ianlouisiana Review of House of Fools

House of Fools (2014–2015)

Mr Reeves and Mr Mortimer.Verbal felicitations for your delight.

[15 January 2014]

With roots going back to Music Hall,"House of Fools" is the perfect union of blissfully funny writing and brilliantly timed physical comedy. As a sitcom it makes absolutely no sense as you would expect from the anarchic talents involved,but the genre is merely convenient hook to hang the gags and pratfalls on. It stops short of pantomime dames - but not by much.Otherwise Vic and Bob throw everything at the audience,hoping most of it will stick and by golly it does. If you combine "Tom and Jerry",Eric and Ernie,Bugs Bunny and the Marx Brothers and give them a script written by Wolsey and Wheeler you might approach the manic energy on display but you certainly wouldn't exceed it. The last time I saw anything like this was at the Kingston Empire in 1950. I thank Mr Reeves and Mr Mortimer for reminding me that you can actually cry with laughter.