XFM The Ricky Gervais Show - S2 E34 - 42 Harris - REACTION!

[@Sampyli]

"The Elephant Man is my favourite film." R.I.P. David Lynch

[@stingersplash]

I sold my copy of The Elephant Man 4K this morning. I've had it up for 6 months. Apparently I just needed the director to die to sell it.

[@WinstonSmith19847]

It's my favourite film also it chokes me up every time I hear John Merrick say " I must have been such a disappointment to her " when he's talking about his mother.

[@souldreamer9056]

So… who wants to tell me how Darren Brown did that.

[@stanley-lane-uk]

He claims it's from reading body language and subtle cues like lip twitches or pupil dialation. Guessing probably some extension of cold reading in it from the initial suggestability. Karls not really a stickler for detail but note they did have a chat in between and he didnt just guess right away. He played in to his hands throwing the fake smiles because it probably makes it easier. Then a magicians slight of hand at the end? How he ties all his loose ends up at the end of his acts tho.. that's legit dark arts 😂

[@Alessandro-Zolfanelli]

he probably conditioned him into thinking of that number and name

[@Ldn1993]

Series 2 - 51 eps Series 3 - 11 eps Series 4 - 6 eps There’s also 3 episodes of “The Podfather (Halloween, Thanksgiving & Christmas). Plus they did the 10 episodes of “Ricky Gervais: Guide To” audiobooks. 😊

[@jeffreymark475]

There are 12 episodes in series 3

[@Ldn1993]

@jeffereymark475 true but episode 9 is a ‘best of’ compilation

[@jeffreymark475]

@Ldn1993 I vaguely remember that now that you say it

[@Daisy-Routes]

Thank you for these reactions. I've enjoyed to revisit these classic xfm shows :)

[@SaintPhoenixx]

I love revisiting the shows anyway but I prefer watching the Mandy versions instead now, adds an extra dimension.

[@MandyCaneLane]

Thank you both for watching! 🤗✨️

[@SaintPhoenixx]

Had a rough couple of weeks at work with stress and things going wrong and you've no idea how nice XFM Friday is, my hellish week ends and then XFMandy cheers me up.

[@MandyCaneLane]

Hope your next weeks pick up! 🤗✨️

[@AWR-93]

Enjoyed this one a lot more than last weeks (last week was a bit off, not because of you Mandy but mainly Ricky! 😂)

[@stevymartin1509]

The stabbing thing is probably more specific to London. But, per capita there is more stabbing deaths in the US than the UK. Can’t defend the drinking or rain though 😂

[@nikolaus314]

9:33. Is makin me think of "How long is a ducks memory?" She's both seen and stopped to discuss this fight in the animated series 🙃

[@RemiRudkovskaya]

6:18 I've noticed all of Ricky's "friend's" always say the same thing This Isn't Normal Robin Ince Karl Pilkington & Suzanne Steven Merchant Nigel the editing bloke Warwick Davis Just some of the people who have said that remark and later cut ties with Ricky

[@MandyCaneLane]

Precisely 😌

[@mtabby8791]

Yet he’s still the only relevant one.

[@RemiRudkovskaya]

@mtabby8791 doesn't mean he isn't a bell end, Connor McGregor is very relevant doesn't mean he isn't a Dirty R pist scum bag

[@Gray9946]

@@mtabby8791 Punching down is popular these days and that's Ricky to a T.

[@nodruj8681]

Oh i see youre just mad at him because of the political takes 😂 fragile little creatures 😂​@@Gray9946

[@PaulCatterall-y9e]

Karl is just the boss from now on.., I think rock busters returns in a couple of weeks and it’s better than ever

[@Andrew-jb2ib]

I don't mind the heavy drinking culture in the UK, I just don't like how we act like the worst possible drunks you could meet.

[@FeistySteeve]

Thanks for this evening's entertainment, Mandy. Also, cheers, Rusty. 🤗🤗

[@MandyCaneLane]

💚💚💚

[@LilyKittyCatto]

I love xfm, always happy to see these :)

[@MandyCaneLane]

🤗✨️

[@liamsmith2321]

Always look forward to fridays for you xfm reactions 🥳

[@icba9292]

10:40 you can't tell me that Karl Pilkingtons ever growing list of made up words and phrases wasn't an influence for Dr Seuss books

[@1staryelpreview915]

You can actually listen to the worst bits of the show on KZbin, I think they’re some of the best bits

[@Silver_Specter]

Rusty once again phenomenal job here man and i love how you included the animation

[@MandyCaneLane]

🙌🏻✨️

[@CMDRRustyDog]

Thank you Silver_Specter. Glad you liked it.

