Cause Brydon's a real one. He's made some truly dark and interesting comedy that horribly overlooked now and yet is smashing it with light entertainment and his elvis obsessions. He's a lovely weird dude and it's great that Lee of all cynical F's shows such immediate joy seeing Rob. Brydon is disarmingly funny. He's got technique under another technique under another and yet makes that not feel impersonal and contrived. Not easily done. It tends toward people of good character.
Hard to pick, but Stew's probably my all-time favourite comedian of all time.... and Rob's somewhere in the Top 50. 😀 As a professional Jungle Canyon Rope Bridge Repair Man who was made redundant thanks to Thatcher in the 80s, I really appreciate Stewart's humour.
@@jayveebloggs9057 That's a very poor analogy. It fails completely. Blockbusters was a private company which dealt in an out-moded medium and was therefore unsustainable. There were no more hard copy videos/DVDs, nor people who wanted them. Jungle Canyon Rope Bridges are not a business. They provide a community service. Birmingham STILL has canyons that need crossing, and people who need to cross them. It's zombie pirate apologists like you that are destroying the fabric of society.
It might be a rather simple analogy for a comedian who packs so much into his sets, but Rob is right to say they're like a novel, the strength of his through-lines, call backs, the structure of it is just sublime.
It really is, too many people lazily say "he goes on a bit", they should either watch more vids to realise there's a pattern and art to it (as I did a long time ago), or simply stick to comedians like Michael McIntyre
american and came over to see stew at a club in london, he was so kind and gracious. Gave me free merch, took a picture, indulged my oleaginous praise and napalm death shirt. Cannot wait to come again.
No, that’s not a joke I don’t think. My wife and I saw him in Peterborough back in 2009 and it was a great atmosphere - the audience loved it. He’s saying he’s appreciated in those kind of provincial towns coz nothing much happens there.
Brilliant interview I watched Snowflake and Tornado back to back (yep you CAN binge-watch comedy specials!) and they are works of genius, love that Rob thinks the same. Pity this wasn't an hour long!!
Lovely chat, thanks. My girlfriend lasted two minutes watching 'Snowflake", then retired to the kitchen, while I was creased up laughing for the next 58 mins.
The podium bit in saying the unsayable. Gervais style long sip of beer giving great opportunity to read every word of what he’s to say next which ironically is saying the unsayable. Brilliant.
@@saoirsedeltufo7436 I dunno. he said in another comment that both sides are bad, which of course I agree with. But he sounds like someone further right than a garden variety conservative
I met him years ago when he was very young wandering across a field in Cornwall St Germans Elephant Fayre. He appeared to be absolutely out of his nut and said he was trying to escape from a woman in a tent... We had an incredibly surreal conversation. Even then it was quite apparent that he was an amazing thinker and so witty.
I watched his Edinburgh show at 10am on a Monday. Didn't think it possible for a crowd to be that into comedy at 10am on a Monday. Testament to Stewart's style!
@@TacBlades I disagree. It depends on the subject matter and the place it comes from. You can easily prove that fact with the word racism. However Stewart has been shit for years and now he can only get clicks by attacking successful people. It's pathetic.
i love these rob brydon chats and this has been one of the best i have seen. these are two guys who seem very different and yet show such respect for each other. a lesson for everyone to take on board
Been to see Lee a few times now. And he's right, you can tell he grabs the crowd by the throat (Liverpool) straight off so he knows he's got you in place. Superb every time.
I saw the Snowflake/Tornado gig just as covid was kicking off and we got extra material like "This is the last gig you'll ever see!" and he wasn't wrong :) Feels like a life time ago. Or 2.5 years. A friend of a friend went as we had an extra ticket, he was on the fence, ended up going and walked out before the end lol And I've seen Rob live as well, where his mic played up and we had an extra 4 mins of material there as well :) good times.
Yeah same here, saw him in Birmingham just a couple of days before lockdown was announced, we were all laughing but we knew it was coming. Then saw him earlier this year in Crewe, and he'd definitely made changes
Saw him at the Canterbury Marlowe which was literally the last gig before lockdown. Very funny but very bizarre atmosphere knowing they were shutting everything down that evening.
The thing I love most about Stewart Lee is his endless smugness. No matter what happens in the world, pandemics, economic catastrophe, genocide, your loved ones dying, etc etc, Stewart Lee’s smugness is still there and always will be. And it’s just really comforting to know that.
I had to breathe a huge sigh of relief when Stewart said that Noel Fielding was brilliant. Because those are my two favorites. I can't have them at war.
love how mr. brydon makes a point of using the clapper at the start to sync up the audio and video and then from literally the next shot onwards, the audio and video are out of sync!
I would like to see an alternative to 'Last of the summer wine' with Stewart Lee, 'Jonathan Pie' & Charlie Brooker doing something together but it might blow up the TV. Emotion turned up to 11.
I loved this tornado snowflake one. I've listened to it from start to finish literally four times and it's still funny. Was pissing myself at the 1940s/50s/60s romance style rotisserie chicken part 😂 "like a thirsty little cat". Stewart Lee has always been me and my partner's favourite. Enjoyed him a lot. He finds different parts funny to me. I identify too much with the unappreciated vulnerable narcissist but my partner ashamedly grew up in a bit of a racist family so he chuckles more at the cultural stuff that makes him feel uncomfortable. Brilliant.
I've been heartened to see this interview make it to the Independent news site, and the ensuring row about "who is this so-called comedian, who dares to insult our sacred cow, Ricky?!?!?!" from the usual group of the Indy comment section's have-a-go-heroes. But he makes a very fair point. Gervais went full supernova with The Office, and he's got gradually more and more mainstream and family friendly in terms of his drama-comedy, to the point where it's almost like they were written by two completely different people. Diminishing returns, indeed. And I quite like both Derek and After Life.
