08 February 2003/Transcript
This is a transcript of the 08 February 2003 episode, from Xfm Series 2
More Features Than Karl Has on His Face
Song: The Cardigans - For What It's Worth
Ricky: (Easy Listening DJ Voice) Oooh, chilly weather, why not put on a cardigan?
Steve Laughs
Ricky: (Easy Listening DJ Voice) That was The Cardigans.
Steve Laughs
Ricky: (Easy Listening DJ Voice) And "For What It's Worth". A lovely tune there. (Normal Voice) Uhh--
Steve: Ohh, that's a joy.
Ricky Giggles
Steve: We should definitely talk like that more often.
Ricky: XFM 104.9. Ricky Gervais, Steve Merchant, Karl Pilkington. All right?
Karl: All right?
Ricky: Yeh.
Steve: How's it going?
Ricky: Well, we got a jam-packed show today--
Steve: Go on.
Ricky: We got- we got- awww- we got so many feat- we got more features than Karl's got on his face--
Steve Laughs While Drinking
Ricky: (Laughing Slightly) Which is- which is about the same as Morph.
Steve: Yeah.
Ricky: Very few. It's just- it's just really a head, innit? The little--
Steve: That's where I've seen him before!
Ricky: Morph!
Steve: On "Take Hart".
Ricky: (Laughing) Ye-yeah, yeah!
Ricky Laughs
Ricky: Umm, we've got, uhh, "Rockbusters". That's- that's--
Steve: (Disappointed) Have we?
Ricky: Still going strong.
Steve: Aw, you know my feelings on that but fair enough.
Ricky: No, but he's- he's gonna- he's said he's gonna, um, buck his ideas up. We've got "Oooh Chimpanzee That!" - Karl finds a- a- an amusing, uh, monkey or ape-related story. Umm, we've got, uhh, "Karl in a Film" again.
Steve: Right. Excellent. Yeah, we've got a lot of great response from that, Karl, on the internet and on the email--
Ricky: It was my favorite thing that we've done.
Steve: People raving about that.
Ricky: Umm, and--
Steve: So, what, uh- can we say what the film is that we--
Ricky: And 'scuse mah French, we've got some bloody great music.
Steve: (Laughs Slightly) Ahhh. P- pardonnez moo- moi... I don't know, I can't speak French--
Ricky Laughs
Steve: I'm not a translator.
Ricky: Well, I'll just give you a taster: we've got Oasis, Cardigans which you've just heard there, we've got Lloyd Cole, we got a bit of Pretenders coming up, Eminem, Feeder, Coldplay, all the greats.
Steve: Can I play some Teenage Fan Club later, Rick?
Ricky: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. What should we have now?
Pause
Karl: Oasis?
Ricky: Go on, then.
Karl: Yeah?
Karl Presses a button.
Steve: Brilliant.
Song: Oasis - Songbird
Michael Jackson's Hands
Ricky: Oasis and "Songbird". That's a nice little ditty.
Steve: It's all right, yeah.
Ricky: Of a Saturday.
Steve Chuckles Slightly
Steve: Yes. Thank you.
Ricky: XFM 104.9. Ricky Gervais, Steve Merchant, Karl Pilkington. I- I think we should go straight into it, Karl. I think you should- we should, uh, do the competition, the- the, uh, "There's Karl in the Corner" or whatever.
Steve: It seems a little premature, don't you think?
Ricky: Do you reckon?
Steve: Yeah, I think so--
Ricky: Do you reckon- save it--
Steve: Yes! Exactly.
Ricky: We should- we should tease it out a little.
Steve: Well, it's a big- it's a big thing.
Ricky: It's just that I've got absolutely nothing to say. I've--
Steve: Sure.
Ricky: I haven't really--
Steve: Well, I mean, I- often you'll have spoken to Karl in the week. This week, for some reason I've been speaking to him.
Ricky: Oh, right.
Steve: I spoke briefly to him about Michael Jackson... and the documentary.
Ricky: Yeah.
Steve: Now, of course I thought that was extraordinary--
Ricky: Amazing. Amazing piece of work.
Steve: And, uh, I asked Karl for his opinion.
Ricky: Yeah.
Steve: And he didn't mention to me, uh, the fact that Michael Jackson likes to climb up in trees--
Ricky: No.
Steve: He didn't mention anything about his bizarre relationship with children, he didn't mention anything about his obsessive billionaire spending sprees--
Ricky: Right.
