Stewart Lee: The John Robb interview

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  • Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
  • Stewart Lee talks to John Robb about the art of comedy and his life in this in-depth and revealing and fascinating interview.
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  • @Bubba-hl6wb
    @Bubba-hl6wb Год назад +46

    the pet shop boys've let themselves go

    • @danthebikeguy447
      @danthebikeguy447 Год назад +9

      Bert and Ernie have let themselves go

    • @jamespeters3430
      @jamespeters3430 Год назад

      I have seen this comment in various forms more than any other. Well done for adding to it.

    • @hiushihiushi9032
      @hiushihiushi9032 Год назад

      Those two old dude Muppets, you know the old person style puppets one of which had a moustache and one of which has no moustache nor implied reference to ever have ever had a moustache or understanding of a moustache, you know they sit off to the side in a theatre spectator booth and spectate both verbally and in an ocular fashion of sorts, those two old Muppet dudes one of which has apparently shaved his moustache, though keeping up with appearances of a fashion.....have let themselves go? I guess we have lube now?

  • @TheRealBobHickman
    @TheRealBobHickman Год назад +10

    Fantastic. It's great that Stewart talks so much about my hometown of Derby. I saw him there with Richard Herring as part of the Fist Of Fun tour and it was great. I still have my signed ticket where he circled the price and wrote "Thanks for the money!". I've since moved away to somewhere that has electricity and horseless carriages but that was a pretty great night.

  • @benwherlock9869
    @benwherlock9869 Год назад +3

    I'm from just outside Cambridge and I have a little chuckle to myself when I go past the place Stewart is talking about.

  • @regplasma7906
    @regplasma7906 2 года назад +15

    The best comedian out there. Great interview John.Now Stew has put on some timber, my Mrs says ,when he smiles, he looks like a ruddy William Shatner.I think this is a compliment.

    • @JOHNROBBofficial
      @JOHNROBBofficial  Год назад +2

      thanks about the interview...he was looking good when I bumped into him a few weeks ago!

  • @eightiesmusic1984
    @eightiesmusic1984 Год назад +4

    Saw him at a gig in 2009 and sat on my own at the front as the person I was meeting there did not turn up or some sort of mix up along those lines. Terrified that the empty seat next to me would draw attention to me and he might say something. He must have noticed it but not a word. Very funny performance and I am still grateful he left me alone. I bet not every comedian would have done.

    • @eightiesmusic1984
      @eightiesmusic1984 Год назад +1

      @@davidedmunds Of all the times to randomly meet Stewart Lee, forty degrees on one of the hottest days of the year in the Cotswolds is as good as any! Not surprised he was affable and amenable by the sounds of things. Looks like I was lucky. Perhaps he sensed from my countenance that I was scared of the empty seat next to me being highlighted. I have just remembered a long forgotten incident in 1992 when I saw Trevor and Simon at a theatre ( don't ask, I can't explain why I went) and they had a juggler as their opening act whose name I cannot remember. He threw two oranges at me as I sat there rigid on the front row hoping he would, yes you've guessed it, not throw anything at me. I was mortified as I knew there were people from where I worked in the audience too. My embarrassment was compounded when the gig came up in conversation and one of them said they thought it was me who had had the oranges thrown at them. I remember he threw them with some force and seemed to find my discomfort amusing!

    • @eightiesmusic1984
      @eightiesmusic1984 Год назад

      @@davidedmunds The fact it has provided an anecdote out of the blue in 2023 almost makes me grateful it happened. Almost. Like it was meant to be in the service of remembered shame! Not seen a picture of Portmeirion on a channel before. I take it you are a fan of The Prisoner. Unless you just thought it was a good picture. My dad watched the original in the 1960s and encouraged me to watch it in 1983 when Channel 4 repeated the series. I thought it was good and Patrick McGoohan was a very accomplished actor. I bought the box set on DVD many years later when it was released but to this day have never got round to watching it. I have been to the village which is worth a look around. I would not stay in its expensive accommodation though, not just for fear of a bubble coming after me, or was that just on the beach?!

    • @eightiesmusic1984
      @eightiesmusic1984 Год назад +1

      @@davidedmunds The Cold War and The Prisoner combined is enough to induce nightmares, although I am sure the pasties helped provide some respite from the unrelenting gloom of the period ( except the music). The price of accommodation at Portmeirion is excessive. I bet the prices could be hiked even further if it was possible for the bubble to be reactivated to trouble those who are gullible enough to pay through the nose for the privilege of being in the setting for McGoohan's psychodrama masterpiece. They could levy a £100 bubble surcharge. I bet Stewart Lee is a fan of the programme. It's clever enough to be up his street. I honestly think he is the one of the few genuinely gifted comedians in the UK. Kevin Bridges is another favourite.

