XFM The Ricky Gervais Show Series 3 Episode 7 - Lanzagrotty

The Ricky Gervais Show Broadcast 13th December 2003.
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[@ryztalksgame6841]

'Garlic Bread' had me in tears 😂😂😂

[@ejayman]

absolute genius

[@_barncat]

@@ejayman i don't get the joke

[@ejayman]

@@_barncat "Garlic Bread" is a classic Peter Kay joke/bit from his stand up. It'll be on youtube!

[@christopherfletcher7754]

I always take comfort in listening to these. Even though these were recorded in the 2000s, it feels like they were recorded yesterday.

[@Nickersons-Theme]

There's some slightly ropey jokes from Gervais and Smerch lol albeit sarcasm and satire, but wouldn't fly at all these days

[@philoebeddo8724]

Apart from the Daniel Bedingfield,Rik Waller,Chris Moyles references. And Dido,Jono Coleman..

[@capnhawkins]

"COME OOOOOON!" "Shut uuuuuup..." Haha a classic Gervais-Pilkington exchange

[@EvilToaster77]

Poor Karl, then again he couldn't get the clue right as Ricky was messing around in Karl's office trying to spray deodorant all over the place. Karl was really annoyed in this episode, as clearly shown when he was reading the last clue in that soft, sad voice: Karl: "The place where yer go, teh...take yer dog a walk 'an that" Ricky: THE..THE...THE PLACE WHERE YER GO, TEH TAKE YER DOG A WALK" Karl: "Oh, forget it then." *Plays a link* And then Ricky and Steve yelling "No do it! Do it!" In the background as Karl fades them out. Haha, brilliant! Makes me laugh every time!

[@michaelharrison5564]

One of my favourite xfm moments

[@timj9944]

Dehh im a broadcastah

[@alexbrooker6922]

@@timj9944 “words are my tool”

[@Scallion_D]

This was brilliant. 😂

[@sneezydeezymcdeluxe7015]

GARLIC BREAD! "What CDs did I get, for working for this place... For 6 YEARS." This is ONE OF the best episodes.

[@Chackravartin]

"his little legs"

[@SpecialOrder935]

The garlic bread bit always makes me laugh

[@tmic4043]

I have heard these all about a million times and they've yet to get old!

[@jimmystooge]

+Liverbird I think it's because they time it takes to listen to all 90 (92?) you've forgotten the first. It's a cyclical thing.

[@feelthejoy]

I laughed out loud at "Phil Colons" even though I knew it was coming

[@mistervanderveer]

Agreed! I think I'm one of the few that has literally listened to these, each and every day, for well over a decade. Used to download them through LimeWire..

[@jessemiles2426]

@@mistervanderveer yeah absolutely! i've been listening on repeat since 2007 :/

[@williamsmith666]

"Gahlic bread?"

[@packlimo]

Midnight before exam... can't resist watching

[@euansmith3092]

+EvoqueG I'm exactly the same I thought I was the only one haha

[@feelthejoy]

"Alright, that's that. Next week, prisms or whatever." LOL

[@HopeVJustice]

[@capnhawkins]

Unit 1: Sex ED Unit 2: Prisms

[@gerardgarvan6388]

classic

[@LiquidShamanMan]

The segment where Karl edits himself into movie scenes are actually quite clever.

[@teebanofilth7495]

All of them are great! Especially when you can hear Ricky laugh in the background

[@stoshrogers9355]

The original deepfake

[@doctorm3518]

garlic bread

[@kraken589]

You can tell Ricky loves them, and he usually hates most of Karl’s features.

[@winocarpenter]

Couldn’t agree more. They’re really good

[@cartmanofsp]

“If I was a milkman you wouldn’t go here’s two bottles of semi skimmed, happy Christmas!” Classic Karl line there when he’s fed up

[@humblescribe8522]

Fair point tbh

[@Reapzehz]

"I don't like moaning" - Karl Pilkington, 2003

[@kevinflemming5928]

I know! Jesus. I don't think he ever stops moaning lol.

[@NatS3703]

InsidiousWolf "not to be critical" - Steven Mitchell

[@catatonicable]

It's a Manc thing inn it......

[@DovahFett]

@Derek Knight Or you, apparently.

