anyone would like to have a peek at my channel and showing how people that are different can still make you smile please come have a look and yes we threw it in the bin....

[@OfficialFingazMC]

@@mist_oldskoolakatherollinr616 Happy Birthday duck :)

[@NohabloEng]

If by some chance you see this Karl, I speak for many when i say i hope you're doing well buddy, you have brought millions of smiles to our faces & still do to this day. Take care.

[@Jan-hu1hk]

And he said there was no more! Hahaha This podcast is proof that newpodcasts of karl will be great

[@sk8boardTape]

I can imagine all the parts Ricky would be dying laughing 😂

[@alanthe2]

I love how the answer to the question “do you need anything?” was eventually “I don’t know” by way of table tennis table. Classic Karl.

[@Enforcer1984]

So lovely to hear the k man shooting the breeze :)

[@JacobafJelling]

IT acually is

[@odw_99]

This is a great interview! Always loved Craig Parkinson, and of course the K Man, class to hear more about his childhood that wasn’t covered in the Xfm shows!

[@MST785]

Fantastic podcast. Karl's normally a little guarded in interviews and it's great to hear him open up with a fellow Northern Miserablist! It sounds like he had undiagnosed ADHD in his childhood which coupled with an utter failure of an educational system made him the man he is now. The 'pen' story and the comments from his head-teacher really made me angry. I came from a similar working class background, hated and failed in school, was a DJ, played drums and traded Speccy games too. I discovered third level education in my mid-20's, went on to do an undergrad degree, three MSc degrees and lecture part-time, yet I don't think my 'raw' mental ability holds a candle to Karl's. It's all about the 'graft'.

[@twelveightyone]

5:41 "There was a case when... I was thinking about getting a table tennis table." This guy is a genius. Play a record.

[@geeksmayvary]

This is one of my favourite podcasts/interviews ever. They are both listening to each other and it's just fun to listen to. When Karl talks about making school kids do DIY work around the school during detention, it reminded me of my uncle's story from when he was at secondary school. My uncle grew up in a slightly older generation than Karl did, but was still in the Manchester area. Anyways, he'd accidentally smashed one of the canteen windows with a football during break time. Because of this, the head teacher kept him behind after school and made him repaint the lines for the spaces in the school's car park as punishment. He was to paint the word "headmaster" in his space too. My uncle, being the class clown he was, he thought it would be funny to paint "headmasher" instead. Somebody else had to come in to scrape it off and my uncle got more detention. RIP Uncle

[@rogerforsythe5310]

Took me a year to find this! Karl is a genius who uses the language of someone who never had a proper education.

[@sobchak1]

You know how people go 'what would Jesus do?' I don't say that. I look at what insects do. KP, 2018.

[@duzzyclayton5821]

I enjoy these podcasts with Karl more than the ones with Ricky and Steve, Dont have Ricky being annoying interrupting all time, ITs nice to hear The interviewer allowing Karl to just talk and at times it feels more real

[@TheEpicFaliGamer]

This is great , love listening to Karl.

[@muzalan7601]

Ever since coming across the nxfm stuff I have yearned to hear Karl flow. Thank you! 😊

[@MrGenedancingmachine]

37:30 "Suzanne came home...and it was in bits" fucking hilarious

[@Elaine-no9ti]

There should be a film about Karl Pilkington. There's something very special and appealing about how he has become a millionaire and is still so unassuming and a bit lost. Love him.

[@NohabloEng]

He's not a millionaire.

[@Elaine-no9ti]

​@@NohabloEnggoogle his net worth.

[@LifeOfRy]

@@Elaine-no9ti net worth is often bollocks

[@e9_Tum0r]

@@NohabloEnghe is mate

[@lxp]

Brilliant chat, brilliant guy. Thanks for making this podcast :). Made my day a little bit happier!

[@hermetika33]

We need to start a world wide search for the tapes of Karl’s early shows, who’s with me?

