Bob Mortimer

We miss 'House of Fools' a lot. We always enjoyed doing that; it felt a bit like a different and fresh show for British TV, so we always feel attached to those sort of things. ”

I spend a lot of money on the little things that make me happy, like 3 falafels from M&S to eat on the train on the way up to Edinburgh, but I do keep a close eye on the bigger picture. I don't flash the cash ridiculously on expensive things. ”

Laughter is the only currency I've really ever known. Ever since I was a boy. ”

I was just a toddler when my dad died in a car crash. With my mum, Eunice, being a young widow with a large family, she really struggled money-wise. ”

They asked me to go on 'Hell's Kitchen' but I'm banned from reality TV by my wife. She's not up for that kind of tomfoolery. ”

I was the youngest of four boys, raised in North Yorkshire. ”

I am increasingly of the mind that all fat is good. ”

My doctor told me that I would have had a heart attack on stage. ”

When we first did 'Big Night Out,' there was no chance of someone doing a little show in a pub then being on telly. There was a little Oxbridge route in and an old-fashioned variety route. ”

I think 'the Mighty Boosh' are quite good. ”