It's so weird that even dressed as a cauliflower, Bob still manages to look uncannily like Greg Wallace. Nobody does absurd and surreal comedy like Vic and Bob.
At 1 point, long before this was filmed, Bob Mortimer was in a writers meeting and said "make me a cauliflower". This is why I'll love him till the day I die.
As per most people, I think Dan Skinner's "Stop living in the past, Peter. Move on" line is the best one. Vic and Bob's take on Mastechef (twice) are right up there in terms of my memories of their work. I know, I know. "Move on".
@sethhesio1902 Still the most surreal thing ever broadcast Bob with that massive moustache and tiny little nose. Along with Cauliflower Wallace his two most iconic prothetics.
"Who remembers old-fashioned trousers? Do you remember when we were in the olden days when we used to wear old-fashioned trousers? D'you remember that? You remember don't you?"
Mr Glew Well you can’t have seen many because this is shit. Check out The Smell Of (series 2 more than series 1 but 1 still good in places) and Bang Bang It’s Reeves & Mortimer for much much better than this.
Bob Mortimer actually praises Peter Kay in his autobiography. Fun fact there. I say praises but he was praising him on one of his stand up performances as a young man.
"Thank you. Who remembers clackers? That was a lovely playground favourite. D'you remember the Aztec Bar? The Steakhouse Grill, who remembers that? Norman! You remember the Steakhouse Grill don't you? There's always a Norman in't there? There's always a Norman! Do you remember Norman churches?"
I say this to my wife, in the Greg voice, every time she reminds me I need to do something around the house. I've never shown her this clip so she doesn't know where it's from. The inevitable divorce is going to be worth it.
Spot on about Peter Kay. All he ever does is waffle on about things from the 80s. I'm exactly the same age as him so unforunately I know exactly what hes talking about!
I was on a coach trip once, and on the journey back, I was talking with my friend about what we'd done that day, as we'd gone off to do separate things. Suddenly, the coach driver announced "I've got a treat for you all" and put on a CD of Peter Kay remembering Spangles for an hour and rendered conversation impossible.
Peter Kay, what happened to that lad, remember him? What an underrated comic. I miss being reminded of things I had previously known but had forgotten that I was aware of...
Very late reply, but to this day, I still think of a cauliflower in the split second between Greg Wallace popping up on TV and me changing the channel.
There's was one where George Dawes did Jamie Oliver and ulrika was the wife under the silver serving dish - he did a salad in a helmet Where can I find it ?
To think one day, the next 'Peter Kaye' will be doing routines saying stuff like.... "Remember RU-vid? That was an old fashioned way of consuming videos weren't it"
I'd known of Peter Kay for many years before seeing his stand-up. Much easier to do when you live outside the UK, I suppose. Anyway, the mail was that he blended the older fashioned northern, working men's clubs styles with a more modern approach. So, one day I decided to watch his stand up. Live at Blackpool tower. I lasted 10 minutes. It was fucking dire.
@dennisnedry It's true. 100%. I work as boom operator assitant for some shooting stars and Reeves did suggest that as a joke but it was considered too vulgar for BBC.
Clackers who remembers Clackers? - That was a lovely playground favourite weren’t it? Do you remember the Aztec Bar? Stakehouse Grill who remembers that? Norman - you remember the Stakehouse Grill don’t you? There’s always a Norman isn’t there? Always somewhere there’s a Norman Do you remember Norman Churches? They were good weren’t they? Norman churches with the lovely architecture round the doorway Who remembers old fashioned trousers? Do you remember? Do you remember in the olden days when you used to wear old fashioned trousers...do you remember that? You do don’t you? Do you remember Puffalumps? Remember paraffin lamps? That was an old fashioned style of heating weren’t it Do you remember Asbestos? That was very difficult to remove from your roofing cavities wasn’t it? Remember Panda Pops? Remember Donkey jackets with the leather panel at the back? Do you remember them? Do you remember Dirty Den? Do you remember Blunderbusses? That was an old fashioned type of weaponry weren’t it? Remember arsenic? Leg Warmers?
yeah that's what i thought as well, i was almost waiting for them to add the little - line to finish it off, because it would fit right into their style of humor, but i guess it was just a coincidence.
I thought I heard "Vernon Kay", so I just thought it was completely surreal humour. But no. It was Peter Kay, and very well observed humour, in a surreal way.
@ThePotatoInfestation i"m sorry to hear that, i love Bobs quick whit, & surrealist humour! I"ve heard Ganja is good for arthritis. So Bob should get on the herbal medacine...
+shellsbignumber2 Well Mr Living in the Past Kay's companies has raked in over £32 million profit in the space of the last few years making him one of the wealthiest stand up comedians in the country. Maybe this is why Reeves and Mortimer took the piss out of him as he may have a routine of remembering the past, but it is a routine which brings in the cash, which Reeves and Mortimer are a little bit jealous of?
+John King I think the point of the joke is that Peter Kay has one simple routine which he has repeated for the past ten years , sure people love it but it's the same thing over & over , the fact that something is popular doesn't make it good , just look at the music charts or TV ratings , Brits love a bit of simple trash
OK, no problem, yeah you are right his routine has become slightly stale, I give you that. But people love it, and he must feel I stick with what people like.
Just to update you, after a year I now totally despise Peter Kay. Arrogant ass hole, especially when I have seen him on interviews and at awards. A year has changed my view of him.
Bob recalls seeing Peter Kay in the early days and thinking he was a brilliant new comedy star…by this point looks like he changed his mind and realised that yes this is all Peter Kay does-great sketch 😂 peter kay is literally like that on stage it’s tiresome, yet people lap it up in their millions…depressing that so many people are satisfied by that kind of thing as “comedy”-Michael McIntyre is huge and Al he does is basic observational crap and again millions lap it up..jeeeezuszzz - that’s why it’s so great that people like Vic n Bob have had the success they’ve had-proof that there’s still enough people in the British public who actually like truly inventive and original and weird comedy over the base observational bullshit
I heard a show on Radio 4 some years ago where 3 generations of comics battled it out for audience appreciation. (I bet someone got a promotion for that). Dougie Brown represented the old pre 1980s comedians and told what became one of my favourite jokes ever. Very clever and nothing offensive. Massive laugh Then the alternative comic from the 80s did something that I seemed to forget while he was still performing it. Finally, a modern one came on, said "Timers on toasters? What's that all about?" And a section of the audience had hysterics over it. Just one of the reasons Radio 4 has made me swear by my radio.
I agree with the easy way out in his stand up. The masses love it because they are thick, however Kay is a funny man. Phoenix Nights is absolutely brilliant.
