Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, off-the-wall British comedy legends, in a comedy cheap webcast series ‘Vic and Bob’s Afternoon Delights’ from 2011 have a piss-take go at 50s rock’n’roll fans through their portrayal of Eddy (or is it Eddie?) and Rick who try to keep the spirit of rock’n’roll alive in their home town of Ashford. It’s not one of their best but still mildly amusing if not downright rubbish! It’s interesting to see what they chose to dress up (no drapes) just a more american-type rock’n’roll looks (as fond in Britain in the 1970s). Their American accent heavily indebted to Elvis style mumbling laced with ‘Thank you very much’ is not at all how rock’n’roll fans spoke in Britain – if we had, we would have been rightly dubbed “failed Americans” by critics.
One YTcomm, Robert Roberts from Wales comments : “We have batshite crazy Elvis impersonators here in my own home town of Caerphilly. Still, they are harmless, have entertainment value and keep me amused I suppose!” and *krisc2535 adds : “There’s an old fella that walks around Manchester with a ducks arse haircut, playing his harmonica intermittently. Reminds me of him”.
Finally, some 17 years previously, in one of ‘The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer’ series (1993, 1995), they had already aimed at rock’n’roll, but this time as Mulligan & O’Hare (both Dermot), their hilarious spoof of middle-of-the-road singing duo Foster & Allen, famous for their bland songs and beautiful settings (sitting on stone walls, for example). What they get right here is that such middle-aged and middle-class people couldn’t ever master the rock’n’roll genre (a generalisation of course, but useful for the comedic effect).
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