[@nohmaanmustafa4413]

3:22 'play a record, you ungratefullittleswiine' 😂😂😂😂😂

[@TamagoTamago77]

Man Moth, you're a champion of the people for loading this series on. Thank You!

[@shecklesmack9563]

I must’ve listened to this a hundred times and 19:02 never fails to make me laugh my ass off. The way he says “it is shite” is the stuff of legend.

[@Tokyodrift5000]

It's brilliant 🤣

[@cartmanofsp]

I need to bake her 😭😭😭

[@leowatkins1518]

On national radio in the afternoon. If this happened in 2023 they’d be cancelled haha

[@robertgettings9290]

Listen to there every night while I try go to sleep. Always end up laughing so I can never get to sleep.

[@0Linerider0forever0]

I literally do exactly the same, these are amazing

[@victoriaduffy7666]

+robert gettings ditto! everynight without fail :P :)

[@mckill85]

Robert Gettings Or I start to drift off and then Ricky screeches and jolts me full awake 😲😲

[@morningcoffeecat2271]

I always dall asleep but then the playlist keeps playing and I forget where I was😁

[@Glozboy22]

Love how Karl always goes 'err...' before reading out the Rockbusters answers, like he's thinking 'right, get this one out quickly so Ricky doesn't notice it's wrong'.

[@HopeVJustice]

Haha definitely

[@KirkWilson86]

Exactly!

[@jackmehoffe9372]

Deli meat tree was a belter

[@jackmarcel8223]

I loved ‘De Trout Spinners’

[@johnfraser9243]

À

[@CAPTUREDNFRACTURED]

I love the way Ricky says "It is 'shite'" 19:05

[@KirkWilson86]

Michael Collins "Notttt true babyyy"

[@mistervanderveer]

"Ohhh, sorry, sooooryyyy, I didn't know it was SHITE"

[@shecklesmack9563]

“That’s not cryptic, that’s shiiiit....”

[@Scallion_D]

It's not weird, it's incompetent.

[@enemywithin1295]

Came looking for this bit. Cheers!

[@IrishGary1]

that moment when Gervais goes "COME ONNNN" AND Karl SAYS "shuuuuuut uppppppp" encapsulates how annoying Ricky can get...So so funny...Rickys laugh never fails to put a smile on my face

[@Katie-tx8rf]

22:02 😂

[@AA-hg5fk]

Ricky's laugh is well annoying! It's so loud!

[@sunnysinghchouhan5319]

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[@sunnysinghchouhan5319]

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[@sunnysinghchouhan5319]

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[@TheMaggotUK]

The way Karl says "...special needs..." at 7:43, trying to get Ricky to laugh 😂

[@josephblackhall]

I’ve never noticed before, but at 57:07 you can hear Steve scream ‘Karl, for goodness sake!’. Each time I start a new round I always hear something in each episode that I never have previously.

[@UltraGinormous]

Same, or I catch a joke that slipped between the cracks

[@jackoenglish2711]

Listening to Ricky introduce Bowie 12 years ago seems fucking nuts now... RIP

[@zedooncadhz]

Rickys voice is twice as loud as the other two. Wish they were levelled so i could fall asleep without ricky cackling

[@biggrocc19]

+zedooncadhz yeah I really don't understand the mixing, in S1 it was exceedingly poor and in S2 it was mixed a lot more professionally, but S3 gets worse? Makes no sense hahaha

[@space3717]

Blame the producer.

[@Scallion_D]

It's shocking. I'm constantly altering the volume control.

[@MrRosstifarian]

@@space3717 he’s not a producer

[@893-RAT-PT-01]

I genuinely think that Steve has always made up what's been said on emails, he's always conveniently on emails 😂

[@blujones3182]

I've wondered that! 🤔 😉

[@jackmehoffe9372]

They probably aren't even dressed

[@ung_anthat]

I have always believed he made up dickers but apparently he has posted on a reddit group. 😂

[@mightybison15]

"I will smite you with my sword" always kills me

[@nampow]

"and that's that.. next week prisms" 😂

[@gdafydd4]

19:03 - the way Ricky says 'shite' gets me every time

[@brianhurley2194]

Ricky's laugh at the end of Scrooge was the best!!!! haha!!!

