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    I think this series has the potential to contain a lot of comedy gold. That Karl Pilkington chap has been given his own series to give us his take on the worlds seven wonders. I'm sure Bilbo mentioned being a fan of his. Anyone else interested in this?




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    Quote Originally Posted by miles View Post
    I think this series has the potential to contain a lot of comedy gold. That Karl Pilkington chap has been given his own series to give us his take on the worlds seven wonders. I'm sure Bilbo mentioned being a fan of his. Anyone else interested in this?




    Yea, im liking the look of this new show. I liked the one they done when the 3 of them sat in a room and basically took the piss out of Carl for half hour, carnt remember the name of show though
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mattyhitman View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by miles View Post
    I think this series has the potential to contain a lot of comedy gold. That Karl Pilkington chap has been given his own series to give us his take on the worlds seven wonders. I'm sure Bilbo mentioned being a fan of his. Anyone else interested in this?




    Yea, im liking the look of this new show. I liked the one they done when the 3 of them sat in a room and basically took the piss out of Carl for half hour, carnt remember the name of show though
    The Ricky Gervais show.

    The actual series didn't do anything for me, because basically all they did was put animations onto a previously recorded podcast from around 6 or 7 years ago. I'd downloaded and listened to all the podcasts anyway. IF you liked it i can link you to the site where you can download them. Only take around 1 minute per podcast. It's quality listening. Can't wait for an Idiot abroad to start.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ono View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Mattyhitman View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by miles View Post
    I think this series has the potential to contain a lot of comedy gold. That Karl Pilkington chap has been given his own series to give us his take on the worlds seven wonders. I'm sure Bilbo mentioned being a fan of his. Anyone else interested in this?




    Yea, im liking the look of this new show. I liked the one they done when the 3 of them sat in a room and basically took the piss out of Carl for half hour, carnt remember the name of show though
    The Ricky Gervais Show.

    The actual series didn't do anything for me, because basically all they did was put animations onto a previously recorded podcast from around 6 or 7 years ago. I'd downloaded and listened to all the podcasts anyway. IF you liked it i can link you to the site where you can download them. Only take around 1 minute per podcast. It's quality listening. Can't wait for an Idiot abroad to start.
    That was it ! i knew it was something totally unrelated and complicated
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    Yeah I'm looking forward to this. Ive listened to the podcasts probably hundreds of times. Pilkington is a legend.

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    I watched The Ricky Gervais Show ondemand HBO and damn, that was HILARIOUS. This guy Karl is one of my favorite humans on the planet.

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    First time I've seen that Pilkington chap, seems a funny guy. Hopefully Gervais is only involved in the promotion though, can't stand him. He's kinda like The Smiths, everyone loves them but I can't for life of me figure out why.

    As for the 7 wonders. I actually visited Machu Picchu a few years back and they were asking visitors to vote it as one of the world's New 7 Wonders. I didn't vote.

    Not because I didn't think it was impressive but because it's only like 500 years old or something!! We have pubs older than that in England!
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    I don't know if any of you managed to catch the first episode. Obviously I haven't yet, so am just downloading it now. If anybody else wants to see it it is here at the Pirate Bay...

    An Idiot Abroad s01e01 .thebox.hannibal.avi (download torrent) - TPB

    Apparently it is China first. I'm sure there are going to be some Korea-esque things that I relate to.

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    I just finished watching it for the second time and I thought it was absolutely brilliant. It is so funny seeing him being put into a situation that he obviously has no experience of nor aptitude for. Most of it was very good, but I particularly liked the observations about the great wall, food and the state of the bathrooms. His response to the carrier bag filled with toads had me in stitches the most. Extremely funny and I can't wait to see the next episode.

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    It was pretty funny. Do worry that he's playing on it a little bit now though. With the podcasts, you get the impression that he's genuinely stupid.

    Anyway i enjoyed it all in all.
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    I thought it was very funny. Korea has much more in common with China than Japan (despite what the Koreans think), so a lot of that rang true.

    I have been in bars where I have been served fried bugs as a side dish.

    I have been in too many situations where people are hawking their throats out and I get dirty looks for blowing a nose.

    I have seen grown men wrestle with a live octopus down their throat.

    None of the toilets out here have tissue (always go in with tissue in your jean pockets!).

    I though pilkington seemed quite genuine, but he wasn't so funny from the Kung Fu point onwards for me. But for sure, there were moments of absoute hilarity.

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