Steve: He didn't spend- mention anything about the, uhh, mannequins he has in his thing or the fact that he drives around his- his, sort of, seven hotel suites in Las Vegas in a little, kind of, old people's scooter. The first- the only thing of note, for Karl, was- he said to me, "Did you notice how big his hands are?"
Ricky: I'll tell you what, though... I did.
Steve: WHAT- ya- how are you looking at- the man's got... like, a face that he's had reconst- well--
Ricky: I know.
Steve: I can't- seems so- that's libelous--
Ricky: Yeah, no, no, he hasn't.
Steve: But he's got an awful... face.
Ricky: He hasn't. Yeah, he's had two- he's had two nose jobs. Yeah.
Steve: And you're looking at his hands?!
Ricky: But I think it's because you look at him and he looks a bit like... it- it- there's a bit of androgyny there but it's, sort of, like a... it is quite a, um, petite, sort of, old lady's face, in a way. But then you see these (Laughing Slightly) laborer's hands come out. That's always the way with a tranny, innit? You know what I mean?
Steve: What you c- can't accuse him of being a tranny!!!
Ricky: No, he's not! No, I'm- no he's not a tran--
Steve: What are you saying?!
Ricky Laughs
Ricky: (Laughing) No, I know, he's not.
Steve: He's got enough issues, now you're accusing him of being a tranny!
Ricky: I like him. I thought he came out of that brilliant. I- I thought he was really- I really felt sorry for him, ehm, and, uh- no, I think it- he cleared up a few things as far as I'm concerned. I thought it was a fascinating piece of work. But, umm, I- I did like the shopping spree, that was great.
Steve: Extraordinary.
Ricky: He was going around just pointing--
Steve: Because he's got such bad taste.
Ricky: I know, it was bad taste, wasn't it? It was like one of those bizarre shops--
Steve: Yeah.
Ricky: You know what I mean? Those anything- sort of, gift shop but they're trying to make it look like Ming.
Steve: But if he'd- yeah, if he'd--
Ricky: And sprayed gold.
Steve: If he'd been living in a trailer park he'd of been ordering, you know, one of those, uh, porcelain dolls dressed like a Harley-Davidson bike rider--
Ricky: I know, yeah.
Steve: Or, you know, an Elvis commemorative plate.
Ricky: But--
Steve: It was, kind of, the billionaire equivalent of that.
Ricky: But the hands were a giveaway. It's the same as those, sort of--
Steve: What do you mean, "the hands were a giveaway"?! What--
Ricky: Transvestites--
Steve: What was it about his hands?! I didn't even see his hands.
Ricky: Well, you know when you get, like, a cab driver or sommat, right, and he- he decides to go- turn transsexual about 60 and he goes on "Kilroy"...
Steve: Right.
Ricky: Do you know what I mean? It's that way. And he got a twin set and high heels and he goes, (Husky Voice) "I've never felt so comfortable." But his hands are still big, he's got a little wig and he's got the lipstick on and he's with his teenage kids who are going, "Kill me." But it's--
Steve: Do you think he's been having surgery on his hands to make them larger?
Ricky: Bigger- yeah I w--
Steve: Is that why he was wearing that glove through most of the '80s?
Ricky: Exactly. Because he's get- I think he wants to be a goalkeeper.
Steve: (Laughing Slightly) Right.
Ricky: And they said, "You- you can't, Michael. You gotta have big hands."
Steve: It would help him climb the trees.
Ricky: It is- it is- (Laughs Slightly) yeah, yeah. And he can play tennis now without a racket.
Steve: (Laughing Slightly) Yeah.
Ricky: So, uhh--
Steve: So, what did you make of it, Karl? Were you intrigued?
Karl: Ehhm, the Michael Jackson thing?
Steve: Uh huh.
Karl: It was- you know, it was all right but, umm... like, that got a load of attention in the press but the Tricia program got nothing.
Steve Laughs Slightly
Steve: Okay.
Steve Laughs Slightly
Karl: Which, uhh--
Ricky: What was that?
Karl: I know- like, Steve called me up in the week, right, uhh, like, 10 o'clock in the morning and I was at work--
Ricky Laughs Slightly
Karl: And he goes, uhh, "You--"
Ricky: It was a big show at 10 o'clock- it was a big...
Steve: Preparing this show.
Ricky: Most people go to work about 8 or 9.
Karl: "Are you watchin' 'Tricia' and that?" I said, "No, what is it?" He goes, "Aw, you'll be lovin' it", right. Uhhmm--
Ricky: Freaks? Was it f-f- "Help Me, My Mum's a Freak"?
