I'm no stranger to late-night YouTube dives, and my recent obsession has been the British panel show "Would I Lie To You?" The premise is simple --- two teams of three comedians/celebrities/whatever try to guess whether one person on the other team is telling an untrue or true story.
David Mitchell and Lee Mack are in every episode captaining the opposing teams, and needless to say, they're hilarious. So in this post trying to form the best possible WILTY all-star episode, Mitchell and Mack are no-brainers. Rob Brydon is the host, naturally. (Original first-season host Angus Deayton is essentially the Pete Best of this show.)
I'll tell you right now, this post is complete since I couldn't decide on the sixth person. It's a close race between Rhod Gilbert, Sarah Millican and Henning Wehn. (Honourable mention to Kevin Bridges, who I think has only been on the show once but perhaps has the single funniest segment in WILTY history. "For the love of God...") So I'm just going to list the big three and you can debate the sixth amongst yourselves. Plus, now I can write some other post about this topic later! Content!
The all-stars....
* Claudia Winkleman, the WILTY GOAT
I use the 'GOAT' designation not necessarily because she's the funniest (though she is extremely funny), but because she clearly seems to be the best at the actual game. Look at this clip package; she's unbeaten! She's that perfect blend of so logically kooky that you can believe any story she might tell, and she is a phenomenal liar. Her "designate people as animals" clip is so matter-of-fact that it's almost scary.
* Greg Davies, the giant of laughter
Almost the best storyteller ever, and my god, that "vegetables" story is the best. I've watched the bit about the teacher losing the passports maybe a dozen times and I'm crying with laughter every time.
* Bob Mortimer, storyteller supreme
As great as Davies is at spinning yarns, nobody touches Mortimer. His friends' names! His completely illogical behaviour in his youth! It's honestly a bit disappointing whenever Bob has to sell a lie, since why make something up when you could just let him talk about his actual life for five minutes?
David Mitchell and Lee Mack are in every episode captaining the opposing teams, and needless to say, they're hilarious. So in this post trying to form the best possible WILTY all-star episode, Mitchell and Mack are no-brainers. Rob Brydon is the host, naturally. (Original first-season host Angus Deayton is essentially the Pete Best of this show.)
I'll tell you right now, this post is complete since I couldn't decide on the sixth person. It's a close race between Rhod Gilbert, Sarah Millican and Henning Wehn. (Honourable mention to Kevin Bridges, who I think has only been on the show once but perhaps has the single funniest segment in WILTY history. "For the love of God...") So I'm just going to list the big three and you can debate the sixth amongst yourselves. Plus, now I can write some other post about this topic later! Content!
The all-stars....
* Claudia Winkleman, the WILTY GOAT
I use the 'GOAT' designation not necessarily because she's the funniest (though she is extremely funny), but because she clearly seems to be the best at the actual game. Look at this clip package; she's unbeaten! She's that perfect blend of so logically kooky that you can believe any story she might tell, and she is a phenomenal liar. Her "designate people as animals" clip is so matter-of-fact that it's almost scary.
* Greg Davies, the giant of laughter
Almost the best storyteller ever, and my god, that "vegetables" story is the best. I've watched the bit about the teacher losing the passports maybe a dozen times and I'm crying with laughter every time.
* Bob Mortimer, storyteller supreme
As great as Davies is at spinning yarns, nobody touches Mortimer. His friends' names! His completely illogical behaviour in his youth! It's honestly a bit disappointing whenever Bob has to sell a lie, since why make something up when you could just let him talk about his actual life for five minutes?
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