Vic Reeves’ vile farts stopped filming on ‘Big Night Out’.
Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer
The 63-year-old star'c comedy partner Bob Mortimer gassed out the studio by letting rip with trouser trumps which had the odour of a "rotting corpse" as the duo - known as Reeves and Mortimer - filmed their Channel 4 series.
The smell was so bad for Bob that it caused a halt to filming.
Writing in his autobiography 'And Away...', he revealed: "Vic was performing at his desk with Morrissey the Consumer Monkey puppet (from 'Big Night Out'), and as I knelt there listening to Vic speak, I began to notice that he was punctuating his words with little tommy squeakers from his a**e.
“Unfortunately, my nose was only about six inches from the source of the squeaks and I had no escape.
“Each individual squeak evoked a different aspect of a rotting corpse.”
Not only did Bob have to deal with his co-stars flatulence problems, he also had to deal with injuries caused by Vic - real name Jim Moir - when stunts went wrong.
He said: “On one occasion Jim had to attack me by ripping off the top of his desk and striking me with it.
“In preparation, one side of it was actually balsa wood, which the impact would be minimal.
“Jim unfortunately picked up the wrong side and smacked me over the head with a large piece of solid wood.
“I had a lump in my head the size of an angry plum for days.”
Mortimer has also revealed that he is going on tour with his friend and 'Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing' co-star Paul Whitehouse later in the year.
The show, ‘An Evening with Mortimer and Whitehouse', will discuss everything from their passion for fishing to, life, death and falling over as middle aged men.
A preview for the tour says: "Bob and Paul invite you to join them for a chat about fishing, life, death and falling over,
"Will Bob ever stop winding? Will Paul ever stop whining?
"This is your chance to find out. You never know, you might just get an answer."
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