saint lard Posted 13 September, 2010 Share Posted 13 September, 2010 (edited) starting on sky 1, 23rd sept Full preview show on at 10pm tonight,i have seen that and it was funny as hell,so i'm hoping this series is going to be great entertainment. Is Pilkington really like that? he was what made the Ricky Gervais show. Here's all about it... http://sky1.sky.com/an-idiot-abroad And here's an abridged preview,part of the one shown tonight and previously..... http://sky1.sky.com/an-idiot-abroad-the-preview-show-clip Edited 14 September, 2010 by saint lard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 13 September, 2010 Share Posted 13 September, 2010 Had mrs h in stitches tonight. Funnier that RJ imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVSaint Posted 13 September, 2010 Share Posted 13 September, 2010 Here's all about it... [/url] Hmmmm...... Series looks good though, well worth a download. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint lard Posted 14 September, 2010 Author Share Posted 14 September, 2010 Hmmmm...... Series looks good though, well worth a download. Cheers. Wrong linky,mybad,heres the proper one all about it..... http://sky1.sky.com/an-idiot-abroad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Mikey Posted 15 September, 2010 Share Posted 15 September, 2010 I'm really looking forward to this. I've listened to all the old radio shows, podcasts and audiobooks. Karl is a genius, his views are amazingly funny! Head like a f'ing Orange! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopkins Posted 15 September, 2010 Share Posted 15 September, 2010 Love Pilkington. Slightly gutted that everyone will know about him now, used to be an amazing feeling finding someone who knew of his genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted 15 September, 2010 Share Posted 15 September, 2010 I thought Deppo was going to Ibiza again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint lard Posted 30 September, 2010 Author Share Posted 30 September, 2010 Really looking forward to the second episode tonight. Bloody funny stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deppo Posted 2 October, 2010 Share Posted 2 October, 2010 Love Pilkington. Slightly gutted that everyone will know about him now, used to be an amazing feeling finding someone who knew of his genius. Yes, he's been really unknown to the masses up until now, what with all the books, podcasts, appearances on the extras of sales record-breaking Ricky Gervais DVDs, presenting jobs on Richard and Judy, HBO/Channel 4 animated series etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 2 October, 2010 Share Posted 2 October, 2010 Fantastic show. Used to listen to the XFM shows back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsdinho Posted 7 October, 2010 Share Posted 7 October, 2010 Yep. Loving it. Like others on here, have listened to all the podcasts etc. Gervais, Merchant and Pilkington are responsible for making me lol on many a quiet train!!! Some of stuff he comes out with has me in fits of laughter, some of my favs.. "Does the brain control you or are you controlling the brain? I don't know if I'm in charge of mine." "I find that if you just talk, your mouth comes up with stuff." "Whether it's a potato or a nut, it's a foodage!" "So I was watchin David Attenborough.. he makes his money out of flies and that dun' he" http://www.pilkipedia.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Karl_Pilkington_Quotes_By_Topic Loving "An idiot abroad", the first 2 episodes are brilliant, an hour isnt long enough imho. The Taj Mahal episode was particularly funny as I have been to India and could relate to a lot of the "issues" Karl was having. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint lard Posted 8 October, 2010 Author Share Posted 8 October, 2010 There were signs last night that he was opening up his 'mind',and i use that term loosely,to other things outside of his own world. "Better to live in a cave and look out on a palace,than live in a palace and look out on a cave" I do prefer his other analogy along the same lines however...."better to be ugly and look at good looking people than be good looking and look at ugly people all day" Very funny,but this episode had a little more 'meaning' behind it,imo. Gervais won't be happy at that,he just wants Pilkington to have the worst time imaginable. Looking forward to next week.Cracking series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint lard Posted 9 October, 2010 Author Share Posted 9 October, 2010 (edited) Unseen footage.....hilarious, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhrgwUNpVQk&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgHh42aTK7w&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZaHKgGuNOw&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3 From Gervais' blog....... Originally Posted by Ricky Gervais A Confession Some people have correctly spotted that An Idiot Abroad is totally scripted. It took ages to write too. Each episode of The Office took us about 2 months to write but they were only 30 minutes long. This show is nearly an hour so each script took us about 3 and a half months to write. Casting was a lot harder too. Just finding that indian actor that looked like Bill Oddie took 8 weeks. It was also a bit embarrassing auditioning people and asking them to wrap their ****s round a walking stick. Still, it will all be worth it when Steve and I win all the BAFTAs again for writing and directing. I'm a lot prouder of creating the "Pilkington" character (that's not his real name, of course), than I am of David Brent probably. (Although ironically, David Brent isn't a character at all. I am just like that in real life so I didn't have to write any lines for that one. In fact I didn't realise The Office was a sitcom at the time. The BBC just came to my place of work and filmed me selling paper. I've certainly milked becoming famous off the back of that lucky break, right?) So yeah, Karl is completely fake. When you meet him off camera he's a bit like Steven Fry. We just get him to act dim to make money. All the podcasts and audiobooks were completely scripted too. If you listen carefully you can hear us turning the pages. The good thing about those were that we didn't have to learn the lines by heart as we weren't in vision. A lot easier than in An Idiot Abroad where Karl not only has to learn the whole script but often only gets one take because we only have all those extras for a few hours. The tricky bit is when he's interviewed on radio and TV. We have to get the presenter in on it so they ask him the right questions. Luckily every single one has gone along with it and never given the secret away. Thanks. But I just thought it was time to come clean. I'm ashamed that I ever lied to you. Sorry. "Karl" will find it difficult getting different roles in other scripted comedies and dramas as we have typecast him so much over the last few years, so please buy the audiobooks and DVDs as he will need the money. I'm glad the charade is over as I won't need to pretend to find my best mate funny anymore. It's hard laughing at lines you've written yourself. Obviously I don't find him funny at all and we are not really friends. Thanks for watching all this time suckers, and well done to the really smart people who knew all this all along. You got me! You are brilliant. Ricky. Edited 9 October, 2010 by saint lard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deppo Posted 10 October, 2010 Share Posted 10 October, 2010 I thought that this was going to be a thread about Tijuana Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon monkey Posted 10 October, 2010 Share Posted 10 October, 2010 When I first heard the podcasts 5 years ago, I wasn't sure if Pilkington was genuine or not. Having listened to the xfm shows, podcasts and video clips he is for certain totally genuinely stupid. He is the funniest person in the world and i'm totally envious of a guy who doesn't work but makes sh1t loads of money out of being ricky gervaises mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMikey Posted 10 October, 2010 Share Posted 10 October, 2010 I thought that this was going to be a thread about Tijuana Tim. Does he live abroad? I didn't know that. Does he know any ex-Saints players perchance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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