This must be one of the best XFM episodes, with Karl slagging off Suzanne's arse, the beginning of the 'bong' headlines, his 'get me in the book' line, and his best 'Karl in a film' with Ricky's laugh killing me.

@anthonyreed480

3 жыл бұрын

And G-A-Y club, man woman man.

@jianblundell6038

Жыл бұрын

And the man woman 😂

love how you can hear ricky's faint laugh during the film bit

@Sheriff_GrimLaw

7 жыл бұрын

oscar strokosz Faint? x

@jayneale8446

5 жыл бұрын

I Drink Therefore I Dram like quiet

@Scallion_D

3 жыл бұрын

Faint lol. It was so clear.

@johnemmerling8591

3 жыл бұрын

Jay Neale wqx

"cluuuue changes everrytiiime baaabyy, the clue changes eveeerrrryyytiiime"

@deltaframes-os4km

4 жыл бұрын

unlike the Times crossword the clue changes everytime.

@sneezydeezymcdeluxe7015

2 жыл бұрын

@@deltaframes-os4km Bob Holness.

@tomoliver4632

2 жыл бұрын

Destroyed a man

@tomoliver4632

2 жыл бұрын

Karl the uuuuser pilkington babehhhh

@leeroyjenkins5754

2 жыл бұрын

@@tomoliver4632 just takes takes takes

Karl is responsible for sending out all the prizes on their show, so listen very carefully to what he does at 41:55 - 42:00 after hearing the winner is in Switzerland. That sigh. Haha. He's not gonna know what to do at the post office. And he'll be moaning about the shipping costs coming out of his pocket.

@B8rkley

5 жыл бұрын

Great spot!

@harryjones84

4 жыл бұрын

Haaaa! listened to these so many times n never noticed that

@odw_99

4 жыл бұрын

Haha that’s class- you know he’d be well pissed off with that, bless him

@NxDoyle

4 жыл бұрын

Karl bought one or two prizes but I doubt he paid for shipping.

@thebananamen1026

4 жыл бұрын

That was really subtle but ye he’s pissed

"I've been ill." "...Nothing serious?" I really thought after all these years that wouldn't still make me laugh, but it does.

@blairforbes1132

4 ай бұрын

Likewise. Steve was/is so quick with hit wit.

love Ricky and Steve's little monologues when acting out a scene that they are discussing.

@robplant5576

6 жыл бұрын

Alan Dodd They are called sketches

@rhydsnow851

Жыл бұрын

Or improv!

@cosmoseinfeld1

Жыл бұрын

Dialogues

@alandodd3184

Жыл бұрын

Ooooooohhhhhh

@cosmoseinfeld1

Жыл бұрын

@alandodd3184 haha 7 years after the initial comment, respect brother, do you still listen to these regularly like the rest of us?

Listen to this on public transport for the maniac look.

Going to sleep listening to this in 2022! (Australia). I don’t think I’ll ever stop listening to these 3.

@Venenata

Жыл бұрын

its crazy right? I'm from Manchester not far from where Karl grew up so i can understand why i like it so much but when i hear people so far away still listen and love it makes me really happy karl is a gift to the world lol

@AA-hg5fk

Жыл бұрын

Karl isn't a fan of Australia. Firstly, it's too far away, secondly, it's full of animals that can kill you.

Karl in Kes is not only the best Karl in a Film but probably the greatest thing he has ever done. It's so hilariously clever.

@Sheriff_GrimLaw

8 жыл бұрын

Ricky's laughter makes it so. x

@Christophee1987

8 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's easily the best one, and Ricky's laughter makes it even better.

@ilcorvo9559

4 жыл бұрын

Followed closely by the Scrooge “garlic bread” moment which is legitimately funny even without Ricky’s laugh

@harryjones84

4 жыл бұрын

No brilliant as they all are- the One Flew Over is def the best, and not cos its one of my fave films too but either the acting or editing he does when hes reacting to his head being squozed (using the scene where Macs lifting the basin thing) is actually genius

@bluestevo93

3 жыл бұрын

@@ilcorvo9559 you're absolutely right haha

This episode should totally be called "Well, get me in the book!"

@ots1634

4 ай бұрын

Oh my god! Totally! Go seahawks!

Love them slagging off Sky One 🤣 couple years later Idiot Abroad is its feature show

@liambennion9627

2 жыл бұрын

probably recycled some of their sucking up to the Telegraph material to make up for it during their pitch 😅

"I've been ill" is the most criminally underrated statement in the whole show

When Steve’s trying to pass as gay and says “I’ve been ill” then Ricky chuckles and says “nothing serious”….I’m just now getting what he’s getting at haha

@GhostDrops1

Жыл бұрын

What is he getting at

@Dilkingt0nne

Жыл бұрын

@@GhostDrops1 if you were deaf you would have hearing?…

@JohnJDurkin

Жыл бұрын

@@GhostDrops1 is it AIDS?

