XFM The Ricky Gervais Show Series 2 Episode 1 - A cat that didn't look happy

The Ricky Gervais Show Broadcast 24th August 2002.
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Full track listing with links added below. Subtitles have now been added for the entire show. Pilkipedia archive added as well as links to all series.
ORIGINAL TRACKLIST & LINKS
Feeder: Come Back Around
• Feeder - Come Back Aro...
The Only Ones: Another Girl, Another Planet
• The Only Ones - Anothe...
Coldplay: In My Place
• Coldplay - In My Place...
Bruce Springsteen: Brilliant Disguise
• Bruce Springsteen - Br...
Incubus: Are You In?
• Incubus - Are You In?
Richard Ashcroft: Check the Meaning
• Richard Ashcroft - Che...
The Smiths: Cemetery Gates
• The Smiths - Cemetry G...
Cooper Temple Clause: Who Needs Enemies?
• The Cooper Temple Clau...
The Vines: Get Free
• The Vines - Get Free
Warren Zevon: Werewolves of London
• Warren Zevon - Werewol...
Smashing Pumpkins: Today
• The Smashing Pumpkins ...
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Spread Your Love
• Black Rebel Motorcycle...
Jimmy Webb: Galveston
• JIMMY WEBB - Galveston...
Electric Soft Parade: Same Way Every Day
• Electric Soft Parade- ...
Flaming Lips: Do You Realize
• The Flaming Lips - Do ...
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[@ManMoth]

Hey guys, sorry for pinning this comment on all videos but I want to give you an update on the channel. I've been slowly adding a show archive to the videos including a full transcript added as sub titles and a full track listing (with links to KZbin videos for each track). Pilkipedia archive link has been added as well and I've been having fun illustrating some of KP's best bits, I'm adding these to a shop incase anyone is interested: www.man-moth.com/ It's taking me a while to update the archives, especially as I don't work Mondays so please bear with me as I chip away at it. Lots of love, Man Moth.

[@BarryWhite69]

Absolute legend! Appreciate it

[@tamarahazell1]

Amazing thank you

[@arstulex]

Any plans to reupload s2e2? It's been missing from this channel and playlist for quite a while now. It's a shame that we have to look for it on another channel which sort of breaks the flow of listening to these as a playlist.

[@charlesnelthorpe9252]

i've been tempted to start writing down a list of the tracks they play for each ep is that something that would be at all useful? i've never listened to these before so I'm gonna get through em all eventually

[@JasperOosterveld]

You are a legend

[@mikeydoc11]

I could picture Steve when that woman said to him £165... eyes bulging with vanishing riches

[@MoRo1333]

eyeballs touching the glasses...

[@400hpGTO]

Shame his can’t turn right round

[@AA-hg5fk]

Such a miser!

[@thecw3749]

🤣🤣

[@AutomaticDuck300]

@@MoRo1333 protruding by 1.6cm

[@christopherkotsopoulos701]

No matter what these three do with their lives, these xfm shows+podcasts will be their peak imo

[@williamsmith666]

That's true enough.

[@anyoldactress4078]

Absolutely. Some rudimentary maths on the increase in views on these videos tells me there are probably more people listening to these at any moment than are watching everything else they’ve done combined. I wonder if they realise?

[@michae13james10]

I’d have to agree Although afterlife, derek, an idiot abroad .... they are genius.

[@tobybiggins5367]

​@@michae13james10lmao

[@AA-hg5fk]

​@@michae13james10loved idiot Abroad and the first series of the moaning of life, didn't really like Derek or Afterlife

[@Glozboy22]

The manhole cover story is so good. The way Karl tells it with such conviction kills me every time.

[@arstulex]

That's because it's actually (somewhat) true en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Plumbbob#Missing_steel_bore_cap

[@icepac2010]

@@arstulex it's the typical Karl story. Talking about a real thing, but misremembering it ever so slightly that it becomes absolutely nonsense and hilarious

[@mc3runmax]

It's amazing how these never get old. This is probably my 10th time around, and this is still by far the best entertainment I can think of.

