Bob Mortimer: Local Legend | Would I Lie To You?

Here's a collection of Would I Lie to You? tales where Bob Mortimer has proved to be a local nuisance!
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[@andresfontalvo17]

The dismantling of David Mitchell's sanity by Bob is the best side plot in British tv history

[@MarkElDeiry]

SIDE plot? It's the main reason I watch British panel shows!! It's one of the funniest things I've ever seen! I swear if I ever meet Bob Mortimer, I'll find a way to be his guest on WILTY for the "this is my..." segment so we can drive David crazy! It is one of my favorite things in life!

[@sstills951]

The best side plot in British tv history is Mr. Beans car driving/parking but Bob might be 2nd.

[@Kx0195]

This and the carrot in the box saga are the funniest shit on panel shows 🤣

[@KennyRigby-pd1vv]

It's hardly Blackadder is it

[@Broon_eye]

its a thing of beauty

[@helloserena]

I see Bob Mortimer, I click

[@montanausa329]

His stories are so well told and absurd that you never know because so many turn out to be true

[@Kerry-uo6og]

Me too, even if I've seen it..

[@Ripen3]

He's been about a bit, Bob

[@yvonne8646]

Same here. I don’t care how many times I’ve seen it.

[@sverigeforst6615]

Same here!!! 😂

[@R.Daneel]

I'd never seen the first one! It's like discovering there's another Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book!

[@Mr_Grimbley]

S16E06. Broadcast February 10th 2023. (Recorded 17th March 2022.) Series 17 saw the return of the big desks. Have you read 'And Another Thing...' or listened to 'The Hexagonal Phase'? I quite liked the radio adaptation. It's easier, with radio adaptations, to get past certain realities caused by the advancement of time.

[@rachrocks89]

Me neither!! I can’t believe there was a Bob story I missed - loved David at the end I AM NOT OK 😂

[@heatheryoung9254]

Same 😂

[@samanthalawton6972]

@@Mr_Grimbley definitely was before series 16 the first one

[@Mr_Grimbley]

​@@samanthalawton6972And your source is?

[@iamdb1990]

"I won his appendix in a bet" is the most Bob Mortimer sentence ever, which is saying something after what Bob has said before

[@ragnarokangaroo]

The unsung heroes are the ones who wrote Bob's lies like that one and the Chris Rea egg in the bath. They sound so on-brand for Bob.

[@akshaychopra996]

Or rhod's

[@randomscreenalias7737]

@@akshaychopra996Seriously, after the Nissan Micra tapas fiasco I’ll never look at Rhod the same way again.😂

[@silversleeper1193]

I love that Bob is always on Lee’s team purely to torture David Mitchell 😂

[@argo12]

I noticed that too! So hilarious, I love it when Bob is on.

[@markrosserwarehouse3946]

Putting Bob opposite David and not Lee was a series defining decision. Brilliant.

[@saffsuff]

Show*

[@felicitymorris5548]

​​@@saffsuff some countries use series for the entirety, rather than individual seasons/series

[@saffsuff]

@@felicitymorris5548 I stand corrected

[@DeadlyLazer]

I was really waiting for Bob to say "this is Steve, his last name is Bytheway."

[@sexymuthafunka8240]

Ah man that would have been fantastic!

[@AlexanderOsias]

Ah yes, the Bytheway clan. Of course…

[@Mp-bu7zx]

This is Steve bytheway, and his dad arrested us when we were searching for the gulfstream. In Castle Douglas.

[@loner8325]

I've actually met someone with Bytheway as a last name. Instantly thought of mortimer, had to refrain from quoting him

[@padraighill4558]

Bytheway as in incidentally

[@Felipesnac]

I’m here from Brazil to say Bob’s legendary status has reached far beyond English-speaking territories. For better or worse.

[@MarkElDeiry]

Let's admit it... For better! For much much better!! He's absolutely brilliant!

[@muaddibby]

Eu também! Eu assisto esses vídeos dele toda vez que aparecem e escuto as histórias todas de novo kkkkkkkkkk

[@Splozy]

God bless Brazil. I love piracy 🥰

[@muaddibby]

@@Splozyhow is watching it on an official youtube channel piracy 😭

[@Splozy]

@@muaddibby Brazil has a strong piracy scene

[@ruk2023--]

Bob confusing AI with A1 is my new favourite thing.

