Ladies, gentlemen, mancs. This month marks a momentous milestone: the 20 year anniversary of Ricky, Steve and Karl. Their first broadcast together went out on XFM in Sep 2001, and we’ve been falling asleep to them ever since. Did you ever think you’d be listening obsessively to a 20 year old radio show? And will we still be doing so in another 20? Long live RSK!

@hublotkingcole683

2 жыл бұрын

What an era. Since 2009.

@mr.100rupees3

2 жыл бұрын

True

@jbri1

2 жыл бұрын

I got my 18-year-old nephew into it so the next generations will probably keep it going

@thepontiacbandit7874

2 жыл бұрын

And where’s Dr Fox now?? Is anyone listening to his inane - same old, same old shite - 20 years later?? It’s a rhetorical question! I know the answer is no! And Steve laughed when the producer of the Radio 2 Christmas specials said ‘people might want to listen again’.

@NoHateLikeChristianLove

2 жыл бұрын

I’m from a rural former-confederate area in the US. I can’t remember how or why (it was when I forced myself to listen to different perspectives) and I was HOOKED! Ricky was a big fan of Opie & Anthony (ft. Jim Norton) and he fit in well with them. It’s the show where he said “this is the greatest job/show ever! It’s not work it’s just funny guys hanging out and bullshitting”. There’s a podcast called “The Chip Chipperson Podacast” and he did a little bit for it that was hilarious, and Gervais mentioned how good it was. This, Stern, O&A, Ron and Fez, podcasts like Hollywood Handbook, Chip Chipperson, Bonfire, Comedy Bang Bang, You Know What Dude, are the last bastions of this type of show.

here we go again...who else ;)

Goodnight fellow Dilkingtons

I'm an italian guy that just found by pure chance a small 1 minute animated clip of Ricky, Karl and Steve. Intrigued and amused, i clicked on the next one, and the next one. Then i discovered that there was a whole show with 20 minutes long animated episodes. I devoured all 3 seasons of the animated series in a couple of days. By then i fell in love with the 3 of them, and discovered the Karl tv shows and this XFM series. So i'm now watching An Idiot Abroad for the first time (currently watched the first two episodes) and i just started listening to this series. I can't get enough of Karl and the way Ricky and Steve interact with him. I'm so glad i stumbled across them and i'm now a big fan!

@odinsplaygrounds

3 жыл бұрын

I went the same route. Just finished all 3 seasons of the animated show.. and now I'm here.

@bigman25plus25

2 жыл бұрын

and, arguably, the XFM shows are their best product

@jonnysupreme

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the club mate! Good luck for Italy in the world c.... Ohh, yeah.

@reallystraightguy2716

2 жыл бұрын

Downloads of Steve's radio show are out there as well. Not as good as these but still well worth listening to.

@1000000man1

Жыл бұрын

Karl has also gone on to do his own shows "The Moaning of Life" and "Sick of It"

Ricky to Karl, "I wouldn't want to wind you up to a point of frenzy" oh how things changed..

@OFWelsh

7 жыл бұрын

"Well you do, and everyone knows that. Honestly. You do me head in."

@HopeVJustice

7 жыл бұрын

Possibly the biggest lie in the history of.. everything!!! Seconded only by : "Right!!! That's the end of that feature!!!" :p

@briantrowbridge8134

5 жыл бұрын

Dude same thought i had. I've gone through these several times and i totally forgot he said that

@epictoad1145

3 жыл бұрын

Nice profile picture.

@shirtstealer86

2 жыл бұрын

”was it something I said?”

7 years of listening to these xfm shows on rotation. Not sure how I'm going to explain to a potential future partner that I have to listen to these shows in bed...

