Reeves & Mortimer on The Mrs Merton Show 1995

[@mana3735]

RIP everybody in this vid apart from Vic and Bob

[@jacksonbrown4112]

😂

[@elleeme9451]

Give it time. Possibly a year.

[@ChillToMusic87]

Including all of the audience?

[@benwinter5295]

@@ChillToMusic87 I think that’s the joke

[@ChillToMusic87]

@@benwinter5295 Oh.....haha....

[@DerekNewtonKeswick]

I wish it was 1995 and I was 25/6 again.

[@slaxxxer]

I was 25

[@uktvcool]

@@slaxxxer so was I

[@muradtalukdar4401]

I wish I was 4.1666667 again as well. What a year.

[@punluvincriminal7097]

I was 25 that september😏

[@BobbyManford]

Anyone else find bob strangely attractive

[@thetruth156real3]

Booby Manfanny I think his wife does.

[@jon780249]

I think we know the answer is no.

[@3leggedsharkkickssurferinballs]

Yeah, I reckon he was a cutie back in the day. He's still adorable as a person, but def was attractive when he was younger.

[@embunchofnumbers]

It’s his teeth, all that fuji ix

[@davidhoward2487]

Always....

[@graememorrison333]

The Gods! i'd have said this was '85. Me and me mates were singing 'spin, spin, spin, the wheel of justice...' in 1992 so they were already big time back then. Plus Vic was doing the rounds of the SE London gig circuit by the late 80s

[@autarko]

They were first on TV in 1990.

[@davidmatthews631]

I once watched vic and bob and wondered at their genius. Everything was so funny. They’ve definitely got something.

[@richardboland1935]

I saw one of them once punch a mock donkey in time to some music. I wasn't keen. But I liked it.

[@chrisclark4813]

Promising start for those two new lads,.................What ever became of them? Only joking, ...........(don't they look young)

[@janewhite2331]

Wasn’t Bob absolutely gorgeous!

[@ruthwestgarth8944]

He still is!

[@traceybradbury5022]

I'm crushing on Bob :)

[@liborsionko]

Lo-res video

[@ilanarhian]

I’ve always thought so! Apparently a lovely chap too, much nicer than Vic.

[@kenpudsey6435]

This was good..great memories💯

[@readmylisp]

3 great comedians.

[@KRPTV]

My wife is always fighting with me, she threw a lettuce at me last night, and that's just the tip of the iceberg!

[@paulmorphy6187]

'Would you love to go on stars in their eyes?' *I'd love too* 'Who would you do?' *George mIcheals!*

[@Pahakyy]

You were so close.

[@gillianmoczarski7210]

Well you look nowt like him

[@paulmorphy6187]

@@gillianmoczarski7210 haha

[@graemeatkinson8411]

Two pints of bitter and a chicken parmo was their first rider at the BBC, that's true that is.

[@traceybradbury5022]

fan girl for Bob

[@Dannysince1985]

Roy - highest pitched voice in existence.......

[@andrewmeadows2596]

So that's where roy from the fast show was created

[@cricketbat09]

"To students that would be hilarious" What a clever (albeit scripted) put down.

[@MVK123]

not scripted

[@renhoek3851]

Was that scripted? Maybe it was, but I definitely think she was sharp enough to come up with that on the spot

[@peterowen9183]

@@renhoek3851 It's a weird one. I don't know, but I assume pieces like this are largely scripted and rehearsed, with some allowances made for ad-libs and improvisations that might occur on the spot. It's not a Newsnight interview with a politician - it's designed as a piece of entertainment. So I assume it's in everyone's best interests to have some kind of run-through to check that everyone's going to give the right lead-in lines for the punchlines, and that we're going to get the maximum laughs? It's a sketch, basically, isn't it? So surely you'd have a rehearsal?

[@peterowen9183]

It is. But y'see, I don't overly enjoy comedy that's about craftily doing 'put-downs'. I prefer the wide-eyed surrealists who genuinely find life absurd and funny, but who don't really want to put anybody down.

[@simoncowell1029]

@@peterowen9183 Like the Monkees. Hey hey we're the Monkees !

[@funcit]

Not me waiting for the skunk story on WILTY...

[@shannonlucas2980]

Two comedians well known for many characters, not in character, on a show hosted by a comedienne, playing a character?

[@buddybeetle]

Wonderful 😂

[@nickworley1000]

New wave comedy

[@rbarrowclough]

This was a time I understood. 2020?

[@jsmith4230]

Racist!!

[@deltabeta5527]

1:43 Did she said, "he listed it on his iPad"? Cause I don't think IPads were invented in 1995.

