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Tag: Stephen Merchant
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An Idiot Abroad finally comes to the U.S.
Before Ricky Gervais was pissing people off at the Golden Globes or writing the original version of The Office with friend and writing partner Stephen Merchant, he was marveling at the brain of Karl Pilkington, a radio producer assigned to the duo for their program. In fact, anyone who has listened to the widely popular Ricky…
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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.
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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.
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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…
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Karl Pilkington visits Egypt
In this clip, everyone’s favorite little bald Manc visits one of the most spectacular sights on the planet: the pyramids at Giza.
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Karl Pilkington visits Mexico
I couldn’t be more excited to finally be able to watch An Idiot Abroad. As a HUGE fan of Karl Pilkington and his hilarious conversations with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant on The Ricky Gervais Show/Podcast, I’ve been bummed that this show only aired in the UK. Now US audiences finally get the chance to…
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Karl Pilkington visits Jordan
Karl visits Jordan and faces the challenge of eating something he doesn’t find appetizing.
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Karl Pilkington visits India
Karl Pilkington’s off to India in this next clip from An Idiot Abroad
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Karl Pilkington visits China
Word on the street is that Karl Pilkington’s new show, An Idiot Abroad will air in the USA on Discovery Science Channel starting January 22nd. Check out what happened when Karl visited China in the video after the jump.
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Stephen Merchant – Doc Hollywood
Ricky Gervais’ partner in crime, quick-witted and lanky Stephen Merchant, was on The Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show on Absolute Radio in the UK. Here, he tries to come up with movie plots based on the fictional titles thrown out by listeners. Let me just say, I can’t wait to see ‘Shrubbery’.
