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* Gyles Brandreth claims that he "did something truly dreadful in Canterbury Cathedral": specifically, dropping a Stradivarius violin belonging to Yehudi Menuhin down a flight of stone stairs while, in his days as a young reporter, covering the 800th anniversary of the murder of Thomas Becket in 1970. [[spoiler:Which he really did.]] Inevitably, Rob takes this as a cue for a "Lee is an uncultured swine" joke - which Lee promptly deflects back at Rob:
-->'''Rob:''' Can I just... there might be some people, Gyles, who are unaware ''[points, whispers]'' (Lee!) ''[aloud]'' of who Yehudi Menuhin is, could you - or ''was''. Could you explain who he was.\\
'''Lee:''' Actually, don't, don't worry, Gyles - why don't you explain it, Rob?
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'''Lee:''' The next part of the joke is: "He went to visit Lee." ''[Lee wearily mimes handing over a fast-food order]''\\

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'''Lee:''' The What's the betting that the next part of the joke is: "He went to visit Lee." Lee"? ''[Lee wearily mimes handing over a fast-food order]''\\
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* Bob Mortimer launches into yet another story about his childhood, this time talking about a time he [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext snuck into a witch's backyard]]. By this point, David has wised up a bit about Bob's stories.
-->'''Suggs:''' So far, it's gotta be a lie, innit?\\
'''David:''' Let me just say...it does ''not'' have to be a lie. Whatever he says, however absurd, it could still be the truth. However plausible, it could still be a lie. Essentially, what we are doing, for this section, is entirely futile! We will talk for a bit and then we'll guess and then it will be ''over''!

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'''David:''' No! ''[laughter]'' Even though, Lee, you, on television, have said you want my marriage to fall apart, [[DamnedByFaintPraise I still find you an adequate colleague.]]\\

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[They turn to look at David]\\
'''David:''' No! Nooo! ''[laughter]'' Even though, Lee, you, on television, have said you want my marriage to fall apart, [[DamnedByFaintPraise I still find you an adequate colleague.]]\\
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* In the 'This is my' round, Gaby Roslin's story is that the female guest is a friend of hers, which fell down a manhole and she was unable to help her for laughing to hard.
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-->'''Jack Dee:''' I think Gabby knows Georgie, this is my instinct\\
'''David:''' Year, I think we are going manhole - [checking with Tinchy strider] manhole? \\
'''Jack Dee:''' ''Let's call her Gabby
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* Dave Myers (of the Hairy Bikers) having the statements that he was once locked inside a merchant bank over Christmas and that the This Is My guest once helped him build a zeppelin when he was 16. [[spoiler:[[CrazyAwesome Both are true]].]] After he mentions that the bank incident happened just after Music/JohnLennon's assassination, Lee attempts to establish a link between the two by suggesting ''Dave'' killed Lennon or was secretly going out with Yoko Ono.

