House of Fools

[shadow1964]

ajprice said:

Shadow1964, the first post does say "If you like Vic and Bobs humour you are going to enjoy this."

Vic and Bob are marmite, it's just that everybody else did get it/are V&B fans. If Big Night Out, Shooting Stars etc aren't your thing, House Of Fools isn't going to change anything. That's fair enough.

Yes, that is a fair point well made and presented so maybe I should get back in my box. I actually don't mind some of their earlier stuff. Still, stand by the annoying reciting viewpoint of mine though.

[Mcphisto]

Just watched it and found it very funny, first time I have really LOLed at a tv programme in ages. The neighbour with her camera tickled me for some reason Brilliant pilot, cant wait for the next episode. (then again I think Mulligan and O'hare Pancake Day is one of the funniest things I have ever seen )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw2CsBz_cKY

[entropy]

Lordbenny said:

Took a few minutes to get into Vic & Bob 'mode' but once settled in I loved it! A modern day Young Ones?

YES! I was wondering why it felt it reminded me of something!

[central]

The theme tune has been bugging me.

But then - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjoxHJAr_xQ

ETA - used for "Match of the Week"

Edited by central on Thursday 16th January 20:44

[marshall100]

ajprice said:

Vic and Bob are marmite, it's just that everybody else did get it/are V&B fans. If Big Night Out, Shooting Stars etc aren't your thing, House Of Fools isn't going to change anything. That's fair enough.

Homerun.

[maddog993]

It's reassuring & important that the BBC will still commission stuff like this.
Vic & Bob have definitely still got it! (along with what's got to be one of best comedic supporting casts I've seen- Matt Berry is surely going to be huge soon, after this and 'Toast of London')

[hornet]

Loved it, and I think the Young Ones reference nailed it. All it needs now is for Slade to pop round for a Cup-a-Soup

[woodnut67]

I was another lover too, to the extent I watched it again on i-player. It's my testament to how funny I found it. Father Ted aside, I tend not to watch repeats. The parody of the " Heimlich manoeuvre" involving poor Vic's nut sack was side splitting and eye watering in equal measure. Bring on the next episode.

[ajprice]

Squeaky floor

[ajprice]

Beef!
Curtains!

[Otter Smacker]

[Le Pop]

Week 1 = laughed out loud, very good
Week 2 = don't think I laughed once

[LuS1fer]

I watched this last night.
It's typical Vic and Bob so if you don't like them, you won't like this.
I thought it was brilliant - it takes a lot of Yank cliches like starting every scene with an external view of the apartment and a lot is done in front of a live audience, "Fresh Prince" style.

Can't fault it but it does appeal to my quirky nature.

[Chris_H]

Le Pop said:

Week 1 = laughed out loud, very good
Week 2 = don't think I laughed once

This!

[Hub]

It had its moments - squeaky floor, goodbye shapes...

[Otter Smacker]

Hub said:

It had its moments - squeaky floor, goodbye shapes...

Definitely not as funny this time round, but still nothing that won't turn me away from the next episodes, mind.


The Vic serving breakfast, squeaky floor and Bob somehow manages to get himself stuck in the cylinder had me in stitches.

[Mcphisto]

Bob getting in a subtle "flies" was worth the watching alone.

[Otispunkmeyer]

Will have to watch the first one. Watched some of the second and just didn't do anything for me. Think I need to get into their sense of humour. I did watch the caravan sketch from shooting stars not long after though, that, along with "peanuts!" have me creased for ages!

[megaphone]

I've tried, 1 and half episodes. My friends where all laughing about it over the weekend, they where in stitches telling me how funny it was...it's not.

[mnkiboy]

Mcphisto said:

Bob getting in a subtle "flies" was worth the watching alone.

I noticed they keep squeezing a few of their old 'catchphrases' in.
"Bob, how long do you want your egg doing for?"
"About 3 minutes"
"On each side?"
"It doesn't really matter"