Stewart Lee playing the room as it's dealt

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  • @justinleslie1
    @justinleslie1 Před 2 lety +390

    “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 Před rokem +3

      They whisper to me...

    • @hawk2million
      @hawk2million Před rokem +13

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

    • @Tormented22
      @Tormented22 Před 4 měsíci +1

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

    • @turbomunch
      @turbomunch Před měsícem +1

      I remember my first beer.

    • @eyebrowman1
      @eyebrowman1 Před měsícem

      Just 'forest of ghosts ' is lovely.

  • @88Switches
    @88Switches Před 2 lety +647

    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 Před 2 lety +32

      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 Před rokem +19

      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 Před 8 měsíci +3

      Thanks for the explanation 😂

  • @An_Arbitrary_Miscellany
    @An_Arbitrary_Miscellany Před 6 lety +1612

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

  • @DanGolag
    @DanGolag Před 7 lety +769

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

    • @0The_Farlander0
      @0The_Farlander0 Před 4 lety +10

      That part fucking killed me.

    • @dontpanic1812
      @dontpanic1812 Před 3 lety +7

      @@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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 3 lety +1

      @@martinmarriott1819 A clown is terrible thing to waste

    • @hpebackwards
      @hpebackwards Před 2 lety +2

      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.

  • @mattford1593
    @mattford1593 Před 7 lety +1660

    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 Před 7 lety +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 Před 7 lety +9

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

    • @mattford1593
      @mattford1593 Před 7 lety +14

      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 Před 7 lety +55

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

    • @durrutti
      @durrutti Před 7 lety +5

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

  • @ClarkyGuitar
    @ClarkyGuitar Před 7 lety +543

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

    • @ichabaudcraine2923
      @ichabaudcraine2923 Před 7 lety +23

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

    • @zaitesushion
      @zaitesushion Před 7 lety +35

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

    • @samcad-ho3ze
      @samcad-ho3ze Před 6 lety +3

      zaitesushion same

    • @ulalaFrugilega
      @ulalaFrugilega Před 5 lety +3

      @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 Před 4 lety +3

      The micros are still there but yh i agree

  • @arsenelupin123
    @arsenelupin123 Před 6 lety +89

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

  • @irfanmyg
    @irfanmyg Před 7 lety +622

    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 Před 6 lety +17

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

    • @jameskenyon5429
      @jameskenyon5429 Před 5 lety +14

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

    • @kickedinthecalfbyacow7549
      @kickedinthecalfbyacow7549 Před 4 lety +17

      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 Před 3 lety +4

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

    • @-The-Darkside
      @-The-Darkside Před 7 měsíci

      Clearly never saw Carlin

  • @rooty
    @rooty Před 3 lety +267

    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 Před rokem +16

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

    • @fang_xianfu
      @fang_xianfu Před 6 měsíci +4

      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 :)

  • @robrob9250
    @robrob9250 Před 3 lety +565

    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 Před 3 lety +77

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

    • @ashermiller10
      @ashermiller10 Před 3 lety +14

      @@Jojo-uc9or good

    • @andysmith8890
      @andysmith8890 Před 2 lety +15

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

    • @GreatGreenGaming
      @GreatGreenGaming Před 2 lety +26

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

    • @japhy4966
      @japhy4966 Před 2 lety +8

      @@GreatGreenGaming When did this come in?

  • @haydosmegins
    @haydosmegins Před 7 lety +95

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

    • @24magiccarrot
      @24magiccarrot Před 4 lety

      Was this before or after he'd let himself go?

  • @rigsby1454
    @rigsby1454 Před 6 lety +59

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

  • @0The_Farlander0
    @0The_Farlander0 Před 4 lety +56

    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.

  • @geeblanco
    @geeblanco Před 3 lety +143

    "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 Před 3 lety +7

      Pull me apart like soft bread

    • @wardygrub
      @wardygrub Před 3 lety +3

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

    • @gnomeflight
      @gnomeflight Před 2 lety +6

      @@wardygrub bludgeon my face in

    • @Billbobr
      @Billbobr Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @newyoupersonaldevelopment3497
      @newyoupersonaldevelopment3497 Před rokem +2

      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’

  • @alexdeville1248
    @alexdeville1248 Před 4 lety +38

    I am a grief counselor and that shit was therapy.