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* Dave Myers (of the Hairy Bikers) having the statements that he was once locked inside a merchant bank over Christmas and that the This Is My guest once helped him build a zeppelin when he was 16. [[spoiler:[[CrazyAwesome Both [[spoiler:Both are true]].true.]] After he mentions that the bank incident happened just after Music/JohnLennon's assassination, Lee attempts to establish a link between the two by suggesting ''Dave'' killed Lennon or was secretly going out with Yoko Ono.
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* With David Mitchell and his wife Victoria Coren Mitchell on the same team, a hilarious yet heartwarming look at their married life is inevitable, especially in the final round, when David's claim is "Victoria doesn't know this, but on those very rare occasions that she does something I find irritating, I get my own back by sneaking upstairs and moving her bookmarks."
** Lee is interested by his use of the plural, resulting in a CallBack to an earlier round when David said the "This is My" guest had left him in temporary charge as a lollipop man for "between nine and eleven minutes" when Lee said most people would say "about ten minutes":
--->'''Lee:''' How many books are you reading at the same time?\\
'''Victoria:''' Mmm... I mean, seven or eight.\\
'''Lee:''' David, how many books does Victoria read at the same time?\\
'''David:''' Ooh, I'd put it, er, between six and nine.\\
'''Clare Balding:''' And do they tend to be... fiction, non-fiction...\\
'''David:''' [[MathematiciansAnswer Yes, those are the main two categories.]]
** Rob, meanwhile, wonders what things Victoria does that irritate David, and Victoria suggests that David is just as pedantic in their married life as he is on ''Would I Lie to You?'':
--->'''David:''' Just, just the simplest things to do with things she's said or done, that's all there is...\\
'''Victoria:''' ''[shrugs]'' Maybe when I ask you what the weather's gonna be like, and I go, "What do you think the weather's gonna be?", and you go "I don't ''think'' anything, I've looked at the weather forecast, and what it ''says'' is this." ''[audience laughter and applause]''\\
'''David:''' Little things like... yeah, essentially she holds me responsible for the weather forecast, as if I've made it.\\
'''Rob:''' No she doesn't! She says "What d'you think the weather's gonna do?" Perfectly reasonable!\\
'''David:''' It's not perfectly reasonable... y'know, she's got access to the weather forecast on her own phone, it's just these are meteorologists, sometimes they get it right, sometimes they get it wrong, I'm just reading it out. ''[folds his arms defiantly]''\\
'''Lee:''' They are physically sitting further apart, have you noticed?\\
'''Clare:''' Is there anything, Victoria, that you might do to ''David'' if he'd annoyed you, what would your retaliation be? If, indeed, he is moving...\\
'''Victoria:''' ''[smirking]'' Well, he might find out.\\
'''David:''' Incidentally, I've been feeling weaker and weaker over the last few... ''[audience laughter]''
** So what do Lee's team think? Clare Balding wants to believe in David and Victoria's marriage, Asim Chaudhry doesn't want it to be true but thinks it might be... and Lee absolutely loves the idea:
--->'''Clare:''' I... believe in their relationship, I must be...\\
'''Asim Chaudhry:''' Yeah.\\
'''Clare:''' ... just, the most naive person here, because I want...\\
'''Asim:''' I'm invested in it.\\
'''Clare:''' I am, I'm emotionally invested in their relationship, and I do think David's a nice guy and I don't think he would do that 'cause that would really upset her.\\
'''Lee:''' So what we're saying is if it's true, it's a really unpleasant thing...\\
'''Clare:''' Yes!\\
'''Lee:''' ... and a really bad indictment on their marriage.\\
'''Clare:''' ''Yes!''\\
'''Lee:''' ''[enthusiastic]'' Well, this has taken a nasty turn, hasn't it!\\
'''Rob:''' So what's it gonna be?\\
'''Asim:''' I don't want it to be true, but I...\\
'''Lee:''' Oh, I ''do!''\\
'''Rob:''' You-you think it's... whoa, wait a minute-\\
'''Lee:''' ''[points to David]'' I want his life to fall apart, this'll be such fun!\\
'''Asim:''' I think it's true, I don't want it to be true, I'm tryin' to, y'know, see the real... person... I think he's a nice guy!\\
'''Lee:''' No, the David I know, I don't think this is unpleasant ''enough.''\\
'''Asim:''' Well, you know him way more...\\
'''Clare:''' Yeah, yeah, but also, David doesn't like you... ''[Asim bursts out laughing]'' So... it's a different relationship!\\
'''Lee:''' That's true, yes. But he doesn't hate me, right?\\
'''David:''' No! ''[laughter]'' Even though, Lee, you, on television, have said you want my marriage to fall apart, [[DamnedByFaintPraise I still find you an adequate colleague.]]\\
'''Lee:''' Can- can I ask you a question, David? Are you still writing for Clinton Cards?
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--> '''David:''' And then subsequently, he has followed you and put cabbage leaves in other places you've been sleeping.

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--> '''David:''' -->'''David:''' And then subsequently, he has followed you and put cabbage leaves in other places you've been sleeping.



-->'''James:''' ''with a dirty look at Mick'' He sent me a cabbage in the post.

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-->'''James:''' ''with ''[with a dirty look at Mick'' Mick]'' He sent me a cabbage in the post.post.



--> '''David:''' (in a weak, desperate voice) What should I base it on, Bob?

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--> '''David:''' (in ''(in a weak, desperate voice) voice)'' What should I base it on, Bob?






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* Ed Balls' story about having to negotiate the Home Office budget on the phone while rescuing his child from a ballpit. In particular, two moments where David's team tries to ask about the crisis in the ballpit, only for Ed to give an answer about the ''budget'' crisis. [[spoiler:It's this detail that convinces Kimberly Wyatt it was true, since it shows Ed as someone for whom the job comes first, and she's right.]]
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-->'''Jimmy''': How am I getting bullied by Jamelia?!
** David is sceptical of the story because the Royals are usually represented at Wimbledon by the Duke and Duchesss of Kent rather than Prince Philip, "who's got more important sporting events to go and be racist at."

