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Stewart Lee knows the rigours of ‘animal costume work’ and why great comedy is about shock

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  • čas přidán 31. 07. 2024
  • Stewart Lee - beloved writer, columnist and stand-up - was on the podcast in 2022 talking about the first records he bought, immensely funny and fascinating, and we’ve been praying for an excuse to get him back since. And it’s here! - he’s on tour again and his ‘Basic Lee’ show is on Sky/Now TV on July 20. This covers his first memories of live entertainment - in the audience and as a performer - and the people who influenced him and stops off at the following stations …
    … why the Wombles were just like Crass.
    … how he writes and tests new material.
    … why Ted Chippington inspired his stand-up career.
    … television comedy is now “two-screen TV” as the viewer’s always watching something else at the same time.
    … how Lockdown made audiences forget how to behave.
    … “Comedian In Bum Phone Fury”: how he stopped people filming his gigs.
    … deliberately using negative reaction shots in his TV edits.
    … improvisation in music and comedy and why every night should be unique.
    … the tense protocol of comedians at other comedians’ gigs.
    … Mark E Smith doing things “out of necessity irrespective of how they were received” and his reaction to seeing Stewart in his audience.
    … why festival crowds are a challenge.
    … the Drifters, the Applejacks and Napalm Death and how they are related.
    … the music playing when his son was born.
    … arriving in full early Dexys rig - donkey jacket, woolly hat - to find they were now the “raggle-taggle gypsies”.
    … the sole performance of Peter Richardson’s Mexican bandit act.
    … Daniel Kitson, “the world’s greatest living stand-up”.
    … plus the Nightingales, Chris Spedding, Clem Cattini, Kirk Brandon, the Bevis Frond, Geddy Lee, Throbbing Gristle and Brighton Psych Fest’s Secluded Bronte - “is it music or are they just moving furniture around?”
    All information about Stewart Lee tour dates here …
    www.stewartlee.co.uk/
    ‘Basic Lee’ is on Sky/Now TV on July 20.
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Komentáře • 54

  • @garyrigby21
    @garyrigby21 Před měsícem +18

    Stewart Lee, Jerry Sadowitz, Chris Morris, Peter Cook my Comedy heroes

    • @mookie2637
      @mookie2637 Před 28 dny

      Agree, but with the addition of Milligan and Seinfeld/Sanders.

    • @richardcrompton6009
      @richardcrompton6009 Před 27 dny

      And they’re your comedy heroes

    • @garyrigby21
      @garyrigby21 Před 27 dny +1

      @@richardcrompton6009 I suppose they are really yeah as in I've laughed more

    • @dannycalypse
      @dannycalypse Před 26 dny +1

      What about Tom O'Connor?

    • @richardichard4237
      @richardichard4237 Před 24 dny +2

      Wrong.
      Bill Hicks is at the top of any comedy list, which should also include Brody Stevens, Harry Hill, and John " Pigeons in Flight " Shuttleworth.
      You're welcome.

  • @markkent294
    @markkent294 Před 22 dny +7

    Geddy Lee, my bass hero is a Stewart Lee fan...I didn't know that!!!

    • @BassandoForte
      @BassandoForte Před 8 dny +1

      Although my bass hero is Marcus Miller - I get what you're saying... 😉👍

    • @refoliation
      @refoliation Před 6 dny +1

      If only Bruce had lived long enough to become a fan...

    • @markkent294
      @markkent294 Před 6 dny

      @@refoliation lol.

  • @kevingiblin4122
    @kevingiblin4122 Před 11 dny +2

    Great show love Stewart great show guys thank you😮😅😊

  • @jonhelmer8591
    @jonhelmer8591 Před 24 dny +5

    I saw the Wombles in Torquay, probably on the same tour.
    They played at the 400 Club under-18s night to a crowd of rowdy unfriendly aggressive teenagers.
    When the band came back on stage for the obligatory encore, they had to walk through the crowd to the stage, those poor Wombles were kicked and punched all the way.
    It was rumoured Madame Cholet got caught stealing a case of Vodka from the cellar.
    Happy Days.
    I also have some funny stories about the Fall at Elephant Fare.

  • @drychaf
    @drychaf Před měsícem +1

    Only a couple of days ago I watched his last interview with you (done two years ago, I've got a lot of catching up to do on this channel!) , and here he is again! Great!! A very tuned in bloke, Mr Lee.

    • @richardichard4237
      @richardichard4237 Před 24 dny

      He's not tuned in at all actually.
      Just opinionated with a naive blind political bias.
      He really has no idea....
      But yeah, he can be funny, when he's not being morbidly obese....

