Stewart Lee playing the room as it's dealt

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  • Опубликовано: 15 янв 2025

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  • @justinleslie1
    @justinleslie1 3 года назад +533

    “I walk on to the stage…through a forest of ghosts”. Something about that line is just so perfect, so self-pitying, just enough to keep it going. Beautiful.

    • @chadderton
      @chadderton 2 года назад +7

      They whisper to me...

    • @hawk2million
      @hawk2million 2 года назад +24

      It's the accusatory "I look through them..... and I see you." bit that gets me.

    • @Tormented22
      @Tormented22 Год назад +2

      That was a beautiful line but I laugh more at the part later on where he cries out, "This is being filmed!" 😂

    • @turbomunch
      @turbomunch 9 месяцев назад +1

      I remember my first beer.

    • @eyebrowman1
      @eyebrowman1 8 месяцев назад +1

      Just 'forest of ghosts ' is lovely.

  • @mattford1593
    @mattford1593 7 лет назад +1816

    Saw him do this routine in Liverpool. He is so convincing. When you're right there in the room you almost start to believe it. Brilliant.

    • @georgejohnsmith
      @georgejohnsmith 7 лет назад +15

      Is it from a live show? I thought it was from the Comedy Vehicle series (S4E6). Which kind of hurt my sense of causality because that episode aired in 2009, while Robin Williams died in 2014.

    • @georgejohnsmith
      @georgejohnsmith 7 лет назад +9

      Oh, sorry for bothering you, I googled it again, turns out it was last year. :-)

    • @mattford1593
      @mattford1593 7 лет назад +17

      georgejohnsmith Yeah, I guess this was during the recordings for the last Comedy Vehicle series. I saw him doing this in 2015 and he was basically road testing the material for the series.

    • @georgejohnsmith
      @georgejohnsmith 7 лет назад +59

      He is getting better every year. Not only the content but his acting as well.

    • @durrutti
      @durrutti 7 лет назад +6

      georgejohnsmith Nah, he is not a good actor. But its funny anyway. ;)

  • @arsenelupin123
    @arsenelupin123 6 лет назад +188

    This is fucking art. So much control, so much understanding of the crowd. Surreal

    • @zootsoot2006
      @zootsoot2006 4 месяца назад +2

      It's Lee at his post-modern best. Hints of Foucault challenging the power structures and Derrida bringing into question the binary of life vs death. We should all bow down to the 41st greatest stand up of all time, as he stands up like the veritable genius he is.

    • @thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261
      @thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261 2 месяца назад

      ​@@zootsoot2006mate shut up

    • @S-I-T
      @S-I-T 4 дня назад

      ​@@zootsoot2006like a pear cider...well, you know the rest.

  • @88Switches
    @88Switches 3 года назад +936

    He comes up with a half-decent joke but deliberately tells it in a way that won't get laughs, then makes you laugh at something totally inappropriate and blames you for the routine failing to go well.
    His manipulation of the audience is masterful!

    • @oliverbrain4790
      @oliverbrain4790 2 года назад +52

      I love the break to conversation in comedy vehicle when Armando explains that he operates all the levers that could make someone laugh EXCEPT for actually saying something funny. So spot on.

    • @Rachel-tr8mg
      @Rachel-tr8mg 2 года назад +32

      The Hitchcock of stand up.
      Only ever let's you go where he wants you to then slams you in the face with so much force.
      Nobody does it like this.

    • @MrAdey72
      @MrAdey72 Год назад +7

      Thanks for the explanation 😂

    • @CDowning-k1v
      @CDowning-k1v 3 месяца назад

      @@88Switches so you're saying he's deliberately unfunny. That explains why I never laugh.

  • @An_Arbitrary_Miscellany
    @An_Arbitrary_Miscellany 6 лет назад +1814

    He just gave it to them straight; like a pear cider, that's made from 100% pears.

    • @dragonpunch9459
      @dragonpunch9459 5 лет назад +2

      😂

    • @szndm
      @szndm 5 лет назад +3

      Now I want 100% pear cider.

    • @tjpj1919
      @tjpj1919 5 лет назад +40

      Pear

    • @bensmith9253
      @bensmith9253 5 лет назад +6

      Yes! If you get this you're a true fan.

