Bob Mortimer's Tale of "Theft & Shrubbery" | Would I Lie To You?
Added 2025-02-27 15:00:17 +0000 UTCComments
Everything after the heart scare sentence
CONALL MCLAUGHLIN
2025-03-02 18:08:52 +0000 UTCHey Mike and Jess! I know this is a long shot, but there is a huge spoiler in the comments below that might ruin your reaction to one of Bob Mortimer's best WILTYs. Could you avoid reading any further for now, please? I have asked Thomas a number of times, as have a couple of others, if he'd be kind enough to delete it, but he hasn't responded. I'm sure it is an oversight on his part, knowing what a decent chap he is.
Eddy
2025-03-01 20:09:31 +0000 UTCThey did do a few out of order before I sent the full list and I can’t remember exactly which ones, but it’s the 4th ‘bit’ after this one - so I think we have 2 or 3 in-between before that
Kieran B
2025-03-01 13:06:01 +0000 UTCCan you remove your spoiler please too Mark if you don’t mind 😂
Kieran B
2025-03-01 13:03:01 +0000 UTCPlease can you remove your spoiler after “legal career” Thomas, that would be hugely appreciated so we can get their genuine reaction when they get to that episode
Kieran B
2025-03-01 13:02:21 +0000 UTCThey haven't yet, but hopefully the dentist is higher on their agenda, because it should be seen soon to avoid spoilers.
Eddy
2025-02-28 19:53:25 +0000 UTCI think this is his best . Have you done egg in a bath ?
mark barratt
2025-02-28 19:15:59 +0000 UTCAh if only it were last year Phil, if only lol
Rob G
2025-02-28 17:20:49 +0000 UTCHow far off dentristy are we then??
Mark McKeown
2025-02-28 16:38:23 +0000 UTCThat's great news. Now all we need is to get Thomas to remove his spoiler comment further down!
Eddy
2025-02-28 16:37:42 +0000 UTCI meant it should be because they're now working from a list of appearances in order that I gave them and that's the next on my list, rather than I'm hoping that's next (although I am)
Kieran B
2025-02-28 16:35:51 +0000 UTCI sent them the full list of appearances and links in order a while back to avoid this completely
Kieran B
2025-02-28 16:34:21 +0000 UTCI originally wrote that, Mark, but thought it better to remain ambiguous, in case Mike reads our remarks. Only Thomas or Mike can remove the reference, unfortunately.
Eddy
2025-02-28 16:34:02 +0000 UTCGone Fishing is a vibe.
Terrahawk
2025-02-28 16:06:51 +0000 UTCI would imagine the cockroach king comment is what Eddy is referring to
Mark McKeown
2025-02-28 15:10:21 +0000 UTCWe called it "knocky nine doors" where I grew up in the North East of England.
Dan G, Leicester
2025-02-28 15:10:17 +0000 UTCYup, couldn't agree more.
Eddy
2025-02-28 13:00:10 +0000 UTCYou guys should react to Peep Show starring David Mitchell at some point! Best British sitcom ever in my opinion
Ash C
2025-02-28 10:00:06 +0000 UTCLet's hope so, although doing the dentistry one next would avoid any risk?
Eddy
2025-02-28 02:44:45 +0000 UTCMike and Jess: Please do the dentistry one before a subsequent clip spoils it for you!
Eddy
2025-02-28 01:19:59 +0000 UTCThere’s a spoiler in one of them but I can’t remember which. Someone, I’m assuming from this video Jess’ uncle has told them the right order to avoid the spoiler.
Terrahawk
2025-02-28 01:18:37 +0000 UTCAm I right in remembering there is a spoiler in at least one episode for the dentistry story?
Eddy
2025-02-28 01:16:29 +0000 UTCI have feeling they need to react to the dentist episode before subsequent episodes spoil that, don't they?
Eddy
2025-02-28 01:13:25 +0000 UTCI could tell you, Thomas, but that would be a spoiler in itself! It would be best if you removed your entire comment before Mike sees it.
Eddy
2025-02-28 01:11:18 +0000 UTCThe egg in the bath interaction has David Mitchell going crazy
Nathan Daly
2025-02-28 00:46:40 +0000 UTCFrom Bedfordshire the 80s and I have no idea where the ginger comes from 🤣🤣🤣 if you goggle it all them names come up as iv just looked lol
Dango247
2025-02-27 21:08:38 +0000 UTCGarden hopping during the 80s in Macclesfield
Matt
2025-02-27 20:57:43 +0000 UTCOnly a lunatic has their curtains open when it’s dark. It happens all the time in movies/tv and has me shouting at the screen 😂
Julian T
2025-02-27 20:40:20 +0000 UTCKnock-A-Door-Run for me too. East Lancashire in the 80s. @Dango247 - where does the "ginger" part come from in your version, where in the UK was that?
