The Ricky Gervais Guide To... Philosophy
The Ricky Gervais Guide To... Philosophy is an audiobook released by Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington. It is the fourth audiobook in the Guide To... series. It was released on 16 March 2009.
Track Listing
1. You Know The Twat. (0:00:00)
We're greeted by the same ol' theme music we've been getting used to these past few months. RIcky again gives us the description of the topic, in an attempt to sound intelligent, and finally the clichéd "Head Like an Orange" spiel gets reinvented for the better.
2. Do I Still Squeeze Your Head? (0:01:06)
Ricky is annoyed by "Cod Philosophy", and that silly bitch, medium Doris Stokes. Then onto Feng Shui. No mention of Fuk this time though. More medium talk including Steve's meeting with a liquid medium, while working at BBC World, whose powers were seemingly limited to reading the sign of the radio station. "I think therefore I am" is discussed indepth as Karl says his first words of the audiobook, which as always are priceless. Karl had a dream where Ricky interrupted his trip to the toilet, which has influenced his real life excretions. What is reality? Would Karl go into a dream tank where a utopian life exists, such as is the plot of the matrix, essentially. Karl takes it back to basics, asking whether Munchies would be as good as they are in real life. When Steve confirms this, Karl is converted, with Suzanne having a day off in dreamland. Ricky lambasts his decision to have a normal life in dream life, which Karl rejects as it's only the 1st day and it takes getting used to. He seems to think of the dream being like a holiday, with a fella taking his suitcase, and him not being familiar with the local currency. What would be Karl's perfect life, apart from Munchies and sunshine, which are a given. Karl changes his mind, and Suzanne is back to work. Ricky suggests Karl could be a spy, but Karl wants to leave everything the same, except that his boiler is easily fixed. Karl wants Ricky to stop squeezing his head upon request, but he doesn't like the idea of the tank. Karl explains his limited knowledge of biology, referencing the "problem hole" in your head, which logically must be located beside the "worry hole" he mentioned before. The problem hole is a standard size on everyone. So if a problem hole has a big one in it, there's not room for little one. Karl has a chocolate egg of a problem compared to Ricky's skittle-sized ones. Karl continues to confuse things with a problem gene, hole and ball all mentioned, which may be one of the best discussion in RSK history. Can women have problem balls? Maybe a man has 2 problem balls. This reverts to hilarious cheeky innuendo. Karl'd just get in the tank
3. [Will complete tommorow] (0:18:33)
Reception
Reception to the audiobook has been overwhelmingly positive, with some people claiming it to be the their favourite show in RSK history.
Quotes
Ricky: Karl, how do you know this isn't a dream?
Karl: I haven't been sleeping that well.
Trivia
Karl mentions a "Problem Hole" which is similar to the "Worry Hole" mentioned in The Christmas Podfather Podcast.
Doris Stokes is mentioned, as she was in the 1998 Tapes.