    • @pov_music
      @pov_music 5 лет назад +13

      THAT IS STOLEN FROM A DEAD MAN'S HEART

  • @rigsby1454
    @rigsby1454 7 лет назад +110

    Stewart lee is a master at deconstructing his routine. It's pure brilliance

  • @irfanmyg
    @irfanmyg 7 лет назад +681

    I don't think I've ever referred to a stand up routine as a masterpiece or beautiful, but this is genuinely both of those things.

    • @samcad-ho3ze
      @samcad-ho3ze 6 лет назад +17

      irfan. Plus his delivery...it’s fucking perfection.

    • @jameskenyon5429
      @jameskenyon5429 6 лет назад +14

      That's because you are a pig and you are trying to understand humans.

    • @kickedinthecalfbyacow7549
      @kickedinthecalfbyacow7549 5 лет назад +22

      piggypigpig I’m glad you didn’t like it, Stewart lee isn’t for you. His whole act is there to remind the liberal elite how much better we are than everyone one else.

    • @Brownie-ms6sv
      @Brownie-ms6sv 4 года назад +6

      @@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549, excellent reply, I think even Stu himself would like your comment.

    • @-The-Darkside
      @-The-Darkside Год назад

      Clearly never saw Carlin

  • @DanGolag
    @DanGolag 7 лет назад +896

    "You as good as murdered Robin Williams." OMFG. Stewart Lee never disappoints.

    • @0The_Farlander0
      @0The_Farlander0 4 года назад +12

      That part fucking killed me.

    • @dontpanic1812
      @dontpanic1812 4 года назад +8

      @@neilpattison130 I'm still partial to Jimmy Carr's joke about mosquitoes and AIDS in Africa, but yes, this specific line would likely have Robin Williams himself laughing at its powerful rawness and subversiveness. Glorious.

    • @martinmarriott1819
      @martinmarriott1819 4 года назад +3

      Great stuff. And, really, if the 'you' he says is society itself, ie all of us, then he is telling his truth. Because it is always society which kills the clown.

    • @LuDux
      @LuDux 3 года назад +1

      @@martinmarriott1819 A clown is terrible thing to waste

    • @hpebackwards
      @hpebackwards 3 года назад +4

      It's a permissible joke because you know Robin would be in tears if he could hear it. He knows that and he knows we know that. Well played.

  • @Seedy32
    @Seedy32 8 месяцев назад +374

    Watch this bit, and then remember that Joe Rogan calls himself a comic.

    • @MrBurghausen
      @MrBurghausen 6 месяцев назад +3

      What’s wrong with that?

    • @EnclosedPoolArea
      @EnclosedPoolArea 5 месяцев назад +72

      Like watching Muhammad Ali and then listening to Logan Paul call himself a boxer.

    • @Chilli_Tea
      @Chilli_Tea 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@MrBurghausenfound the utter moron lol

    • @JeremyLangworthy
      @JeremyLangworthy 5 месяцев назад

      @@Chilli_Tea username checks out

    • @benwherlock9869
      @benwherlock9869 5 месяцев назад +4

      He does know Stanhope though! 😂

  • @haydosmegins
    @haydosmegins 7 лет назад +130

    I saw him do this n Edinburgh 2yrs ago, it was something special to experience in person. Fukn genius Stewart.

  • @ClarkyGuitar
    @ClarkyGuitar 7 лет назад +587

    How he manages to not laugh during some of those quiet bits I'll never know. Genius!

    • @ichabaudcraine2923
      @ichabaudcraine2923 7 лет назад +23

      I know right! He must be a legend at delaying orgasm.

    • @zaitesushion
      @zaitesushion 7 лет назад +35

      as if I needed another reason to want to shag Stewart Lee

    • @samcad-ho3ze
      @samcad-ho3ze 6 лет назад +3

      zaitesushion same

    • @ulalaFrugilega
      @ulalaFrugilega 5 лет назад +4

      @King Brilliant that's what I thought. For, at some moments, you think he's surely acting, but what if he isn't? What if he is truly just acting out. I was wondering why the ppl where laughing, but it did seem to placate him somewhat ;O)

    • @turtleneckless
      @turtleneckless 5 лет назад +3

      The micros are still there but yh i agree

  • @0The_Farlander0
    @0The_Farlander0 4 года назад +89

    Just after halfway through this when he's talking about ghosts and you see him crack a slight smile but keep it together, I love seeing people enjoying their own work.

