Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant are making a travel show except they're not going anywhere. They're sending fellow Brit Karl Pilkington. He's not so comfortable with change. He doesn't like to travel. He's the likable fool who is being manipulated and slowly tortured with uncomfortable assignments to the enjoyment of Ricky. Stephen has higher ideals and hopes to broadening Karl's experiences.
The more Karl suffers, the funnier this show becomes. The genius of this show is that Karl is a nice person at his heart. He has a similar goofy likability as Homer Simpson. He's a child sometimes but he also has an insight that only a clueless savant could have. The first season is the funniest. The second season is still good. In the third season, the show pairs Karl with famous dwarf Warwick Davis. I don't think it's as funny as Ricky hopes for but it does improve as Karl and Warwick develop some chemistry. The problem with Warwick is that he's angry not in a likable way. I have to rate it lower for that.
The more Karl suffers, the funnier this show becomes. The genius of this show is that Karl is a nice person at his heart. He has a similar goofy likability as Homer Simpson. He's a child sometimes but he also has an insight that only a clueless savant could have. The first season is the funniest. The second season is still good. In the third season, the show pairs Karl with famous dwarf Warwick Davis. I don't think it's as funny as Ricky hopes for but it does improve as Karl and Warwick develop some chemistry. The problem with Warwick is that he's angry not in a likable way. I have to rate it lower for that.