Omg. Its me! Its me! I can't believe this... When you said you'd do a reaction to this for me, I was SO excited. I had notifications on stand by and was checking often.. Well, unfortunately I became ill and have spent the last 5 days in hospital so I've not been able to see it yet! Fucking typical!!🙄 So, I'm sorry for such a late reply and absolutely buzzing you have done this! And yeah, I did see the quality was extremely poor on the full episodes, which is such a shame! But doing the best bits is probably a better idea anyway! Thanks so soooo much!! You're a legend and I hope you can see my comment after its been buried! So pleased you enjoyed it!! 🤣
@@KingBoomer Thanks so much! Really means a lot and I needed a laugh today! You've made my week! I still often sing "tiny eyes/hands" and a some of Georges songs 🤣
IDK if this is 100% true, but Jack began as a "normal" comedian, doing pubs,clubs etc., and was on the point of quitting when one night he was so down he started ranting at the audience and they loved it, they saw something in his misery that connected with them, he was like them, grumpy, pissed off, and so his on stage persona was born, but honestly I feel it may have been there for a while, waiting to pounce on poor unsuspecting Jack.
There were quite a few people who went on the show because it became quite popular and was a part of the circuit of "celebrity things to do", without realising what the show was actually about, but non were quite so unprepared as Larry Hagman and I think his being on Shooting stars has gone down as a bit of a cult british tv moment in many ways
The important things to remember about Shooting stars are: - Vic, Bob, Matt (George Dawes), and Dan Renton (Angelos) are all in character - Don't try and make sense of it, go with the flow. - The best parts are often when Vic and Bob amuse themselves Shooting Stars started in the mid 1990s and came back after a long hiatus. Look up the Larry Hagman episode :)
Also that a lot of it was pre-recorded in front of a live audience, so a lot of these moments when they're corpsing and pissing themselves laughing were the best takes thet had, just imagine the stuff that got cut, or even check out the Geordie Jumpers out-takes for some idea.
A show that is meant to be a panel quiz type show but is actually just a peak into the minds of vic and bob which is why it’s so random but so so good.
I’ve met Vic Reeves (Jim Moir) and he’s absolutely fantastic. He’s an incredibly talented artist too. He’s very modest and ‘normal’ irl. 😊 Edit: Jack Dee is brilliant. Saw him live a while back and his miserable persona is beautifully crafted.
That whack job is George Daws who keeps the scores. "What are the scores, George Daws" and he may be familiar to you as you reacted to him only a few days ago on Little Britain. He played a few parts in the Carol Beers piece, the pregnant woman's husband and Carol's colleague in a dress. He also played the wife in Happy Couple. He's the rather brilliant Matt Lucas
The bit at 13:09 was a song which George Dawes (played by Matt Lucas from Little Britain) used to sing each week. However, this week the song "Peanuts" was so ridiculous even he couldn't get through it with Vic and Bob laughing their heads off in the background, Matt just couldn't keep it together and laughed most of the way through the song. As for Jack Dee, he was known to pretty much never smile on the show and always try to keep a straight face but each week Vic n Bob would do everything to try and make him laugh. The thing with Reeves and Mortimer is they come out with the most random stuff and most the time its so ridiculous its funny.
My absolute favourite is 1942 haha 😄 Still sing it now. And Vic and Bob doing tiny eyes and tiny hands! Ridiculously funny.. I'm so glad he reacted to shooting stars. My all time favourite. We'll have to get him on to Never mind the Buzzcocks aswell!
Another thing I must add, having watched this again, I believe the point of Vic's creative insults e.g. "with your face like a peppered Dougal" or "with your face like racing bacon" is that they're not really supposed to mean anything. No one knows what a peppered Dougal, racing bacon, an evening turtle, an abandoned haddock is, I'm certain even Vic doesn't know what a peppered Dougal is. It is whatever you want it to be. Isn't that marvelous?