[@Silver_Specter]

@@CMDRRustyDog loved*

[@SketchyMagpie]

​@@CMDRRustyDog I'm rewatching Buffy The Vampire Slayer at the min and just got to an ep where a character gets a dog called Rusty - doubt that's where your username comes from but made me think of you and XFM Fridays!

[@CMDRRustyDog]

@@SketchyMagpie Yeah I've never seen buffy. I rescued a dog and called him Rusty and I took his name.

[@garethm3242]

Ireland is probably the only nation that's more associated with drinking than the Brits globally. There are Irish pubs everywhere, which is a mixed blessing in terms of our reputation. Our national holiday is associated with drinking everywhere, especially perhaps in the Americas. Fun fact: The Buenas Aires St Patrick's Day parade is the largest in the non-English speaking world. :]

[@MandyCaneLane]

Is it really? Never even heard of it 🤣

[@garethm3242]

@@MandyCaneLane Was news to me too! We tend to cringe at the huge deal they make abroad about St Patrick's Day in all honesty. It's bigger in N America than it is in many places here! Possibly it's cos Argentina apparently has the 5th largest Irish diaspora of any country on the planet

[@possessedslig]

Australia has to be up there as well in terms of drinking

[@futurez12]

48:55 Karl: "Cure?" Ricky: "There's no cure, no." Still gets me. 😂👌

[@MandyCaneLane]

🤣🤣

[@kevintipcorn6787]

Karl wasn't being clever with the name of the inventor of radio, he just got the name of Stuart Maconie, a contemporary radio DJ at the time, wrong.

[@MandyCaneLane]

🤣🤣🤣

[@icba9292]

59:10 thats the first i've heard of the ear pulling, but our i guess version of that same tradition is just punching on the arm, the bumps throwing someone up and down and the pinching thing is an older tradition my parents generation and older wouldve done

[@ray-w9r7b]

You do be reminding me of Toni Basil, who popped up for some unbeknownst reason.

[@richardbeaton7324]

You should deffo check out Derren Brown. His live shows are incredible and he did a show called Trick or treat.

[@Honorius-i1t]

It's so much nicer when Karl is happier. I think this is why ultimately I prefer The Moaning of Life over AIA because you still get the best of Karl, but he's much happier. Ricky really pushed him to his limit last week so you were 100% correct when you said it wasn't just banter.

[@TurnCold82]

33:37 Claire Sturgess

[@MandyCaneLane]

Thank you! 🤣🤣

[@jonbolton3376]

In this country it is illegal to open post addressed to others, but when i first got my house loads of stuff for the previous owner. I didn't have a forwarding address, so i just opened it to be nosey lol.

[@MandyCaneLane]

Lmao!

[@Tanatie]

You really should watch a couple of Derren Brown specials

[@ndboulton]

Yes! Thank you Mandy

[@ndboulton]

Lol about the British drinking stereotypes... It takes a lot of repression to keep up the politeness during the day 🤷

[@possessedslig]

Karl's birthday the day before mine

[@RIPSOE404]

I said "Mandy still doesn't get how friends work in the UK" or something like that... But mine is said jokingly and not a "You're an idiot" kind of way. However every guy I've known, our friendships are always same same as Karl and Ricky's and even when we get Polish workers their humour is exactly the same, it is always insults and put downs all day. So maybe it is a male/female divide more than it is a cultural one? Also though if Karl didn't like it, he didn't have to spend ten years making content with Ricky and spending all that time outside as friends going to restaurants and stuff. Like he said in that interview "I'm almost 40 so don't worry about me", he's not a child...

[@jonbolton3376]

Hell yeah, the stabbing thing is true. Just because i'm a pisshead who's never stabbed someone or been stabbed, knives in this country with teens today are like guns in America.

[@futurez12]

I mean, it's not nearly as bad as some people here make it out to be. It's just reported a lot more nowadays and blown out of proportion by right-wing media. I swear, some people in the UK think it makes them sound tough when they tell people from other countries about knife crime here. This country is ridiculously safe compared to most other countries in the world.

[@nodruj8681]

Rightwing media.. right. Cope again just like rotherham and all that the leftwing media covered up

[@voodoochile333]

TBH I'd love that Karl drawing framed on my wall.

[@MartinMcdonagh-ho4em]

Steve loves to use the word arbitrary or arbitrarily

[@jonbolton3376]

Yeah Mandy Ricky is possibly the only radio dj who could get away with saying minge at at 1:30 on a Saturday afternoon on air lol. I am sure you have learned from Jay in The Inbetweeners what a minge is. He talks about it a lot lol.