@youweechube

6 жыл бұрын

you dont explain, you just put it on

@bullman86

5 жыл бұрын

10 years for me. Started with the podcasts and I listen to Ricky every night for bed

@briarrose3687

5 жыл бұрын

If you’re a match then they will enjoy it too ☺️😊

@foxc8646

5 жыл бұрын

“Do your own thing see if she joins in”

@2109917162

5 жыл бұрын

My girlfriend isn't happy but I do it anyway. Compromise. Have it low volume.

I remember listening to this on my way to school, doing my GCSEs. I'm now 25, living in my own flat and working full time. Nothing changes. I just wish I could erase my memory and listen to it all for the first time again

@SunnyDays00

4 жыл бұрын

Haha. That is great. Well done you! I have listened to them through sad times and back to happy times and they help me cope. They keep me company when I go to give my horses hay at 3am on a cold morning. They keep me company while cleaning stalls, cooking, shopping etc

@Reqnr

3 жыл бұрын

I discovered these and the podcasts properly while I was at uni.. now 10+ years later I'm still listening ;)

@thatromanfella8377

3 жыл бұрын

Im listening to it for the first time, for you brother

@lilme7052

2 жыл бұрын

Well done

@the0nlytrueprophet942

10 ай бұрын

Agreed mate. Good times

If I was to ever meet Ricky, Steve or Karl, I'd love to show them the comments on this KZread channel. The countless number of people commenting on how many times they've run through this series, or the weird subculture of people that fall asleep listening to the podcasts. I just think it's a great community and one that they could look at and feel proud of how much they have influenced people's lives. Thanks Man Moth

@The_ZeroLine

4 жыл бұрын

Ollie H-A They’d be slightly horrified and laugh at you. So, I wouldn’t recommend telling them “I’m part of this group of people that listen to you over and over again.”

@Scallion_D

3 жыл бұрын

Weird innit.

@lewisnunn2093

2 жыл бұрын

Man moth is the messiah

@thesprawl2361

Жыл бұрын

Also the number of people who mention how they've used RSK episodes as a salve for their depression.

@thesprawl2361

Жыл бұрын

....Just noticed exactly that kind of comment two below this one, pure coincidence

Been listening to these since I was 17 & I’m 28 now. Amused at Ricky saying ‘I wouldn’t want to wind you up in to a frenzy’ and then thinking about the years that followed.

This radio has two big things I look for in a radio show, it is both fly and dope.

@speedrob

6 жыл бұрын

I was expecting you to mention Steve's goggle-eyes :)

@jessemiles2426

6 жыл бұрын

Num47 😂😂😂

@WollongongWacko

5 жыл бұрын

High five!

I suffered depression for 10 years and I accidently came upon these shows on xfm.id never laughed more at anything in my whole life.i started looking forward to Saturday afternoons.probably the highlight of my week.thank you Ricky,Steve and of course Karl.and now I can listen whenever.

@jamiel.harding4554

2 жыл бұрын

They’re such a great relief, aren’t they? These XFM episodes should be medically prescribed.

@johnsmithjnr9628

Жыл бұрын

I neverr get sick of these haha

@kygodragon4782

4 ай бұрын

Congratulations, you reading this has just changed your life. I suffered from depression for 16 years... Then one day I woke up and it was gone. I am the proof depression isn't forever. 16 years of a way, suddenly gone for no reason at all. I got lucky. I hope you do to.

For some reason I come back to this podcast every year around Sept-ish time and listen throughout winter. It’s like listening to old friends talk and even the comments have a strong sense of community lol. Brings me real comfort in a time of year that can be pretty shitty

@donkeyteethbites

5 ай бұрын

I discovered them in like 2005 on accident online. I regularly go back and listen through all the xfm shows, podcasts specials everything. Still as funny to me today as they were almost 20 years ago. Rockbusters forever

@lilme7052

2 ай бұрын

Like A Christmas Carol.

4:28 - The irony of the years to come "I wouldn't want to wind you up to the point of frenzy"

4:18 Karl: "But I look normal." Interesting how this is so early in their relationship that Ricky and Steve don't even pick up on the fact that this is an insult about Steve's looks. 😂 One season later, Ricky would start stirring right away after that comment.

