All comedians have a war story of their worst ever gig, where their jokes fell flat, absolutely no one laughed and the biggest cheer came when they left the stage. All except Bob Mortimer.
“I’m almost slightly jealous of comics talking about their terrible gigs and so on. Me and Vic [Reeves] had a very unusual journey in that the first shows we did were to friends, and friends of friends through word of mouth who were very happy to be there. And then we went on the telly. And TV audiences are easy.”
Or perhaps, Bob Mortimer is just that funny. The Middlesbrough native was already a legend in the comedy community for his double act with Vic Reeves (aka Jim Moir), before bagging a new generation of fans for his scene-stealing stints on the panel show Would I Lie to You? and his thoughtful, mischievous contributions to Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing.
“It’s frightening,” he says now. “One, knowing that they’re not going to laugh, and two, because it’s your peers. It’s not any audience, it’s Romesh and David [Ranganathan and Mitchell respectively, who join this year’s line-up].”
He knew some of the younger comedians less well, but says: “That’s one of the joys of doing the show. As silly as it sounds, you can get quite close to people in those intense six hours. At my age, you like seeing young people doing good, and they were really funny. It was a joy.”
“Now, I think people are taking references from things that make you go, ‘Oh, that’s clever’. There are more layers to it. We were just basic 101 comics. But I’m sure it will come back, slapstick and stupidity.”
Before I leave, I pose a few quickfire questions. Does he remember the most he has ever laughed? “There’s a number of times where I’ve wet myself laughing, and you kind of remember them,” Mortimer chuckles. “The last time was with Matt Berry and Jim Moir – Vic – at the Comedy Awards. Actually, I wouldn’t really like to say what we were laughing about…”
Well, if not that joke, any other favourites? “I’ve always liked the joke: ‘True or false: Kerry Katona doesn’t actually own a cat’,” Mortimer says, smiling – then glances down at his heap of sweeteners. “And did you know that Alan Sugar is actually 30 per cent Canderel?”
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