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It's click the thing that says link tree and it'll all pop up This is by been the hope Okay, Carl Pilking Carl Pilkington Carl Pilkington is an idiot a fool an imbecile a twit a dope a twat a dummy a goon a dunce a twonk He's also a successful actor presenter writer or for a producer and voice artist who is living amongst the elite. I Don't think he's a lot of those first things. He's not stupid for sure He's not an idiot for sure He monetized His way of life Which begs the question? Who's the real idiot? There we go. There we go All right Carl Pilkington was born on the 23rd of September 1972 in Manchester. Oh my god. That's my baby mama's birthday September 23rd Carl, why you do that to me? During this time the city was struggling to come to terms with economic hardship and decline with regeneration efforts failing Namely the racecourse housing estate which Carl grew up on which had been described as an island of deprivation in a sea of affluence In the 1960s when it was built it was supposed to be the jewel in the crown of Manchester's council estate program But by the 1970s it was neglected run-down and rife with crime Despite this bleak backdrop car would humorously recall the eccentric characters whom lived on this estate whilst he was growing up Actually now you brought weird people do a fella called shorts, man No, no what I like. Yeah, he did but they were they were really short they were that sort where you know It's almost pointless having a mom. What do you mean that we're just you know like shorts now for blokes to go to your knees Don't they there's no chance. There's no accident happening there There's nothing gonna pop out. Yeah, but shorts man You liked it you like the fact that happened and he used to walk with with big strides to sort of help the So that you with the big strides and there's to short short man the P. E. D. Oh shorts. Yeah Yeah, I mean the shorts just because he was it was like it was like it was like playing booker who it was like When are they gonna pop out? This is from the Ricky Gervaisi show we did not see this episode. So what right, but the shorts man So he was an exhibitionist he liked bossy what people to see his veg. Yeah, and they were out more than the rain I mean the other time You see there was a woman on on the estate who did use up. I told you about Miss Piggy before no It rings about Go on. I'm gonna tell you ages ago. It's this fat woman who used to be on the estate. She had a three-wheeler bike Penelope. Yeah, I'm a tricycle thing. Yeah, but a big one. She used to sit her husband in the basket in the back Cycled out. Yeah, she was known as Miss Piggy the way she used to communicate She's always going quick-saving Nick biscuits and if anyone went up to her to save something in the biscuits She'd pull out like a little mirror out of a bag and she'd look in it But talk to you via the mirror It is something right the estate that I grew up on there's a woman there. Yeah, scruffy Sandra One thing I noticed about the UK it's not just Karl Puginton. It's all y'all y'all are very like Minimal when it comes to like naming things like y'all food is like chips on like chip, buddy, literally Chips on buttered bread, you know, I'm saying like it be y'all be y'all simplify the hell out of stuff Brown sauce instead of HP House of Parliament soft red sauce instead of ketchup Yes beans on toast literally beans on toast like So the car doing this is not a surprise Yeah, it's like blunt. Yeah, there you go No, she had no chance even if she cleaned up her act. Yeah, she'd come in looking like pretty woman. You know, I scruffy What is the point? So the thing is she used to always get on these buses called dialer rides that were sort of like posh taxes You could call for one they come round to your house. Yeah, and it would pick you up and you'd pay like 50 pay But it would pick up a bunch of other people as well. Yeah. Yeah on the way So it would take ages to get to where you know, it's it's it's good though It's kind of a bit of a day out all people used to love it because you get to see things And you're there we got those all coming in on the radio that you know Scruffy Sandra's being picked up. Oh god, and she'd always have loads of bin bags with her for some reason Now the thing is what she sounds clean. She knows she's stunk No, she won't own this. No, she used to just uh, she's sitting back from that. She's just stunk But the but the weird thing is what they call a stinky Sandra. She never Was ill. Yeah, right people didn't sit next to her. Yeah, because she stunk Yeah, now because of that anyone who might have had a bit of flu or a cold Never sat next to scruffy Sandra, right because she stunk But that's not protection thing for her because she knew that because she stunk No one wants to sit next to her. She wouldn't pick up the the journey Right, I can't remember the inner baby and I put that down to being boring Carl was the my daughter has is living the best life that she possibly can My daughter be turnt. So her baby in the baby is you know It's different youngest born of Dorothy and Alan having two siblings ten years his senior His upbringing was more that of an only child with a large age gap meaning he was never very close to his brother and sister Despite the family's lack of money His parents always did their best to provide a comfortable standard of living for the family with his dad working various odd jobs to make ends meet Carl's childhood was both humdrum and unusual his countless stories of his childhood Demonstrated that he was able to turn life's misfortunes into caricatures that provided a brief respite from his bleak