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Karl Pilkington’s Seven Wonders Of The World
June 15th, 2010 by The Mayor

Karl PilkingtonIf you’re a fan of Ricky Gervais (and I know you are) you likely know who Karl Pilkington is.  His round head has a new TV show coming as us, Karl Pilkington’s Seven Wonders Of The World.  In the eight-part series, Gervais and Stephen Merchant will stay home in London monitoring their friend as he travels the globe.  He will visit the Great Wall of China, Christ the Redeemer in Brazil, Petra in Jordan, Machu Picchu in Peru, Chichen Itza in Mexico, the Taj Mahal in India and the Great Pyramids of Egypt.

Sky TV says: Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant are outraged that Karl has written off the Seven Wonders, claiming they’re all “a bit shit”. “They’ve thrown down the gauntlet to send him around the globe to force him out of his comfort zone. Stephen wants the experience to broaden Karl’s mind; Ricky wants Karl to hate every minute of it for his own amusement.”

Pilkington, who starred alongside Gervais and Merchant in their bestselling podcasts – said: “I can’t wait to get started. Not ‘cos I’m excited but ‘cos the sooner we start the sooner it will be over.  The fact the nurse gave me an injection that protects me from dirty chimps put a dampener on the whole thing.”

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Every Thing You Always Wanted to Know About Ricky Gervais But Were Afraid to Google
May 16th, 2010 by The Mayor

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RICKY GERVAIS WEEK is over, gutted.  I hope you had fun catching up with Ricky Gervais and the gang as much as I have.  Please visit Ricky’s honest and hilarious blog daily for updates.  The City of Films has dedicated a lot of time to Gervais, and it never gets boring.  There are many resources out there to get your Ricky fix, may I recommend a few?  The Office, Extras, The Ricky Gervais Show (podcast and HBO series), Ghost Town and Cemetery Junction.  Need more?  He was in an episode of Alias you could watch.

Ricky Gervais is an idol of mine, someone I look up to and who inspires me.  He is one of the smartest people I have come across in a long time – I would love to one day just have a chat with him about life.  The man has an extensive knowledge of the world whose ideas I find often reflect my own, it’s a great feeling.  As a fan I can only do my best to share with you the reasons that you too should appreciate the work of Ricky Gervais, his sense of humor and honesty above are often hard to come by with “celebrities”.  He makes it look easy.

He created, wrote, directed and starred in The Office, Extras.  Guest starred in Alias and 24.  Wrote and starred in The Simpson.  Lent his voice to GTA 4, SpongeBob and popped up in both Night at the Museum films and Stardust with Robert De Niro (his hero).  He starred in Ghost Town, made his directorial debut with The Invention of lying.  He finished his work on his collaboration with long time friend Stephen Merchant on their film Cemetery Junction – these just off the top of my head.  He makes his rounds doesn’t he?  Enjoy…

David Brent

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XFM & The Podfather: Ricky Gervais Week
May 11th, 2010 by The Mayor

XFM Radio“Right, I’m just going to add to the list of people we’ve offended: Sorry to Jewish people, sorry to Chinese people, sorry to Welsh people, fat women, Elvis fans, animal lovers, lovers of great radio…” – XFM

In the early 1990s, Ricky did various odd jobs including a stint as Events Manager at the University of London Union.  He assisted British band Suede in booking gigs and gaining recognition. By his own admission, he was a bit-part player in the bands’ early success, as he handed their first demo tape to Saul Galphern of Nude Records, with whom Suede signed.  Gervais, along with the two other managers, were fired by Suede after they hired a full-time manager. Gervais was not bitter, and cited the firing as “business, innit”. After this, he took a job at London radio station XFM. But wait, there’s more!

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The Ricky Gervais Show Gets 2nd Season
March 25th, 2010 by The Mayor

For anyone who has not heard or seen of the HBO animated Ricky Gervais Show, hi welcome to Coolville, population: you.   The great news is that The Ricky Gervais Show has been granted a second series on HBO.  The first run of the animation, created by Gervais, Stephen Merchant and their friend and producer Karl Pilkington first aired on the network in February.  It’s an animation based on their world recording selling audio podcast, which I am listening to as you read.  Jump for a clip. (more…)

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animated ricky gervais show debut confirmed
January 16th, 2010 by The Mayor

The animated Ricky Gervais Show has its debut slot confirmed for the 19th of February at 9pm on HBO.  Check your local listings because this is going to be amazing.  Below is one of my favorite moments from the trio (uploaded all by myself!).  I recommend getting all of their work form iTunes.  Right now.


Head like a fu**ing orange.

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first look at animated ricky gervais
November 7th, 2009 by The Mayor
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Earlier we reported that HBO is making an animated series using the original recordings of The Ricky Gervais Show podcasts. The series should be ready early in 2010 so to hold you over and or get you ready, you should check out my post (everything you always wanted to know about ricky gervais but were afraid to google) and catch up.


OOOHH!!! CHIMPANZEE THAT!!! MONKEY NEWS!

If you ever listened to the podcast before you know how much genius is involved.  Take a look at the first look promo after the jump, here is a Monkey News classic.

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The Invention Of Lying – Karl’s Review
September 21st, 2009 by The Mayor

Fans of Ricky Gervais’ Podcast will know who Karl Pilkington is.  In short, head like a fu*king orange.  Here is his review of THE INVENTION OF LYING which opens October 2nd.  Oh and if you didn’t see Ricky being Ricky at the Emmy’s, here you go.  Jump for his review.

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hbo gets animated, gervais
May 15th, 2009 by The Mayor

rickygervaisshow4HBO has ordered thirteen episodes of a new animated show that will be based on Ricky Gervais’s popular podcast. Variety says:

The Ricky Gervais Show features Gervais and his longtime collaborator Stephen Merchant (The Office, Extras) and revolves around the world of their unusual friend, Karl Pilkington. “They find him to be the funniest person in the world,” MRC’s Modi Wiczyk said. “Ricky says Karl is like crack to him.” According to Gervais and Merchant, “Karl is a man who believes that a sea lion is a cross between a fish and a dog.”

Fans even began animating some of Pilkington’s musings themselves, uploading the shorts to the Internet. It was Wildbrain development VP Lisa Ullmann who first put the idea of an animated version in Gervais’ head. The Show will utilize the audio from the “Gervais” podcasts and open each week with the animated version of the trio. Then, once Pilkington begins telling one of his unusual stories, the animation will delve into those worlds.

Genius. Go get all the podcasts (the ones at the top of the charts on iTunes) right now.  All they do is talk and somehow it comes out as the best stuff ever. Try listening to this on a bus and not look wierd. True story.

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