American Reacts to Bob Mortimer, the Cockroach King - Would I Lie To You? REACTION
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King Boomer's Reaction to Bob Mortimer on Would I Lie To You claiming he was dubbed "The Cockroach King" by a British newspaper when he was a child. ENJOY!
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When Jarvis Cocker from Pulp climbed on stage at the Brit Awards to mock King Of Pop Michael Jackson and got arrested (true story, it's on RUclips), Bob was in the audience, drunk, and went along to the police station with Jarvis as his lawyer.
He was wiggerling his bum while mj was singing. I remember watching it
I’m not sure that’s quite how it played out.
When someone else told the story ( someone who was there -- I can't remember who it was unfortunately ). They said that Bob went backstage where security was holding Jarvis and Bob went in to get the story from Jarvis, just as a host of Jacksons high priced lawyers turned up and so Bob said sorry Jarvis, your on your own. --- It might have even been Cocker telling the story, as I said, I can't remember.
If I ever get in trouble with the law I want drunken Bob Mortimer representing me in court for sure
@@veryvarley6706the reason I find the other story more convincing is that high-priced lawyers or not cocker would still have to pay mortimer for his time and would be able to and bob mortimer would have known Jackson had high priced lawyers...also lawyers don't follow popstars around and Jackson lawyers would be American. Jacksons performance in that brit wards, when he comes in like a superhero on a sort of platform on a crane was the most ludicrously tonedeaf behaviour iv ever seen on TV. What an absolute prick. And there's obviously a reason for the saviour of the children persona he was trying to use as a smoke-screen.
Bob Mortimer is funny to the core. He has not lost any of his comedy genius throughout his career.
Improved with age!
Dude Bob is a legend. look out for his fishing tales with whitehouse. its Epic so off the cuff. peaceout dude from me and my dog Max in the Uk 🙂
Bob is living proof that all our lives are written by comedy scriptwriters.
Uncle Bob. The Firestarter, the Dentist, the Legend.
And don't forget, 'Train Guy'! 😆 -x-
...and fan of the Gulf Stream!
@@jamesdignanmusic2765 Who isn't a fan of the Gulf Stream
The reason for the laughter at the mention of "The South London Press" is that Bob is from Middlesbrough on the North East Coast and is 260 miles away from South East London.
"The South London Press" is the largest-selling local newspaper in the Country and was my local paper for my first 29 years in London.
You’re right. He very much doesn’t sound like he’s from south London, as that would be a cockney accent, like on Oliver, or most stereotypical British gangsters that Americans know.
@@personperson.7744 ..and you "very much" should read what I wrote.
" Bob is from MIDDLESBROUGH on the North East Coast and is 260 miles away from South East London."..........
He was working as a Lawyer in South East London.
@@Isleofskye I know, I’m agreeing with you
@@personperson.7744 No problem.lol
It's just that your comment was addressed to me so I assumed that you were implying that I said that he did sound like he's from South London:)
@@Isleofskye yeah, I’ve reread my comment, and I realise that now. Sorry, I was more just trying to add on to it. The joys of the internet, and not being able to show tone!
I lived in Brixton at the time and remember it well
Bob Mortimer always makes me laugh, he's hilarious.
Now understand why my Dad would laugh when his favourite comedians would appear on screen. After decades of making you laugh, you laugh at them before they've said or done anything.
@@jimb9063 Exactly, lol.
He's a national treasure. I love Bob.
@@neilm3955 absolutely agree, I'm love Bob too. 👌
I love that David knows its BS but also knows its going to be true again and its killing him inside as his instincts are crying "ITS FALSE ITS FALSE"😂😂
I love the warm, comraderie and fun this show brings me. Thank you for sharing this. 👍🇬🇧👵
I live near where Bob grew up and he's honestly a living local legend.
US comedy based on UK shows - Sandford and Son (Steptoe and Son), Three's Company (Man About the House), All In The Family (Til Death Us Do Part), Veep (The Thick Of It), Whose Line Is It Anyway (same title), Queer As Folk (same title) and of course The Office and Shameless.
Hey King Boomer….a very god evening from the aisle of man….Bob Mortimer in “Gone Fishing” with Paul Whitehouse would be something you might want to have a look at….👍👌🇮🇲😉. Ps I hadn’t a bloody clue, certainly wasn’t going towards it being “True” but that’s the magic of Bob ….he’s genius at making you doubt him…..🤣
Totally agree. Funny, nostalgic, gentle, bro-love dare I say it. It just works and the scenery as well.
