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'''The Series Finale''' and listeners have been emailing in suggestions for Karl's Swap Shop, he's also put through his paces in his very own Room 101 and Ricky's upset at having no-one to annoy for four months.
==Track Listing==
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1. '''[[04 May 2002/Transcript#Queen_Mum|Queen Mum]]'''
====1. [[04 May 2002/Transcript#The Queen Mum Used To Have A Right Mouth On Her|The Queen Mum Used To Have A Right Mouth On Her]] ''(0:00:00)''====
<br> Karl talks to Steve and Ricky about how the Queen Mum used to have a bad mouth on her. Ricky is nonplussed until realising that Karl believes the story told to him in the week with him and Steve doing impressions of her with swear words in.
Karl blasphemes and then recalls Steve and Ricky telling him stories about the Queen Mum swearing like a trooper, which was actually a joke, Karl didn't realise.
====2. [[04 May 2002/Transcript#A Bronze Is Pointless|A Bronze Is Pointless]] ''(0:02:54)''====
The show won a bronze 'Entertainment Award' at the [[Sony Awards]], but why did they bother? Karl compares getting a bronze to coming in last in a marathon. They then go on to discuss the Olympics, ridiculous trivia, Steve in the high jump and how disabled people constantly cheat and lie.


====3. [[04 May 2002/Transcript#You Have The Hair Of A Chinaman|You Have The Hair Of A Chinaman]] ''(0:09:10)''====
Steve discusses winning a silver medal in the high jump at school, and what a weirdo he looked like back then, which seamlessly leads to a discussion of Karl's former hair, which, according to a railroad barber was like a Chinaman's.
[[Image:PG-13Wodehouse.JPG|thumb|right|Steve in a school photo wearing his PG Wodehouse inspired bow-tie, 1991.]]


2. '''[[04 May 2002/Transcript#Sony_Awards|Sony Awards]]'''
====4. [[04 May 2002/Transcript#Some Of My Favourite Adverts|Some Of My Favourite Adverts]] ''(0:15:13)''====
<br>Ricky and Steve discuss the Sony Awards that they recently attended and go into detail of what happened and how Ricky doesnt get out of bed for bronze. Ricky then goes on to talk of how he swore on live TV. Karl then compares getting a bronze to coming in last in a marathon. They then go on to discuss the olympics and Steve's sport in high school.
Ricky elaborately introduces some adverts.


====5. [[04 May 2002/Transcript#Steve Merchant And His Boyfriend Karl|Steve Merchant And His Boyfriend Karl]] ''(0:15:23)''====
Steve brings up the £200 he was paid for DJing at an Xfm gig, which he definitely WILL declare to the Inland Revenue, Ricky and Steve are the victims of Liquid News' shady editing of The [[Sony Awards]] coverage, at which Karl had to convince some fans he wasn't gay. Ricky recalls winding Karl up about being Steve's 'partner' and him and Steve then trick Karl into confessing his love for [[Jonathan Ross]]. Bender.


3. '''[[04 May 2002/Transcript#The_Hair_of_a_Chinaman|The Hair of a Chinaman]]'''
====6. [[04 May 2002/Transcript#Room 102|Room 102]] ''(0:19:49)''====
<br>After an anecdote of how Steve never won the gold medal in the high jump in high school and describes his apperance back in those days, Ricky asks Karl about what he looked like in those days. Karl then goes on to tell that his barber told him he had the hair of a Chinaman.
Karl's Room 101 choices get underway, Steve thinks Ricky should be a permanent fixture in there, much like The Bible and The Complete Works of Shakespeare on Desert Island Discs. Karl's first choice is rich people who haven't earnt their money, or fat ankles, or girls who go to shoe shops. It's not that specific, but involves the reality show 'Young, Posh and Loaded'. His second choice is rudeness from supermarket employees, who don't say 'hello', 'goodbye' or 'that's our most popular bread'. Ricky agrees as politeness costs nothing, but he would not want to get into a full on chat with someone at the checkout.
====7. [[04 May 2002/Transcript#Walk_Like_An_Egypt_Bloke|Walk Like An Egypt Bloke]] ''(0:29:15)''====
Karl tells [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84LXZs5NGt0 the story of lizards in Egypt] that make holes in the sand in the desert. They hide in these holes but are in danger because a local Egypt bloke takes them out and uses them to make shoes. He says that scorpions also like to go into the holes and protect the lizards from the lizard hunter.