He definitely needed someone to help him with the writing, editing and production etc. it’s full of creative decisions that just scream ‘that will do’, and to my mind that comes from his low opinion of his audience and over-rating his own skill, and I reckon some collaboration may have alleviated that a bit.
@@skyebates246 Oh get a grip. I said "more family friendly." Yes, there's still the usual Gervais levels of "shock" in there, but they're done with far more sympathy than previously, to the extent that yes, I wouldn't have a hard time watching it with a couple of young teenagers and then talking about it afterwards. We're not all prudes, you know, and neither do we want our kids to be.
I've seen Stewart Lee twice in Portsmouth, brilliant both times and went to see Rob at the same venue....I turned up to see Rob Brydon with zero expectation thinking 'this'll be fucking crap and a waste of time' only to walk out at the end thinking it was one of the best shows I'd ever been to. Brilliant the pair of them👏👏
Stopped working to sit and watch this one, great interview. Love Stewart's work, seen him live half a dozen times, always a pleasure to speak to after shows, no ego whatsoever
@@ThatCoalSoul me grow up? Says the troll. Do something with your life and you might have interesting experiences of your own, rather than stinking up your mum's basement.
Ah now there we go... 8 minutes in it's the blokes that get it and the gals who are dragged into going to watch him. 🙄 Well no. I found Snowflake and Tornado on iplayer on my very own and don't faint but I'm a woman and found it funny. I liked the character of Stewart Lee he was presenting. It was interesting and engaging. I enjoyed the irony of both shows and the bravery of the repetition. I did like the Alan Bennett storytelling part very much. There we are! I may edit and add later! Thanks Rob for creating your RUclips Channel. I've been watching since lockdown. Best Caroline x
On every video featuring Stewart on RUclips there is someone commenting about how much they dislike him and/or his comedy. Generally the thing to do if you don't like something is to avoid it, yet you go the opposite way and seek it out. For your own mental health I suggest finding a new way of handling things you don't enjoy, you're only making yourselves more angry.
Stewart Lee has been trending on twitter for 4 days now because of his comment on Afterlife. Considering that he got an hour out of Netflix getting the description of his show wrong, I can't wait to se the material he comes up with after this.
Makes you proud doesn't it. I once met an American man who said it took years for him to realise that "alright ya big cunt" was just how some people say hello in Belfast.
I’ll express surprise that Stewart is on here (I’m not sure why, but nevertheless…) but glad that a)people who only know of his comic persona can see that he comes across as a reasonable man in ‘real life’ and b)that other people in the world agree with me that After Life was a crock of s**t.
Bless you Stewart for your honesty about 'After Life' . . . Total crap, but for some reason Gervais has a spell on (some) people who would watch him taking a dump and think it's deserves an award.
@@ClarkyGuitar Glad to see you enjoyed all three shows. Even though I'm American, I hope one day to see Stew live (although the time frame for this gets smaller and smaller).
@@chickenfdisoruhg4915 Hopefully you will get to see him soon. The only comedian I've seen that rivalled him was Bill Burr. But completely different styles of course.
@@ClarkyGuitar Very different comedians, both of whom I equally respect. I’ve really got to get out more. All my favorite comics will soon be long gone by the time I finally decide to get out of the house. Here’s to amazing standup 🍾
I went to see him recently in Glasgow,, but had to leave as I was unwell, as I was waiting on a taxi Stewart was on his break,, noticed him in a hallway, and explained I had to leave as I was unwell, he said to me get in touch on social media his Web page or whatever and he'd give me a tkt for Edinburgh as I live in Edinburgh,, still waiting for my tkt, I won't hold it against you, as my mate spoke to you after about me leaving, and you signed a book for me,, hope to see you again soon. 🏴
Glad to see Stewart Lee is performing full frontal, but what is so interesting about Rob Brydon's left ear that we have to keep looking at it? Are they trying to distract us from the fact that Rob Brydon is morphing into Griff Rhys Jones?
Stewart Lee is head and shoulders my favourite comic - I always find myself crying with laughter even when (as here) he's just talking about what he does x
@Peter Mook Sculpture I’m guessing that if you think there’s zero intelligence in any of his jokes it’s not worth anyone explaining why he’s funny - so just go back to loving Tim Vine (maybe) ;)
I love how people still think that is a clever insult. He is a comedian. He makes a living performing comedy. People find him funny, not everyone but a decent number.
@@daraorourke5798 I mean no? It faced heavy opposition from church groups but it was very successful what are you on about - it’s most recent run was in 2019?
I can fully understand his feelings regarding Gervais. He’s reverted to the nasty edgy reactionary “character” he was at the start in the early 90s, blatantly steals his bits (notably from Stew) and thinks he’s God’s gift to mawkish sentimental TV…. Afterlife has its moments but they’re not his scenes and he gets the most comic mileage from his obviously contrived Twitter spats (“I should have left it….”). Having said that, I didn’t expect Stew’s bit. Absolutely savage!
No he didn't stop calling out the loony hypocrisy and now we have kids detransitioning at 6 years old after being pushed into it at 2. You people are disgusting
I contacted Gervais several times on twitter saying he should do a comedy about a junkie who's only friend is his dog, hey presto After Life, never got a reply, fact is if you listen to his podcasts he's virtually stolen every idea he's ever done, I'm in agreement that After Life is pretty average, problem is he's living off the office, which was great but 20 years ago
The system stinks and is causing irreparable harm - Gervis calls out the obvious insanity inherent in the system while Lee thinks it's absolutely fine and ignores all those families suing Tavistock. Blood is on his hands tbh.
