Karl Pilkington

Karl Pilkington (yellowmagpie.com)

Karl Pilkington was born on September 23rd 1972 in Sale, Greater Manchester, England. He is a writer, philosopher, actor, and traveler. But before all that he was a producer for the XMF London radio station. Several years later he started to work on "The Ricky Gervais Show" , a pod cast that aired on the radio, as the programmer's producer. But the show's two stars "Ricky Gervais" and "Stephen Merchant" invited him on the show to get his opinion on subjects. It was there that Karl's personality got out to the world and Ricky wanted him to be a regular on the show.

Karl is a very grumpy, closed-minded man. Which doesn't sound like the kind of "hero" most people would want to look up to but it's his ideas and changes he's made. "The Ricky Gervais Show" was the start. Often being the punch line in Ricky's jokes, they also heard his opinions and ideas. During the pod casts you find out Karl doesn't like to travel or get out of his comfort zone. He does not like to do anything that requires him to get out of his way for. But thanks to the show, Karl got more popular and thanks to Ricky, Karl got his own TV show.

Karl partaking in the natives own customs (www.mirror.co.uk ())

Now this is where he gets interesting. The TV show Karl starred in "Idiot Abroad" was about him traveling around the world. Egypt, France, California, Asia, and even some distant island with uncivilized tribes. A man who does not like to get out of his comfort zone and complains about everything is taking a chance. He has stated before that he wouldn't bungee jump on the pod cast but in the show "Idiot Abroad" he bungee jumps, hang glides, stands on top of a plane, participates in cultural festivities and customs. He does all of this and not for money. In fact he's not even fazed of being on TV. He believes it's nothing special.

Over all this man started as a close minded person. Never did any fun activities. But as he explored and adventured through the world, he began to see the world in a whole different point of view. Traveling for him was one heck of an experience and something that will change all of us. He has also written a book about his adventures and several others. This man was changed and I believe we can be too with more exploring. The mind grows broader the more you travel.