Does It Offend You, Yeah?

This band took its name from a line from this show.

Karl Pilkington Won't Do Another Podcast

Karl Pilkington: The Real Extras

Part 1


Part 2

New Pilkington Podcast

A 41 minute conversation between Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, and Karl Pilkington that was placed on a special disc distributed during Ricky's recent stand-up run has been added to the podcast archives. Subscribe.

For good measure:

Karl Pilkington's 3 Minute Wonders

Holidays (Vacations)
Science
Health
The Zoo

As a bonus, here is Karl on the Culture Show with the utter fox that is Lauren Laverne:

The idea of Karl Pilkington and Mark Kermode having a chat and that is horrifying, immensely horrifying, and everyone involved should be utterly ashamed of themselves.
If you need an idea of Kermode - here.

What The Gervais Shows in New York Were Missing

The First Ever Comedy Review! Ricky Gervais!

Ricky Gervais; Robin Ince
@ Tribeca Performing Arts Center
New York, NY - May 17, 2007

Ricky Gervais made his American stand-up debut as part of the High Line Festival (no Bowie cameos tonight), the first of two nights of prep for his big spectacular at the Theater at MSG on Saturday. Gervais hit the ground running with bits on AIDS and the obese. Then, for a softer touch, he switched to Anne Frank. You can't beat that. Gervais' stand-up is similar though not exact to his approach to television and radio. The generic Gervais persona, an observational comedian who achieves Larry David-like awkwardness sans Jewish neuroses, is enhanced by a more politically incorrect angle. Think early, pre-angry George Carlin, and you get the idea. Unlike the Gervais characters, the stand-up Ricky doesn't get awkward making fun of the Nazis for not being able to find Anne Frank or contemplating what the diagnosis moment was like for the first AIDS patient.
The particular bit about Humpty Dumpty is very Seinfeld-esque but a lot more blue as Ricky is never one to shy away from colorful language. This is also arguably the best bit that he does.
The childhood friend, David Beasley, seems awfully similar to Karl Pilkington. Afterall, wouldn't Karl ask if cannibals would try to get their victim sexually aroused as to ensure more...flesh?
Opener Robin Ince was arguably as funny as Ricky but in a different observational vein. Ince is the English equivalent of a Woody Allen-type. Very self-concious, very neurotic but in a genuinely English way. He's essentially a literate chap who finds himself in precarious situations with, say, street hoodlums. He's also a bit spastic, which helps.

A taste of Ricky:

RICKY GERVAIS IS COMING

I normally don't post much about non-political comedy but I make exceptions for Ricky Gervais. The funniest bloke alive is bringing his stand-up comedy to the U.S. for the first time as part of David Bowie's High Line Festival. As of this posting, there are still tickets available for the Thursday 5/17 performance.

Blue Republic Holiday Special Number 2: The World of Karl Pilkington

2006 was the year of the podcast and of YouTube. No question about it. And the most popular (among the It crowd like those such as myself) merged the two through the video editions of the Ricky Gervais show podcast. The last 3 holiday audio podcasts are free for download here but in the meantime here are the video podcasts and that. Right.