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<small>17 September 2007</small><br>
Congratulations are in order to Mr Gervais himself for picking up the Best Comedy Actor Emmy!  Ricky beat Alec Baldwin, Tony Shalhoub, Martin Sheen, and fellow Office star Steve Carell with this award.  Way to go Ricky!  Share your congrats [http://www.pilkipedia.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3565 here] or download the video of his hilarious award announcement [http://www.pilkipedia.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3570 here].  Congrats also to Greg Daniels for his Emmy for Best Writer in a Comedy Series for the US version of The Office!
Congratulations are in order to Mr Gervais himself for picking up the Best Comedy Actor Emmy!  Ricky beat Alec Baldwin, Tony Shalhoub, Martin Sheen, and fellow Office star Steve Carell with this award.  Way to go Ricky!  Share your congrats [http://www.pilkipedia.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3565 here] or download the video of his hilarious award announcement [http://www.pilkipedia.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3570 here].  Congrats also to Greg Daniels for his Emmy for Best Writer in a Comedy Series for the US version of The Office!
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'''Video Posted: Steve on Blockbusters'''<br>
<small>16 September 2007</small><br>
It's fairly common knowledge that Merchant once appeared as a guest on Blockbusters, but no footage had been available until now.  Posted on YouTube by one of his co-competitors is the show itself, with everyone's favourite goggle-eyed freak about 10 years ago.  Check it out on [http://youtube.com/watch?v=SdNP53mu4jg Youtube] and scream with the forum about it [http://www.pilkipedia.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3556 here].
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'''Merchant Gets GQ Gong''' <br>
<small>06 September 2007</small> <br>
Steve Merchant triumphed at the annual GQ awards, bringing home the award for "Best Comedian" which was won last year by friend and colleague Ricky Gervais, and by Little Britain's Matt Lucas and David Walliams in 2005. The award comes on the back on Merchant's 6music run and infrequent stand-up appearances. For confirmation of his win, go [http://www.gqmagazine.co.uk/Men_Of_The_Year/winners2007.asp here]. Congratulations Smerch.
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'''Merchant Gets Revenge''' <br>
<small>06 September 2007</small> <br>
Steve Merchant stunned the audience at the GQ Awards (more above) when he kept Elton John waiting on stage while the Office co-writer finished his dessert and sipped his drink. This comes as revenge for the Princess Diana concert, in which John complaining of "technical difficulties" and left Merchant's colleague Ricky Gervais alone on stage for a full 15 mins. Merchant received some cheers and some boos for his actions, which John's spokesperson insisted were "tongue in cheek". Merchant defended his actions by claiming John was "not the f****** Queen". Discuss Smerch's rock and roll antics on the [http://www.pilkipedia.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3481&start=15 forum].
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'''New Free Podcast Available''' <br>
<small>05 September 2007</small> <br>
A new full-length podcast featuring Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington has been made vailable. Originally, only audience members of Gervais' London shows of his stand-up show ''Fame'' were able to get the free podcast, but it was uploaded on our [http://www.pilkipedia.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3470 forum] completely legally. The podcast features Karl giving his highlight of the year, a film idea, and a taster of his new book ''Happy Slapped By A Jellyfish''.<br>


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Revision as of 02:45, 19 November 2007

New Old Video/Steve Directing/Ricky Acting
10 November 2007
A rare video of Steve and Ricky dressed up as Frank and Pat Butcher has been YouTubed by an old colleage of Smerch's. Details and links are here. Also this week, Steve was a guest on Danny Baker's BBC London radio show. During the hour long appearance, Steve mentioned that he was going to be in LA directing an episode of The Office but shooting was postponed due to the WGA strike -full details: here. And finally, Ricky is currently shooting Ghost Town in NYC, and was visted by Kirsty Wark -see here


The Extras Christmas Special
29 October 2007
Is to be released in the United States first. HBO has announced that the feature-length series finale will premiere at 9pm on Sunday 16 December. UK release date not yet announced. What are your thoughts? Share them on the forum.


Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool
22 October 2007
Tonight sees Karl's long-awaited TV show, Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool broadcast on Channel 4 at 11.05pm. This light-hearted documentary has Karl tackling epistemology and interviewing Germaine Greer, Will Self and David Icke about the value of knowledge. Watch the trailer: here, talk about it on the forum.


Available in all good bookshops (and on the telly)
20 October 2007
Karl's new book Happyslapped by a Jellyfish is out now in the UK (buy it here) and the forum is awash with opinion about the book here. Meanwhile, Karl's appearance on The Culture Show seems he's not comfortable with his exploits into the literary world -watch it here, and see what the forum thought about the show here.


Happy Birthday Karl!
23 September 2007
The K-Man turns 35 years old today! On behalf of Pilkipedia, we wish Karl Pilkington a very happy birthday and an extra-big slice of Madeira cake (have some water with it!) If you want to share your sentiments, you can do so on the forum here.


Ricky Wins Another Emmy
17 September 2007
Congratulations are in order to Mr Gervais himself for picking up the Best Comedy Actor Emmy! Ricky beat Alec Baldwin, Tony Shalhoub, Martin Sheen, and fellow Office star Steve Carell with this award. Way to go Ricky! Share your congrats here or download the video of his hilarious award announcement here. Congrats also to Greg Daniels for his Emmy for Best Writer in a Comedy Series for the US version of The Office!


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