[@mattprice7540]

"Listened on his hi-fi" - it's the accent

[@deltabeta5527]

@@mattprice7540 oh

[@chagadiel]

@@deltabeta5527 i thought she said Wi-Fi and made me think and try to remember when Wi-Fi was first around. getting old its all getting a bit blurry in the memory department.

[@roncharlton9282]

Not often Mrs M got outdone, RIP Caroline

[@redditbanditvideos7585]

Outdone by who? It would have been difficult to even know Vic and Bob were comedians if hadn't seen the intro.

[@scottward6974]

@@redditbanditvideos7585 Like Spike Milligan before them they tapped new rich veins of comedy which were unorthodox and original. Not everyone gets it.

[@Joeonline26]

@@redditbanditvideos7585 Mate you're clearly just a hater. If you're not a fan why are you on here replying to multiple comments? It looks sad and pathetic.

[@noklarok]

god bless the north of England

[@mummyd1990]

Classic.

[@Fee212]

My oh my, they were ready for her.

[@redditbanditvideos7585]

Can you elaborate on that? From what I saw they were not only outclassed but actually shown up and embarrassed. I get the impression Caroline didn't find them funny as comedians and used this to prove that.

[@bigred8432]

She eats them for lunch and then wipes the floor with them.

[@bigred8432]

They are achingly out of their depth here

[@scottward6974]

@@redditbanditvideos7585 Merton was more orthodox in her approach whereas V&B are more dadaist. They were absolute legends in the 90s, admittedly mostly among students!

[@gillianmoczarski7210]

@@scottward6974 also, I think a lot of people don't realise that Vic is a character, Jim is very different! Caroline featured in Reeves and Mortimer sketches, i think they were good mates, you can see in this how they are trying hard not to laugh. She was so quick witted, sadly missed.

[@simonmiller8917]

Think Roy stole the show

[@scottward6974]

Not quite but he was better than Charlie Chuck!

[@nicholas70paul]

Roy had problems...oh... heee

[@johnmarlow5007]

Maybe sort the Audio out?? Like listening with earphones, ... Mufflers and Underwater. I'm sure Blind people love it.

[@garyhardman8369]

Well, that was awkward...

[@duncansteedman9986]

They were nervous. Top class act now though 😎

[@redditbanditvideos7585]

Bob looks uncomfortable sat next to Vic. It's like he knows how unfunny Vic is when not scripted and is just hoping to not be embarrassed.

[@guitarman87]

Bob has always been the funnier one and more natural, Vic tries too hard. They didn't have a lot to work with here to be fair but Bob is amazing on Would I Lie to You and a few others. He's the only person I've seen make Richard Ayoade break character and crack up.

[@joee94]

I just read bobs book and hes a very shy man, he talks about only just finding his voice since his heart operation a few years ago

[@fuckamericanidiot]

Yes, that's why they have collaborated for over 30 years. Sat next to each other. Sometimes standing.

[@brendahoward4244]

I love the way Bob strokes the velvet couch.

[@terrortorn]

Vic n Bob were always an acquired taste, bit like Rik and Ade. They did a lot of shit but some comedy gold too.

[@tjfSIM]

I think it was more Vic Reeves that was the 'marmite' - I never found him funny at all. Bob Mortimer has always been the more talented of the two.

[@terrortorn]

@@tjfSIM Bob is very watchable with what he does now. He's far funnier in the compilations of clips from WILTY and in his fishing programme than all series of VRBNO and Shooting Stars combined.

[@pseudonayme7717]

Would be interested to know what stuff of Rik and Ades you didn't like? Everything they did was comedy gold imo! From the young ones, to filthy rich and catflap, bottom and of course the comic strip specials, all excellent stuff.

[@terrortorn]

@@pseudonayme7717 The Dangerous Brothers was pretty dire. Fit for student audiences in the Union but not anything else. And while TYO had some quality bits there was a load of bogey standard filler gags with mostly Rik taking the punchlines. FRaC was the progenitor of Bottom it had elements within episodes which were comedy gold, but still some arse standard overegging the omelette and Ade may as well not have been there, a sidekick rather than a comedy duo. Bad News didn't skip a beat because it was never strung out into a series. It was 30 mins of gags that took 30 mins of film. Bottom is the only thing to that point where each episode was well made and gag laden. Great blend of anarchy, slapstick and repulsiveness. In the Guest House Paradiso extras one of them talked about their characters working best in their own little world. They were "Uber Real" which in FRaC and TYO Their own little world was a bit too extended in Bottom it was pretty tight. OOOerrr!!!

