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Karl (also Carl) is a variant of the given name Charles. For origin and meaning see Churl and Charles.
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Ricky Dene Gervais (/dʒərˈveɪz/; born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, director, producer, writer and former pop singer and manager.
Gervais worked initially in the music industry, attempting a career as a pop star in the 1980s as the singer of the new wave act Seona Dancing and working as the manager of the then-unknown band Suede before turning to comedy. Gervais appeared on The 11 O'Clock Show on Channel 4 between 1998 and 2000. In 2000, he was given a Channel 4 talk show, Meet Ricky Gervais, and then achieved greater mainstream fame a year later with his BBC television series The Office. It was followed by Extras in 2005. He co-wrote and co-directed both series with Stephen Merchant. In addition to writing and directing the shows, he played the lead roles of David Brent in The Office and Andy Millman in Extras. He will reprise his role as Brent in the upcoming comedy film Life on the Road.
He has also starred in the Hollywood films Ghost Town, and Muppets Most Wanted, and wrote, directed and starred in The Invention of Lying and the upcoming Special Correspondents. He has performed on four stand-up comedy tours and written the Flanimals book series. Gervais also starred with Merchant and Karl Pilkington in the podcast The Ricky Gervais Show, which has spawned various spin-offs starring Pilkington and produced by Gervais and Merchant. He hosted the Golden Globe Awards in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2016.
The Ricky Gervais Show is a comedy audio show in the UK starring Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, and Karl Pilkington, later adapted into The Ricky Gervais Show, an animated series debuting for HBO and Channel 4 in 2010. Despite being named after the more famous Gervais, it mostly revolves around the life and ideas of Pilkington. The show started in August 2001 on Xfm, and 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. Throughout January and February 2006, the podcast was consistently ranked the number one podcast in the world; it appeared in the 2007 Guinness World Record for the world's most downloaded podcast, having gained an average of 261,670 downloads per episode during its first month. According to the BBC, by September 2006, the podcasts of the series had been downloaded nearly 18 million times.As of March 2011, the podcast has been downloaded over 300 million times.
Karl Pilkington (born 23 September 1972) is an English travel show presenter, author, former radio producer and occasional actor. He gained prominence as the producer of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's radio programme on XFM. He appeared on The Ricky Gervais Show, presented the Sky travel comedy series An Idiot Abroad, and made his full acting debut (following a cameo appearance in the final episode of Extras) on Gervais' 2012 comedy-drama series Derek. Pilkington is a co-founder, along with Gervais and Merchant, of RiSK Productions, a television production company. Pilkington currently stars in the Sky 1 travel documentary comedy series The Moaning of Life. This is his first show to not have any involvement from either Gervais or Merchant.
Pilkington was born in Manchester in 1972. He moved to London from Manchester to work with XFM as a producer, at one point unintentionally causing Gail Porter to leave the station in tears after only one show by criticising her performance, which Pilkington maintains was an attempt to encourage her to improve. After several years he began work on The Ricky Gervais Show, broadcast on Saturday afternoons. Initially Pilkington was solely the programme's producer. As Gervais and Merchant began to invite him to make the odd comment, Pilkington's persona came to light and his popularity increased. Pilkington was eventually included as a main element of the broadcasts, with large amounts of airtime often given over to his thoughts on various subjects, or various childhood stories. In December 2005, Pilkington stood in for two BBC 6 Music shows for Nemone, and co-presented the shows with Russell Brand.
