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I finally started listening to Ricky Gervais' podcast. Everyone said it was hilarious, and I was like, yeah, right. But I listened to the first episode, where Ricky chats with his buds Karl Pilkington and Steve Merchant. Karl starts talking about how NASA sent monkeys into space during the late 50s and early 60s. Pilkington starts inventing his own pseudo-science around the space monkeys; he thinks NASA invented a banana machine for Pavlovian responses to button mashing. Gervais and Merchant are flabbergasted at Pilkington's total disregard for history and science. I think the Guardian website sums it up:
Karl Pilkington, unencumbered by any meaningful degree of intellect, continues to elicit exasperation and exultation in equal measure from Ricky Gervais and Steve Merchant.
I have to wonder if all this is for real. Do they rehearse this at all before they sit down to record the podcast? They have a monkey segment each episode, so they must come up with a list of topics or news. Please reply if you know the inside scoop. Whether it's real or not, this is the funniest podcast ever made. I was listening to it in my office and I had tears streaming. Nuff said.
External Link:
Guardian Unlimited: Ricky Gervais podcast
Ricky Gervais Website
its all real. you have to go back and find thier original radio shows together from a few years back (they were on UK's XFM and i believe the shows are all available on the web still)...
hilarious stuff.
Thanks for the reply, that's good to know. This is the funniest thing I've ever heard. I laugh out loud at each and every podcast, and I even laugh just recalling what Karl said. The other day I was waiting for the train and I started cracking up. People thought I was nuts.