Karl Pilkington
Karl Pilkington (born September 23, 1972 in Manchester, England) is an English radio producer previously best known for producing The Ricky Gervais Show on the radio station Xfm. After leaving Xfm, Pilkington reached an international audience through his appearances with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant on The Ricky Gervais Podcast.
Childhood
Grew up on a council estate in Manchester. Had his hair cut by a barber who worked out of a shack above the railway station and charged 2 pounds a cut, and claimed Karl had the hair of a Chinaman. Tried to become a dancer but was thwarted once he found that the local studio, Twiggy's Dance Club, had been turned into a toilet roll warehouse. Had a fight in a school toilet at the age of seven over his girlfriend of the time, whose dress he had made a hole in. Tamed a local magpie and tried to take it in to school for Show and Tell, but had to let it go once it started popping his bike tyres. Was forced to play computer games through the window of a friend's house, as the friend's mother was obsessed with cleanliness. Was once kicked in the head by a horse. Achieved one E grade GSCE in History, which he received many years later, when Ricky and Steven arranged to collect his results from his old school.
Career
Worked as a printer after leaving school at 15.
Worked for 10 years as a Head of Production at London radio station XFM.
Quotes
- "Alright"
- "Weird Innit"
- "I just like odd things"
- "You never see old men eating Twix bars"
- "You never see sort of a 35 year old one{Asian person}"
- "Gay people should have their own public toilets."
- "I bet Jesus Swore.Im just thinking things are better now then they were back then.Wondaring about in his sandals getting pebbles stuck in there,and thats annoying,Nails in his hand that must of hurt"
- "There was a monkey once...."
- "I'm not havin' a go..."
- "What's a Babylonian?"