It's strange to see Stew suggesting he can't do impressions when he continues to manage such an eerie approximation of Tucker Jenkins from Grange Hill. Who has let himself go.
I love both comedians, and I really enjoyed After Life as I could completely relate to it and identify with Tony's behavioural choices after losing my mother to cancer in February 2021. But, I can also agree with what Stewart is saying about it, because taking Ricky's career as a whole, After Life is Gervais dumbing himself down to the level of the Saturday night telly audience. But, one could argue, how else could he have done it? Too edgy and the subtleties couldn't have been left subtle enough and still made an impact; not edgy enough and Ricky simply wouldn't have made it at all. My Stewart Lee claim to fame is, I was one of the five or so people at what he considers his life-changing Dundee Rep gig back in the late 90s. And not only was I at that gig, but it was Stewart himself who gave me the ticket, across the road in the Queens Hotel! He was sitting in the reception area looking completely desolate, with good reason as history has shown. I noticed him as I went to the toilet and being a big FoF and TMWRNJ fan was utterly shocked to see him there, especially given that the gig he was there for had literally not been publicised in any shape or form! I stopped on the way back to speak to him, which normally isn't something I'd do, and he offered me tickets for my brother and I, probably just to have _someone_ in the room (we'd been on the lash that whole day, and although I tried to punt my brother up the road as he was wasted, he ended up coming and I spent a lot of the gig elbowing him awake again!). At the Rep, he came out of a door on a set that looked like the porch of a house from a Tennessee Williams play and even though there were only five or six of us in the "audience", he did a whole classic Stewart Lee show as though the venue was packed, and confirmed me as a fan of his for life. I've since seen him a few more times at the same venue, and he consistently left me in utter hysterics. He is unrivalled in stand-up comedy today.
I also don't agree with Stewart (who I love as a comedian, by the way) about Afterlife, I really liked it. It's difficult for Ricky Gervais to follow The Office which, in my opinion, is one of the best things ever made.
Yeah it's difficult or probably impossible to follow The Office because it was groundbreaking (although I've read people mentioning names of earlier mockumentaries before that didn't get the same audience or plaudits) and so perfectly executed, but that doesn't mean you've got to come out with Afterlife. Truly awful programme. It's all been said before but it's just cringe inducing to watch him set himself up as the witty, astute voice of reason pointing out how ridiculous the things everybody around him are doing and saying, when they're not things anyone in real life would do or say, and watching him use a television show as a platform to obnoxiously and arrogant shout views which he thinks are quite edgy and rebellious but are usually the mainstream views held by the majority of the British public. Tonally it's all over the place. Zero real character development. He kills that smackhead early on and then doesn't so much as think about it again throughout the whole series. All the scenes of him with the sad music playing over it. It's just mawkish, forced sentimentality, and I think the thing that makes it so much worse is he says he's never experienced grief beyond obviously losing his dad if I'm not mistaken, which isn't the same, so to me it's like let's pick something that we know will be guaranteed to tug at people's heart strings then build a silly, whacky comedy around it full of crazy characters but every now and then chuck in a sad scene that reminds them the main character is grieving. Just utter fucking shite. This has definitely been said before as well but It's hard to think the same person who wrote that arc of Andy from Extras becoming so disgusted with his own awful sitcom he starred in and the inane humour in it, could come out with utter fucking shite like Afterlife.
@@saoirsedeltufo7436 'Fragile' - or just happy to defend him? Haven't seen anyone say no-one should criticise Ricky. And if they do say that, they're wrong.
I dont like either much as comedians but Lee is a virtue signaller as well. So he's worse. He's a fat never-was who who thinks being a member of the guardian hivemind makes him edgy. Also liking The Fall is a really desperate attempt at the same. His comedic observations on right wingers is based completely on straw men and his old 80s fart desires about the right. He probably thinks Alexi sayle is/was funny and the only time he's been on point is when he says that his jokes are not meant for me.
Genuinely surprised Rob had Stewart on after the multiple times he’s criticised ‘everyone’s favourite comedian’ Lee Mack and others who steal material at the expense of lesser-known comics. I think, if anything, this shows Rob has a genuinely varied and open-minded taste for comedy and is a fine facilitator as a podcast host.
Definitely an off-brand interview, although I actually think part of the disconnect is that this shows that Stew is at least partially on the promotional circuit for his new specials. And maybe that's what seems strange, not that Rob would be interviewing a comedian with a product to push.
I guessed what the callback denouement was going to be at the end of Tornado very early into the special. Me and my girlfriend have often, giggling, referred to that, uh, franchise, in conversation. Perhaps I earned this precognitive insight into Lee's work as a spiritual reward for donating to a donkey sanctuary in Ireland, another net result being that people on Amazon speculated whether I was in fact Lee himself, based on a short review I made under a similar pseudonym to the one I am using here. Seemed very short this interview and also, if I could, I would proffer the query towards Mr. Brydon: What's a "progidy"? Is that a reference to another joke?
i gave up after 2 episodes. I get get bombarded with clips of it on instagram and people wanking over it in the comments. I mean this guy co created the genius that is the Office and this is how bad he has got now.
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Is it post postmodern comedy or is it post post post postmodern comedy?
why cant we just watch it on here you welsh c---?
Why can't I find 'tornado' on the iPlayer?
@@joshuataylor3550 because it hasnt aired yet on tv
@@jamesthirtyone pretentious
I love it when Stew's stoic stage facade fades and he genuinely cackles with laughter.
Cause Brydon's a real one. He's made some truly dark and interesting comedy that horribly overlooked now and yet is smashing it with light entertainment and his elvis obsessions. He's a lovely weird dude and it's great that Lee of all cynical F's shows such immediate joy seeing Rob. Brydon is disarmingly funny. He's got technique under another technique under another and yet makes that not feel impersonal and contrived. Not easily done. It tends toward people of good character.
