American Reacts | THE SMELL OF REEVES AND MORTIMER | Maarsterchef | REACTION

[@TheGramophoneGirl]

King Boomer: "I think I know British humour quite well" Reeves & Mortimer: "Hold my pint"

[@xplorer841]

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[@watchreadplayretro]

Brilliant!

[@jeffgraham6387]

Boomer, boomer boomer....so much work to be done, so little time....Kenny Everett may help, then again Cupid Stunt may finish you.....

[@margaretflounders8510]

Anyone else thinking, King Boomer is almost ready for the "League of Gentlemen" and dear "Tubbs"?

[@watchreadplayretro]

@@margaretflounders8510 hmm maybe we should let him master Vic & Bob level before entering the next level of League Of Gents lol we might fry his brain lol

[@JonsTunes]

For those who missed this era of UK TV I feel sad for you

[@chuckiemyers]

💀

[@David-de6ui]

Agreed!

[@pem...]

100 percent agree, it also explains why my head is messed up. NOT THE WEED

[@CEP73]

Some of the best years!! Early 90s!!!😂😂😂

[@mrk.dilkington]

This was one of the funniest sketches ever. Along with the Mulligan and O'Hare bits

[@DrWrapperband]

Basically, it's an exact impersonation of the TV cooking programme MaasterChief.

[@RBernsCarter]

One of my favourite comedy sketches of all time. The way he floats around just makes me cry with laughter

[@susanmarshall1186]

me too

[@shaunhynan-meade6961]

With the bell tolling when he moves. It's so surreal.😂

[@sharonbunn2363]

Oh yeah, you really need to watch The League of Gentlemen now. "You're my wife now" will freak you out. "We didn't burn him" is my favourite Tubbs saying.

[@1nikg]

Papa lazarou. He's my favourite. Dark af

[@FortisConscius]

British humour is really diverse. REALLY diverse. The WHOLE bloody spectrum. Bless you for reacting to this. Your reaction made it even funnier.

[@JustinBellingerTV]

The real presenter was Lloyd Grossman, and it is quite a good OTT impression of him. Fast Show creator and producer Charlie Higson was one of the toffs too.

[@anitahargreaves9526]

Forgot his name, funnier if you recognise vic impersonating him. I never liked the show yet love them individually. Feel bad saying that. 👵🇬🇧

[@mancuniangamecat8288]

And matt Lucas.

[@ojonasar]

Llllllllooyd Groooooosssman.

[@rwlynch3468]

Was racking my brain as to who that was. Charlie Higson.

[@danielgardecki1046]

*Loyd

[@markjones127]

This is actually an in at the deep end clip really, this is Vic and Bob at their most surreal, Vic has always been a painter too and this influenced his early comedy, he took inspiration from the Dada art movement who rejected capitalist society in favour for irrationality and nonsense, when Vic and Bob first hit UK tv screens with their show 'Vic Reeves Big Night Out' it was an instant cult classic, loved and misunderstood in equal measure as it was just too far out for many viewers, but their long running quiz which they went on to make called 'Shooting Stars' is a lot more accessible, and along with many appearances on comedy panel shows more and more people have been able to appreciate the comedy of Vic and Bob, especially Bob in recent years with his appearances on shows like WILTY. I'm a painter myself so am well aware of Dada and the European avant-garde so fell in love with what Vic and Bob do instantly, but I've had very good friends who took a little while to be won around by it, but who love it now too.

[@markjones127]

If you watch Spencer and Daniels reaction, you'll notice Spencer struggles with it, but Daniel just gets it and loves it right off the bat.

[@markjones127]

@@drwhatson I know but Vic himself cited Dada as his direct influence

[@cymro6537]

And what a painter! Have you seen his watercolour illustrations of birds ? Staggeringly good !! 👍👏

[@matthewwalker5430]

I mean, it is surreal, but imagine watching the clip without really ever having seen an episode of 1980s/90s Masterchef nor knowing anything about Lloyd Grossman. The references are pretty obscure even for a Brit born after 1995, let alone an American

[@matthewwalker5430]

@@drwhatson Monty Python's Meaning of Life ...

