XFM The Ricky Gervais Show Series 3 Episode 2 - Well, get me in the book

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Komentáře • 595

  • @Raskolnikov32
    @Raskolnikov32 Před 5 lety +379

    Karl is responsible for sending out all the prizes on their show, so listen very carefully to what he does at 41:55 - 42:00 after hearing the winner is in Switzerland.
    That sigh. Haha.
    He's not gonna know what to do at the post office. And he'll be moaning about the shipping costs coming out of his pocket.

    • @B8rkley
      @B8rkley Před 5 lety +36

      Great spot!

    • @harryjones84
      @harryjones84 Před 4 lety +12

      Haaaa! listened to these so many times n never noticed that

    • @odw_99
      @odw_99 Před 4 lety +28

      Haha that’s class- you know he’d be well pissed off with that, bless him

    • @NxDoyle
      @NxDoyle Před 4 lety

      Karl bought one or two prizes but I doubt he paid for shipping.

    • @thebananamen1026
      @thebananamen1026 Před 4 lety +9

      That was really subtle but ye he’s pissed

  • @rroesash
    @rroesash Před 6 lety +149

    This must be one of the best XFM episodes, with Karl slagging off Suzanne's arse, the beginning of the 'bong' headlines, his 'get me in the book' line, and his best 'Karl in a film' with Ricky's laugh killing me.

  • @malloryoscar8
    @malloryoscar8 Před 5 lety +347

    "cluuuue changes everrytiiime baaabyy, the clue changes eveeerrrryyytiiime"

  • @oscarstrokosz2986
    @oscarstrokosz2986 Před 8 lety +328

    love how you can hear ricky's faint laugh during the film bit

  • @kitpalmer1583
    @kitpalmer1583 Před 6 lety +89

    "I've been ill."
    "...Nothing serious?"
    I really thought after all these years that wouldn't still make me laugh, but it does.

    • @blairforbes1132
      @blairforbes1132 Před 4 měsíci

      Likewise. Steve was/is so quick with hit wit.

  • @mickerzsnickerz
    @mickerzsnickerz Před 9 lety +256

    Karl in Kes is not only the best Karl in a Film but probably the greatest thing he has ever done. It's so hilariously clever.

    • @Sheriff_GrimLaw
      @Sheriff_GrimLaw Před 8 lety +37

      Ricky's laughter makes it so. x

    • @Christophee1987
      @Christophee1987 Před 8 lety +26

      Yeah, it's easily the best one, and Ricky's laughter makes it even better.

    • @ilcorvo9559
      @ilcorvo9559 Před 4 lety +28

      Followed closely by the Scrooge “garlic bread” moment which is legitimately funny even without Ricky’s laugh

    • @harryjones84
      @harryjones84 Před 4 lety +1

      No brilliant as they all are- the One Flew Over is def the best, and not cos its one of my fave films too but either the acting or editing he does when hes reacting to his head being squozed (using the scene where Macs lifting the basin thing) is actually genius

    • @bluestevo93
      @bluestevo93 Před 3 lety

      @@ilcorvo9559 you're absolutely right haha

  • @calstuart8133
    @calstuart8133 Před 4 měsíci +7

    "I've been ill" is the most criminally underrated statement in the whole show

  • @spazzitronmcgee6254
    @spazzitronmcgee6254 Před 8 lety +58

    This episode should totally be called "Well, get me in the book!"

    • @ots1634
      @ots1634 Před 4 měsíci

      Oh my god! Totally! Go seahawks!

  • @alandodd3184
    @alandodd3184 Před 8 lety +169

    love Ricky and Steve's little monologues when acting out a scene that they are discussing.

    • @robplant5576
      @robplant5576 Před 6 lety +4

      Alan Dodd They are called sketches

    • @rhydsnow851
      @rhydsnow851 Před rokem +1

      Or improv!

    • @cosmoseinfeld1
      @cosmoseinfeld1 Před rokem

      Dialogues

    • @alandodd3184
      @alandodd3184 Před rokem

      Ooooooohhhhhh

    • @cosmoseinfeld1
      @cosmoseinfeld1 Před rokem +2

      @alandodd3184 haha 7 years after the initial comment, respect brother, do you still listen to these regularly like the rest of us?

