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If there's anything that fascinates [[Karl Pilkington|Karl]] more than monkeys, it's freaks. His favourite film is [[The Elephant Man]], and his prized posession is a little book of freaks from FHM which he carries everyhwere.
If there's anything that fascinates [[Karl Pilkington|Karl]] more than monkeys, it's [[freaks]]. His favourite film is [[The Elephant Man]], and his prized possession is a little book of freaks from FHM which for some time, he carried everywhere.


It was out of this interest that '''Cheeky Freak of the Week''' was born, in 2003. Similar in format to [[Monkey News]], it involved Karl informing [[Ricky Gervais|Ricky]] and [[Stephen Merchant|Steve]] about a freak he'd discovered. Karl was always keen to stress that the feature wasn't "having a go" or "taking the Mick", it was to make people think, about what it would be like to have that deformity, what would the pros and cons be, etc.
It was out of this interest that '''Cheeky Freak of the Week''' was born, in 2003. Similar in format to [[Monkey News]], it involved Karl informing [[Ricky Gervais|Ricky]] and [[Stephen Merchant|Steve]] about a freak he'd discovered. Karl was always keen to stress that the feature wasn't "having a go" or "taking the Mick", but was to make people think about what it would be like to have that deformity and to be thankful that they didn't.


The feature had its own jingle, similar in style to Monkey News:
The feature had its own jingle, similar in style to Monkey News: "Ooh, Cheeky! ''Freak of the Week''", although a different version was heard on occasion: "La Freak, c'est chic. Freak of the Week".
 
"Ooh, Cheeky! ''Freak of the Week''"
 
Although a different version was heard on occasion:
 
"La Freak, c'est chic. Freak of the Week".


The feature was later dropped by Karl after concerns that people were getting offended.
The feature was later dropped by Karl after concerns that people were getting offended.


[[Category:Features|Cheeky Freak of the Week]]
[[Category:Features|Cheeky Freak of the Week]]

Revision as of 01:01, 2 March 2008

If there's anything that fascinates Karl more than monkeys, it's freaks. His favourite film is The Elephant Man, and his prized possession is a little book of freaks from FHM which for some time, he carried everywhere.

It was out of this interest that Cheeky Freak of the Week was born, in 2003. Similar in format to Monkey News, it involved Karl informing Ricky and Steve about a freak he'd discovered. Karl was always keen to stress that the feature wasn't "having a go" or "taking the Mick", but was to make people think about what it would be like to have that deformity and to be thankful that they didn't.

The feature had its own jingle, similar in style to Monkey News: "Ooh, Cheeky! Freak of the Week", although a different version was heard on occasion: "La Freak, c'est chic. Freak of the Week".

The feature was later dropped by Karl after concerns that people were getting offended.