[@MandyCaneLane]

Hahahhaa, I have been informed 🤣

[@johnharrington501]

I don't have any of that speckly stuff on my screen. Why wasn't I included in this deal Mandy? Ive been a subscriber since the very beginning and you treat me this way. 😂

[@jonbolton3376]

You have my sympathy on the heat. I'm happy, its cold in England, but at times between June and September it is murder, and i'm sure your country gets hotter than mine

[@Golfingmadness18]

It's cold, rainy, windy & grey in the U.K. it sucks here

[@MandyCaneLane]

35°C right now 🥲

[@logedimension7356]

Having an ac is life changing

[@jonbolton3376]

I'm 45 next month and will happily confirm i've been a binge drinker, well pisshead is the phrase i prefer lol since i was 13.

[@jonbolton3376]

I've never stabbed anyone though Mandi lol yet. I'm just a happy drunk. My voice gets louder, my jokes get dirtier, thats all😋

[@MandyCaneLane]

🤣🤣🤣

[@laupstad]

There's a thin line between bullying and banter. My friends and I "banter" a lot but there have been times we've immediately apologized to each other because we realized as we said it that "That was too much". Like... It was meant as banter but it just cut too deep. At this point this is still just his job at XFM. He's not getting paid "presenter money" and he could easily just stop doing this and stop hanging out with Ricky on his spare time. Obviously they have/had a bond that goes beyond just Ricky "bullying" Karl on air. Karl has a few celebrity friends and still does. Ricky isn't and wasn't is only "gateway to fame". Not that he ever wanted that anyway. And Karl is still sort of in his "producer" role in that he will not interrupt the "talent" unless they talk to him. So whenever Ricky and Steve start talking he stops talking and lets them riff. In his professional mind they are the stars of the show and he will let them cook. At the end of the day they were friends. There is/was more to their friendship than what we know. That's the end of it as far as I'm concerned.

[@davehilton3588]

Mancunian here, also used squoze when I was younger, squeezed doesn't feel right

[@stanley-lane-uk]

What have you got against greenfly

[@5hanesBoard]

I think that if you express an opinion, we are allowed to question it with our own opinion. But I agree that no one should be rude about it.

[@MandyCaneLane]

Of course, I am not against people disagreeing, I am against getting called dumb for thinking something else. Lol 🤣

[@Tanatie]

52:00 don't know about Argentina but illegal here. You need to call the companies and change the names and get new bills I guess 😂

[@MandyCaneLane]

🤭

[@jonbolton3376]

My personal first thoughts on Argentina, the home of my favourite Karl reactor, a place Clarkson pisses off over the Falklands, and a certain 'hand of god' incident in 1986 (im not even a big football fan but i know the date of that).

[@budweiser600]

Not true, yest I'm drunk - but no stabby stabby.

[@stingersplash]

On the law breaking thing they may have broken broadcasting rules but this is the first actual law breaking although nobody will actually do anything about it.

[@MandyCaneLane]

Maybe it actually helped Ms. Harris get her dental appointment sorted 🤪

[@jonbolton3376]

Aside from the mozzies i'm glad you are having a great time. Hope your furniture is on it's way to being sorted so you can have nice hard stools😂😂😂😂 otherwise it would be a bummer😋

[@jonbolton3376]

I thought about saying happy bumming, but like you i thought bummer lol.

[@arsenewenger49]

Karl was extra spicy during the horoscope reading bit! 🌶️ “Have they wasted a page in the book for whatever you are?” “Have they done yours in small print cos you’ve got special eyes” And him saying “Little?” while Steve was reading his out! 🤣🤣

[@jasongates-]

