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===Celebrity===
Pilkington's presence on ''The Ricky Gervais Show'' podcasts significantly increased his fame. He has often been mentioned in interviews given by Gervais and is often the victim of Gervais's [[practical joke|pranks]] and insults directed towards the spherical appearance of his bald head, which has often been compared to an [[Orange (fruit)|orange]]. During the podcast, Pilkington would often discuss his bizarre upbringing and worldview, alongside absurd news stories (often concerning [[chimpanzees]]) which he would often assert were nonfictional (despite containing obvious fictitious aspects). Oftentimes, these news stories were submitted to Pilkington via email, which he would recount for Gervais and Merchant without fact-checking them: often leading Gervais to become irate with Pilkington.
After Pilkington claimed he could "eat a knob at night" on the podcast (in relation to ''[[I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!|I'm a Celebrity]]'' contestants [[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (UK TV series)#Bushtucker trials|eating a kangaroo penis]]), Gervais encouraged his listeners to sample the sound bite and mix it into dance music. The phrase spawned several dance music mixes, T-shirts and other merchandise. Many of Pilkington's quotes have since gained publicity, particularly on the Internet. [[Reuters]] described Pilkington as a "phenomenon" who had made "[[Internet meme|Internet history]]".<ref>{{cite web |date=August 2004 |url=http://www.rickygervais.com/karlisacult.php |title=Ricky Gervais... Obviously |publisher=Rickygervais.com |access-date=12 November 2010 |archive-date=28 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128170427/http://www.rickygervais.com/karlisacult.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
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