[@wadsee1111]

And then Lee confusing the film AI with I, Robot!

[@NoelBuller]

You know, the sentient steak sauce.

[@DodderingOldMan]

@@wadsee1111 Oh, do you reckon that's what it was? Makes sense. I was just pretty sure that Will Smith wasn't in AI :P

[@rhetoricmalik628]

“It’s like picking bits of pollen off a mouse’s handkerchief “ Shakespeare’s got nothing on that line 😂😂.

[@leonjford]

"They're like fingerprints on an abandoned handrail"

[@83gemm]

@@leonjfordThat one actually makes beautiful sense. It’s genuinely poetic. The pollen on a mouse’s handkerchief is pure madness. Still poetry, mind you, but unhinged and glorious.

[@JoeKooL]

@@leonjford It's one of those sayings that has stuck with me for all these years. It's pure poetry.

[@tc2486]

I can't believe there were three Bob stories I'd never seen. It's better than finding $50 down the back of the sofa. I watch his clips over and over.

[@SaberShirou]

'Ah shit, here we go again.' ~David Mitchell, probably

[@captainufo4587]

"Mother of god, no" I think is the correct quote from that one episode.

[@street1111]

Yes...need Bob,Lee Mack and Miriam Margolis opposite Dave his head would just pop,haha

[@Desh681]

“You picked the wrong liar, fool!” - Bob

[@mikeynma]

In all the years of watching Bob on WILTT and all the clips in YT, I have never seen that first one! It was like a hilarious unicorn popped up to cheer up my day/week/year

[@sarahwayment7292]

Me too!

[@tomrake3264]

Thirded

[@feefee8ify]

Birthday present for me!

[@traceybanting3952]

And me! Such a happy moment 😂😂🎉🎉❤!

[@andrewclifton9772]

Gary Cheeseman, aka 'Sniper's Dream.' You know it's coming because you've watched this clip a dozen times, but it's still hilarious.

[@margaretflounders8510]

Legend!!

[@artursandwich1974]

Love him or hate him (though why would you?), but everyone has to agree: the man has lived not just survived and has stories to tell.

[@OverWims]

U can only hate Bob Mortimer if you're on the panel and have to tell a lie.

[@daveyfunk]

I've lost count how many times I've watched these. I see Bob Mortimer and I click. The man's a national treasure

[@MedEvil1c]

12:12 "Go on do it to me" -David Mitchell

[@MovieNut14]

How utterly _broken_ he sounded when he said it.

[@Missjunebugfreak]

I love the series arc of Bob being the only person who's been able to defy David's realms of sanity and logic. He's essentially David's kryptonite. 😂

[@JustAVerySmith]

“Local legend?” Even here in the states I consider him and his stories LEGENDARY!

[@R.Daneel]

Same. I think Galactic Legend would be about right. Based on the speed of light, perhaps they meant 'local' as in local star clusters? ;-) His legendary status expands as radio waves propagate into space!

[@artursandwich1974]

Same here, Poland.

[@n.v.9000]

Well, USA feels pretty relaxed in other countries backyard. That is probably why. If you enter without invitation, you can say you are a local there. Most of us feel like you are some guy sleeping in our flat but is too strong to kick him out. And he is the police at the same time. And worst thing off all is that it's the USA police.

[@MOO67204]

@@n.v.9000 Wow

[@n.v.9000]

@@MOO67204 it's a joke.

[@willo283]

Bob Mortimer.... living rent free in David Mitchell's head for 10 years now.

[@Desh681]

On the contrary, David would definitely say he’s paying taxes

[@BKPrice]

I think whenever Bob comes in the writers say, "Let's not bother making anything up for him, just let him tell us a few dozen stories we can add."

[@mikiivancsics3852]

right, I wonder if he ever told a lie?

[@BKPrice]

@@mikiivancsics3852 A few of his stories have been lies. They're typically way more straightforward an believable than his true stories, but he's been caught out when he's tried to make up some detail when the opposing team has an expert on that subject.