    • @j.judges9988
      @j.judges9988 Месяц назад

      Yes agreed! Found it: 6:33-34

  • @rooty
    @rooty 4 года назад +326

    I love that stewart can craft a joke so precisely that he can actually manipulate the number of people in the audience who will laugh at it in order to set up an entire routine.

    • @haruyasumi616
      @haruyasumi616 2 года назад +19

      if it didn't get so poetic and complex later, you'd never believe it was deliberate.

    • @fang_xianfu
      @fang_xianfu Год назад +10

      He does also just lie about the reaction sometimes. You can't really tell how many people are laughing when you're in the audience but you can see on video. Sometimes he'll just act like a joke got a bad reaction even though most people laughed, or act like the whole room laughed when it was a minority.
      Not saying he's not immensely skilled but it's all part of the routine :)

  • @LoveProWrestling
    @LoveProWrestling 6 лет назад +44

    A magnificent Rockstar of comedy. Dragging the joke around the room and shaking it in peoples faces.

  • @geeblanco
    @geeblanco 4 года назад +166

    "they're just in the clothes that they wore when I knew them"
    - He absolutely nailed the entire room to the floor with that line, and then let them back up with "Join us!"
    Tremendous.

    • @tadghgibson4523
      @tadghgibson4523 4 года назад +8

      Pull me apart like soft bread

    • @wardygrub
      @wardygrub 4 года назад +3

      @@tadghgibson4523 punch me in the ........... tits.

    • @gnomeflight
      @gnomeflight 3 года назад +6

      @@wardygrub bludgeon my face in

    • @Billbobr
      @Billbobr 2 года назад +1

      @@tadghgibson4523 put me to sleep with your kind boots mr fancy man

    • @newyoupersonaldevelopment3497
      @newyoupersonaldevelopment3497 Год назад +3

      The coroner said ‘any sane audience should have seen he was obviously going to go postal at any time … and got out before it was too late’

  • @ysgol3
    @ysgol3 5 месяцев назад +48

    He's so far ahead of every other comedian it's beyond belief.

    • @tinbadger8097
      @tinbadger8097 5 месяцев назад +13

      Stewart Lee’s playing a game most other comics can’t even comprehend let alone emulate.

    • @gazza1252
      @gazza1252 5 месяцев назад +3

      Absolutely agree

    • @jayrocc5598
      @jayrocc5598 4 месяца назад +1

      I was just about to type the very same!

  • @kc8181
    @kc8181 11 месяцев назад +4

    I listen to this at least once a year and it improves with age.

  • @RICHARDGRANNON
    @RICHARDGRANNON 3 года назад +388

    He so perfectly embodies the spirit of the depressed English teacher who explodes in impotent rage when trying to be funny and the class doesn’t laugh.
    The elf defeat, frustration and despair then channelled into the faces of bewildered 14 year olds too young to understand the burden of a pile of murdered dreams carried into middle aged meaninglessness.
    Who knew Misplaced rage could be so tragic and so hilarious at the same time?
    So human.
    This is pure art.

    • @RICHARDGRANNON
      @RICHARDGRANNON 3 года назад +56

      *self defeat , the Elves remain an undefeated ancient and binding force for peace.

    • @KnjazNazrath
      @KnjazNazrath 3 года назад +8

      ​@@RICHARDGRANNON Peace through superior goblin slaying. The undertones are allegedly overtones. Personally, I like two-tone, but I'm not not sure what the correct term for that musical style is now and I can't mention "Ghost Town" on a video like this. Too many asides and implications. I should leave before people think I'm impersonating a spriggan.

    • @FightingTorque411
      @FightingTorque411 3 года назад +2

      @@IncredibleGoliath From OP's misspelling of "self" in his first comment, which he then jokes about himself.

    • @SpookyLuvCookie
      @SpookyLuvCookie 3 года назад

      quite

    • @deanwright7611
      @deanwright7611 3 года назад +16

      I was a teacher once and I can confirm I often wished I was dead. On occasion I even said that. The kids said they wished I was dead too. Quite cathartic really :). Happy days.

  • @paulconnelly4050
    @paulconnelly4050 5 лет назад +110

    I’ve watched Stewart Lee since his Fist of Fun days. He has matured into one of the best comics around today. Intelligent, thought provoking but utterly hilarious. Him, Chris Morris and Armando Iannucci.

