An Idiot Abroad

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Originally Posted by SzczerbiakManiac

I haven't seen An Idiot Abroad because I didn't learn of its existence until the final episode and would like to see it from the beginning. I can only assume it's a "worldly" extension of The Ricky Gervais Show which I've been watching on HBO because it's freaking hilarious.

I can't tell if Karl Pilkington is for real or if that's a character he's playing. I hope it's a character because if not, he's stunningly dense.

Karl is a real person not a character. It's important to remember the difference between stupidity (or being stunningly dense in your words) and ignorance. Karl is ignorant of the world having never traveled much, but that's a pretty common state of affairs for many many people and is in no way related to intelligence. Karl is not stupid or slow just because he's never seen/used a squat-toilet. In fact he has a pretty good read on a lot of things.