[@themehguy3936]

I think they use his stories to make up lies for other participants

[@manuellayburr382]

@@mikiivancsics3852 Watch the owl one!

[@NoxiousRob]

@@BKPrice The dying owl and Chris Rea cracking an egg in Bob's bath were both lies, but hardly any less believable than a lot of his true stories.

[@tonylam4549]

The production staff must have so much fun interviewing Bob to come up with statements for the cards.

[@banditkowalewski]

The Bob Mortimer Supercut really needs to be edited in chronological order. I want an hour of Mortimerian tales with David Mitchell slowly unraveling as opposed to this one where he's at his most broken and we slowly see him become mentally well.

[@datgrrl5698]

Start compiling now and post as soon as you're done.

[@Salsiccia1]

One of the things I love about Bob is his generosity. When Lee or David makes a quip he loves it and laughs so naturally. It's a lovely characteristic.

[@chrisrobelou7899]

He's a lovely man 😊

[@Isleofskye]

Here, the "Big 3" do,ashwell but comedians, rarely, laugh at other jokes for a variety of reasons. Bob Monkhouse of The "Million Jokes" Book" used to say, very stone-faced and genuinely serious, not Deadpan, "THAT was funny"...

[@arkham2498]

Bob has genuinely broke David and I’m here for it

[@ThatCoalSoul]

* broken *.

[@freqeist]

@@ThatCoalSoul Both are acceptable.

[@butmay1893]

@@freqeist no they aren't you fkin idiot

[@butmay1893]

@@freqeist past participles- learn them and better yourself, fast.

[@jerbear1204]

​@@butmay1893 Adverbs. Learn them, and better yourself, quickly.

[@hedlund]

"Like fingerprints on an abandoned handrail" is so good I can't even.

[@drilz88]

“Witches hate gardening, wizards hate plumbing. So we knew it was a female residence” Bob Mortimer is so incredible, he’s one of the funniest humans in the world. All the while he’s telling everyone the truth with these unbelievable lines

[@i_live_under_a_bridge3454]

He always speaks how Douglas Adam's writes

[@RainDropUp]

"I am NOT okay." --David Mitchell 🤣

[@roberthall4492]

A rabbits tear in a petrol spill, genius😂

[@MsJai_1]

"I hope that's all the information you need." 🤣🤣 "A sniper's dream they called him."🤣🤣🤣 I adore Bob!!

[@Dzokhar]

This video is less about Bob and more about David's slipping sanity, lol.

[@Izumabakumatsu]

Everytime I watch compilations of Bob's tales on WILTY the more I am convinced he's actually a Discworld character who got displaced to Earth. 😂

[@easy-in-japan]

Always a good day when a new Bob Mortimer WILTY clip VT pops up.

[@muaddibby]

"Gary Cheeseman was a big lad, a very big head, a sniper's dream they used to call him" is the funniest thing ive EVER heard. I replay this bit everytime

[@XopheAdethri]

Bob is a king of storytelling.

[@karinbarger9192]

I find myself imagining Bob telling his children bedtime stories when they were young! Stories just off the top of his head, funny, ridiculous stories. Or greatly elaborating while reading childrens stories! 😆😉

[@RachLx]

I’ve watched Bob Mortimer’s clips so many times and they never get old 😂 I could listen to his stories all day, they always make me smile

[@rooty]

I'm waiting for an episode when bob reads out his card, and David just takes out a coin to flip and says heads it's true, tails it's a lie

[@poilboiler]

It'd land on the edge five times in a row.

[@J3ennife4]

@@poilboilerLee would give David one of those sneakily weighted coins 😂

[@fatgreenman]

Even tho I know there is no doubt that I have seen every clip in this compilation many, many times. I am going to enjoy it just as much as if I had never seen it before. Bob is a legend.

[@Isleofskye]

Surely,not the first one which seems a mystery. lol

[@ceinarsson]

Best Bob Mortimer collection so far, but how did I never see that first one from the Covid era? Strap in, David!

[@jaredkennedy6576]

That guy has had one hell of a life.

[@caeruleusvm7621]

He had a hell of a busy mid-teens.