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Actors: Rochelle De-Terville (actress), Jonell Rowe (actor), Isaac Ssebandeke (producer), Moses Ssebandeke (director), T.J. Schooling (actor), Moses Ssebandeke (producer), Moses Ssebandeke (writer), Nassy Konan (actress), Nassy Maureen (actress), Tedford Achonwa (actor), Matthew Connelly (actor), Tedford Achonwa (actor), Tedford Dozie Achonwa (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Rochelle De-Terville (actress), Jonell Rowe (actor), Isaac Ssebandeke (producer), Moses Ssebandeke (director), T.J. Schooling (actor), Moses Ssebandeke (producer), Moses Ssebandeke (writer), Nassy Konan (actress), Nassy Maureen (actress), Tedford Achonwa (actor), Matthew Connelly (actor), Tedford Achonwa (actor), Tedford Dozie Achonwa (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Rochelle De-Terville (actress), Jonell Rowe (actor), Isaac Ssebandeke (producer), Moses Ssebandeke (director), T.J. Schooling (actor), Moses Ssebandeke (producer), Moses Ssebandeke (writer), Nassy Konan (actress), Nassy Maureen (actress), Tedford Achonwa (actor), Matthew Connelly (actor), Tedford Achonwa (actor), Tedford Dozie Achonwa (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Jesse Klein (editor), Ryan DeLuca (actor), Ryan DeLuca (writer), Michelle Wicklas (actress), Clayton McInerney (writer), Clayton McInerney (actor), Clayton McInerney (producer), Ethan Moore (director), Heather Grace Hancock (actress), Anna Lauren Farrell (actress), Anna Lauren Farrell (composer), Angela Bray (actress), Anna Lauren Farrell (writer), Angela Bray (writer), Javan Nelson (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Jackson Burns (actor), AnnMarie Giaquinto (actress), Julitta Pourciau (actress), Bill Ross (actor), Bardia Mattin (actor), Kay Salem (actress), Bobby Simpson II (actor), Sarah Stubbs (actress), Wonedwossen Goshu (writer), Wonedwossen Goshu (producer), Wonedwossen Goshu (director), Wonedwossen Goshu (editor), Wonedwossen Goshu (actor), Joe Griaffi (actor), James Shade (actor),
Plot: Shut Your Blog Off This drama, suspense is about a news reporter trying to standout and make a name for himself. As he takes on his first assignment, he uncovers an insurance scandal that is sure to win him the Investigation Award. Wanting to shed some light on the issue, he begins posting his findings on his blog. But, not everyone wants the truth to be revealed and they will go to lengths to keep him quiet.
Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller,Actors: Alistair Abell (actor), Doug Abrahams (actor), Merrilyn Gann (actress), Michael Richard Plowman (composer), Artine Brown (actor), Dalias Blake (actor), Nigel Hartwell (actor), William Samples (actor), Jason Griffith (actor), J.B. Bivens (actor), John Sampson (actor), Richard Faraci (actor), Glen Gould (actor), Dena Ashbaugh (actress), Trevor Roberts (actor),
Plot: For Manny Forskinn being the fifty-fifty man, "half truth and half tale makes a better sale", has become a way of life. As a writer looking to create the ultimate story, Manny seeks out what others shy away from, using confrontation and mind games to find a "story worth telling". In doing so, Manny looses his grasp of what is real or dream and disappears into a violent, sexy world where nothing is what it seems and the only motto to live by is "DON'T TRUST ANYONE".
Keywords: drug-use, frank-zappa, imagination, independent-film, insane-asylum, surrealism, violence, writerActors: Randy Butcher (actor), Charlie Wiener (director), Curtis Bush (actor), Curtis Bush (actor), Goran Kalezic (actor), Michael McNamara (actor), Michael McNamara (producer), Michael McNamara (writer), Martin McNamara (actor), Charlie Weiner (actor), Charlie Weiner (editor), Frank Sasso (actor), Karl Adhihetty (actor), B. Bob (actor), Peter Au (actor),
Plot: The people's private army and their crazed leader Jake, have a simple plan - take over the world. But, there are three things in their way, money and two deadly kickboxers - The Twin Dragons (Michael and Martin McNamara). Jake's devious plan has the Twin Dragons captured, drugged, and set loose on an island for a little game called "Kill the Twins." Outnumbered and out-gunned, the Twins spring into action turning the hunters into the hunted.
