10 Reasons Ricky Gervais Is A God-Like Genius

2. He's On a Quest to Make Karl Pilkington Famous

THE RICKY GERVAIS SHOW One of the biggest signs of the god-like genius of Ricky Gervais is his mission to make Karl Pilkington famous. Pilkington is one of the strangest and unintentionally funny men in the entire world, and I know that only because Ricky Gervais introduced him to me, to you, to everyone. Pilkington started off as a producer for Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's show on Xfm, but he quickly became the third member of the full-time cast when Gervais and Merchant realized how wonderfully odd he was. Since then, Gervais and Merchant have worked with Pilkington on a number of projects, including The Ricky Gervais Show (podcast and animated series), An Idiot Abroad (TV travelogue), and The World of Karl Pilkington (book). The world without Karl Pilkington would be a very dull world indeed. If Gervais is a god-like genius for just one reason, it is his discovery and promotion of the man with a head shaped like a f**kin orange.
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Peter lives in Albuquerque with the three loves of his life: his lady, his cat, and his large library of books. When he's not acting on stage, on film, or writing on his laptop, he can generally be found on the porch with his nose buried in a book and a tall glass of whatever's cold in his hand.