  • @shanilemeow2942
    @shanilemeow2942 Před 7 lety +63

    Listen to this on public transport for the maniac look.

  • @Mothernatureontherun
    @Mothernatureontherun Před 2 lety +18

    Going to sleep listening to this in 2022! (Australia). I don’t think I’ll ever stop listening to these 3.

    • @Venenata
      @Venenata Před rokem

      its crazy right? I'm from Manchester not far from where Karl grew up so i can understand why i like it so much but when i hear people so far away still listen and love it makes me really happy karl is a gift to the world lol

    • @AA-hg5fk
      @AA-hg5fk Před rokem +1

      Karl isn't a fan of Australia. Firstly, it's too far away, secondly, it's full of animals that can kill you.

  • @Dilkingt0nne
    @Dilkingt0nne Před rokem +115

    When Steve’s trying to pass as gay and says “I’ve been ill” then Ricky chuckles and says “nothing serious”….I’m just now getting what he’s getting at haha

  • @jakehixon4073
    @jakehixon4073 Před 2 lety +27

    No matter how many times I hear these I still can’t get the rockbuster answers 😂

  • @bsmith6646
    @bsmith6646 Před 8 měsíci +5

    October 2023. Still listening, still laughing. Wonderful stuff

  • @FreshHeat
    @FreshHeat Před 5 lety +85

    Love them slagging off Sky One 🤣 couple years later Idiot Abroad is its feature show

    • @liambennion9627
      @liambennion9627 Před 2 lety +5

      probably recycled some of their sucking up to the Telegraph material to make up for it during their pitch 😅

  • @kieranwhite6647
    @kieranwhite6647 Před 4 měsíci +4

    'It's a man... well...' Cracks me up every time

  • @justinkline8437
    @justinkline8437 Před 6 lety +44

    "First one was easy- we gave them the answer. That's the easiest one we've ever had."

  • @daniele551
    @daniele551 Před 5 lety +37

    Ricky: I’m already not holding out much hope for this working out.
    Karl: I just messed that first one up.

  • @digitaldylantoddni
    @digitaldylantoddni Před 8 lety +81

    Rickys laugh in the background of the Movie scene killed me xD

    • @FIFA09King
      @FIFA09King Před 7 lety +9

      DigitalDylanToddNI How many times a day does he squoze it 😂

  • @vxmarcusxv
    @vxmarcusxv Před 4 lety +59

    Every rockbusters "karl: it's where I sort of give a cryptic clue"
    "Ricky: well..."

  • @jcrawley1
    @jcrawley1 Před 6 lety +54

    The paolo sketch is one of the most underrated bits they ever did on xfm

  • @Dozzyx
    @Dozzyx Před 8 lety +143

    "You are, right, you are one of the most stupid humans I've ever met."
    "Well, get me in the book."
    Brilliant!

    • @TheStaggaz32
      @TheStaggaz32 Před 4 lety

      Lol. I was laughing for a good solid minute after that.

  • @a_b897
    @a_b897 Před 8 lety +293

    "Sort of man woman..." "...a fella who's a woman..." "...this woman..." "...it's a woman, well it's a man..." "...it's, it's...it is a man...well..." "...it's a man who is now sorta half a woman."
    Jesus Christ Karl 😆

    • @lobsterairsoft499
      @lobsterairsoft499 Před 7 lety +46

      Arran Bradstock MAN WOMAN MAN WOMAN MAN TV TV MAN WOMAN MAN TV WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT KARL

    • @studkickass513
      @studkickass513 Před 5 lety +4

      Beautifully done!

    • @CORNISHDUDE
      @CORNISHDUDE Před 5 lety +14

      Enjoy it while you can... The SJWs of the future will censor Karl's "transphobic" comments

    • @AllTheHurt
      @AllTheHurt Před 4 lety +9

      @@IAmRedherrings Is it transphobic? I don't think not understanding something or not knowing what sex to classify someone as is in any way transphobic, the only reason sjw's "know" is because that's what they've been told to think in order to avoid hurting feelings because apparently that's the worst thing in the world. At best he's just ignorant since there's obviously no malice behind it.

