Podcast Series 3

After a hiatus while Ricky and Steve filmed the new series of "Extras", the famous show has returned. The series is available now through iTunes and audible.com.

Episode 1

Tuesday 22 Aug 2006

Length: 27:58

• They're back!
• Whilst Ricky and Steve have been filming the second series of Extras, Karl has become obsessed with bugs and insects.
• Karl describes seeing a bee have a heart attack. The bee fell from the air onto the pavement. He described it as being "stone cold dead" within seconds. Karl believed it was stressed because it was in London and it was overweight.
• Karl thinks moths are depressing because they don't have eyes. He believes it should be a rule that "if you don't have eyes, you shouldn't have wings".
• Accidents doing sports during school days. Ricky and Steve recall being terrified of playing cricket and rugby. Karl remembers his mum didn't like him to play cricket with a friend because his friend's dad's eyelids were too big and she didn't like Karl getting into a car with him driving.
• Karl thinks he would be more confident if he had someone elses body as it gives him an excuse if the body is out of shape. Ricky then questions Karl if he would masturbate if he had someone elses body.
• Karl's Diary - More about insects. Karl plays with a ladybird. Karl argues with Suzanne because she wanted a lie in on Sunday. Karl said, "insects don't have lie-ins, so we shouldn't". He later says "if we copied insects, we wouldn't go far wrong". Karl wonders why the word 'dictionary' is in the dictionary. Two new species of fly have been discovered. A moth gets into the bedroom. A caveman is discovered with gel in his hair.
• Karl writes a poem:

If moths have eyes, would they be happier?

How do they know they're not dead?

Cavemen hunting for food,

But not before they style the hair on their head

What would last longer in dinosaur times?

A blind man didn't stand a chance. Not with all them rocks about

I'd rather be a blind moth

Episode 2

Tuesday 29 Aug 2006

Length: 34:11

• Karl talks about being rushed to hospital with kidney stones. He discusses how when he was a child, whenever he got a belly ache he put a cold ashtray on his belly because "the coldness got rid of the badness". It specifically had to be an ashtray because it is "old cold". Ricky visited Karl in hospital to find him in his underpants and stockings. Karl explains how the stockings prevented the blood in his legs from clotting.

• When Karl was in hospital he thought about "what is the closest thing living, that is nothing?" He talks about how a stick insect is a slight crossover from a stick to an insect and how there is not much difference between the two.

• Steve tries to explain to Karl that insects and animals do not have conscienceness, personality and communication.

• Karl notices that pigeons have got wings but walk a lot. It annoys him that pigeons have the 'power' of flight and don't use it.

• Karl tells a story about a women who left a goldfish in the bath when she went on holiday and it grew to 7 feet long. He notices how you never see fish die of old age.

• Ricky asks what advice Karl would give to a two week old octopus. The advice Karl gives is to stay close to the rocks and let it know that it can can get into small spaces.

• Karls Diary - Brown sauce is too big. A large wasp enters the flat. Karl re-wallpapers the mirrored wall. Karl reads about where the phrase 'Pot Luck' originated in his phrase book. The washer needs repairing. Karl watches a story on the news about Siamese twins being seperated. They had 2 heads, 4 arms, 2 legs and 1 liver. The doctors said they would have one leg each.

• Karl writes another poem:

Bubbled wallpaper. What a mess

Washer dryer knackered. What a mess

Siamese twins seperated. One leg less

See Also

Karls Poems

External Links

• Rickygervais.com Official site
• Series 3 @ Audible.com