@@PatrickByrne-e5v Marion and Geoff is one of my favourite things ever.
The worst performance of anyone ever since Ricky Gervais in After Life. This is not the real Lee, the one on stage is who he really is.
Hard to pick, but Stew's probably my all-time favourite comedian of all time.... and Rob's somewhere in the Top 50. 😀 As a professional Jungle Canyon Rope Bridge Repair Man who was made redundant thanks to Thatcher in the 80s, I really appreciate Stewart's humour.
Did you see the two Mystery Machines on his shelf? Dog?
It's not like we don't need your services here in Brum. Can't move in the canyons for bloody Pirate Zombies these days. Privatization!
How was it thanks to Thatcher..? I assume you are still campaigning for a subsidy to keep Blockbuster video employees in a job?
@@jayveebloggs9057 That's a very poor analogy. It fails completely.
Blockbusters was a private company which dealt in an out-moded medium and was therefore unsustainable.
There were no more hard copy videos/DVDs, nor people who wanted them.
Jungle Canyon Rope Bridges are not a business. They provide a community service. Birmingham STILL has canyons that need crossing, and people who need to cross them.
It's zombie pirate apologists like you that are destroying the fabric of society.
@@jayveebloggs9057 😂they blame ‘Thatch’ for everything. Ben Elton blames her for his mansion
Absolutely loved this so nice to see Stuart Lee and Hugh grant chatting away.
Hi Rob.
Hugh Brydon and Terry Christian no?
Hugh Grants let himself go.
@@GG-ml3vr l don't think you let go lm 100% sure it just leaves.
Oh, I thought it was Anton Du Beke
It might be a rather simple analogy for a comedian who packs so much into his sets, but Rob is right to say they're like a novel, the strength of his through-lines, call backs, the structure of it is just sublime.
It really is, too many people lazily say "he goes on a bit", they should either watch more vids to realise there's a pattern and art to it (as I did a long time ago), or simply stick to comedians like Michael McIntyre
I think this is one of the best interviews Iv seen with Stewart Lee . Thank you Rob 🎭
american and came over to see stew at a club in london, he was so kind and gracious. Gave me free merch, took a picture, indulged my oleaginous praise and napalm death shirt. Cannot wait to come again.
"There's an excitement in going to Peterborough"... Every joke is a gem, with Stewart Lee.
@Peter Mook Sculpture I don't always agree with his politics, but he is a topnotch stand up.
@Peter Mook Sculpture No sense of humour? Okay. No intellect? Get fucked. If anything, it's all far too cerebral.
No, that’s not a joke I don’t think. My wife and I saw him in Peterborough back in 2009 and it was a great atmosphere - the audience loved it. He’s saying he’s appreciated in those kind of provincial towns coz nothing much happens there.
@@arc236 I also don't believe it to be a joke, but I took it as one
I was at the Peterborough gig and you are indeed an artist at the top of your game 👏🏻😀
Giving it to us straight, like pear cider that's made from 100% pears...
100% pear*
@@fme4099 wot, one giant pear?!
@@nkenchington6575 You had to be there...
and then the fly thought...
This Actually Happened is the best piece of stand up, nay, performative art, I have have ever seen
Brilliant interview I watched Snowflake and Tornado back to back (yep you CAN binge-watch comedy specials!) and they are works of genius, love that Rob thinks the same. Pity this wasn't an hour long!!
it is
This is the Stewart Lee interview I’ve always wanted. Thanks Rob!
I love smiley, happy Stewart because we seem to see that side of him so rarely :)
Tbf, he seems to be like that most of the time offstage.
Haven’t seen Rob so starstruck since Bob Mortimer!
Genuine respect for one of the greatest comedians of all time😊
Of course he’s starstruck. Are we all?
"I am become death, destroyer of fragile celebrity egos." --Stewart Lee
He targeted celebrity allies before like Russell Howard who all.virtue signal the exact same consensus
That’s the one thing Lee was right about. Russell Howard is awful.
He espouses the 'values' of the carphone warehouse and doesn't even realise it.
Lovely chat, thanks. My girlfriend lasted two minutes watching 'Snowflake", then retired to the kitchen, while I was creased up laughing for the next 58 mins.
Exactly the same with my missus.
Sorry mate. In your heart you know she was never the one.
Your girlfriend has impeccable comedic taste
I saw it live recently and I found it so funny that I felt I was going to be physically sick.
Best place for a woman.
The podium bit in saying the unsayable. Gervais style long sip of beer giving great opportunity to read every word of what he’s to say next which ironically is saying the unsayable. Brilliant.
Stewart Lee now unconsciously espouses the values of the carphone warehouse and doesn't even realise it.
I think the most impressive part was how Stewart switched from that grotesque verbal stuff instantly to being normal
@@seanp8220 does he now? I see you are neither conservative nor liberal, which is good. But it begs the question, what are you?
@@willywonka7812 Conservative and liberal are the same side of the same coin... and it would appear Sean is in fact conservative
@@saoirsedeltufo7436 I dunno. he said in another comment that both sides are bad, which of course I agree with. But he sounds like someone further right than a garden variety conservative
I met him years ago when he was very young wandering across a field in Cornwall St Germans Elephant Fayre. He appeared to be absolutely out of his nut and said he was trying to escape from a woman in a tent... We had an incredibly surreal conversation. Even then it was quite apparent that he was an amazing thinker and so witty.
Elephant fayre was amazing
@@brendanroberts4866 it was indeed 😊
Or simply off his tits
Proof that being out of your nut in early life makes you into the ultimate conformist in later life.
That is exactly the kind of thing I expect to read about him but never do. Until now. Thanks!
