That's a pretty accurate impression of Loyd Grossman...🤣

@slayerrocks2

2 жыл бұрын

It really is.

@w0033944

2 жыл бұрын

It's a measure of how ridiculous his accent is that you're absolutely right.

The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer is some of the best comedy ever produced

@deejaykay1975

Жыл бұрын

Definitely! The Sting interview had me in pieces. Pure gold!

Vic Reeves (Jim Moir) burst onto our screens in the late 80's on Channel 4 with his Vic Reeves Big Night Out. Comic genius, he's from my home town Darlington in NE UK:).

Presenting Larry Hagman with a fartridge on Shooting Stars was pure comedy gold. Hagman seemed to have no idea that it wasn't your usual quiz show. His utter confusion at everything was an utter joy to watch.

@sporkfindus4777

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, and yet Hagman actually had a good sense of humour, but that was just too much for him lol

@josheldridge8546

2 жыл бұрын

Oh my god, Johnny Vegas, Bob Mortimer, and Vic Reeves -- they'd react much like Larry did.

@jiggermast

2 жыл бұрын

Remember it well & Vic saying to him....."You're wondering what your agent has got you into eh Larry"

@RalphBrooker-gn9iv

4 күн бұрын

Haggers was actually a good sport.

This is a great parody - OK, a completely surreal, somewhat scary and totally hilarious parody - of Masterchef of the mid 90's. It was presented by a guy called Lloyd Grossman, who did have a larhe forehead and spoke very closely to Vic's impression, a sort of posh mid-Atlantic accent. The two winners in this show were the comedy actors Matt Lucas (who went on to make Little Britain) and Charlie Higson (who went on to make The Fast Show, one of the greatest comedy sketch shows ever and definitely one worth investigating and reacting to!).

@stevemcmosh4271

2 жыл бұрын

The Fast Show is my all time favourite sketch show. Absolute gold.

@tonygriffin_

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevemcmosh4271 Unfortunately when trying to recommend it to people, I find that the 1st season was the weakest - though still very good. But the rest, especially the last, were excellent.

@anthonyhind1308

2 жыл бұрын

I love the Fast Show.Still makes,me laugh,especially Channel 9 and Bob Fleming.

@FlissFloss2906

2 жыл бұрын

The Fast Show was incredible. Definitely need to see that xx

@BigyetiTechnologies

2 жыл бұрын

@@FlissFloss2906 Speaking of 90s sketch shows, I'm going to suggest Big Train.

This was pretty tame for Vic and Bob lol. When Masterchef started the format was 3 contestants who competed against each other and was hosted by Lloyd Grossman and he really did sound very close to this lol.

@nickname6747

2 жыл бұрын

I think Lloyd Grossman is from Boston, MA - they don't all sound him, I've watched Cheers.

@ladykaycey

2 жыл бұрын

@@nickname6747 I always thought that he really exaggerated his accent and drew out his words to the extreme.

this was mainly a lampoon on the host of Master chef at the time Lloyd Grossman, who really does speak like that

Vic and Bob were just pushing the boundaries all the time, both mad as a box of frogs.

I'm so glad you've done this sketch! It's an absolute classic 😂 Vic's characterisation of Loyd Grossman is so good! The general approach to caracaturing people was to over-amplify recognisable characteristics and then fill in the rest with their own imaginings, for instance that Grossman was like a vampire with cutlery for fingers! Pure genius!

"Look, Vic, I've fallen" and "you wouldn't let it lie!" are two of the most hilarious lines from Big Night Out. Love them. Bob Mortimer's fishing show with Paul "ooh, suits you sir" Whitehouse is a great relaxing watch, too.

@BigyetiTechnologies

2 жыл бұрын

Just discovered the fishing show. You've hit the nail on the head, it genuinely is a relaxing thing to watch.

@jonathanlewis1981

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely a heart healthy show

@krissib

2 жыл бұрын

quite a nasty fall too. might lead to guy fawking of the leg and eventually Brian May of all people.

The format is very accurate to master chef at the time. Vic is doing an impression of Lloyd Grossman, the language he uses “innovative”, “cogitated” are also dead on. Obviously, the rest is just Reeves & Mortimer madness. A lot of the stuff in this series reference Uk pop culture so may not be instantly obvious as a dead on parody given the passage of time, but it’s still genius. As I think others have mentioned, the Stars in their eyes sketch is amazing, the George Michael bit probably being my favourite thing ever.

@theliquor6423

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely spot on, I used to kove these as a kid, my favourites are Damon Hill etc.. on this is your life with the Stotts or Bob Mortimer as the Croc botherer 😅

@leanne7243

2 жыл бұрын

OMG i still can't stop laughing at the george micheal sketch every time, it never gets old :D

@woodgatejack

2 жыл бұрын

"Who will take my chimps to the zoo, now that I am gone?"