    • @Frank_Nemo
      @Frank_Nemo Год назад

      I bumped into Stewart last year on a tow path in Tunbridge Wells but it was only 34 degrees so I ignored him and left.

  • @Chipchap-xu6pk
    @Chipchap-xu6pk Год назад +2

    Every person should do the career that they love as much as Stewart loves comedy.

  • @MANCHESTERUKABRIEFVIDEOOFTIME
    @MANCHESTERUKABRIEFVIDEOOFTIME 4 дня назад

    One of the best interviews i've ever seen, as a top fan of Stew's .. watching this inspired me to go to the lowry and see basic lee 2024
    And i ended up in the audience and being recorded in the sky tv version..
    Yeah i worked out its the last nights of the tour and media city is a brilliant place to record it.. all from watching this .. ? Yes. Totally a top fan .. ive seen this twice now for example .
    See you at Man Wolf
    I need a copy of content provider signed
    😅 for my collection
    Oh i looked up f k twiggs expecting a male rapper
    .. and i thought oh he made a mistake.. oh well nobody is perfect .. seems. They Are 😊

  • @TheSelloutCrowd
    @TheSelloutCrowd 2 месяца назад +1

    Joh Rotten and Bjork's mum have really pulled it together

  • @rickiliffe7781
    @rickiliffe7781 Год назад +4

    Absolutely thoroughly enjoyable! Probably the nicest Stew interview I've ever seen, the mutual respect between you two is lovely to see. You've got a new subscriber John!

  • @MrMozzo
    @MrMozzo Год назад +9

    The madame tussauds waxwork of Stephen Mulhern has let itself go.

  • @vinewoodzombie1178
    @vinewoodzombie1178 Год назад +2

    Love this. First time I saw him was on a Saturday in a small room at LSE. I was quite drunk, his set wasnt long. He disected all things bright and beautiful with a venn diagram. Brilliant.

  • @chriswhitt6618
    @chriswhitt6618 2 года назад +7

    I really like Stewart Lee.
    Fantastic interview.

  • @jerryadams4449
    @jerryadams4449 2 года назад +12

    When he comes to the north of Wales I'm buying a ticket,he's been funny and made me laugh my whole life and so deserves £30/£40 as a thank you off me for all the free ones😁love the camera arty,did anyone else notice the monochrome reflections from the mirrors,marvelous.

    • @m0L3ify
      @m0L3ify Год назад

      omg no, that was cool!

  • @markrobson944
    @markrobson944 8 месяцев назад

    John Robb is a fantastic interviewer he makes it look like two people just having a conversation over a beer

  • @tw7914
    @tw7914 Год назад

    I absolutely loved this, a wonderful journey.

  • @christravers2984
    @christravers2984 Год назад +1

    That was great. Love Stewart. And John is an advert for good living.

  • @pixelfrenzy
    @pixelfrenzy Год назад +2

    That was recorded in a very resonant room, and the ironing board leaning against the wall has let itself go (as an acoustic improvement device)

  • @rob3ov3
    @rob3ov3 2 года назад +6

    Great interview, could listen to these guys talk for hours

    • @JOHNROBBofficial
      @JOHNROBBofficial  2 года назад +7

      maybe we should de a rematch!

    • @DavidOakesMusic
      @DavidOakesMusic Год назад +1

      @@JOHNROBBofficial Was this for Carpet Remnant or Content Provider?

  • @Bootrosgali
    @Bootrosgali Год назад +2

    3 months ago? I feel like I watched portions of this well beyond that?

  • @mikewright3633
    @mikewright3633 Год назад

    Thank you 👍

  • @lanehewitt7685
    @lanehewitt7685 2 года назад +11

    Great interview. I'd love to know if Stewart is aware of geordie/mackem/pit-yakker comedy legend Bobby Thompson aka The Little Waster. He's been dead nudging 30 years and is as popular as ever up here. His act was a mix of historical and contemporary comedy from the perspective of a lazy work-shy miner. His jokes were phenomenally complex in their simplicity and in the broadest geordie accent which meant South of Middlesbrough his act didn't work.

  • @ChrisMcFarlanee
    @ChrisMcFarlanee 7 месяцев назад

    Good stuff, watched a few times now

  • @markforster2794
    @markforster2794 2 года назад +2

    Excellent stuff

  • @basseynoise8276
    @basseynoise8276 2 года назад +5

    Great interview, one of the best I've seen from John.....

    • @basseynoise8276
      @basseynoise8276 2 года назад

      Gotta say John I love your genuine enthusiasm and interest in the folks you are interviewing, nice one mate.....

