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Whoopi Goldberg is an American actor, comedian, and television host recognized for her extensive work across film, television, and theater. She achieved mainstream success with her one-woman Broadway show and her Academy Award-winning role in the film "Ghost." Since 2007, she has served as a co-host and moderator on the daytime talk show "The View." Goldberg is one of the few entertainers to have achieved EGOT status, having won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award throughout her career.

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What is Bob Mortimer's connection to Vic Reeves?

Vic Reeves is the stage name of comedian Jim Moir, who became Bob Mortimer's long-running comedy partner. Together they created surreal television projects including Shooting Stars and The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer.

What is Shooting Stars, and did Bob Mortimer create it?

Shooting Stars is a surreal comedy panel show created by Bob Mortimer and Jim Moir under their Vic and Bob partnership. The programme became associated with BBC Two and used deliberately strange questions, celebrity guests, and recurring absurd characters.

What is Bob Mortimer's Gone Fishing?

Gone Fishing follows Bob Mortimer and fellow comedian Paul Whitehouse on fishing trips and conversations about friendship, health, and aging. The BBC series began in 2018 and is much gentler than the chaotic style of Vic and Bob's sketch shows.

Was Bob Mortimer a solicitor before becoming a comedian?

Yes, Robert Mortimer trained and worked as a solicitor before comedy became his full-time career. He met Jim Moir in the 1980s, and their collaboration eventually led to television work with Vic Reeves.