====8. [[04 May 2002/Transcript#The Great Pilkoni|The Great Pilkoni]] ''(0:39:13)''====
The guys discuss Stars In Their Eyes and how no-one becomes famous due to it. Karl recalls a talent show where he dressed as a woman and danced and then done some magic.


4. '''[[04 May 2002/Transcript#The_Taxman_Cometh|The Taxman Cometh]]'''
====9. [[04 May 2002/Transcript#Make A Necklace From Electrical Wire|Make A Necklace From Electrical Wire]] ''(0:48:50)''====
<br>Steve tells of how he did a DJ set for an XFM party and made some money. He says that the taxman wont know about the 200 quid he made. He then realises what he has said and trys to make it sound better by sucking up to the taxman and saying he will notify them ASAP.
The gang run a competition to win a bag from the Sony's signed by many celebrities. In order to win this prize they have to offer Karl things that they think will enhance his life.  


====10. [[04 May 2002/Transcript#Your Belly Acids Don't Kill Hairs|Your Belly Acids Don't Kill Hairs]] ''(0:56:56)''====
Karl chooses a book about urban legends and explains his choice by recounting the tale of a girl with a hairball the size of a rat in her stomach.


5. '''[[04 May 2002/Transcript#Karl_a_Homosexual_?| Karl a Homosexual?]]'''
====11. [[04 May 2002/Transcript#If You Wanna Know More About The Midget Themed Restaurant, We'll Tell You In Three Months|If You Wanna Know More About The Midget Themed Restaurant]] ''(0:60:54)''====
<br>Ricky and Steve discuss how in a previous show they told Karl that he would need to pretend he was Steves boyfriend to get in to the Sony's. They then ask him who he would go out with if he was gay.
His last Room 101 entry and this one is holidays. He tells of a holiday where he and [[Suzanne|his girlfriend]] went to a restaurant that was run by midgets. Karl then says that one of them was chatting up Suzanne. Karl also hints that someone from Liverpool was partially responsible for his hatred of holidays but runs out of time before he can go into detail. As it is the last show of the series Karl gives a gift to Ricky and a gift to Steve. He gives Ricky a Mr. Ben's book of fables and Steve a book of chat-up lines.


==Quotes==
'''Ricky:''' What's the Great Pilkoni going to do?<br><br>
'''Karl:''' A hairdresser once said to me, "You’ve got the hair of a Chinaman."<br><br>
'''Karl:''' And whilst the lizard’s having a kip, the scorpion says, "Tell ya what: I’ll do you a little deal…"<br><br>
'''Steve:''' But Rick, you’re you're you're scared of all spiders, aren’t you? Even the little tiny ones that you find under the – <br>
'''Ricky:''' I don’t like any spiders, yeah. I hate all – <br>
'''Steve:''' Is your husband afraid of them as well, or…? <br>