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-->'''Jimmy''': How am I getting being bullied by Jamelia?!
Jamelia?! How did ''that'' happen?!
** David is sceptical of the story because the Royals are usually represented at Wimbledon by the Duke and Duchesss Duchess of Kent rather than Prince Philip, "who's got more important sporting events to go and be racist at."
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--> '''David:''' Of ''course''! Of course it's a lie! He said...he said Chris Rea put an egg in his bath! Of course it's a lie! It's obviously a lie! Who could possibly believe ''that''!? It'd be more likely that someone was stuck in a car wash for three hours!
** The general degradation of David's sense of reality due to Bob's past stories is evident here as David speculates on whether the egg would poach in a bath.
--> '''David:''' I think it's fair to say that if anyone else had made this allegation about Chris Rea and an egg in their bath, we wouldn't be giving it a ''moment's'' consideration. Somehow, coming from Bob, it might be true.
--> '''Dion:''' I think...I think it's true because he's been about a bit, Bob.
--> '''David:''' Oh, no...
--> '''Lucy:''' I think the white would poach.
--> '''David:''' Yeah, the chemical analysis of the behavior of the albumin.
--> '''Bob:''' David, honestly. One thing, please don't base it on the albumin whitening. I can't have a bath at 80 plus degrees.
--> '''David:''' Is that the temperature at which an egg white would turn...?
--> '''Bob:''' It'll start at about 80, yeah. Honestly, please don't base it on that.
--> '''David:''' (in a weak, desperate voice) What should I base it on, Bob?
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--->'''Rob:''' A ''horse!'' [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Sorry, I missed the 'S'!]]

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--->'''Rob:''' A ''horse!'' [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Sorry, I missed the 'S'!]]'S'!



** Alex Jones, on the other hand, believes the story is true: "People do alternative things with groceries at that age." Lee ''[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar immediately]]'' gives an AsideGlance to the camera as the audience hoots in laughter. Alex, in genuine surprise, realizes her slip of the tongue a second too late.

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** Alex Jones, on the other hand, believes the story is true: "People do alternative things with groceries at that age." Lee ''[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar immediately]]'' ''immediately'' gives an AsideGlance to the camera as the audience hoots in laughter. Alex, in genuine surprise, realizes her slip of the tongue a second too late.
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* Bob Mortimer telling an insane story about cracking an egg in his bath following on advice of Chris Rhea. Despite the utter ludicrousness of the story, David Mitchell thinks it's true since Bob's insane stories usually turn out to be true, but for once it's a lie.

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* Bob Mortimer telling an insane story about cracking an egg in his bath following on advice of Chris Rhea.Rea. Despite the utter ludicrousness of the story, David Mitchell thinks it's true since Bob's insane stories usually turn out to be true, but for once it's a lie.
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* Bob Mortimer telling an insane story about cracking an egg in his bath following on advice of Chris Rhea. Despite the utter ludicrousness of the story, David Mitchell thinks it's true since Bob's insane stories usually turn out to be true, but for once it's a lie.
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* David about telling his wife "I told you so"':
--> '''David:''' I didn't say that because I knew my wife would have already been thinking it. It was not necessary for me to say those words because they were already in her brain. At some point she is going to say, "You told me so", for me, as indeed she subsequently did. And ''that'' is when a relationship is working!
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-->''David:'' So he initially put cabbage leaves in the bed you were sleeping in when you were staying at his father's.
-->''James:'' TRUE!
--> ''David:'' And then subsequently, he has followed you and put cabbage leaves in other places you've been sleeping.
-->''James:'' No.
-->''David:'' Okay, what then?
-->''James, with a dirty look at Mick:'' He sent me a cabbage in the post.

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-->''David:'' -->'''David:''' So he initially put cabbage leaves in the bed you were sleeping in when you were staying at his father's.
-->''James:'' -->'''James:''' TRUE!
--> ''David:'' '''David:''' And then subsequently, he has followed you and put cabbage leaves in other places you've been sleeping.
-->''James:'' -->'''James:''' No.
-->''David:'' -->'''David:''' Okay, what then?
-->''James, with -->'''James:''' ''with a dirty look at Mick:'' Mick'' He sent me a cabbage in the post.
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* On "This Is My", James Acaster declaring that a preteen boy named Mick is his worst enemy due to a series of pranks involving cabbages. When interrogated, James gradually gets more and more wound up in his rant, all the while the kid is grinning and [[{{Corpsing}} trying not to laugh]]. [[spoiler: As with so many of James's ludicrous stories, it is completely true, and the whole saga is recounted on Josh Widdicombe's radio show in a series of "Classic Scrapes" segments.]]
-->''David:'' So he initially put cabbage leaves in the bed you were sleeping in when you were staying at his father's.
-->''James:'' TRUE!
--> ''David:'' And then subsequently, he has followed you and put cabbage leaves in other places you've been sleeping.
-->''James:'' No.
-->''David:'' Okay, what then?
-->''James, with a dirty look at Mick:'' He sent me a cabbage in the post.
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* Lee is claiming that the "This Is My" guest is a French nanny who asked him to deal with a spider, in a story that quickly degenerates into implausibility, and with June Brown's story sounding similarly unlikely, David's team goes with Aisling Bea, who's clearly told the sanest story. The guest [[spoiler:responds in French before admitting that she is Aisling's friend (as she really wanted Lee's story to be true), after which Lee admits that he briefly thought it was actually him when he heard the guest start in French.]]

