Does Bob Mortimer Follow Chris Rea's Egg-Cracking Advice? | Would I Lie To You?

Watch Bob Mortimer make David Mitchell's brain eggsplode in this classic Would I Lie to You? clip.

Bob Mortimer: "Following advice from Chris Rea, I always crack an egg into my bath."

From Would I Lie to You? Series 12 Episode 1.

Would I Lie to You? is the hit BBC panel show where two teams of celebrity guests try to figure out whether their opponent's ridiculously far-fetched statements about themselves are true or, in fact, a lie.

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[SaulG]

After this was aired, Chris Rea sent Bob Mortimer a picture of himself in the bath with an egg in it. It's in Bob's autobiography.

[jennierayner]

Bob's genius is his ability to perfectly toe that line between "too far-fetched to be true" and "so far-fetched it has to be true", like he has genuinely reached the point where it is impossible to tell if he's talking crap, an absolute legend

[justinbrett]

The gold doily detail is one of the most genius moments in WILTY history..

[MikeMJPMUNCH]

I love how on this show Bob became the Moriarty to David's Sherlock Holmes

[anthonywatson]

Watching David descend into madness, with this story from Bob, is brilliant. He just makes you question the whole of reality. Fantastic.

[TequilaTwo]

The imagination of Bob amazes me. They way he told how he tried to get the yolk is just brilliant detail. How does he come up with stuff like that.

[candidkalabasa]

The more Bob Mortimer videos there are, the better the world will be 😂

[strawsonian]

“So, just going back to the original occasion, Chris Rea had already run you a bath?”

This is probably the best single line in the whole of WILTY. Even more so because David didn’t realise how funny it was when he was saying it.

Then the glorious absurdity of it all broke over everyone like a wave.

[mtrps_]

i always have to pause after a few seconds in due to laughing at bob and lee pretending to be in an old folks home 🤣🤣🤣

[madnessbydesign]

I've watched this clip at least 20 times, and it still kills me. Seeing David losing his mind is amazing... :)

[BluntArrows]

"So Chris Rea had already run you a bath...?" is, and will forever remain, a thing that has been said ;D

[shengiskhan]

“Of course it’s a lie, he said Chris Rea put an egg in his bath” - the death of David’s sanity

[BOABModels]

Whenever Chris Rea is on the radio (which is a lot in the lead up to Christmas), I always imagine him running a bath with an egg in it.

[clauditube]

3:32 He knew the story was falling apart so he throw in "The gold doily" to polish it up. The man is a legend.

[jimskea]

If I had to choose just one Truth or Lie as my favourite, it would be this one. Bob Mortimer at his most ridiculous best, with the nice detail of the famous studio on Eel Pie Island.

[alexmar]

This David & Bob relationship cracks me up!

[thedavegtoo]

Bob is a comedic genius. This clip never ceases to amaze me.

[magpiestudent]

Honestly one of the funniest things I have ever seen. Bob Mortimer is a genius.

[leopold]

It was bound to happen, I suppose. One day, one of Bob’s bizarre stories would turn out to be a lie and David would break. It really is a joy to watch!

[Aidan_]

Whoever comes up with these lies has a very strange yet very impressive talent