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Sunday, 29 June 2008
Chimp Off the Old Block
Before finding fame as David Brent Ricky
Gervais
and Office
cowriter
Stephen Merchant used to host a Saturday afternoon radio show on London based
XFM
.
Whilst working on the show they uncovered possibly one of most unique characters ever to work in entertainment in
mancunian
producer
Karl
Pilkington
.
Like a far more abstract version of Larry Sanders, Karl's stories of growing up in Manchester would not be believed had they not
originated
from his innocent, half witted mind.
Pilkington
has unwittingly influenced many of
Gervais
' comedic efforts over the past decade and has been referenced in a number of Ricky's stand up performances.
One of the
most
popular features of the
XFM
show was Monkey News, an item where Karl sprouts unbelievable stories about monkeys obtained from a dodgy source on the
internet
. The funniest part is that he actually believes it is all true.
Here is one of my favourites, that was subsequently animated and released as part of the world record holding Ricky
Gervais
Show Podcast.
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