  • @kennethhymes9734
    @kennethhymes9734 4 месяца назад

    The title of these videos - It's like "Prince on Saturday Night Live - The G.E. Smith Guitar Part."

  • @peterrobertnixon2243
    @peterrobertnixon2243 5 месяцев назад

    Can someone please commission Stewart Lee for a series on the history of comedy. Preferably in the style of a Jonathan Meades documentary

  • @ClarenceBeeks1
    @ClarenceBeeks1 Год назад +3

    Graham Linehan has some lets say interesring things to say about Stewart. You should maybe check it out and make your own judgments.

    • @SamLowryDZ-015
      @SamLowryDZ-015 Год назад +1

      Graham Linehan is now appearing on GEEBEEBIES 'news' - make your own judgements on that.

    • @paulgibson1872
      @paulgibson1872 Год назад

      Graham has really shitted his pants on the socical media, and despite being wrong, he really needs to come a way back, because he's a great fella.

  • @neil-maclean
    @neil-maclean Год назад +2

    I think this is from 2017

  • @paullynch4021
    @paullynch4021 Год назад +3

    He's talking about Theresa May as PM... so a few years ago.

  • @puddles3759
    @puddles3759 Год назад +1

    Any links to the plough max miller routine???

  • @blinkstudio
    @blinkstudio Год назад +1

    I saw the latest tour in Carlisle and he was really brutal about the place. At the time it was impossible to tell if it was part of his normal antagonism with his audience or a reflection of some genuine negative feelings about the place. It was superb!

    • @JOHNROBBofficial
      @JOHNROBBofficial  Год назад +1

      it's part of the role he plays in stage!

    • @chasleask8533
      @chasleask8533 Год назад

      We're disappointed if they don't .

    • @nickmoranis2865
      @nickmoranis2865 Год назад

      I’m sure it’s lovely. Newcastle is brilliant.

    • @nickmoranis2865
      @nickmoranis2865 Год назад

      It’s all smashed apart. Rich people can act or be in music. Connected to connections.
      Immigrants don’t want to be part of the society they are in but still want to be here. Integration. No one wants to.

  • @kevinwilliams1421
    @kevinwilliams1421 2 года назад +7

    Going to see him Friday..not really a fan of his comedy but going with a open mind

    • @JOHNROBBofficial
      @JOHNROBBofficial  Год назад +3

      he's very good live

    • @Truffle_Pup
      @Truffle_Pup Год назад

      Verdict?

    • @Szaam
      @Szaam Год назад +1

      This is a good way to live, hope you enjoyed yourself.

    • @DavidOakesMusic
      @DavidOakesMusic Год назад +1

      @@JOHNROBBofficial I've not seen him live - but i've been a fan since Fist of Fun.

    • @Excession101
      @Excession101 Год назад +3

      He will probably do a couple of bits then go on about something for too long.

  • @Chris_34
    @Chris_34 Год назад +1

    Oh, he's finished saying that.

  • @mattstanbridge
    @mattstanbridge Год назад

    From 2017 I believe.

  • @ryanand154
    @ryanand154 2 месяца назад

    Cleaning up post/winter the raa add king of leaves and Stewart ZLee. My leg was removed by a lawn mower.

  • @nickmoranis2865
    @nickmoranis2865 Год назад +2

    Sigue Sigue Sputnik have let themselves go.

  • @101RadioheadCovers
    @101RadioheadCovers Год назад +4

    John Robb has let himself go.

  • @alexsosa6967
    @alexsosa6967 2 года назад +2

    When was the recored please?

  • @jonhelmer8591
    @jonhelmer8591 Год назад

    Ah,
    do you remember what we used to think about, before Covid, before the war?

  • @christianewen3227
    @christianewen3227 Год назад

    Superb 👍🏻

  • @idio-syncrasy
    @idio-syncrasy Год назад

    Is that what the black sheep of the family means? That's really interesting.

  • @stevedixon8567
    @stevedixon8567 4 месяца назад

    Tom O'Connor, Stu... he was good because he was clean

  • @adambastard
    @adambastard Год назад

    Thanks for the Sadowitz shout out.

  • @stevepage8595
    @stevepage8595 Год назад +1

    Errol from "Snatch" has let himself go.

  • @jamesadcock5235
    @jamesadcock5235 Год назад +1

    Tom O'connor is a great comic

  • @jacksonvega7751
    @jacksonvega7751 2 года назад

    Is this from a while back? Stewart’s lookin quite well is all

  • @davidgerrard8661
    @davidgerrard8661 9 месяцев назад

    Not many clever people can talk a lot and remain interesting and be funny 😊

  • @greigcanning1
    @greigcanning1 Год назад

    Ratko Mladic has let himself go....perhaps needs a few laps round the Wrekin.