surroundings Our kid used to take a horse into the house Sorry What do you mean a kid used to take a horse into the house when they get a horse must have nicked it from somewhere But it was a magpilot used to fly about on the estate and I managed to sort of tame it and In the end with a chair and a whip. What do you mean you tamed it? Well, just used to sort of hang around it and talk about how do you get hold of it Did you catch it? Well, eventually? Yeah, it used to just come to me and the annoying thing was it got to a point when I wish I hadn't mothered Because he used to pop me by tires He used to he used to sit and I'm like if it was talking to me mates and I was on my grifter It landed on me tire and he used to peck at the time pop So what is what was that a hummingbird or something a woodpecker? See, I don't like birds They seem conniving like that, you know, the late 70s the UK was in the grips of the winter of discontent Heavy snowfall coupled with widespread strikes by public and private sectors demanding a pay rise But it was also during this time which marked the start of a more personal. This is carl Period of discontent for Kyle, this is Matthew said I'd never be a high-flier For Carl his time at school was something called an endurance test despite an earnest Stop Oh, man, that is funny No, they didn't do bro like that That's not real Tempt to pay attention and learn the tedium of it all proved too much with little interest in the talk curriculum Carl was often absent going off on holiday to Wales with his mum during the school term Yeah, I think I didn't go to school much because me mum and dad had a caravan Right, no need is there no need when you've got that sort of fun at home Yeah, I used to just go away for weeks. Really? Is that true? Yeah, honestly, where's used to go? Port Maddock And um, so you didn't go to school much. No, I did but not as much as everyone else in 1988 Carl opted to leave school early in search of employment Why do you got on with no teeth? He was eager to get on with earning a living and despite being young Carl had an old head on his shoulders and a clear idea of what he needed to make it in life He started work as a cassette and disc printer for a youth training scheme In 1989 it was Carl's father who inadvertently provided an opportunity for Carl to get a start in radio After his dad was ill and had to go through a procedure in hospital Carl was inspired to pursue a job in broadcasting on the hospital's radio station When when he man was seeing me dad in the hospital, I got a bit bored Went for a wander found the hospital radio station And got a gig it was a move that he had not previously contemplated and yet it seemed strangely appropriate A fortuitous moment that would spark the beginning of a successful career Afterwards Carl managed to get a job at Manchester's Piccadilly radio station hosting a 2 a.m to 6 a.m show I work somewhere once right just go on go on that was sort of run by gay people I've got nothing against any nice nice fellas and stuff. Yeah, but me mate This is We're there for a little bit longer than I did What happened to you to engage? Oh my god? Honestly, seriously just I'm not whining you seriously. He was straight behind you. I told you before he didn't turn me gay It's still it's still I think it's a like a day. No. No. No. He sort of got into their lifestyle and I'm into this So it cannot be a lifestyle. Oh, it's outrageous. This is like You can't can you say where you were to one xfm was it? It's not xfm. It's another radio station Right, okay, so you worked at another radio station. You had a mate there who was straight as they come Tell you what? All right, this is this is how bad it got that right. It's called out. This doesn't get Just say it. Don't worry about it. The station's called Piccadilly Listen it got nicknamed pick a willy It was also here Hey No way Where Carl met his life partner Suzanne Winston. How did you meet Suzanne? uh, that was when uh I was working with her And uh, she gave me 20p for the hot chocolate machine She never asked for it back. I thought she's all right I remember that story in the mid 1990s Carl was presented with an offer to take up a position as producer on the up and coming radio station xfm in london Best move he ever did Carl so much yet so little and he knew he had to leave his beloved hometown to further his career That's how I be man. Hey if you if you in your hometown city and you feel like And you feel like like you on the verge of an incline incline eventually you're gonna reach a ceiling Don't let the love for the ceiling stop your blessing. I mean don't let the love of your city stop your blessings God move around man It's other things out there for you Don't catch your blessing somewhere else Little did he know this move would shape his future and open so many fascinating doors Carl's time at xfm began with mundane tasks of monitoring sound levels and editing adverts Then in august 2001 his life would begin to change as he was given the job of producer to newly returning presenters Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant Ricky and Steve had presented a regular show together for xfm from 1998 before their collaboration on the television sitcom The office had started following the completion of the first series. They returned Why does this make steve look so short steve is like six eight, ain't he? Presented a regular show together. So it started Following the completion of the first series. They returned to work at xfm Xfm 104.9 daddy warhols by he me and like he was the Ricky Gervais show with Steve Merchant Yeah, exactly and Carl who turned our microphones on After a period of working with Carl