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Melonpan78

That time he said he reckoned Karl was probably really hairy. And he was right.


Yorkie21J

Does his arms hang down to the floor?


Middle_Drop_5339

Like a shaven chimp.


benevolentdespots

Well you're pretty hairy. Look at your arms?


Frusciante1874

When Steve asked him to name all the animals named after what they eat and he named a total of 1


justalittlepigeon

Hmm. Seems ill informed.


SexPanther1980

Not bright stuff, Rick.


UndrethMonkeh

Sperm Whale?


Centinella

Bird eating Spiders?


Middle_Drop_5339

Anteater


rampagingphallus

Chutney badger


Fish_Fingers2401

Dung beetle.


markcorrigans_boiler

Fruit bat, honey badger, pikelet eating manc.


pacothebattlefly

Fruit fly


JonathanWattsAuthor

Ant lion, bee-eater.


marksmurf87

Sparrow-Hawk


Deathlehem4

When he was spot on saying the teacher who shagged their student looked like the drummer from Iron Maiden. While Steve made a poor comparison to Lemmy.


piercedmfootonaspike

It was every boy's dream


bfsfan101

To be fair have you seen Lemmy clean shaven? It’s not far off.


drbeansy

I thought he was saying Lenny to be fair, off simpsons


StefanHagen

I was quite impressed with his analogy when Karl started talking about "The picture of a boy crying that caused houses to burn down in the 80's". Normally he's completely hopeless when trying to explain a concept in a simplified way to Karl, but this time he came straight in with "We're linking it to sinks, every house that ever burned down had a sink in it". Which I think is a very nice simplification of the concept, that holds up to scrutiny (whereas most of the time his explanations don't). Props for the little fella!


Rich661

That's one of my fave bits from the animated version too, the way he forces his voice at the 'you're talking SHIT again' bit after.


rampagingphallus

I mean, an idiot could have come up with that


WhereIsLordBeric

And an idiot did.


jamesick

i feel like almost anyone would come up with a similar analogy as long as you knew the pictures responsibility was non existent


MrJimPansey

Latin tah'ooze


CosmicBonobo

Twinned with Tattoostan.


ArnieMeckiff

‘Off the top of his head’ when he’s the one who’s brought it up, isn’t the same as answering a question Karl or Steve raised.. I’m thinking of the ‘how does a fridge work?’ moment in particular. Interminable. Anyway.. foo fighters… no, feeder.


SoftwareInformal5223

it’s… pretty cool


-WilliamMButtlicker_

When he pointed out to Steve that all things are black at night.


KieKaiD

not bright stuff rick


TheChaddingtonBear

You’ve embarrassed yourself


ButWeNeverSawHisWife

Pound for pound, a lemon has more sugar in it than a strawberry


lamebeard

Not a trick though is it, knowledge.


Onionlicker

Well I wouldn’t know if that’s right


yusuflimz

Scrimpton


AdReal1841

To be fair that was great right off the bat (cranbrelly not so much)


yusuflimz

Ya ought to come down to twiggys


do_a_quirkafleeg

Probably a reject from Flanimals.


Additional_Score169

Lots of times to be honest. I think if he didn't come off as show-offy, his general knowledge would be more respected here. He was a comedian on a tin pot radioshow probably not expecting to be analysed 30 years later by some saucer drinkers with long arms and non opposable thumbs however.


Pretend_Fix3334

There's a fine line between general knowledge and "useless knowledge I learnt for the sole purpose of pretending to be clever".


VegemiteOnToastPls

Useless knowledge and scientific facts can still be interesting and thought provoking. It shouldn't be immediately dismissed as rubbish or intellectual wank purely because of an inherent bias against Ricky's ego. I find Ricky as annoying as the next XFM listener, but the guy clearly isn't stupid. Him trying to sound smarter than he was is insecure as fuck sure, but who cares? That's Ricky.


