Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant briefly explain the ongoing experiment of turning their pointless conversations with friend and colleague Karl Pilkington into an animated series and then settle down to pointlessly discuss a range of topics.

Stephen provides conversation fodder in the form of fan emails, leading to discussions about a lion that laid waste to Cambodian midget fighters. Karl shares his experiences of being conned when he’s given in to his charitable instincts.

Karl revisits his concept for improving the life cycle. Pilkington also shoots holes in the practice of donating a goat to an African family in lieu of giving a holiday gift, and finds flaw with the assumption that space travel is pleasurable.

Karl defends facials as more reasonable than enemas, and the friends discuss the customs of tribes in Papua New Guinea. Fan email raises the specter of armed dolphins and, in Monkey News, Karl relays the tale of a lonely monkey brought home by a zookeeper.

Ricky and Stephen challenge Karl’s interpretations of famous sayings such as, “People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.” Stephen questions Karl on what he’s learned since his New Year’s resolution to learn something new every day.

Karl considers what body part he could do without and explains why he likes to do the dishes. Other headier topics include Descartes and Plato’s untimely demise, as well as Karl’s feelings about the usefulness of the saying “A stitch in time saves nine.”