Keywords: actor-playing-himself, b-movie, boat, campy, canada, cocaine, cruise-ship, cult-film, dog, drugsActors: Anthony Kramreither (producer), Joseph Di Mambro (actor), Darrin Brown (actor), Anthony Fusco (actor), Michael McNamara (producer), Michael McNamara (writer), Michael McNamara (actor), Mark Grossman (actor), Tom Byrnes (actor), Martin McNamara (actor), Charlie Weiner (actor), Frank Sasso (actor), Peter Au (actor), B. Bob (actor), Steve Raven (actor),
Plot: Identical twin brothers on vacation are faced with an unexpected battle when their getaway spot is invaded by mercenaries. Using their martial arts expertise, the twins wage war against the invaders in order to free their kidnapped girlfriends.
Keywords: actor-playing-himself, campy, canada, independent-film, karate, kung-fu, martial-arts, mercenary, unintentionally-funnyActors: Josef Fröhlich (actor), Walter Boos (director), Wolf C. Hartwig (producer), Rosl Mayr (actress), Gert Wilden (composer), Herbert Taschner (editor), Ingrid Steeger (actress), Josef Moosholzer (actor), Walter Feuchtenberg (actor), Hans Zander (actor), Ingeborg Moosholzer (actress), Christina Lindberg (actress), Ernest Menzer (actor), Joachim Hackethal (actor), Karin Götz (actress),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Herbert Ashley (actor), Maurice Cass (actor), D'Arcy Corrigan (actor), Alec Craig (actor), Jean De Briac (actor), Edgar Dearing (actor), Eddie Dunn (actor), James Finlayson (actor), Gregory Gaye (actor), Harrison Greene (actor), Eddie Gribbon (actor), Frank Hagney (actor), Russell Hicks (actor), George Irving (actor), Walter Abel (actor),
Plot: Snooty heiress decides to track down her dead sister's kids, who are living a Bohemian life with their uncle in Greenwich Village. Once she finds them, she discovers that the Bohemian life is fun and free of the constraints her country-club life places on her. But she decides to take the uncle to court anyway to free him from the kids so he can paint.
Keywords: actress, alcoholism, artist, bohemian, boxer, child-custody, class-conflict, contest, custody-hearing, deceptionQuestions for Karl, 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ipi7IpB9tE Questions for Karl, 3: http://youtu.be/bo94pyUh0Mc Karl's Diary, All Of It: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VAwxbEdGUg Monkey News, All Of It: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YitdaY1Eam4 0:00:05 Introduction 0:02:18 Do we need 'em? 0:03:13 The world's got smaller 0:04:42 The way we have kids and that... 0:08:58 Loads more than that... 0:10:01 When caveman was wondering around 0:11:39 Pub with a mug 0:14:01 Flies and a condom 0:15:16 Real flies and a real condom 0:18:55 Lion mutilates 42 midgets in Cambodian ring-fight 0:20:16 Have you got a gran? 0:21:52 Mental homeless woman 0:22:44 Paul ''The Party Animal'' Parker 0:24:02 Sex machine for women 0:25:09 To a lot of people, sex is important 0:26:20 Sexy metal pants 0:27:26 C...
Questions for Karl, 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAaB2oeyA_4 Questions for Karl, 3: http://youtu.be/bo94pyUh0Mc Karl's Diary, All Of It: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VAwxbEdGUg Monkey News, All Of It: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YitdaY1Eam4 0:00:06 Introduction 0:00:42 Get Karl famous 0:01:05 British film industry 0:02:45 Clive Warren 0:03:05 Rebecca De Mornay 0:14:54 The Doppelgänger 0:17:43 Twins and that... 0:18:26 Two doors, two guards, one question 0:23:30 Steve's holiday 0:26:04 As I went into the sea for a wee... 0:29:21 Cancer, fish, Harry, and glasses... 0:35:20 Part dog, part fish... all seal 0:37:43 What's his face, that German doctor... 0:42:33 Throat cancer... 0:44:35 A frog that can kill 1,000 human beings... 0:50:42 If the frog annoyed you... 0:52:33 Turkey whis...