What I don't get about the various series is (similar to what you said), how do you have series "zero?" No show, at all, would be season "zero." Every show starts with "one," not zero, because they're on the air, rather than not. That's like saying you have zero apple, when you're holding an apple. Like, just think if they said "This is season zero of Fresh Prince." That doesn't make sense. That's what I don't get about The Ricky Gervais Show. Elephant Man is like an ongoing theme for Ricky Gervais Show. Sometimes when they come back from commercial break, and Ricky says "I'm Ricky, this is Steve, and then there's Pilkington," I expect him to say "Pilkington" like it's a candy bar, or something. Because, that's just the way his voice sounds at the moment he says it. And then how he likes to go on and on about "bald head Pilkies," and all. Yes, it's still illegal to open mail that was sent to your mailing address, but the letter was addressed to someone else. That's why, sometimes when we get mail sent to the previous person, it says "or current resident." The sender had the previous person on record as the last person there, and being currently there, but in case they're gone, whoever is there now, they'll address it to you instead, if it's the type of letter than can be addressed to the new person, like an advertisement, or something like that. THEN you get to open it. But it has to say "or current resident." Just the person's name is not allowed. Monkey news ... Ricky HAS to interrupt Karl. Just like how he HAS to shoot down everything Karl says. (The end) 30 C (86 F) ...... The way you were talking about "it's super hot," I was expecting it to be 40 - 45 C (104 - 113 F). As if you were recording during the day. Now, for 11 PM, yeah, 30 C is hot. But in general, I thought it was hotter at that moment. But then, if it was 30 C at 11 PM, I bet it was excessively hot during the day. And so, 11 PM did not cool down much, at that temp. But I wish I were at 30 C right now. This coming Monday and Tuesday, I'm going to be minus 15 Celsius (5 F), as the high. And minus 20.5 Celsius ( - 5 F) as the low. And then factoring in the wind on top of that, it will feel like minus 28.8 Celsius ( - 20 F). So right now, I'm just as cold as you are hot. Now, you're always hot in the other way: 😍..... But as for weather, you and I both wish we could switch places with each other, right now. If only I could be closer to your day time high temperature in January. But I will have to move out of Ohio, and further south, for that. And I have cities in mind: Charlotte, Atlanta, Dallas. If I wind up in Dallas, I will definitely have more of your type of weather.

[@LilMonkeyFella87]

Series 0 or episode 0 are usually considered pilots

[@jasongates-]

@LilMonkeyFella87 Oh, thanks.

[@chocolate-teapot]

We're genetically related to the Celts and the Vikings, of course we like a drink.

[@stingersplash]

Some do. Personally I don't like the taste of alcohol much.

[@chocolate-teapot]

@stingersplash suite you, ohh

[@jamesaston2031]

I'm a quitter. I got to 30 and felt like I'd drank enough for three lifetimes

[@WinstonSmith19847]

Except not all British people have Viking or Celtic ancestry what century are you living in ?

[@chocolate-teapot]

@@WinstonSmith19847 what do you mean? I don't get it.

[@anoldgeezer1]

XFM Friday 🎉

[@michaelkobylko2969]

When does Rockbusters come back? I swear there's way more than the ones we've heard so far.

[@Ldn1993]

It returns when Karl returns from holiday, in 2 eps (much to the dismay of Steve and Ricky) 😂

[@RavenZahadoom]

14:40 Thats what we call a stereotype Mandy :P Stereotypes usually have a nut of truth to them, but are usually way over blown for one reason or another. And often the reason is something political :/

[@njones420]

That static ... have you got a geiger-counter? 😉

[@MandyCaneLane]

Lol

[@jonbolton3376]

Hey you are a reactor. It's your bloody job to share your opinions. Tough shit to people if they don't agree. I didn't comment on last week's episode because it was one i was looking forward to, as is this weeks. Personally i think since my first listen 11 years that and what's said today are the closest it gets to proper bullying, but at the same time i can see how from Ricky's side he doesn't realise it qnd only sees it as banter, so i see both sides as someone who was bullied tons as a kid. I still find it hilarious though with Karl (sorry).

[@EpicMRPancake]

I've done Karl's birth chart using Vedic astrology and its very interesting. Karl would be fascinated to hear it explained, like for instance one of his planetary placements very clearly reflects why 'The Elephant Man' is his favourite film.

[@stingersplash]

15.6% seems far too high. I've never known anyone who binge drinks. I have one at Christmas though so maybe I'm just not mixing with the winos.

[@TurnCold82]

Hi, I'm Matt. Now you know someone who binge drinks 😁

[@CMDRRustyDog]

It's taken from a reliable source. And not only that, Britain's 15.6% is the largest percentage of all other countries surveyed. That doesn't surprise me at all.

[@jamesaston2031]

​@@CMDRRustyDogeven Ireland?

[@CMDRRustyDog]

@@jamesaston2031 According to the source, yes. Britain/Scotland/Wales/N.Ireland vs Ireland. The Scots were the worst part of the Britain vote too.

[@ROBOTRIX_eu]

[@GmanHYoutube2]

15% is a conservative number for sure.

[@RoyTFloyd]

Oven!

[@RemiRudkovskaya]

Onion!