[@liamgbooth]

For context, the thing with the giant head is supposed to be a parody of a guy called Loyd Grossman. Well known author/food critic in the UK back in the 90's. The accent and the head are really well done 😂

[@matthewwalker5430]

Yeah, the sketch is so much funnier when you understand that they're using surrealism to parody a real person and show with surprising accuracy. Not only is Grossman a slightly surreal character in real life (he does sound like he's speaking in slow motion sometimes, lol) but early/mid 90's Masterchef did cook up some strange creations from time to time. Reeves and Mortimer took that slight weirdness of reality and cranked it up to 11. So funny

[@paulnewton9733]

Grossman is a Yank, as far as I know. This is a great parody of him! 🤣

[@karl385]

King Boomer's reaction makes the sketch even funnier.

[@alastairbrewster4274]

Poor little guy , it’s not that scary

[@kimpixiewinkle6923]

I've been asking boomer for months to react to Reeves and mortimer. Specifically shooting stars. I hope he gets round to it because its fucking hilarious and I know he'll love it.

[@karl385]

@@kimpixiewinkle6923 I still miss Shooting Stars. It was insane but it was my kind of insane lol.

[@BuzzaB77]

I think THIS is the British / American divide. We find this frikin hilarious and I don't think I've met an American that gets it.

[@UrbanTaxi99]

Oh man you’ve goto keep down the rabbit hole with these guys, there is a mass of magic they produced.

[@Whippy99]

I’m lucky enough to have met Jim Moir (Vic Reeves) and I can tell you, he is awesome! He’s multi talented and a superb artist. He’s a really nice man. 😊

[@jeanpierre.durrant]

This is humour on a different level. Not everyone in the UK like it, but I am stupid enough to love it!!

[@billythebootlegger.4376]

And me 🤣🤣

[@mav3783]

I had these on vhs taped from tv and wore them out and got the official ones, my mum and dad would always say turn them to fucking idiots off, now these days mum and dad love watching bobs fishing show

[@natmanprime4295]

Genius has a scary quality to it

[@TheGT73]

Vic & Bob are tremendous!

[@gigmcsweeney8566]

You definitely need to check out a whole episode of 'Shooting Stars', which is a game show they wrote and starred in. Vic and Bob were the most surreal comedians of their generation and although some of their humour might not have been to everyone's taste, much of it is absolutely brilliant. Cheers from the UK!

[@allanallen1835]

Ulrica ca ca ca ca

[@24hellish]

Lovely girl

[@kimpixiewinkle6923]

Been asking him for months to check out shooting stars. He's really missing out here. Also buzzcocks best bits. It's a whole new world lol.

[@alexmousley7213]

Definately- shooting stars is more accessible, slightly surreal but in a quiz show format with other comedians and stars. Also, you'd probably love all the fights that Reaves and Mortimer get into- like real life cartoons, surreal slapstick.

[@noahswann]

'you're just a fakey cake maker and I aint got time for you-ooo' is a quote I often come out with to to this day

[@RalphBrooker-gn9iv]

Me too. To my grandkids when the do cooking 😊

[@mrp7150]

Reeves and Mortimer are absolutely mental and random. Love it!

[@Paul_1971]

LOL - This a classic sketch with me & my bro - we loved the Smell of R & M back in the day.

[@annu7090]

This is the 1st time I've seen this, I completely get it, THIS IS HILARIOUS & FUNNY ASF, BRILLIANT! 👏 🤣 😂

[@ukcroupier]

We need more Americans reacting to Reeves & Mortimer lol

[@dannjp75]

Vic and Bob were literally the anthem of my 90’s, Shooting Stars et al were constantly on, madcap, insane and fucking hilarious. The watermelon skit, George Michael ‘star in their eyes’ and the ships engine are perfect examples of sheer nuthousery

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

i stayed up as a kid to watch them

[@puddleduck279]

This is one of my favorite Vic and Bob sketches, it's just hilarious and surreal!! Love it!!