Here we go again!

@sarahfrost2118

8 жыл бұрын

+Joel Cameron i literally just commented the exact same thing and 2 seconds later i saw you beat me to it :( lmao

@Wingless-

8 жыл бұрын

Sarah Frost We may come from different walks of life, but at least we're all bound together by our appreciation of some bald little twat from Manchester with a head like a fucking orange.

@Wingless-

7 жыл бұрын

Has it really been ten months?

@matthewbowen517

7 жыл бұрын

It's been another ten months now

@chrismac4441

5 жыл бұрын

Yep back on it again. It's been a year

I listened to these so many times, I can no longer think straight...

@artbychristine

8 жыл бұрын

I now say "went for a wander" and "init?" .This is getting scary... 😂😂

@someone13364

8 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, me too

@HopeVJustice

7 жыл бұрын

Anyone catch themselves saying squoze instead of squeezed? :o

Imagine if these were never even recorded at the time they were going out live. It's amazing that they decided to record them in the first place.

@turdburglar123

2 жыл бұрын

It's all thanks to one guy (Richard Hare) who recorded and preserved these shows- XFM had a policy of literally just throwing away recordings at the time so we wouldn't have any of the XFM stuff if it wasn't for him!

@absinthe_apostle

19 күн бұрын

So does that mean that Mr. Hare just wasn't able to record the first few weeks and the beginning of this hour? Tantalizing to think there's more out there

I try to find other things to listen to while I'm working, but I always come back to these.

@SunnyDays00

4 жыл бұрын

Moi aussi. If anyone has alternative things to mix in please share

@JHA854

3 жыл бұрын

@@SunnyDays00 Peter Crouch Podcast is good if you are into football but it is not very serious or on topic, anyone can listen to it

@adamjoefan545

Жыл бұрын

Might be a bit late for you, but I have a channel where I'm posting Adam & Joe XFM shows, from when they started to cover for Ricky, Steve & Karl in 2003 through to 2006, I'm currently at late 2005. They are very funny, a very different style to RSK but some lol moments. I've listened to RSK and A&J on a loop most days for a good 10 years now! A&J helps to lengthen the loop! Taking the opportunity to advertise and maybe get some subscribers. If anyone does listen, do let me know what you think of the channel. kzread.info/dron/E64QHGdmrj0PHx1KolOYsQ.html

@adamjoefan545

Жыл бұрын

@@SunnyDays00 See my reply

@SunnyDays00

Жыл бұрын

@@adamjoefan545 I don't see.it

Hello everyone just want to say its nice to see you all again back at the start, as a fellow fan for 20 years I would like to say I think the reason we love listening to these is because Ricky, Steve and Karl are like Misfits, at the time they were doing the shows XFM was like the teenage angst station, alternative and different and these 3 were just 3 ordinary blokes nothing to gain, nothing to lose, sure Ricky and Steve wrote the office but apart from that they were genuine. Ricky was a man who dropped out of alot and just did what he liked, Steve was the nerdlinger that no one would hang out with and Karl was the odd northerner we can relate too on occassion. What I'm trying to get at is that we enjoy the shoddyness of the show format because thats reality to us and we can laugh at the tripe that they come out with like mates in a pub. I will end this by saying I am glad Man Moth uploaded these shows, it brings us all together, some of us are lonely, some of us sleep and some work to these shows.

@tetsuoshima7385

Жыл бұрын

Well said👍🏻☺️

I'm leaving this comment as I start from the beginning once more!! 😂😍 Cannot count how many times I've listened through these shows, podcasts, specials etc.. I'll find this comment once I've done another rotation. See you soon folks! Night night!

15:55 “I’ve offended someone, which I don’t like to do” - Ricky Gervais, 2002 How things change!

