he can't be as thick as he appears on the Ricky Gervais Show, that's Karl Pilkington the charactor... if he was really like he'd never get through a job interview, let alone be Ricky and Steven's ex boss.
It's entertaining, but It is two blokes bullying one bloke.
He did a documentary some years back where he spoke to Will Self and the guy kicked Karl out of his house.
Isn't he that space-boffin professor with the bugger's grips?