[@SASKOWWE]

"His little legs" so funny it made karl laugh

[@JakeWilliams283]

Aero-cobbler

[@cartmanofsp]

“Phil colon-s.. Phil-Phil col.” Might be my favourite rockbuster

[@leftsidedrive_]

22:00 "Shut uuuup"

[@notgaryoldman1178]

*PFFAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA*

[@williamsmith666]

"COME ON!!:

[@erizzle67]

Ricky clapping to perk Karl up and yelling "come on!" is one of the most annoying things to have ever been on radio. And he does it's on several episodes. Love that finally here Karl says "shuttt uuuupppp!" through clenched teeth.

[@colmhughes3303]

These are honestly the most addictive thing in the world

[@sctmcg]

This film clip is so clever, honestly. Karl isn't stupid at all. The careful placement of the Bob Marley CD earlier in the show knowing that he'd done it to fit into the clip.

[@ung_anthat]

Yep an absolute genius who thinks there was a census of fish in the sea. 😂 There's plenty of other examples of how stupid he is but I can't be bothered to list them as some people will still think he's a genius.

[@Me-zo8yc]

I'll never get why they never played to his strengths. Rockbusters gets old pretty quickly for me.

[@cornellius702]

​@@Me-zo8ycwell Ricky's reaction is usually quite funny

[@Me-zo8yc]

@@cornellius702 He just gets angry, says we're never doing this again, then does it again. Don't get me wrong I thought it was hilarious at first.

[@cornellius702]

@@Me-zo8yc u don't like monkey news then?

[@aabr335]

The funniest rockbusters. I nearly died the first time I heard Ricky go "RIGHT THIS IS ROCKBUSTERS WITH KARL PILKINGTON GO". One of my favourite moments

[@MrMongoose221]

Am I the only one that was quite impressed with how quickly Ricky came up with a clue to Anita Baker that worked so quick? Was good lol

[@xXxWARvetxXx]

The whole lord of the rings thing is probably these twos what take. I'm certainly not a fantasy fan but loved the lord of the rings trilogy. Also for Steve to have a go at how the so called fans look is certainly brave considering the way he looked

[@Nickersons-Theme]

And considering he said he seen them all because it was a "family thing" apparently, he was definitely pretending not to like em

[@tom-vf1xv]

Putting LOTR in the same league as HP says enough about how clueless they are. And they DO enjoy tripe like celebrity fit club...

[@pushthetempo2]

Whenever someone I know says they went on holiday to Lanzarote, I just smile, nod and think - really?

[@mrdex8527]

Lanzagrote

[@capnhawkins]

You should say "You mean Lanzagrotty?" and see what kinds of looks you get.

[@a_b897]

49:58 and 50:36 Karl always has such specific ages in mind for things like this, in all the episodes whenever he guesses someone’s age it’s always a very specific age like “38”, never “around 40”

[@odw_99]

Am I the only one who loves how annoying Ricky is? I think he makes the show funnier when Karl always complains that "I couldn't concentrate because Ricky was…"

[@Crunch_Buttsteak]

I fully agree

[@ImpulseGenerator]

Agreed. Ricky's enthusiasm, especially about Karl, is incredibly infectious. He was the perfect person to meet Karl. At first I thought his laugh was a bit obnoxious, but now I love hearing it.

[@MrMongoose221]

I also love how Ricky says "You should have shut me out" When he was annoying Karl knowing full way he wouldn't of let that happen lol

[@h6rma]

When you’re putting a Burger King bag on me head

[@Sheriff_GrimLaw]

​@@h6rmaTrying to play the accordion in my ear.

[@derek5395]

I like how Karl says that if he won the lottery he wouldn't want to travel around the world, when he ends up traveling around the world and effectively winning the lottery.

[@jamiel.harding4554]

This episode is one of the top tier ones.

[@GerryBolger]

That has to be the best 'that movie thing' Karl put together. I'd say he picked the Bob Marley CD just so it would work with the movie.

[@ryanwest5551]

"THIS IS ROCKBUSTERS WITH KARL PILKINGTON... GO"

[@VanDamnator65]

"..his little legs.."

[@yacinedaghmoum470]

Bit of Placebo- Special Needs. Ricky laughs haha

[@TheSpl1ce]

Phil Colons.

