Considering the drop-off in quality between The Godfather: Part Two and The Godfather: Part Three, one can imagine the result if they had pushed on to a fifth installment.  It’s safe to assume that Part Five would be an epic piece of shit, but also, considering the 16-year-gap between Parts Two and Three, it would not come out until the year 2022.  The Godfather: Part Five, therefore, holds the greatest Potentially Shitty Film Factor (level of shittiness x estimated year of release = PSFF) of any unmade movie in history, with a 9.8.  Lethal Weapon 5 (9.6) is a close second.

You will be happy to hear then, that the fifth instalment of The Podfather aka The Ricky Gervais Show, has a PSFF rating of zero.  This is because a) it’s awesome, b) it’s a podcast (not a film), and c) it came out on Tuesday.  While Ricky and his The Office co-writer Stephen Merchant get the glory, the show revolves around the bizarre musings of unassuming Karl Pilkington.  Whether expounding on doppelgangers (“How would I know which one I was?”), or the best time of day to eat kangaroo penis (“I could eat a knob at night”), Karl is so irreverent that he was rumoured to be a fictional character through the first two seasons of the show.

The rub, however, is that the podcast is not in fact a podcast.  While the first record-breaking season was free of charge, they have since started charging for the show, making it an audio book rather than a podcast.  While you can listen to the 8-minute preview of season five for free, you’ll have to shell out $4.95 on iTunes or audible.com for the complete two hour season.  Worth it?  I say yes, though I’ve also bought advance tickets to LW5.

Sinceriously,
The Blogfather