As an expact living in the UK I have to admit that some conversations in between two british humans are absolutely exquisite to hear 👌🎩
I watched his Edinburgh show at 10am on a Monday. Didn't think it possible for a crowd to be that into comedy at 10am on a Monday. Testament to Stewart's style!
It was amazing FYI. Should have said
I swear starting your day listening to something that makes you laugh is about the best start to a day you can have.
Stewart Lee is a master craftsman in the art of comedy.
Wrong
@@dwaynedibley3529 opinions are subjective not definitive so it can't be wrong, it can be different but not wrong ????
@@TacBlades I disagree. It depends on the subject matter and the place it comes from. You can easily prove that fact with the word racism. However Stewart has been shit for years and now he can only get clicks by attacking successful people. It's pathetic.
No, Jerry Sadowitz is a master craftsman of comedy.
@@dwaynedibley3529 views can not be definitive as they are based on personal perspective, experience and taste.
Rob Brydon making interviewing Stuart Lee the easiest thing in the world! Excellent interview technique and research.
I flipping love Stewart Lee 🎉
i love these rob brydon chats and this has been one of the best i have seen. these are two guys who seem very different and yet show such respect for each other. a lesson for everyone to take on board
Off to see him in London in a few weeks for the leister square show, very excited, saw tornado/snowflake a few weeks back and absolutely phenomenal
Been to see Lee a few times now. And he's right, you can tell he grabs the crowd by the throat (Liverpool) straight off so he knows he's got you in place.
Superb every time.
Scousers simply can't sit still and shut their fucking spittle spattered mouths.
I saw the Snowflake/Tornado gig just as covid was kicking off and we got extra material like "This is the last gig you'll ever see!" and he wasn't wrong :) Feels like a life time ago. Or 2.5 years.
A friend of a friend went as we had an extra ticket, he was on the fence, ended up going and walked out before the end lol
And I've seen Rob live as well, where his mic played up and we had an extra 4 mins of material there as well :) good times.
Yeah same here, saw him in Birmingham just a couple of days before lockdown was announced, we were all laughing but we knew it was coming. Then saw him earlier this year in Crewe, and he'd definitely made changes
A whole 4 minutes? Or is that a roundup?
Saw him at the Canterbury Marlowe which was literally the last gig before lockdown. Very funny but very bizarre atmosphere knowing they were shutting everything down that evening.
Saw them both last year and of course both were absolutely amazing 😜
The thing I love most about Stewart Lee is his endless smugness. No matter what happens in the world, pandemics, economic catastrophe, genocide, your loved ones dying, etc etc, Stewart Lee’s smugness is still there and always will be. And it’s just really comforting to know that.
He's not the world's greatest living comedian.
He is in fact the 41st.
He's not even as good as a guy who opened for Tom O'Connor once.
You can't argue with facts.
He a comedian?
I had to Google him. Never knew who he was or is..
Its like being voted the worlds biggest dwarf
Such a joy watching these two chatting away thank you .☮
@funkycooldad well spotted.
Stewart sitting there with a backdrop filled with the DVD's of himself that he buy's online to push the prices up.
😆 🤣
Buy's? Buy's? Are you five?
@@Misteryowl yes’s
I would have thought you'd blame your original post on predictive text, but now I know. I'm genuinely sorry if you have learning difficulties.
@@Misteryowl your simpathy is apreciated
Great interview. Rob Brydon is the man and a great interviewer. Obviously, I love Stewart Lee.
He's let himself go though
@@howdjNo he didn’t. A cartoonish caricature of an Eskimo did.
I'm not sure why but I have to say I'm quite surprised to see Rob interviewing Stew
I know what you mean. They are slightly different traditions. But they clearly like each other, and Rob's respect is real.
I had to breathe a huge sigh of relief when Stewart said that Noel Fielding was brilliant.
Because those are my two favorites. I can't have them at war.
love how mr. brydon makes a point of using the clapper at the start to sync up the audio and video and then from literally the next shot onwards, the audio and video are out of sync!
I love how ferocious and hair trigger Stu’s cackle is. Wish i was that primed for belly laughs.
I would like to see an alternative to 'Last of the summer wine' with Stewart Lee, 'Jonathan Pie' & Charlie Brooker doing something together but it might blow up the TV. Emotion turned up to 11.
I read this and it was like an epiphany. Can you rough out a synopsis for me and I will green light the project. This is hot stuff.
I loved this tornado snowflake one. I've listened to it from start to finish literally four times and it's still funny. Was pissing myself at the 1940s/50s/60s romance style rotisserie chicken part 😂 "like a thirsty little cat". Stewart Lee has always been me and my partner's favourite. Enjoyed him a lot. He finds different parts funny to me. I identify too much with the unappreciated vulnerable narcissist but my partner ashamedly grew up in a bit of a racist family so he chuckles more at the cultural stuff that makes him feel uncomfortable. Brilliant.
I've been heartened to see this interview make it to the Independent news site, and the ensuring row about "who is this so-called comedian, who dares to insult our sacred cow, Ricky?!?!?!" from the usual group of the Indy comment section's have-a-go-heroes.
But he makes a very fair point. Gervais went full supernova with The Office, and he's got gradually more and more mainstream and family friendly in terms of his drama-comedy, to the point where it's almost like they were written by two completely different people. Diminishing returns, indeed. And I quite like both Derek and After Life.
Family friendly have you seen after life he helps a homeless man kill himself with heroin what are you talking about
@@skyebates246 You never see a homeless man eating a Twix.
He definitely needed someone to help him with the writing, editing and production etc. it’s full of creative decisions that just scream ‘that will do’, and to my mind that comes from his low opinion of his audience and over-rating his own skill, and I reckon some collaboration may have alleviated that a bit.
