House of Fools

What I see when I watch this program is 2 middle aged men with no particular skills or ability who have probably failed at any attempts at any sort of career and have resorted to bottom of the barrel easy-to-write gags with no character based humour at all.

I probably sound like somebody who's 'no fun' for saying this, but when I think back to shows like The Extras, It's always sunny in Philadelphia and South Park I laugh.. When I think back to this show I'm going to think 'How sad..'.

The setup for this show comes in form of 10 second lines for each character which are sung in such a way as to make us think "oooh how random and fun!" - My understanding is that one of them owns a flat, the other one is just there for no reason - and Matt Berry (doing his usual character) turns up every so often.

If you've seen 'the extras' by Gervais and are familiar with 'when the whistle blows' - this exact show is more or less what they are making fun of... However I doubt they would have known back then just how bad a BBC sitcom could get!

Loved it. Think you need to watch it more than once though, as sometimes the surreal humour is a bit hit and miss first time round, and to the above reviewer Per 81 or something, Matt Berry has ALWAYS been funny, you've never watched the IT crowd thats why.

Loved Eric, bob's son, didn't realise he is actually Norwegian. Not sure about the sex mad neighbour, seems very odd, and whats with taking photos of men's crotches....'shudder'.

Vic and Bob back on form again, and so what, its shooting stars in sitcom style. Better than the unfunny Miranda and Mrs Browns boys.

Smells like lynx.

Only reason it gets as high as a 2 is because of the godly Matt Berry, otherwise its just unfunny chaos masquerading under the guise of surrealistic tv. Can't fathom what motivates the actors to assume what they're doing onscreen could somehow be considered even faintly amusing much less comedy.

Vic & Bob try their hand at a conventional studio sitcom for the first time and it's chock full of their particular brand of indulgent strangeness. There's a ghost of a farcical plot which holds each episode together but mostly it's weird tangents, odd riffs, bizarre chatter and surreal asides rather than an actual thing. It's a trifle awkward at times but the surrounding cast are game and the whole thing feels like a Shooting Stars riff spun out decadently into a whole other format. For non-fans it's probably inexplicable and off-putting but for devotees like myself this brief two-year thing is like bottled joy. Not to mention the effort V&B put in to spotlight character comedians they like throughout - with the set walls bedecked with Vic's paintings the whole thing feels (like everything they do ultimately) that it's something just for them that magically we get to see. Glorious.

Five minutes into the pilot episode I wasn't too sure if I would like this new sitcom from Reeves and Mortimer, but it soon had me laughing out loud and by the end I was left wanting more. It's typical Reeves and Mortimer humor and won't be to everyone's taste.

The supporting cast are all very funny characters. Julie, their sex hungry neighbor,played by Morgana Robinson is hilarious; I wouldn't object to living next door to her. I'm curious as to how others will receive this sitcom but If future episodes are as funny as the pilot episode I'm sure I'll end up watching the series more than once. Great stuff!!!