Set in Bob Mortimer's home, every episode of House of Fools sees Bob frustrated by his uninvited lodgers, visitors and guests who constantly fill his house. Led by Vic - Beef, Bosh and Julie knit together each week to wreak havoc on Bob. Vic Reeves is the long term and mostly unwanted guest in Bob's house, always treating the place like his own, with little regard for Bob's wishes. Living alongside them is Bob's Norwegian son, Erik, who has absolutely no time at all for his ‘moron' father and next door is Julie, who lives in a haze of imagined fantasies. Adding to the chaos is a constant stream of unwelcome visitors to Vic and Bob's flat. Amongst them is Beef a lady-obsessed lothario, not to be confused with Bosh, a Geordie ex-con, who has designs on moving in as well.
With the help of his friend Beef, Bob has a hot date lined up. All he needs now is to get rid of all his unwanted house guests, so he and his new lady can watch Conan the Barbarian in peace. Unfortunately, Vic has broken the telly, and Bob tasks him with finding another one, or he risks being chucked out of the flat for good. As a last resort Vic may have to ask his neighbour Julie for help.
Julie entrusts Vic and Bob with the safety of her prize pork pie, which she plans on offering to Bruce Willis, in order to persuade him to star in a film based on her bestselling novel.
When Bosh's probation officer visits the flat, Bosh asks Vic, Bob, Julie and Beef to help him convince her he has finally become a decent member of society. To show that he is fully rehabilitated, they open a pop-up restaurant to wine and dine her and secure Bosh's ongoing parole.
Bob hopes to defend his title of toupee wearer of the year but on the day of the awards, his prized toupee is stolen by their house rat. Bob offers a golden ticket to the person who can retrieve the wig for him in time for the celebrations.
When Vic invites Bob's ex-wife Erika over as a surprise for Bob's birthday, Bob is not at all pleased. Unbeknown to Vic, Erika has a death wish for Bob. Vic and Bob decide the only way for them to get Erika to leave, and guarantee Bob's safety, is for Bob to play dead.
When Ghost Hunter magazine offers a chimp as a prize to anyone who can provide a genuine photo of a ghost, Vic instantly begins ghost hunting around the flat. He performs a séance and successfully conjures up a spirit. If Bob wants to prevent Vic from winning the chimp he needs to ensure Vic does not get hold of the ghost photo.
Vic and Bob feel Erik has come of age and decide to arrange a surprise blind date for him at Julie's Bistro with someone Beef found on the internet. Erik has problems selecting an appropriate outfit whilst Vic and Bob fall out over their band's debut performance in the Bistro.
After stealing some unused botox equipment from a very famous residence, Vic decides to test it out on Julie and Bosh, with striking results. It's also Rachel's birthday and Bob hopes to get into Erik's good books by making it a very special and memorable day for her.
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Julie asks Vic to create a promotional video for her new bistro, but Vic writes the script for the video on the wings of a moth with very particular eating habits which flies off and takes up residence in their kitchen.
Vic and Bob are practising their special moves for the big danceathon at Julie's Bistro. When Bob reveals that the three notorious Butcher brothers will also be competing, Vic and Beef try any means necessary to get out of the event and avoid humiliation.
Vic and Bob struggle to find a plot for this episode, so when a letter arrives from the White House announcing a surprise visit to their household things start to look more promising.
After receiving an exciting letter from his ex-girlfriend Mary, Vic enlists help from Julie to get ready for a big date. But when Mary has to cancel at the last minute, Beef, Bosh, Julie and Bob set about concocting an ingenious plan to make sure Vic isn't left disappointed.