Sunday, January 23, 2011

Do we need 'em?


Karl Pilkington, the genius of geniuses, went on a bit of a crusade back in 2002 and 2003.

On XFM's The Ricky Gervais Show he decided to find out once and for all if some animals that annoyed him were really necessary or if he could get rid of them. Hence the four-part feature Do We Need 'Em? in which he would call up an expert and try to get them to admit these creatures were pointless and wiping off the planet wouldn't hurt anybody.

He seldom succeeded.


(mp3) Karl Pilkington - Do we need jellyfish?
(mp3) Karl Pilkington - Do we need octopuses?
(mp3) Karl Pilkington - Do we need snails?
(mp3) Karl Pilkington - Do we need cockroaches?


By the way, here's a great interview with Karl, Ricky and Stephen Merchent about their show An Idiot Abroad - the reason television was invented.

1 comments:

Slusk said...

Super. Jag kollade precis klart på 'An idiot abroad' och kände att jag ville ha mer av denna underbart bittra människa.