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September 22, 2009

Karl Pilkington Should Review All The Movies

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To be fair, there's still a chance that Ricky Gervais's The Invention of Lying could turn out to be a disappointment. I haven't seen it yet, so it is not for me to say. But the clips he's been showing around the late night circuit have been funny. Plus Louis C.K. is in it ah-no-duh. And we like the things that Ricky Gervais writes and directs, don't we, you guys? But more importantly, even if the movie turns out to be a dud (in England they call "duds" "lorries"), we will not go empty-handed, because the movie has already taught us one thing: Karl Pilkington should review all the movies. After the jump, Karl reviews The Invention of Lying, and it's great.

Part Two

Guess who is shaking in their LA Gears!

YOU BETTER DRUMLINE, SEXMAN. KARL PILKINGTON IS UP IN YOUR GUTZ! (Via IWatchStuff.)

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He's got a head like a f*cking orange

Posted by: KW profile link at 09/22/09 2:37 PM  | Reply
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(from the RG podcasts)

Posted by: KW profile link  in reply to  KW's comment at 09/22/09 2:54 PM  | Reply
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Very funny. My favorite bit from Karl: "It's better than King Ralph."

Posted by: werttrew profile link at 09/22/09 2:52 PM  | Reply
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did he write and/or direct that shit-fest that greg kinnear was in? that was awful. that was, in videogum terms, the worst.

Posted by: bearface profile link at 09/22/09 3:08 PM  | Reply
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Do you mean Ghost Town? I rather liked Ghost Town.

Posted by: werttrew profile link  in reply to  bearface's comment at 09/22/09 3:11 PM  | Reply
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oh, yeah, you're mistaken about that.

Posted by: caringiscool profile link  in reply to  bearface's comment at 09/23/09 3:29 PM  | Reply
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I've missed you, Karl Pilkington!

Posted by: brynn profile link at 09/22/09 3:09 PM  | Reply
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It's better than King King! should be every movie's tagline.

Posted by: ber profile link at 09/22/09 3:09 PM  | Reply
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QUEEF! And by King King, I mean King Kong, obviously.

Posted by: ber profile link  in reply to  ber's comment at 09/22/09 3:11 PM  | Reply
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And by King Kong you must mean "King Ralph"

Posted by: Lucky profile link  in reply to  ber's comment at 09/22/09 3:14 PM  | Reply
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I suck at life.

Posted by: ber profile link  in reply to  Lucky's comment at 09/22/09 3:24 PM  | Reply
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"cock or balls?" - offal jim jam

Posted by: stanley yelnats at 09/22/09 3:22 PM  | Reply
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Karl Pilkington should review all the things all the time.

"Boston: It's not that good." - Karl Pilkington

Posted by: Laur profile link at 09/22/09 3:26 PM  | Reply
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ABOUT TIME we had a Karl Pilkington tag! Also, OLD NEWS, Gabe. Who could forget Karl's review of Brokeback Mountain?

Posted by: Violet A. profile link at 09/22/09 3:44 PM  | Reply
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ABOUT TIME I learned how to link to stuff

Posted by: Violet A. profile link  in reply to  Violet A.'s comment at 09/22/09 3:54 PM  | Reply
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"If you're willing to pop your John Thomas up John or Thomas..."

Posted by: Silvio profile link  in reply to  Violet A.'s comment at 09/22/09 4:18 PM  | Reply
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I am so glad i watched that for the "bunk bed" quote alone.

Posted by: njoy profile link  in reply to  Violet A.'s comment at 09/22/09 4:42 PM  | Reply
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Violet A., I would like to point out that my Pilkington avatar significantly preceded yours, you knobhead (I hope you know I'm obviously kidding. There is plenty of room around here for 2 bald little Manc twats. Now if there are 2 lanky goggle-eyed freaks from Bristol, we may run out of space).

Posted by: Ning profile link  in reply to  Violet A.'s comment at 09/22/09 8:59 PM  | Reply
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Oh really? I wouldn't be so sure about that, you stupid chimp (but seriously, I love your avatar. Makes me chuckle ever time I see it. Also, I would like to second your request for a Videogum "Karl Pilkington Promise." I just finished all the old XFM shows so it'd be nice to see some more of Mr. K. Dilkington around here).

Posted by: Violet A. profile link  in reply to  Ning's comment at 09/22/09 10:47 PM  | Reply
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I love how Karl always goodheartedly puts up with or ignores the constant crap Ricky Gervais gives him. It rolls off him like water off a duck's round head.

Posted by: kiss the pan profile link at 09/22/09 3:52 PM  | Reply
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I saw Ricky at an awards show once and I wanted to run up to him and say, "Karl has a head like a fucking orange?" like it is a secret riddle for a cool club. But I got too nervous, it was after that batch of podcasts that went horribly wrong and I thought they'd gone off each other.

Posted by: The New Sound profile link at 09/22/09 3:57 PM  | Reply
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i'll never approach people i have talent crushes on again. david cross was pretty mean to me and it's given me some serious inner conflicts. sheesh, you get caught hiding under someone's hotel bed ONE TIME and suddenly you're mentally unstable! (j/ks. seriously, though, he wasn't nice to me.)

Posted by: caringiscool profile link  in reply to  The New Sound's comment at 09/23/09 3:36 PM  | Reply
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Oh my God I love Karl so much. He is so goddamn funny.

Posted by: Tucker at 09/22/09 4:13 PM  | Reply
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not to break up the lovefest, but this movie was terrible. i almost walked out of the premiere but figured that would be really rude.

Posted by: snacks on snacks profile link at 09/22/09 5:28 PM  | Reply
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So, worse than King Ralph?

Posted by: Lorin profile link  in reply to  snacks on snacks's comment at 09/22/09 6:14 PM  | Reply
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Agreed. I can't believe there isn't an official Videogum "Karl Pilkington Promise" yet. For those of you who devoured all the podcasts and are craving more, Pilkipedia has loads of the old XFM radio show and they're just as brilliant. And free.

Posted by: Ning profile link at 09/22/09 8:46 PM  | Reply
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"In terms of places to see before you die...Boston--you wouldnt be bothered about dyin."

Truer words were never spoken.

Posted by: rb profile link at 09/22/09 8:57 PM  | Reply
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And let's not forget that Ricky has done some excellent film reviews himself

Posted by: Ning profile link at 09/22/09 9:04 PM  | Reply
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I have seen The Invention of Lying and it's TERRIBLE. Really. And, apparently, Ricky Gervais was a total prick the whole time they were making it.

Posted by: Jonee at 09/23/09 2:32 PM  | Reply
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their is no sound.

Posted by: dick hopkins at 09/26/09 7:38 AM  | Reply
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