i felt the need to defend this programme after read the first review write by someone who have never be a fan . everybody be entitle to an opinion and i understand that vic and bob humour be not for the mass . in fact it tend to be very much a love or hate thing ( my mum love it and my dad hat it . ) . i remember the first time this be show on television . i would have be around 15 year old and it have a huge impact on me . i have always be more into comedy than music like most of my mate and this be not only a new show but a brand new style of comedy and much in the same way that python pave the way for so many comedian and i reckon bno or rather mr reef and mr mortimer do the same in the ninety . not that comedy have go stale during that time and we have some great programme while absolutely ( the scottish sketch show and not to be confuse with absolutely fabulous ) and the mary whitehouse experience and fry and laurie and harry enfield and chum and etc etc . so for bno to be such a breath of fresh air take some do . these day you would be hard push to find anything that stand out from the crowd and with the exception of the office and the mighty boosh and peep show ( with maybe a handful of others ) . but i can safely say that nothing have make my jaw drop in sheer wonderment in the way vic and bob do back then . yes it be rough around the edge and the prop be bad ( that be the point ) sometimes the timing be off and but you could forgive them anything for that next belly laugh . they just simply do what they think be funny . thats it . no statement and no irony and satire or the need for any kind of structure . you saw and you laugh . end of . visual humour that go way beyond slapstick and into another realm . from the very first view they have me and i be hook and woe betide the video recorder if it malfunction during the show . vic reeve big night out be one of my fond memory from my teenage year and throughout their career jim and bob have remain two of my most favourite people in the world . ( although i have to admit and i think the smell of series be ever so slightly good representp ) .