British Comedy: The Smell of Reeves & Mortimer

Years: 1993-1995
Broadcaster: BBC
Genre: Sketch
Written by: Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer
Stars: Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer
Episodes: 12
Episode Average: 5.667

BEST EPISODES:
Series 2, Episode 1 (1995), Series 2, Episode 3 (1995)

SERIES ONE

(1993)
6 episodes
Series Score: 30
Episode Average: 5.00
Perfect 10's: 0

S1E1

FOOD AND DRINK

Originally broadcast: 21 September 1993
Directed by: John Birkin
Written by: Vic Reeves, John Mortimer

SKETCHES:
Intro: Handbell --- Irritate Our Minds
Good Evening: Script & Acts --- Otis Redding & Marvin Gaye: Apple Pips
Paris 1890 --- Help!: Bear Trap --- Uncle Peter's Band
Food & Drink --- Licky Kicky the Home Security Dog
Slade in Residence: Tizer --- The Human Body
Pat Wright & Dave Arrowsmith: Birthday Card
The Country Code with Jack Dent & Eric Potter --- Interview: Lovejoy
Let's Have a Little Bit More --- Pat Wright: 32B

"Hey, you! Yes, you. Have you just wallpapered that plough?"

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 6

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S1E2

WATER

Originally broadcast: 28 September 1993
Directed by: John Birkin
Written by: Vic Reeves, John Mortimer

SKETCHES:
Intro: Water --- The Big Boys Are in the Butchers
Harpoon Injury --- Shaftesbury Avenue 1909 --- Bob's Dream & Vic's Fringe
Otis Redding & Marvin Gaye: Top Cat Video --- Mulligan & O'Hare: Moods
Antiques Roadshow --- Whelk Location Unit
Cheese Busters & Mini Bites
Le Corbussier et Papin: L'homme, L'homme, L'femme (La fenêtre)
Let's Have a Little Bit More --- 'Machine Gun' Kelly

"My Rose has left me,
I'm in a mood,
She's gone to Kenya,
With the bloke from Allied Carpets."

HOLY GODIVA 2 - ONION JACK 2
TOTAL: 4

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S1E3

BRASS

Originally broadcast: 5 October 1993
Directed by: John Birkin
Written by: Vic Reeves, John Mortimer

SKETCHES:
Intro: Headlines --- We're a Couple of Girls
Album Reviews --- Otis Redding & Marvin Gaye: Lucky Fruit
Barry White: Liver --- Help!: Horse
Pat Wright & Dave Arrowsmith: Travel Tickets
Walk Me Home Cheddar & Home Vibration Cowboy Unit
The Elephant Man --- Slade in Residence: Washing-Up
Lucky Carpet --- Health and Safety at Work with Jack Dent & Eric Potter
Water Fight --- Dave Arrowsmith: Milk --- Interviews: Ian Crust
Let's Have a Little Bit More

"I'm not a puff. I'm a Shorty."

HOLY GODIVA 2 - ONION JACK 2
TOTAL: 4

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S1E4

COOL, COOL AIR

Originally broadcast: 12 October 1993
Directed by: John Birkin
Written by: Vic Reeves, John Mortimer

SKETCHES:
Intro: Ventilation --- Cool Air --- Compendium of Games
One Man's Genius --- TV Guides --- Mulligan & O'Hare: My Rose Has Left Me
Seize the Chair & Pass the Bike --- Channel Hopping
Noel's Addicts --- Le Corbussier et Papin: La Lutte D'Amour
Let's Have a Little Bit More

"Well, both me and the wife are keen musicians, Noel, so I'd love to put me organ in cider."

HOLY GODIVA 2 - ONION JACK 2
TOTAL: 4

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S1E5

MUESLI

Originally broadcast: 19 October 1993
Directed by: John Birkin
Written by: Vic Reeves, John Mortimer

SKETCHES:
Intro: Soft Fruit --- Don't Slip on Loose Muesli --- 10 Seconds
Safety in the Home with Jack Dent & Eric Potter
Side Parting Weekly & Centre Parting Monthly
Greg Mitchell & Corky: Court
Otis Redding & Marvin Gaye: Guy Fawke-ing of the Leg
Slade in Residence: Marigolds
Stewscope & Convex Boundary Fence Tax Evasion System
Pimlico 1909 --- Out of Context Blender
Pat Wright & Dave Arrowsmith: Parking Ticket
Interview: Nelly the Elephant --- Let's Have a Little Bit More

"Hey, you. Yes, you. Is that your under-floor rotating Return of the Jedi badge?"