They are nuts, and amazing. As other people have said shooting stars is a must for these 2 it's their insane panel show with celebrity guests and George dawes (a giant baby matt lucus) doing the scores on the drums.

@robertwright7937

2 жыл бұрын

Donald Cox the Sweaty Fox.

@barrythemoth

2 жыл бұрын

Peanuts!

@robertwright7937

2 жыл бұрын

@@barrythemoth Mayonnaise!

@paulburfield3574

2 жыл бұрын

The dove from above and the crow from below. UVAVOOOO!

@barrythemoth

2 жыл бұрын

Now let's hear how it should have sounded.

It's from the smell of reeves and mortimer and I grew up with this as a kid and still love it

This is a sketch from "The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer", which in my opinion is the best comedy series ever! They did 2 series; series 2 is the best I think!. It's sooo surreal, but hilarious. Check out "Mulligan and O'hare" also from this series, but there are soo many other hilarious sketches like the "Reeves and Mortimer Products", "The Stotts" and "Le Corbussier et papin". They also did a similar series called "Bang! Bang! Vic and Bob", which wasnt quite as good, but still had some hilarious sketches!

@robertwright7937

2 жыл бұрын

Chaffinch.👍

@rustyk4645

Жыл бұрын

Today we've got 50p and we're going to have a Lot of FUN.

thank you. this is one of my favourite Vic and Bob moments ever. my brother and I still quote this regularly. so pleased you enjoyed it.

Yes!! Reeves & Mortimer at last. Their Mulligan & O'Hare album trailers are worth checking out.

"if you think too hard, it's not funny" That's so true with Vic and Bob. I remember seeing a clip of some Americans watching an episode of Shooting Stars, I think it might have been on The Poke or Vice or something. And they were over-analysing it. To be honest, I suspect one of them was just doing it to sound clever.

You should watch the Shooting Stars episode with Larry Hagman, he was as bewildered as you guys...❤️👍

Their first show was "Vic Reeve's Big Night Out", which started as a stage show and Bob was a member of the audience who quickly became involved in the show and that was how their partnership started.

Fellas are you now suitably psychologically damaged watching this😂😂Vic and Bob were absolute icons of alternative comedy in the 90s I was in my early 20s watching this with my mates and after we would be more than set up for a few beers and a club! Thank you for those memories boys, take care now 👍👍🇬🇧🇺🇸✌️

Superb. Used to have these on VHS until the tape wore out

you need to watch some Shooting Stars with Ulreek-ka-ka-ka and George Doors (Matt Lucas).

They did a series called Catterick, which was funny in parts, but really quite dark and disturbing. It doesn't seem to be remembered as much as their other output though.

Vic and bob’s afternoon delights videos are absolutely hilarious and extremely random

@JohnnyF71

2 жыл бұрын

The glass blowers 😂😂😂😂😂

@TheMadTatter

2 жыл бұрын

Good ruck kid 🦉🍄

@tinyderppotato5410

2 жыл бұрын

Free Runners!

Maybe next try Bob Mortimer as George Michael on Stars in their Eyes?

I'm so obsessed with your channel lol great to see Americans respecting our legends!

Loyd (no double L ) Grossman was presenter of Masterchef in the UK from 1990 to 2001 I believe and the impression as some people have said is a pretty good one he also did a show called "through the keyhole" basically a british forerunner of cribs with a gameshow element where they have to guess which celebrity lives in a house Loyd takes a look around.

You've just struck gold!

Morwenna Banks who was the first contestant is amazing in Absolutely (another comedy series from the time), which is definitely worth your time

You need to find any sketch they did as the Stotts, they interview Sting and then Sinead O’Conner, both very funny.

Yes, this is a bit within a show. This from their mid-90s sketch show, called "The Smell of Reeves & Mortimer" and this is a very good indicator of the sheer weirdness of the show. A few of the supporting cast members were also in other BBC comedy shows of the time. Charlie Higson (the ass guy) is one such person.

I think it is a vampiric master, hence the clock chiming and the floating

Who'd have thought that "cake looks like a shoe" would become reality

@TheMadTatter

2 жыл бұрын

Every time I see one of those hyper realistic cake videos, I think of Lucas Bonchamp and the finger clicking

"The smell of Reeves and Mortimer". I loved it, you need to check it all out. They are as mad as a box of frogs. They also had a quiz show called "Shooting Stars", that is just as mental.

i must have missed this sketch in the UK, first time seeing this and........damn this is abstract! Funny as hell but so out there and off the wall......

A fine contribution to British culture!

Man you were like actually freaked out lol. I implore you to give "Jam" a go. All the episodes are up on youtube, you could do whole reactions and BBC won't strike you because they don't really want to claim responsibility for it! It's a genuinley unique and bizarre dark comedy sketch show, though it feels more like psychological warfare.