@@jsmith4230 something like that
@@skyebates246 Oh get a grip. I said "more family friendly." Yes, there's still the usual Gervais levels of "shock" in there, but they're done with far more sympathy than previously, to the extent that yes, I wouldn't have a hard time watching it with a couple of young teenagers and then talking about it afterwards.
We're not all prudes, you know, and neither do we want our kids to be.
"Going well by British standards" is clutch, I'm gonna use that later.
Rob Brydon has really let himself go.
I've seen Stewart Lee twice in Portsmouth, brilliant both times and went to see Rob at the same venue....I turned up to see Rob Brydon with zero expectation thinking 'this'll be fucking crap and a waste of time' only to walk out at the end thinking it was one of the best shows I'd ever been to. Brilliant the pair of them👏👏
I could listen to these two chat for hours
Stopped working to sit and watch this one, great interview. Love Stewart's work, seen him live half a dozen times, always a pleasure to speak to after shows, no ego whatsoever
He has no idea who you are.
Grow up.
@@ThatCoalSoul me grow up? Says the troll. Do something with your life and you might have interesting experiences of your own, rather than stinking up your mum's basement.
@@DaveRelph001 Wrong window
...idiot.
Come near the house again and the police will be called.
@@ThatCoalSoul aren’t you just a little ray of sunshine.
@@dawnivison7678 You've either heard the song or you haven't.
Ah now there we go... 8 minutes in it's the blokes that get it and the gals who are dragged into going to watch him. 🙄
Well no. I found Snowflake and Tornado on iplayer on my very own and don't faint but I'm a woman and found it funny. I liked the character of Stewart Lee he was presenting. It was interesting and engaging. I enjoyed the irony of both shows and the bravery of the repetition. I did like the Alan Bennett storytelling part very much.
There we are! I may edit and add later!
Thanks Rob for creating your RUclips Channel. I've been watching since lockdown. Best Caroline x
A big fan of you both. Great and fun conversation. Thankin.
When I first clicked the “next video” banner came up and I actually thought that was the review for a second😂. Stew is a treasure.
I'm loving the amount of scooby doo merchandise behind him
Is this the guy that hangs around with the rap singers? You know…the rap singers…you’ve seen them…the rap singers they’ve got nowadays.
From off the Top of the Pops...🤔
Bert from Bert and Ernie has really let himself go
And so has Ernie.
Great interview, love both of these guys
I so love these and this one was one of the best - great stuff Mr B!!
Interesting to watch this and see more of his natural personality in order to tell what part of his on stage persona is a construct.
On every video featuring Stewart on RUclips there is someone commenting about how much they dislike him and/or his comedy. Generally the thing to do if you don't like something is to avoid it, yet you go the opposite way and seek it out. For your own mental health I suggest finding a new way of handling things you don't enjoy, you're only making yourselves more angry.
So tell the fat guardian wankstain Lee to not watch Ricky Gervaise then.
You think that only happens on Lee videos?
Is this your first day on the Internet? 😅
Thank you, that was great!✌️👍💞💃
Good stuff. Two lovely, funny blokes.
Served him in camera obscura at Edinburgh. Nobody knew who he was but me, but I was too nervous to take his booking lol he was very nice though
Stewart Lee has been trending on twitter for 4 days now because of his comment on Afterlife.
Considering that he got an hour out of Netflix getting the description of his show wrong, I can't wait to se the material he comes up with after this.
what did he say about Afterlife?
@@butterflymoon6368 think he said its like a 9 hour crying wank. Which is spot on
@@butterflymoon6368 he says in this video that afterlife is the worst thing ever created by a human being
Stewart Lee is one of my favourite comedians, and I’ve seen them both.
Who was the other comedian?
@@IsleofskyeAng Lee. You wouldn’t like it
@@josephasghar I, even,liked Andy Bradbury so you never know...
Glasgow Liverpool and Belfast haha Stewart is spot on there
Makes you proud doesn't it.
I once met an American man who said it took years for him to realise that "alright ya big cunt" was just how some people say hello in Belfast.
I love watching Rob tease so much out of his guests with his firm but sure hand and encouraging smile.
I’ll express surprise that Stewart is on here (I’m not sure why, but nevertheless…) but glad that a)people who only know of his comic persona can see that he comes across as a reasonable man in ‘real life’ and b)that other people in the world agree with me that After Life was a crock of s**t.
That's Gervais
...you porridge-brained fvckwit.
Britain won't be Great again with oxygen wasters like you swanning around.
Try the after life outtakes
He comes across as a fascist lefty Internazi comedian - about as funny as Stalin.
The therapist scenes are gold ( Dennis the Pennis is back )
@@bluetoad2668 The entire show should've been taken out.
Bless you Stewart for your honesty about 'After Life' . . . Total crap, but for some reason Gervais has a spell on (some) people who would watch him taking a dump and think it's deserves an award.
I saw Snowflake/Tornado a couple of months ago, it was fantastic. Also saw the last one, Content Provider, which was superb too. Front row both times!
How would you rank them?
@@chickenfdisoruhg4915 10/10 for them all.
@@ClarkyGuitar Glad to see you enjoyed all three shows. Even though I'm American, I hope one day to see Stew live (although the time frame for this gets smaller and smaller).
@@chickenfdisoruhg4915 Hopefully you will get to see him soon. The only comedian I've seen that rivalled him was Bill Burr. But completely different styles of course.
