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Anonymous asked in Entertainment & MusicJokes & Riddles · 2 decades ago

what exactly is a 'karl pilkington'??

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    Karl Pilkington (born September 23, 1972 in Manchester, England) is an English radio producer previously best known for producing The Ricky Gervais Show on the radio station Xfm. After leaving Xfm, Pilkington has reached an international audience through his appearances with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant on The Ricky Gervais Show podcast.

    Gervais has repeatedly denied suggestions that Pilkington is an invented character, claiming that Karl's unique qualities are beyond his powers of imagination. Pilkington's remark "I could eat a knob at night" (made during a conversation about the 'bush tucker trials' in I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!, in which a celebrity was forced to digest a kangaroo phallus) has spawned much internet interest, as well as merchandise and music. His comic style depends on a completely deadpan delivery coupled with a surreal and ill-conceived view of the world.

    Childhood

    Karl lived in Manchester for most of his life. His descriptions of his childhood suggest that his was an unconventional upbringing. Growing up on a council estate, he was educated at Ashton-on-Mersey School, but was regularly absent due to family holidays. These were arranged by his parents during term-time (when it was cheaper to do so). He claims that during his school years, he was given two attendance awards in an attempt to persuade him to remain in school. This strategy failed, and Karl continued his absenteeism. He now contends that he was never encouraged by his teachers, and that they said he would "never be a high flyer." Moreover, he disliked school because all of his teachers were 'profiting' from his education, and complains that in class he was regularly given menial and pointless tasks, such as attaching as many stickers to Thomson brochures as possible in 30 minutes.

    Karl told Russell Brand during their limited stint on BBC radio that he has been diagnosed with restless leg syndrome due to eating too much ice cream as a kid.

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    Adolescence

    Pilkington left school without collecting his exam results - live on air (on Xfm) Ricky Gervais revealed that he had attained a single "E" GCSE grade in History. This came as something of a surprise to Karl as he had no recollection of actually taking the exam. The excitement of this news was tempered somewhat by the discovery that he had not received grades for any of the GCSEs he actually does remember sitting as unfortunately he never registered for the exams.

    Pilkington went through a number of jobs, his favourite being his paper round. Karl's school and its catchment area were near a power plant. This could explain his inherent fascination with 'freaks' ("I just like odd stuff"), as the school contained a couple of (unrelated) pupils who had "big heads", webbed hands and feet, together with a boy with a 'pigeon chest'.

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    Adulthood

    Pilkington was initially an off-air producer of the show, which was broadcast on Xfm, but his antics and opinions soon led to him joining Merchant and Gervais on-air. Some of Pilkington's most popular contributions to the show include "Monkey News" (news which is supposed to be about monkeys, but is almost always about chimpanzees), "Rockbusters" (which is nothing like 1980s game show Blockbusters, despite punning on its title) and "Knob News" (a spin off of Monkey News, with the feature containing "knob-related news", such as "a man who grew a knob on his arm"). Other features normally tie in with Karl's eccentric interests and theories, such as "Do We Need Them?", normally about Karl's dislike of animals deemed to be irrelevant (see 'Views, beliefs and philosophies'); "Cheeky Freak of the Week", (a rundown of Karl's favourite freaks); and "Songs With A Story" (Karl only likes songs "with a little story goin' on and that", such as Eric Clapton's Wonderful Tonight, which is supposedly about "a little fella in a wheelchair"), to name a few. The evidence that Wonderful Tonight is about a "little fella in a wheelchair" according to Karl is because of the lyrics "We go to a party/and everyone turns to see/this beautiful lady/walking around with me" meaning that "she's walking 'round pushing him". Also the line about "She helps me to bed" meaning that she is helping him get out the wheelchair.

    During his stint at Xfm, both Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant mocked his professionalism, due to the fact that prizes, and the quizzes themselves were poorly made, albeit because Karl made them during his few days present at the station. This was also pointed at by Gervais, who claimed that Karl had ruined a man's career due to his laziness. Despite these criticisms, Karl continued to work for Xfm despite the fact he had left for a 4 week hiatus.