@123456twat

2 жыл бұрын

they would censor everything in it , absolutely no point , watch taffe316 react to it if you havnt!

The smell of Reeves and Mortimer featured Charlie Chuck as Uncle Peter (“Don’t send me back to t’dark place…”). Bob Mortimer saw his act and said he was quite frightened by him but thought he was also funny and so they hard to have him in the show! Worth searching out. The meat cleaver wielding woman in Masterchef is Morwenna Banks whose ‘little girl’ sketches from ‘Absolutely’ (another surreal show) are brilliant. “It is! It’s TRUE!” From the same show check out the wonderfully disgusting ‘on the toilet with Frank Hovis’.

@richardgoddard37

2 жыл бұрын

I loved Absolutely. The Stoneybridge Olympics made me cry with laughter.

@ianpark1805

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardgoddard37 It’s a vi-day-o!

@mattdean7293

2 жыл бұрын

Seen Charlie Chuck perform a few times. WOOF BARK DONKEY!!

I found Vic and Bob when I was 15 in 1991 and they've had me laughing ever since.

Glad you did this one, this ones the best

Vic & Bob doing the Dr Shakamoto investigation - they couldn't even keep straight faces , especially Bob kept cracking up - so funny

@CKPerri

2 жыл бұрын

Great sketch 👌 funny as f# ck

That is a great impression of Lloyd Grossman. The forehead and voice is spot on.

If you want more info. the Masterchef host then was Lloyd Grossman, who had this hugely unusual Boston accent that nobody in Britain had really heard before

I think Larry Hagman summed them up perfectly when he appeared on their comedy quiz show 'Shooting Stars', he said: "I've done some loony shows in my time but this is most certainly the one!"

If you want to see Reeves and Mortimer at their most surreal look up Mulligan and O'Hare covering Brimfull of Asha by Cornershop. Title 'tittybiscuits'

@gustoaudio8711

2 жыл бұрын

That’s an even more insane piece of music than their other instrumental masterpiece “when a child is born”!

@Jobladesuck

2 жыл бұрын

I love mulligan and ohaire

When you ask what are we doing on this planet man? Is exactly what Reeves and Mortimer are about 😂😂😂

The second chef was Matt (Little Britain) Lucas and the arse was Charlie Higson who wrote for & performed in Harry Enfield's early BBC shows and then starred in The Fast Show with Paul Whitehouse and others.

I can remember watching this with my aunt... she said "why are you watching this it's a waste of electricity " 😂

Please, more Vic and Bob!

Worth going back and looking at all the credits at the end of the show. There are some beauties like Alan Dingstrip.

So the presenter was Lloyd Grosman who had a famously large head with that accent. The floating thing is homage to Mars Attacks and the alien character who looks similar and walks like she’s floating.

By the way, this is based on the old version of Masterchef. The host was Lloyd Grossman, which is who is being caricatured here.

...and this sketch is 30 years old? Yes. Remember when the internet barely existed? So to see something so Avant Garde was amazing. And they started by doing a comedy night, in a pub in Greenwich (UK).

The credits at the end :), everything is there for a reason when you watch Vic & Bob :). BTW I think one of the issues you may have been having is that Shooting Stars and a most of their other shows are BBC, but there's a few that were under different banners. Big Night Out was Channel 4 and was filmed with an audience (This is their first TV show and it is very surreal, but has plenty of moments of absolute genius. Plus it has Les). Other than that, you could try Monkey Trousers, or some of their live shows. Keep up the good work.

Reeves and Mortimer are so famous in the UK. Surreal but brilliant. You know Bob Mortimer already .

I remember this at the time. Madness, but class 😂 Has anyone suggested The iT Crowd yet? Or have you seen it already? The theatre episode is priceless.

Like others have said you really ought to check out their characters mulligan and o’hare. So surreal but funny

You need to see Vic and Bob as Mulligan and O'Hare singing, "Rose". Vic and Bob as The Stotts interviewing Sting.

@BigyetiTechnologies

2 жыл бұрын

Caprice.There's a yorkshire terrier snapping and snarling inches from your face. What's all that about then?

@BigyetiTechnologies

2 жыл бұрын

Also the Stotts sound like Sarah Millican

Love this clip especially the knife and fork as fingers 🤣

Food and Drink. Noel's Addicts. 'Trapped in my Flat' song. Jeremy Paxman doing 'its Like That & That's the Way it Is' These are all Essential Vic & Bob sketches. Oh and John Lovejoy being interviewed about his BMX Odyssey.

You need to see Vic & Bob's Eye Correction Fluid advert. Short but hilarious!

I suggest you watch Shooting Stars. They had Larry Hagman from Dallas on and he had no idea what was happening. I think he sacked his agent after the appearance.