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 6

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S1E6

FOG

Originally broadcast: 26 October 1993
Directed by: John Birkin
Written by: Vic Reeves, John Mortimer

SKETCHES:
Intro: Fog, Fog, Fog --- Trapped In My Flat --- Foghornsman Job
Le Corbussier et Papin: Jean de Florette 2
Otis Redding & Marvin Gaye: Imminent Redundancy
Slade in Residence: Superglue --- Scarborough 1924
Vegetable Advert Costs --- Barry White: Chop Suey
Vic's Job Interview --- Get Up, Get Up, Get Out of Your Bed
Greg Mitchell: All a Dream

"Hey, everybody, listen to this. 'Available now from Reeves and Mortimer...' It's a company, right. 'Quack Quack, the h0me-brew duck. Delicious home-brewed lager in seven seconds.' That's bloody quick, innit? 'And a sink full of lager-style drink in just seven seconds.' It's unbelievable! How does that work then?"

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 6

SERIES TWO

(1995)
6 episodes
Series Score: 38
Episode Average: 6.33
Perfect 10's: 0

S2E1

CHEESE

Originally broadcast: 5 May 1995
Directed by: John Birkin
Written by: Vic Reeves, John Mortimer

SKETCHES:
Intro: Cheeses --- Cottage Cheese --- Have You Farted?
Le Corbussier et Papin: Le Parfume de Foie Grass --- Voodoo
Councillors Cox & Evans: Helicopter Landing Pad
Dogs in Their Hats --- Dietboard
Otis Redding & Marvin Gaye: A Trip to the Baths
Stars in Your Eyes --- The Way We Were, on Skis
Let's Have a Little Bit More

"My name is Bill Decker and I'm a murderer."

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

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S2E2

HAIRCUTS

Originally broadcast: 12 May 1995
Directed by: John Birkin
Written by: Vic Reeves, John Mortimer

SKETCHES:
Intro: Hairstyles --- Justice & Freedom --- Death Warrant
Le Corbussier et Papin: Jean de Florettes de Cauliflower
Magic Carpet --- Slade on Holiday: Route
Universal Rotating Six Tool Garden Belt --- Webster's Savoury Tights
Sports Comb --- Pat Wright & Dave Arrowsmith: Junk Shop
The South Bank Show: Mulligan & O'Hare --- Bob's Organ
Let's Have a Little Bit More

"Oh, they are little things, tiny things,
Like drawing pins and midges' wings,
And dew drop,
Wasp plops,
A grass leaf,
Ladies handkerchief,
And these little walking sticks."

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 6

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S2E3

TODDLERS

Originally broadcast: 19 May 1995
Directed by: John Birkin
Written by: Vic Reeves, John Mortimer

SKETCHES:
Intro: Baby Boys --- Working/Middle Class --- Common As Muck
Rabbit Hutch Games --- Councillors Cox & Evans: Prototype Fun Bins
Stringfellow's Home Disco Theatre --- Acticloud Pen
Money For t'Blind --- Le Corbussier et Papin: Le Tour de France
The Stotts: This Is Your Life --- The British Countryside with Flute
Let's Have a Little Bit More

"Well, no, actually, it's transparent. You're thinking of milk."

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 7

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S2E4

CLOTHES

Originally broadcast: 26 May 1995
Directed by: John Birkin
Written by: Vic Reeves, John Mortimer

SKETCHES:
Intro: Drying Clothes --- Medley --- Red Quality Street
Le Corbussier et Papin: La Rue Crouton (Crouton St.)
The Old Evo --- Slade on Holiday: Arson
Mulligan & O'Hare: Coffee Break --- Helping Crimewatch
Pat Wright & Dave Arrowsmith: Art Gallery
Otis Redding & Marvin Gaye: Loading Bay --- MasterChef 1995
For All of Us --- Let's Have a Little Bit More

"I'm not saying I didn't love you,
Or that I'm happy that you're dead,
But my doctor did advise you,
To keep a rifle by your bed,
I'm not saying I didn't kill you,
But aren't you partially to blame,
You gave me chocolate digestives,
When you knew I preferred the plain."