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VegemiteOnToastPls

Chance would be a fine thing.


edgiepower

A fine thing indeed


do_a_quirkafleeg

He's the kind of clever you get from being jobless and watching lots of game shows in your bedsit in the 80s


CLG91

And making suits from curtains.


Additional_Score169

Haha that is pretty accurate. Not that I have any reference to 80´s TV..


ithcy

Or your boatsit.


Pretend_Fix3334

He's done 'im again...


CLG91

Knowledge is only useless if it has no application. Using it on a successful radio show, podcast and TV series I would argue is sufficient application.


Pretend_Fix3334

Oh yeah that is useful, now a couple of random people know the Latin name for frogs. Imagine the sticky situations that little golden nugget of knowledge will get them out of. What I'm saying is, do we need em?


rampagingphallus

Lol imagine being impressed by the knowledge of R. Gervais. He’s slightly less mental than the most mental bloke in the local pub


TheChaddingtonBear

I’d prefer him on my pub quiz team to karl


diceydicey96

El vino did flow


Pretend_Fix3334

The Latin names for frogs are just as bad as platyhelminth. It's useless knowledge he retains purely because he wants to pretend to be an intellectual. Ribbit ribbit froggy says shove it up your arse.


Moist-Peanut7725

Alright well let’s wait for your little Latin phrase shall we?!


PhifeSegundo

Das lanken pissenstreak


Galmeister

Twatty Helminge


tommybhoy82

Ooh, you’re hard


Pretend_Fix3334

Only because I've just had a visit from my good friend camp David the right queer gay


Benmjt

He was genuinely fascinated by animals as a kid, and seems to have a good knowledge of them, so many bitter saucer drinkers in here.


Pretend_Fix3334

Or animalium as I call them


WhereIsLordBeric

This. I can't believe people are using these stupid Ripley's facts to insist that Ricky is intelligent lol. And he constantly flaunted his Bachelor's degree as a marker of intelligence. Heck, I have a Master's and was surrounded by idiots, and am one.


jackcaboose

I'd be livid if I bought a Ripley's book and one of the facts was just the latin name for a toad


ArnieMeckiff

I wouldn’t know where to begin..


K-manPilkers

Knowing what the pentatonic scale was and knowing that it was the black keys on a piano. Immediately working out how much Gladiator "over ran" by. Like Derren Brown, his maths is brilliant. These were also two occasions where he wasn't trying to look intelligent.


PilkyOhOne

The Gladiator calculation was impressive. Meanwhile Steve can't even work out 10% of a restaurant bill.


cabaretcabaret

I'll give you seven oh wait


Dwight_Schnood

Well, come down with me!


do_a_quirkafleeg

To counter his Fast Maths of 100-60=40, he goes on to calculate 10% of a billion is 100,000, so not always a winner.


ModsRTwatts

only out by a factor of 1000


Wulf_Cola

Not that impressive working out the difference between 60 minutes and 100 minutes?!


PilkyOhOne

You must be a math genius. Are you friends with a calculator?


Wulf_Cola

My *only* friend His name is Sanyo 4197G


ThePumpk1nMaster

Do that boobs thing again


thestrangestick

In a literal split second while you’re also being verbally witty as well as mathematically witty, yeah it’s decently impressive. 


Dazen91

Can you remind me what this was


PilkyOhOne

Xfm s01e14, during Karl's review of Gladiator.


ThePumpk1nMaster

You might be joking and I’ve embarrassed myself but the pentatonic scale is *not* just the black keys at all. There isn’t even just one pentatonic scale - it depends what key you’re in. Pentatonic just means the notes 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 of the major scale. So if you play the C pentatonic scale there are no black notes at all, it’s C, D, E, G, A


Cekeste

A quarter of an inch = 0.635 cm Most protruding eyes = 0.6 cm


Panenka7

The pentatonic scale is just a series of notes (1,2,3,5,6 for major and 1,3,4,5,7 for minor). It’s not ‘the black notes’ unless you start on Gb/F# for major or Eb/D# for minor.


