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I can't watch it

the 'is he or isn't he for real' thing does my head in.
I can only see it as another of Gervais' over-stretched and annoying comedy characters. Well done to them for maintaining the deception though.
Either that or XFM have the lowest standards in Production

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HappyToast Groat froth, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 22:04, archived)

I think he's real and genuine

but when i see cartoon versions of him popping up over gervais' comedy vehicles, i do worry that there is a slight chance it could all be an elaborate role he's playing. I dbout it though - he seems believable and genuine.

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taters Bah weep grahnah weep ninibong, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 22:06, archived)

i knew a guy who worked for xfm

ans confirmed karl really is like that

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mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 22:06, archived)

I can imagine

Even seeing some 'backstage' / deleted scene type things on the DVD, including the shopping channel live bidding thing he did for those trousers he invented, he just seems that way. He doesnt have that borat / ali-g forced persona about him

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taters Bah weep grahnah weep ninibong, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 22:11, archived)

I just find it hard to believe they hired a guy with one GCSE in history

for a producers job, that he kept for 6 years
He has to be a very good comedy actor with a well covered past.

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HappyToast Groat froth, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 22:15, archived)

Gervais never does anything that isn't scripted

however off-the-cuff it looks.
I'm with you on this one.

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mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 22:20, archived)

His character doesn't bother me -

I suspect he's more self aware than he lets on, so I just see him as someone with a good deadpan delivery (and better jokes than Ricky Gervais).

My problem with Idiot Abroad is that any documentary which clearly stages events for the sake of a plot just leaves me believing that none of it is real.

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monkeon schmonkeon, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 22:24, archived)