If this were the only piece of comedy Stuart Lee had ever done, he would still be my favourite comedian. I love it when comedy makes a perfect argument. Every now and again I watch this followed by Bill Hicks on LSD. Just cheers me up and reminds me who will be in the right side of history.
The right side of history? Remind me, what exactly are we missing by not outsourcing control of our country to unelected technocrats in Brussels. I hear lots of people saying how bad Brexit is but they never, ever make a valid case for staying in.
It's the way he makes it sound as if he is broadly supportive, and then SWINGS back the other way. Its been done before, but never better than the way he does it here. Superb 😊
But I have to thank the Brexiteers... we, in Holland, also had people who wanted to leave the EU. But suddenly they are gone. Silent. Don't understand why...?
Le Pen en France aussi - "pour encourage les autres" n'est pas? Oh the irony. I was in Hull (67% Leave vote) to see him deliver this - such shock and catharsis when he landed the C-word punchline!!
one of THE best stand-up comedians going. He's a genius and works an audience like nobody else. Can stand on that stage and make it look like he hasn't got any material and talk for 2 hours and make the audience laugh. Connolly used to do the same. He has such a sarcky turn of phrase that he makes things that aren't even funny funny.
The land mass known as the British Isles is a geographic term that includes Ireland, so please don't include us! Britain let itself go - Ireland did not!
Having just watched a BBC Question Time Brexit "special" with an older woman saying she voted to leave (permanently removing part of my identity and rights) because British roofers use scaffolding, this video hits home. Ah well, never mind. At least the roofs are all safe again, LIKE THEY ALWAYS FUCKING WERE.
I can tell you as somebody with intimate knowledge of building regs and ties to construction. The number of European labourers here who follow zero regs and undercut British labourers is absolutely insane. Maybe the daft woman on the television didn't explain her position particularly well. But I can tell you where it gets incredibly unsafe is Ukrainian and Polish Gas workers with no concern for safety regulations going around working on people's boilers at half the price of OFGEM GasSafe qualified workers. Homes have exploded, people and pets have died. It's truly no joke.
It's a bit difficult to drive "through" Burnham-on-Crouch, it's got a small high street with a couple of estate agents, an antique shop and whatnot. The walk along the harbour /quay will take you about 25 minutes and you can get an ice cream
I just looked up Burnham on Crouch on a map. Really doesn’t look like anywhere you could just be driving through, it’s kind of at the end of a couple of roads with nothing but sea to the other side. This is the brilliance of Stewart Lee - if you put the work in you find more layers of comedy.
I think it's one of the comedic techniques where you research the place you're performing and make fun of a nearby town, ideally one with some kind of rivalry. He'll have picked different towns during the rest of the tour.
I think Carpet Remnant World is the best standup show I've ever seen, but all of his stuff is better than almost anything that any other comedian out there has made.
At least we've got all that intangible sovereignty now we've finally broken free from the shackles of the oppressive EU, which, as Jeremy Hunt said, is like the Soviet Union.
Right... Maybe you should see what things are like for our friends in Germany who still very much remain in the EU. Both our energy and food are substantially cheaper than the most successful economy inside the EU. So before you go blaming Brexit every time a girl turns you down, try actually thinking if Brexit is relevant at all.
@@YourPalHDee Ah yes, the "it is what it is / oh, can you see into the aborted alternative timeline for a clear comparison then?" rebuttal. Here's a fun thought exercise: An island regains its sovereignty and chooses to lock down its borders immediately and institute quarantine measures to tackle a novel virus from abroad, rather than just letting every Tom Dick and Harry into the country with it.
Comic genius .... hilarious and intelligent.... those who choose not to get it (or even pay attention) will always be reluctant to recognize their unfortunate inadequacy. The irony is.... that's exactly what his point is. Inducing idiots to retort is fun ! When Lee invites people's criticism .... it always ends up just watching them s☆☆t in their own hands and clapping..... the bonanza and guaranteed reward.... to reveal the fools. Love it. They do it to themselves...... a free zoo.
I play this nearly every day & it STILL fucking rocks (AND I live in Southend)! If I was Prime Minister I'd make it LAW to make everyone who voted for Brexit to watch it, daily.
I was born in Southend, but it has taken me more than 70 years to realise Burnham on Crouch is a funny name. Thanks Stewart. The rest of this clip is pretty funny too.
@Geee H - the EU has a mechanism for sorting out disputes and ensuring everyone follows the “rule book”. UK governments should have used that mechanism. That’s what the “others” do...
It’s interesting, no ironic, that your nick is New Thought when your comment is so common and old thought. Making lazy, blanket statements about what are actually a diverse and multi faceted group of people reaching a great span of opinions and backgrounds, is essentialism and frankly, boring and dumb.
I thought it was "a nice bit of posh from Burnham on Crouch"? Haven't listened to it for a while though. Disappointing that no-one else got that reference, but have a 'like' for what it's worth
@@nastyhobbit I thought that was a strange remark as British left wingers seem to be mostly illiterate when it comes to statistical analysis. It was mostly left wingers who lost their shit about UK government drives to expand maths education.
Cities are all full of cunts anyway. When you get out of the cities, you realise the other half of the country is kind hearted, friendly communities who don't waste their lives obsessing over whether you vote for the Red dictators or the Blue Dictators. 👍🏻
The man from the Carpe Noctem adverts has let himself go. And no, you can’t look it up on google, you have to live in London and change at Warren Street, that’s right yes it is Londoncentric yes it is yes. Oh no we’ve got Hitler still never mind
I have no idea who this is... but whoever he is, can I just say how fabulous this man looks for his age! (Though he does resemble that know-it-all from Record Breakers).