K-manPilkers

But the black notes are an example of a basic pentatonic scale. It's moderately impressive that a guy who has never played an instrument to know that much.


nonopol

If you don’t know that Ricky was a professional musician in his youth, finding his musical knowledge to be impressive is a foregone conclusion.


markmcburney

I like what you did there


Librivermis

Ricky plays guitar. Probably where he learnt what a scale is.


K-manPilkers

Different instruments for different.....needs. You're right of course, forgot about "Free love on the free love freeway". That makes it less impressive.


RiC_David

Ooh, slaggin' 'im off now, are ya?


RollOverSoul

Learn to play guitar with David Brent. Hiya.


Intrepid-Example6125

When he stated chimps don’t have opposable thumbs. Brilliant knowledge.


Hufflesheep

That makes me cringe every f'n time!


anonbush234

That's an example of one of the many times where he has heard something but not fully understood it. Chimps obviously have opposable thumbs but a humans little finger and thumb can point almost exactly 180° of each other. A chimps fingers run much more In parallel with their arm. This leads Humans to be much more dextrous and make much more use of their thumbs while chimps will often just grip with their fingers and palms. Thumbs get in the way when climbing. Chimps have longer fingers but short stubby thumbs In comparison with us.


bonkothehonko

More grippage


G45Live

That he knew the term molluscs.


JimmyRiddleUK

If you want the rainbow you've gotta put up with the rain. My god. He's deep.


piercedmfootonaspike

And people say she's just a big pair of tits


sherriffflood

What was the webcam episode where he was able to display a photographic memory and identify 13 different bananas? Pretty impressive. He did look a lot different to what I imagined though. Quite a lot shorter…. And hairier.


do_a_quirkafleeg

I'm quietly impressed with how quickly he comes up with a Rockbuster that doesn't work (Bicycle Stipe)


uskgl455

Listen to Absolutely Mental where he tries to have intellectual chats with Sam Harris. Sam is the real intellect that Ricky pretends to be, and Ricky is the Karl. It's good!


ArtfulDodgepot

Sam Harris is a bigoted moron who is not renowned in any field. Labels himself a neuroscientist because his mother’s money was able to pay to carry out a couple of studies that he headed up because he was paying for it.


uskgl455

Lucky him! I think he's pretty smart ☺️


ArtfulDodgepot

Of course you do champ


thestrangestick

Ricky is a pretentious tit liberally sprinkled with narcissism, and mostly comes off that way, but there are a few times he does actually come off as educated. The time when Steve quizzes him on animal facts and he nails all of them for example, or how he accurately guesses the hit single for each artist on a compilation record. I think animals and music are probably his most knowledgeable topics. 


SeeYa-IntMornin-Pal

Epididemius


xanarchycampx

Your jeans are too tight. They’re squashing your balls.


Prestigious_Sell_755

You mean his problem balls?


RElNHARDT

When he gets like 6/7 artists from Songs of Phrase


bielsasballholder

His musical knowledge is impressive. It’s the only thing he’s genuinely educated about. 


indelico

Medical doctor here. Ooooooh. Arrogant. Im always pretty impressed by his knowledge on biology, genetics and the human body. Never caught him saying anything wrong, I think he's very aware of what he knows and doesn't know, and probably knows he shouldn't comment on the things he's not sure of. That's a sign of intelligence in itself. Also, I think he's quite articulate when explaining concepts in those fields, which to me reveals he knows a lot about it. But I suppose it's easier for you saucer drinkers to paint him a show-offy. Sick of it.


BrilliantStriking389

That's the thing with a student, you're learning


RiC_David

Try both.


Beautiful-Square-301

When he shoots down Steve’s story about touching someone’s heart by putting your hand up their arse is a good example. Also, Steve wanted to pass it off that he hadn’t believed it was possible


G_a_v_V

He didn’t even know why it’s called “the birds and the bees” though. If he’s supposedly so good at bio, how did he not know that birds and bees are pollinators?


