XFM The Ricky Gervais Show Series 2 Episode 39 - Dr Frog

The Ricky Gervais Show Broadcast 17th May 2003.
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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.

[@stevenholmes355]

P P

[@EpsteinKilla69]

Plkipedia😂😂

[@JS310]

“I laughed myself to sleep once. I couldn’t believe my luck” He says before making thousands of us do the same thing every time we listen to his podcast

[@lmarajoyce4676]

So true lol

[@laurapotts5529]

Lol so true

[@FranMSK]

❤❤❤

[@EggOnLegs]

My God you’re deep.

[@jokedejojo]

True lol so.

[@garyttomo1641]

just done a night shift and giggling meself to sleep, can't believe me luck ☺

[@georgehoughton6028]

The reason why, The reason why, The reason why I had to die, Did I bleed the blood of greed, what was my destiny?

[@nueee8878]

Just think how famous that kid's rubbish poem is! I'm sure most of us, crazy XFM addicts will remember it all our lives. :)

[@jasoneaton4520]

It's Ricky's...for sure 😂

[@mistervanderveer]

It has Gervais written all over it indeed haha

[@tomwhitehead4263]

Is that keats?

[@Crunch_Buttsteak]

@@tomwhitehead4263 Yates innit.

[@georginablackwell7122]

13 hour shift and battered to pieces. Still can’t sleep due to how much I’m laughing and enjoying these after possibly here it surely over 500 times.

[@TheScientist0000000]

Of all the programs that beat the Ricky Gervais Show at the sony awards, this is the only one that I - an American halfway around the world - am listening to 14 years later.

[@Christoff070]

Im Australian and not to one-up you but I. exactly halfway around the world from UK here, 24-hour flight to London innit

[@davidstirrat8815]

He’s done you there scientist. Play a song

[@w8m4n]

Bit weird innit

[@greglynch391]

What, even Joe and Twiggy? From Trent FM?!

[@winocarpenter]

@@greglynch391 they seemed to understand their market a bit better

[@Joethefro456]

Steve’s comedic timing is second to none. “Answers on a postcard!”

[@ufoash440]

Haha the cake bit as well is brilliant

[@al_s_]

Yeah that's gotta be one of my favourite Steve quips in all of the shows 😂

[@MrJ2theC]

@@ufoash440Which cake bit?

[@MisterSomeone]

Ricky: We won't have time for Monkey News! Steve: We'll squeeze 'em in

[@ganjaericco]

"Can he hear us?" haha, that guy wouldn't stop talking after not wanting to be on air.

[@youweechube]

I love the guy geniunely calling in to tell them theyre doing a great job

[@ElZilchoYo]

Reminds me of Derek

[@lechill6920]

reminds me of my old sunday league coach lol

[@mattegan5098]

I can see why he was cut off though, to be fair.

[@NiallSlimDrew]

Can he hear us?

[@Wilson-lo3hn]

"This is XFM not Radio 2"

[@crazyotto9770]

"We like the muff so much, that the knob is no good for us." Got to be one of my favorite lines spoken by anyone of all time.

[@The_realist_realtor]

47:10, Let us remember this glorious moment of radio

[@greglynch391]

And to think it was genuinely ‘Tatu’ who said it 🤔

[@TimonicFusion]

"Someone starts bangin' on the door, so Suz-" "Everyone's at it." - Another brilliant Merchant moment.

[@ZPSBestProfileName]

bit of an obvious though innit

[@samaspic7846]

@@ZPSBestProfileName well it is once you've heard the punchline

[@guitargit976]

I love the way Steve pauses in amazement when Ricky says “Dah” at 46:26 😄

[@feelthejoy]

Thinking about little Karl "laughing himself to sleep" - adorable

[@yacinedaghmoum470]

+Joy Woffindin do you sleep well Joy?

[@1HUSEINKAPETAN1]

+Joy Woffindin That was hillarious :D

[@JonnyFive4321]

Do you have a lot going on in your head?

[@hornylorney8150]

Me right now, in bed at 8pm on Sunday

[@bobobsen]

Some weird replies on this

[@LiquidShamanMan]

44:37 "STOP BITING YOUR NAILS..." That totally caught me off guard, I also happened to be biting my nails right then.

[@sqweebel1]

This is definitely an all time great episode

[@dylanwalton549]

Da

[@jupitorious7925]

Oui exactement

[@jeebuschabatty4455]

100%

[@skankhunt-vw8xr]

3:30 Ricky: "We have talked about string on the show before, though." Hahahahaha!