So Shooting Stars started out as a one-off christmas special and proved so successful that it was given a series. It was a way for Vic and Bob to make their comedy more accessible by shoe-horning it into something approaching a format, and by having celebrity guests which made people tune in for them, rather than specifically for Vic and Bob. The show ran for many years and was re-commissioned twice after being off air for a a few years in between times, but with re-runs of old series performing incredibly well in the ratings. The team to Vic's right (viewers left) would always feature someone who was considered grumpy or acerbic as the captain (Mark Lamarr in early series, followd by author Will Self then finally Jack Dee. Seated immediately to Vic's right would always be a good-looking female guest he could be pathetically lascivious towards, with Bob often deriding him for his attempts at wooing these guests, while at the same time himself behaving like a love-struck schoolboy when it came to the other team captain Ulrika Johnsson (who began her career as a weather girl on breakfast TV) The team to Bob's left (viewers right) always had Ulrika Johnson as team captain and from the "Will Self-era" onwards featured a regular panelist on her team, a particular highlight was when Johnny Vegas was Ulrika's regular panelist as his brand of comedy just added to the absolute chaos of the show. George Dawes kept the scores for most series in what would be Matt Lucas' (Little Britain) TV Debut (excluding the time he was in the audience on a kids TV show as a child himself) The things George Dawes said and did before delivering the scores were unscripted and Vic and Bob often didn't know what he was going to come out with until it happened. George Dawes also performed some songs on the show with classics including "Lesbians" and "Peanuts" In the final few series Angelos Epithemou (Dan Skinner) took over the scoring after appearing as a regular on Ulrika's team following the departure of Johnny Vegas and brought a level of surreal cringe comedy to proceedings which again worked well with Vic and Bob's style of comedy. And that's a very quick roundup of Shooting Stars from a massive Reeves and Mortimer nerd.
@@gartgreenside3657 Johnny Vegas wasn't so much exaggerated as pissed-up, and Jack Dee was pretty much just adopting the persona which his comedy was famous for, I might be wrong but Shooting Stars is the only time I ever saw Jack Dee's grumpy persona slip
@@TheRealityleak yeah, this was really a best of the last couple of series of Shooting Stars with a few of George's songs thrown in. I'd say a proper best of definitely needs the early series plus some Johnny Vegas, plus some Sunderland Independent Films, Geordie Jumpers etc
Loved this show, for a generation this was part of their Friday night routine as it would be on as you were getting ready to go out clubbing, it would certainly get you in the mood for going out and having a good time, when Larry Hagman appeared on the show he said, "I've done some loony shows in my time, but this is certainly the one!"
I've just read Bob Mortimer's autobiography. He talked about Shooting Stars and mentioned that Matt Lucas never revealed to Bob or Jim (Vic's real name) what he was going to do when he came on. So whenever he's on, doing his stuff, Bob and Jim's laughter is genuine because they're seeing it for the first time. When he's standing there with his hands on his hips shouting 'PEANUTS.... PEANUTS.... PEANUTS' Bob and Jim are in hysterics, and Matt is flipping them the V (British equivalent of middle finger) behind his back (which you can sort of see him doing if you watch it back
I'm old enough to remember this show and I have no idea what a 'pepper doodle' is. However I strongly believe the single result on Urban Dictionary was written by Bob Mortimer himself under the name 'Speckled Trout Man' - Bob and fellow comedian Paul Whitehouse have a tv series about fishing and they loved to catch and cook trout. 'An aggressive squirrel and ratting dog, most often associated with rat terriers, but larger in size, growing to an adult weight if 30 to 35 pounds. Can come in many color combinations, but the most common is the black and white Harlequin appearance. They make great family dogs, but require toys that they will be allowed to destroy, and to be taken out to chase wild life as often as possible. They have also been known as cat dogs due to their prolific ability to catch and dispense of ferrel cats Our Pepperdoodle terminated 3 squirrels today by Speckled Trout Man January 12, 2014' Hope this helps, King Boomer!
As a young student I saw Vic n Bob 32 years ago touring 'The Big Night Out' in Birmingham U.K... Most bizarre and hilarious night I had experienced at that point. Loved them ever since.
I'm 51 years old and I saw them 32 years ago, too. Probably the same tour. It was at the BIC in Bournemouth. Did they sing 'Dizzy' at the end of the show?
I have never seen this compilation before and I can't get past the first 30 seconds because I have never laughed so hard at the term 'he has a face like a hard boiled bollock' that is the best description I have ever heard 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Vic and Bob were/are big fans of Surrealism. They started out touring Britain with a show called Vic Reeves Big Night Out. This was spotted by a tv station, and it became a tv series called Vic and Bob's Big Night Out. Their humour is absolutely hilarious once you understand where it's coming from. It's full of non-sequiturs. They then went on to make The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer. You should check out clips from this show like The Stotts Interview Sting (of Police fame). or them interviewing various other people. Look out also for Reeves and Mortimer as Mulligan and O'Hare, singing "Rose". They then went on to making Shooting Stars, a faux quiz show. They would have Vic and Bob as quizmasters, George Dawes (Matt Lucas later of Little Britain) as scorekeeper and contributor of weird songs. There would be 2 regular team captains, Jack Dee and Ulrika Jonsson. The teams would be made up by 4 invited celebrities each week. The show was basically a showcase of silly sketches and daft ideas, brilliantly funny, very surreal. There would be a prize for the winning team. The prize was always something pitiful, and it could only be won by surviving the final challenge. Vic and Bob went on to make several other tv series for various channels. They can still be seen regularly guesting on 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown and other comedy panel shows. Bob is currently making fishing shows with another comedian called Paul Whitehouse. They both suffered heart attacks and took up fishing. Vic is currently concentrating on producing art.