    • @MrMongoose221
      @MrMongoose221 Před 4 lety

      I remember watching the TV show as well at the time 😅

  • @jadetomlinson95
    @jadetomlinson95 Před 9 lety +59

    "Anyway, rather than reading out the A-Z..."

    • @shaunj66
      @shaunj66 Před 3 lety +4

      R: "Ooooooh!"
      S: "Ooooooh!"

    • @williamsmith666
      @williamsmith666 Před 2 lety

      This got Chris Moyles the Breakfast Show on Radio 1!

  • @JoeRivermanSongwriter
    @JoeRivermanSongwriter Před 4 lety +11

    Steve was raised on Gay's Road, Bristol in case anybody's wondering.

  • @TheLilThr33
    @TheLilThr33 Před 9 lety +71

    He'll be knocking them in and you'll be.....knocking.....one.....

  • @WollongongWacko
    @WollongongWacko Před 9 lety +19

    20 bender points!!! Every sentence in these shows are gold.

  • @rooty
    @rooty Před 6 lety +29

    I love their nervous laughter when they're talking about Paolo's illness...

    • @lilme7052
      @lilme7052 Před 2 lety +4

      I've heard Ricky laugh like that before. He's trying so hard not to laugh out loud

  • @gregjordan38
    @gregjordan38 Před 2 lety +6

    And instead of saying let's get married they're saying how swollen and red is your arse?
    No that was me.
    Gets me every time. Absolutely brilliant

  • @GooglyEyedJoe
    @GooglyEyedJoe Před 8 lety +121

    34:15 - "You are...right? You are...one of the...most stupid humans I have ever met." "Well get me in the book." xD

  • @sharonska100
    @sharonska100 Před 5 lety +18

    46:34 hearing Ricky laughing in the background is the best moment

  • @babyshambler
    @babyshambler Před 9 měsíci +6

    Karl in Kes is the best thing he ever did. The original dialogue fits perfectly with his inserts and the XFM references. "How do you spell that??" - perfect.

    • @conorkennedy3304
      @conorkennedy3304 Před 7 měsíci +1

      He was really good at stat stuff. It's very clear that he was an editor by trade.

  • @samh3920
    @samh3920 Před 4 lety +9

    Rickys laughing in the background of ‘Karl’s film thing’ gets me every single time

  • @kevinbetancourt9033
    @kevinbetancourt9033 Před 4 lety +21

    I’ve been listening to these three fools for 11 years and 26:50 still makes me laugh like it was my first time.

  • @ReachForTheSky
    @ReachForTheSky Před rokem +3

    My dad took me to the Garfunkels they refer to here, near Piccadilly Circus, when I was little - around the time this was taped actually. Great burger and chips. Unfortunately gone now, think it moved. Rest in peace old man!

  • @anthonymadden9470
    @anthonymadden9470 Před 3 lety +4

    This is one of the best episodes

  • @CORNISHDUDE
    @CORNISHDUDE Před 7 lety +28

    Episode title should be "Well, get me in the book"

    • @ManMoth
      @ManMoth  Před 7 lety +24

      Haha! Consider it done ;-)

  • @bradleyelvin7426
    @bradleyelvin7426 Před 11 měsíci +1

    "He squoze me head"
    "How do you spell that?"
    Every time 😂😂😂

  • @capnhawkins
    @capnhawkins Před 7 lety +29

    I would love to see Karl play a game of Rockbusters with Gollum in his dark cave. Both of them hunched over by the water's edge in the dark, their voices echoing. If only the Hobbit films had been released earlier. Karl could've done that for the Film Thing and made the Riddles scene into a game of Rockbusters. Karl would be like "A'ight, you're quite the cheeky little freak."

    • @NickDBaker
      @NickDBaker Před 10 měsíci +1

      What a brilliant idea! We need to tell Manmoth to get on the AI train and make it happen!!

    • @jianblundell6038
      @jianblundell6038 Před 5 měsíci

      "What is a manc twatses?"

  • @jamesgergely3810
    @jamesgergely3810 Před 3 lety +7

    Rickys laugh in the background when Karls dubbing over kez 😂😂

  • @rooty
    @rooty Před 6 lety +11

    I like how Karl talks about the watch eating bloke again (which I think Ricky mentioned originally), and then Ricky uses the two jokes that Karl came up with the first time!