@jordanmelling759

Жыл бұрын

Love jokes being explained

@willsuttie3683

Жыл бұрын

​@@Dilkingt0nneCan you say AIDS on youtube?

No matter how many times I hear these I still can’t get the rockbuster answers 😂

"Sort of man woman..." "...a fella who's a woman..." "...this woman..." "...it's a woman, well it's a man..." "...it's, it's...it is a man...well..." "...it's a man who is now sorta half a woman." Jesus Christ Karl 😆

@lobsterairsoft499

7 жыл бұрын

Arran Bradstock MAN WOMAN MAN WOMAN MAN TV TV MAN WOMAN MAN TV WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT KARL

@studkickass513

5 жыл бұрын

Beautifully done!

@CORNISHDUDE

5 жыл бұрын

Enjoy it while you can... The SJWs of the future will censor Karl's "transphobic" comments

@AllTheHurt

4 жыл бұрын

@@IAmRedherrings Is it transphobic? I don't think not understanding something or not knowing what sex to classify someone as is in any way transphobic, the only reason sjw's "know" is because that's what they've been told to think in order to avoid hurting feelings because apparently that's the worst thing in the world. At best he's just ignorant since there's obviously no malice behind it.

@MrMongoose221

4 жыл бұрын

I remember watching the TV show as well at the time 😅

Ricky: I’m already not holding out much hope for this working out. Karl: I just messed that first one up.

"First one was easy- we gave them the answer. That's the easiest one we've ever had."

@whatbrettdid

4 жыл бұрын

'Po-leece'

October 2023. Still listening, still laughing. Wonderful stuff

"Anyway, rather than reading out the A-Z..."

@shaunj66

3 жыл бұрын

R: "Ooooooh!" S: "Ooooooh!"

@williamsmith666

2 жыл бұрын

This got Chris Moyles the Breakfast Show on Radio 1!

Rickys laugh in the background of the Movie scene killed me xD

@FIFA09King

7 жыл бұрын

DigitalDylanToddNI How many times a day does he squoze it 😂

"You are, right, you are one of the most stupid humans I've ever met." "Well, get me in the book." Brilliant!

@TheStaggaz32

4 жыл бұрын

Lol. I was laughing for a good solid minute after that.

'It's a man... well...' Cracks me up every time

Every rockbusters "karl: it's where I sort of give a cryptic clue" "Ricky: well..."

@RationalAxis

3 жыл бұрын

Rockbusters, or what am I thinking?

@BaldMancTwat

3 жыл бұрын

Crap-tic

@williamsmith666

Жыл бұрын

"Some of which might be wrong .."

@jianblundell6038

5 ай бұрын

Clue changes every time!

He'll be knocking them in and you'll be.....knocking.....one.....

@studkickass513

5 жыл бұрын

Right, let's uh....

Steve was raised on Gay's Road, Bristol in case anybody's wondering.

The paolo sketch is one of the most underrated bits they ever did on xfm

@willsuttie3683

5 жыл бұрын

I've... been ill....

@deltaframes-os4km

4 жыл бұрын

pop ya shirt off.

@coombzy283

4 жыл бұрын

@@willsuttie3683 Nothing serious?

@AutomaticDuck300

2 жыл бұрын

20 bender points

@NickDBaker

10 ай бұрын

Knobs babyyyyyy

34:15 - "You are...right? You are...one of the...most stupid humans I have ever met." "Well get me in the book." xD

@PieBlaCon

8 жыл бұрын

Didn't even delay. Quick wit!

@tsarenvy

5 жыл бұрын

You can't teach people that sort of comedic sensibility. Karl has it in fucking bags.

@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek

2 жыл бұрын

LEGENDARY MOMENT

20 bender points!!! Every sentence in these shows are gold.

@WollongongWacko

8 жыл бұрын

it tents towards infinity.

@WollongongWacko

6 жыл бұрын

Whats the point of being foreign if you cant speak english?

Karl in Kes is the best thing he ever did. The original dialogue fits perfectly with his inserts and the XFM references. "How do you spell that??" - perfect.

@conorkennedy3304

7 ай бұрын

He was really good at stat stuff. It's very clear that he was an editor by trade.

I love their nervous laughter when they're talking about Paolo's illness...