6. '''[[04 May 2002/Transcript#Karls_Room_102|Karls Room 102]]'''
<br>Ricky and Steve ask Karl what he would put in Room 101 if he was on the show.
7. '''[[04 May 2002/Transcript#Walk_Like_an_Egypt_Bloke|Walk Like an Egypt Bloke]]'''
<br>Karl tells the story of lizards in Egypt that make holes in the sand in the desert. They hide in these holes but are in danger because a local Egypt bloke takes them out and uses them to make shoes. He says that scorpians also like to go into the holes and protect the lizards from the lizard hunter.
8. '''[[04 May 2002/Transcript#Stars_In_Their_Eyes|Stars In Their Eyes]]'''
<br>The guys discuss Stars In Their Eyes and how no-one becomes famous due to it.
9. '''[[04 May 2002/Transcript#The_Talent_Show|The Talent Show]]'''
<br>Karl discuses a talent show where he dressed as a woman and danced and then done some magic.
10. '''[[04 May 2002/Transcript#Enhance_Karls_Life|Enhance Karls Life]]'''
<br>The gang run a compitition to win a bag from the Sony's signed by many celebrities. In order to win this prize they have to offer Karl things that they think will enhance his life. The one he chooses wins the signed bag.He chooses an urban legends book.
11. '''[[04 May 2002/Transcript#Room_101_Part_2|Room 101 Part 2]]'''
<br>His last Room 101 entry and this one is holidays. He tells of a holiday where he and his girlfriend went to aresteraunt that was run by midgets. Karl then says that one of them was chatting up his girlfriend Sussane.
12. '''[[04 May 2002/Transcript#Karls_Presents|Karls Presents]]'''
<br>As it is the last show of the series Karl gives a gift to Ricky and a gift to Steve. He gives Ricky a Mr. Ben's book of fables and Steve a book of chat-up lines.
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== Transcription ==
1.''' Queen Mum'''
Steve Merchant: absolutely
Ricky Gervais: Stone Roses on Xfm 104.9, I'm Ricky Gervais with me Steve Merchant
Steve: Hello there
Ricky: And Karl Pilkington for the last time...
Steve: Indeed
Ricky: I'm afraid. So um, you know we're gonna have a little bit of a chat with sowing up some things with Karl, we're giving away that prize with that BAFTA bag and you know
Steve: Playing some great music
Ricky: And we'll just, i mean i'm bringing in my favourite tunes, I'm bringing in The Smiths, Radiohead, Cat Stevens, David Bowie, Neil Young, the classics. Steve's doing the same
Steve: Indeed
Ricky: erm, well Karl, last time for er yeah, apparently erm someone's got it a bit wrong, we're not actually away for 6 weeks, we're away for about 2 months, we'll be back in August won' we?
Karl Pilkington: Bloody hell
Ricky: yeah...don't swear
Steve: yeah that's outrageous
Ricky: on the last show you have to say that
Steve: Already bought the tone down
Ricky: Yeah
Steve: Cheapened it
Ricky: And i think it's blasphemous as well
Steve: yeah
Ricky: No it's not 'hell' isn't is it?
Steve: Isn't it?
Ricky: No, don't think-that's not blasphemy is it
Steve: Taking hell's name in vain?
Ricky: Yeah
Karl: Yeah but what was it you were saying the other week about how the queen mum used to have a right mouth on her?
Ricky: What?
Karl: No-
Steve: I don't we said that on air Karl,
Ricky: What?
Karl: No but, last week you
Ricky: Yeah
Karl: Were saying about that bad language, and i was saying 'ar, it, they'll, you know there'll come a time when bad language isn't, doesn't, you know matter anymore, you can eff and jeff and stuff
Ricky: Ow, I know what he's talking about Steve
Steve: really
Ricky: Right, let me explain to you, the listener at home, erm Karl was worried about swearing and As a Joke, off-air, it was last week, we were saying that, erm, the qu-, in the 1940s and 50s the Queen mum used to say things like that, and we were quoting things which she'd said
Steve: Yeah
Ricky: But but putting f's and c's in there, and you believed us
Steve: What? So this whole week, you've believed that we somehow, somehow had knowledge that the
Ricky: Quen mum
Steve: Used to swear like a trooper?
Ricky: We were doing fake quotes from her in her voice, but putting in f's and c's and you believed us. I mean i didn't even think, i mean i thought you were going along with the joke but it obviously made an impac-
Steve: Karl! We've said this, you've got to question and query everything, you can't take things at face value, certainly if they come out of the mouths of Ricky Gervais
Ricky: Yeah
Karl: orr right
Ricky: Yeah, sorry about that Karl, that was a little, a little trick
Karl: O
Steve: Is there any other things now that as you look back over this time we've
Ricky: Is there anything we've said that as you think about i can tell you now that was a lie
Steve: Anything you've maybe thought and queried or questioned, and though that doesn't sound right, that maybe Ricky's told you?
Karl: Something might come to me
Steve: k
Karl: Later on but,