  • @babyshambler
    @babyshambler Před 2 lety +4

    "Well, get me in the book" is the quickest, most brilliant response the K-man ever uttered. Genius.

    • @kreskinkun
      @kreskinkun Před 7 měsíci +1

      And he fires it off basically to dismiss Ricky so he can keep prattling, rather than as the golden punchline for the entire segment. It makes it even funnier.

  • @alandodd3184
    @alandodd3184 Před 7 lety +6

    Ricky loves the darkness! love these and must be on 50 timed around

  • @capnhawkins
    @capnhawkins Před 7 lety +26

    46:31 "How do you spell that? "Aha-HA-HA-HA..."

  • @brenpereira7971
    @brenpereira7971 Před 8 lety +77

    Karl's come a long way in his thinking considering he was actually a crossdresser for a day on the Moaning of Life haha

  • @Justhas0
    @Justhas0 Před 7 lety +3

    "yh yh yh, darkness" Best intro to any of their podcasts,

  • @blairmettam7642
    @blairmettam7642 Před 8 lety +6

    More good work from Man Moth! Hello from Busselton, Australia

  • @justinkline8437
    @justinkline8437 Před 6 lety +13

    "I was doing that thing- wa'n't I?- with Richard Bacon."
    "You talk in riddles."

  • @iansmith8454
    @iansmith8454 Před 4 lety +5

    7:31 when Ricky nearly says "that's what normal people go out at"

  • @jamiel.harding4554
    @jamiel.harding4554 Před 4 lety +5

    Listening to this during the Covid19 Lockdown. Never fails to make life feel a bit more positive, these shows.

    • @jamiel.harding4554
      @jamiel.harding4554 Před 3 lety

      7 months and I’ve come back around again! Slowly closing in on 2021.

    • @jamiel.harding4554
      @jamiel.harding4554 Před 3 lety +1

      June 2021. Another six months. Another rotation ✌️

    • @jamiel.harding4554
      @jamiel.harding4554 Před 2 lety

      A year on from my last update - March 2022 - and Russia has invaded Ukraine. Makes these shows all the more important as a welcome distraction.

  • @deaks98
    @deaks98 Před 4 lety +11

    37:12 Karl adopts the ‘acting out a funny sketch’ with Ricky instead of Steve!

  • @SN-di9ix
    @SN-di9ix Před 8 lety +14

    Ricky saying "does it whistle?" reminds me of Chris Rock on Talking Funny going "does he do the whistle?" So funny

    • @adamfelts5355
      @adamfelts5355 Před 8 lety +10

      Sitting on a cock cause I'm gay. Probably the best song parody that no one ever heard

    • @HopeVJustice
      @HopeVJustice Před 7 lety

      Watching the tide roll away?

  • @4creilly128
    @4creilly128 Před 8 lety +38

    The merchants of gay's street

    • @ChenkoTheDog
      @ChenkoTheDog Před 8 lety

      ha just round the corning memorial street

  • @bowlofnuggets
    @bowlofnuggets Před rokem +2

    “Never mind Robin Hood, let’s rob Barclays!”

  • @SaikyRae
    @SaikyRae Před 8 lety +1

    thanks for uploading these👍

  • @louisbrennan1012
    @louisbrennan1012 Před 8 lety +19

    He's called Miriam.

  • @cbirnbaum8584
    @cbirnbaum8584 Před rokem +6

    Karl plays himself very well in the Karl In Movie bits. Just sounds like he's meant to be in it.

  • @josephryan1701
    @josephryan1701 Před 2 lety +5

    That suzanne is a lucky lucky lady 😂😂

  • @Scallion_D
    @Scallion_D Před 3 lety +21

    I can't believe Karl struggled so badly to describe Miriam. 😂

    • @AA-hg5fk
      @AA-hg5fk Před 7 měsíci +1

      It's almost as if Karl is a bit stupid!