[@PaddyRoon7]

Only your 10th? Rookie numbers

[@mc3runmax]

@@PaddyRoon7 Mind you, that was four years ago, so my numbers have improved quite a bit since then

[@complainerino9121]

@@mc3runmax That fact you still listen to these is wicked

[@gwilliams4674]

I go to sleep each night with Ricky, Stephen and Karl. It's a good cure for depression

[@evewilliams8597]

@@PaddyRoon7 Depends when they started. I started on the animation, then compilations and only just found these.

[@Robbo-tron]

34:03 is THE Man Moth moment. This was always my favourite episode of the entire series.

[@stopdropandroll]

thanks. i was looking for this.

[@jackoates6418]

I've been listening to these shows on a permanent carousel since about 2010 and I'm still laughing at everything.

[@paklaselt2198]

i laugh the way Rick breaths so heavily into the Mic.

[@adamflanagan8004]

If I was going to go on Mastermind, this would be my special subject. I must of listened to all series 80+ times 😂

[@AA-hg5fk]

Yeah for me it would be the life and work of KP

[@ulysses9242]

Do it.

[@AB-gb6zz]

Must have*

[@Adelehalsall]

This would be an episode I’d love to see!

[@RighteousBrother]

"And a cat that didnt look happy" Karl's delivery is comedy perfection.

[@burnsideisback]

Think about this all the time

[@rickyspeed1655]

Steve is so underrated, he's so funny and can easily keep up with these 2

[@jordanweekes9700]

Couldn't agree more! in my opinion, he's definitely the wittiest out of the three!

[@omikronweapon]

@@jordanweekes9700 at least his appeal isn't based in stupidity or laughing at Karl :P

[@Dprkr1]

Yeah he's my favourite, if you're a fan check out the Steve show, it's different and music based but I enjoyed!

[@TheVeiledCollective]

He's a little gem. Well...not little.

[@jamiel.harding4554]

May 2021. Still listening to these every single night. I’ve done so now for 8 years. Every single cycle brings me just as much joy, just as many laughs.

[@markjackson6151]

They're the best thing out there for comedy. Athletico Mince is almost as good if you fancy something else, but I'd start at about episode 16

[@jamiel.harding4554]

@@markjackson6151 I’ll check those out. Thanks, bud!

[@MAZGamingUK]

Me too! I can't sleep without these playing quietly in the background

[@alexmcdowell4046]

The cat... The man hole cover... Man moth... This is amazing

[@HopeVJustice]

Deffinitely one of the best! (:

[@Aalborg42]

Mythbusters need to test that manhole cover "myth" :)

[@ThePat1221]

SLUGS

[@vanoix1824]

The glasses..the wig..the catchphrase....brilliant

[@Glozboy22]

The pause before 'never saw the manhole cover again' might be Karl's greatest moment, up there with the '....Steve' bit about the monkey with bulging eyes.

[@kayleigh1991]

Man moths :') No matter how crappy I feel listening to these always cheer me up.

[@Livikyu]

I turned into Ricky when I first heard 'man moths??' all those years ago - I couldn't breathe. One of the highlights of anything all these three have done.

[@HopeVJustice]

Haha same here!

[@tepidwater5970]

i see where this guy got his you tube channel name from

[@julienguieu5636]

I just heard it for the first time as I was getting some laundry out of the dryer. I dropped all the laundry and had to hold on to the dryer for minutes on end to keep from falling over. This will keep me giggling for weeks. I hope Karl's a millionaire by now, for this is better than comedy gold, it's comedy unobtainium or something!

[@OfficialFingazMC]

@@julienguieu5636 Yeah he is and he deserves it. The guy is a legend!

