The Fight 

Karl discusses his unusual approach to teaching. Examples of discussion topics include a dishwasher being found on Mars and dinosaurs as a form of population control. In Monkey News: A man ... See full summary »

Director:

Craig Kellman

Writers:

Ricky Gervais (creator), Stephen Merchant (creator)

Stars:

Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Karl Pilkington

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Ricky Gervais	...	Self (voice)
Stephen Merchant	...	Self (voice)
Karl Pilkington	...	Self (voice)

Storyline

Karl discusses his unusual approach to teaching. Examples of discussion topics include a dishwasher being found on Mars and dinosaurs as a form of population control. In Monkey News: A man with failing eye sight who ends up at a chimp doctor.

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Talk-Show

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Did You Know?

Connections

References One Million Years B.C. (1966)

User Reviews

Some rare instances of Stephen and Ricky making the show worse

My overall rating of "The Ricky Gervais Show"'s Season 1: 5/10

Now, generally Ricky and especially Stephen improve the show, or at times simply make it watchable, but here they actually manage to sink it a bit. The school discussion is bad/dumb, the time discussion has them dismiss Karl out of habit without thinking on the finer points, and why do they play the usual mockery/dismissiveness of the "Monkey News" bit, when it's clearly a joke story this time? It's not Karl making some wild, strange stuff up, it's clearly a comedic framing! By the way, while this "Karl's Diary" segment was pretty good, I will say that it's generally a contrived kind of format.

But as for the good, Karl's girlfriend/fight story is absolutely hilarious, and there Ricky and Stephen really do boost it.

Details

Release Date:

30 April 2010 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

25 min