    • @Eatcrow
      @Eatcrow 9 месяцев назад +1

      Is his wokeness part of the comedy routine?
      Sometimes it’s so absurd I wonder ?..

  • @justinleslie1
    @justinleslie1 3 года назад +30

    There’s something almost Basil Fawlty when he shouts “You should’ve been concentrating like that from the moment you walked in!”

  • @loejewis
    @loejewis 5 лет назад +67

    Of all the bits I've seen Stewart Lee do live, this is the one that made the biggest impression. So good.

    • @DistrictWitch
      @DistrictWitch 2 года назад +7

      carpet remnant world is the ultimate imo

  • @30071997kario
    @30071997kario 7 лет назад +185

    Stewart Lee is the only comedian that makes ask myself why am I even laughing.

    • @JoeCorneli
      @JoeCorneli 4 года назад +1

      Funny innit

    • @zibberebbiz
      @zibberebbiz 4 года назад +2

      Lol yeah I'm like hahaha Robin Williams's suicide lmao

  • @alexdeville1248
    @alexdeville1248 4 года назад +60

    I am a grief counselor and that shit was therapy.

  • @seanys
    @seanys Год назад +3

    This is brilliant. Such an amazing self examination of the nature of comedy, and hilarious.

  • @StewartyMac
    @StewartyMac 3 года назад +13

    This is comedy genius at its finest, one of my favourite routines of his.

  • @ElMarko2000
    @ElMarko2000 19 дней назад

    Stewart Lee is really touched with genius. Up there with the greats. Absolutely superb.

  • @RalphBrooker-gn9iv
    @RalphBrooker-gn9iv Год назад +10

    The incomparable Stewart Lee. League of his own. A counterpoint to those hamstrung comedians whose slogan is ‘Offense doesn’t matter’. Stewart Lee is riveting in his own right as he lays bare the anatomy of comedy.

  • @ukporkpie7829
    @ukporkpie7829 5 лет назад +21

    So many layers of comedy.... one massive pear....!!!

    • @LuDux
      @LuDux 5 лет назад +4

      one massive onion

  • @Calico_Crow
    @Calico_Crow 5 лет назад +64

    I have never heard any standup from this guy but his ability to remain stonefaced and evoke tenative uneasiness in a crowd is something I've only ever seen in videos of Andy Kaufman. So fuckin good

    • @craiglittle1437
      @craiglittle1437 3 года назад +3

      He's been outstanding for 25 years now. Are you a fan 2 yrs on?

    • @jontallon73
      @jontallon73 2 года назад

      Funny I was thinking Kaufman all through this :-) btw he's leaving it a bloody long time to come back

    • @ackerjawaka1966
      @ackerjawaka1966 Год назад +3

      Watch 41st best comedian ever, pure class

  • @kennycharlton7891
    @kennycharlton7891 2 года назад +6

    this is THEE video that got me into stewart lee, changed my whole approach to crowd control and approach to ideas in my songwriting and stage banter when i'm playing shows.

  • @ahobimo732
    @ahobimo732 2 года назад +18

    This is next-level performative craft. Andy Kaufman would have LOVED this if he'd been around to see it.

  • @robrob9250
    @robrob9250 4 года назад +787

    It's a shame Morrissey has been reduced to this, he was a great artist. And he's really let himself go

    • @Jojo-uc9or
      @Jojo-uc9or 4 года назад +91

      These days if you say you're Morrissey you'll be put in jail.

    • @ashermiller10
      @ashermiller10 4 года назад +17

      @@Jojo-uc9or good

    • @andysmith8890
      @andysmith8890 3 года назад +17

      @@Jojo-uc9or what, actually put in jail??

    • @GreatGreenGaming
      @GreatGreenGaming 3 года назад +34

      @@andysmith8890 yeah, these days if you say you’re morrissey you’ll be arrested and thrown in jail

    • @japhy4966
      @japhy4966 3 года назад +8

      @@GreatGreenGaming When did this come in?

  • @liamr194
    @liamr194 3 года назад +13

    I've never seen a comedian who convinced me they hated me before. And yet, it was a thoroughly enjoyable experience

  • @danrkelly
    @danrkelly Год назад +12

    Saw him in '93. It was excrutiating, he was dealing with a heckler, we simply weren't ready for him, a room full of 18 year olds, I was just too young. Now I understand.