@lilme7052

2 жыл бұрын

I've heard Ricky laugh like that before. He's trying so hard not to laugh out loud

And instead of saying let's get married they're saying how swollen and red is your arse? No that was me. Gets me every time. Absolutely brilliant

46:34 hearing Ricky laughing in the background is the best moment

My dad took me to the Garfunkels they refer to here, near Piccadilly Circus, when I was little - around the time this was taped actually. Great burger and chips. Unfortunately gone now, think it moved. Rest in peace old man!

Rickys laughing in the background of ‘Karl’s film thing’ gets me every single time

@conorkennedy3304

7 ай бұрын

it's funny because it's unexpectedly good.

The merchants of gay's street

@ChenkoTheDog

8 жыл бұрын

ha just round the corning memorial street

I’ve been listening to these three fools for 11 years and 26:50 still makes me laugh like it was my first time.

@conorkennedy3304

7 ай бұрын

It's called Mirrium.

This is one of the best episodes

Karl's come a long way in his thinking considering he was actually a crossdresser for a day on the Moaning of Life haha

I would love to see Karl play a game of Rockbusters with Gollum in his dark cave. Both of them hunched over by the water's edge in the dark, their voices echoing. If only the Hobbit films had been released earlier. Karl could've done that for the Film Thing and made the Riddles scene into a game of Rockbusters. Karl would be like "A'ight, you're quite the cheeky little freak."

@NickDBaker

10 ай бұрын

What a brilliant idea! We need to tell Manmoth to get on the AI train and make it happen!!

@jianblundell6038

5 ай бұрын

"What is a manc twatses?"

Episode title should be "Well, get me in the book"

@ManMoth

7 жыл бұрын

Haha! Consider it done ;-)

"He squoze me head" "How do you spell that?" Every time 😂😂😂

Rickys laugh in the background when Karls dubbing over kez 😂😂

Ricky loves the darkness! love these and must be on 50 timed around

I like how Karl talks about the watch eating bloke again (which I think Ricky mentioned originally), and then Ricky uses the two jokes that Karl came up with the first time!

"yh yh yh, darkness" Best intro to any of their podcasts,

46:31 "How do you spell that? "Aha-HA-HA-HA..."

37:12 Karl adopts the ‘acting out a funny sketch’ with Ricky instead of Steve!

"Well, get me in the book" is the quickest, most brilliant response the K-man ever uttered. Genius.

@kreskinkun

7 ай бұрын

And he fires it off basically to dismiss Ricky so he can keep prattling, rather than as the golden punchline for the entire segment. It makes it even funnier.

More good work from Man Moth! Hello from Busselton, Australia

He's called Miriam.

@vinoandretti

8 жыл бұрын

This could be the title...

@deltaframes-os4km

4 жыл бұрын

man woman man woman man woman tv programme

"I was doing that thing- wa'n't I?- with Richard Bacon." "You talk in riddles."

Listening to this during the Covid19 Lockdown. Never fails to make life feel a bit more positive, these shows.

@jamiel.harding4554

3 жыл бұрын

7 months and I’ve come back around again! Slowly closing in on 2021.

@jamiel.harding4554

3 жыл бұрын

June 2021. Another six months. Another rotation ✌️

@jamiel.harding4554

2 жыл бұрын

A year on from my last update - March 2022 - and Russia has invaded Ukraine. Makes these shows all the more important as a welcome distraction.

Ricky saying "does it whistle?" reminds me of Chris Rock on Talking Funny going "does he do the whistle?" So funny

@adamfelts5355

8 жыл бұрын

Sitting on a cock cause I'm gay. Probably the best song parody that no one ever heard

@HopeVJustice

7 жыл бұрын

Watching the tide roll away?

Karl plays himself very well in the Karl In Movie bits. Just sounds like he's meant to be in it.

Man hey ya by OutKast really brings me back to a simpler time

That suzanne is a lucky lucky lady 😂😂

7:31 when Ricky nearly says "that's what normal people go out at"

I wonder do any of them know that people still listen to these radio broadcasts

@HaydnG266

4 жыл бұрын

They must, when Stephen Merchant posts anything on Instagram, the comments tends to be relating to these.

@Scallion_D

3 жыл бұрын

Karl and Steve have referred to it in recent podcasts. And Ricky must do too, he gets XFM related replies to his tweets from time to time.

thanks for uploading these👍

14:20 Steve slagging off sky1 not knowing that he’d produce one of the best shows ever on the channel years later

I can't believe Karl struggled so badly to describe Miriam. 😂

@AA-hg5fk

7 ай бұрын

It's almost as if Karl is a bit stupid!

@Lordofthewhyz

6 ай бұрын

One of my favs

“Never mind Robin Hood, let’s rob Barclays!”

the image of Steve cruising down to G.A.Y. with "the lads" to see Britney Spears is still so funny to me all these years later

@williamsmith666

2 жыл бұрын

Paolo*

@AutomaticDuck300

Жыл бұрын

20 bender points?