@@ClarkyGuitar Very different comedians, both of whom I equally respect. I’ve really got to get out more. All my favorite comics will soon be long gone by the time I finally decide to get out of the house. Here’s to amazing standup 🍾
I went to see him recently in Glasgow,, but had to leave as I was unwell, as I was waiting on a taxi Stewart was on his break,, noticed him in a hallway, and explained I had to leave as I was unwell, he said to me get in touch on social media his Web page or whatever and he'd give me a tkt for Edinburgh as I live in Edinburgh,, still waiting for my tkt, I won't hold it against you, as my mate spoke to you after about me leaving, and you signed a book for me,, hope to see you again soon. 🏴
Stuart Leigh has always been my favourite comedian. His double act with Rob Newman in the early 90s was legendary.
And yet you still can't spell his surname correctly...
@@thedativecase9733that was their joke.
Glad to see Stewart Lee is performing full frontal, but what is so interesting about Rob Brydon's left ear that we have to keep looking at it? Are they trying to distract us from the fact that Rob Brydon is morphing into Griff Rhys Jones?
Stewart Lee is head and shoulders my favourite comic - I always find myself crying with laughter even when (as here) he's just talking about what he does x
For me he is the best comedian.
@Peter Mook Sculpture I’m guessing that if you think there’s zero intelligence in any of his jokes it’s not worth anyone explaining why he’s funny - so just go back to loving Tim Vine (maybe) ;)
Rob with the 2-cam setup. He’s got budget!
Stewart Lee a comedian, that's a rather generous compliment.
I love how people still think that is a clever insult. He is a comedian. He makes a living performing comedy. People find him funny, not everyone but a decent number.
ROB, the audio cuts in and out on Spotify around 49mins in sir, with moments of silence. Thought I'd better tell you! x
Stewart directed Jerry Springer the Opera. A show I was in. A brilliant guy and director. 😊🤞🏾
Wasn't that cancelled ? Of course cancel culture doesn't exist ...
@@daraorourke5798 I mean no? It faced heavy opposition from church groups but it was very successful what are you on about - it’s most recent run was in 2019?
A brilliant show! Astonishingly high quality of music, ideas and performance. Everyone was fab 🙂
I believe he is talking about the televised version, which was cancelled due to religious groups.
Thats so cool! really sorry about those religious nut jobs getting it cancelled despite never seeing it
Loved this, Lee, (Frankie Boyle's gag) looking like a moderately powerful Pokemon!
I can fully understand his feelings regarding Gervais. He’s reverted to the nasty edgy reactionary “character” he was at the start in the early 90s, blatantly steals his bits (notably from Stew) and thinks he’s God’s gift to mawkish sentimental TV…. Afterlife has its moments but they’re not his scenes and he gets the most comic mileage from his obviously contrived Twitter spats (“I should have left it….”). Having said that, I didn’t expect Stew’s bit. Absolutely savage!
No he didn't stop calling out the loony hypocrisy and now we have kids detransitioning at 6 years old after being pushed into it at 2. You people are disgusting
I contacted Gervais several times on twitter saying he should do a comedy about a junkie who's only friend is his dog, hey presto After Life, never got a reply, fact is if you listen to his podcasts he's virtually stolen every idea he's ever done, I'm in agreement that After Life is pretty average, problem is he's living off the office, which was great but 20 years ago
The system stinks and is causing irreparable harm - Gervis calls out the obvious insanity inherent in the system while Lee thinks it's absolutely fine and ignores all those families suing Tavistock. Blood is on his hands tbh.
That was amazingly inciteful
His undressing of Afterlife was hilarious.
Love Stewart Lee. How am i going to watch this is the USA? My VPN doesn't fool the BBC anymore. They wanted a license code last time I tried.
Try again - they just need a valid email currently. This content prompted me to get my iPlayer working having failed in the past, like you.
@@SingaporeSkaterSam thanks! I'll do it.
@@SingaporeSkaterSam Not working for me. What VPN do you use?
It's strange to see Stew suggesting he can't do impressions when he continues to manage such an eerie approximation of Tucker Jenkins from Grange Hill. Who has let himself go.
Thank you I enjoyed that 😊
Love Stewart Lee. Absolute Legend.
You gave it to me straight, like pear cider :)
He looks fat. Fat and depressed.
Stewart Lee is the best I’ve ever seen. There is so much rubbish to ignore but he is always great.
I love both comedians, and I really enjoyed After Life as I could completely relate to it and identify with Tony's behavioural choices after losing my mother to cancer in February 2021. But, I can also agree with what Stewart is saying about it, because taking Ricky's career as a whole, After Life is Gervais dumbing himself down to the level of the Saturday night telly audience.
But, one could argue, how else could he have done it? Too edgy and the subtleties couldn't have been left subtle enough and still made an impact; not edgy enough and Ricky simply wouldn't have made it at all.
My Stewart Lee claim to fame is, I was one of the five or so people at what he considers his life-changing Dundee Rep gig back in the late 90s. And not only was I at that gig, but it was Stewart himself who gave me the ticket, across the road in the Queens Hotel! He was sitting in the reception area looking completely desolate, with good reason as history has shown. I noticed him as I went to the toilet and being a big FoF and TMWRNJ fan was utterly shocked to see him there, especially given that the gig he was there for had literally not been publicised in any shape or form! I stopped on the way back to speak to him, which normally isn't something I'd do, and he offered me tickets for my brother and I, probably just to have _someone_ in the room (we'd been on the lash that whole day, and although I tried to punt my brother up the road as he was wasted, he ended up coming and I spent a lot of the gig elbowing him awake again!). At the Rep, he came out of a door on a set that looked like the porch of a house from a Tennessee Williams play and even though there were only five or six of us in the "audience", he did a whole classic Stewart Lee show as though the venue was packed, and confirmed me as a fan of his for life. I've since seen him a few more times at the same venue, and he consistently left me in utter hysterics. He is unrivalled in stand-up comedy today.
I also don't agree with Stewart (who I love as a comedian, by the way) about Afterlife, I really liked it. It's difficult for Ricky Gervais to follow The Office which, in my opinion, is one of the best things ever made.