Ricky quickly noticed something special about Carl's natural wit and affectionately dry delivery It became clear to Ricky that Carl had something unique to offer And so naturally he brought him on the air more often allowing him to share his unique and humorous views with the listeners With Carl soon becoming an unofficial third presenter one of his mates He's not a chimp What do you mean one of his mates used to have a chimp or two of his mates Oh, sorry. Yeah, I was I was I was thinking it sounds a bit farthetched living Manchester like but if there was two of them He had a chimp. Um, I had to thump it in the head We're doing what answering back Steve got one of them. I mean Ricky got one of the most contagious laughs Known to mankind. It's so egregious I don't even know if that's the right word to say but it feel right Oh god tried it on with his wife But I was on the train right uh coming from Manchester back to London, right? Yeah, and uh Got on it. It was like a Friday night And it was heaving, you know, like the the last train isn't all that and um Absolutely chocker. Yeah, so I'm walking through the carriages. I'm thinking, oh, is he any seats anyway? Anyway, everyone's like it's it's heaving, right? It's people stood up in the doorways You can't get in the toilet and all that there's not going to be any chair knocking about and there's walking through And anyway, I see this one empty chair sort of in front of me, right? Think off why don't you sit there? Right? I'll just rush to that get to that. I'll get myself a seat Plunk myself down Right and uh sort of turn round, you know See I'm I'm facing, you know, so you sort of having a chat with little fella there, right little Well down syndrome kid right sat there and uh He goes on Carl about to go ahead and send us all to hell Hold on. Let's get our composure because this is okay with little fella there, right little Well down syndrome kid, right sat there and uh He goes, all right. I thought oh Right, not not bad, but do you not think they're always talking aren't you? Right, so I was like, oh here we go two and a half hours and I couldn't get up because the thing is that's obvious Sure, right, so that's that's like mean. I don't I'd never want to be mean. Do you know what I mean? In blue day So, um, so anyway, so I think I know I'll go to sleep clever Right, so shut my eyes and he leaves me alone So, uh, so then the phone goes and I think right, what do we do? Or do we open my eyes and see what it is? Anyway, open the eyes. It's Ricky calling Without nothing probably actually So anyway, I'm awake now. So he's like, hello, and I'm like, all right, right He says, uh, so you're mostly The xfm show, you know what's crazy about their story I had dropped my dog. I was dropping my daughter off this morning literally this morning. We on the bus We're on the 93 bus we sit behind this lady She was decent. She was looking good. She was all of my daughter facing I'm like, hey, did you want to step mom application or not? Um, anyway, so she was sitting next to this dude And he was like joining into the conversation and I was looking at him like Because I like I could peek I could feel something in the air, you know what I'm saying Now he like he he was a little What's the politically correct word? He was um Not up to par mentally Is that what he I don't know the word I'm trying to look for He was a little slo. Yeah, he was slower than normal And he kept looking back and I'm like, uh, whatever cool, you know You know what I'm saying So I get off the bus. She take a picture with my daughter. I'm like cool You know what I'm saying? So when I see you next time, you know, I'm saying exchange a little digits or whatever My daughter speaks Spanish. So we gonna get it done. Um So I walk and I walk to the train because I have to take the train like one stop So so I go on the train stop and he all the way at the end and I sit in my normal little spot And I see him I peep I'm looking at my daughter because you know, I don't like to be talked to Do not like to be talked to in the morning by anyone So I'm looking at my daughter And she's looking at um the phone. She's watching I don't know miss rachel or something And he I could see him out the peripheral my vision walking up slowly and I'm like And I had this same conundrum that carl had like should I Like what should I act like I'm watching a thing with my daughter and like start talking to my daughter or should I acknowledge, bro And I'm like, I don't want to be an a-hole. So he he's he come up he say He I guess I look at him and he waved to my daughter and she looked at She looked out of like how I'm looking at him like Yes She looked out of a deal look right down at her phone. I'm like, damn. I wish I could do that But I'm like, no, she's just she she's just into her show right now He's like, yeah, you remember me from the bus. I'm like Yep show do That's cool, you know what I'm saying And then he like, uh, yeah just going to work and I'm like For show. Yeah, this is Miami. He's like just going to work and I'm like, yeah, we're going to school I'm taking her to school and then he just stand there and I just I slowly you know, I'm saying Look down at my daughter and look at the phone with her And he stands there literally until the train comes and then I get in it in a different door Because I didn't want to be rude or anything because I don't I don't want to fake the funk But the point is like I just literally went through the same thing almost And my daughter got away, but I couldn't You know Slice over the next four years The genuine approach made a refreshing change from the typical phony manner of a radio host It provided a chance to hear