[@repopackman7560]

We should start a search party🧐

[@ItsMeYourRealDad]

We should. There's a few weeks of xfm season 1 that are missing. Ep1 is actually ep4 or something like that. Listen to ricky in the "first" episode saying something about the first 3 weeks going alright but now it's starting to go tits up (not exact words I'm just paraphrasing but its along those lines)

[@Scallion_D]

I love when Karl reminisces!

[@sacroyalty]

We've missed you Karl!

[@Taivywaivy]

This is so much better than Ricky interrupting every 5 seconds to scream at Karl and call him an idiot.

[@tez4792]

Was the whole podcast recorded or just snippets for the previews? It would be great to watch the whole interview. Seeing Karl’s facial expressions and body language makes it even more entertaining. Also love seeing the host’s reactions to Karl’s funny comments.

[@TheTwoShotPodcast]

Terry Woodward just clips mate. There’s a bunch more (9 I think) on our Patreon site. Would like to start videoing the podcasts as well but I’ve got too much to do sorting the sound out at the moment. Cheers for listening.

[@MrGenedancingmachine]

Fully listened, that was great

[@josepholalo8073]

Loved the chat! Was going to say that the host and Karl seem to click and then recognized Craig's voice from Sick of It. Kudos lads!

[@RadicalEdward2]

It’s nice to actually hear what Karl has to say without Ricky and Steve riffing on him. What Karl doesn’t get is his views on things are on-par with a modern day philosopher. He has a lot of valid points about life but, everyone just sees it as a comedy or want him to be funny.

[@leafyisherearchive4484]

this dude sounds like ricky and lets karl extrapolate even more, these two should do a podcast

[@PIERSBARONtv]

Craig, you've a great voice for podcasting / radio.

[@MST785]

Just to let you know, someone has put a heavily monetised copy of this up on KZbin.

[@jonkas8521]

Karl's back!!! What a treat

[@garymangan2761]

really enjoyed this one

[@geckopubg]

Karl is smarter than people give him credit for, he's so self aware and honest of himself, he knows why he's the way he is and has a greater understanding of the world than most.

[@SuckYourselfyainbred]

Who gives a f what the majority of people say now days? Look at the state of the world. How long have war been accepted? Oh we still don't punish war criminals? people who start war? We still allow it and we still follow strick rules while our leaders kill millions? The majority of people has been labeled braindead along time ago by greater minds.

[@Katy-dg8cs]

And he cares about animals :)))

[@danbower88]

This man is such a gem.

[@pearlharbour3300]

just subbed....was great...really relaxing to listen to..thanks

[@adamhalford8721]

Completely understand the clutter - breadmaker comment. My ex had a slow cooker, it was fucking slow, never got switched on!

[@Mr007shaw]

Hi, love the podcast, this is something I want to get into and I was just wondering how do you get these guests to come on your podcast like how do you contact them? Thanks

[@3coldcapricorn227]

Mr007shaw the fact he’s an reasonably famous actor helps my g

[@jonhayes7322]

KP really took me back to my school days… 😂😂😂

[@Wunjo-Wunjo]

Wonderful! I've really missed Karl Pilkington. Craig, you do the most wonderful podcasts. :o)

[@mw...]

deli meat tree

[@jaykingston2171]

Is this the official two shot podcast KZbin channel? I don't hear you promote this channel during the video.

[@TheTwoShotPodcast]

Jay Kingston yeah mate. This is us. We promote all the podcast channels and podbean, our hosting site just posts these videos here automatically. Most of our listeners are on Spotify or Apple podcast apps. Nice one for dropping by.

[@jaykingston2171]

The Two Shot Podcast I really enjoyed your podcast. It's rare to find British podcasters on KZbin who are creating high production value material such as yours!! Looking forward to listening to your other podcasts!!

[@TheTwoShotPodcast]

Jay Kingston nice one mate. Thanks for looking us up.

