Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool

Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool
Satisfied Fool title card.
Genre	Documentary
Running time	28 mins.
Starring	Karl Pilkington, David Icke, Will Self, Germaine Greer, Heinz Wolff, Ricky Gervais
Country	UK
Network	Channel 4
Tx. Date	22 October 2007
No. of episodes	1

Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool is a one-off documentary by Karl Pilkington, shown as part of Channel 4's 'Comedy Lab' series.

Reviews

Caitlin Morris, The Times, 20 October 2007:

For those who haven’t yet come across him, Karl Pilkington is a sometime collaborator of Ricky Gervais – an eccentric Rainman-type character. Gervais, with his typical “edginess”, is either doing his bit for mental health charities by helping him, or doing his bit for the postPC movement by taking the piss out of him; but no one can be quite sure which.

In Comedy Lab’s Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool, Pilkington has finally been given a solo pilot in the format of a Louis Theroux-type documentary. The subject here is “Cleverness – will it make you happy?” and the presenter is – well, the presenter is, in contrast to Theroux’s hateful faux naivety, genuinely naive.

He looks baffled as Germaine Greer tries to explain the difference between intelligence and cleverness, and almost bursts into tears when Will Self roars, “You’re just a satisfied pig! Get out of my house!!

There’s a winning unartfulness to it. It almost feels like a new kind of TV.[1]

Music

	Artist	Album	Song Title	Start/Stop
	I Am Kloot	I Am Kloot	Proof	00:00 - 02:19
	Plays intermittently in the first few minutes.
	I Am Kloot	I Am Kloot	3 Feet Tall	03:01 - 03:30
	3 feet tall with a head like a bowling ball - Karl travels from the Mensa test to Germaine Greer's house.
	???	???	???	08:01 - 08:36
	Karl meets Prof. Heinz Wolff and his tea-making assistant.
	Elbow	Cast of Thousands	Crawling With Idiot	10:14 - 10:35
	Karl leaves Prof. Heinz Wolff, song plays up until the advert break. **Also features in the trailer
	Stephen Fretwell	Magpie	Do You Want To Come With Me?	10:36 - 11:07
	Karl gets the ferry to the Isle of Wight and meets David Icke.
	Joy Division	Substance	Atmosphere	16:07 - 16:24
	Karl reflects on his meeting with David Icke on the ferry home.
	???	???	???	22:50 - 23:11
	Karl reflects on meeting Will Self and reads Wittgenstein on the park.
	I Am Kloot	I Am Kloot	Proof	23:30 - 24:02
	Karl walking down Gower St., London while the end credits roll.

External Links

• Caitlin Morris' review in The Times