@reecemysocksoff

2 жыл бұрын

Why yes, I AM here for my yearly re-listen, thanks for asking

@kygodragon4782

4 ай бұрын

Clearly you don't actually understand Ricky at all... He doesn't like offending anyone which is true, but when he does he doesn't give a shit. There is a massive difference.

*Need a break from the 2020 madness? Welcome. You won't be disappointed 😆*

will i ever get tired of this shows? (5 years in rotation)

@wiitard123

5 жыл бұрын

2012 for me

@miriamrowlands

5 жыл бұрын

Are you still going tho?

Wine poured, time for another round of xfm.

Time for another go around

I'll never tire of hearing Steve snorting and snarfing at his own joke at Suzanne's expense, to absolute silence, then Karl nailing him.

@104ist

8 ай бұрын

i think that’s karl’s laugh though at 4:55

I'm diving in for the first time, wish me luck chaps.

@kingofAwsomness

4 жыл бұрын

What do you think of it?

@lackedpuppet9022

4 жыл бұрын

Don't leave us hanging! We have to know what you thought of it.

@gowkie3940

4 жыл бұрын

@@lackedpuppet9022 I'm fundamentally changed as a human

@samdent4602

3 жыл бұрын

MOUTHBREATHER the return of a king only a year and a half later, we love to see it

@scottmroberts

3 жыл бұрын

Two years later, I bet you're still falling asleep to these in bed

back on the merry go round. this must, genuinely be my 30+time :/

@TheBunniechannel

8 жыл бұрын

Its kind of depressing isnt it? im full of shame and self loathing but still know its not going to be the last time....

@stfnkblm6738

7 жыл бұрын

This is my only real addiction. 30+ here too.

@chloechapman9510

7 жыл бұрын

Same here and I ain't even ashamed :D

@TheCamorra2011

7 жыл бұрын

11 years for me. so many goes round and random eps.....making me sad how long ago this was now though

@briantrowbridge8134

5 жыл бұрын

Its gotta be at least my 12th

Just finished the Guides to, and now it's back to the beginning!

“I wouldn’t wanna wind you up to the point of frenzy” - he must’ve forgotten those words over the next 10 years 😂😂😂

Back for another round 😂

I tend to do all the XFM shows , then the special ones like the NME and fame and podfather ones or radio 2 stuff , then Ricky's guide too's , a few compilations , then back to xfm

@winocarpenter

2 жыл бұрын

This is pretty much my exact routine

@perfektdolli

2 жыл бұрын

Yep same

Whenever I hear Ricky say 'I wouldn't really want to wind you up to the point of frenzy', my mind always does a CUT TO.

i love the early episodes where they get to know karl

@Sightation

4 жыл бұрын

YES. It's the evolution of Karl. Very organic. LOVE IT!

Just as amazing as the first time I listened, back again.

@dylan552

7 жыл бұрын

Didn't think I'd see you here

@TrippyFox

7 жыл бұрын

WAIT WHAT AHAHA HELLO

@gang6009

7 жыл бұрын

+Dylxn LIVING MEME

15 year anniversary today!

@Ziip47

7 жыл бұрын

PanikGrafik wow how time flies. How the world has changed.

@FatboySim

6 жыл бұрын

Ziip47 911

Spotify let me down, ManMoth never would

Bout time for another binge who's in?

"you sort of look normal" "I wouldn't want to wind you up" Lol

Here we go again. Love it.

Back again for another listen. Never gets old.

Today is the 20th anniversary of this show!

Here we go again. Sleep well all x

I can't believe its 20 years since this

"Karl, I'm glad you brought this up. Because, for me, a lightweight frothy entertainment show on a Saturday afternoon is exactly the place where I want to discuss the desperate, lonely future that's inevitably coming my way." 🤣🤣🤣

Man alive , Steve uses the same arbitrary words all the time- it's ludicrous!