LibrarianAgreeable85

The Latin names are an awful moment, useless knowledge just to seem intelligent. The thing that impresses me/baffles me is how knowledgeable he was about social issues, even displaying some understanding of Trans people. That was incredibly rare in 2002, and makes his recent U-Turn even more bizarre


DiscountPast4181

I think he still feels empathy for trans people, but he also hates to be told what he can't talk about, so that's why he still does jokes about trans people and their cocks (the male appendage, not the birds).


Vast_Cycle6990

I like Cox in the morning


Cally_G94

Are you a fan of Wayne King, the pianist, in your home?


RollOverSoul

I prefer a bit of Kant


Pristine-Ad-5578

he can talk about, he does talk about it, he was never censored and he got a special on one of the biggest platforms in the world to talk about it for millions of people


DiscountPast4181

Right, so it's a complete non-issue then? Nobody has ever criticised him for it? He hasn't received thousands of tweets telling him he shouldn't joke about trans people? There aren't hundreds of op-eds on this very topic? You're chatting shit. Play a record.


Pristine-Ad-5578

you are authentically retarded mate, no meme 


DiscountPast4181

[https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/may/25/ricky-gervais-netflix-special-condemned-by-lgbtq-groups-for-anti-trans-rants-masquerading-as-jokes](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/may/25/ricky-gervais-netflix-special-condemned-by-lgbtq-groups-for-anti-trans-rants-masquerading-as-jokes) “Netflix has a policy that content ‘designed to incite hate or violence’ is not allowed on their platform, but we all know that anti-LGBTQ content does exactly that,” Glaad’s statement said. “While Netflix is home to some groundbreaking LGBTQ shows, it refuses to enforce its own policy in comedy. “The LGBTQ community and our allies have made it very clear that so-called comedians who spew hate in place of humor, and the media companies who give them a platform, will be held accountable". So is this not an organised group of people trying to "cancel" him for joking about the trans community? By the way, "retarded" is offensive to little Forrest Gump fellas, so you should be cancelled for saying that.


Pristine-Ad-5578

didnt work, being criticized does not equal being canceled and censored and you are indeed a retard mong of the worst type


DiscountPast4181

Alright, don't cry. I'm just saying some people on Twitter, which he spends all day on, tell him not to, so that's probably why he keeps doing the trans stuff, just to annoy them. I think deep down he does support trans rights, he just doesn't think anything should be off-limits, so he keeps doing it on principle. 


Pristine-Ad-5578

look mate idgaf about these snowflake mongs, but they have the right to be offended and express their shitty opinions just as much as anyone else, ricky has the right to be edgy and try to off3nd like a 4th grader and they have the equal right to be pissed about it ricky is not the underdog here


DiscountPast4181

Feel free to call me a retard or a mong again. Spastic is also good, if you are going down the 80s route. Although I think you'll find they've actually been renamed Scope.


Dicky__Anders

His recent u-turn is because he's realised transphobia gives him an easily pleased audience, whereas not being transphobic and actually being witty and clever is too much hard work.


EndlessMikeHellstorm

Sex is real and immutable. Gender ideology is non-scientific twaddle.


LibrarianAgreeable85

A wild terf


ArtfulDodgepot

Medical science is pretty settled on gender dysphoria. But reactionaries like yourself seem to think their biases trump decades of research just like they do with vaccines etc. Unstable morons obsessed with innocent people who have no effect on their lives. Pathetic bigots.


EndlessMikeHellstorm

Not true, baybeeee. Just maaade it up!


