Wow, it's amazing going back and listening to these old shows. Karl actually talking about things he enjoys and happy times in his life. He even laughs a few times. He always seemed so depressed in the Guide To's and the tv show. Nice to see the more human side of Karl.
I just laughed for an hour straight.! I love how the only thing the kid from his school put about Karl is that he had a pet Magpie and it flew away when he brought it in to show. Incredible.
I like the fact that at this point in the shows Karl is yet to admit that he was the one who made a hole in the girl's dress. Just says 'someone' did it! Cheeky bastard lol!
hahaha - I actually remember that windy day in the '70's - coming home from school and my baby brother was in his buggy, my mum told me to hold onto the lampost and my legs actually lifted off the floor!! my mum struggled with the buggy as that was almost blown into the road !!! 100% true I swear !! lol
I think I've listened to all of the podcasts in the past several months, but I love hearing the compilation of all of the childhood bits together. So funny! Thanks so much for taking the time to put all of these together. Absolutely hilarious!
I used to listen to XFM show everyday and then start over from the beginning after eventually listening to the last show. There's so many that you can just loop it infinitely. But now I haven't listened to it for almost a year for some reason. Now it's almost like listening to it for the first time. This bliss must be what it's like being senile. :)
It's so weird to think that I've spent a lot of my childhood in Porthmadog at the same holiday park where he was saying he went. I think during An Idiot Abroad or something he went back to the caravan park as a one off at the end of the episode or something and he went through all the arcades and stuff which I probably at the time of watching that had been there not a few months or year earlier. Small world. Decent place to go as a kid if you weren't rolling in the money.
It's funny as hell and Karl has done extremely well out of it. Let's leave it at that? I must admit sometimes it sounds like bullying but I still listen to it every morning!
Karl's just a very good Northern comedian who never did stand up. Manchester's full of 'em. What gets me is how Ricky balls his head off at material that is nearly the same as Peter Kay material when he has always been so critical of that style of comedy.
Ricky's laugh always cheers me up, no matter what sort of day I'm having. Can't get enough of Karl's anecdotes. Great job on this one. Keep them coming!
So I was listening to this on headphones, paused it and was startled to hear myself laughing out loud. I was laughing so much at this and for so long I actually FORGOT I was laughing.
Referring to Karl getting into bed and feeling so happy that he's tired and the pillows are cold, I also get really excited about that. You're not alone Karl.
Thankyou so much for compiling this. I've listened through the podcasts from xfm up to the present multiple times and Karls childhood stories are amongst the best.
I love that in the part regarding the family with the horse... Karl starts off by saying "I'm just assuming she stole itm maybe that's wrong of me." to "Yeah she stole it.. I think from some stables." Lmao his line of thought is amazing. He truly believes his own stories! (P.S apologies for paraphrasing... I couldn't be bothered rewinding to quote directly.)
karls from salford manchester i live close to salford 10 min walk so most of his crazy chats about the estate he grew up on and his early life are probably all true it's rough as fuck round some salford estates not a place for a soft arse karl is not as stupid as you may think he will have much common knowledge from his upbringing like most of us northerners we ain't posh folk.
Crying with laughter when he was talking about how much he used to love sleeping ahahahahaha! 'I haven't slept well since I was about.. 12.' TOO MUCH ahahah
Yes the XFM show started September 2001 & "aired in weekly periods for months at a time throughout 2002, 2003, 2004, and mid-2005. In November 2005, Guardian Unlimited offered the show as a podcast series of 12 shows." In 2010 the best shows were adapted to the HBO cartoon of the same name. Look up The Ricky Gervais Show on Wikipedia.