  • @nickmoranis2865
    @nickmoranis2865 Год назад +2

    Will Smith’s wife has let himself go.

  • @Truffle_Pup
    @Truffle_Pup Год назад +4

    Loved Stewart ever since I watched his Comedy Vehicle with Armando way back in like... 2009/2010 ish? As a student in Cardiff back then, we just had to see him, he was just fucking gold! Since then, a lifetime ago, I've seen him 3 times, and each time I have seen the development of his character - the slow crushing midlife crisis of the English man. I think he may be the greatest comic of the past 10 years. But who cares what I say on "the RUclipss", you sad sack of shits.

    • @tonykins1945
      @tonykins1945 Год назад +1

      i care! YOu're right!

    • @Truffle_Pup
      @Truffle_Pup Год назад

      @@tonykins1945 Lol the last line is a Stewart Lee joke btw

    • @tonykins1945
      @tonykins1945 Год назад +1

      @@Truffle_Pup thanks. I see that now. It's pretty layered, what he does

    • @Truffle_Pup
      @Truffle_Pup Год назад

      @@tonykins1945 It's from one of his Comedy Vehicle rants I think, I forget which one. But he goes on a screaming rant about "The RUclipss!"... It's utterly hilarious. If I find it I'll share

    • @tonykins1945
      @tonykins1945 Год назад

      I'm only just getting to grips with the way he works. The interviews about his career and writing process are very interesting (In Conversation with John Robb/ interview at Oxford Brookies etc).

  • @sunnysyl7
    @sunnysyl7 Год назад +1

    Knew a guy who worked for Mike Harding , his electrican Nick Cohen , …. Mike Skinner always talked about sex ….. sat in Bernard Mannings Rolls Royce down Cheetham Hill..,

  • @nickmoranis2865
    @nickmoranis2865 Год назад +3

    I find it ridiculous that so called Stewart Lee questions his heritage!
    Come on! Stewart Lee. Scotch Chinese.

  • @stevewynnearts
    @stevewynnearts Год назад +1

    Ang Lee has got angry

  • @arnowillekes7979
    @arnowillekes7979 Год назад +2

    From 3 months ago? Lee’s talking about Theresa May?? And Trump was still in power??? Oh wait from 2018…almost felt like Lee’s really let himself go…

  • @selbalamir
    @selbalamir Год назад

    John - you don't age...

  • @getheroutofthetruck
    @getheroutofthetruck 2 месяца назад

    A fully transitioned Bjork has let themselves go.

  • @tonemc6047
    @tonemc6047 5 месяцев назад

    Tinita Tikaram has let herself go,again .

  • @danjones4551
    @danjones4551 Год назад

    He's been on the cheese again

  • @robmorrish9484
    @robmorrish9484 2 года назад +2

    This was fabulous, but really confused me as Mark E Smith is still alive, BREXIT hasn’t quite happened and Trump is still POTUS.

    • @JOHNROBBofficial
      @JOHNROBBofficial  2 года назад +5

      its an old interview from 2018!

    • @robmorrish9484
      @robmorrish9484 2 года назад +1

      @@JOHNROBBofficial that makes sense. I love your enthusiasm and genuine interest in the people you interview; very impressive!

    • @joelwilson289
      @joelwilson289 Год назад

      @@JOHNROBBofficial can you pop (from 2018) in the description please? Great interview btw

  • @monkeyhouse1672
    @monkeyhouse1672 Год назад +1

    He coined 'psycho geography'. Erm, no , Stuart. You'll find that Freud wrote about the architecture and topography of physical spaces and related it to the conscious and unconscious excavations that occur through dream states.

  • @DCI-Frank-Burnside
    @DCI-Frank-Burnside Год назад +3

    Ray Liotta has REALLY let himself go.

  • @jacksonvega7751
    @jacksonvega7751 Год назад +2

    Snowflake Stewart’s most recent effort is on the BBC Iplayer now. It’s very good altho he does seem to have devolved into Bernard manning

    • @gedrooney9305
      @gedrooney9305 Год назад +1

      Hahaha! Yeah, that stage blazer he wears is outrageously shit.

  • @jontyson5407
    @jontyson5407 Год назад +3

    Stewart's a comic for people who don't have a sense of humour.

  • @plweis7203
    @plweis7203 Год назад +4

    I’ve lost all respect for Stewart Lee since he’s chosen to adopt wokeism. Like many of his comedy peers, he won’t even come out and admit there are only two sexes. Zero integrity.

  • @nickmoranis2865
    @nickmoranis2865 Год назад

    If Stewart does Who Do You Think You Are then all is lost.
    Obviously both his genetic parents are called Ian. And 28 years old.