[@Paggerd]

“Remember, remember the 5th of November, light up the sky with Standard Fireworks.” A well known advert at the time so I knew there was a ring of truth about Bob’s story 😅

[@jaimesilta3749]

I've gotta say, I've watched Bob Mortimer's WILTY clips enough times to memorize most of them... I appreciate his ability to tell stories and entertain the people around him more now than before somehow. He's such a gem.

[@wewper]

The first clip shows a new kind of Mortimer storytelling: throw us off with a lot of unbelievable but superfluous details and then offer up an ending just anti-climactic enough to be perfectly plausible. This should drive David ever more crazy. (Also, BTW, David was the only one who thought to make a pun out of "still" in Still Barry. Not even Lee thought of that.)

[@GingerCC-he8be]

I thought I had seen all the WILTY fabulous Bob appearances, but there were a couple of new ones in here, thank you!

[@lueezbee9755]

“The moon hadn’t been attached to mains power” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Milou1395]

The way Bob covers his face with his hands when he’s laughing at his own story.

[@Irishman5]

That man is a legend 😂😂😂

[@strings2wood]

"Like trying to locate a rabbit's tear in a petrol spill...Not easy." Standard as a firework comment from Bob Mortimer. e.g. "They've not used Fuji..." 🤣😂

[@ingmarvanderhoek6314]

The chemistry between david and bob is so excellent.

[@russelllapua4904]

David's mini breakdown at the end of Bobs first was hilarious.

[@failuretolaunch4571]

The resigned "go on, do it to me" gets me every time.

[@brendanhart517]

And the following rant is fantastic

[@J3ennife4]

I think that the overnight marathon to sleep during a film may have been the story which broke David 😂

[@csgollum]

I bet he's a fantastic grandpa/uncle! The stories always sound so plausible. And, as always runs through David's mind, he has had an interesting life.

[@josephcrook1949]

Bob is the best. I hope he's on the next season.

[@buskergirl]

32:21 How I wish the physicist guy was there when Bob described the degree of an angle with "quack" vs "fox".

[@ykskes2561]

The first one 🤣🤣🤣 David losing his marbles almost with the story being the truth… I’m living for Bobs ridiculous stories ending up to be the truth and David’s reactions of them being true 👍🏼🙌🏼👏🏼🤣🤣🤣 And even more when they wind up David a bit more just for fun 🤣🤣🤣 Thank you for the almost hour full of Bobs entertaining stories of truth or sometimes lies 👏🏼🥰

[@andrew7008]

"Witches hate gardens, wizards hate plumbing."

[@eamonfahey2879]

Hahahaha the "we put a bit of urine on it" joke always catches me off-guard when I rewatch these ahahaha its such an insane side-note

[@La_sagne]

thats my favourite part

[@La_sagne]

33:52 for reference

[@eamonfahey2879]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@kiera8102]

I googled the cockroach king and it's definitely true 😭🤣

[@jennypage2005]

I love that Bob giggles like a little boy.

[@randyschwaggins]

He has an utterly and brilliantly bonkers mind! 😂

[@atieh3000]

Nothing makes me happier than seeing Bob’s face in here.

[@Felipesnac]

“Sniper’s dream” gets me every time.

[@andreaslindblom9140]

Bob Mortimer´s stories, true or not, is freakin´ brilliant!! 😁... 👍

[@jeanross7430]

I watch these episodeson a regular basis because Bob makes me laugh every time I watch him, his delivery is so very funny.

[@loriepark404]

If Bob Mortimer wrote a book of his life experiences it would be a best seller!

[@laurareuther3743]

In 2021, he released his autobiography called "And Away..." He reads the audiobook as well! And yes, it was a best seller.

[@street1111]

Pork Chop Johnson wasn't there I'm shocked,haha

[@michaelgillman2505]

He didn't realise it was a heist. He thought it was a work evet.

[@deving9799]

David's eyebags get more visible as the interaction with Bob gets longer

[@itsmeyoufool37]

Bob is a surreal genius, a real funny man. Loved him for decades

[@karinbarger9192]

There were a few here that I had not seen before! Thank you!

[@seanjosephhayes]

6:34 - The gas canisters came into it because that’s why he cut off the kiss due to the impending danger. Which then set off cougar woman. Which then prompted the fleeing long walk journey to Newcastle to see Tommy by The Who.