'Gone Fishing' is most excellent. I generally run a mile from anything that even hints at 'touchy-feely' but I have watched every episode multiple times. It's got that 'down the pub with your mates' feeling. I think I need some of that in my life again.
Bought the book of the series recently and absolutely loved it.
OMG There WAS a US Version of Would I Lie To You? - it aired between April and July 2022. Not successfully I'm afraid.
Shameless, The Office, Whose Line Is It Anyway and House Of Cards were good recent transfers from the UK to the US.
Earlier transfers that seemed to have been successful include - Sanford And Son (originally Steptoes and Son), All In The Family (originally Till Death Us Do Part) and Threes Company (originally Man About The House)
Abject failures include The Inbeweeners (cancelled after 1 season), Coupling (cancelled after 4 episodes, The IT Crowd (Pilot cancelled in 2008) and many many more!
I was just about to comment Sanford And Son, HEAVILY edited for US audiences. Also, Fawlty Towers has been attempted by the US on like three separate occasions
We shouldn't try to imitate each others' humour. British humour on TV is the tip of a giant iceberg that is born of millions of pub, workplace, school, and street exchanges that pass from generation to generation. We know it when we trip over it and we know when it is fake. Occasionally we cross paths either side of the Pond (there's some drowning somewhere in that clumsy metaphor); Bob Newhart is a prime example. A generation of British schoolchildren wet themselves listening to the BH vinyls. The passing of a genius.
Bob Mortimer was a Solicitor with Southwark Council !
Where I was born in S E 17( Walworth) the same street as Charlie Chaplin i.e East Street or East Lane..:)
Michael Caine lived 600 yards away and 15 years before me went to the same Boys Club where he started to learn to act when they brought in some local girls as no other boys wanted to be in The Theatre Group.
Bob mortimer doing the tik tok challenge drinking fizzy pop, hilarious
Please consider reacting to the vic and Bob series Catterick. Seriously underrated in my opinion
Kinky John the New York detective is my favourite Vic & Bob character.
@@trendydelquendy sensational character. "He concealed his pistol in a toopaware bax"
The only British panel show the Americans didn't mess up is "Whos Line is it Anyway". And that's because they didn't really change it...
The Bob Mortimer Equation = the more ridiculous it sounds the more true it is.
Unless it features a cat. Or an egg in which case it''s 50/50
Bob mortimer did used to be a solicitor...and as a kid he did cause a fire that burnt down the family home, you can look it up.
One sitcom that survived the transition was your 70s show, "All in the family". It was an American version of the English show, "Till death do us part". Both shows were very successful.
You should read his autobiography. I was giggling so much reading it on the train that people were looking at me like I was mad.
Last week I was reading a Book from Waterloo in London, out to The South East London Suburbs and the fact that I was reading got me strange looks. lol
I counted all the other 17 "sheep" / "zombies" were on their phones,one way or the other....:)
@@Isleofskye Been their as well. You get a paperback or hardback out of your bag and the looks are amazing, like an alien with two heads has materialised among the numbskulls.
@@nickrobinson8339 I'm 70 now and I find it quite sad as it, definitely, affects some people's social skills.
In the park now, walking my dogs,if someone walks by on the path before I reach the open fields,and they do not say anything,I give them a rather aggressive "GOOD MORNING!" LOL
@@Isleofskye The same here. I will often say Good Morning or Afternoon if passing someone and more often than not you are just ignored. I am 62 now. Perhaps we are a dying generation who were raised when they still taught manners.
@@nickrobinson8339 Yes, Nick. The old S E London Community from my birth in 1954 to 1983 was fine but beginning to change, and not for the better so I bought this house in The S E London/Kent Suburbs,41 years ago,in 1983.
The further I get from London in The South then the more friendly it gets. The Suburbs are friendlier than London and hen I visit East and West Sussex on Monday,it is "old school" British and most people on our walks will say "Hello" or "Good Morning/Afternoon"..
The thing about WILTY is that it lives or dies by the quality of its participants which is why it's been very hard to replicate. The same true of QI.
The thing to remember is that Rob Bryden, David Mitchell and Lee Mack are close friends in real life. David & Lee and wives often hang out together. So you have a natural dynamic to start off with. Add to that a quality comedian and story teller like Bob Mortimer and the rest of the panel hardly get a look in.