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

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S2E5

MUSCLE CHEMICALS

Originally broadcast: 2 June 1995
Directed by: John Birkin
Written by: Vic Reeves, John Mortimer

SKETCHES:
Intro: Poisons --- Footloose --- Two Fellas
Pat Wright & Dave Arrowsmith: Post Office --- Puppet Interruptions
Councillors Cox & Evans: Service Post --- Papas Nappies For Men
Oxton's Bodycrop --- Maracas & Lollipop Sticks
Le Corbussier et Papin: L'Escargo le Nuit (Night Snails)
It's a Kind of Magic --- The Stotts: Chittle Chattle Chit

"Now, Sting, if you got an itchy bottom at night, right, would you rub it on your wife's chin or would you put your bottom out of the window to blow it off in the breeze, or would you pick at it with your fingers?"

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 2
TOTAL: 5

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S2E6

FLIGHT 709

Originally broadcast: 9 June 1995
Directed by: John Birkin
Written by: Vic Reeves, John Mortimer

SKETCHES:
Intro: Wensleydale Cheese --- At Least We've Got Our Guitars
Beard --- Le Corbussier et Papin: Kung Foolerie
Cat Litter Tray --- Slade on Holiday: Honey Bees
Jefferson's Eye Fluid --- Flies
Pat Wright & Dave Arrowsmith: Swiss Toni's --- Country File
Cleo Laine & Johnny Dankworth --- Let's Have a Little Bit More

"This has gotta be one of God's coldest places,
I think we better sleep in our guitar cases,
The roadie's not breathing,
The bass player's bleeding,
But it's on the backing singers,
That we shall be feeding."

HOLY GODIVA 2 - ONION JACK 2
TOTAL: 4

SOME OF

VIC'S

CHARACTERS

1 - - 2

3 - - 4

5 - - 6

7 - - 8

1. Slade in Residence (S1E1)
2. Barry White: Liver (S1E3)
3. Mulligan & O'Hare: My Rose Has Left Me (S1E4
4. Safety in the Home with Jack Dent & Eric Potter (S1E5)
5. Otis Redding & Marvin Gaye: A Trip to the Baths (S2E1)
6. Councillors Cox & Evans: Prototype Fun Bins (S2E3)
7. MasterChef 1995 (S2E4)
8. Le Corbussier et Papin: L'Escargo le Nuit (Night Snails) (S2E5)

SOME OF

BOB'S

CHARACTERS

1 - - 2

3 - - 4

5 - - 6

7 - - 8

1. Le Corbussier et Papin: L'homme, L'homme, L'femme (La fenêtre) (S1E2)
2. Noel's Addicts (S1E4)
3. Slade in Residence (S1E5)
4. Vic's Job Interview (S1E6)
5. Stars in Your Eyes (S2E1)
6. Otis Redding & Marvin Gaye: Loading Bay (S2E4)
7. Councillors Cox & Evans: Service Post (S2E5)
8. Country File (S2E6)

CHARLIE
CHUCK

in... Uncle Peter's Band (S1E1)
12 episodes
(1993-1995)

PATRICK
ALLEN

in... Intro: Soft Fruit (S1E5)
12 episodes
(1993-1995)

CHARLIE
HIGSON

in... Slade in Residence: Washing-Up (S1E3)
10 episodes
(1993-1996)

PAUL
WHITEHOUSE

in... Slade on Holiday: Arson (S2E4)
8 episodes
(1993-1995)

MARK
WILLIAMS

in... Slade in Residence: Superglue (S1E6)
7 episodes
(1993-1995)

RUPERT
BATES

in... Shaftesbury Avenue 1909 (S1E2)
5 episodes
(1993)

MIKE
WATTAM

in... Bob's Organ (S2E2)
5 episodes
(1995)