  • @TheActualCathal
    @TheActualCathal Před 5 lety +578

    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 Před 5 lety +32

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

    • @guiseppeperceval4930
      @guiseppeperceval4930 Před 4 lety +12

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

    • @3212010
      @3212010 Před 4 lety +33

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

    • @pamdemonia
      @pamdemonia Před 4 lety +1

      @Random Scottish Bloke exactly

    • @darylcatpiss
      @darylcatpiss Před 4 lety +8

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

  • @LoveProWrestling
    @LoveProWrestling Před 5 lety +22

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

  • @loejewis
    @loejewis Před 5 lety +52

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

    • @DistrictWitch
      @DistrictWitch Před 2 lety +5

      carpet remnant world is the ultimate imo

  • @paulconnelly4050
    @paulconnelly4050 Před 4 lety +96

    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 Před měsícem

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

  • @Calico_Crow
    @Calico_Crow Před 4 lety +45

    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 Před 2 lety +2

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

    • @jontallon73
      @jontallon73 Před rokem

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

    • @ackerjawaka4742
      @ackerjawaka4742 Před rokem +2

      Watch 41st best comedian ever, pure class

  • @30071997kario
    @30071997kario Před 7 lety +169

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

    • @JoeCorneli
      @JoeCorneli Před 4 lety +1

      Funny innit

    • @zibberebbiz
      @zibberebbiz Před 4 lety +2

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

  • @Bobcat937
    @Bobcat937 Před 7 lety +44

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

  • @colinedward828
    @colinedward828 Před 5 lety +12

    His control and pacing and patience is unreal.

    • @24magiccarrot
      @24magiccarrot Před 4 lety

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

  • @RICHARDGRANNON
    @RICHARDGRANNON Před 3 lety +361

    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 Před 3 lety +46

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

    • @KnjazNazrath
      @KnjazNazrath Před 3 lety +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 Před 2 lety +2

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

    • @SpookyLuvCookie
      @SpookyLuvCookie Před 2 lety

      quite

    • @deanwright7611
      @deanwright7611 Před 2 lety +14

      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.

  • @robcairns5382
    @robcairns5382 Před 4 lety +58

    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 Před 4 lety +4

      The audience had let themselves go

    • @timothydraper6626
      @timothydraper6626 Před 3 lety

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

    • @DistrictWitch
      @DistrictWitch Před 2 lety

      @@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

  • @ukporkpie7829
    @ukporkpie7829 Před 4 lety +18

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

    • @LuDux
      @LuDux Před 4 lety +4

      one massive onion

  • @styot
    @styot Před 5 lety +20

    Dam, he's actually an amazing actor!

  • @ottconsulting7
    @ottconsulting7 Před 2 lety +16

    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.

  • @justinleslie1
    @justinleslie1 Před 2 lety +9

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

  • @TheAuraOfItAll
    @TheAuraOfItAll Před 4 lety +45

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

    • @Benzyl
      @Benzyl Před 4 lety +1

      The Malteasers?

  • @jeannettestreet5521
    @jeannettestreet5521 Před rokem +22

    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 Před 9 měsíci

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

  • @JoelJoel321
    @JoelJoel321 Před 3 lety +49

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

    • @SomeBF
      @SomeBF Před 2 lety +15

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

    • @JoelJoel321
      @JoelJoel321 Před 2 lety +2

      @@SomeBF Brilliant 👏

    • @kevinm2832
      @kevinm2832 Před 2 lety +1

      @@SomeBF perfect. ❤️

  • @markmoz
    @markmoz Před 3 lety +31

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

    • @kildogery
      @kildogery Před 2 lety

      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 Před 2 lety +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.

  • @ophiolatreia93
    @ophiolatreia93 Před 3 lety +58

    Heaven knows he's let himself go now

    • @tmurphy07
      @tmurphy07 Před 3 lety

      excellent

    • @Jearbearjenkins
      @Jearbearjenkins Před 3 lety

      @@tmurphy07 so this is where you get all of your autistic rants from? Watching british comedians. Must be hard being that gay

    • @andrewtregoning
      @andrewtregoning Před 3 lety +2

      @@Jearbearjenkins haha wtf?

    • @CraigKeidel
      @CraigKeidel Před 3 lety

      Hey isn't this that guy from the B-52s?

    • @CraigKeidel
      @CraigKeidel Před 3 lety +2

      Ah shit it's UB40, oops

  • @tubey84
    @tubey84 Před 3 lety +18

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

    • @mitchell7842
      @mitchell7842 Před 3 lety

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

  • @StewartyMac
    @StewartyMac Před 2 lety +10

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

  • @paulmorton3259
    @paulmorton3259 Před 5 lety +17

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

  • @lemonjuice3551
    @lemonjuice3551 Před 2 lety +7

    This is beyond comedy - it's art.

  • @ERRATICCHEESE2
    @ERRATICCHEESE2 Před 7 lety +261

    This some good meta, meta comedy.