[@catatonicable]

Super....Thks

[@alexdiviney6225]

It is nice to hear Karl talk about his family and childhood without Ricky and Stephen chipping in constantly.

[@Scallion_D]

Play a record.

[@serbronnofhighgarden3815]

When karl was talking about his lawn, i imagine him as clint eastwood in grantorino, "Get off my fucking lawn"

[@MrDzsoszta]

nice one this

[@imAlexTheKid]

Bloody loved this

[@santino4561]

lol I wonder if Larry David and Karl would get on - Larry hates the happy birthday song too

[@duffman18]

I feel like they'd either end up great friends or just not get along at all with no middle ground. Like even if they agreed on everything, sometimes two personalities like that don't mesh well, like how two introverts might agree on everything but that doesn't mean they wanna spend all day hanging out together

[@santino4561]

duffman18 hmm good point. However there’s loads of scenes in curb where I think Karl would say something very similar to Larry. Like they both despise a lot of social conventions that people just go along with like the happy birthday song and so on. But yeah maybe they’d just clash and hate each other haha

[@Katy-dg8cs]

My two fave people Karl and Larry haha

[@EB-ut1lj]

Loved this

[@tomwalsh7367]

👏 10/10

[@Scallion_D]

Karl's such hard work at times. A simple question like tell me about when you were growing up he turns into something complex lol.

[@wartem]

Did your boss enter the room at the end? You're whispering 😉

[@stuartmacinnes8992]

Brilliant.

[@Asgoodasitgets146]

The interviewer is the probation worker dude from misfits

[@willgibbons1733]

He's in sick of it aswell. The free sofa guy.

[@xkelbix93]

@@willgibbons1733 And Dot from Line of Duty

[@Katy-dg8cs]

Oh yehhhh!!!

[@Elaine-no9ti]

Make a film of this man's life, please!!

[@SaintDre7]

I liked his new show. I thought it was great.

[@Asidders]

I had a vision of that Chinese flu.

[@fredrikottosson3427]

I enjoyed that

[@chrisjohnwikson3221]

I've never gone..... Whoooooo lmao I've never done that

[@Katy-dg8cs]

Can relate 🤣🤣🤣

[@liamarunbennett8282]

i bloody love the rapport between craig and karl, it's a thing of beauty... it makes ricky and steve look like total assholes hahaha

[@dylanmaguire8446]

Karl is wiser now tho

[@jmtal6598]

6:51 Do we need 'em

[@adamjcuz]

Why are letters getting involved... There's shitloads of numbers

[@jamesokeefe5070]

“Your not going to the moon get a fucking job”

[@tenletters5641]

Great episode!

[@Filte]

That man sounds like Ricky Gervais after 40 years of smoking, almost the same laugh too!

[@davea3884]

Dot!!!!

[@lucyalicia4040]

#WWID what would an insect do

[@mmhcreates]

50:00 The other Carl, Jung. Asks the same thing.

[@memeartthough3180]

Some people say What would Jesus do? I ask What would Insects do?

[@FutureAbe]

4:15

[@IndoorSitup]

40:34

[@lukepickton]

He sounds reasonable and I don't like it.

[@rbeck3200tb40]

WHO IS KARL PILKINGTON AND WHY DID I JUST LISTEN TO HIS CRETINOUS THOUGHTS ????

[@christophercharles3602]

9:23 I think Karl means contempt, not content LOL

[@tez4792]

Exactly Pax.

[@cloudhigh6582]

He definitely meant content lol..

[@dedpxl]

wow, such a pointless intro. skip to 4:15 where it starts

[@TheTwoShotPodcast]

What a helpful comment. Well done for finding the skip button. Sorry to waste 4.15 of your life.

[@beckyanne883]

I enjoyed the intro...to each his own!

[@ryancraik3309]

Dedpxl is that person at work you avoid because nothing he says is of any importance. Just let's words go - nothing but noise. Bet you have wasted hours of people time listening to your shite and moaning 😂