    • @Lordofthewhyz
      @Lordofthewhyz Před 6 měsíci

      One of my favs

  • @shnoogums1
    @shnoogums1 Před 4 lety +4

    Man hey ya by OutKast really brings me back to a simpler time

  • @olicurran1785
    @olicurran1785 Před 4 lety +5

    14:20 Steve slagging off sky1 not knowing that he’d produce one of the best shows ever on the channel years later

  • @CurtachiDKidd
    @CurtachiDKidd Před rokem +2

    I love how they spend so long cussing Sky one and that’s the station an idiot abroad was on hahaha

  • @trooooololol
    @trooooololol Před 9 lety +1

    Definitely my fav episode along with the episode with the Antartic scientists LOOL

  • @thomasbucket7002
    @thomasbucket7002 Před 8 lety +3

    This should be called "Upstairs, he's got a lovely pair of dumplings"

  • @alexmovies
    @alexmovies Před 3 lety +8

    the image of Steve cruising down to G.A.Y. with "the lads" to see Britney Spears is still so funny to me all these years later

  • @shayww
    @shayww Před 6 lety +18

    I wonder do any of them know that people still listen to these radio broadcasts

    • @HaydnG266
      @HaydnG266 Před 4 lety

      They must, when Stephen Merchant posts anything on Instagram, the comments tends to be relating to these.

    • @Scallion_D
      @Scallion_D Před 3 lety

      Karl and Steve have referred to it in recent podcasts.
      And Ricky must do too, he gets XFM related replies to his tweets from time to time.

  • @omikronweapon
    @omikronweapon Před 4 lety +3

    "Is there ANYTHING worth watching on Sky ONE?" The boys did cash their sweet sweet cheques after putting An Idiot Abroad on there XD

  • @brianhurley2194
    @brianhurley2194 Před 7 lety +4

    They should call Ricky the man of a thousand laughs. lol.

  • @lobsterairsoft499
    @lobsterairsoft499 Před 4 lety +3

    Legendary episode

  • @vrisvrikkie
    @vrisvrikkie Před 8 lety +7

    11:22 - Ricky's impersonation of a seagull

    • @mu9617
      @mu9617 Před 7 lety +1

      empleh777 That's the fakest laugh I've ever heard!

  • @harvg123
    @harvg123 Před 3 lety

    Legitimately the only Songs of Phrase I can stand. Not only can I put up with it, I think it's a masterpiece.

    • @hustler666100
      @hustler666100 Před 3 lety +2

      songs of phrase? do you mean the film thing. if so this and the scrooge christmas one are best if you get the reference in it and ricky loses it laughing

  • @kiteracer95
    @kiteracer95 Před 5 lety +8

    the man who's sort of half a woman
    Karl in Kes
    Paolo
    This teletubby has got lice
    classic episode

  • @leeroyjenkins5754
    @leeroyjenkins5754 Před 5 lety +1

    “The upper half is but is the bottom” 😂😂😂 Not arsed, Steve’s funny a fuck

  • @jakohuncho2410
    @jakohuncho2410 Před 4 lety +1

    “I haven’t read up about this”
    *room erupted into chaos*

  • @drake128
    @drake128 Před rokem +1

    22:47 I'm sure Steve presses that button . You hear a chair and his voice moves likes he's gone round the desk

  • @aliennostromo1669
    @aliennostromo1669 Před 4 lety +1

    The bongs are my favourite when they pop up

  • @nero354
    @nero354 Před 8 lety

    Thanks for all these moth man and thanks for not advertising on then also!

  • @AL13NM
    @AL13NM Před rokem +1

    "you're ill." LOL!!!

  • @FDCLDN
    @FDCLDN Před 7 lety +10

    Be good if they come together for more podcasts.

    • @AutomaticDuck300
      @AutomaticDuck300 Před 5 lety +1

      Ricky has said that Karl has grown up and learned the error of his ways, so they're not going to make more podcasts because it wouldn't work today. Karl isn't as much of a fool any more as he was so it wouldn't be as funny or work as a concept.

    • @Crunch_Buttsteak
      @Crunch_Buttsteak Před 5 lety

      @@AutomaticDuck300 that's sad

    • @Scallion_D
      @Scallion_D Před 3 lety +5

      Think they've done enough tbh. 4 series of XFM, all the podcasts and Idiot Abroad.
      Can't have the same sort of shtick forever as great as they were.

