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Merchant Gets GQ Gong
06 September 2007
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 here. Congratulations Smerch.

Merchant Gets Revenge
06 September 2007
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 forum

New Free Podcast Available
05 September 2007
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 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.

Golden Years Finally Surfaces
05 September 2007
After ten years in the wilderness, the lost footage of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's Channel 4 Comedy Lab Golden Years became available on Channel 4's On Demand service. The short film features Gervais playing the role of a deluded boss of an office, sound familiar? Well, the difference between David Brent and Clive Meadows is that Clive is a David Bowie impersonator bidding to be on hit TV show Stars in There Eyes, with hilarious consequences. Download and talk about Golden Years on the forum

Dunder Mifflin vs Andy Millman
19 July 2007
Well done Ricky and Steve! Extras has picked up four nominations in this year's Emmys, including Outstanding Directing and Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series (Ricky & Steve), Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series (Sir Ian McKellen,) and Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series (Ricky). However, in all but the Guest Actor category, Team Extras face competition from The Office USA, which has nine nominations. All the nominations are listed on the Emmy official website, meanwhile give your two pence on our forum.

Happy Shopper
19 July 2007
Pilkipedia now has its own shop, sort of. It's an Amazon shop loaded with the finest Karl, Steve and Ricky merchandise. All products are the same price as on Amazon but Pilkipedia gets a cut from each sale made through our store. So if you're thinking about buying Ricky's Fame DVD or Karl's new book Happyslapped by a Jellyfish, then buy it via the links in our shop and support the site. Thanks.

Ricky and Karl in Face Sucking Shocker
18 July 2007
Not content with squozing his friend's round head, former funnyman Ricky Gervais took his relationship with Karl Pilkington to the next level... and sucked his face! Eyewitnesses said of Gervais, "he looked like he was going to burst." Video of the event has been posted here on YouTube. Join the discussion on our forum. STOP PRESS: It's official, Ricky Gervais is funny again. Video of Gervais playing fast and loose with opinions about the internet as a media tool has the world giggling once again. Watch the hilarious video here, talk about it here.

Ricky Strikes Back in Video Podcast
13 July 2007
While Ricky and Steve plug the Extras Christmas Special their usual self-congratulatory banter is supplemented with an angry tirade against their internet critics. Perhaps it was this that took them over the edge, or maybe this!?. Download the Video Podcast from iTunes, or watch it on YouTube, and see what others thought about it on our forum

Happyslapped by a Jellyfish
18 June 2007
Karl Pilkington, the bestselling author of The World of Karl Pilkington, is set to once again turn the literary world on its noggin with his audacious second book Happyslapped by a Jellyfish. Due out on 4th October 2007, Happyslapped... will contain yet more musings from the Mancunian philosopher, with never before seen transcriptions from his time at Xfm. Support the site and pre-order from the Pilkipedia shop now and/or visit our forum to add to the feverish speculation.

Extras DVD For USA
10 July 2007
Extras season two is finally out on DVD in Region 1. It has the same bonus features as the UK edition, including another brilliant film about Ricky torturing his editor Nigel. Order now and chat with other season two virgins on our forum