Vic & Bob Provide Some Comic Relief In 1991

There’s something marvellous about seeing Vic & Bob corpsing, probably because we so rarely see it.

I have a game I like to play, and it involves spotting when Bob calls his partner Jim by mistake. He does it more often that you’d think, and here he does it around the 3 minute mark.

That 1991 Comic Relief was a good one, if I recall correctly, you know, when they had comedy on the night and everything.

Here’s Bob talking to Vic for Chain Reaction, and it’s a great masterclass in improv throughout.

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