    • @danfm200
      @danfm200 8 месяцев назад +5

      And you were one of them, basking in the group think and so, so proud of yourselves. But now you're older and wiser and can look on and laugh knowingly. You are un-ironically one of those Lee refers to as applauding themselves and others in the audience, look at you all, never at any moment stopping thinking about yourself and how the jokes can refer to you in some way. "Me". Here we all are. Amazing.

    • @danrkelly
      @danrkelly 8 месяцев назад

      @@danfm200 You're easily a clever as the man himself.

  • @robcairns5382
    @robcairns5382 5 лет назад +66

    Think this might be the most masterful piece of stand-up I've ever seen. Genuinely beautiful stuff in a weird perverse kind of way

    • @kickedinthecalfbyacow7549
      @kickedinthecalfbyacow7549 5 лет назад +4

      The audience had let themselves go

    • @timothydraper6626
      @timothydraper6626 4 года назад

      It's 'jazz comedy', comedy deconstructed and skewed, and still comedy.

    • @DistrictWitch
      @DistrictWitch 2 года назад

      @@timothydraper6626 yeah it's annoying that most write it off, not understanding his 'on stage persona' is all about acting like a dick in various inventive ways - people often believe the persona, which is funny

  • @Bobcat937
    @Bobcat937 7 лет назад +55

    Stewart Lee, Mitch Hedberg, Doug Stanhope, Richard Jeni.
    That's a fucking good line up.

    • @joebrokenstrang7537
      @joebrokenstrang7537 7 лет назад +1

      BobCat Your name is bobcat, so we can exhume the two of 'em.

    • @andym28
      @andym28 6 лет назад

      Great taste

  • @lemonjuice3551
    @lemonjuice3551 2 года назад +15

    This is beyond comedy - it's art.

    • @wtorules4743
      @wtorules4743 6 месяцев назад +1

      Absolutely. I love his deconstruction of comedy norms.

  • @StephenUren-qb6ff
    @StephenUren-qb6ff Год назад +3

    What a fantastic routine, I actually felt ashamed to laugh out loud......but I still laughed! Brilliant as usual!

  • @colinedward828
    @colinedward828 5 лет назад +17

    His control and pacing and patience is unreal.

    • @24magiccarrot
      @24magiccarrot 5 лет назад

      I thought his control, pacing and patience had let itself go.

  • @paulmorton3259
    @paulmorton3259 5 лет назад +21

    Breaks all the rules and delivers a unique routine. Mesmerising to watch

  • @styot
    @styot 5 лет назад +23

    Dam, he's actually an amazing actor!

  • @frankshailes3205
    @frankshailes3205 5 лет назад +12

    Beautiful combination of pathos and truth... with fun. The alchemical mixture.

  • @ottconsulting7
    @ottconsulting7 3 года назад +25

    I never really knew Stewart Lee and had no opinion until this series. Probably the best English standup, so clever, brave, innovative and laugh out loud funny. The way he leads his audience around a topic is masterful.

  • @TheAuraOfItAll
    @TheAuraOfItAll 5 лет назад +51

    "i'll just finish this bit..." *smacks lips, stares into the void for thirty good seconds* the maltese flyers...

    • @Benzyl
      @Benzyl 4 года назад +1

      The Malteasers?

  • @theyank9036
    @theyank9036 5 лет назад +13

    This is just brilliant. Haven't heard of this guy before. But he's amazing. A total original.

    • @elena16350
      @elena16350 4 года назад +3

      The Yank , watch more of this series,it’s well worth it. Stuart is just brilliant.

    • @Steaminlidz
      @Steaminlidz 4 года назад +2

      I do envy you being able to go and find a wealth of other Stewart Lee material. He’s a treasure.

  • @jeannettestreet5521
    @jeannettestreet5521 Год назад +28

    Seen him live at The Brewhouse Taunton and he got angry and dropped the mike. It was so realistic, I believed it. He's an amazing actor as well as innovative comedian. He has the audience ranging from hysteria to stunned silence. He is unafraid of saying things over and over again, as part of the routine. He went crazy about a Nero's Loyalty card and it was hysterical.

    • @flamingspinach
      @flamingspinach Год назад +1

      That bit about the Nero's loyalty card is filmed on his DVD "If You Prefer a Milder Comedian Please Ask For One", btw.

  • @jmichaelmatkin
    @jmichaelmatkin 4 года назад +6

    Watching as he goes full John Cleese at the end is absolutely spectacular! Genius at work.

