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'''Educating Ricky''' was a feature introduced by [[Karl Pilkington|Karl]] in [[Xfm Series 2|Series 2]] in which he attempted to teach [[Ricky Gervais|Ricky]] some interesting bits of trivia. Its title is a pun on the film ''Educating Rita.'' Typically, Karl would have three nuggets of information to offer, and would give each one a "teaser" headline that usually involved an overwrought pun. Though the conceit of the feature was to inform Ricky and Steve, often times the two would have to clarify or completely refute what Karl told them.<br>
'''Educating Ricky''' was a feature introduced by [[Karl Pilkington|Karl]] in [[Xfm Series 2|Series 2]] in which he attempted to teach [[Ricky Gervais|Ricky]] some interesting bits of trivia. Typically, Karl would have three nuggets of information to offer, and would give each one a "teaser" headline that usually involved an overwrought pun. Though the conceit of the feature was to inform Ricky and Steve, often times the two would have to clarify or completely refute what Karl told them.
 
The title of the feature is a pun on the film ''Educating Rita.''


==History==
==History==
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===12 October 2002===
===12 October 2002===
* '''Hanging Bacon:''' Karl explains the derivation of the phrase "chewing the fat". Years ago, wealthy people would hang bacon in their kitchen and their guests would stand around and chat while eating it.
* '''Hanging Bacon:''' Years ago, wealthy people would hang bacon in their kitchen and their guests would stand around and chat while eating it. This is, according to Karl, the derivation of the phrase "chewing the fat."
* '''Hairy Chinese Kid:''' A story that lives on in RSK infamy.
* '''Hairy Chinese Kid:''' A story that lives on in RSK infamy.
* '''Alien Gives Man A Beard:''' An American man goes missing and, when he reappears three days later, has a bushy beard and claims to have been abducted by aliens.
* '''Alien Gives Man A Beard:''' An American man goes missing and, when he reappears three days later, has a bushy beard and claims to have been abducted by aliens.
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===26 October 2002===
===26 October 2002===
* '''Stocking, Aiken & Waterman:''' Karl explains the derivation of the phrase "put a sock in it". In the 50's, people would put socks in gramophones to lower the volume.
* '''Stocking, Aiken & Waterman:''' In the 40's, people would put socks in gramophones to lower the volume, which gave birth to the expression "put a sock in it."
* '''It's Not His Volt:''' An electric man was walking about in the 70's.  
* '''It's Not His Volt:''' An electric man was walking about in the 70's.  
* '''Get A Lobe Of This:''' A deaf woman is pushed against a wall and is suddenly able to hear again.
* '''Get A Lobe Of This:''' A deaf woman is pushed against a wall and is suddenly able to hear.
 
===02 November 2002===
* '''Don't Worry About Him, He Candle It:'''
* '''I'm Kermit-ted to This Treatment:'''
* '''The Police Are Causing A Bit of A Stare:
 
===09 November 2002===
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[[Category:Features|Educating Ricky]]
[[Category:Features|Educating Ricky]]

Revision as of 09:05, 9 November 2007

Educating Ricky was a feature introduced by Karl in Series 2 in which he attempted to teach Ricky some interesting bits of trivia. Typically, Karl would have three nuggets of information to offer, and would give each one a "teaser" headline that usually involved an overwrought pun. Though the conceit of the feature was to inform Ricky and Steve, often times the two would have to clarify or completely refute what Karl told them.

The title of the feature is a pun on the film Educating Rita.

History

Below is a complete list of Karl's lessons:

12 October 2002

  • Hanging Bacon: Years ago, wealthy people would hang bacon in their kitchen and their guests would stand around and chat while eating it. This is, according to Karl, the derivation of the phrase "chewing the fat."
  • Hairy Chinese Kid: A story that lives on in RSK infamy.
  • Alien Gives Man A Beard: An American man goes missing and, when he reappears three days later, has a bushy beard and claims to have been abducted by aliens.

19 October 2002

  • Don't Do That To It, You Know It Can't Live Without A Head: Karl dispels the "myth" that cutting a worm in half will make two worms.
  • What's Tomato With You?: Years ago, people thought tomatoes were poisonous. In actual fact, people were getting sick because they were eating them off lead plates.
  • If Only It Was Raining: (The show ran out of time before Karl could read this one.)

26 October 2002

  • Stocking, Aiken & Waterman: In the 40's, people would put socks in gramophones to lower the volume, which gave birth to the expression "put a sock in it."
  • It's Not His Volt: An electric man was walking about in the 70's.
  • Get A Lobe Of This: A deaf woman is pushed against a wall and is suddenly able to hear.

02 November 2002

  • Don't Worry About Him, He Candle It:
  • I'm Kermit-ted to This Treatment:
  • The Police Are Causing A Bit of A Stare:

09 November 2002

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