people openly discuss their thoughts and opinions in a relaxed atmosphere without any fear of offending anyone's sensibilities The 92 episodes survived due to the fanaticism of the fan base with the bootleg recordings compiled on youtube gathering thousands of views Appearing more popular than ever over 20 years since their first broadcast The last xfm show with the trio was broadcast in 2005 with work schedules becoming too hectic to keep up with a regular radio show As Carl Stahl began to rise after his much acclaimed success on the radio closer to home His older brother mark was struggling in an almost tragic comic contrast between the two siblings His brother became the focal points of a documentary exploring the hardships of finding employment Right well the bottom line is I watched this I need to know where you are at all times Same as I do with everyone in here and you have to conform. I'll just take you off the program It's as simple as that. Yeah, you are an adult you've been in the army You've got self-discipline. You know where you stand and you now know where I stand Okay, right. You should have been job searching like the people who read the newspapers were job searching in the newspapers A3 cannot help you and job center cannot help you if you don't put the effort in Need I say any more on the subject? No, that's it understood. Right. You're the adult Conform and act like an adult I'll forgive him for that I only let it go out of respect Of because I respect my elders And camera, but I'm telling you now you speak to me like that again He'll get top of my head. Mark has had to go That's a good cat to the job center to restart his benefit claim He's been given no assurance of how long it will take for his money to come through It should soon round it goes. You've got to phone that. What's the fucking point? I'm coming in here pissed off in helping out is it? I'm not pissed up Debbie What about coming in here and speaking the truth? See now she's fell out of me These are I'm not working and everything's gone tits. I'm fucking telling you Debbie, I hate this. I fucking hate it It's unknown if mark ever did find stable employment, but on february 10th 2017 he passed away sudden Oh, wow, I forgot he passed away. All right, pretty man Carl has never publicly commented on his brother's death Rick in steve would return from filming extras and managed to convince her a locked in car to start a podcast in the same vein as the xfm shows It was this bloke who was a builder. Oh, yeah And uh, you know what builders are like you sort of move about don't you from from sort of building to building just building Well, yeah, well, once they built the building start and they move on to build some more Yeah, so he goes to his next job and that right who does the builder the builder Yep, he goes to like the boss the boss of this building who's building it? Okay, yeah And he says what done to him. Do you need anything building? Okay At this time podcasts were in their infancy the ricky javay show was consistently ranked number one in the world Appearing in the 2006 edition of guinness world records as the most downloaded podcast. Damn. Hey ricky was ahead of his time He was a genius at this. I didn't know he I didn't know that Carl's career continued on the ascendancy writing several books of his unique musings That's really what it'd be taken though man All you need is one person to believe in you and see something in you It take you on a journey and then it's up like look at ricky and car like it was up from there Of course like carl's path And the choices he made led him there But like he's seen something in him and he took it under his wing and blew him up At this time during interviews ricky would always tout carl's the funniest man He'd ever met and admitted it was his ambition to ensure carl's success by creating opportunities for him to be seen by larger audiences Inspired by fan animations on youtube ricky then took the idea of the animated conversations to television Launching on hbo and channel 4 in 2010 Does any if anybody watching this do y'all know what episode of this we ended on? Because we need to pick it back up. I just can't remember what episode we ended on And bringing carl to global audiences Continuing his mission to drag carl into stardom ricky created an idiot abroad a travel series with a difference Each series would focus mainly on carl's. This is one of the best things I ever watched man. Yeah, I used to love when I watched this Blunt and humorous reactions to cultural differences This cat's cross-eyed never seen that before Carl's first proper acting part came in the comedy drama derrick written and starring ricky as a 50-year-old man with learning difficulties derrick nokes A care worker at broad hill a home for the elderly carl would play dougie the home's caretaker In 2018 derrick, I never heard of that Carl was offered the chance to write his own sitcom for sky one Sikavit is a comedy drama where carl stars as both lead characters playing his namesake carl And the voice inside his head that takes the form of his doppelganger At 50 years old carl's career shows no signs of slowing down He's now a million miles away from the bleak council estate in manchester What do you imagine he thinks about when he's looking out from his seaside mansion into the horizon? This is matthew said I'd never be a high fire How wrong was she? I think we should call Mrs. Matthews and make her eat her words Oh, that's it Yeah, it was okay. It was a decent. It was okay. It could be better Well, a lot of it was just feeling from the ricky derivation show, but you know salute t l l Leave a like comment subscribe turn your post. I'm gone