Vic reeves biography

British comedy duo (founded mid s)

Reeves and Mortimer, colloquially known as Vic and Bob, are a British double act consisting of Vic Reeves (born 24 January ; real name Jim Moir) and Bob Mortimer (born 23 May ).

Vic reeves biography

They have written and starred in several comedy programmes on British television since , with Reeves having made his first TV appearance in They have often been referred to as a modern-day Morecambe and Wise.

Reeves and Mortimer's comedy combines absurd, visually and verbally inventive material with traditional comedy double-act staples such as violent, cartoonish slapstick (the duo frequently engage in escalating fights with large frying pans, baseball bats, hammers, etc.), often improvised silly banter (usually at a large, prop-strewn desk) and purposefully corny, rapid-fire jokes.

Both at times play the straight man: often Mortimer will play the exasperated foil to Reeves' eccentric buffoon, or Reeves will play blankly bemused or annoyed to a manic