Yeah it's difficult or probably impossible to follow The Office because it was groundbreaking (although I've read people mentioning names of earlier mockumentaries before that didn't get the same audience or plaudits) and so perfectly executed, but that doesn't mean you've got to come out with Afterlife. Truly awful programme. It's all been said before but it's just cringe inducing to watch him set himself up as the witty, astute voice of reason pointing out how ridiculous the things everybody around him are doing and saying, when they're not things anyone in real life would do or say, and watching him use a television show as a platform to obnoxiously and arrogant shout views which he thinks are quite edgy and rebellious but are usually the mainstream views held by the majority of the British public. Tonally it's all over the place. Zero real character development. He kills that smackhead early on and then doesn't so much as think about it again throughout the whole series. All the scenes of him with the sad music playing over it. It's just mawkish, forced sentimentality, and I think the thing that makes it so much worse is he says he's never experienced grief beyond obviously losing his dad if I'm not mistaken, which isn't the same, so to me it's like let's pick something that we know will be guaranteed to tug at people's heart strings then build a silly, whacky comedy around it full of crazy characters but every now and then chuck in a sad scene that reminds them the main character is grieving. Just utter fucking shite. This has definitely been said before as well but It's hard to think the same person who wrote that arc of Andy from Extras becoming so disgusted with his own awful sitcom he starred in and the inane humour in it, could come out with utter fucking shite like Afterlife.
Loved this. Subbed....Nice 1 William Shatner & that guy from the Trip.
Stewart Lee’s actually looking pretty healthy…
I was thinking the same thing
Stewart Lee has not let himself go?
@@neilldehaan2522 No, but Todd Carty has
I guess...in the way a mother means "you're clearly eating well!"
Now he’s go rid of that ridiculous beard
I think I'm in the minority in that I like both Stewart lee and afterlife
Two of my absolute favourites..could watch them chatting to each other for hours.
I saw both shows in Nottingham Live ..... I am still laughing. He is hilarious....
Impressed with Stu’s Scooby Doo figures collection
Ricky Gervais fans: why are people upset by Ricky’s jokes? They’re just words.
Also Ricky fans: we’re upset because Stewart Lee said words
Ricky and his fans are seriously fragile about any criticism of him, despite this whole 'free speech' 'comedy is meant to offend' spiel
@@saoirsedeltufo7436 Which is exactly why no one likes him
@@saoirsedeltufo7436 'Fragile' - or just happy to defend him? Haven't seen anyone say no-one should criticise Ricky. And if they do say that, they're wrong.
I dont like either much as comedians but Lee is a virtue signaller as well. So he's worse.
He's a fat never-was who who thinks being a member of the guardian hivemind makes him edgy.
Also liking The Fall is a really desperate attempt at the same.
His comedic observations on right wingers is based completely on straw men and his old 80s fart desires about the right.
He probably thinks Alexi sayle is/was funny and the only time he's been on point is when he says that his jokes are not meant for me.
@@saoirsedeltufo7436 It's because deep down they know he's done nothing good since The Office and are insecure about people pointing it out.
Late arrival to this channel. This is wonderful conversation, thank you.
Been a while since Jimmy Hill, has been on the box.
Not long enough.
Please do a 12 hour interview with Stewart Lee.
I can honestly say I've watched hours and hours of Stewart Lee, and never cracked a smile - different strokes, I guess....
His virtue signalling is incapable of being funny when there is too much misery and torment caused by this pernicious trans agenda.
“Was it funny? No, but I agreed the fuck out of it.”
@@thatsabitofaweirdanalogy1282 Yes! That's the thought that I imagine goes through the minds of his audience!
@Daniel Buxton check out Richard Herring. Infantile foil to this and him.
Why have you watched so many hours of him?
Why does it look like Stewart Lee is wearing those comedy glasses...I'm surprised every time his expression changes 😂
Genuinely surprised Rob had Stewart on after the multiple times he’s criticised ‘everyone’s favourite comedian’ Lee Mack and others who steal material at the expense of lesser-known comics. I think, if anything, this shows Rob has a genuinely varied and open-minded taste for comedy and is a fine facilitator as a podcast host.
Definitely an off-brand interview, although I actually think part of the disconnect is that this shows that Stew is at least partially on the promotional circuit for his new specials. And maybe that's what seems strange, not that Rob would be interviewing a comedian with a product to push.
Is...is that Joe Pasquale?
Loved that Rob... just wish it had been longer...
It's a trailer for the 56 minute Spotify version.
As a big fan of both Stewart Lee and Ricky Gervais, it gives me some comfort to know that Lee likes the office despite hating everything else.
I guessed what the callback denouement was going to be at the end of Tornado very early into the special. Me and my girlfriend have often, giggling, referred to that, uh, franchise, in conversation. Perhaps I earned this precognitive insight into Lee's work as a spiritual reward for donating to a donkey sanctuary in Ireland, another net result being that people on Amazon speculated whether I was in fact Lee himself, based on a short review I made under a similar pseudonym to the one I am using here. Seemed very short this interview and also, if I could, I would proffer the query towards Mr. Brydon: What's a "progidy"? Is that a reference to another joke?
He's right about Afterlife.
I agree and I've never seen it.
@@kildogery hahahahaha
i gave up after 2 episodes. I get get bombarded with clips of it on instagram and people wanking over it in the comments. I mean this guy co created the genius that is the Office and this is how bad he has got now.
@@guitarreilly what’s wrong with After Life?
@@deepzepp4176 over sentimental formulaic tripe and the humour so broad and predictable. None of the subtly of the office or even extras
Well done for successfully managing to do [most] of your shirt buttons up, Rob.