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| Karl Pilkington | |
| Born | September 23, 1972 Manchester, England  |
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| Occupation | Head of Production at XFM Podcast Presenter |
Karl Pilkington (born September
23, 1972 in Manchester)
is an English,
Sony
Award-winning radio producer and personality best known for producing
and co-presenting
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Pilkington grew up in Manchester and left school without collecting his exam results. Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant later contacted his school and discovered that Karl attained only one GCSE, History, for which he achieved an "E" grade. Pilkington was apparently surprised by this as he remembered sitting in on several others - such as his Art GCSE where he recalled making a "little clay man with his arms in a cars" - however, he appeared not to know that registration is required for exams, and that you cannot just "turn up on the day", which may explain the lack of other grades.
Despite his absence, Pilkington has been remembered by a schoolmate on Friends Reunited as bringing to school his pet magpie "Maggie" to show his friends, before it unexpectedly flew away; a story confirmed by Pilkington during the show in which this story was revealed. According to Pilkington, his first name was chosen as a result of his mother dreaming she had pneumonia and being assured of her survival by a doctor whose name-tag read "Karl". Pilkington has been through a number of jobs, his favourite being his paper round.
On April 24, 2006, The New York Times ran an article about Ricky Gervais and the podcast which described Pilkington's behaviour as a well executed "deadpan comedian" routine which "crosses Ali G and Steven Wright".
Merchant and Gervais themselves have repeatedly denied claims that Pilkington is a creation of theirs. In an on-air response to Campling's claims during a broadcast on Xfm, Merchant stated that he would be "ashamed" if the radio show were scripted, adding that "If we came up with a character as good as Karl, we would never squander him on a poxy little radio station like this one" Gervais concurred, pointing out that writing half-hour episodes of shows such as The Office and Extras took the two up to a year, thus making the writing of weekly two-hour radio shows extremely unlikely.
As a result of the success of The Ricky Gervais Show podcasts in particular, Pilkington has become a cult celebrity. Pilkington is sometimes mentioned in interviews that Gervais gives, and is often on the receiving end of Gervais's practical jokes. When asked who was the funniest person he knew, Gervais said Karl Pilkington, whom he mentioned was "the funniest man alive in Britain today." In addition, Pilkington appears in a twenty minute interview on Ricky Gervais's live stand-up comedy DVD, Politics.
Karl recently reached new heights of fame by commenting that
he could "eat a knob at night" during a discussion on the podcast about
Pilkington has also found work independently of Gervais and Merchant on a number of projects. He has appeared as a guest on the Bravo (UK) series Flipside TV, was a guest on BBC series The Culture Show, was in several short films as part of the Channel 4 initiative "3 Minute Wonders", and has completed filming on a Channel 4 production entitled "Karl Pilkington - Satisfied Fool", the executive producer of which is Henry Normal, the co-owner of Baby Cow Productions. The BBC have also commissioned a show about Pilkington, entitled "A Day in the Life of an Idiot".
To accompany the world record breaking podcast, the book, 'The World of Karl Pilkington' was released in the UK on 18th September 2006 and in the USA on 1st October 2006. The book features many of the ideas discussed by Gervais, Merchant and Pilkington in their podcasts. The book also features many of Karl's drawings, reflecting his abstract thoughts and ideas. The release of 'The World of Karl Pilkington' received great attention in both the audio podcasts and video podcasts; Gervais and Merchant focused on the 'pointless' nature of Karl's book in comparison with others . The book received similar praise as the podcast did; the Sunday Telegraph described it as 'Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant' and the Evening Standard described it as 'priceless.'
Although little has been revealed about it, Karl will be releasing another book, 'Happy Slapped by a Jellyfish: The Words of Karl Pilkington' in the United Kingdom on 4th October 2007. The synopsis describes the 224 page book as 'a hilarious guide to travelling.'
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