    Pilkington's baldness is a regular comic theme in his dialogues with Gervais and Merchant. He attributes this to the stress of living in London, knowing too much (Pilkington is notable for denouncing knowledge as "hassle") and putting up with Gervais' constant bullying, which involved constant berating and unstoppable head-squeezing. Gervais claims that he cannot help squeezing Pilkington's head, as it is "perfectly spherical" - however, Pilkington insists that he "doesn't like having [his] head squoze".

    Aside from his constant "stressed out" status, Pilkington also claims that he suffers from a bad back that - it was revealed in a recent podcast diary entry - was a consequence of trying to "kick me height" (Pilkington landed on his back, damaging it).

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    Future career

    In December 2005, Karl left his producing job at Xfm after 10 years of service. When asked by his colleagues what he would like for a leaving gift, Karl requested a digital camera. When he was presented with the gift at his leaving party, he refused to open the gift-wrapped box as he intended to give the camera to his girlfriend of eleven years, Susanne, for Christmas. Karl is considering two prospective offers of employment - a paper round and dog walking (only if it doesn't rain). They may not pay as much money as working as Head of Production at Xfm, but Karl has said that he prefers being happy over having more money.

    Personality

    Karl's anecdotes about his family are often a source of much amusement to Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais. His father once crashed a train into Manchester Central Station; as mentioned previously, his mother shaved one of their cats after it kept being sick, his uncle slept in a rubber dinghy instead of a bed (he also used two televisions: one with no sound, the other with no picture), and his uncle "Tattoo Stan" tattooed his own arms, resulting in very good tattoos on his left arm, but the ones on his right arm were "rubbish" (due to his being right-handed). He claims his auntie Nora's feminine parts were "like a ripped tennis ball" after a young Karl inadvertently looked up her dress and also that his brother Mark was thrown out of the Army for driving to the shops in a tank to buy a packet of cigarettes.

    Pilkington is sometimes mentioned in Ricky Gervais interviews, and is often on the receiving end of Gervais's practical jokes. When asked who was the funniest person he knew, Gervais said Karl Pilkington, whom he mentioned was "the funniest man alive in Britain today". In addition, Pilkington appears in a twenty minute interview on Ricky Gervais's live stand-up comedy DVD, Politics.

    Karl believes most of his stories to be fact, despite seeing them on the Internet and only reading the headlines, not the whole article. He always forgets important details, substitutes dates with phrases such as "In the olden days, right, there was a short hairy fella..." Ricky and Steve insult and enjoy Karl with equal vigour, mainly for his earnest conviction while telling his far-fetched stories and spurious theories as though they are fact. Ricky often talks of Pilkington's mental "filter", from which sensible information goes in and complete rubbish comes out. It has even been described by Gervais as "discordant piano" or "Those Czech cartoons from the 50's with people hitting woks for sound effects". This is why some, possibly many, of Pilkington's beliefs can start sensibly enough or with some seed of logic, but as they go on become completely nonsensical. He often uses large, unexplained leaps of faith in his reasoning as well.

    Karl recently reached new heights of fame by commenting that he could "eat a knob at night" during a discussion on the podcast about a British reality TV show in which contestants had to eat a kangaroo's penis. Karl stated that, whilst in the morning he would be unable to face the appendage due to having a weak stomach, he would more than likely be able to stomach it in the evening. His phrase "I could eat a knob at night" has since spawned dance music remixes, T-shirts and other merchandise, as well as discussion on many websites and thousands of search engine hits.

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  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    Karl Pilkington (born September 23, 1972 in Manchester, England) is an English radio producer previously best known for producing The Ricky Gervais Show on the radio station Xfm. After leaving Xfm, Pilkington has reached an international audience through his appearances with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant on The Ricky Gervais Show podcast.

    Gervais has repeatedly denied suggestions that Pilkington is an invented character, claiming that Karl's unique qualities are beyond his powers of imagination. Pilkington's remark "I could eat a knob at night" (made during a conversation about the 'bush tucker trials' in I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!, in which a celebrity was forced to digest a kangaroo phallus) has spawned much internet interest, as well as merchandise and music. His comic style depends on a completely deadpan delivery coupled with a surreal and ill-conceived view of the world.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Karl Pilkington Height

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    4 years ago

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    lol i think they mentioned his estate on their radio show a few times but i forgot soz

  • 2 decades ago

    A monkey magic man

  • 2 decades ago

    Blind Radio Guy

  • 2 decades ago

    A dirty drink

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    no idea

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