The US sitcom "Sandford and Son", is based on the British comedy "Steptoe and Son". Which were highly successful
KorkytheKat UK
A lot of the recent shows that have successfully transferred to the US (Shameless, The Office, Ghosts) have been overseen by their creators, rather than just letting the networks run roughshod over the concept.
Found Out Bob has an Autobiography called "And Away..." Just bought it on eBay. I'm sure it'll be a very interesting read. Can't wait!
Reading Bob's autobiography will show you he's led a very strange and interesting life and the odder the story is, the more likely it is to be true!
hi I'm quite new to the channel so I don't know if you've spoke about it already but have you seen the tv show "The Royle Family"? I've always been interested to how an American would react to it because you can't get more british than that show lol
Re: 10:30 Not all US versions do the crash and burn, and it's not always because of "making it their own".
Two examples: The US version of the IT Crowd. Richard Ayoade came over and played his part, and Joel McHale (who called Ayoade a "genius" and he's not wrong) took the other part. The entire season was, word for word and shot for shot, the exact same setup of the UK version. This failed because the IT Crowd (UK) is so specifically British that it didn't fit--at all--into the USA's setting.
2 successes: The Office, Queer As Folk....
Then you have Ghosts. I don't know if you and Queen Boomer have seen this, but if not, please, please do. You'd love it, I think. Now, this was also made into a US version that started out with the same premise as the UK version (and was produced by the Them There team, aka The Six Idiots) and had Mat guest star in an episode or two but was artfully adapted for the different audiences. So, for example, the older 80s Tory politician with no pants (because he died when he had a heart attack cheating on his wife) in the UK version became a younger frat-boy type with no pants in the US version; The Captain, a WW2 bloke in the UK version (wonderfully played by Ben Willbond) became a Civil War era northern soldier in the US version; the neolithic cave man in the UK version became a First Nations person in the US version. They have used _similar_ storylines but in all cases except one (the Scout Master with the arrow through his neck) not the exact same ones. This has worked beautifully, especially since the UK version had 5 seasons of 6 episodes and 3 Christmas specials and the US version has had (so far) 2 seasons of 22 episodes. They're both wonderful in their own way, and both specific to the setting, changed up just enough for the humour bones of the different audience. Exactly how The Office and Queer As Folk did, and both versions were successes in their own right.
Please do look at the UK's Ghosts. You'll recognise some of the supporting actors, too, trust me (and yes, tis a comedy, done by the same mob as did Yonderland and Bill and harking back to some Pythonesque and Goodiesish humour, which makes sense, since the 6 Idiots all hale from Gen X and we grew up on that stuff).
There is one British show that really worked in the US and ran for a while was "Whose Line was it Anyway" - it worked because they did not change anything apart from the presenter. The British show had also invited US and Canadian comics onto the show and the US version worked because they used these comics - comedians who had appeared on the British show and understood its aim and how it worked. Actually the US version is as funny as the original
There's a few more newer ones of Bob now, Boomy . . . the only 1 that I can remember now though was the Toaster one, so definitely more out there for you to see now . . . As for comedy switchovers from the UK to the US - we just do them differently to you. (They even tried to do WILTY over there, too!) - Again though, as is usually found, the wit, sarcastic side, dry humour, and the self-depreciation, is rarely there in US shows - and when that's missing it's hard for it to be of the same quality and content . . . US shows can have a team of perhaps up to 20 (or even more) writing for shows . . . Over here, it could be just 1 person, or maybe 3 at most who do it . . . the more you spread such work out between so many, so the consistency can fall . . . Stephen Fry did a good summation on the difference between US and UK comedy - have a look for it . . . we'll watch you react to it . . .
USA did a good job of the UK show 'Ghosts'.But the uk cast wrote Ghosts,and were producers on the American version.
Mortimer and Whitehouse gone fishing.. Have look Boomer😊
All in the Family, Three’s Company, Sanford and Son - all British inspired shows
Whose line is it anyway started off in Britain and I think the US version was more popular. I haven't watched the British version, but the US version is just about the funniest stuff I've seen from the US. And it works so well only because they absolutely nailed the casting; everybody from hosts, to the regulars and guests were pretty much perfect for the show.
Now I've got to go binge watch some whose line.... again
i would listen to Bobs stories everyday all day
You should watch Shooting stars with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer.