[@thewildmitchell]

"His little legs" 😂

[@Scallion_D]

Karl's German accent for Aztec Camera sounds a bit like a little Jamaican fella. 😂

[@humblescribe8522]

"Has tek camera"... utter shite.

[@aviramavidan9564]

@22:01 "shuttt uppppp" LOLLLL

[@kieranflaherty3316]

8:15 Don't mind me, I'm just timestamping my favourite moments from each episode for my next round trip!

[@Sean-ce1hu]

If any of you are wondering what word Karl is trying to pronounce its "antediluvian".

[@MST785]

Sean antiquarian

[@jessemiles2426]

@@MST785 no Sean is right x

[@core-nix1885]

He had a point with antediluvian vs old, why use 6 syllables when 1 will do.

[@jamescollins9178]

@@core-nix1885 It specifically means from before the flood from Noah's Ark fame.

[@tigorelloensil3676]

Antibipooean

[@odw_99]

I thought the answer to the last Rockbusters clue was going to be Lickin' Park

[@jessemiles2426]

thats genius! just as good as any Karl has done. although doesn't match the letters :(

[@RighteousBrother]

AP........Lickin Park....Play a record

[@odw_99]

Jesse Miles neither did any of Karl’s😂

[@Kmd-qp4kw]

Oliver Wood Freda Payne springs to mind.

[@odw_99]

Kmd 1973 or Deli Meat Tree

[@philbinpar1]

I always lose it when I hear Karl say "GARLIC BREAD!"

[@capnhawkins]

45:29 "Moaning with bells" is a brilliant summation of A Christmas Carol. Poor people moaning, a rich man moaning about the poor people, and ghosts moaning about the rich person moaning. With bells in the background.

[@MsBedfordshire]

listened to hours and hours of this, good stuff :)

[@angrynorway]

"Next week: Prisms."

[@evanlecarde281]

This is one of the best Rockbusters ever

[@IRNKIND]

"The place where you take your dog a walk and that"

[@williamsmith666]

"Wh-- where you take your a dog a walk and that, or maybe you go there on a Sunday, people might sorta taste that area."

[@XepicgoldfishX]

Probs in the top episodes I would say.

[@matthewgray7384]

‘You paying then?’ ‘Well... yeah.’ ‘You really paying?’ ‘Well, half and half and that...’

[@Ollied]

22:00 LMAO! 'Shut uuuuuuuup'

[@odw_99]

Literally just saw your comment as it happened haha XD

[@ChimozuFu]

This is probably the best episode 😂😂

[@rooty]

For some reason next week prisms always makes me laugh

[@JohnnyLeyenda]

The small bit at 26:43 about roleplaying games always cracks me up, I love how it was still considered such a nerdy thing to do back then even if LoTR and Harry Potter had gone mainstream.

[@slainemccool2875]

I bet Ricky loves the hobbit films seeing as his friend stars in them

[@Aalborg42]

ricky is practically a Hobbit himself

[@humblescribe8522]

Fair play to Karl, the Chrismas Carol is brilliant, especially trailling Bob Marley earlier.

[@Wagoo]

"My Precious! Oh my Precious!" burbled lanky co-writer Stephen Mitchell, his eyes bulging with imagined riches

[@TheTipOffPodcast]

the bit between 22:00 and 23:30 must be the best radio ever

[@Dataleak726]

"I will smite you with my sword" lmao. Steve and Ricky talking about LoTR and D&D kills me.

[@truely12]

I love Steve comparing Ricky to the weather girl during monkey news lol

[@RoteRaum]

Probably the worst Rockbusters of all time

[@a_b897]

I was just going to comment the same thing, of all the times Ricky says that it’s terrible this time it really is awful! But in the best way possible!

[@theholmyg]

I think Karl saved the worst of his Rock Buster clues for the podcasts.

[@evanlecarde281]

This show turned me onto Aimme Mann and Badly Drawn Boy. Great stuff.

[@Livikyu]

Always brings me back to reality whenever they read out an email or web address really slowly and say "all one word"

[@nixkreed2183]

“What albums am I gettin’ for working for this place....for 6 years...alrite?”