[@jasoneaton4520]

This is getting mental😂

[@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere]

FOXY! It was like wimpy jackass

[@sneezydeezymcdeluxe7015]

We've talked a lot on the show about people without 'eads.

[@Sam_T1021]

We've talked a lot about hairy people on the show before

[@capnhawkins]

I always love how delighted Ricky is when 'Sweet Home Alabama' comes on

[@studkickass513]

Oh.... Crackin' tune!

[@deltaframes-os4km]

Karl cleverly faded it in, on the Jukebox or Junkbox, Hit Parade or Shit Parade feature on series 3. like mentioned.....CRACKIN' TUNE I was intrigued by Picture Centre, proper Crib playing music 👍

[@AnnaKirk]

It's mad to me that at the time, no one really listened to the show and it didn't win any awards! It's so popular and so many of us listen to this repeatedly!!

[@CronkCabhett]

lots of people listened to the show if i remember correctly, they just thought it was funny to act like they didn’t have a very big listener base

[@alandodd3184]

love Ricky's scream when Karl Compares Stringfellows to ordering a meal from a restaurant

[@HopeVJustice]

Absolutely brilliant! :D One of the shows finest moments!

[@PinheadLarryVEVO]

ITS GOING COLD

[@fabersoul_beats]

i love that this radio show is fucked up and all over the place, IMO thats what makes it awesome

[@jasoneaton4520]

Yeah totally, fuck professionalism, just bring on the quirky humor. They should get back together, with a radio show, and film it too, like Howard Stern.

[@verynuggable]

32:15 what an amazing 'shut up'. Real venom in that one.

[@TheStaggaz32]

I've never understood why said it. What was he so angry at Ricky for?

[@Christoff070]

Hailey going to the cinema with someone...Steve probably missed out on a date cause he wouldn't pay for popcorn

[@chunking0]

@@Christoff070 He's done you again Seve !!!!

[@AutomaticDuck300]

@@TheStaggaz32 probably because he talks bollocks, loves the sound of his own voice and antagonises people for his own amusement. At some point, you get frustrated.

[@tylerhaknuman1217]

A lots of time Gervas just rambling on about nothing. Steve kinda like larry from the three stooges.

[@Christophee1987]

Is this the first time Ricky and Steve accept all three of Karl's Rockbusters answers? It must be one of very few when they all make sense.

[@BoxerBoyPilky01]

This week he just couldn't string a sentence together when trying to give the cryptic clues out. Rockbusters still getting that Dilkington quality stamp even if they make sense lol

[@sneezydeezymcdeluxe7015]

Nah I'm sure there was one a few episodes back where all three worked and Ricky said Karl had redeemed himself.

[@deltaframes-os4km]

MAYBE DR FOX SHOULD BE LISTENING TO THOSE FIGURES.

[@dopegar]

This one brought me to tears of laughter about four times, unbelievable. The Hugh Fays bit, Rockbuster clues, amazing stuff.

[@josephedwards4325]

IT'S GOING COLD!

[@odw_99]

Favourite bit

[@harvg123]

This show, and the 4 previous to this, are the greatest 10 hours of radio ever broadcast. I am certain of this.

[@Scallion_D]

"Start having it away a bit...doing what I do." Lol.

[@GroinStrain_]

I laughed so much at the songs you write when your 14 years old, because that's exactly what I was like. Never a fan of bubblegum pop I tried writing these deep song lyrics and looking back they are atrocious haha - so Ricky is very accurate there. As always thank you Man Moth legend

[@brianhurley2194]

Sam Dilks A truly underrated moment on the show! lol.

[@BelieveInUrself93]

This has got to be one of the funniest episodes of their entire run hahaha I am dying at Karl 'having it away' with Suzanne when the fireman shows up

[@PlayUK83]

It’s only the best podcast when all 3 together. One couldn’t do without the other I don’t think. Steve is very sharp and fast 😂😂

[@capnhawkins]

"He were expectin' extra hour in bed. But we got 'im kehk as well."

[@studkickass513]

Love it!!!

[@EvilToaster77]

26:16 is one of the most brilliant things Karl's ever said, and Ricky's laugh right after is absolutely perfect!

[@rockymarciano8981]

EvilToaster I prefer the laugh at 10:10

[@davidkglevi]

As someone who is not a native english speaker (Swedish) I do cherrish when there is caller, because that makes me appreciate the fact that Rick and Steve at least try to come across as somewhat audible and coherent. And that their accents aren't as strong as they could've been. Like Rick's mom. Love her accent!