The guy you called a Pickled Penis is George Dawes (Matt Lucas) who went on to make a show called "Little Britain" with David Walliams this was a very popular show here in the UK and something you should take a look at, you will see the character from Shooting Stars (Matt Lucas) in "Little Britain", hope this helps:)
The tune you thought you recognized was Stevie Wonder U Can Feel It All Over The tune you thought was The Adams Family was The Flintstones lol The guy in the green tracksuit is Matt Lucas from Little Britain Maybe you're ready for Celebrity Juice now 👍
The bald guy is Matt Lucas. He did play Tweedle Dum &Tweedle Dee in Alice in Wonderland. More well known for being in Little Britain with David Walliams.
Jack Dee is a brilliant stand-up comedian, and was one of the tranche of new comedians that became popular in the early 1990s. His comedy personality is 'straight-faced, curmudgeon, frustrated and angry' observational comedy that calls out modern developments in life and the ridiculous stuff we deal with in our daily lives. Very funny. Lots of videos on YT. Check out Jack Dee Live, and 'Jack Dee at The Apollo'.
Shooting Stars is up there with the greatest shows ever! You would also like House of Fools, it’s the same sort of humour from Vic and Bob and also has Angelos from this show, really wacky. Search for Bob in a Tin Bath.
The only rules you need to know is that there are certain people who are static cast members on every show. Vic & Bob are the hosts, Jack Dee is one team captain, George Dawes (Matt Lucas actual name) is the score keeper/random performer. Angelos Epithemiou (Dan Renton Skinner actual name) are all on every show of this series & are all playing some form or crazy character. Ulrika Johnson the other team captain is also a main stay, she’s been on every series since the beginning of the show but she doesn’t really play a character, she just tries to be herself, but because she’s been exposed to this wacky world for so long she’s kind of just as nuts as the rest of them. Then you get two or three random celebrity guests to make the teams up for each recording, usually it’s a British celebrity so they kind of know it’s gonna be a fucking weird ass day and know what to expect to an extent. The best shows are when you get a European or North American guest on & they don’t know whether to politely laugh, brush it off, ignore the whole show & pretend they’re somewhere else, be offended….. or anything else, which makes absolutely amazing viewing. One of the best shows I saw was with Kimberley Wyatt of Pussycat Dolls fame. She had absolutely no fucking clue what was going on at the beginning - but still got involved in every aspect & by the end of the show she was clearly really enjoying herself. She learned the golden rule of being part of Shooting Stars, or even watching the show - which is: don’t try to figure things out. They just happen. Nothing is logical, nothings needs a reason or a point, it’s just random. If you start thinking about what’s happening too much then you miss the next part & could end up the butt of the joke because you’re still wondering what’s going on. Just relax your mind & be ready to laugh, go with the flow.
This was my favorite tv show ever, Vic and Bob are absolutely nuts, shooting stars was a panel game show, thats chaos from start to finish, hillarious. George Dawes (Matt Lukas) was the score keeper on the show, who did comic musical interludes in the show, he went on to star in little Britain. Jack Dee is a comedian who is known for being deadpan and sarcastic, he was a regular team captain.
20:33 the person you were asking "who is this guy?" is Matt Lucas playing a character on the show called "George Dawes" and he kept the scores. He went on to be the other half of "Little Britain" with David Walliams (which I'm pretty sure you've reacted to also). Incidentally, some of the costumes look ridiculous (and they are) but they're also often ripping on a particular person (which, if you don't get the reference, can just look weird but still pretty hilarious). When he came out with the marigold glove on his head he was singing his version of the 80s classic "Too Shy" by Kajagoogoo. Go look up pictures of them and then you'll see the glove is simply mocking their hairstyles
@@matthewwalker5430 He started with Freddie Mercury's Loverboy and then went into the Kajagoogoo song...now, from another episode, can anyone remind me which song he had been singing when he suddenly segued into the Potato Waffles jingle? Hmm...memory test for you..."George Dawes" is obviously a Mary Poppins reference, and "Marjorie Dawes" a double-reference to the nursery rhyme and the token female from the Fraser/Hayes Four, but what's the origin of "Jack Dawes And The Sparrows"?
