Indeed, on the telly he seems to make quite ridiculously stupid statements (e.g. Still a little-Englander, to be sure, still very much out of his depth in the face of camp carnival goers and Amazonian savages but willing to try out new experiences and then take a naiive, sideways glance at them. And instead of the slightly retarded, handbag-clutching clown from the TV series, Pilkington comes across far better in the book.
It does read rather like The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in that respect, with Karl playing the part of Arthur Dent (Gervaise and Merchant, as Zaphod Beeblebrox and Ford Prefect respectively don't figure in the book very much at all, thank goodness).Īctually, I found Pilkington's stream of consciousness description of his trips to India, Peru, Mexico, Jordan and so on to be a quite entertaining read: mildly humorous with a few laugh-out-loud moments. This is somewhat reflected in the book, albeit in not quite so extreme a way. As a travel diary it is a bit useless: the series was never really about travel, rather about putting a small-minded little-Englander into discomfiting situations and laughing at his attempts to deal with the culture-shock. because I wondered whether the book might shed a little light on KP. there was at least a little honest entertainment value to the TV series, andĬ. I bought the book (in Kindle format) because:ī. I couldn't quite work out if Karl Pilkington really was as dopily parochial as he seemed or if it was put on, either way the series seemed exploitative and designed to make its viewers cringe. If you have any issues with your credit, please email placing your order.If you send back an item that does not qualify for a return or we receive a package back from the shipping carrier due to the address provided being undeliverable, then you will be responsible to call and pay a $5 return shipping charge. Non-Returnable:All Items purchased on Sale Hair AccessoriesIntimates, Bodysuits, and Swimwear.Pre Orders - these are ordered especially for you! We cannot cancel once you’ve placed your order with us.So I watched bits of a couple of episodes of the An Idiot Abroad TV series but never really enjoyed it. Please wait until your store credit is applied to your account if you’d like to place an order using this credit.If you place an order and do not use your store credit, we cannot apply that credit afterward.
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