Movies and TV An Idiot Abroad

KCTitus · 01-28-2012, 06:13 PM

Anyone watch this show? It's on Science Channel at 10pm ET on Saturdays. Season 2 started last Saturday, called The Bucket List.

It's produced by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant and they send out their idiot sidekick, Karl Pilkington, out to travel the world. The second series has a couple of episodes in America.

jiveturkey · 01-28-2012, 07:32 PM

I love it. It looks like they're going in a new direction with it this season.

Mr Luzcious · 01-28-2012, 07:56 PM

Its pretty good.. friggin hilarious at times.

KCTitus · 01-28-2012, 08:59 PM

Some of them are remarkably dry, but Karl is pretty funny regardless.

The first season had his trip to the Great Wall of China, probably the single funniest episode Ive ever seen.

I think the phone calls back to Ricky and Stephen while he's out in the middle of nowhere is completely hilarious.

dmahurin · 01-20-2013, 12:10 AM

The new season started tonight. I love this show.

Fishpicker · 01-20-2013, 01:11 AM

love this show. Karl cracks me up

Baby Lee · 01-20-2013, 03:04 AM

IF you can find them, the episodes of The Ricky Gervais Show on radio where they interview Karl are classic. If you can't find the radio bits themselves, HBO animated them for TV.

Baby Lee · 01-29-2013, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Fishpicker

love this show. Karl cracks me up

That 'bungee' jumping those dudes were doing on Vanuatu was ****ing insane.

As opposed to rigorously engineered setups we see in modern places that slow your descent gradually, they were jumping off a 10 story frame of tree branches with vines tied their ankles and getting jerked to a stop like inches from the ground, like a dog who sprints to the end of his leash.

Fishpicker · 01-29-2013, 09:10 PM

that didn't look nearly as dangerous as the balloon ride Warwick took on.

Baby Lee · 01-31-2013, 02:37 PM

As viewing continues, my central question comes into focus. Would you trade places with Karl? Where's your breaking point? What would you revel in? What would just endure 'just because?'

Baby Lee · 02-16-2013, 08:41 AM

The sight of him screaming 'you ****ing twats' on the plane wing walk kills me every episode.

EDIT to add: Karl saying you're touching a lung during his prostate exam might be the funniest line I've heard in a while.

That, or his super power combo of super hearing to pick out bullshit being said around the globe, the ability to fly to where it's being said, and the ability of people know him calling bullshit was the truth.

The Pilkingon experience in a single reaction shot

01-28-2012, 06:13 PM
KCTitus Archivist Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: The Ethernet Casino cash: $34942	An Idiot Abroad Anyone watch this show? It's on Science Channel at 10pm ET on Saturdays. Season 2 started last Saturday, called The Bucket List. It's produced by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant and they send out their idiot sidekick, Karl Pilkington, out to travel the world. The second series has a couple of episodes in America.
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01-28-2012, 07:32 PM	#2
jiveturkey Captain Kick Ass Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Kansas Casino cash: $52347	I love it. It looks like they're going in a new direction with it this season.
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Mr Luzcious Orbital Teapot Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: a maze of pleasure Casino cash: $1080776	Its pretty good.. friggin hilarious at times. __________________ Under construction
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01-28-2012, 08:59 PM	#4
KCTitus Archivist Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: The Ethernet Casino cash: $34942	Some of them are remarkably dry, but Karl is pretty funny regardless. The first season had his trip to the Great Wall of China, probably the single funniest episode Ive ever seen. I think the phone calls back to Ricky and Stephen while he's out in the middle of nowhere is completely hilarious. __________________ Anything you post on this BB can and will be used against you...
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Fishpicker On one quarter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: I play all day Casino cash: $25841	love this show. Karl cracks me up __________________
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Baby Lee Easy Going Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: State of Sedated Bliss Casino cash: $93853	IF you can find them, the episodes of The Ricky Gervais Show on radio where they interview Karl are classic. If you can't find the radio bits themselves, HBO animated them for TV. __________________ "Matthew McConaughey is a pilgrim in search of a shirt. He does not realize the shirt was inside him the whole time."
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01-29-2013, 09:10 PM	#9
Fishpicker On one quarter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: I play all day Casino cash: $25841	that didn't look nearly as dangerous as the balloon ride Warwick took on. __________________
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01-31-2013, 02:37 PM	#10
Baby Lee Easy Going Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: State of Sedated Bliss Casino cash: $93853	As viewing continues, my central question comes into focus. Would you trade places with Karl? Where's your breaking point? What would you revel in? What would just endure 'just because?' __________________ "Matthew McConaughey is a pilgrim in search of a shirt. He does not realize the shirt was inside him the whole time."
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02-16-2013, 08:41 AM	#11
Baby Lee Easy Going Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: State of Sedated Bliss Casino cash: $93853	The sight of him screaming 'you ***ing twats' on the plane wing walk kills me every episode. EDIT to add: Karl saying you're touching a lung during his prostate exam might be the funniest line I've heard in a while. That, or his super power combo of super hearing to pick out bullshit being said around the globe, the ability to fly to where it's being said, and the ability of people know him calling bullshit was the truth. The Pilkingon experience in a single reaction shot Attached Thumbnails __________________ "Matthew McConaughey is a pilgrim in search of a shirt. He does not realize the shirt was inside him the whole time." Last edited by Baby Lee; 02-16-2013 at 10:15 AM..*
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