[@MR_BIANCONERO]

“If I was the milkman you don’t go have two bottles of semi skimmed.... happy Christmas”

[@zonenuke]

Real tough few days 😞 hoping Karl will help me fall asleep tonight ❤

[@bryskib9412]

Hope these guys did help you and things are getting better now🙂👍

[@zonenuke]

@@bryskib9412 Hey thanks a lot 🙏❤️ and yes it's slowly getting better 🙂

[@a_b897]

Lobe how Karl starts the Scrooge clip by being "Only 20 minutes" late since Rickey and Steve were having a go at him about being 20 minutes late in season 2 one episode, wonder if it's just a councidence!

[@lemaykaka22]

Same... Time is hard to keep when u loop these episodes every night so i just assumed it wasnt long ago they discussed the lateness. Im sure KP meant that. Nearly everything he says in his movie clips have been heard in previous eps!

[@Adelehalsall]

Not a coincidence, he uses these real life exchanges as inspo for the clips 😊

[@Aalborg42]

And that's why birds do it, bees do it Even educated fleas do it Let's do it, let's fall in love

[@jamesgray3204]

18.28 "dogs on tour" ahahah😂😂 gets me everytime

[@dabossishere100]

Love that they're friends with Martin Freeman and hate Lord of The Rings franchise

[@jimmystooge]

+Jonathan James Love how Steve constantly complains about LOTR and he obviously dragged his family along to see it.

[@HeatyFrog]

+jimmystooge What's your evidence for that? If Steve secretly loves LOTR then how come he nails exactly why it's shite? Think

[@Scallion_D]

@@HeatyFrog lol. Exactly.

[@bgu6703]

@@HeatyFrog Evidence? How about fucking common sense. He saw it three times lmaooo he's clearly bsing, absolute dumbass

[@oremstale8558]

@@HeatyFrog except he's wrong. its not shite.

[@imightbewrong_]

I'm going to guesstimate that I'm on my 10th run-through of these. my therapy and sanity helpers.

[@carolynrjackson]

I have never got an xmas bonus anywhere that I have worked! But I still feel Karl's pain in getting 2 CDs!

[@justinkline8437]

I completely agree with Steve on LOTR, especially once the walking trees started talking.

[@Scallion_D]

Yeah he was spot on with that. Loved that segment.

[@CJ-sw8lc]

They're not trees duh - they're ents!

[@metaforically]

Thank you

[@armincartoonist]

Slightly triggers me that these two don't like lord of the rings. :) still love it

[@ez_scents]

The word Karl alludes to @44:00 is antediluvian. Even spell check didn't know it! 😂

[@davidkglevi]

"The orcs and the norcs..." Love Steve!

[@bradleyholdom9677]

I agree with Karl. The US was one of the worst countries I have ever visited, and New York was the worst city in it. 70% of the people were fine, but for a place that claims to be the most free place on earth, it didn't even crack the top 10.

[@phlav10]

Steve "Where was he going?" right before the show ends hahahah

[@Scallion_D]

Lol.

[@corvoattano5820]

22:02 - one of the best moments

[@lobsterairsoft499]

I always liked the way Ricky said "it is shite" in this ep

[@rumbleshakeskin]

The number of words in the English language is: 1,025,109.8. This is the estimate by the Global Language Monitor on January 1, 2014. Antediluvian is the word Karl is talking about which means old.

[@MST785]

Rumbleshakeskin Entertainment I think he meant ‘antiquarian ‘.

[@adamspain9324]

How can u have .8 of a word..?

[@MattySadler]

"Garlic Bread" I think is my favourite thing from this series

[@zrez2241]

Golums the little one that looks like Ghandi.. Yea a computer generated Ghandi.. Is that alright Karl . Cracks me up every time.

[@BNK2442]

And the guy who Ricky saw on a bar playing D&D sounds awesome.

[@bluetimmy24]

22:00 - "Shut up!" - hahaha

[@studkickass513]

Karl - Hasn't eaten or had a drink for 70 years, but he's alright. Ricky - Well that's rubbish then. Karl - It's not rubbish.

[@SunnyGlade]

Have a good christmas and that. All the best. 😂

[@SetYourGoalsFanDan]

Get people in the Christmas mood and that......

[@mckill85]

The baby that ad a baby 😂😂😂