Karl Pilkington?

Aldebaran · 22-03-2011 07:47PM

No

Karl is brilliant, I'm becoming more and more convinced that he's an actor and therefore an absolute comedy genius.

One of my favourite moments from An Idiot Abroad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmNnghLf6FY

Owen · 22-03-2011 07:52PM

I hate Gervais. I thought I'd hate Pilkington when I saw the promo for Idiot Abroad, but I ended up loving the show, and him. He's hilarious!

Basq · 22-03-2011 07:55PM

No

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZaHKgGuNOw

"Good Jesus.. does he know it's not all in one piece, that noodle? The suction on that.. it's like opening an airplane window!"

krudler · 22-03-2011 07:59PM

No

I dont think Karl is as dumb as we're led to believe, he has razor sharp comic timing and his observations are way too witty for a supposed idiot, so either hes the funniest idiot ever or just a brilliant deadpan actor, either way he's hilarious.

tallaghtoutlaws · 22-03-2011 07:59PM

Who?

Aldebaran wrote: »

Karl is brilliant, I'm becoming more and more convinced that he's an actor and therefore an absolute comedy genius.

One of my favourite moments from An Idiot Abroad:

Have to agree with this. I also think it is all an act with him and like you I also think if he is acting definitely makes him a comedy genius. I know some stupid people but there is no way Karl Pilkington is that thick.

krudler · 22-03-2011 08:00PM

No

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Superpower one Krudler mentioned:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMpOVV7uFWQ

I love Karl.

lol thats the one "who's Lewis?!"

Gervais' reaction to what Merchant says about Superman's pen pal is utterly brilliant, its him laughing that makes so much of the stuff so funny.

man.about.town · 22-03-2011 08:04PM

Who?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQBlZIXu3Yg

an introduction to karl

Aidric · 22-03-2011 08:07PM

Who?

If I was to fit a face to the description of mongchild it would be Mr Pilkington.

Snake Pliisken · 22-03-2011 08:08PM

No

Entertaining rather than funny/unfunny.

I wanna sever Merchant's legs at the knee though, to give him a better BMI.

previous user · 22-03-2011 08:09PM

No

When he's just rambling on in conversation with Ricky Gervais on the
Ricky Gervais show I think he's hilarious, in his travelling show his banter
just seems a bit forced.
by the way the Ricky Gervais show is on 10.30 on E4 tonight.

Setun · 22-03-2011 08:15PM

No

Pompey Magnus wrote: »

I have to say the latest stuff seems a bit preplanned alright but I always consider the XFM shows to be the best quality material they have ever done simply because it is completely off the cuff and natural.

The xfm stuff is incredibly good, even gervais and merchant are excellent on them. For those of you still to listen to the older stuff, any episode of their last season on xfm is gold. Don't know how many times i've got awkward looks on the bus from laughing. Also do check out the podcast where karl is selecting his celebrity team if faced with the task of rebuilding civilisation on another planet

Badgermonkey · 22-03-2011 08:17PM

No

Karls comic timing is terrific and shows the idiot persona is somewhat of a comedic conceit.

I don't doubt there's a lot of the real Karl on show though.

Ricky and Merchant often come across poorly in comparison imo.

OutlawPete · 22-03-2011 08:20PM

I think he was a genuinely funny guy who came out with stuff and some of the early stuff is alight but then he became aware of that cause of RG and now he exaggerates that side of himself.

It's very calculating do and so the very essence of why he was funny to begin with, is gone.

Like with Charlie Sheen, he will never be funnier than he was on The Today Show interview and Good Morning America interview as that wasn't calculated, he was out of his box.

He can try and may succeed but the gold is with the unplanned and that is gone .. well, unless he starts banging seven gram rocks again that is.

Sofiztikated · 22-03-2011 08:22PM

Who?

geetar wrote: »

anything with ricky gervais type humour involved is a required taste... i think he's hilarious.

Aquired, I think you mean.