One of the funniest moments on shooting stars was American actor Larry Hagman or J R Ewing from the 80's Dallas show they asked him what do you get if you cross a fart with a partridge and of course he said he didn't know and the answer is a fartridge and Hagman said, what kind of show is this. Another time vic was show himself off to a young lady on the show when she saw his underwear all brown and stains as he pulled it out from under his trousers and you could just imagine what the audience thought as they went UURRR.

Watch a straight episode of 'shooting stars' its a totally bizzarre panel show before panel shows became the norm. Always love it when Vic says a dud joke a clanger that falls flat and the resulting aftermath.

I still have all the series of The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer on vhs 🤣 This series was huuuuge. Don’t expect to understand any of it, it’s surreal and brilliant. Some other good ones from the series are Mulligan and O’Hare, Otis and Marvin, The Bra Men, Corbussier et Papin.

The floating. its was always the floating that stuck with me. I saw this nealy 30 years ago and all i can remember is the floating

If you haven't seen it already, the documentary that comes with the Big Night Out DVD is fantastic. Tells how it all began.

I used to watch this show while tripping on acid... Brings back fond memories...

@rustyk4645

Жыл бұрын

How could you Tell if the Acid was working?

Have you lads seen Reeves & Mortimer interviewing Sting yet? That is an absolute classic.

Lloyd Grossman's an icon of British TV from the 90s, he is now a millionaire due to creating a brand of sauces. You should check him out, he is cross between an American and Brit, very much like a Fraser Crane type Character

"It's a cakey-shoe, a shoe cake, it's a cake like a shoe"🤣🤣🤣

Great episode lads ,deffo look into vic reeves and bob mortimer on shooting stars ,it’s brilliant and just as surreal 👍👍

Ye need to go right back, back to the start -- Vic Reeves Big Night Out "Vic Reeves Big Night Out" is where Bob Mortimer and Vic Reeves started their TV career. It's so far out there, there isn't a universe for it yet. I play that DVD once a year, for a mindblowing laugh...🤯 .

@chriscoulson7403

2 жыл бұрын

Loved that show it would get banned now for hate speech against red heads but still classic

You need to rewatch this. The "Nick all the Jewellery" joke isn't the only one there. All of the end credits a mad comments like that. These guys are really bizarre with their humour but they are very funny. Their really early stuff on "Vic and Bob's Big Night Out" is a real mind warp. Try the short 'Kidnapping' clip. Very clever and very funny!

This is well known in the UK. For the time, this sketch was funny as. Far out, irreverent and highly entertaining. Vic is primarily sending up the host of Masterchef at the time.

Seen these live and I nearly pissed my pants laughing

The floating has etc has got to be a "Mars Attacks!" reference...

Vic with Christine Bleakley and Vic dancing with Kimberly Wyatt. Afternoon Delights with Vic and Bob , very funny , the most haunted toilet in the UK parts 1 and 2 and Glass blowers

This is the Origional masterchef, with lloyd grossman, and it was really like that. lol contestants had 4 months or longer to come up with a dish, that`s why we rebranded it, now we got gregg wallace..LUVLEY STAFF...

Their Stars In Their Eyes skit is spectacular

Indeed

As others have stated, he's doing a caricature of Lloyd Grossman. He's one of your people, dudes. Grossman is from Boston, US. 😄

This clip is from "The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer", The entire series in the most hilarious, surreal stuff you'll ever see.

You have to watch reeves and mortimer councillor cox builds an helipad, best sketch ever by them

You can probably pick Loyd Grossman's (MasterChef host with massive head) patrician New England accent. He was a reg on UK TV in the 90s & 00s. His brilliant pasta sauce still sells by the vat load.

The floating always got me.

Vic Reeves Big Night Out was a good series. Another Reeves and Mortimer masterpiece.

the Smell of Reeves and Mortimer never fails to make me laugh. just watching this has me in tears of laughter

Lloyd Grossman 😂 he’s Canadian but his accent was ridiculous and his descriptions of food was hilarious he’d say stuff like “the delicious dichotomy of desire that the dill added to the flavour was detrimentally dionising (

This was a segment from the Smell of Reeves and Mortimer series 2

Love Vic and Bob

Lol. Their A Team sketches are great to. As are the mulligan and o'hare ones.

vic and bob did a sitcom called house of fools it was great

Bob and Vic are completely nuts and wacky to put it mildly...lol ...I cannot think of a US comparison , but there is probably one somewhere in the archives....

It’s Vic & Bob that’s all you have to grasp ☺️ genius comedy

The geordie jeans 👖 and geordie jumpers sketch by Vic and Bob are a must see

The Smell of Reeves & Mortimer - whole show is worth watching

Yorkshire street magic is a good one by Vic and Bob.

You should check out Vic and Bobs House of Fools :)

Bob on WILTY - Damon Hill (raving driver) and an American F1 driver good luck traditional. You'll love it!