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* [[Absurdity Ascendant]] - Always the case with Vic and Bob.
** Particularly noticeable in the parodies of TV shows, which insert completely random aspects as often as they actually play on real characteristics of the people and shows involved. For example, Melvyn Bragg of ''The South Bank Show'' is obsessed with his bicycle, Hugh Scully of ''The Antiques Roadshow'' is [[Everything's Better
* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: In an episode that started with a number from 'Footloose', Vic burst out in disbelieving laughter every time Bob tried to explain the idea of homosexuality to him. Especially arbitrary considering that in another episode Vic accidentally doses Bob with a love potion and ends up uncontrollably attracted to him.
* [[British Accents]] - Characters are often given incongruous Geordie accents for comedy value. Everyone in the Slade segments has a Birmingham accent.
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{{quote| '''Bob:''' How does it work?<br />
'''Vic:''' I don't know - ''but it does!'' }}
* [[It Runs
* [[Le Film Artistique]]: Le Corbussier et Papin.
* [[Mockumentary]]: ''The Club'', covering hapless attempts by the owners of the "fourth best club in Hull" to keep it going. Nearly all the characters were played by Reeves or Mortimer, and despite the comedy one perceives an oddly serious sorrow on their part for the death of the traditional variety club that it symbolises and from which they originated (see ''[[Vic Reeves Big Night Out]]''). Quite similar to ''That Peter Kay Thing'' and ''Phoenix Nights'' in a way, but predates them by a year.
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