[@themoo7803]

Good luck with the R&M rabbit hole! Their brains are just on a different level. Donald and Davey Stott are my fave characters, even though I’m from Scotland. Cleverest comics that have ever lived

[@adamsamuels3561]

I’m absolutely pissing myself laughing at your reaction, mate! 😂 You must do more like this! This is a reaction channel after all. Keep up the good work my friend. Hello from Wales and please consider thinking of doing ‘Welcome To Wrexham’ about my hometown football (soccer) club, now owned by Ryan Reynolds & Rob McElhenney. ✊

[@MysticSkall]

“This is too strange” Another priceless response King Boomer. Love your videos, really cheer me up.

[@TonyClarke1]

they wre the most surreal comedians of their generation, batsh!t crazy, you cant unsee it - Genius

[@happilyeggs4627]

If you want something less scary by Reeves and Mortimer, check out Mulligan and O'Hare singing, "Rose". Reeves and Mortimer are national treasures. Their humour is based in surrealism. It's not usually as dark as the Maarstechef sketch.

[@martindunstan8043]

Yeah 'Rose' mulligan and o'hare😂😂 everytime I watched them do that I p****d myself, Rose the hussy ran off with the man from Allied carpets 😂😂👍✌️

[@saulbelford7618]

Over there by the beef burgers. Classic

[@martindunstan8043]

@@saulbelford7618 😂😂😂definitely! 'hot dogs for sale' 'yes, but where but where but where' 😂😂😂we're both mental 😂👍✌️

[@drake128]

@@martindunstan8043 overrrr thereee by tha beef burrrgers

[@nicolasmalley306]

“Rose” is my favourite!

[@TheRealWinsletFan]

Vic and Bob, it took one a while to get used to their insane brand of humour. The pinnacle was their crazy game show Shooting Stars perhaps the best panel show ever.

[@71CMM]

I did not make your stupid dinner cry.... 🤣🤣 I knew it was coming , but it gets me every time.

[@martindunstan8043]

Me too😂😂😂✌️

[@David-bw7is]

Reeves and Mortimer, TFI Friday, The Word, Game On, Gamesmaster, Shooting Stars (Also with Reeves and Mortimer) was must see viewing on a Friday and Saturday night in the 90s, throw in Father Ted and the Fast Show and you had some of the best shows in years being shown. 🙂I think literally every club after party I went to in the 90s seemed to have the Fast Show running on a TV somewhere. 😀

[@SpudgunStreams]

The new GamesMaster book is well worth a read

[@dannjp75]

Ain’t clubs brilliaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaant

[@catherinehaywood7092]

The presenter he’s imitating with the large head is Loyd Grossman who hosted Masterchef in the U.K. in the 1990’s. He sounded just like that too. To appreciate this I think you have to have been familiar with the tv shows back then.

[@MrPercy112]

If you enjoy the humorously macabre, then you and Queen Boomer will love “The League of Gentlemen” - ‘though best watched as a series, otherwise you’ll miss out on the wider themes. It’s a simple, everyday tale of life, set in a small rural town, in Northern England.

[@jasonwales6502]

😂

[@williamburnham3659]

I quite agree League of Gentlemen Psychoville and Inside No 9 are brilliant

[@johnburton4577]

Ah you went there. 😂 Do you think the king and queen boomer would like it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@miff227]

This is a local channel for local people, we'll have no recommendations here!

[@dave_archer]

Hello Dave, your my wife now.

[@ChilliCheezdog]

One of the best British comedy sketches ever. King Boomer - Respect: You went straight to Comedy Gold!

[@MysticSkall]

“The fart was hilarious, everything else was fucking terrifying” 😂😂😂

[@neilstothard]

I loved this level of humour that Vic and Bob went to, you've defiantly gone in at the deep end with it, check out some more their stuff such as Vic and Bob's big night out

[@AlmosttheGoodlife]

I agree with those saying watch an entire episode of SHOOTING STARS. Completely bonkers! He’s a baby! He’s a baby!

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

baked potato saved my life

[@stewartcohen-jones2949]

Vic and Bob not only changed British comedy but they changed the cultural landscape. After they burst on the scene it seemed that every entertainment show and every comedy show had to have a surreal twist to it . With Eddie Izzard they set up the tastes of the decade to come.