Ricky: Ok, but what about, Karl, i mean, we love you, right obviously we know that, and we've got great affection for you we look forward to this, i'm gonna miss you really, but and i'll tell you what, you've got a heart of gold, now wait till you see what the record is Steve...what i've done
Steve: Is it Heart of Gold?
Ricky: yep
Steve: Brilliant, brilliant. Alright, that's why he's a bronze award winner at the Sony's
Ricky: I don't get up for bronze, i don't get out of bed for bronze
Steve: That was a waste of our time
Heart of Gold plays
2.
Ricky: Karl Pilkington of there on Xfm 104.9, winner of a bronze award at the Sony's, the radio Oscar's as Phil Jupitus said
Steve: Man alive
Ricky: That's what he called them on liquid news
Steve: I'll tell you this Rick, i'm not used to being on a table with losers, at an awards ceremony
Ricky: No, i u u, i didn't want to come in to do the final show
Steve: Nah
Ricky: You know, i went straight over and sat with Pete and Jeff, didn't i? heh heh, from radio4, went over with Paul Gambourchini
Steve: I went over to BBC World Service
Ricky: Yeah
Steve: You know it's lot funkier, lot cooler
Ricky: Yeah, won an award
Steve: Yeah, they swept the boards
Ricky: Yeah, i don't, bronze is nowhere
Steve: What was the mood er over here
Ricky: Silvers, silvers...what was the mood here?
Karl: The mood, err
Steve: Cos the day after, cos people, well let me tell you now i think Xfm deserve an award, and i thought it was criminal actually
Ricky: But what i did like about, we certaintly had the room, cos Pete and Jeff said good luck to us and Christian, that was really nice, and then someone else mentioned us
Karl: James Nesbitt
Ricky: James Nesbitt said 'oh er Xfm and stuff' so we certaintly had the
Karl: Paul Gambourchini said something about it
Ricky: Yeah so
Steve: Did he really? What Gambo?
Karl: Yeah
Ricky: Certaintly had the room, and for a local, you've gotta realise it's a local radio station, you know and err, you can't compete really with Radio2 and Radio4
Steve: But what was the mood the day after, here at Xfm?
Karl: Erm, it was alright, i mean, i think we expected a few more but
Ricky: But you shouldn't take these things seriously anyway
Karl: Nah but
Ricky: Never take awards...seriously
Steve: But what i didn't realise Rick, what i didn't realise is you have to pay thousands of pounds just to nominate
Ricky: You're joking
Steve: Just to get into the running for an award so you've already you know, they squandered thousands of pounds
Ricky: Nah, it's not thousands
Steve: It is!
Karl: Well, it mounts up because you pay to enter right
Ricky: And then the table
Karl: And you've gotta buy like minidiscs and that, to send you're stuff in on
Ricky: Sure
Karl: which are Sony Minidiscs
Steve: M
Ricky: Oarr, i see what you're saying Karl
Karl: I'm not saying anything
Ricky: No
Karl: Erm, and also then, and you've gotta pay for the table
Ricky: Right
Karl: And the food and the drink, i mean it's a few grand
Ricky: I swore on live television as well that night
Steve: Yeah
Ricky: But i've never done that before, i mean i've never, i've sworn before but never acidentally, and we were being interviewed for erm, and Christian was sort of like quite, you know, being a bit boisterious and he must have brought out the worst in me, and i acc-, must of accidentally said the f-word, and i apologised straight away, i didn't want to embarrass Phil Jupitus
Steve: Ha...does that himself here
Ricky: He was doing a good job...pff ha
Karl: But i was thinking about yesterday and your saying a bronze isn't worth having right?
Ricky: Yeah
Karl: But, say like
Ricky: We were only joking, none of them are worth having, but they're very nice, and it's
Steve: No a bronze is pointless
Ricky: Hahaha
Karl: But you say that cos like bronze is like coming last innit
Steve: yeah
Ricky: Yeah
Karl: Right, can you tell me the name of the person who won the marathon this year? No?
Steve: Yeah but that's because we're not sporty, I'm sure there's lots who can.
Karl: But then, the guy who came last, who was in the swinsuit
Ricky: Akffhehe
Karl: People remember him, and he
Steve: No i don't remember his name either
Ricky: No what was his name?
Karl: No, but he was 6 days late i mean he was really bad
Ricky: Yeah but what's his name then?
Karl:...err
Steve: you see?, No one's remembering either
Karl: No, but if someone who won the marathon, i'd go 'i dunno but there's that guy in the swinsuit'
Ricky: Well i'd say 'I don't know, it was a woman'
Steve: Yeah
Ricky: She had shorts on and trainers,
Karl: I'm just trying to make you feel-
Steve: My point is what they will remember is that we were losers, that's what they'll remember
Ricky: Hahaha
Steve: They may not remember our names
Ricky: They'll just point and shout 'Losers'
Ricky: We're all winners though arn't we, we're all winners really
Steve: For taking part sure
Ricky: Yeah
Karl: And it's all subjective as well innit