  • @cripesclassworks5654
    @cripesclassworks5654 2 месяца назад +1

    And he's only just in the top 40 best comedians, he has to raise his game.

  • @TheActualCathal
    @TheActualCathal 6 лет назад +618

    The ambition of writing this, knowing that has ten straight minutes of rambling about suicide, and he has to work the audience up to being in on the joke, and keeping them there. For ten goddamn minutes with gutpunches instead of punchlines.

    • @baguasrr
      @baguasrr 6 лет назад +35

      And the stumbling microphone stand dance. His trust in our sense of fun

    • @guiseppeperceval4930
      @guiseppeperceval4930 5 лет назад +14

      That's not what I took from it.
      I'm glad that "we" killed those comedians for that bit.
      It was hilarious.

    • @3212010
      @3212010 5 лет назад +38

      “I can write jokes... but I choose not to”

    • @pamdemonia
      @pamdemonia 4 года назад +1

      @Random Scottish Bloke exactly

    • @darylcatpiss
      @darylcatpiss 4 года назад +8

      I love the fact that most of his shows now are him berating his audiences

  • @SkitHertz
    @SkitHertz 4 года назад +13

    Thanks RUclips recommendations for reminding me that Stewart Lee exists

  • @ketchup5344
    @ketchup5344 4 года назад +8

    Love him. Met him twice. Wasnt dissapointed, he cracked me up. Unique comedian if ever there was one.

    • @StuRickards
      @StuRickards 3 месяца назад

      If he was unique, then by definition he would be THE one. Sorry. I've had a long day...

  • @tubey84
    @tubey84 3 года назад +18

    Unbelievably good. A unique talent.
    Well, he was until he let himself go.

    • @mitchell7842
      @mitchell7842 3 года назад

      I don’t understand why I like this bloke for the life of me ? But this genius ffs

  • @mikeschneider1624
    @mikeschneider1624 6 лет назад +5

    This is so great and impressive and timeless and next level before there was a next level.

  • @pauloconnor5850
    @pauloconnor5850 5 лет назад +18

    George Carling and Stewart Lee, two comedians i turn to for genuine intellectual entertainment. Two masters of the craft!

    • @sirfeckalot
      @sirfeckalot 4 года назад +3

      I think Carlin once described himself as a writer first and a comedian second and I imagine Stewart would feel similarly in terms of how they approach writing stand up

    • @guitardweep13
      @guitardweep13 4 года назад +5

      I prefer Mitch Carlsberg.

  • @JoelJoel321
    @JoelJoel321 4 года назад +54

    Omg shout out to Mitch Hedberg. A genius so tragically lost on the cusp of a huge career.

    • @SomeBF
      @SomeBF 3 года назад +19

      I used to miss Mitch Hedberg..I still do but I used to too!

    • @JoelJoel321
      @JoelJoel321 3 года назад +2

      @@SomeBF Brilliant 👏

    • @kevinm2832
      @kevinm2832 3 года назад +1

      @@SomeBF perfect. ❤️

  • @paulkerrigan9857
    @paulkerrigan9857 7 лет назад +40

    This man is a genius. So good at portraying the emotions he wants incredibly sincerely! He does this by actually remembering true events from his life that provoked such emotions, so that they've an element of truth to them. Very clever.

  • @paulmurgatroyd6372
    @paulmurgatroyd6372 6 лет назад +26

    No idea how Stu manages to keep a straight face during these bits.

  • @peteryoungpeteryoung965
    @peteryoungpeteryoung965 5 лет назад +10

    First and foremost Lee is a fantastic actor.

  • @jonathant9138
    @jonathant9138 4 года назад +3

    Stewart Lee is the best stand up of today, even though I am not the audience he aims for!!!

    • @mitchell7842
      @mitchell7842 3 года назад

      Hahaha. I’m not the audience he aims for either ? I just for some reason couldn’t put it in to words !! He’s funny and I don’t like that I think that

  • @jerinchacko
    @jerinchacko 5 лет назад +2

    Magnificent venue and great photography

  • @Plebchok
    @Plebchok 4 года назад +19

    I love the idea that he wrote two entire routines based off the audience reaction to one joke.

  • @rmainman3012
    @rmainman3012 4 года назад +5

    Proper genius this guy, one of my favourites.