  • @GriffinHistorical
    @GriffinHistorical Před 21 dnem +2

    Unbelieveably one appearance of the Wombles on Top of The Pops had Steeleye Span in the costumes.

  • @jonathancole833
    @jonathancole833 Před 28 dny +2

    "Comedian In Bum Phone Fury"
    Good job that Dom Joly wasn't in the audience that night...

  • @TheVicar
    @TheVicar Před 21 dnem +4

    Stewart Lee's microphone has let itself go

  • @MARKSTRINGFELLOW1
    @MARKSTRINGFELLOW1 Před 8 dny

    I saw Pink Floyd at Bingley Hall

  • @bobadams7654
    @bobadams7654 Před 22 dny +2

    Alan Partridge sounds different on this recording, and it makes me so angly!

    • @TheVicar
      @TheVicar Před 21 dnem +2

      You wouldn't say that if you were Ang Lee

    • @bobadams7654
      @bobadams7654 Před 21 dnem +1

      @TheVicar Thanks for giving it to me straight!

  • @garyrigby21
    @garyrigby21 Před měsícem +2

    i thought Throbbing Gristle were from Hull? then moved to London

    • @jalijali8448
      @jalijali8448 Před 29 dny +3

      Gen came from Manchester, Cosey was from Hull, Peter from Leeds & Chris from London. Coum was formed in Hull

    • @garyrigby21
      @garyrigby21 Před 29 dny +2

      @@jalijali8448 they had nothing to do with Solihull. Stew must be getting it wrong

    • @markgristock68
      @markgristock68 Před 27 dny +4

      @@garyrigby21 @jalijali8448 Genesis Breyer P-Orridge went to Solihull School, the same school as Napalm Death, Stew and 'The Hamster'.

    • @southsidejohnny5624
      @southsidejohnny5624 Před 22 dny +3

      @@markgristock68*Not even a real hamster.

    • @Johnconno
      @Johnconno Před 17 dny +1

      Nah, back to front.ate, born in Diss and Bath moved to London in '74.

  • @TheCybermonty
    @TheCybermonty Před 9 dny

    Portner Wagoner has let himself go

  • @MoonOnAStickFilms
    @MoonOnAStickFilms Před 20 dny +1

    Stop 👏 putting 👏 adverts 👏 in 👏 the 👏 middle 👏 of 👏 sentences 👏

    • @WordInYourEar
      @WordInYourEar  Před 20 dny +1

      It's CZcams that does it, I'm afraid - we've got very little control over the mid-roll... apologies! ~ Alex

    • @richardh8082
      @richardh8082 Před 19 dny +1

      @MoonOnAStickFilms Adblocker or adblock browser if on phone. If worried about their ad revenue, just run it without adblock afterwards (for the thousandth of a penny)

    • @WordInYourEar
      @WordInYourEar  Před 18 dny

      @@richardh8082 every thousandth of a penny helps! :-) ~ Alex

  • @spinynorman8217
    @spinynorman8217 Před 29 dny +1

    Most interesting and funny until he blamed the right for culture wars..how he works that out l don't know. His opinion and he's entitled to it though.

    • @Theactivepsychos
      @Theactivepsychos Před 28 dny +1

      Because they’re the ones who invent three TV stations dedicated to the job of “fighting the culture war”. Keep up petal.

    • @eightiesmusic1984
      @eightiesmusic1984 Před 24 dny +1

      Because the right are to blame for culture wars. They do this to divide people, sow confusion about the real issues and distract from their own failings. They are an absolute disgrace with their nasty, hateful and vindictive manipulation of emotions by targeting the vulnerable in society for their own ends.

    • @TheVicar
      @TheVicar Před 21 dnem +4

      Thanks for the final full stop
      We knew the pain would end after that

    • @Harrier_DuBois
      @Harrier_DuBois Před 21 dnem

      Culture wars are a wedge issue that the establishement elites use to divide the working class. It is not the left pushing these ideas, the left are a lot more concerned with economics. Here is an example, Jordan Peterson, made his whole career ranting about authoritarian leftist culture wars policies that don't actually exist. Now he is a cult leader, and probably a millionaire, yet no one is forcing us to use non gendered pro-nouns, no one is forcing mixed bathrooms on us, it was all a load of hot air.

    • @Harrier_DuBois
      @Harrier_DuBois Před 21 dnem

      The reason Peterson's narrative is so pervasive is because the tech bros, who own the social media companies, also think like Peterson - or more likely they see the dollar signs. Their opinions then trickle down since they control the platforms that so many people use. Why they want us divided? Because then the rich get richer and poor get f'd.