Ricky: Go on
Karl: I mean i'm not going to moan about awards because you've won a lot of them, it's like saying they don't mean jack, but at the end of the day, right, there's some shows that won awards, and you go 'Yeah that's, that's worth an award'
Ricky: I think you've got to treat it, i mean some awards actually boost your profile or career, or your cache or whatever like that, some it's just a nice night out and it's nice to win, but, i don't think you should really take any award that seriously
Steve: What worries my though Rick, as i mentioned on the night is that i, when i was at school, was, i mean you look at me now, you probably think 'he an athletic kinda guy, he's a sporty dude' you know, but at school bizzarly that was not the case
Ricky: No? What were you a bit of an lanky beanpole?
Steve: As it turns out
Ricky: You joking?
Steve: Yeahyeayea
Ricky: Oh right ok
Steve: So err, but i got silver err in the high jump
Ricky: yeah..
Steve: And i've done better in the high jump right? did no traning whatsoever, no practice, just turned up
Ricky: You were about 2 and a half foot taller than everybody else
Steve: Well keep, well yeah but wait a minute, people think that if you're tall that makes you easier, it makes it easier for you to do the high jump, surely not because i have got all that leg to get over the pole, that makes it hider, harder
Ricky: But, Don't talk rubbish
Steve: What are you talking about?
Ricky: Well of course the taller you are the more chance you've got at the high jump
Steve: What, explain it to me
Ricky: Everyone else, w..wot? Right ok then, so is it harder a six foot man to step over a matchbox or a baby midget?
Steve: A Baby midget?..that Is tiny Rick
Karl: Hang on, here's something i've learnt remember, after like show 4 or whatever
Ricky: Go on..Show 4!
Karl: The flea can jump over the, London Eye?
Ricky: Nooo! No it can jump the equivalent of if it was a 6 foot man, it can't jump about 6 ye high, a flea can not jump over the London Eye
Steve: Ye, Yes it can, ye it can
Karl: And
Ricky: Hahaha! Karl
Steve: Tell your kids that
Ricky: Karl! ooh
Karl: Remember
Ricky: A flea can jump over the London Eye, and an ant can lift three Volvo's
Steve: Hahaha
Ricky: Pfsssha
Karl: But you were talking about fitness people and that
Ricky: Go on
Karl: Remember when we were in the pub right? And your mate Johnny was in there
Ricky: Yeah
Karl: I think it was
Ricky: Yeah
Karl: And he was talking about that guy who got done right, cos he entered a wheelchair race
Ricky: Yeah
Karl: And he shouln't, and there was nothing wrong with him, his legs were alright
Ricky: Yeah
Karl: Now he got done because he shoudn't have been involved in it but don't you think, that really, he really good for doing that because he's not normally in a wheelchair
Steve: Sure
Karl: So he's not used to how they move about
Steve: Yeah
Karl: His arms arn't as strong as the other fellas, who are always in the wheelchair
Steve: Yeah, sure
Ricky: He
Steve: Had his mate pushing him, that was the problem
Ricky: h-and it was motorized
Steve: Heh
Karl: I'd give him a Gold Plus, just, i, i you know, you're taking a bloke, who's not used to doing something, he does it the first time, and beats the people who're at it
Ricky: What about that woman though that was disqualified in the shooting, she was in a wheelchair, and she was just doing the normal, able-bodied olympics, right, but, she wasn't allowed to rest her elbow on the arm of her chair, cos they were saying that's an advantage. She was in a wheelchair, and she was shooting, but she was getting unfair advantage, and they said 'You cannot put your elbow on the arm of your wheelchair,'
Steve: Sneaky arn't they
Ricky: Hehaha
Steve: No, they are, you've gotta be careful, you've gotta be careful
Ricky: Do you want to play a
Steve: Some of them arn't even disabled it turns out
Ricky: Hold on though, we're talking about athletes arn't we? What record should we play next?
Steve: I'd love to that that single that was out a couple of months back, by Athlete
Steve: Let's have +Ricky: Athlete
Steve: Man alive
Athlete Plays
==Quotes==
'''Steve:''' Walk like an Egypt bloke!
<br><br>'''Ricky:''' I dont want a complaint on our last show!
<br><br>'''Karl:''' This really tarty girl that did Madonna "Like a Virgin" and I though "Yeah right!"
==Playlist==
==Playlist==
The Stone Roses - ''She Bangs the Drums''<br>
Neil Young - ''Heart of Gold''<br>
Athlete - ''Westside''<br>
Radiohead - ''Black Star''<br>
Sugarcubes - ''Hit''<br>
[[David Bowie]] - ''Rock 'n Roll With Me''<br>
New Order - ''Run''<br>
The Hives - ''Main Offender''<br>
Cat Stevens - ''Silent Sunlight''<br>
Tom McRae - ''End of the World News''<br>
Badly Drawn Boy - ''Once Around the Block''<br>
Matt Pond PA - ''Night's End''<br>
[[Suede]] - ''Stay Together''<br>
The Smiths - ''There is a Light That Never Goes Out''<br>


