Review Ryan Lambie 14 Jan 2014 - 22:30
Vic And Bob return to our screens with the sitcom House Of Fools. Here's Ryan's review of its debut episode, The Conan Affair...
Veteran comedy duo Vic and Bob are perhaps best known for their own brand of surrealist light entertainment, as seen in Vic Reeves Big Night Out, The Smell Of Reeves And Mortimer and Shooting Stars (to name but a few), they've also been known to tinker with the traditional sitcom format from time to time.
In 1992, the pair wrote and starred in The Weekenders, a one-off pilot for Channel 4. Its typically off-the-wall story took in a pub called The Farting Dashboard and The Human League's Phil Oakey selling an unidentified variety of meat in the middle of a playing field. This, unfortunately, was never picked up for a full series.
Twelve years later came Catterick, a six-episode dark comedy...
Vic And Bob return to our screens with the sitcom House Of Fools. Here's Ryan's review of its debut episode, The Conan Affair...
Veteran comedy duo Vic and Bob are perhaps best known for their own brand of surrealist light entertainment, as seen in Vic Reeves Big Night Out, The Smell Of Reeves And Mortimer and Shooting Stars (to name but a few), they've also been known to tinker with the traditional sitcom format from time to time.
In 1992, the pair wrote and starred in The Weekenders, a one-off pilot for Channel 4. Its typically off-the-wall story took in a pub called The Farting Dashboard and The Human League's Phil Oakey selling an unidentified variety of meat in the middle of a playing field. This, unfortunately, was never picked up for a full series.
Twelve years later came Catterick, a six-episode dark comedy...
- 1/14/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
They conquered panel shows with Shooting Stars and now they're hoping to have the same success with their very first sitcom.
Vic and Bob's House of Fools is an early contender for the silliest show of 2014, but it could well also be one of the funniest.
Digital Spy caught up with the comedy legends to try to make some sense of their surreal series.
Have you ever actually lived together?
Bob: "I'd be too messy for Jim. I s**t in cups. And I wee in cans. I drink a can and then I have a wee into the can. It's exactly the same amount of liquid when you wee it back into the can. It's beautiful."
Vic: "Does it have the same amount of froth?"
Bob: "No, it's more watery."
Vic: "What do you do with it then?"
Bob: "I just feel a bit sad when I see it the next morning.
Vic and Bob's House of Fools is an early contender for the silliest show of 2014, but it could well also be one of the funniest.
Digital Spy caught up with the comedy legends to try to make some sense of their surreal series.
Have you ever actually lived together?
Bob: "I'd be too messy for Jim. I s**t in cups. And I wee in cans. I drink a can and then I have a wee into the can. It's exactly the same amount of liquid when you wee it back into the can. It's beautiful."
Vic: "Does it have the same amount of froth?"
Bob: "No, it's more watery."
Vic: "What do you do with it then?"
Bob: "I just feel a bit sad when I see it the next morning.
- 1/14/2014
- Digital Spy
The Sightseers and Kill List director will direct Peter Capaldi in the first two episodes of his stint as Doctor Who. So what might we expect from him?
Whenever we hear exciting news about Doctor Who, it's usually to do with new actors joining the show. Over the past couple of years we've had a new companion, a new Doctor, a few returnees and even a new … whatever it is that John Hurt is playing. Now there's some behind-the-camera news that is just as thrilling, with the announcement that Ben Wheatley, one of Britain's most talented film directors, has signed on to direct the first two episodes of Peter Capaldi's tenure. But what could he bring to the show?
1. His own people
Directors like to work with people they have already established a rapport and a shorthand with, as it saves a lot of time cutting out any getting-to-know-you awkwardness.
Whenever we hear exciting news about Doctor Who, it's usually to do with new actors joining the show. Over the past couple of years we've had a new companion, a new Doctor, a few returnees and even a new … whatever it is that John Hurt is playing. Now there's some behind-the-camera news that is just as thrilling, with the announcement that Ben Wheatley, one of Britain's most talented film directors, has signed on to direct the first two episodes of Peter Capaldi's tenure. But what could he bring to the show?
1. His own people
Directors like to work with people they have already established a rapport and a shorthand with, as it saves a lot of time cutting out any getting-to-know-you awkwardness.
- 10/15/2013
- by Phelim O'Neill
- The Guardian - Film News
Feature Ryan Lambie 8 May 2013 - 07:00
With their sitcom House Of Fools recently announced, we celebrate the enduring comedy brilliance of Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer...
Readers of a certain age may remember the first time they saw Vic and Bob on television. For some, it may have been the 25th of May 1990, the fateful night "Britain's top light entertainer and singer" Vic Reeves burst onto screens with an absurdly fast, lounge-act rendition of The Monkees' I'm A Believer. In the background, his cohort Bob Mortimer looked on admiringly, dressed in the stovepipe hat and vast sideburns of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
For many viewers, this was a first glimpse inside the strange world of a comedy duo who'd already garnered a cult following in London pubs and clubs in the mid-1980s. Having impressed the likes of Jonathan Ross and Alan Yentob with their surreal, apparently semi-improvised comedy, Vic and...
With their sitcom House Of Fools recently announced, we celebrate the enduring comedy brilliance of Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer...
Readers of a certain age may remember the first time they saw Vic and Bob on television. For some, it may have been the 25th of May 1990, the fateful night "Britain's top light entertainer and singer" Vic Reeves burst onto screens with an absurdly fast, lounge-act rendition of The Monkees' I'm A Believer. In the background, his cohort Bob Mortimer looked on admiringly, dressed in the stovepipe hat and vast sideburns of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
For many viewers, this was a first glimpse inside the strange world of a comedy duo who'd already garnered a cult following in London pubs and clubs in the mid-1980s. Having impressed the likes of Jonathan Ross and Alan Yentob with their surreal, apparently semi-improvised comedy, Vic and...
- 5/7/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
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