Phil Robinson
2025-02-27 20:34:04 +0000 UTCThanks Thomas, that's where my free Audible credit is going on next!
Phil Robinson
2025-02-27 20:31:09 +0000 UTCYou’ll have to tell me what specific spoilers I have given.
Thomas
2025-02-27 19:38:19 +0000 UTCWhy would you give spoilers..? They are definitely going to react to more Bob
CONALL MCLAUGHLIN
2025-02-27 19:28:36 +0000 UTCDisclaimer, don’t try this in U.S 🤣🤣🤣👍 people in the UK weren’t likely to pull a gun on you for this- may get a clip round the ear or a knock on your parents door but no real fear of being shot at for trespassing! I’m sure it’s not like that everywhere in the states but wouldn’t take the risk 🫣
Ianoo23
2025-02-27 18:29:19 +0000 UTCJust noticed the guests in this one - and put two and two together... Yes, I agree that one should be next! Biting my lip to prevent spoilers for them!
Phil Robinson
2025-02-27 18:16:24 +0000 UTCSo many - the dentistry one is great, but my personal favourite is the "Egg in the Bath" story. Bob managed to break David in that one.
Phil Robinson
2025-02-27 18:13:52 +0000 UTCHa! That's a really good one! Presumably this was last year? (just kidding!)
Phil Robinson
2025-02-27 18:10:47 +0000 UTCYes, they definitely knew! The results are glorious
Phil Robinson
2025-02-27 18:09:17 +0000 UTCKnock a door run where I'm from
david mitchell
2025-02-27 17:54:08 +0000 UTCIt's a brilliant book
david mitchell
2025-02-27 17:53:18 +0000 UTCnooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
John Davis
2025-02-27 17:08:46 +0000 UTCI love their show together Gone Fishing☺️💕 x
Caroline
2025-02-27 17:04:55 +0000 UTCBob’s autobiography ‘And Away’ is a scream. I would recommend the audiobook version as he narrates it. Talks about his heart scare, all is WILTY tales, giving up his legal career (he’d been crowned “The Cockroach King” by a South London newspaper for tackling a rogue landlord in court) to form his comedy partnership with Vic Reeves, being in a punk band called Dog Dirt, and much, more more.
Thomas
2025-02-27 17:01:13 +0000 UTCFunnily enough that you say David should be a detective as he did a series last year where he played a detective, sort of, called Ludwig. It was really good!
Kieran B
2025-02-27 16:51:28 +0000 UTCDing dong ditch was called Knock down ginger from my part of UK 🇬🇧
Dango247
2025-02-27 16:51:25 +0000 UTCThat one should be next
Kieran B
2025-02-27 16:46:31 +0000 UTC"Sniper's Dream" - they way he just casually dropped that in there made it all the more hilarious. A classic - and you've got more classics from our Bob to come! Jess - I'm assuming "Ding Dong Ditch" is where you'd ring someone's doorbell then run away - here in the UK, at least in the north back in the 80s, we called it "Knock-A-Door-Run". Always love your related stories after the video reaction.
Phil Robinson
2025-02-27 16:30:31 +0000 UTCEvery time Bob's been on the show he's always been on Lee's team, presumably because the producers realised early on just how funny the sparring was between him and David.
Dan G, Leicester
2025-02-27 16:25:34 +0000 UTCI would love to take a trip into Bobs mind. Excellent reaction once again!
Liam Christie
2025-02-27 16:23:55 +0000 UTC“Like dusty fingerprints on an abandoned handrail.” This is my favourite one. The dentistry is a very close second.
Terrahawk
2025-02-27 16:13:54 +0000 UTCClearly a much better class of teenage prankster in Bob’s day. I mean… ‘we do beg your pardon’. Today, I fear it would be more like a bang on the window and a cry of ‘TV wankers’ before they leg it. Aah, the good old days.
Thomas
2025-02-27 16:00:24 +0000 UTCLove this one. There's another from this episode you'll get to at some point too. Still waiting for my fav one though =]
Mark McKeown
2025-02-27 15:33:46 +0000 UTCA couple of times when younger a friend and I would pull a prank at night. We would be at the side of the road and I would be laying face down and my friend had a huge stick. When a car started to come by he would start beating the ground making it look like I was having my head smashed in. Cars would come to a sudden stop and the we just ran off lol To us this was the most hilarious thing in the world. 🤭
Rob G
2025-02-27 15:32:05 +0000 UTCApril 6th I think, whenever Idiot Abroad ends
Mark McKeown
2025-02-27 15:21:55 +0000 UTCAs someone who is from Middlesbrough and grew up just round the corner from bobs childhood house I got a massive kick out of seeing this for the first time. Just imagining bob and his mates in my grandparents back garden doing this 😂😂
Andy O'Sullivan
2025-02-27 15:19:57 +0000 UTCWhen are you gonna start season 2 inbetweeners?
Mr Snrub
2025-02-27 15:06:48 +0000 UTC