[@TheOrlandoTrustfull]

I love Vic and Bob but let's not pretend that Monty Python didn't do surreal, weird television comedy 20 years before them.

[@ScoreGuru123]

Changed the cultural landscape is a bit of a stretch

[@stewartcohen-jones2949]

Of course they didn’t invent surrealism. Neither did Python. Neither the Goons. People were not surreal until Freud made a slip. What was unique about Vic and Bob was on the surface they were the most unlikely practicers of it. Giving it a Northern comedic twist that gave the whole act a surreal backdrop. As for the reference to cultural landscape, well I was around at that time and shows like the Big Breakfast were a huge part of young peoples lives and music still ruled and I remember distinctly that every want to be person on TV was trying desperately to out Vic and Bob each other. Their brand of humour was infectious and it went beyond what most comedy achieves. I stand by that statement.

[@stephenpine2448]

You really have to know the presenter of this old master chef show (who this sketch was making fun of) Without knowing that... this is just 100% WTF?! ... As you experienced. lol

[@IIChristisKingII]

Lloyd Grossman.

[@jno5]

Very true; without knowing who Loyd Grossman is and understand how they have taken him to the extreme it is a purely WTF….. It still is wtf but at least you get the underlying joke……

[@Sdw77]

Pure classic reeves and Mortimer 🤣🤣🤣🤣the absolute best🫶🏽you will honestly love it, stick with it😂😂😂😂it’s meant to be the weirdest thing you have ever seen😂😂

[@sporkfindus4777]

Reeves and Mortimer are fantastic. The golden era of comedy.

[@shirleyhenderson9978]

Master chef presenter was loyd grossman ,this was a sketch taking the mickey out of him and his voice and strange ways

[@clairehealey111]

That's the British for you! We are mental lol! 😻

[@robertharriman7267]

To be fair I think even the most dyed in the wool Vic&Bob fans were taken aback when this sketch first aired. It remains one of my all time favourites.

[@allymac1314]

Welcome to the glorious, glorious world of R&M. Surreal comedy at its very finest!

[@matthewhenery4834]

Just when you don’t think British humour can get any weirder lol! 😂 So glad you watched this but you either just cut or you missed the funny end credits… ✌️❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🏳️‍🌈

[@seanpasttrip795]

Only a true Brit can appreciate this humour, we were all brought up on surreal comedy. This sketch is so funny... Now, Monty Python anyone?

[@SimonWattsWILDPresentationsUK]

You've fallen right in at the very deep end of R&M surrealist material. Do not at your cost forgo other R&M material - just see it as an academy to 'get into and through'. Seriously dude Vic and Bob are a legendary, groundbreaking duo. Sleep well ;) Si. NB Don't try and work things out too much - go with it, like a dream!

[@michellemybelle2263]

I was 9 when this came out, I remember at some point seeing it because I have a vivid memory of it being my mums favourite show. Then my dad got me into shooting stars. I was destined to love them 🤣

[@shaunwalker2557]

And Britain is still the multi verses humour champions...

[@OldiesAl]

This is their darkest sketch, don't give up on them because of this. they are hilarious. Daniel and Spencer loved it, though they thought it strange. I recommend The League Of Gentlemen as the next series. There are 3 series. its weird but side splitting funny

[@andrewjones1058]

The big brain thing was a pisstake of lloyd grossman

[@marclemonmusic]

Their early stuff, this whole series from this time was brilliant

[@jukeboxdave6026]

Great reaction love and respect from the UK 👍👍👍👍👍👍 😊

[@DavidSmith-cx8dg]

Pure gold , .Methinks you are among the lucky few who have never seen Masterchef , or Lloyd Grossman . Celebrity chef based cooking programme started to take over in the 90's - incidentally don't you dare send Gordon Ramsey back . Vic and Bob always go way over the top and this was really funny . Your reaction - understandable without context - was even better .