[@bretn7]

Love how Karl dreads getting tons of money and travelling and afew years later does idiot abroad and becomes a millionaire 😂

[@Christoff070]

Genius Abroad Crouching Moron, Hidden Genius

[@karimC35]

Not a millionaire he’s skint atm

[@saraha5510]

This is slightly out of date. He did make a lot of money around the time of An Idiot Abroad, but Companies House shows that his limited company only made £67k of profit in the year to 31 March 2022.

[@alexiscondit898]

​@@saraha5510 so you think he's still getting that check off Suzanne?

[@MrElephantBeach]

I have a feeling money caused their falling out. Karl would complain about not seeing the money from the shows and Ricky told him to be patient. It seemed like Karl being Karl but I think he was serious. Then he did Moaning of Life which was basically An Idiot Abroad but without Ricky and Steve getting a cut.

[@davidkglevi]

"It wasn't really entertaining." Almost twenty years later and millions of listenings.

[@janderson2709]

'Everyone's at it... Oh you mean knocking' Hahahaha brilliant

[@anirudjampana3004]

Awfully suspicious that Ricky doesn't say anything during that interview with the Russian band

[@mrdex8527]

Anirud Jampana ya I know right! What's the go with that? 🤔

[@Asidders]

Ya, ya... DA.

[@jessemiles2426]

same with the Chris Martin one but then at the end he says "yeah seeya later Chris" - so i guess there's nothing to be suspicious about it?

[@akayakayz]

Wi like di moff soo much that di knob is no good fo us.

[@no7581]

i wish all interviewers would let their guests talk freely 😂

[@kieranflaherty3316]

46:19 Just highlighting my favourite moments for future watches. See you all next cycle

[@maxwatt5938]

I love these. They always replemish my health.

[@jessemiles2426]

Steve is obsessed with the idea that all the internet is good for is discussing which episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is your favourite and i can't think of anything more 2003

[@masonj910]

Where does he say that

[@chriswakefield9538]

I've never heard that.

[@Intercosmicduckmonkey]

52:42 “everyone’s at it” 😂😂 never understood the hate for Steve, he’s always quality in these things

[@33hegemon]

30:18 Can he hear us? Well I can see why you cut him off.

[@Driftking859]

Worryingly I remember that poem off heart as well

[@enterthenoid9438]

I love how Ricky always gets happy when sweet home Alabama comes on

[@mrdex8527]

I laugh myself to sleep too, when i listen to these shows (after i go to hugh phase for some potatoas n bread) 😂

[@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere]

sorry what is this? Dublin in the 17th century?

[@smilezor]

the more i hear them talk about the sony's, the more i relise "regular" radio is rubbish

[@kevinflemming1982]

It's not necessarily rubbish. National radio just has to be very, very careful about many things. Their audiences are vastly larger than XFM's. You can't go around saying "shit, tit, bollocks" and such on BBC Radio 1 or 2. They have long-standing reputations as quality broadcasters to uphold. You expect professionalism from them. Whereas Ricky's independent XFM show simply doesn't care about what is said. Otherwise, they would have been shut down a long time ago. Saying that, obviously I think Ricky's show is better. The fact it's a complete mess, with swearing all over the place combined with taboo subjects, makes it far more entertaining. But that won't win any awards at swanky events. They're not tailored for this kind of radio.

[@Scallion_D]

@De Profundis Yep. Mostly shite.

[@MarkWhippy]

Are millions of people listening to dr fox’s podcast 20 years later?

[@VickyVicky-di2kl]

Mark Whippy 2 years later...he meant Natalie Imbruglia but called her Natalia. I can’t work out his mumblings straight after😂🤷🏽‍♀️

[@ilikerice5208]

Well he was also accused of sexual assault...he got off with it but you know

[@deltaframes-os4km]

almost definitely not

[@philfifield7699]

Personally like the sips of coffee mid conversations

[@livelifeincolour]

I think they're probably drinking tea😏

[@studkickass513]

@@livelifeincolour Definitely, lol. But I do love it as well!

[@SweetandFitting]

Wine for Ricky.

[@rockymarciano8981]

'We have talked about string, on the show...'

[@jacobtanswell3601]

That “what can you do” like cracks me up😂😂 55.15

[@lukecharles3880]

I personally think this is way funnier than any other radio station. Better than BBC Radio 2, just love the unprofessional state of it compared to anything mainstream

[@DDoig1]

13:27 "Placibow" :D

[@bigman25plus25]

Do you know what makes this show? After the success of The Office, Ricky and Steve were totally secure. They had NOTHING to prove or lose. So it was just a bunch of mates unwinding... you can't buy that. Oh, and Karl.