5 Hours of Karl... Challenge Accepted? ~ Questions for Karl, 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAaB2oeyA_4 Questions for Karl, 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ipi7IpB9tE Karl's Diary, All Of It: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VAwxbEdGUg Monkey News, All Of It: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YitdaY1Eam4 0:00:05 - Introduction 0:02:07 - Wendy's Rant 0:02:40 - Gotta Have Your Critics 0:03:12 - Show Me The Good Stuff! 0:04:27 - We Just Gave You The Chance... 0:04:48 - Wendy's Little Program 0:05:09 - The Frisby 0:05:46 - The Clippable Mat 0:06:47 - The Pocket Tie 0:09:14 - Bryan's Brain 0:22:55 - Comic Relief 0:23:48 - Karl's Will 0:27:57 - You Had A Floor 0:29:05 - Don't Move! 0:30:22 - Tubberware 0:32:22 - Charity Shops 0:34:31 - Big Elvis Fan! 0:35:50 - Fancy Dress! 0:37:24 - Not F...
A compilation of hilarious and funny clips and features from the Xfm Radio show, with Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant & Karl Pilkington. 2 and a half hours of such classics like White Van Karl, Rockbusters, Do we need'em, Monkey News and Karl in a film. I hope you enjoy listening to these as much as I enjoyed putting them together :)
The Re-education of Karl Pilkington. Ricky & Steve attempt to re-educate Karl, and give him a series of books to read, covering various subjects from Winston Churchill to Che Guevara, and from Rasputin to Aesop.
The best bits of Ricky Gervais, Stephe Merchantn and Karl Pilkington's radio show before a podcast.
A compilation of hilarious and funny clips and features from the Xfm Radio show, with Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant & Karl Pilkington. Over two hours of classic clips like White Van Karl, Rockbusters, Monkey News, Educating Ricky and Karl in a film. I hope you enjoy listening to these as much as I enjoyed putting them together :)
More hilarious conversations and funny moments with Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.
Questions for Karl 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAaB2oeyA_4 Questions for Karl 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ipi7IpB9tE Questions for Karl 3: http://youtu.be/bo94pyUh0Mc Monkey News, All Of It: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YitdaY1Eam4 0:00:00 - Show 1 0:11:00 - Show 2 0:14:57 - Show 3 0:23:21 - Show 4 0:27:27 - Show 5 0:33:03 - Show 6 0:40:48 - Show 7 0:45:15 - Show 8 0:45:23 - Show 9 0:52:41 - Show 10 1:00:27 - Show 11 1:07:49 - Show 12 1:13:19 - Show 13 1:23:22 - Show 14 1:28:34 - Show 15 1:39:56 - Show 16 - : -- : - - - Show 17 (Missing from compilation, my bad) 1:45:23 - Show 18 1:54:05 - Ending Scene 1:54:40 - Credits Show 17 Available Here: http://youtu.be/bo94pyUh0Mc?t=4h4m21s Why is it called, 'Karl's Complete Diary?' - Because the compilation does not have ever...
Lying alone in this cold and quiet room
I can hear their whispers now
I can sense it: A turn is coming on
Lying alone in this cold and quiet room
The door is silently opening
I can sense it: A turn is coming on
Wincing faces, racked by pain
They come to me as I fall asleep
Climbing the stairs, to hide is vain
They will get me in this night so deep
Exhausted veins
Bloody drugs every day
Their needles in my brain
They gave me one more jab supposed to relieve all that pain
I tried to get away
To escape from that place
But my own legs betray me leaving body on that bed
Wincing faces, in front of me
They've come to me and I don't dare
To give that fight for eternity