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* Lee is claiming that the "This Is My" guest is a French nanny who asked him to deal with a spider, in a story that quickly degenerates into implausibility, and with June Brown's story sounding similarly unlikely, David's team goes with Aisling Bea, who's clearly told the sanest story. [[note]]According to Aisling, the guest had hired a male stripper for her birthday, only for him to do such a bad job of it that Aisling spent the rest of the night trying to cheer him up.[[/note]] The guest [[spoiler:responds in French ''in French'' before admitting that she is Aisling's friend (as she really wanted Lee's story to be true), after which Lee admits that he briefly thought it was actually him when he heard the guest start in French.]]
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'''David:''' Yes! And it's ''always true''! It was true [[CallBack about the masks in Castle Douglas, it was true about him being able to tear an apple apart with his bare hands, it was true about the game in the garden!

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'''David:''' Yes! And it's ''always true''! It was true [[CallBack about the masks in Castle Douglas, it was true about him being able to tear an apple apart with his bare hands, it was true about the game in the garden!garden]]!
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* Bob Mortimer reads out that he's been [[DIYDentistry doing his own dental work]] for the past 15 years and goes into detail about how he procures his own dental cement and uses his kitchen island, his son's gaming chair, a mirror, a curved Indian flute, and a leather maker's drill. The story's so ridiculous, Lee, Bob's team captain, can't hide his incredulity and joins in the interrogation. David, meanwhile, is reminded of all the other stories Bob's told on the show.
-->'''Lee:''' Do you remember Bob being on this show before? \\
'''David:''' Yes! And it's ''always true''! It was true [[CallBack about the masks in Castle Douglas, it was true about him being able to tear an apple apart with his bare hands, it was true about the game in the garden!
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*** Which helped set up Kevin's joke about "It was a Bulgarian guy, trying to speak English. And two Irish guys, [[SelfDeprecation trying to speak English]]."

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*** Which helped set up Kevin's joke about "It "There was a Bulgarian guy, trying to speak English. And English, and two Irish Scottish guys, [[SelfDeprecation trying to speak English]]."
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*** Which helped set up Kevin's joke about "It was a Bulgarian guy, trying to speak English. And two Irish guys, [[SelfDeprecation trying to speak English]]."
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* Lee's claim that he can smell if there is a dead fly in the room. He managed to send the entire panel and audience into hysterics for a good thirty seconds just by reading it out.

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* Lee's claim that he can smell if there is a dead fly in the room. He managed to send the entire panel and audience into hysterics for a good thirty seconds (and David into a raucously EvilLaugh) just by reading it out.
-->'''Lee''': Can I just say, I know this ''sounds'' ridiculous … ''[glares daggers at the camera and, presumably, the producers behind the card]''
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4i-ZSMTcJc Lee finally snaps.]]

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4i-ZSMTcJc Lee finally snaps.]]
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* Lorraine Kelly claims she once presented an episode of ''TV AM'' while drunk.

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* Sue Perkins on Lorraine Kelly claims Kelly's [[spoiler:true]] claim she once presented an episode of ''TV AM'' while drunk.drunk: "I don't think we need to discuss this any further."
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* Greg Davies' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpQeX8_NMzg claim]] to have buttered his legs to squeeze into leather trousers produced a number of gems, like John Cooper Clarke's take on it all:
-->'''John:''' It's not playing out very well in the playground of my imagination. ''[laughter]''\\
'''Lee''': … I think that's the most wonderful way anyone has said "lie" on this show.
** Alex Jones, on the other hand, believes the story is true: "People do alternative things with groceries at that age." Lee ''[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar immediately]]'' gives an AsideGlance to the camera as the audience hoots in laughter. Alex, in genuine surprise, realizes her slip of the tongue a second too late.

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* Kelly's earlier claim to wash with an orange in lieu of a flannel or a sponge sent Carol Vorderman into hysterical laughter.
-->'''David:''' … Instinctively, I think Carol doesn't believe you.\\
'''Carol:''' Either that or she's completely … ''[makes cuckoo hand gesture while desperately trying to contain herself]''

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** Even before that, there was how it started:
--->'''Kevin:''' ''<reading off the card with his thick accent>'' "I once accidentally bought a horse."
--->'''Rob:''' Sorry? You bought a ''what?''
--->'''Kevin:''' A horse.
--->'''Rob:''' A ''horse!'' [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Sorry, I missed the 'S'!]]

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