  • @SkitHertz
    @SkitHertz Před 4 lety +9

    Thanks CZcams recommendations for reminding me that Stewart Lee exists

  • @TheManorBeast
    @TheManorBeast Před 4 lety +34

    ‘Audiences like you as good as murdered Robin Williams’ 😂

  • @ahobimo732
    @ahobimo732 Před rokem +9

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

  • @paulmurgatroyd6372
    @paulmurgatroyd6372 Před 6 lety +22

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

  • @singleta
    @singleta Před 4 lety +311

    He's not a comedian - he doesn't tell any jokes. Not like on Top Gear

    • @An_Arbitrary_Miscellany
      @An_Arbitrary_Miscellany Před 4 lety +28

      He's not even a real hamster.

    • @kidcharlemagne3044
      @kidcharlemagne3044 Před 3 lety +5

      As a huge Top Gear fan, his Top Gear bit is genuinely hilarious.

    • @planetyes
      @planetyes Před 3 lety

      Quite the compliment.

    • @joankelly3690
      @joankelly3690 Před 3 lety +1

      The Top Gear couch has let itself go.

    • @vivavaldez87
      @vivavaldez87 Před 3 lety +11

      I like it when he does a broad one liner like Jimmy Carr might do, then follows it up with the real punchline - looking down the camera and saying "see, I CAN do jokes, I just choose not to".

  • @pauloconnor5850
    @pauloconnor5850 Před 4 lety +17

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

    • @sirfeckalot
      @sirfeckalot Před 4 lety +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 Před 3 lety +4

      I prefer Mitch Carlsberg.

  • @frankshailes3205
    @frankshailes3205 Před 5 lety +12

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

  • @danrkelly
    @danrkelly Před 9 měsíci +5

    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 Před 13 dny

      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 Před 9 dny

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

  • @paulkerrigan9857
    @paulkerrigan9857 Před 6 lety +38

    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.

  • @lozinja
    @lozinja Před 7 lety +91

    Moses has let my people go.

  • @rudetc
    @rudetc Před 4 lety +16

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

  • @matthewfowles3359
    @matthewfowles3359 Před 4 lety +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

  • @Proxima256
    @Proxima256 Před 7 lety +175

    Stewart Lee is actually looking quite good

    • @tiarnan76
      @tiarnan76 Před 5 lety +26

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

    • @mynewcolour
      @mynewcolour Před 4 lety +6

      Your standards have let themselves go.

    • @wj2429
      @wj2429 Před 4 lety +1

      Stewart Lee letting himself go has let itself go.

  • @RalphBrooker-gn9iv
    @RalphBrooker-gn9iv Před 9 měsíci +3

    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.

  • @liamr194
    @liamr194 Před 2 lety +8

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

  • @ketchup5344
    @ketchup5344 Před 3 lety +5

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

  • @JohnRussellHodge_progtwit
    @JohnRussellHodge_progtwit Před 3 lety +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.

  • @DavidRutten
    @DavidRutten Před 5 lety +4

    41st best standup comedian my foot!

    • @thomasyates3078
      @thomasyates3078 Před měsícem

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

  • @jw0017
    @jw0017 Před 4 lety +11

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

    • @RobRidleyLive
      @RobRidleyLive Před 4 lety +2

      That line was originally from Michael Redmond

    • @jw0017
      @jw0017 Před 4 lety +4

      Rob one of my writers brought it to me

  • @_Unforeseen_
    @_Unforeseen_ Před 3 lety +14

    Such a weird UB40 gig

  • @Ukedc259
    @Ukedc259 Před 6 lety +7

    He gets better and better as the years go by.

  • @peteryoungpeteryoung965
    @peteryoungpeteryoung965 Před 4 lety +8

    First and foremost Lee is a fantastic actor.

  • @jmichaelmatkin
    @jmichaelmatkin Před 4 lety +4

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

  • @kc8181
    @kc8181 Před 3 měsíci

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

  • @Telukin
    @Telukin Před 4 lety +18

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

    • @nathan87
      @nathan87 Před rokem

      I mean he only has one character lol

  • @rmainman3012
    @rmainman3012 Před 3 lety +5

    Proper genius this guy, one of my favourites.

  • @theyank9036
    @theyank9036 Před 4 lety +10

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

    • @elena16350
      @elena16350 Před 4 lety +3

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

    • @Steaminlidz
      @Steaminlidz Před 4 lety +2

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

  • @newyoupersonaldevelopment3497

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

  • @StephenUren-qb6ff
    @StephenUren-qb6ff Před 9 měsíci +2

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

  • @Doctor_Kissworthy
    @Doctor_Kissworthy Před 6 lety +6

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

  • @dmoney9285
    @dmoney9285 Před 6 lety +113

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

    • @freddiegilbey9150
      @freddiegilbey9150 Před 4 lety +3

      The secular humanist has really let himself go

    • @stevegoodson9022
      @stevegoodson9022 Před 2 lety +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.

  • @MW-pm1kl
    @MW-pm1kl Před 3 lety +17

    The master. Read his book, the life and deaths of a stand-up comedian. It's incredible.

