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Karl becomes a superhero

Karl becomes a superhero

Karl Pilkington fights bullshit (and flies) as the new superhero Bullshit Man. … Read entire article »

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Liam Neeson does improv comedy

Liam Neeson does improv comedy

In another hilarious Life’s Too Short Clip, Liam Neeson goes to see Ricky, Steve and Warwick to try to learn the fine art of improvisational comedy, but keeps getting tripped up on AIDS and famine. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Celebrity, Comedy

Tweet that!

Tweet that!

Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Warwick Davis give fans some Twitter exclusives. … Read entire article »

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Johnny Depp clashes with Ricky Gervais over Golden Globes

Johnny Depp clashes with Ricky Gervais over Golden Globes

In this clip from the Ricky Gervais/Stephen Merchant comedy ‘Life’s Too Short’ (starring Warwick Davis) Johnny Depp goes to see Ricky Gervais and tears into him about the Golden Globes. His delivery of the lines is incredible, particularly “I want you to know this, and I want you to carry this with you for the rest of your days. No one makes fun of Tim Allen on my watch!” … Read entire article »

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Hulk Hogan to host ‘Micro Championship Wrestling’

Hulk Hogan to host ‘Micro Championship Wrestling’

Yeah, this is happening… … Read entire article »

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Stephen Merchant on Conan

In this clip, the two lanky funnymen battle each other “like stick insects” at the request of Ricky Gervais. Smerch also talks about Ricky’s controversial jokes at the Golden Globes, mishaps in Rio, Karl Pilkington and shows a clip from his new movie, Hall Pass. … Read entire article »

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Karl goes to India on tonight’s episode of An Idiot Abroad

He’s back! An Idiot Abroad returns tonight on Science Channel. This time, Ricky and Steve send Karl off to India to see the Taj Mahal. Along the way, he goes on a rickshaw ride, takes part in a color festival, learns some challenging yoga poses, and gets purified in the waters of the Ganges. Check out the clips after the jump… … Read entire article »

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Karl Pilkington visits Peru

Karl heads to Peru to visit a tribe of supposed former cannibals and gets a blessing from a medicine man in this clip from An Idiot Abroad. … Read entire article »

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Karl Pilkington visits Brazil

Karl Pilkington heads to Brazil to participate in Carnival and take a journey to a nudist beach. … Read entire article »

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Karl eats a knob at night

Those of you who are familiar with Karl Pilkington (which is most of you if you’re here) will remember his famous “knob at night” quote. When discussing the challenges on I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here during an episode of the Ricky Gervais Show podcast, Karl said that he couldn’t eat a kangaroo penis on an empty stomach and mused, “I could eat a knob at night.” That quote spread like wildfire and make Karl an icon. Now, thanks to An Idiot Abroad, it seems that Karl really did eat a knob, though I’m not sure if it was at night. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Celebrity, Internet, Memory Lane, New TV shows, Pop Culture, Quotes, Reality TV, TV, Welcome