  • @phlarrdboi
    @phlarrdboi 6 лет назад +4

    oh my i have never seen anything like this i'm blown away

  • @DavidRutten
    @DavidRutten 5 лет назад +5

    41st best standup comedian my foot!

    • @thomasyates3078
      @thomasyates3078 9 месяцев назад

      You can't take 41st best away from him, so I wouldn't even try.

  • @JustinCredible61-g8n
    @JustinCredible61-g8n 6 лет назад +7

    Absolutely gobsmacked. Wish I'd been there...

  • @JohnRussellHodge_progtwit
    @JohnRussellHodge_progtwit 3 года назад +12

    This, and Frank Skinner’s jealousy rant, are the “best of the best” of comedy routines. Simply outstanding, surgical awkwardness, aimed at the ‘’still-laughing” audience and at the absurd nature of the comedian’s lot in a post modern society where entertainment takes the place of responsibility within the essential dialectic of human life: to be or not to be, a graphical question forever pencilled in my leaden mind. If that is the question, then Lee has found a path to draw out the fundamental narrative contained within the double Helix of life, lines that can never be erased, ghosts that can never be rubbed out twice.

  • @algi1
    @algi1 7 лет назад +5

    Brilliantly written and executed.

  • @ERRATICCHEESE2
    @ERRATICCHEESE2 7 лет назад +265

    This some good meta, meta comedy.

  • @TheRealPaulCaplin
    @TheRealPaulCaplin 5 лет назад +4

    Genius. No other word for it.

  • @philroberts3212
    @philroberts3212 5 лет назад +4

    Genius! Master of comedy.

  • @snakerman2612
    @snakerman2612 7 лет назад +38

    Stewart will always be one of my favourites. That had so many levels, it was brilliant. I just feel sad that every time I introduce him to one of my friends they never get it

    • @nick260682
      @nick260682 7 лет назад +1

      Are you American, out of interest?

    • @suzesiviter6083
      @suzesiviter6083 6 лет назад +3

      Not on your own, they are used to being spoon fed Michael Mcuintyres warm dialarhoea.

    • @mistervelux
      @mistervelux 4 года назад +1

      Change your friends!!

    • @suzesiviter6083
      @suzesiviter6083 4 года назад

      @Robert Taylor They are called Typo's sweetie, still you should be thankful for giving you a false sense of superiority pointing that out.

    • @555pontifex
      @555pontifex 4 года назад +2

      Face it, Stewart Lee is now so 'meta' that he can only be appreciated by the fans he has groomed over two decades.

  • @roel.vinckens
    @roel.vinckens 4 года назад +55

    Masterful.
    "There's a price to your indifference!" shouted to a television audience and the cold dead eye of the cameras where the cynically numb are judging and preparing their two cents is so charged with meaning that it goes way beyond sarcasm.
    I truly miss his shows.

  • @Telukin
    @Telukin 4 года назад +20

    He's actually an amazing actor. Wow, what a powerful routine.

    • @nathan87
      @nathan87 Год назад

      I mean he only has one character lol

    • @honeybeebadger
      @honeybeebadger 5 месяцев назад

      Absolutely

  • @Ukedc259
    @Ukedc259 6 лет назад +7

    He gets better and better as the years go by.

    • @joshuataylor3550
      @joshuataylor3550 2 года назад +1

      Like a fine pear cider made from 100% pears

  • @ophiolatreia93
    @ophiolatreia93 4 года назад +65

    Heaven knows he's let himself go now

  • @donaloregan7481
    @donaloregan7481 4 года назад +5

    The man is a comedy genius!!!

  • @banburylitho4068
    @banburylitho4068 4 года назад +2

    the best comedian working in the UK today, no question

  • @davidv.8655
    @davidv.8655 3 года назад +17

    This has taken years of honing his craft to get to this genius . Is there another comedian in the world ,that has developed a character to this depth . Stewart Lee the comedian showing utter contempt for the audience's intelligence. But the real Stewart Lee showing real confidence in the intelligence of the audience to understand the concept. The more awkward the joke ,the more he can play with the audience for laughing at him . Really clever stuff.

    • @imnothere220
      @imnothere220 2 года назад

      You're so clever to spell it all out for us.

  • @HGPTW
    @HGPTW 7 лет назад +20

    "Join us, join us, join us ....." Lol moment!!