  • @bengreen1144
    @bengreen1144 Před 6 lety +3

    Great this one is

  • @ThePaynes2022
    @ThePaynes2022 Před 9 lety +28

    never mind robin rood, lets rob barcleys. too long for a title?

    • @ManMoth
      @ManMoth  Před 9 lety +1

      lcfckid Haha, it's a good un... It might be a bit too long though.

    • @TheClassicWorld
      @TheClassicWorld Před 9 lety +7

      Man Moth Here's a title. I'll buy you a new hair-cut and that.

    • @Crimson34533
      @Crimson34533 Před 8 lety +6

      +Man Moth what about "let's have a talk about her fat arse"

    • @flud6699
      @flud6699 Před 8 lety +5

      +lcfckid +man moth "get me in the book" or "bong!"

    • @TheBunniechannel
      @TheBunniechannel Před 8 lety +3

      +- FreeFlow - yeh i like her fat arse :p or MAN WOMAN, WOMAN MAN, TV.

  • @stfnkblm6738
    @stfnkblm6738 Před 3 lety +2

    "This isn't that good but: some fella pulls a train with his teeth"
    Sounds pretty impressive to me

  • @jenspyck
    @jenspyck Před 3 lety +4

    FYI: the street Steve was referring to was probably "King Dick's Lane"

  • @flud6699
    @flud6699 Před 8 lety +3

    The headlines are classic - "bong"

    • @adamfelts5355
      @adamfelts5355 Před 8 lety

      I always bust out laughing at 'give us another bong"

  • @michae13james10
    @michae13james10 Před 3 měsíci +2

    “ it’s nice how you can talk about transsexuals and gays without offending “
    21 years later ......

  • @jacobtanswell3601
    @jacobtanswell3601 Před 4 lety +1

    You can tell Steve’s intellect changes. He’s gone from reading “white van man” in the Sun to reading the Evening Standard and the Telegraph

  • @Voduke789
    @Voduke789 Před 3 lety +7

    11:20 probably among the top 5 Ricky Gervais laughs of all time!

    • @HaydnG266
      @HaydnG266 Před 3 lety

      Hahaha HAAAA. hahaha HAAAA.

  • @luukeluketer1024
    @luukeluketer1024 Před 9 lety +1

    Cheers mate...

  • @capnhawkins
    @capnhawkins Před 6 lety +3

    46:58 "Swivels, write that on the board."

  • @bossmantyrrells1596
    @bossmantyrrells1596 Před rokem +1

    I the way we love Carl is the way he loves monkeys, utter fascination for the creature just below us

  • @odw_99
    @odw_99 Před 8 lety +33

    "Family sick of living on Butthole Road"

  • @Dilkingt0nne
    @Dilkingt0nne Před rokem +1

    The place name “Cliterhouse drive” sets you up for the easiest most boring predictable joke ever, I’m genuinely proud of these three for resisting the urge to make it

  • @jackkennerley8844
    @jackkennerley8844 Před rokem +2

    “It’s nice that you can talk about transgenders on the radio without complaints” my how that aged badly 😂😂

  • @darylchristie3809
    @darylchristie3809 Před 6 lety

    Still watching this you CZcams so dont get rid of it please

  • @CW-qx7qn
    @CW-qx7qn Před 4 lety +2

    Imagine if this episode came up in 2020 their careers would be over and they would have been lynched by the left lolol

    • @Scallion_D
      @Scallion_D Před 3 lety

      @not me Yeah. Ricky's still the same.

  • @garyttomo1641
    @garyttomo1641 Před 7 lety +3

    lol I think you can just hear Karl laughing at "can you hear it whistle"

  • @JoeRivermanSongwriter
    @JoeRivermanSongwriter Před 3 lety +3

    The name of the street Steve's parents lived on in Bristol is Gay's Road.

    • @andywirth123
      @andywirth123 Před 2 lety

      My suburb in Perth, Western Australia is called Cockburn

  • @heelmoxley365
    @heelmoxley365 Před rokem

    The G.A.Y quiz was gold😂😂😂😂

  • @HaydnG266
    @HaydnG266 Před 4 lety +6

    Ricky stole that "how did they time him" comment from Karl in a previous episode.

  • @karldilkington8802
    @karldilkington8802 Před rokem +2

    Gary stretch-turner up to his old tricks.