@patrickohaodha8743

6 жыл бұрын

Steve "arbitrary" Merchant

@josh8161

5 жыл бұрын

Stephen “China town is merely a novelty street”

@crispycronch

5 жыл бұрын

nicely done

@singalexsong

5 жыл бұрын

Pudding Brain interminable........

@lechill6920

4 жыл бұрын

thats got to be libellous

After years of watching these guys, the speed at which the very first episode in the very first series escalates into arguments and shittalking never ceases to amaze me. Karl lashing out at Steve after only 5 mins on air lol

@thesprawl2361

Жыл бұрын

This isn't the first episode, I don't know why it's labelled as such. Karl makes a lot of very tentative, quiet appearances before he gets fully going like he does here. I think the first ep is two months before this.

“I wouldn’t really want to wind you up to the point of frenzy.” Thankfully Ricky didn’t stick to that.

Shows so often take a season or two to find their feet, but I love how this is brilliant straight out the gate. Strong start with the Jungle Book review and Karl havin a go at Steve, absolutely legendary.

@sneezydeezymcdeluxe7015

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not so sure about that. After watching the Ricky Gervais show a few times, this honestly seems pretty dull and aimless. Yes, I know the Ricky Gervais show spliced parts from different episodes into a certain theme, but this kind of feels like they're winging it. Even Ricky said he was disappointed in himself and that he'd bored himself. I REALLY want to enjoy this series because I absolutely love the animated show. I'll keep listening to the next ones but I hope it improves.

@allenjlap

2 жыл бұрын

@@sneezydeezymcdeluxe7015 it definitely gets better, I think it peaks towards the end of series 2 and series 3

At least my 40th go around, been listening for 3 years

@DDoig1

6 жыл бұрын

Man alive!

@Scallion_D

3 жыл бұрын

Weird innit.

Here we are again, lads. One more time around the sun.

Wish they still did stuff together. Watched and listened to everything they do. Idiot abroad , ladies man, Derek etc. Karl is my fave

4:30 "I wouldn't really want to wind you up to a point of frenzy" That soon changed!

in this episode when Ricky says he wouldn't want to properly wind karl up LOL how things changed!!

Possibly my 4th run through all of these. They just never get old and I'm still certain I'll end up hearing something I haven't heard yet, falling about laughing when I least expect it.

Back once again. I've lost count now how many rotations this has had for me.

“I really wouldn’t want to wind you up to a point of frenzy” … Ricky definitely changed his mind there.

3 weeks of summer vacation, its that time again, fourth year running. Lets go!

Who’s here after the Spotify playlists were taken down?

@AA-hg5fk

7 ай бұрын

Nope, never listened to them on Spotify.

I'm here starting at series one episode one for the hundredth time but this year in preparation for the RSK Convention on 10th September 💃👌🏼

Let's start the endless cycle of listening to them all over again

These never get old

been listening to all these on loop every night in bed since summer 2010. still never gets old xD

I used to listen to these when I was working in Winsor. Bombing round in the work van with this on the radio. Every saturday. Happy times man. Cheers for the upload

Cant believe these were 20 years ago... Wish they'd make more

here we go again!

Just leaving my comment as I restart this again. Want to see how long it takes.

@jackamodo

6 жыл бұрын

iTemp you still going?

@FatboySim

6 жыл бұрын

Init I wanna know

@jackamodo

6 жыл бұрын

Haha I've just realised it's rich 😂

@kevinflemming5928

6 жыл бұрын

Dickers!

@janhuda8841

5 жыл бұрын

How long did it take?

Mad how addictive these are. Finished my first ever loop of all things RSK and now still feel tempted to listen to it all over again like everyone else says. The XFM stuff especially.

@kygodragon4782

4 ай бұрын

That's cute. Im on my 74th loop. Some of us are pretenders, some of us are actual fans.

@Scallion_D

4 ай бұрын

@@kygodragon4782 Erm okay. Thanks for telling me.

Hes done it again, hes done you again...

