Educating Ricky
Educating Ricky was a feature introduced by Karl in Series 2 in which he attempted to teach 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.
History
Below is a complete list of Karl's lessons:
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.
- 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: 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.
- 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.