[@thesmanbrowne4561]

Once again Karl is correct about the Hitler thing , so I’ve no idea why Ricky and Lanky were getting all smug , gotta love Karl 😂🙏

[@MarcP589]

@thesmanbrowne4561 as soon has Ricky senses Karl has a valid point, he tries to demean him in some way or laugh it off

[@MarcP589]

You are 100% right about bullying. I think Ricky would be embarrassed to re listen to a lot of this stuff and the Ricky Gervais show

[@AnthonyJohnson-ExzymtOne]

Good to hear you are doing fabulous… Yeah, what the hell is up with Antony? Put the H in there damnit haha… Binge drinking, 24% in Ireland… I’m 82% Irish, if those ancestry tests are accurate. My mom’s side of the family is entirely Irish, and part of my dad’s 🍀 Explains a lot. Always funny that Karl’s favorite movie is The Elephant Man lol. “Don’t talk rubbish.” I think that’s impossible for Karl haha… Which is what makes him so funny… This was a great vid, Stripey… Shot out of a canon on this one haha… The stories… The snap at the end… good stuff… As always.

[@killkenny3720]

It was interesting to hear what the 'stereotype' of a Brit is in other countries. I would of guessed the drinking and politeness (would of also thought queuing, class system, football, bad food and bad weather and possibly comedy as well) I never knew we had a reputation for stabbing. (Fighting is quite common, especially late nights and weekends after drinking 🍷🍻 sessions, but I wasn't aware of a lot of stabbings). Great reaction by the way 🎉.

[@hughtube5154]

It's a popular perception that came from KZbin flamewars in the comments sections. Brits: how are those school shootings going? / Americans: how are the stabbings?

[@killkenny3720]

@hughtube5154 Thanks for the clarification 👌. I enjoy reading the comments, but maybe my age (54) and the types of interests I have, this topic hadn't been on my radar before. 👍

[@CosmicAeon]

Yeah the stabbing thing was literally entirely invented out of insecurity over American gun crime statistics. Even without the gun violence, knife murders are literally higher in the US, yet somehow they ALL believe it as fact. Very bizarre example of how easily propaganda and misinformation spreads in the US.

[@Industrialist2015ofUk]

i knew the first song from Road Trip, and the last one being Duran duran. i hate queen...overatted shite! Def Leppard ftw!

[@ArchibaldMisery]

The Xfm website has gone, as the station was rebranded as Radio X in 2015. Claire Sturgess moved to Absolute Radio in 2015, where she still does various shows across their sister stations. There's a Karl interview with Christian O'Connell on Absolute Radio, where he talks about Xfm, Ricky & Idiot Abroad. >>> kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKuTdX6qjNFge9E

[@myopicautisticmetal9035]

I wouldn't dare come to Mandy Cane Lane and tell Miranda aka Mandy her opinion is wrong. Shame on you who have. I literally had an argument with my niece at xmas and said we can agree to disagree and she refused and demanded I agree and respect her beliefs. So my beliefs don't matter, only hers did. I disagree.

[@Silver_Specter]

Welcome to the 2020s where everyone must have the same belief as me or they are a BIGOT!!

[@StuartBaillie-q2d]

For somewhere with shit weather, shit food and drunken people who run around stabbing each other you have to wonder why over a million people a year want to move here from other countries?

[@MandyCaneLane]

Every country has it's flaws 🤪

[@olllena148k]

Steve is the goat don’t larf at him or take Karl’s side.. Mandy!! U hater

[@MandyCaneLane]

Lol 🤣🤣🤣

[@Gabriel_Moline]

🌿🌸🌺🍀

[@stingersplash]

Never been so early 😅

[@mver191]

It's always hot with you around Mandy ;)

[@davebrown9707]

Karl is a grown man he wouldn't do it if he didnt like it

[@SketchyMagpie]

People said the same thing about Robin Ince and he has come out recently and said he now considers it bullying and hasn’t spoken to Ricky for years.

[@davebrown9707]

@SketchyMagpie if as an adult man you are being bullied they it's your fault. It's not school as an adult you make your own decisions. If your getting bullied as an adult your a complete failure of a person

[@futurez12]

@@SketchyMagpie Some up and coming comedians, actors, producers etc. endured it during Ricky and Steve's golden years then bailed on him once they'd made enough money. Ricky was a ticket to the money train for quite a few people, including Steve. Steve is a talented writer and a witty bloke, but let's be honest, Ricky was the star in that partnership, certainly at that time. Maybe it took Robin time away from Ricky to realise what was going on, but I suspect he knew at the time but was touring with the big star and getting jobs off the back of him. Being an up and coming comedian is tough, and getting some breaks because of a "friend" who happens to be a big star - it must be tempting to put up with almost anything for a chance like that.