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'''The Ricky Gervais Guide To... Natural History''' is an audiobook released by [[Ricky Gervais]], [[Stephen Merchant]] and [[Karl Pilkington]]. It is the second audiobook in the [[The Ricky Gervais Guide To...|Guide To...]] series. It was released on | '''The Ricky Gervais Guide To... Natural History''' is an audiobook released by [[Ricky Gervais]], [[Stephen Merchant]] and [[Karl Pilkington]]. It is the second audiobook in the [[The Ricky Gervais Guide To...|Guide To...]] series. It was released on | ||
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The Ricky Gervais Guide To... Natural History is an audiobook released by Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington. It is the second audiobook in the Guide To... series. It was released on 20 January 2009.
Track Listing
1. A Man With No Qualifications (0:00:00)
The show opens with the usual 'Guide To...' music and Ricky introduces himself and the topic of 'Natural History'. Ricky then introduces Steve, along with his qualifications, and Karl, along with his non-existent qualifications, low education and his "head like a fucking orange".
2. Don't Even Give Them A Name (0:01:15)
Ricky starts off by telling Karl that the natural world is so diverse that we don't even know how many species there are. Karl adds his thoughts by asking if the unknown species are worth finding out about and states that spiders won't unlock the key to any mysteries, whereas plants will. Karl adds that they use dangerous spiders in tribes to get rid of headaches and then goes on to talk about how people in tribes use twigs, trees and hedgehogs as cures. Karl then uses an analogy comparing dangerous spiders with venom to policemen and gangsters. Ricky and Karl argue over whether we know about all the dangerous things in the natural world yet. Ricky backs himself up with the discovery of AIDS when he was young, Karl protests this point. Karl says we should leave unknown species alone as they're not causing any problems, comparing it to having an old woman as a neighbour.
3. Einstein, Newton, Archimedes, Dyson (0:04:45)
The conversations turns to useless inventions such as the Frisbee. Karl states that the person who created the Dyson Vac was said to be "up there with Einstein". He says that in the early years it was clear who were the great inventors (Einstein, Newton, Archimedes) whereas these days it's become harder to come up with ideas because everything that's needed has been invented. Karl gives the example of when he came up with the idea of a see-through toaster, only to find that it had already been done. Ricky asks Karl to come up with a better example of being pipped at the post. Karl asks what's causing problems in the world at the moment to which Ricky and Steve reply with several examples.
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Reception
The show was released to almost universal acclaim on the Pilkipedia Forum with some users calling it 'the best thing since the Xfm Shows'. Users praised the natural flow of conversation, active and lively contribution from all three presenters, as well as interesting topics that hadn't all been discussed on previous shows.