  • @seanys
    @seanys Před 4 měsíci

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

  • @HGPTW
    @HGPTW Před 7 lety +18

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

  • @horrorcocktail
    @horrorcocktail Před 4 lety +6

    Watching this, I wanna enter the stage and give him a hug.

  • @mikeschneider1624
    @mikeschneider1624 Před 5 lety +5

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

  • @kennycharlton7891
    @kennycharlton7891 Před 2 lety +2

    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.

  • @donaloregan7481
    @donaloregan7481 Před 3 lety +5

    The man is a comedy genius!!!

  • @snakerman2612
    @snakerman2612 Před 7 lety +37

    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 Před 7 lety +1

      Are you American, out of interest?

    • @suzesiviter6083
      @suzesiviter6083 Před 5 lety +3

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

    • @mistervelux
      @mistervelux Před 4 lety +1

      Change your friends!!

    • @suzesiviter6083
      @suzesiviter6083 Před 3 lety

      @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 Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @pdrg
    @pdrg Před 2 lety +4

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

  • @banburylitho4068
    @banburylitho4068 Před 4 lety +2

    the best comedian working in the UK today, no question

  • @rantonz
    @rantonz Před 4 lety +66

    I would love to see him play a serious dramatic role. I bet, like Robin Williams, that he would be even better at drama than he is at comedy.

    • @martinmaguire-music6692
      @martinmaguire-music6692 Před 3 lety +7

      It'd be hard to take him seriously in a drama though, given how deadpan his humour is. Maybe he could still pull it off though, who knows?

    • @comedyfish
      @comedyfish Před 3 lety +3

      @Wid Eye Robin Williams was a trained actor BEFORE being a comedian. He got into one of the most prestigious acting schools in the world before even trying stand up

  • @philroberts3212
    @philroberts3212 Před 4 lety +3

    Genius! Master of comedy.

  • @roberth1322
    @roberth1322 Před 4 lety +5

    Quite possibly the best standup ever recorded.

  • @nobatime
    @nobatime Před 4 lety +6

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

  • @jamesbutler6253
    @jamesbutler6253 Před 6 lety +4

    A comedy masterclass. What a genius.

  • @bumgardenerkreme1044
    @bumgardenerkreme1044 Před 6 lety +21

    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.

  • @duncanyeardley7080
    @duncanyeardley7080 Před 7 lety +202

    Pliny has let himself crow.

  • @jonathant9138
    @jonathant9138 Před 4 lety +1

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

    • @mitchell7842
      @mitchell7842 Před 3 lety

      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

  • @Infidelio
    @Infidelio Před 4 lety +13

    He reminds me of Basil Fawlty yelling at his hotel guests about how hard it is to run a hotel.

  • @TheKapeeteeleestPeeg
    @TheKapeeteeleestPeeg Před 4 lety +5

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

  • @biohayzer
    @biohayzer Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @davidv.8655
    @davidv.8655 Před 3 lety +14

    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 Před 2 lety

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

  • @algi1
    @algi1 Před 7 lety +3

    Brilliantly written and executed.

  • @Torahboy1
    @Torahboy1 Před 6 lety +140

    What’s Stewart Lee doing in my garden?

  • @phlarrdboi
    @phlarrdboi Před 5 lety +3

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

  • @NagoyaHouseHead
    @NagoyaHouseHead Před 2 lety +2

    He's running babushka dolls of narratives. He is the most meta comic ever.

  • @panchopuskas1
    @panchopuskas1 Před 7 lety +14

    He'd make a great actor...........

  • @EvilSean62
    @EvilSean62 Před 7 lety +10

    absolutely fantastic, so deep, so meta , so quick headed ... dear god i hope he doesn`t read this he`ll be unbearable

  • @josephking5046
    @josephking5046 Před 6 měsíci

    He has truly mastered his craft. My favourite bit is when he just nods at the imaginary ghosts…amazing routine.

  • @BagofDreams
    @BagofDreams Před 4 lety +9

    He walked pasted me in borough market a few years ago wearing shorts, massive calves.

    • @thetrickisirarelyrespond5945
      @thetrickisirarelyrespond5945 Před 3 lety

      Since it was Borough Market, what type of marinade did he slather you with?

    • @kevshearer3245
      @kevshearer3245 Před 3 lety +2

      calves?........i didnt realise stewart lee kept livestock......was he taking them to the market in exchange for magic beans

    • @Torahboy1
      @Torahboy1 Před 3 lety

      Did he look fat and depressed? Did you immediately twat it on twatter??

    • @BagofDreams
      @BagofDreams Před 3 lety

      Kev Shearer you should do standup

    • @BagofDreams
      @BagofDreams Před 3 lety

      Torahboy1 No