[@danielgardecki1046]

*Loyd *Ramsay

[@raycope2086]

It makes me so proud to be British. : - )

[@grunions9648]

Who'd have thought that 'is it a cake or a shoe' would now be an actual show.

[@richardboyce4635]

R&M's "Stars in their Eyes" is magnificent

[@OneNoteRiff]

Man I love Vic and Bob. They get funnier the more you watch once you get to know them and their utter surreal comedy I'd find it hard to be motivated to watch more of them if I was just dropped into this clip though. Maybe try out some shooting stars.

[@andrewjones1058]

The weirdest brit thing you will see is league of gentlemen btw .

[@davidz3879]

Psychoville & Inside No. 9 as well.

[@MrPercy112]

Yes indeed; we want “The league of Gentlemen” - that’ll weird him out, no bother! 😂

[@withnail11]

This is British humour at it's best, it's one of the greatest sketches of all time... one of the funniest things I've ever seen, I was only 14 when it first aired, I'm 43 now and still sit crying with laughter when I see it.

[@v.k.1100]

Don't give up on Reeves and Mortimer !!!! 'The smell of Reeves and Mortimer' has some gems, 'Shooting Stars' is good and 'Vic Reeves big night out' ( includes Bob Mortimer ) is great. You soon get used to them.

[@colinhutchinson1664]

Vic Reeves (Real name James Moir) was born in Leeds but moved to my home town of Darlington,Co Durham was he was little. We went to the same Comprehensive School (Eastbourne) but he was a couple of years above me. Bob Moir is from Middlesbrough which isn't too far from Darlington. Their comedy is like Monty Python on Acid and Americans don't really get it.

[@andrewjones1058]

Thanks for this one mate and please consider full episode reactions of the fast show you will discover new favourite characters.

[@Carbon1000000]

The big headed guy is a zany caricature of Loyd Grossman.

[@neilrendell5630]

Should check out 'Alan Davis, As Yet Untitled' especially if you want to see more of Bob Mortimer but he's not on every episode👍

[@MousePotato]

Was a bit of a shock for me when I first saw them but after a while I got used to their humour and understood it. Now it's hilarious.

[@forhanaahmed4766]

Based on the original version of masterchef presented by an american who spoke in a funny midatlantic accent, which they have lampooned. Thats Bob Mortimer with the shoe!

[@csb7376]

It would help a lot if you had seen any of the original Masterchef programme. You should watch some of their Mulligan & O'Hare stuff.

[@historyboy32]

welcome to the UK!!

[@TheJrr71]

Only recently started watching your channel and I love that your first sight of Reeves and Mortimer, is this! A genuine WTF! moment 🤣

[@andylegg1868]

Reeves and Mortimer are like a cross between Morecambe and Wise and Monty Python. It's so absurd. Search Reeves and Mortimer S02E04 intro and song.

[@markgibson3034]

They are a bit absurd. But that’s one of the most out there sketches they did. Don’t let it put you off them too much. 😂

[@dorcas9370]

Reeves and Mortimer - Le Corbussier et Papin 1. Oh dear! brings back happy windy memories! So silly but I cry laughing every time! Thanks so much for your reviews - always fun. 😃

[@neilmccarthy5102]

Vic and Bob humour was on the surreal/arty end of the spectrum … takes a while to get use to! A bit python-esque - some works hilariously, some a bit too weird… I loved the ‘stars in their eyes’ sketch one doing George Michael 😅

[@markdobbie2968]

Love Vic and Bob, a series no one seems to react to is Catterick. One of my favourite comedy series ever, exactly what you would expect from these 2

[@ericg5791]

I know how you feel. I've seen Reeves & Mortimer before,being of 'that era', but I have the same reaction still. Sitting here wide eyed knowing it's meant to be funny but feeling like I'm watching this whilst on a hallucinatory drug high

[@ericg5791]

And yes, I get the context and Lloyd Grossman, and love Bob Mortimer, but even I have to come to terms that surreal SRM comedy is still a type of comedy as much as slapstick and insult

[@nicolasmalley306]

Lol why is this weird ? This is British humour at its finest ! F***ing hilarious 😂

[@CraigWrightStraygoat]

It is sort of performance art meets comedy. Definitely one of their stranger sketches but you'd get more from it had you seen Lloyd Grossman on Masterchef.