[@Asidders]

That is a great point. Karl's just not bothered.

[@Atlivecomuk]

This is defenetly one of my favourite ones. I feel the worse they seem to ricky and Steve the funnier they are.

[@its22dm1]

23/24 years later and we are still listening to it, How wrong Dr. Fox was ... those shows that won the sony awards are long forgotten and no one listens to them ... this however lives on!!

[@StickyManMaxxx]

where'd yer get the money from? never thee mind.

[@KL_Stereo]

LOOK AT KARL'S FACE - I think that's up there with the other all time greats

[@KirkWilson86]

Janice Cresanova LOOK AT 'IS LITTLE FACE!!!

[@thecurmudgeon3131]

Never thee mind.

[@mrdex8527]

The Curmudgeon i found that comment quite funny

[@JSCwrd]

Bodgit, wibble and podge

[@DrummerBoy233]

This series is archived on Spotify. I started it when I contracted COVID-19 in February 2022 and finished it a year later. I listened to it for my drives to work in the morning. One of *many* things I remember from these sessions was when Ricky "impersonated" t.A.T.u., and laughing so hard in the car and willing myself not to crash it.

[@dale2442]

8:44 - “but it’s going cold” 22:25 - “went to Hugh Fay’s”

[@CDbiggen]

Thank you, needed to hear the lapdancing bit 😆

[@williamsmith666]

"You Vayz."

[@billbill5540]

Ricky sounds like a nightmare to be around when he gets goin

[@ZacsGoals]

Haha yeah agreed mate

[@indecentproposal9473]

check out the behind the scenes stuff of him tormenting his friend Robin.

[@jamescrampsey2348]

52:40 One of Merchant's best lines

[@joshcook6431]

I wonder how many of the radio shows that won awards still have a whole community of listeners over 10 years after production.

[@PaddyRoon7]

41:31 Karl trying to seem nonchalant about bringing up Cheap as Chimps is so perfect

[@jenanahulu]

This played at half speed is blowing my mind

[@mrdex8527]

Jennifer Nahulu just tried it my.mind.is.blown too 💣

[@kevinflemming1982]

Haha, Ricky mumbles even more now but it really works quite nicely. I could understand if he was drunk lol.

[@julianblower6330]

ricky and steve sound different..... karl sounds the same xD

[@basejumper01]

"We have talked about string though" 😅😅😅😂😂😂

[@eviola11]

Tornados mainly happen in Kansas to Ricky because he watched Wizard of Oz

[@trippplefive]

"you can't have your cake and eat tit"... hah, Ricky shut that down pretty quickly.

[@1HUSEINKAPETAN1]

+trippplefive Would have loved to hear the rest :P

[@KirkWilson86]

trippplefive play a record, let me talk to you about puns..

[@HopeVJustice]

Hehe! "No bot... I'm jos' sayin'.."

[@Asidders]

You CAN have your cake and eat tit. You idiot. Play a record.

[@tuttosalve8352]

Why?

[@eviola11]

Imagine any kid asking their parents "where was I conceived" lmao

[@NatalieTallulah]

"Talk about Jimmy Saville."

[@studkickass513]

Saw this thinking, "What?" Then I heard it, at that moment. LOL

[@VLAD_P_]

Has anyone heard of Joe & Twoggy ?? I want to look up their podcast ..

[@MaddAddamx]

55:00 I absolutely love how they're all talking about Karl's erection and the next song that is played is Life on Mars by David Bowie, with the opening line being 'It's a god awful small affair'.Planned or not, it's hilarious!

[@Asidders]

I absolutely love that one where they talk about 'You never see a black ghost' and they immediately play 'Hope There's Someone' which ends in a haunting 'ooooooooooh' 🤣

[@bourneultamatum]

Almost definitely not planned but you're right, absolutely hilarious! Nothing seems planned on this show 😂

[@erizzle67]

38:45 The fledgling conception of An Idiot Abroad.

[@Shifter22]

Little does he know! 🤣

[@GenericGooner]

It just goes to show doesn’t it... twiggy and whoever in the midlands get the silver, meanwhile the Ricky gervais show lives on forever in several locations, listened to repeatedly by many nearly 20 years later. Karl Pilkington wasn’t appreciated in his time, he certainly is now 😂

[@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere]

I think it was Joe and Twiggy. They were funny

[@studkickass513]

If ever Dr. Fox proved he knows absolutely nothing, it was this episode.

[@jamesandres7142]

Surely that was a joke though, I struggle to believe that the Dr Fox part was real.