Long and thin, slips right in😂😂
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All In The Family and Three’s Company were imports that were extremely successful. So, we used to be able to do it.
Not all American remakes of our shows are bad, Boomer. Whose Line Is It Anyway? started as a British show, then America did a version and that did gangbusters. 👌
The majority are, though, few examples, Red Dwarf, Top Gear, IT Crowd, and most importantly, Inbetweeners. But yes, whose line was great, Colin and Ryan are hilarious.
I went to school just up the road from the South London Press offices in Streatham Hill.
broccoli highkicks😂😂😂
You should watch Mortimer and whitehouse go fishing
With Bob it’s always true
The American version of Whose line is it anyway was quite successful. I would argue just as successful as the British version. It did have two of the same comedians though, Colin and Ryan.
I'm sure they did an American life on mars d.c.i gene hunt, d. i tyler
Some American remakes were very successful. Sanford and Son (Steptoe and Son), and All in the Family (Till Death Do Us Part) are the two that spring to mind.
Even more so,The Office USA although I still prefer the original:)
The show with Archie Bunker in it seemed to work. That was a version of a BBC original.
True
X factor, Britain’s Got Talent, master chef, dancing with the stars, who wants to be a millionaire? and loads more British shows have had successful American remakes.
The Boomer King Reacts To The Cockroach King, cool!
I'm starting to count how many times you palm-slap your chair arms! :D
Cheers King, fantastic as always, and please try to track down "And Away!" his book, it's so good!
Did you notice Pauline McLynn (Mrs Doyle's) from Father Ted
Are you sure? I can only see Debbie McGee and Lucy Porter… I could be wrong!
@@AceAnnie1-7 My apologies, you're right it is Lucy Porter
Ardal O'Hanlon is to David's left. Can't mistake him.
You should watld watch Bob on a TV program called Shooting Stars with Vic Reeves he is so funny on this
Sanford & Son - taken directly from the Britain's Steptoe & Son.
All in The Family (Archie Bunker) - taken directly from Britain's Til Death Us Do Part.
This is one of my favourites from WILTY 😂
Therw was a WILTY USA version. It ran for one season. All episodes are on this site.
They were so desperate to appear "diverse" and have everyone represented on the panel that they forgot it was a comedy.
Hey king boomer! I’m from Ireland and I’d love to see you react to Mrs Browns Boys! I’m sure you’ve heard of it and it’s got the mix of The Inbetweeners and Father Ted! Keep up the good work 😊😊
I can think of some successful American adaptations but they are from the 60s and 70s. Sanford and son from Steptoe and son, Threes Company from Man about the House and All in the Family from Til Death us do Part.
great stuff as always
The 2 problems you have in America is basically unless there is a cast iron profit in a program it gets canned and secondly many times you think you can improve the idea and just end up changing it so much that the original idea is no longer evident. Thus, when pilot episodes are made to showcase the idea to networks they just don't work so the public never sees them. This does not seem to happen so much in the UK where new ideas are more likely to be screened and thus a true and honest reaction to the program results allowing any ideas or criticisms to be incorporated in improving the program for the next season. This is the reason why many shows run for many seasons here is the UK.
Bob Mortimer is one of the great natural comic talents. He’s a British Steve Martin, but does law and fishing rather than the banjo.
I've not liked the American versions of The Goes Wrong Show from the few clips I've accidentally seen, hoping it was the British version. Wish someone would do their spoof American play "90 degrees", which is supposed to refer to the Tennesee heat, but there's supposedly been a mix up building the set with two of the rooms at 90 degrees to the main part of the set, so they have to sit at tables which are actually fixed to the walls instead of the floor, and walk along walls etc. I think it's hilarious as are most of their plays where everything goes wrong.
Mt muppet king, when I was about 25 20 years ago, I found myse3lf in a posh restaurant in Surrey on the next table to Bob, not wanting to be a duck I looked at my VF and he was like YES I KNOW and I just gagged on my wine and sport it in my BF;s face... Bob just went waiter I think this lad needs another drink add winked at me... I said thanks and went outside to have a biggie and die !! lol
Part of the problem is taking British shows out of the British context when copied for American audiences. They don't resonate the same way when that happens.
I know Bob *was" a Lawyer at one stage, so... it's either a VERY good lie, or (my vote) Truth.
Who’s Line Is It Anyway
US adapted successfully
The UK version was bad the US version is awful
@@adamaalto-mccarthy6984 US version is funny. Mostly due to Colin and Ryan.