[@addalameda]

Just heard this incredible new story from Bob the first time.....He just lived a different life from anyone else on this planet thus far, and hopefully continue to do so into the future too, and regale us with his story telling. The only person I have come across whose fantasy meets reality ...

[@RandomPhone]

0:12 David laughing after realizing the predicament he’s in, and going “Oh, God!” is a great way for this compilation to start, especially for those of us who’s seen many of David v Mortimor WILTY clips!

[@HorridDave]

David Mitchell is pure comedy gold. A genius.

[@marcusrieder6198]

Love the dynamic between Bob and David. Its Chaos vs order.

[@muazabbasi4018]

Fingerprints on an abandoned handrail😂love him

[@RukhsarSanjaree]

I want Bob Mortimer to know that I have been watching him from Bangladesh for the past 14-15 years and I absolutely love him!

[@jrspiritcommunicator7611]

Much love to Bangladesh, from wales. 🙏

[@ramblerandy2397]

Many years ago I was a manager in a tech store in Kent and Jim Moir [Vic Reeves] and Bob came into the shop. Both were in bouyant mood and Bob was kettle buying. He handed over his credit card. My administrator asked him the name on the card [there was a bit of a security issue going round] and he replied in a quiet but serious tone, "Mr Robert Mortimer." Everybody burst out laughing. He didn't find it funny at all [and why should he?], but he looked around and Jim was giggling and people were leaning against counters and shelves or doubled over. Eventually he giggled too. Then he looked back at the administrator, and she had kept her straight face until his wide grin sent her over the top too. NIce memory.

[@testkonto3853]

"strap in David" LOL

[@pauldayus]

I mean, I've seen all of these about 47 thousand times.... I never tire! 😂

[@tonylam4549]

New Bob Mortimer clips that I'll watch 20 times over? Yes!

[@cousincraig653]

Fingerprints on an abandoned handrail 😂

[@loner8325]

I get such mandela effect vibes from watching bob, I suspect he might be an interdimensional traveler. Feels like the truths and the lies get switched around with every rewatch i do of these 😂

[@jerry2357]

"Light up the sky with Standard Fireworks!"

[@datgrrl5698]

Thank you so very much for uploading this compilation. After the year Bob had, so many issues with his health, we never know how many more times Bob will be on the panel. These are priceless.

[@rosanna2305]

Now that we've heard about Harry Harriman (?) more than once on this show - I really want them to bring him on the show as a special guest 😅

[@rooty]

A1 was the film with Jude Law. The Will Smith film Lee's thinking of is 1, Robot.

[@andrewforbes1433]

1 much prefer 1 Am Legend.

[@smokeandkippers]

My favourite song is “1 of the Tiger”.

[@AnimeWins]

I'm very happy because in spite of consuming this show for YEARS I had never heard that first story from Bob :D

[@jimb9063]

This illustrates the Holmes Fallacy like nothing else. I don't believe in crystal skulls, but I'm compelled to believe in the healing power of Bob Mortimer.

[@RehabIbrahim7]

I love how Lee is on the team as Bob yet he can not stop commenting on Bob's stories 😂😂

[@WoodyWestYorkshire]

Thank you, was watching a load of Bob over the weekend and was hoping for an up-to-date montage. Perfect.

[@loriepark404]

Bob tells more fantastical stories that are true than anyone else on this show.

[@pastelcardigan]

He still gets me. every. single. time.

[@JoshLewa]

😂 "I am not ok" I'm dead. 8:41

[@MrKeyhole1]

I remember Standard Fireworks so I believed him but the story just gets better every time I hear it. Also had mates with bizarre names that today would probably be called abusive. How times have and humour have changed.

[@ARISUinW0NDERLAND]

When people ask who you’d like to have dinner with if you can pick anyone alive, Bob is my first choice. (And I’m an American!)

[@street1111]

Agreed good taste

[@Geggo1611]

"Was you out dancin' ravin' before the decision was made"

[@barryellis672]

lol ….. “I am not ok”

[@RickReasonnz]

Bob: "I once - " Rest of the panelists: "TRUE!"

[@NateVision3000]

Greatest comedy double act of all time Bob Mortimer and David Mitchell