[@Nickersons-Theme]

@@jamesandres7142 yeah, it was a bit of a skit just

[@1984ekul]

@@jamesandres7142 It’s real. Watch the Brass Eye “paedogeddon” episode, in which Foxy was famously tricked into claiming that paedophiles share more genes in common with crabs than they do with other humans. Obviously this interview with him was edited and cut to sound funnier (I doubt that Gervais actually asked him to check a lump), but the guy is an idiot.

[@Kmd-qp4kw]

Sorry! What was this, Dublin in the 17th century.

[@carlcornish2086]

I wonder if someone ever did send in an answer on a postcard

[@williamritson4871]

This is one of the best episodes!

[@lauriecallaghan5741]

is ricky just HAMMERED after 30? he's my hero!

[@studkickass513]

In a minute, in a minute *sigh* Every time 🤣🤣🤣

[@gagfails4985]

Very entertaining for me,hilarious, this guy is delusional 😅😅😅 love you guys😊😊😊

[@gavinforsyth321]

Gervais wrote that poem 100%

[@HeatyFrog]

"Music in this video: Sweet Home Alabama, from the album Sahara: Music From and Inspired By The Motion Picture" KZbin knows even less about the music than the DJs that are on in the week

[@amandasmailes6806]

I love how Ricky says “But we have talked about string” 😂😂😂😂

[@TheOllieXD]

55:27 Steve- 'We'll squeeze them in' That's genius! 😂 😂

[@Mrpandaaable]

TheOllieXD I don't get it?

[@TheOllieXD]

@@Mrpandaaable I think Steve was making a joke/ play on words about the fact that Karl was unable to get his jeans on in the story he had just told

[@chongillespie]

i wonder how many are listening to old dr. fricks episodes 20 years later

[@justinkline8437]

"And their lyrics."

[@ethanfay4066]

13:45 this is very much like the Christmas specials of the office when they go back to Brent after the office, has to have been inspiration

[@julienblower7452]

Tracey Emin - make yer bed! Damien Hirst - stop cuttin up sharks n things! um... Picasso - yalrigh'?

[@studkickass513]

Sometimes I say this when people around me are being snobby about art. They always just stare at me..... I wonder why 🤔

[@scottmroberts]

I wonder if Suzanne ever got her trip to Egypt now Karl's made some good money

[@martingraham8418]

Why are there so many comments that think Dr. Fox was being serious? How do you listen to a show like this and think he's not playing along? I'm curious what other jokes/irony go over your head while listening to this show.

[@stupidofeckoff3635]

fox is exactly the type of loser who would be jealous of the success of a show that puts no effort in, and exactly the type of loser who did not vote for them in the sony awards. it's also obvious that gervais and merchant have no respect for Fox or his style.

[@greatwhitnorth]

Stupido feckoff you're an idiot

[@greatwhitnorth]

Martin Graham it's amazing isn't it? I can't believe that people believe it's serious

[@stupidofeckoff3635]

obviously i think you're a moron yourself. pointless

[@stupidofeckoff3635]

Do you even know who dr fox is? I bet you had never heard of him. Silly American. Your opinion doesn't even count (apart from to suggest the truth is probably the opposite of whatever you think).

[@lXxfroggyxXl]

Cheers for uploding these

[@ThePaynes2022]

But it's going collllldddd!!!!

[@ritchyfox]

the Hindenburg quote - ah the humanity - is taken from Larry Sanders, it is such a funny line. I laugh every time.

[@Bob_Piss]

52:40 "Everyone's at it" ... one of my favorite of Steve's stealthy lines.

[@fettster279]

9:54 what you came for

[@enemywithin1295]

Thank you so much

[@cerealfamine1]

It's going cold!

[@scorebagmuncher7670]

the end of the first song and the introduction seems so smooth for some reason

[@Voduke789]

The real question is, what is Karl's destiny?

[@WollongongWacko]

Will he bleed the blood of greed?

[@Sheriff_GrimLaw]

+WollongongWacko Is that the reason why he had to die?

[@haydenrudland1760]

To have boiler problems for the rest of his life😂

[@thepontiacbandit7874]

He wouldn’t know, cos he never plans for anything.

[@kevinbetancourt9033]

48:10 you had the girls in and that. Dead of laughter

[@HookedonChronics]

Plenty of tornados hit Texas, Ricky.

[@pepijnverdonck6540]

The bath-chicken story is fantastic, Ricky trying to change the subject

[@geniebison]

Caligula.

[@jackbicknell4711]

That Dr fox segment was absolutely hilarious