Karl reckons he’s gonna win the lottery this week so won’t divulge his numbers. He receives his exam results at the age of 29, surprisingly they’re not great. Karl spirals into depression, recites an alphabet song and spouts pointless trivia regarding a pack of cards.
He reviews the film “Gladiator” and points out several historical inaccuracies, he did receive an “E” in history after all. A new feature is introduced, “Educating Karl”, this week Karl has been studying Rasputin.
Ricky and Steve have been looking on Friends Re-United to find out more about Karl’s classmates. Karl tells several anecdotes regarding his school days.
Selected Quotes & Passages
Ricky: I told Jane that he says about if he won the lottery he wouldn't like to travel and she went "why don't you like travelling" and he went "well I don't like planes,
I'm really scared of planes n that", and she went "well if you won the lottery you could have a world cruise", and he went "no", she said "you don't fancy that?", he went "no, if you
go on a world cruise, what do you do next year?".
Steve: What about this big debate on whether Kylie Monogue has had a bum job?
Karl: I'd have to see it.
Karl: Gladiator, I was just gonna add on the end of that, if you're into that sort of film Jason and the Argonauts is probably your better bet.
Ricky: I was just gonna tell the listeners there, Karl is quite a little insecure sort of chap, and he was just worried about that last bit he was going "who's gonna
find that interestin", he was worried about people finding him boring, and Steve said "as I said it's like an Alan Bennett thing" and he went "yeah but no one would
care about Alan Bennett if he was such a hit maker, they wouldn't care what he had to say", and we just looked at him for a while and he went "Ohh I'm thinkin of Tony Bennett",
bless him.
