Gays Go Out Too Late

Gays Go Out Too Late is a theory from Karl Pilkington

Origin

The 'theory' first appeared in the 16 February 2002 show. Ricky was discussing artists who, despite rough phases in their career, still make good music and deserve respect, for example David Bowie. Ricky also mentioned Rod Stewart, which instantly reminded him of something. He mentioned how Karl's favorite song is "The Killing of Georgie" by Stewart and that he had an unusual opinion of the story. He quoted the lyric "Georgie boy was gay I guess" and "Did not mean to take his life" and then quoted Karl saying "It's like I said, they go out too late". Karl then claimed that when most people are coming home from a night out, gay men are going out. Ricky also added that Karl said "If he'd been in bed by ten, he'd be alive today" and "There's one that works here and he's shattered on Monday morning".

Repeat

As with most theories, this has been repeated frequently, and is always mentioned whenever the subject of homosexuality is brought up. On 27 April 2002 Karl mentioned the theory again in another discussion about the "Killing of Georgie" song, stating how Suzanne was in Soho, coming home from work in the small hours of the morning, and it was "mental". It was also mentioned in "Meet Karl Pilkington," one of the special features from Ricky's stand-up DVD, Politics. Ricky and Steve frequently sarcastically refer to the theory, like when they did a role play of a straight man (Steve) trying to get into a gay club guarded by a bouncer (Ricky); Ricky asked Steve why he was out so early.