  • @Proxima256
    @Proxima256 7 лет назад +178

    Stewart Lee is actually looking quite good

    • @tiarnan76
      @tiarnan76 6 лет назад +27

      Its not Stewart Lee - its KD Lang, and shes let herself go to be quite honest

    • @mynewcolour
      @mynewcolour 5 лет назад +6

      Your standards have let themselves go.

  • @BM-is5ei
    @BM-is5ei 4 года назад +41

    The fact that he did gigs in the 90s with Hedberg and Stanhope makes me respect this guy 1000 times more

  • @markmoz
    @markmoz 4 года назад +31

    Along with Doug Stanhope, Stewart has the best delivery in comedy.

    • @kildogery
      @kildogery 3 года назад

      I'm lucky to have seen them both live.
      For sure the best in the biz right now.
      Only one who comes close is Bill Burr.
      Everyone else is a disappointment.

    • @DistrictWitch
      @DistrictWitch 2 года назад +6

      @@kildogery bill burr doesn't come close to Lee imo - he just does good yet standard observational stuff that sometimes leans into mild misogyny/racism etc etc at his worst.

    • @drew1564
      @drew1564 7 месяцев назад

      Stanhope doesn't hold a candle to Stewart Lee

  • @jw0017
    @jw0017 5 лет назад +19

    Saw Stewart lee once. He said I lacked even the most rudimentary of home brewing facilities

    • @RobRidleyLive
      @RobRidleyLive 5 лет назад +3

      That line was originally from Michael Redmond

    • @jw0017
      @jw0017 5 лет назад +5

      Rob one of my writers brought it to me

  • @TheKapeeteeleestPeeg
    @TheKapeeteeleestPeeg 5 лет назад +6

    ...the part where he says ' you're clapping yourselves' ...genius! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @TheBloodsuger150
    @TheBloodsuger150 7 лет назад +16

    Saw this routine live, it was incredible

  • @matthewfowles3359
    @matthewfowles3359 4 года назад +6

    I think Stu will appreciate the horrific 20 second advert for bet fred that appeared for me 5 mins in, dont let em get you down

  • @lozinja
    @lozinja 7 лет назад +98

    Moses has let my people go.

  • @newyoupersonaldevelopment3497
    @newyoupersonaldevelopment3497 Год назад +3

    I love this guys catch phrase “Stop me, oh-oho, stop me, Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before 🤣”

  • @paulleonard1862
    @paulleonard1862 28 дней назад

    I generally mess around on the open mic comedy circuit and I can tell you this takes serious levels of courage, it could go horribly wrong, but it works.

  • @roberth1322
    @roberth1322 5 лет назад +5

    Quite possibly the best standup ever recorded.

  • @nobatime
    @nobatime 4 года назад +6

    This is brilliant! At one point he goes Basil Faulty Towers on the crowd. So funny!

  • @jamesbutler6253
    @jamesbutler6253 6 лет назад +4

    A comedy masterclass. What a genius.

  • @biohayzer
    @biohayzer 4 года назад +2

    He really is a master of this kind of setup...just brilliant!🤣

  • @oscarmclennan762
    @oscarmclennan762 7 лет назад +3

    This is absolutely class.

  • @simoncullen7960
    @simoncullen7960 6 месяцев назад +2

    Outstanding comedian. Possibly the best ?

  • @pdrg
    @pdrg 3 года назад +4

    I love that Lee baits his audiences. It's gladatorial.

  • @ajiusasikander1701
    @ajiusasikander1701 6 месяцев назад

    The way he maintains character and then rollercoasters through every element of that character - he would make a great spy. For me, he is the greatest.

  • @dmoney9285
    @dmoney9285 7 лет назад +116

    I wish ghosts would whisper "join us" in the ears of people that comment "... has let himself go"

    • @freddiegilbey9150
      @freddiegilbey9150 4 года назад +3

      The secular humanist has really let himself go

    • @stevegoodson9022
      @stevegoodson9022 3 года назад +1

      The stewart lee comments section has really let itself go - it's all references and catchphrases, may as well be watching the fast show.

  • @bumgardenerkreme1044
    @bumgardenerkreme1044 7 лет назад +25

    The great mobility and speed of the Red Army's legendary cavalry can in part be explained by the fact that General Budenny's troopers often changed their tired horses for others requisitioned that had not let themselves go.

  • @johngilmore697
    @johngilmore697 4 месяца назад +5

    Jo Brand looks great