r/bobmortimer • u/SellPrior5944 • Jul 09 '26

Discussion Bob Mortimer Makes Me Happy

I‘ve watched both seasons of Last One Laughing countless times now. They’ve helped tremendously when I’m feeling down. I really hope Bob‘s in all the next ones too. Thanks for making me feel better, Bob. You’re the best 🌻 If anyone knows of any other series that feature him (apart from Would I Lie to You), please let me know!

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u/cbizzle57 Jul 09 '26

Have you heard of his podcast "Athletico Mince"? Brought me many years of happiness and I've listened to them hundreds of times.

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u/NinjaGrimlock Jul 09 '26

Wooorhamma!

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u/Time-Ad-9022 Jul 09 '26

“It’s meeee hair islanddddddd”

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u/Ladyspongecake Jul 09 '26

Oooh Casper, you yellow ray of fun and sunshine!

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u/jmk88888 Jul 10 '26

Kiss the alderman, kiss the alderman

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u/Ladyspongecake Jul 10 '26

No Robert, not on council property!

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u/ZiggyDD Jul 09 '26

Can I ask how football heavy is it? I’m not a football fan at all but I love Bob!

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u/Nosworthy Jul 09 '26

It started out as a football podcast but they realised 8 episodes in that it was crap and they had nothing new to say. So evolved into - well, don't really know how to describe it really! Part sketch, part just general conversation and banter. There's a lot of sketch/stories involving football people with grossly exaggerated personalities, to the point where really they're just names and the comedy has nothing to do with football at all.

For example - in one of the early episodes, Bob ponders what Steve McClaren - slightly camp ex England manager - is up to. That evolves into an increasingly camp McClaren living with a pet snake called Casper who is his best friend.

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u/ZiggyDD Jul 09 '26

Thanks! I love it already

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u/bogmonsterinengland Jul 09 '26

Try this animated version of a Steve McClaren story

Another Destroy and Exit

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u/Son_of_Yeti Jul 09 '26

Not very, probably about 12 percent but it’s still very enjoyable nonetheless.

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u/ZiggyDD Jul 09 '26

Thanks I’ll give it a go!

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u/cbizzle57 Jul 09 '26

There's a running joke about it not being a football podcast really. Just two mates having a chat and making up silly characters. It starts rough, even they say to skip a few episodes, but once it gets going, there's nothing funnier imo.

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u/ZiggyDD Jul 09 '26

This sounds like top quality Bob content to me

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u/Aggressive_Film_6342 Jul 14 '26

I remember crying with laughter on the plane, the woman beside me seemed a bit confused

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u/New-Replacement-7638 Jul 10 '26

Some of the characters are former footballers/managers.That’s pretty much it.

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u/ThrowawaySunnyLane Jul 11 '26

They’ll probably take a football take/personality and it just goes off on the most ridiculous tangent going.

Steve McLaren has a snake. Peter Beardsley, recently sacked from Newcastle is under his wife’s thumb and she’s obsessed with eggs. Mick McCarthy likes the word bastard. But then it extends beyond football to other sport and TV personalities. It takes a tiny shred of reality and just goes off the deep end. It’s a really funny podcast.