[@danielgardecki1046]

*Loyd

[@craigday8754]

0-15 seconds actually got sad and upset 😭

[@martindunstan8043]

Hey KB✌️😂😂 thought Reeves and Mortimer would be a bridge too far, Reeves (big head guy) was taking off Loyd Grossman born in Massachusetts a food critic, author and presenter of Masterchef years ago. The shoe cake guy with the tic was Mortimer and for a really wild laugh they also did a show called shooting stars, shooting stars the funny clips is well worth a look they are completely insane but funny as hell 😂😂👍✌️🍻

[@gogogagetfingers]

It’s called maarster chef because the host of master chef (uk cooking competition) hosted by Lloyd grossman had a strange accent and they are mocking his accent

[@DeepInSound75]

Mate reeves and Mortimer are on another level, totally out there on their own. Total madness and chaos all the stuff they’ve done and it’s brilliant

[@Pardus_1970]

You've no entered the world of Reeves and Mortimer lol be prepared it's a hell of a ride

[@tonygriffin_]

I'm gonna let someone else explain all about WTF was going on there. Though you did get it right at the start when you asked if they're spoofing Masterchef, as that's exactly what they were doing. Just in a very, very surreal and very funny way.

[@TheSupercharger1981]

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. Loads of comedians starting out making a dark comedy based in a hospital

[@louisgreen3915]

Your reaction is correct. I would watch these guys and be Bewildered, then they would catch me off guard with something unbelievably funny (that I still can't work out). Just love Vic & Bob.

[@ninagray4441]

Once you put the sense of strangeness to the side, Vic & Bob are the masters of the surreal/funny.

[@CEP73]

Oh my favorite R+M sketch!!😂😂😂

[@dave_archer]

I think you need to see The League of Gentlemen 🤣

[@laurentfranco8075]

As a fan of horror and all things weird, I always loved this sketch. Like a Mortimer and Reeves nightmare sequence directed by David Lynch. 🙂

[@MrGlobbits]

My and my mates first saw this when we were stoned. It was the best thing we ever saw.

[@MrSCOTTtheSCOT]

The night this aired my mates and I were watching this under a very heavy smoke session (don't do drugs) , it was a sketch that will stay with you for life and haunt your imagination every so often at the most unexpected moments.

[@barriehull7076]

The big head was a take on Loyd Grossman who was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on 16 September 1950 and raised in Marblehead, Massachusetts. he would have pronounced Master chef as Maarsterchef. He graduated from Boston University with a B.A. in history before travelling to the United Kingdom in 1975 to study at the London School of Economics, where he received a master's degree in economic history. He later returned to university at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he studied history of art, and received his MPhil and a PhD. He presented Masterchef from 1990 to 2000 and Junior Masterchef. Wikipedia. Vic Reeves, real name Jim Moir appeared as a guest on BBC One's The One Show with Mortimer. Series 6 of Shooting Stars began airing on 26 August 2009 with Reeves and Mortimer, along with Ulrika Jonsson and Jack Dee as team captains. Jack Dee is another to check out in the fullness of time.

[@Hard-Boiled-Bollock]

Never watch this on acid

[@paulmarsh9663]

This is my favourite reaction by far. Viv and Bob are comic geniuses. More please

[@owenoneill5955]

You are almost ready to watch '' The League of Gentlemen''...strap in and prepare to be fucked up.

[@MrPercy112]

👍

[@muppeteer]

The surrealism of this surrealist skit is surreal to a point that is beyond surreal...pure art of the surrealist variety...did I point out just how surreal this is, comedically. Wish I had thought of it.

[@jonhigginson4096]

Paaaah ha ha ha, one of the funniest “ wtf is that?!” I’ve heard you do. You, my son have had your melons well and truly twisted!

[@russellpetrie119]

weird 90s adult comedy at its best lol yes

[@vandit6354]

Hes taking the piss out of an actual Masterchef presenter Loyd Grossman who talks like that.