[@studkickass513]

@@tepidwater5970 oh wow! Of course! 🤣🤣🤣

[@theMull90]

"Man moths" is right up there with the very best quotes from these shows..Along with "something's said" and "I've always wanted to kick a duck up the arse"

[@tom-du2tq]

Somethings said Haha

[@HopeVJustice]

Definitely! :D Also partial to "Cat food...", "Woshda'?", "Christ! DeBerg!", "Never saw that manhole cover again!?!..", and "Wot I'm sayin' is... If it's all about arse, why don't gays like a little bit of tit?!" :D (to be honest I would fail to name but a few, the top moments are endless)!!! ^^

[@basedgodstrugglin]

Hope Ⓥ Justice for the “New Odor” (New Order) rockbuster the silence after Karl said the name made me cry the first time I heard it

[@gleam6370]

Lo Sm I don’t get the “something’s said”

[@lechill6920]

half man half biscuit

[@timmcPherrin]

"something WEIRD is happening THERE!!!"

[@CORNISHDUDE]

30:05 rickys laugh as well, sounds like his late mums :D

[@perfektdolli]

Sentences you can hear

[@SkandiaAUS]

What a perfect episode, they're all having so much fun, the perfect balance between them getting along and later episodes when they turn on Karl.

[@jcrawley1]

I think it's fair to say they hit the ground running in series 2

[@jenanahulu]

I always love hearing ricky quietly laughing hysterically in the background.

[@albalmal]

Before a screeching intake of breath 😂

[@derek5395]

I do too, but it's because his regular laugh is explosive lol

[@justinkline8437]

"It's a baby that had the power."

[@omikronweapon]

What power? The power of voodoo. Who do? You do. Do what? Remind me of the baby.

[@simonnoelkavanagh]

Ricky clearly missed the chance for a Bowie reference from Labyrinth....he probably would've broken into that mock falsetto..."how you turn my world you precious thing/you starve and near exhaust me!!" Brilliant

[@reecemysocksoff]

Is it just me that instinctively hears Ricky’s “hoo hoo hoo” after they listen to Come Back Around by Feeder?

[@Adam-XL]

I do that with half the songs they regularly play lol

[@JohnnyLeyenda]

I always picture Ricky playing the whistly thingy whenever I hear the end of There's a Light that never Goes Out by The Smiths

[@DDoig1]

This has always been one of my favourite episodes.

[@Scilati]

Pound for Pound this is a top 5 episode

[@AA-hg5fk]

£165

[@ejayman]

Ricky's 4 second wheeze at 30:05 is absolutely glorious

[@drake128]

Like pulling your palm across a pane of glass

[@capnhawkins]

I love how Ricky is brooding in the background, giggling quietly while Karl tells them about the slugs getting into letterboxes, it builds up as Karl goes on, and then he explodes when Karl says "again, if there's a doctor, or a postman..."

[@dylangrafton7066]

The way Steve corrects Ricky is hilarious "165 quid Rick!"

[@ManMoth]

You're very welcome :-)

[@julienguieu5636]

Ha, so this is the episode where you got your username :) Man, thanks so much for uploading all of these!!!

[@6guns431]

Thanx mate, great stuff! 👍

[@studkickass513]

@Man Moth Are you just one person, or do you have a team?

[@bobsapp4119]

Oohhh! Butterfly that! ManMoth news, ya..!

[@Voduke789]

This video finally made it to 1 million views on October 30th 2022. Excluding repeat viewings, that’s got to be around 5 thousand viewers!

[@RockoOfBolton]

Steve probably still mentions 80 quid to Ricky even now ! Lol

[@DukeOfArrakis]

Whenever i feel lonely or depressed I listen to these. Feels like a one way friendship.

[@_jbrockk3920]

"It's not illegal to talk about ghosts on the radio"

[@JSCwrd]

No but this is eerie, this

[@omikronweapon]

@@arturobandini4078 ffs, don't give them any ideas. They'll turn ghosts into the new thing next. "I identify as a ghost". Or advocating people not being allowed to criticise pseudo-sciences anymore.

[@Radocto]

I wish I could wipe my mind of these so I can listen to them for the first time again x.x

[@MrMongoose221]

Can't believe this has a million views now I'd bet money that it's probably the same 50,000 or so people including me relistening for the last 9 years lol

[@STONEROSES9]

The manhole cover 😂😂😂 God that cracks me up!

[@HopeVJustice]

One of the best!