Neil Young - Heart of Gold
==Trivia==
<br>Athlete - Westside
*The bet Ricky placed on Chelsea to win 2-1 and Thierry Henry to score first, was for the FA Cup Final that took place the same day as this show. The bet was not successful, with Arsenal winning 2 - 0 thanks to goals from Ray Parlour and Freddie Ljungberg.
<br>Radiohead - Black Star
<br>David Bowie - Rock & Roll With Me
<br>Cat Stevens - Silent Sunlight
<br>Tom McCrae - End of the World News
<br>Badly Drawn Boy - Once Around the Block
<br>Matt Pond PA - Night End
<br>Suede - Stay Together
<br>The Smiths - There is a Light That Never Goes Out


*The winner of that year's London Marathon was Paula Radcliffe.


==External Links==
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84LXZs5NGt0 Walk Like An Egypt Bloke: a short film by Tweek]<br>
[http://www.waveguide.co.uk/8011.htm The Sony Awards Winners]<br>
[http://www.divadonatella.com The girl Karl puts into Room 101]<br/>
[http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd186/JustJoe4Life/DonatellasFatAnkle.jpg Evidence of her fat ankle]<br/>
[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Trade-Secrets-Everything-Will-About/dp/0752825836 Trade Secrets - The book Ricky gave Karl]


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Latest revision as of 01:32, 30 January 2023

Xfm Series 1
November 2001 - May 2002
List of episodes

Episodes:

  1. 10 November 2001 (Transcript)
  2. 17 November 2001 (Transcript)
  3. 24 November 2001 (Transcript)
  4. 01 December 2001 (Transcript)
  5. 08 December 2001 (Transcript)
  6. 15 December 2001 (Transcript)
  7. 22 December 2001 (Transcript)
  8. 12 January 2002 (Transcript) Early Years Ep.1
  9. 19 January 2002 (Transcript) Early Years Ep.2
  10. 26 January 2002 (Transcript) Early Years Ep.3
  11. 09 February 2002 (Transcript) Early Years Ep.4
  12. 16 February 2002 (Transcript) Early Years Ep.5
  13. 23 February 2002 (Transcript) Early Years Ep.6
  14. 02 March 2002 (Transcript) Early Years Ep.7
  15. 09 March 2002 (Transcript) Early Years Ep.8
  16. 16 March 2002 (Transcript) Early Years Ep.9
  17. 23 March 2002 (Transcript) Early Years Ep.10
  18. 30 March 2002 (Transcript) Early Years Ep.11
  19. 06 April 2002 (Transcript) Early Years Ep.12
  20. 13 April 2002 (Transcript)
  21. 20 April 2002 (Transcript)
  22. 27 April 2002 (Transcript)
  23. 04 May 2002 (Transcript)

The Series Finale and listeners have been emailing in suggestions for Karl's Swap Shop, he's also put through his paces in his very own Room 101 and Ricky's upset at having no-one to annoy for four months.

Track Listing

For a full transcript of this episode see 04 May 2002/Transcript.

1. The Queen Mum Used To Have A Right Mouth On Her (0:00:00)

Karl blasphemes and then recalls Steve and Ricky telling him stories about the Queen Mum swearing like a trooper, which was actually a joke, Karl didn't realise.

2. A Bronze Is Pointless (0:02:54)

The show won a bronze 'Entertainment Award' at the Sony Awards, but why did they bother? Karl compares getting a bronze to coming in last in a marathon. They then go on to discuss the Olympics, ridiculous trivia, Steve in the high jump and how disabled people constantly cheat and lie.

3. You Have The Hair Of A Chinaman (0:09:10)

Steve discusses winning a silver medal in the high jump at school, and what a weirdo he looked like back then, which seamlessly leads to a discussion of Karl's former hair, which, according to a railroad barber was like a Chinaman's.