Karl: Mmm, Siamese twins.
Ricky and Karl: Right.
Karl: So, I couldn't watch it but he said, "Oh, it might be on again cuz they repeat stuff on ITV 2."
Ricky: Right.
Karl: So, I- I had me dinner late--
Ricky: Mm.
Karl: Instead of having it at, like, 1 o'clock like I normally do--
Ricky: Yeah.
Karl: I had it at, like, 2:30--
Ricky: Yeh.
Karl: Sat in the office, put the telly on, ITV2. Ehhm, these Siamese twins--
Steve: Did it blow your mind?
Karl: It was amazing... You know, we talk about a lot of things on the show quite a lot - the hairy kids crop up a lot.
Ricky Cackles
Ricky: (Laughing) I was waitin'! It's been 10 minutes and you haven't mentioned the hairy kid.
Karl: Right? And, uhh, last week we were talking about Siamese twins, weren't we?
Steve: Yeah.
Karl: So, it was- it was weird that this program was on. But, it was amazing... I mean, what- what--
Steve: I think you can't refer to them as "Siamese twins" I think they're known as "conjoined twins".
Karl: Why?
Steve: I think- I think "Siamese" is maybe considered derogatory or as an old antiquated phrase.
Ricky: Yeah, I think it's cuz the first famous ones were actually from Siam.
Steve: Right, right. Anyway--
Ricky: (Laughing Slightly) And- and that doesn't exist anymore!
Karl: But s--
Steve: Conjoined, Karl.
Ricky: Yeah.
Steve: Get the phrase right.
Karl: But you'd think that if that's happened to ya... that wouldn't be that, sort of, offensive. The names that you must get called...
Ricky Laughs Slightly
Steve: (Laughing Slightly) Right. You think that's the least of your worries?
Karl: "Siamese twins" I'd say- well, that's... yeah, least of your worries.
Steve: Now, were you stunned by where--
Ricky Laughs Slightly
Steve: They were connected?
Ricky: (Laughing Slightly) "Just live with it", you'd say. Ri--
Steve: Because they were connected, of course, at- at the forehead.
Ricky: Awww, C--
Steve: Sort of- which was quite- quite extraordinary.
Ricky: God. What if one had bad breath?
Steve: I d- that wasn't a question that Tricia asked.
Ricky Wheezes Laughter
Steve Laughs
Steve: Annoyingly, cuz I know that much of the audience was thinking that.
Karl: There was- there was a few things that didn't crop up.
Ricky: (Laughing) Wha- what?
Steve: What questions would you of asked of them? Cuz- what things did you feel weren't mentioned?
Karl: Uhhmm...
Ricky: I'd love to just watch Karl watching amazing things!
Steve: Well, exactly. Exactly.
Ricky: Do you know what I mean? It's like- like t- early learning.
Steve: Like, mouth slightly open- just a slight- slight--
Ricky: Yeah mouth open, slight dribble, (Gasps) looking 'round to see if anyone else has seen it.
Steve: Mmm!
Ricky Laughs
Ricky: (Laughing Slightly) The way a cat sees a bird on the balcony.
Steve Chuckles
Steve: (Laughing) Exactly.
Ricky: (Laughing Slightly) It can't believe its luck.
Karl: I'd probably say, "How do you buy her a- like, a birthday present?"
Ricky and Steve Laugh
Steve: A surprise gift, yeah.
Ricky Claps
Karl: Cuz, everything's ruined.
Steve: Sure.
Karl: Right? Umm, I'd probably ask, uhh--
Ricky: Yeah.
Steve: Well, did you not think it was interesting that one of them had a boyfriend?
Karl: Well, that was a bit weird, wasn't it?
Steve: Uh huh.
Karl: But, uhhm, what was the other thing that I was thinking when I was watching it?... Was thinking if one got into crime and was sent to prison...
Steve: Right.
Karl: What would happen?
Ricky Laughs Slightly
Karl: How would they handle that?
Ricky: (Laughing) It's brilliant! It is brilliant. If a chimp could talk...
Karl: And, uhh, what was the other one? The other thing was, uhhm, what do they talk about? Because it's not as if you can say, "Oooh, you'll never guess what I did today."
Ricky and Steve Laugh
Karl: Do you know what I mean?
Steve: Yeah.
Ricky and Steve Continue to Laugh
Karl: So...
Ricky and Steve Continue to Laugh
Song: The Pretenders - Brass in Pocket