[@bigboijeff1000]

Nah but its true tho! Did a paper on it... Yeah your comment is 3 years old i dont care

[@baileyenergy1839]

The man hole cover story is forever my favourite Karl moment. The exasperation in his voice, tired of Ricky & Steve’s criticism of his stories & then Ricky’s laugh at the end just make it perfect.

[@jammybizzle666]

Its true though

[@baileyenergy1839]

@@jammybizzle666 Ironically most of his stories are.

[@hustler666100]

not quite@@jammybizzle666

[@jessemiles2426]

"...and they drink milk from a saucer."

[@Milan_Smidt]

Have you seen an XFm listener?? THEY drink milk from a saucer

[@evewilliams8597]

This is my absolute favourite episode - a cat that didn’t look happy, a baby who had the power and a Man Moth 💀

[@minboot18]

Still listening to all series endlessly in 2022 👌🤣

[@fayylmao]

29:30 "right, tell the story about the manhole cover" that sentence alone makes me laugh because I know what's next

[@JL-sw7mh]

I've listened to these every single day for the past 2 years. Still not bored. An amazing gift you've given us, Man Moth.

[@JL-sw7mh]

6 years later... I found them again.

[@user-sk5qo7qm2u]

This is easily a top 10 episode

[@josephpeakman4044]

Not only is this hilarious however many times I listen, as a 21 year old I find so many great old songs you tubing the tunes there playing

[@nick_double_you]

I’ve recently revisited Rickys stand ups and the first 4 are ALL material from these xfm shows!

[@AA-hg5fk]

Yep, he often nicked material that Karl came up with

[@georginablackwell7122]

Has to be one of the best shows of ALL time. Beyond classic. “ if I was in the area “

[@rumbleshakes]

These shows are the only time that I can't laugh hard enough.

[@Thirteen31Music]

Ricky laughing so hard he is gasping for breath. Listened to these shows so many times and it never fails to have me in stitches. This show could never happen these days it was be cancelled immediately. Sad times

[@kays2720]

No matter what sort of day I’m having, I turn these on and all feels right in the world.

[@a_b897]

Third time getting to season 2, they never get old!!

[@dominicdennis320]

Absolutely - must be 10th for me and still love it!

[@jessemiles2426]

its amazing right? why doesn't it get old? why can i listen to it endlessly? :)

[@krissmith7]

If it weren’t for this episode there would be no Man Moth channel. The guy is a legend and I’m not sure if he still knows how many years of entertainment he’s provided for so many people.

[@HPhenomenal]

these are priceless. i commute an hour each way to work. these make my drive so much better in the morning.

[@tomwells8030]

Best XFM episode by far

[@kevinflemming5928]

Completely agree with Steve on that "buying someone drinks all night and them fobbing you off later" thing. Had that a couple times, when I used to regular pubs/clubs and it's so annoying. Not that you don't get to pull, just it's deceiving. I would've probably still bought drinks, chatted and had a laugh even if I knew they weren't interested. There is a difference between "being on the pull" and "going out for a good time" lol.

[@MinaF99]

Honestly listening to these in bed late at night and sort of zoning out and then out of nowhere hearing 41:48 sort of scared the shit outta me. Like something out of a horror movie that was

[@dimed2338]

Lmao .. I was expecting a Ricky laugh but yeah that'd make me mess the bed tbh.

[@emilyj9497]

Wow! I have listened to these shows more times than I can count and I never heard that before! Should I be afraid?

[@ElvisLivesUpstairs]

Been a few years. Back to listen again 😂 oooh ricky has changed so much since this lol

[@Ranger1812]

"This is rubbish. Play Coldplay." "Out of the frying pan..."

[@akay0000]

7:35 Love how Ricky is about to continue the cab argument. "I'm not-"

[@omikronweapon]

XFM 2-01 0:00 Feeder - Come Back Around 0:44 The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet 3:20 Coldplay - In My Place 7:34 Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise 11:37 Incubus - Are You in? 11:45 Richard Ashcroft - Check The Meaning 16:33 The Smiths - Cemetry Gates 23:45 The Cooper Temple Clause - Who Needs Enemies 23:49 The Vines - Get Free 27:42 Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London 31:11 Ash - Envy 31:15 The Smashing Pumpkins - Today 37:52 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Spread Your Love 41:22 Jimmy Webb - Galveston 41:49 The Electric Soft Parade - Biting the Soles of my Feet (Same Way Every Day) 46:18 The Flaming Lips - Do you Realize??

