Is Keith Bob Mortimer?

[c]

Not sure if you gorgeous comedy elitists are aware of this already, but there's a mystery caller called Keith that keeps calling the Iain Lee radio chatshow (or whatever it is.) He's trying to get Iain interested in the videos he's taken of his nephew's 'fast running'.

It sounds awfully like Bob Mortimer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neg6AMzMZIM&list=PLg7_eVZ2UgqlYGDsDzJSJ9suxua1nM4lx&index=2\

It would be better if Iain Lee would just LET HIM SPEAK though.

[Ballad of Ballard Berkley]

It's not Bob, no.

[c]

You seem very certain. Is Keith... you?

[Cuellar]

Nah doesn't sound right. Keith is more towards the Geordie end of the spectrum, and if Athletico Mince has taught me one thing, it's that Bob Mortimer can't sustain (or, quite often, even do at all) an accent for very long.

[c]

Well, this is disappointing.

I'm going back to my lurking hole.

[Cuellar]

Oh dear! Thanks for giving me the excuse to listen to this phenomenon finally.

[HappyTree]

Bob quizzically retweeted someone saying it was him. Which tells us nothing about whether he is or not. Sounds very like him to me, like a toned-down bra man - You sayin' I got nowt? Especially the way he talked about "Meadowhorse" in his latest episode. Sounds very like the way Bob elaborates his silly tales.

[Enzo]

Just posted the same thing in the Iain Lee thread. definitely seems like Bob to me.

It seems that Bob Mortimer has been ringing in to Iain's show pretty regularly in the past month as "Keith", talking about his nephew's sprinting prowess even sending on a suspicious looking video that includes proof of said rapidity.

1st call: https://youtu.be/kc6FQluZ0i8

2nd call: https://youtu.be/neg6AMzMZIM

3rd call: https://youtu.be/kCH-vMMnwuA

Video of fast running https://youtu.be/JuDTvDF8woc

4th call: https://youtu.be/NGlPr2Hcp7E

5th call: https://youtu.be/ZlFgD4dTsg4

[chocky909]

I'm really good with voices and I think it is Bob.

[Steven]

I'm really good with voices and I think it is Bob.

I'm really good with voices too and it's almost definitely Bob.

[Barry Admin]

That does sound exactly like Bob Mortimer. Unfortunately the other bloke looks and sounds exactly like Iain "Iain" Lee, so I turned the fucking thing off.

[jobotic]

yeah that's him.

[Twit 2]

Sounds like Bob. Reminds me of his stuff on WILTY, quality. 'He's 3rd or 4th best in his year group'.

[JoeyBananaduck]

Iain Lee is a real fucking charmer isn't he?

P.S. I'd bet anyone a hundred quid that's Bob.

[Depressed Beyond Tables]

That does sound exactly like Bob Mortimer. Unfortunately the other bloke looks and sounds exactly like Iain "Iain" Lee, so I turned the fucking thing off.

Haha.

[Paulie Walnuts]

of course it's Bob ffs

[zomgmouse]

I don't know what this is but it sounds like a Sven from Swiss Cottage reboot

[Hangthebuggers]

It's not Bob, no.

You seem very certain.

And yes OP it does sound very similar to Bob.

[Lost Oliver]

"I didn't know he talks like that."
"He talks exactly like that."

[Ballad of Ballard Berkley]

That is Bob, I was wrong.

[c]

I'm not blessed with the sonar that can pick out differences between regional North East accents, but the humour is just to Mortimerian. Stickers of 'fast characters' on his trainers? It surely must be from the same man that brought us this 50 minutes of nonstop joy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vE8ExuuNZQ

[Phil_A]

It sounds like either him or Catterick co-star Mark Benton. But yeah, that is almost certainly Bob isn't it.

[Cuellar]

Yeah it's him.

[Wet Blanket]

Describing the local dobermen as 'doing a lot of dirt' on the playing field suggests to me a very Bob Mortimer turn of phrase.

Iain Lee just comes across as a monumental ballbag throughout. In the interview he did with Adam Buxton he came across as a thoughtful and reasonably self aware guy, but his arrogant presenter persona gets on my tits.

[Avril Lavigne]

It sounds like either him or Catterick co-star Mark Benton.

This made me look up Benton's 'wicker shit' outtakes from Catterick and funnily enough the first thing in the clip on Youtube is Bob's character talking about his son "winning a trophy for running fast."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rth2qXW_a48

[c]

Keith's now got a Twitter: https://twitter.com/SportVideoKeith

[Shit Good Nose]

Iain Lee just comes across as a monumental ballbag throughout. In the interview he did with Adam Buxton he came across as a thoughtful and reasonably self aware guy, but his arrogant presenter persona gets on my tits.

I wonder if he(and his...what is she - co-presenter?  Call handler?)'s in on the joke.  There's quite a few knowing looking smiles from both in that first vid, and some of the things Lee says ("I'm keen to step into your memories") make me think he "gets it".

But yeah - that is DEFINITELY Bob.

[c]

I don't know, Shit Good Nose, if you look at the start of the second vid Iain appears not to be able to remember who Keith is. I read the knowing looks as 'this guy's an hilarious idiot'. I think they realise or suspect it's him fairly sharpish, though.

Also it would seem more Bobbish for him to just decide to call. Not sure he'd bother to check in, in advance. But you might be right, and I might be gullible.

[Artemis]

Not a fan of Iain Lee, but those calls were great. The idea of a man who'd only recently come out of prison kicking Keith's head in for getting Wig Wam & Co. wrong had me guffawing.

[HappyTree]

They're in on it. Iain always pretends he can't remember anything.