Steve in a school photo wearing his PG Wodehouse inspired bow-tie, 1991.

4. Some Of My Favourite Adverts (0:15:13)

Ricky elaborately introduces some adverts.

5. Steve Merchant And His Boyfriend Karl (0:15:23)

Steve brings up the £200 he was paid for DJing at an Xfm gig, which he definitely WILL declare to the Inland Revenue, Ricky and Steve are the victims of Liquid News' shady editing of The Sony Awards coverage, at which Karl had to convince some fans he wasn't gay. Ricky recalls winding Karl up about being Steve's 'partner' and him and Steve then trick Karl into confessing his love for Jonathan Ross. Bender.

6. Room 102 (0:19:49)

Karl's Room 101 choices get underway, Steve thinks Ricky should be a permanent fixture in there, much like The Bible and The Complete Works of Shakespeare on Desert Island Discs. Karl's first choice is rich people who haven't earnt their money, or fat ankles, or girls who go to shoe shops. It's not that specific, but involves the reality show 'Young, Posh and Loaded'. His second choice is rudeness from supermarket employees, who don't say 'hello', 'goodbye' or 'that's our most popular bread'. Ricky agrees as politeness costs nothing, but he would not want to get into a full on chat with someone at the checkout.

7. Walk Like An Egypt Bloke (0:29:15)

Karl tells the story of lizards in Egypt that make holes in the sand in the desert. They hide in these holes but are in danger because a local Egypt bloke takes them out and uses them to make shoes. He says that scorpions also like to go into the holes and protect the lizards from the lizard hunter.

8. The Great Pilkoni (0:39:13)

The guys discuss Stars In Their Eyes and how no-one becomes famous due to it. Karl recalls a talent show where he dressed as a woman and danced and then done some magic.

9. Make A Necklace From Electrical Wire (0:48:50)

The gang run a competition to win a bag from the Sony's signed by many celebrities. In order to win this prize they have to offer Karl things that they think will enhance his life.

10. Your Belly Acids Don't Kill Hairs (0:56:56)

Karl chooses a book about urban legends and explains his choice by recounting the tale of a girl with a hairball the size of a rat in her stomach.

11. If You Wanna Know More About The Midget Themed Restaurant (0:60:54)

His last Room 101 entry and this one is holidays. He tells of a holiday where he and his girlfriend went to a restaurant that was run by midgets. Karl then says that one of them was chatting up Suzanne. Karl also hints that someone from Liverpool was partially responsible for his hatred of holidays but runs out of time before he can go into detail. As it is the last show of the series Karl gives a gift to Ricky and a gift to Steve. He gives Ricky a Mr. Ben's book of fables and Steve a book of chat-up lines.

Quotes

Ricky: What's the Great Pilkoni going to do?

Karl: A hairdresser once said to me, "You’ve got the hair of a Chinaman."

Karl: And whilst the lizard’s having a kip, the scorpion says, "Tell ya what: I’ll do you a little deal…"

Steve: But Rick, you’re you're you're scared of all spiders, aren’t you? Even the little tiny ones that you find under the –
Ricky: I don’t like any spiders, yeah. I hate all –
Steve: Is your husband afraid of them as well, or…?

Playlist

The Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drums
Neil Young - Heart of Gold
Athlete - Westside
Radiohead - Black Star
Sugarcubes - Hit
David Bowie - Rock 'n Roll With Me
New Order - Run
The Hives - Main Offender
Cat Stevens - Silent Sunlight
Tom McRae - End of the World News
Badly Drawn Boy - Once Around the Block
Matt Pond PA - Night's End
Suede - Stay Together
The Smiths - There is a Light That Never Goes Out

Trivia

  • The bet Ricky placed on Chelsea to win 2-1 and Thierry Henry to score first, was for the FA Cup Final that took place the same day as this show. The bet was not successful, with Arsenal winning 2 - 0 thanks to goals from Ray Parlour and Freddie Ljungberg.
  • The winner of that year's London Marathon was Paula Radcliffe.

External Links

Walk Like An Egypt Bloke: a short film by Tweek
The Sony Awards Winners
The girl Karl puts into Room 101
Evidence of her fat ankle
Trade Secrets - The book Ricky gave Karl

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