Karl Pilkington

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born

in Sale, Greater Manchester, England, The United Kingdom

September 23, 1972

gender

male

website

http://karlpilkington.com/

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Humor, Biographies & Memoirs

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Karl Pilkington is a Sony Award-winning English radio producer, poet, podcaster, raconteur and author, best known for producing and co-presenting The Ricky Gervais Show on London radio station Xfm from 2001 to 2005 and later in the form of podcasts and a television show on HBO. In October 2006, Pilkington's first book The World of Karl Pilkington was published, featuring original ideas and drawings by Pilkington, based upon the subject matter discussed in the podcasts. His second book, Happyslapped by a Jellyfish, was published in October 2007, and he was the subject of the Comedy Lab episode "Karl Pilkington - Satisfied Fool", which aired in October 2007. His third book, Karlology, a musing on his views on his own intelligence, and attitud...more

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Karl Pilkington's Books

Average rating: 3.91 · 6,853 ratings · 742 reviews · 7 distinct works · Similar authors

	An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington by Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 2,810 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Happyslapped By A Jellyfish 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 1,226 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ricky Gervais Presents: The World of Karl Pilkington by Karl Pilkington, Stephen Merchant, Karl Pilkington 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 999 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Karlology: What I've Learnt So Far 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 654 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Further Adventures of An Idiot Abroad 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 285 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ricky Gervais Show - First, Second and Third Seasons by Ricky Gervais, Karl Pilkington, Stephen Merchant 4.73 of 5 stars 4.73 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 2006	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“[Jellyfish] are 97% water or something, so how much are they doing? Just give them another 3% and make them water. It's more useful.”
― Karl Pilkington

tags: environment, jellyfish, ocean, water

51 people liked it

“They keep saying that sea levels are rising an' all this. It's nowt to do with the icebergs melting, it's because there's too many fish in it. Get rid of some of the fish and the water will drop. Simple. Basic science.”
― Karl Pilkington, The Ricky Gervais Show - First, Second and Third Seasons

tags: climate-change, environmentalism, fish, humour, ocean, science

30 people liked it

“Everywhere we walked we got plenty of attention due to the camera and sound men. The locals love to get on camera. [...] I'd seen footage of Gandhi surrounded like this and always thought it was because he was very popular, but now I wonder if it was just because he had a camera crew with him.”
― Karl Pilkington, An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington

tags: gandhi, humor, india, travel

28 people liked it

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