More Bob!
Bob was a solicitor.
King Boomer!!! Please try and watch the UK TV series "House of Fools" starring Bob Mortimer!! It is exactly the TV series that is PERFECT for you!
i was waiting for the US version of Father Ted, called Father Todd🤣🤣 WILTY is a great concept, and the US should try and put a version if it together, it's always worth a try.
They have and it's awful 😂😂😂😂
@@williamburnham3659 Didn't know 🤣🤣
Bob was a in law before he was a comedian.
The US versions of The Office and Shameless worked.
Two more successful US adaptions of UK formats. Millionaire and Who's Line...
I think WILTY works so well because we are a small Country with a smaller entertainment industry and most people on the show either know of or are familiar with heir fellow guests .No one takes it seriously and it's fun . The US. Version was a good attempt , but just wasn't as funny ..David , Lee and Rob have a lot of experience in making it fun for everyone . David's reactions to Bob's tales make them even better - he's a always on Lee's team .
KB. The US did do a series of WILTY after ours.....bits are on YT....its really bad
I knew he used to be a solicitor before doing comedy so I was pretty much with you all the way
A socilitor in England is a layer
I believe the difference is solicitors can also be barristers but lawyers can’t, tho I read it on the internet so definitely could be utter horseshit 😂
@@eirebhoy132solicitor advocates can advocate in crown court but don’t wear a wig . If you’re ‘just’ a solicitor you can’t but you can on magistrates court
@@eirebhoy132 Solicitors and barristers are different, requiring different qualifications.
Bob always looks as guilty as hell when he's telling those stories.
Barbara Lighthouse, Broccoli Highkicks and Ronny Omelettes certainly didnt help :)
For some reason Ronny Omelettes was the one that almost had me spitting my tea out and collapsing. The guy is simply a genius.
We have masonry bees and they live and burrow into the mortar in our exterior walls so I guess the cockroach(Egyptian dunno) thing could be true.
Whose Line is it Anyway. They mostly used the same comedians as were on the UK show.
And Drew Carey was careful to always say the points don’t matter. Just to drive the point home that it’s not a competition.
The American version of Ghosts is not terrible and seems to be somewhat successful.
There was a short lived U.S. version of WILTY, it wasn't pretty!
It would be quite funny to watch you react to like the us peep show or it crowd pilots to watch you see how bad they are
US version of "The traitors" worked
You should watch Claudia Winkleman on 'Would I lie to You', she is almost as good as Bob Mortimer.
It could only be TRUE 🙂
Bob phoning in radio station to talk to iain lee , pretending to be keith is funny and worth looking up on here.. didnt admit it was himself for quite a while
The Golden Girls was very good, Dorothy and Sophia made that show work...
The US did actually make a failed “would I lie to you” it was truly awful.
Except Skins, that was great in Britain and the US version was every bit as good.
Sanford & son was a good remake of Steptoe & son
Bob has the exact opposite of a poker face. He's TOO readable so it's impossible to tell if he's telling the truth or not.
you damn slacker!! react to Catterick.
On the subject of British shows that the Americans butchered, there is actually an example of the opposite, an American show that the British messed up - Jeopardy! There was recently an attempt to do a UK Jeopardy! hosted by Stephen Fry and all the U.S. Jeopardy! watchers hated it and it was pretty much panned - I think I was the only person that actually enjoyed it. It was an hour long and had an extra board and so it wasn't as punchy as the U.S. version, and for people who don't know about the format the whole "give your answer in the form of a question" seems contrived, I guess. I dunno, I liked it, but apparently this wasn't the first time they've tried to do U.K. Jeopardy! and messed it up, but I know it's the most beloved U.S. quiz show, the "thinking man's TV quiz", if you will.
Bob Mortimer wrote in his book about his experience as a solicitor in South London in the 70s-80s, he actually studied law at the same university my parents went to. The book is well worth a read if you're a fan of Mortimer, although it is quite bittersweet because it includes details of his triple bypass heart surgery, as well as some of the sadder stories from his childhood.
the office made it.
Americans did try to remake dads army but that failed massively, it was quite literally a copy and paste just with an American accent
The American Inbetweeners was terrible but still love much of your US humour such as Cheers, Big Bang Theory, King Of The Hill and Hill Street Blues. The last maybe not comedy but an amazing show of its time with great characters.