Legendary episode

I love how they spend so long cussing Sky one and that’s the station an idiot abroad was on hahaha

Definitely my fav episode along with the episode with the Antartic scientists LOOL

This should be called "Upstairs, he's got a lovely pair of dumplings"

They should call Ricky the man of a thousand laughs. lol.

11:20 probably among the top 5 Ricky Gervais laughs of all time!

@HaydnG266

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha HAAAA. hahaha HAAAA.

11:22 - Ricky's impersonation of a seagull

@mu9617

7 жыл бұрын

empleh777 That's the fakest laugh I've ever heard!

the man who's sort of half a woman Karl in Kes Paolo This teletubby has got lice classic episode

The bongs are my favourite when they pop up

"Is there ANYTHING worth watching on Sky ONE?" The boys did cash their sweet sweet cheques after putting An Idiot Abroad on there XD

Legitimately the only Songs of Phrase I can stand. Not only can I put up with it, I think it's a masterpiece.

@hustler666100

3 жыл бұрын

songs of phrase? do you mean the film thing. if so this and the scrooge christmas one are best if you get the reference in it and ricky loses it laughing

never mind robin rood, lets rob barcleys. too long for a title?

@ManMoth

9 жыл бұрын

lcfckid Haha, it's a good un... It might be a bit too long though.

@TheClassicWorld

9 жыл бұрын

Man Moth Here's a title. I'll buy you a new hair-cut and that.

@Crimson34533

8 жыл бұрын

+Man Moth what about "let's have a talk about her fat arse"

@flud6699

8 жыл бұрын

+lcfckid +man moth "get me in the book" or "bong!"

@TheBunniechannel

8 жыл бұрын

+- FreeFlow - yeh i like her fat arse :p or MAN WOMAN, WOMAN MAN, TV.

“I haven’t read up about this” *room erupted into chaos*

“The upper half is but is the bottom” 😂😂😂 Not arsed, Steve’s funny a fuck

"you're ill." LOL!!!

The headlines are classic - "bong"

@adamfelts5355

8 жыл бұрын

I always bust out laughing at 'give us another bong"

Be good if they come together for more podcasts.

@AutomaticDuck300

5 жыл бұрын

Ricky has said that Karl has grown up and learned the error of his ways, so they're not going to make more podcasts because it wouldn't work today. Karl isn't as much of a fool any more as he was so it wouldn't be as funny or work as a concept.

@Crunch_Buttsteak

5 жыл бұрын

@@AutomaticDuck300 that's sad

@Scallion_D

3 жыл бұрын

Think they've done enough tbh. 4 series of XFM, all the podcasts and Idiot Abroad. Can't have the same sort of shtick forever as great as they were.

22:47 I'm sure Steve presses that button . You hear a chair and his voice moves likes he's gone round the desk

FYI: the street Steve was referring to was probably "King Dick's Lane"

@thedarksiderebel

2 жыл бұрын

nope, it was Gay's Road

Thanks for all these moth man and thanks for not advertising on then also!

"This isn't that good but: some fella pulls a train with his teeth" Sounds pretty impressive to me

Great this one is

You can tell Steve’s intellect changes. He’s gone from reading “white van man” in the Sun to reading the Evening Standard and the Telegraph

46:58 "Swivels, write that on the board."

11:20 On the short list for best Gervais laugh of all times.

Reminds of that summer of 2004 watching those two digital music channels that existed, showing things like Outkast and Natasha Bedingfield 24/7.

The guy who said his secondary school was on a road called Bell End must have gone to my school but been about 7 years above me, what a small world

Is there a top ten ranking of the best xfm shows voted on by the fans listening to them 15 years later?

@ManMoth

Жыл бұрын

That’s a good idea, I’ll have a think on how to do it

Ricky stole that "how did they time him" comment from Karl in a previous episode.

I the way we love Carl is the way he loves monkeys, utter fascination for the creature just below us

Still watching this you KZread so dont get rid of it please

That Kes bit was genius

The G.A.Y quiz was gold😂😂😂😂

lol I think you can just hear Karl laughing at "can you hear it whistle"

Cheers mate...

"Family sick of living on Butthole Road"

@HopeVJustice

7 жыл бұрын

*BONG!!!* "Cow hit by train lands on farmer's wife!" :o

@IAnddyyI

7 жыл бұрын

The2011Collector as eelpout

@rbeck3200tb40

5 жыл бұрын

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2019 “Respect and dignity.” Furthermore: (“Respect and dignity!”) • “Respect and dignity, 2019?”