Creativity in Storytelling: For the past fifteen years, I have performed my own dentistry.

There’s storytelling, and then there’s Bob Mortimer storytelling.

If you’ve ever watched Would I Lie to You?, the UK panel show where guests tell stories that may or may not be true, you know the format: someone reads a statement, and the other team has to figure out if it’s a lie. Most guests deliver their stories with a straight face, adding a few details here and there to make it sound convincing. And then there’s Bob—who turns every answer into a surreal, meandering, brilliantly bizarre journey.

Bob Mortimer doesn’t just tell stories. He creates worlds.

One moment, he’s explaining how he trained a budgie to play snooker. The next, he’s revealing that he once had to be carried out of a river by Chris Rea. Or that he legally changed his name to The Stick for two years. Every tale is packed with unexpected turns, strange yet oddly specific details, and a delivery so natural that even the wildest claims sound… weirdly plausible.

And that’s the genius of it. Bob’s stories work because they blend the mundane with the ridiculous. He doesn’t just say he had a pet owl. He says the owl was called Colin, it lived in his fridge, and he had to feed it sausages at night so it wouldn’t attack his ankles. The details sell the story, making it sound too strange to be invented—except, of course, it’s Bob Mortimer, so it absolutely could be.

What makes him such a creative storyteller is his ability to turn a simple idea into something unforgettable. He understands that good storytelling isn’t just about facts—it’s about rhythm, surprise, and commitment. His stories follow their own bizarre logic, yet he delivers them with such sincerity that even seasoned comedians like David Mitchell and Lee Mack are left questioning reality.

In a TV landscape where scripted jokes and predictable punchlines are everywhere, Bob Mortimer is a reminder that the best humor often comes from not following a formula. His creativity isn’t about being the funniest person in the room—it’s about being the most unexpected.

And whether his stories are true or not? It doesn’t even matter. Because for those few minutes, you’re completely hooked—hanging onto every word, waiting for the next absurd twist.

That’s storytelling at its best. That’s Bob Mortimer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1JR-9Z5ORE

For the past fifteen years, I have performed my own dentistry.

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