Nope, don't find him funny. But he's a whole pile more entertaining than that snot, Ricky.

gargleblaster · 22-03-2011 08:25PM

Who?

i don't know how anyone could think he was seriously just some stupid person. it all seems very obviously an act to me. sure with some grain of truth to it, but an act all the same.

snugglebear · 22-03-2011 09:20PM

No

i hadn't heard of or seen him until I watched an idiot abroad, I think he's brilliant, very good on the ricky gervais show aswell

Blobby George · 22-03-2011 09:22PM

With very little discernible talent he has managed to carve out a niche for himself. He should be congratulated for that at least.

Simon Adebisi · 22-03-2011 09:26PM

He's a legend and far more copped on than he gets credit for.

El Horseboxo · 22-03-2011 09:51PM

No

Dude is humorous. And act or not he pulls off the know nothing idiot quite well.

Tzar Gringo · 22-03-2011 10:05PM

No

pilkington's funny get over it

like the sheer hopelessness of him finding solace in a Pizza Hut, of all things, overlooking the pyramids

Turtyturd · 22-03-2011 10:21PM

Who?

Simon Adebisi wrote: »

He's a legend and far more copped on than he gets credit for.

As if that word hadn't already lost all meaning. Unfunny knob.

starviewadams · 22-03-2011 10:28PM

Who?

Irritating contrived fúcker who has two unfunny,famous,up their own arsehole friends.

amacca · 22-03-2011 10:34PM

krudler wrote: »

lol thats the one "who's Lewis?!"

Gervais' reaction to what Merchant says about Superman's pen pal is utterly brilliant, its him laughing that makes so much of the stuff so funny.

after listening to that clip...I'd have to disagree.

To me Gervais' laugh was squealy, high pitched, forced, false and annoying and somewhere deep in my neanderthal brain I got this itch to find him and smash him in the face

thought the clip itself was mildly funny but someone other than Gervais with a bit more sympathy [even pretend] to the character pilkington is playing could have got a lot more out of it imo

he sounding like a cat being tortured by a group of bored youths or the wicked witch in the wizard of oz

Horse_box · 22-03-2011 10:50PM

No

The xfm shows and Guides are absolutey some of the funniest stuff I've ever heard. On a few occasions I've actually been in tears on the bus going to college after some of the lines Karl comes out with

An Idiot Abroad is a bit predictable because he's using some of his lines from the podcasts so he can appeal to a newer audience. I still enjoy it but the podcasts are so much funnier and far more original. By series 3 of the Ricky Gervais show it was literally all about Karl, check them out on youtube

electrobanana · 22-03-2011 11:10PM

No

comic genius that doesn't know how funny he is cracks me up...LEGEND

ishvalian · 22-03-2011 11:28PM

Who?

Karl does come out with some great lines every so often but the other two just ruin anything he says with their forced laughter. Gervais shrieks everytime he says anything even mildy funny and then merchant chimes in with some crap joke or analogy. Karl, if he is an actor, is a very good one and if i were him, i would lose the other two altogether.

Rob113 · 22-03-2011 11:35PM

No

I've never listened to the podcasts but I thought the idiot abroad series was one of the funniest things I've ever seen on the telly. Maybe because I can relate to a lot of the things he finds annoying.

Columbia · 22-03-2011 11:38PM

No

I've listened to every single available episode of the Ricky Gervais radio show, podcast, audiobooks and so on at least 6 or 7 times each. I still find it utterly hilarious.

I watched An Idiot Abroad as it came out, and it was okay because I enjoy travel, but Karl mostly annoyed me, especially in the Machu Picchu episode where he was like a spoilt child.

JerryHandbag · 22-03-2011 11:40PM

No

Watched Idiot Abroad, enjoyed it...Karl could be funny at times.

+1 on Gervais' annoying hyena laugh though

Biggins · 22-03-2011 11:42PM

No

JerryHandbag wrote: »

Watched Idiot Abroad, enjoyed it...Karl could be funny at times.

+1 on Gervais' annoying hyena laugh though

+ The more Karl is on, the less that mime artist Cheryl Cole can appear on my screen!

Yay for Karl! :pac:

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