[@omikronweapon]

The final one gives only a bell sound to really go on. Maybe someone else is familiar enough with it to identify. +MrAwesome1986 , I doubt you'll even care any more after two years, but the song you were wondering about was Envy by Ash :P

[@omikronweapon]

Yeah, sounds like a match. Thanks

[@HaydnG266]

No one cares about the tracks, were glad they're skipped

[@omikronweapon]

Obviously I'm also glad they aren't actually in the audio, but Man Moth said he wanted to put the lists in, and I compiled them as a thank you for uploading these shows. Judging by the responses the list normally gets, I would say people tend to disagree with you.

[@brownayy]

@@HaydnG266 Speak for yourself

[@ToweTiih]

Will never stop litsening to their XFM podcast ❤️🤣

[@XxWoOkiExX1]

This has to be one of the best episodes 26:25 28:32 ahahhahahah 29:50 34:00 For my own reference

[@Jimbobiscuit]

Add 37:20 to that

[@joeberth-jones1910]

God bless you

[@JimmyRoche420]

Steve does my head in though its Karl and Ricky who make this so funny. I'm listening to it on spotify going to work and coming back I love it. Love if they got together again

[@timblake1989]

Everyone one know Smerch is the glue that holds it all together and is the wittiest of the 3

[@studkickass513]

@@timblake1989 100% agreed. This other Steve hater is a fool.

[@imnotgayyy8489]

The most beautiful thing is that even though at this point Stephen merchant was hardly poor (first series of the office, xfm gig, probably some advance for series 2)he is genuinely so upset about £165!indeed be even took the tube instead of a cab to make up for it. My kind of man 😂😂😂

[@user-zm4yk1et6g]

this show walked so podcasting as a whole could run

[@nueee8878]

This is the "man moth" episode, FYI, everyone. (Around minute 34)

[@OfficialFingazMC]

Ty :)

[@pgsmith22]

Many thanks to the content creators at Fortean Times, for giving KP so much quality material.

[@pinchopaxtonsgreatestminds9591]

This is one of the best episodes!

[@falcus-]

So much gold in this episode.

[@twjclarke1]

AND I'M BACK...listening to the whole of series 2...again. Is there anything else out there that is better audio entertainment than this? I don't think so. Please help me!!!

[@shinjuthagod1714]

ten minute podcast is pretty good if you're still in the market

[@sheenzyz]

So many great moments in one episode. Probably 3 of the best - The ghost story, the manhole cover and Man Moths.

[@claydavis4742]

I’d say this is the best episode they did at xfm

[@JayGC]

Every couple of years I go back though all of these. I cannot believe this is nearly 20 years old! I was 7/8 when this went out for the first time.

[@WhiteSleevedStu]

Such a classic episode. 3 separate classic moments in the space of an hour.

[@solo26sky]

23:51 A cat that didn’t look happy story 😆

[@LifeOfRy]

30:04 arguably the laugh of the episode (following a cat that didn't look happy) and one of my favourite Ricky laughs of all time.

[@Josh-xw1yt]

33:52 for Karl talking about Man-Moths

[@randydandog]

This episode is one of the best!

[@randydandog]

@@oedipamaas2067 you must have a good taste in KZbin videos then lol

[@randydandog]

@@oedipamaas2067 or it could be someone else with the same CJ Denton picture

[@randydandog]

@@oedipamaas2067 not from there anyway, I haven't watched any of their videos

[@davidkglevi]

Ricky's laugh would cure me from depression.

[@FreshHeat]

20 years since this broadcast and we're still listening

[@Steve90UK]

A manmoth? 😂

[@jeremybds1901]

SOMETHING WEIRD IS HAPPENING THERE!