[@davidw9736]

Athletico Mince as well, probably the best characters that he’s done

[@ospreybird]

:-)

[@dave25311]

Typicalerton, trying to dig out controversy.

[@teresayeates3437]

Mrs Morton makes me think of Bernadette from BBT. Pop a wig on her and there you go.

[@haiwatigere6202]

Bob had hair once

[@notreallydavid]

Very, very black, too.

[@intelligencelimited2708]

Fascinating clip. Why does she try to embarrass/ humiliate them? professional jealousy? It's not gentle teasing, but nasty. They'd spent far more time in front of live audiences than her and it backfires...I wonder if she wrote the insulting questions that Roy asks them? Roy definitely didn't! Yet they remain studiously polite to her, and get bigger laughs, what gents.

[@mmacintosh1105]

She is playing a character here. The whole premise of the show was that the Mrs Merton character would ask these kind of questions in a seemingly innocent way. The classic was asking Debbie Magee "what first attracted you to the millionaire Paul Daniels?". Vic and Bob would know Caroline from the comedy circuit and know exactly what the score was. The episode with Bernard Manning was interesting!

[@intelligencelimited2708]

@@mmacintosh1105 You can see when Roy asks his questions, they're not enjoying it, and are slightly stung. It's uncomfortable. I realise she's playing a character, but these questions seem particularly barbed, a set-up, with even a stooge in the audience to try and rile them-Roy very rarely took a pop at who was being interviewed, his questions were either silly or a bit salacious. And 'Do a little funny sketch for us' is purely designed to make them crash and burn. I wonder if it was all that negative energy that saw her off.

[@andrewmaguire4476]

@@intelligencelimited2708 your intelligence must be really limited, it's a spoof chat show you idiot.

[@redditbanditvideos7585]

Reassuring to know that Vic Reeves never lost it. It was never there in the first place.

[@krisc2535]

OK we get it pal, you don't like Vic Reeves.

[@jamesparker2660]

@@krisc2535 he's just not funny

[@petermills542]

@@jamesparker2660 Au contraire mon petite!

[@liborsionko]

@@jamesparker2660 In the same way chinese make no sense!

[@jamesparker2660]

@@liborsionko what??

[@padraig853]

Never found these two guys funny. Caroline was just beautiful genius.

[@davidhoward2487]

Go and watch Bob's appearances on WILTY...Forget Vic, he was never funny anyway..

[@OGCrypto33]

Bob is the funniest, especially his stories

[@rrrpppbbb]

2nd

[@dougie1968]

Vic cracks a lame joke and Caroline brilliantly responds with "to students that sort of thing would be hilarious". She saw right through those Geordie chancers. 😁

[@redditbanditvideos7585]

He was trying really hard to be funny as well, but I've never seen a non-lame joke from him. Two of them together couldn't match Merton.

[@redditbanditvideos7585]

I also feel that Caroline knows they're not funny and is taking subtle digs at them whilst also giving them questions as set ups for jokes and then watching them awkwardly not having anything to say.

[@argieav]

@@redditbanditvideos7585 i think you are projecting your opinion of them onto her. she must have wanted them on her show or she wouldn't have asked for them to appear, it would do her show no good to have blank wastes of space as guests. from vic reeves series on bauhaus, to bob and paul whitehouse go fishing these two men, besides being creative comics, are figures of breadth and culture and deserve the long media careers they have had.

[@scottward6974]

They got loads of laughs. They're amazing if you're tuned to that frequency of humour. A lot of there act is delightfully silly and they're just like, "Come and be silly with us". I love em!!!

[@fuckamericanidiot]

@@redditbanditvideos7585 She made fun of everyone she interviewed. "To students that sort of thing would be hilarious." She played an old woman. Notice the hair and clothes. She was actually in her 20s.

[@MrPink-ys8oq]

First!

[@wjarnock44]

Watching these guys....paint drying ...

[@redditbanditvideos7585]

There were non comedian guests on this show who appeared alone and gave a funnier and more charismatic performance. At least Bob is smart enough to know he's not funny and looks uncomfortable throughout. Vic is oblivious to his inadequacies.

[@argieav]

@@redditbanditvideos7585 you both managed to watch in spite of its hideous unfunniness, funny that.

[@guitarman87]

@@redditbanditvideos7585 Calling Bob unfunny based on this? The man is hilarious and practically national treasure status now. Go watch his appearnces on Would I Lie to You.

[@fuckamericanidiot]

@@redditbanditvideos7585 What a twat. And with a mask too. Double twat.

[@jamesparker2660]

Bob is naturally funny

[@mattprice7540]

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