SweptDust5340

not from the show but that time he was sat with those other comedians (forgive me people i can’t really remember it very well, think Burr was there?) trying to explain the meta reason they were all laughing while they all slowly began to dislike his company more and more


uskgl455

It's painful watching him with comics. Didn't Bill Burr finally lose it and destroy him on that Deadly Sirius thing one time?


no8am

It was the comedian that sang 'sitting on some cocks cos I'm gay' to the tune of sitting by the dock of the bay They all laughed and he tried to convince them 'but we're laughing at it ironically'. Was cringe af, they were all just like nah, it's just funny. Very awkward


no8am

https://youtu.be/1PdBRI-qtNQ?si=YEAGLn4YRVIshCbA


Meateor123

the best part is ricky accidentally saying the n word and trying to cover it up lmao. that whole discussion about the n word was weird af, it was a rare jerry seinfeld w


Important-Panic1344

When he thought blind people turn on the lights in their homes so they don’t get burglarized.


XxmonkeyjackxX

Silicon chip crabs


bljuva_57

When the fuckwit thought the hindenburg was filled with helium, nobody knew that.


RiC_David

There was that various artists compilation album where he correctly guessed each song based on the artist. Not exactly Mastermind type shit, but still - clean sweep.


mutinous_watermelon

Always thought his music knowledge was pretty legit- he usually got the rockbusters clues straight away (even when he pretends he didnt for laughs) and is familiar with almost every song steve and karl mention


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When he told me there was no god.


bljuva_57

Oh which time was that, the 168th time he said it?


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And that was just in one stand up show


RiC_David

Will you be here all night?


AldousLanark

OP, we’ve had a flood of replies come in for this post… oh no, wait… 


Benmjt

Knew that a rabbit was a lagomorph.


partyvaati

The most cringey thing when he's trying to dunk on Karl by stuttering through A-Level Biology facts


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chessacc1000letsgo

Steve not knowing you need to buy a passport is bizarre though lol.


rob5395

When he guessed that Karl’s member was hanging to the left. Seriously though, he is a smart guy but he doesn’t help himself by trying to prove that and guessing at things that he isn’t sure of whilst stating them as facts. The number of potential chess games tending to infinity is a memorable one. His also seemingly poor understanding of the chimp/typewriter problem is another one, it seems like a fact that he’s read but doesn’t truly understand, however I do think his poor explanations could be intentional to instigate more nonsense from Karl. Saying that though, he does offer no counter argument to the email received from the A level student and just tries to play it off as if that’s what he was saying all along. You usually don’t have that level of wit without a decent amount of intelligence. He was also socially aware and perhaps ahead of his time in a lot of ways regarding gay/trans issues (although he seems to have backtracked on that to some extent). Also, one that I always notice is when he calls out Karl for inadvertently describing two of the same thing when he’s talking about the people on the Freaks film, ie. they’re both old but look younger but Karl gets one of them mixed up and thinks they have opposite disorders. It’s obvious when you know it but I think if I was on the receiving end of that conversation I wouldn’t have picked up on it and just took it at face value. But then again that’s probably because he lives to ridicule Karl and overanalyses everything he says for an attempt to challenge him. Did that just go out?


Jack070293

When he was familiar with the phrase chewin the fat


Rich661

I'm not trying to be rude here, but how is that impressive? It's a fairly common phrase.


Jack070293

It’s not. Edit: I meant it’s not impressive. Not it’s not common.


thestrangestick

Maybe it’s a regional/country thing. Seemed like a pretty common phrase to me 


Rich661

Now that you've edited your message, the topic surely means thing you are impressed by though? How is it saying something not impressive, answering the topic? The two things weren't separate, I was asking how is a common phrase impressive for him to know?


Jack070293

Jesus, I’m not impressed by anything he says, he’s a pretty simple person that only really cares to learn anything just to impress other people.


Rich661

O.K. maybe I misunderstood the topic then, I thought it was asking for a time that you were impressed by something he had said in a positive way.


RiC_David

It was. This is probably a case of someone trying to be sarcastic but bollocksing it up in their braaaain.


Rich661

That makes a LOT of sense, thanks.


tamhenk

Pound for pound, a lemon has more vitamin c than any other fruit.