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Spun off from [[Pilkington]], '''Do We Need 'Em''' was a feature in which [[Karl Pilkington|Karl]] asks an "expert" if we need a particular animal, like jellyfish, octopus, snail, etc. [[Ricky Gervais|Ricky]] and [[Stephen Merchant|Steve]] tell Karl that every animal has a knock-on effect, and all animals are needed in the ecosystem or because every animal is some other animal's food. This feature began as [[Pilkington]], with the Parkinson theme tune, and with Karl interviewing someone who claimed to have been visited by a spirit, before being spun off into the more focused Do We Need 'Em?
'''Do We Need 'Em''' was a feature in which [[Karl Pilkington|Karl]] would ask a scientist or an animal expert if the world really needs a particular animal, such as jellyfish or snails. Most of the experts, as well as [[Ricky Gervais|Ricky]] and [[Stephen Merchant|Steve]], told Karl that every animal has a knock-on effect, and all animals are integral to their particular ecosystem. This feature began as [[Pilkington]], with the ''Parkinson'' theme tune, and with Karl interviewing someone who claimed to have been visited by a spirit.


Karl wound up the feature after a few weeks as he was convinced there was a conspiracy, and the scientific world were refusing to get rid of any species.
Karl ended the feature after just a few weeks because he was convinced that scientists were conspiring against him and would never agree to rid the world of any animal.


Although the feature has not returned, Karl's "Do we need 'em?" attitude has been a regular of the podcasts, with him bemoaning the excess of people, words, letters in the alphabet, fruit, etc...
Although the feature has not returned, Karl continues to question the need for certain animals, inventions, people, etc.


==History==
==History==

Revision as of 10:04, 11 November 2007

Do We Need 'Em was a feature in which Karl would ask a scientist or an animal expert if the world really needs a particular animal, such as jellyfish or snails. Most of the experts, as well as Ricky and Steve, told Karl that every animal has a knock-on effect, and all animals are integral to their particular ecosystem. This feature began as Pilkington, with the Parkinson theme tune, and with Karl interviewing someone who claimed to have been visited by a spirit.

Karl ended the feature after just a few weeks because he was convinced that scientists were conspiring against him and would never agree to rid the world of any animal.

Although the feature has not returned, Karl continues to question the need for certain animals, inventions, people, etc.

History

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