9:34 The song is "Sir Duke", by Stevie Wonder. Hope not to spoil the illusion (and laughs), but they're definitely not playing those Didgeridoo tubes. Still hilarious, though. Shooting Stars was essentially viewing in the 90s, along with shows like "TFI Friday". Zany, whacky, silly humour. The 90s was pretty good at that. I think we could do with a bit more of it these days.
Yes, Shooting Stars will give you endless reaction joy - and is good for subscriber satisfaction. Welcome to the journey of your life, sit back, tune in and never ever rationalize this shit just laugh your bollocks off. Matt Lucas - George Dawes, actually was in Alice in Wonderland - 'Alice' with Johnny Depp. He played the twins (twice obviously). So funny you should draw the analogy. Good move KB, good moves. Si.
If you want more Reeves and Mortimer but more recent, you should check out House of Fools. An equally anarchic sitcom of theirs. That will introduce you to the delights of Matt Berry and Morgana Robinson too. Highly recommended.
The bald guy is Matt Lucas and with David Walliams he created Little Britain. The character you see him playing @13:13 is basically Andy from Little Britain minus the wheelchair.
Bald guy is Matt Lucus, he was also in Little Britain. My man and fellow American you have opened up the can to the crazy shit that makes no sense that us brits put out! You have also taken me back to my child hood and the realisation to why I'm not normal! Great stuff!!!!
"Bang, bang its Reeves and Mortimer " is hilarious series 😂 insane jokes n situations which make no sense at all showing their sense of humour in full 🤣 so funny !
Reeves and Mortimer are part of a history of totally off the wall UK humour. Much of it makes no sense, but is still funny. Jack Dee is a comedian known for his deadpan style, so is a great counterpoint.
This clip really doesn't do Shooting Stars justice. You need to watch a full episode to get the idea. The series ran from about 1993 until 2011 on and off. Full episodes are hard to come by - this one might be ok. I absolutely loved this show! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HRMO98sEFh4.htmlfeature=shared
These are newer ones from when they came back after years (2008-11). They're good but the older ones with drunk Johnny Vagas. It wasn't put out live but alot of it stayed in. The guy who you asked about was Matt Lucas, from 'Little Britain'. Ulrika-ka-ka-ka, dove from above and in the club style.
Baldy is the character "George Dawes", in the first run series he generally kept score and played the drums dressed as a giant baby. You may notice he's played by Matt Lucas who went on to make Little Britain
Bob has calmed down a bit over the years . Matt Lucas played George Dawes who have the scores - dressed as a baby playing a drum kit - grumpy Jack Dee was a permanent team captain and they tried to cheer him up every week . It was a faux quiz show with regular rounds but total chaos with Bob and Vic these clips are usually out of context but with Shooting Stars it doesn't really matter , all in glorious analogue 4 : 3 .
King Boomer!!!!! The part where you don't get what's going on, with the guy in green just standing there shouting peanuts, let me explain : He was supposed to be performing a song like he usually does, but he can't stop laughing at the sight of himself. Several times he almost gets back on track only to be heckled from the panel and lose it again. One of my all time favourite bits of TV. Im only sorry we never got to hear the song about peanuts, because judging by his other songs, it would have been fire. Edit: it's Matt Lucas of Little Britain etc no
@@PlanetNeo I think he got the gist of the show pretty much bang on! - It's mayhem - he didn't understand the entire context of the clips and why would he? - he's never seen the show ^^
@@Ugo2sleep no but the song was only going to be "peanuts". That was the joke. He just missed 2 at the most out because Bob was making him laugh so much
You'd have a good time in England, the midlands, the north and then going into Wales and/or Scotland Visitors get a skewed view of the UK by visiting London only.
Hey! Loving the content as always, I meant to send you this a few days ago, one of your inbetweeners reactions you asked about the difference between British and American comedy. I'd like to recommend: Stephen fry and British vs American humour its really fascinating the way he puts it, I hope you enjoy and keep up the great work!
Hey, you‘ve probably got elsewhere shooting stars began in the early 90s pilot probably 93. It was pretty big through the 90s and returned in the 2010s with different panellists but with Vic and Bob hosting throughout.
The singing character is George Dawes, played by Matt Lucas. Matt has been in tons of stuff and was actually in that Little Britain clip you did the other day.
King boomer, you mentioned it’s kind of Alice in wonderland moment with the talking/singing potato, Matt Lucas (George Dawes) made it quite big in Hollywood and actually played one of the main characters in the Tim Burton Alice in Wonderland movie.. so good catch without even realising 👌
This was an awesome panel show. You can add Never Mind the Buzzcocks to the list if it isn’t on there already. Be cool to see you watch entire episodes instead of clips.