[@WollongongWacko]

Hahaha

[@kelvinmoseley4816]

It’s 20 years today since first episode of second series of xfm shows was broadcast

[@TheonlyIsaac07]

The best episode of all of the series

[@nefariousnilbog]

Is man moth the finest moment in the xfm history?

[@jcrawley1]

It's challenged by another moment in this very episode. "About a fire that didn't happen, about a wife that didn't exist and a cat that didn't look happy..."

[@frankslade33]

jcrawley1 I think it's "am i naked....to catch em out".

[@nefariousnilbog]

jcrawley1 so many classics so little time

[@jonathanwiddowson8652]

+Nefarious Nilbog What about the final episode where he sees a naked woman across the street so pulls his trousers down too.

[@nefariousnilbog]

Hahah was that one of his neighbours? I remember the story because I think Suzanne finds him like that :D

[@worc0670]

“If it was in the area.” Has to be one of the funniest deadpan lines I’ve ever heard.

[@sawrirocks]

I think the cat story is the best thing in this entire world

[@k45207]

This maybe the greatest episode so many classics

[@barryoffeastenders]

30:06 Ricky's laugh sounds like a firework 🤦‍♂️😂

[@BenPsOhYeah]

I hear a squeegee on a window when he does the squeak but yeah the first bit is a solid firework

[@northernrogue1]

20 years old, but still so fresh.

[@AutomaticDuck300]

Back in the good old days with good music, good films, a fun time to be had on the internet, a decent economy, no social media, and no crazy political ideologies.

[@wagersgrooves]

Before I got on to listening to the full podcasts I came across a lot of snippets across KZbin. Some of my favourites were the man moths, the cat and the manhole cover. Hearing all my favourite moments in one episode was absolute quality

[@odd6554]

Here we go. The season where the tension begins to build up. Karl gets more irritated and gullible, Ricky gets more loud and obnoxious and Steve gets more mean and hypocritical.

[@WollongongWacko]

love it.

[@mic7able]

Yeah, there's one episode which is awful. Ricky is just a complete git to Karl. A real spoiled scumbag.

[@imnotgayyy8489]

+Mick G. He referred to this at a recent meet and greet where he said they haven't met or spoken fit years

[@mic7able]

+DV M well, I think Karl might actually be a more interesting character than Ricky. I suppose Derek would be the last time. It's a shame Steve didn't work on that, it was really poor.

[@imnotgayyy8489]

Mick G. Gervais and merchant really are far better as a sum total than as individuals. Was watching "hello ladies" (also poor, though not as bad as Derek,) and then watched extras... Genius

[@Scallion_D]

Ricky's laughing during the slug story is great lol.

[@pancraseash9002]

I get recommended this everytime I totally forget and end up smashing it for 3 months again haha love it so organic

[@ilikerice5208]

Man I remember when these hadn’t blown up on KZbin, I’m glad more People keep discovering these, the three at their best

[@michelefaydobb7247]

The Ancient one Yes!!!! I discovered them last year and they got me through a really bad time, ongoing. I listen every single day.

[@ilikerice5208]

Hope you’re still going strong mate

[@ChipWhitingtonIII]

"She was upset for a while and then she got over it". Yep, that is the exact plot of "Carrie"... thanks, Karl.

[@callumdevlin9766]

After listening to every episode multiple times for the fast 5 years, this has to be the best. So many of the best lines all in one episode

[@anderspar4637]

Ricky's laugh during the manhole cover story brings me true joy 😂

[@903podcast]

This has to be the most iconic show 😂😂

[@harrycowleshc]

Anyone else listen to this in Spotify? Thanks Mike and thNk you Manmoth!

[@funkymuskcrat73]

Amazing, as of 6/20/21, 213 people have downvoted this. Why on earth would anyone downvote a recording of a radio show?

[@MrMongoose221]

Listened to these so much I know them word for word by now I think lol

[@goofed86]

"they are airy walk around on all fours and drink milk from a saucer" fucking hell karl lol

[@spreadingthecure]

Used to listen to all of the xfm episodes and podcasts in order and on repeat for years. I forgot how good the first episode of this series was.