Steve’s response to Karl’s dig is brilliant

I've been listening to these since about 2010.

The lost episodes that come before this one are worth more than gold. If someone ever finds a recording of them and puts them online, they will be a venerated hero in the Ricky Gervais Show community.

@ethanlee1199

5 жыл бұрын

It's enough to drive a man mad, searching for those lost shows.

@Scallion_D

3 жыл бұрын

Seems like a lost cause. 😔

@kygodragon4782

4 ай бұрын

You want them? Then pay me. I ain't giving you something that's worth gold for free.

I've heard various "best bits" and feature compilations, but now it's time to listen to it all, in it's entirety, from the start. Thank you Man Moth!

@kygodragon4782

4 ай бұрын

Well done mate, I'm on my 78th repeat. Some of us are real fans and some of us pretend to be.

@MaddAddamx

4 ай бұрын

@@kygodragon4782 So my initial comment was over 8 years ago. I now listen to the XFM shows most days. I'm essentially Sturgiss now, and this is my skag.

“Steve just back announce that for us”… here we go again!

My god, I was only 5 when this first broadcasted!

@Scallion_D

3 жыл бұрын

I was 12. Weird innit.

Turned 18, decided why not start my 4th go round. Feeling a bit adventurous so I might even sit through the Claire Sturgess ones

God knows how many times I’ve listened to these, but I’m back again

1st time for me !! Watched The Ricky Gervais Show x 2 and now in lockdown i’ve got all these to enjoy 😊😊

@LittleWittleKitty

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the endless cycle

Starting another round on 8/25/2021! 8 years of listening for me and it never gets old.

@praxis7240

2 жыл бұрын

Back again on 12/21/21!

Round 3. I listen to it when im in bed when i try to get to sleep but its just way too good to sleep to. Fucking brilliant

I've lost count of how many times I've gone through the XFM saga. Here I go again.

HE'S DONE YOU AGAIN STEVE

"I wouldn't really like to wind you up to a point of frenzy..." What a great opening for Ricky and Karl. A foreshadowing of things to come.

4th time around. Honestly, best radio show ever. Too bad there are a few episodes before this one that have no known recordings. I hope someday someone finds them.

This must be my millionth time around, every single night 365 days a year. I love it

Thanks very much for uploading these, so convenient to have it all on youtube rather than have to trawl through 10-year-old download links most of which are awful quality.

It’s been a little over a year and several go rounds, and I can’t imagine life without these, but I’ve never timed how long it takes, so cheers mates

@winocarpenter

4 жыл бұрын

Jesus. That only took 3 months. Oh well, here we go again, lads.

I do love the high-speed banter between Ricky & Steve

The ending of this episode is by far the best ending of any episode and one of my favourite bits

Restarting again from beginning January 2022. Past few months I've worked through the 'podcasts', specials etc before looping back to the start. Happy new year 🥳🎉

I first watched the ricky gervais show in like 2012, now I've discovered all this on youtube and ik its gonna be a wild ride

I remember quite a few years ago I found a torrent for every xfm show and every thing else they done and listened to it all endlessly and I'm now gonna do it again!

Just finished a full run through all 4 series yestersy.....back round to series 1 again today haha. Must be about my 20th full run through.

These shows really are golden. I love how innocent they all are. It never tries to be anything or pretend to be anything that it’s not. It’s just natural perfection.

I can't even count how many times I've listened. still a legend man moth

Commenting now so I can see how long it takes me to come back again.

@travellingblade3015

5 жыл бұрын

21st November 2018

@travellingblade3015

5 жыл бұрын

27th April 2019

@travellingblade3015

4 жыл бұрын

20th December 2019

@travellingblade3015

4 жыл бұрын

17th May 2020

@travellingblade3015

3 жыл бұрын

10th October 2020

Time to listen again...

Time for the seventh round through. Let's go!

Been listening to these since I was 14 or 15 in high school, now im 22

Right then, new year new round