Vic and Bob created this quiz initially as part of a Christmas special. Taking the piss out of quiz shows, and doing everything to make each other laugh. I loved it. Vic, Bob, George Dawes and other regulars like Jack Dee, Ulrika Johnson, Marc Lamarr and others are joined by other celebrities who don't know what they are getting into. Total insanity and I would buy a box set of them if I could. The later shows didn't have the same quality as the earlier series but were still worth watching.
Shooting stars, one of the best, wackiest, full of muppetry shows ever! Most panelsist were appearing as themselves, most "got" the show and just enjoyed the stupidity, but some got really angry, which was even funnier!. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!! BTW, Jack Dee, who was a stand-up, used the miserable dour persona as part of his act. And of course, R&M took the piss. Ulrikakakakaaaa!
20:28 That guy is Matt Lucas (you might know him from Little Britain) playing his character George Dawes. he was on throughout much of the shooting stars shows as the scorekeeper but did parts like this aswell
George Dawes - The baby singer is Matt lucas (you saw him briefly in the Little Britain video) Jack Dee - was always on TV, etc... as a grumpy comedian that was his schtick. Angelos - not sure what else he did but this was his character - similar to Joe WIlkinson on 9 out of 10 cats I suppose. Ulrik-k-k-k-kk-a - Ulrika Johnson used to be a weathergirl on morning shows. Got beaten up by an ex footballer Stan Collymore and started doing this show pretty much straight after in 1995. This show is mid-90s - It probably followed Vic Reeve's Big Night Out which was earlier - I think he may have done that on stage too and is where Bob met him.
the guy singing the songs is Matt Lucas, this tv show was his break in to TV. later went on to be in little Britain, hes the guy in the wheelchair sketches, also he was the only gay in the village, Majorie Dawes the woman who insults everyone in the fat club sketches and also p;lays Vicky Pollard plus many more of little Britains finest characters.
Vic and Bob comedy legends of anarchic senseless comedy.. brilliant and original.. look up VIc Reeves Big Night Out and The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer .. saw them live a few times .. simply brilliant.
24:00 there's an entire sketch where Matt Lucas (from Little Britain who plays George and Majorie Dawes) has to buy a caravan from Bob Mortimer and it involves this same face shaking.
-Vic Reeves (real name Jim (James) Moir and Bob Mortimer host and are a double act. -George Dawes is played by comedian Matt Lucas - usually does the music sections but he left at some point and 'Angelos' switched from panellist to support act replacing him. -Angelos Epithemiou is a character played by Renton Skinner - plays a dim burger van man who carries shopping bag around. -Jack Dee is a comedian where grumpiness is part of his act -Ulrika Johnson is a team captain and former TV presenter who has appeared since the beginning of Shooting Stars before the revival (minus the pilot). -Before Jack Dee, Mark Lamarr was the other team captain (comedian, radio DJ and used to present 'Never Mind the Buzzcocks'), then was replaced by Will Self in for 2002. -Original run was 1995-97 (there was a pilot in 1993 though), then a series in 2002 and the revival run was from 2008-11.
Most people on this show just appeared as themselves. Jack Dee's act always featured him as grumpy, thus the drainpipes. Watch more of whole episodes if you can, they go from weird to surreal to funny to hilarious in 30 mins. Brilliant. Ulrikakakakakaaaa!
This and Vic Reeves Big Night Out was mid 90s Friday night tv. Remember Vic Reeves on Shooting Stars singing a song In Da Club Style and you had to guess what it was which I never could but was absolutely hilarious.
In the early days Vic reeves used to walk past a charity shop on his way to the comedy club and pick up a random object. That would be the basis of his standup that evening. The objects then became part of the TV show when he hit the big time.
You constantly wonder 'what's going on'. We don't know either, and haven't for about 30 years. These two have been amazingly funny since the early 90's.
Jack Dee used to do cheeky stand up comedy but it wasn't really working and he went on stage one day (a bit p-ssed off) an said "it's great to be here" (but in his p-ssed off voice) and the audience laughed- so that became his stage character (according to an interview I read that he gave some years back). It's funny how these things become catalysts for characters that launch people into stardom (Tommy Cooper the very nervous and somewhat clumsy magician who made it his act. Similalry "Piff the magic dragon" a modern comedy magician who go this character from being the only one in fancy dress at a party he'd been told was fancy dress and a bit grumpy)!