I know who he is. A fat wanker with no talent. His act just consists of agreeing with the lefty political views of his audience. Every time he calls a politician of a different political view a rude name the audience laugh dutifully.
i woke up depressed and fat,now after watching this i'm just fat
Hurray your CURED...
this never ceases to make me laugh, even though some of that laughter is peppered with tears of anguish for the reality of it all.
8-years later ... the world hasn't ended, but Europe is close to it.
"Oh no! I only wanted bendy bananas. And now there's this chaotic inferno of hate."
One of the funniest lines I've ever heard.
Which might even have been funny if there actually had been such a thing as an EU directive involving the shape of bananas.
@@desperatemohammedantheworl5833 Yawn! You must be great fun at parties
@@rat4sale1 Ooh get you.
Hilarious (if I'd never heard any comedy before) especially considering HE is the one who provides the hate
Devonian good one, but no.
If this were the only piece of comedy Stuart Lee had ever done, he would still be my favourite comedian. I love it when comedy makes a perfect argument. Every now and again I watch this followed by Bill Hicks on LSD. Just cheers me up and reminds me who will be in the right side of history.
This is only my 42nd favourite Stuart Lee piece.
@@McInallyGary I see what you did there 😁
@@GoneFishin247 People who voted for that reason are a subset of the second group he mentioned.
The right side of history? Remind me, what exactly are we missing by not outsourcing control of our country to unelected technocrats in Brussels. I hear lots of people saying how bad Brexit is but they never, ever make a valid case for staying in.
@@robddickinson4217these people are phenomenally arrogant. Ignore them
It's the way he makes it sound as if he is broadly supportive, and then SWINGS back the other way. Its been done before, but never better than the way he does it here. Superb 😊
I have watched this several times and get a good laugh every time.
Bless you! You’re obviously very easily amused, as well as deluded
@@owendavies9141 I thought he summed your type up well, hit a nerve did it?
@@Tridhos my type? You don’t know me! Do better! Cupcake 🧁
But I have to thank the Brexiteers... we, in Holland, also had people who wanted to leave the EU. But suddenly they are gone. Silent. Don't understand why...?
Our loss is your gain. At least lessons were learnt. Just not by many English people, who still think the benefits are coming! 😂
Because you've a society of people who can understand basic facts and data.
I was in Rotterdam last month - I'd love to move over, if I fucking could.
Le Pen en France aussi - "pour encourage les autres" n'est pas? Oh the irony. I was in Hull (67% Leave vote) to see him deliver this - such shock and catharsis when he landed the C-word punchline!!
Why ? What were they expecting to happen when the UK left ?
“I only wanted bendy bananas, and now, there’s this chaotic inferno of hate!”
What a quote 😂😂😂😂
Yeah, well you can prove anything with facts...
I prefer to go off gut instinct and blind prejudice.
Brother neuro?
😂😂
Are you from Burnham on Crouch?!
@@AA-hg5fk No he's from Guildford.
😆😅😁😁🤣
one of THE best stand-up comedians going. He's a genius and works an audience like nobody else. Can stand on that stage and make it look like he hasn't got any material and talk for 2 hours and make the audience laugh. Connolly used to do the same. He has such a sarcky turn of phrase that he makes things that aren't even funny funny.
Eh?
What's that supposed to mean?
If you're really an android i think you've mis-functioned.
Isn't sarcasm the lowest form of wit?
“Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit but the highest form of intelligence”
Oscar Wilde.
@android94 I don't understand your sentence, and I'm not being sarcastic, I genuinely don't understand'
He IS the best
Saw this show live- absolutely brilliant.
The landmass known as the British Isles has indeed let itself go.
Thats is such an 90s way to say something much more simply.
The land mass known as the British Isles is a geographic term that includes Ireland, so please don't include us! Britain let itself go - Ireland did not!
@@caoimhegoggins2653 it’s 2022 and I think it’s fair to say that only engerland has let itself go 😂
@@Mr---mr4ll Someone’s clearly never been to Scotland
@@caoimhegoggins2653 Amen!
I'm an American and I just discovered this. I saw the humor right away. Hilarious.
It's a two parter. You need to seek out his bit from the same show on Trump.
It's not for the likes of you
The greatest Brexit comment of all time.
Having just watched a BBC Question Time Brexit "special" with an older woman saying she voted to leave (permanently removing part of my identity and rights) because British roofers use scaffolding, this video hits home.
Ah well, never mind. At least the roofs are all safe again, LIKE THEY ALWAYS FUCKING WERE.
I can tell you as somebody with intimate knowledge of building regs and ties to construction. The number of European labourers here who follow zero regs and undercut British labourers is absolutely insane.
Maybe the daft woman on the television didn't explain her position particularly well. But I can tell you where it gets incredibly unsafe is Ukrainian and Polish Gas workers with no concern for safety regulations going around working on people's boilers at half the price of OFGEM GasSafe qualified workers. Homes have exploded, people and pets have died. It's truly no joke.
I haven't had such a laugh in a long time.🤣
It's a bit difficult to drive "through" Burnham-on-Crouch, it's got a small high street with a couple of estate agents, an antique shop and whatnot. The walk along the harbour /quay will take you about 25 minutes and you can get an ice cream
We used to call it Boredom-On-Couch
we did aye
My favourite by far stand up comic.
The parole board at HMP Lapland have let them elves go.
kek
Best one yet.
Can someone please explain the origin of this obsessively repeated "let himself go" comment. Thank you.
@@treborob It's from a bit the late Serbian warlord Ratko Mladic did.
@@treborob Isn't it Everything but the Girl?
Grew up in Burnham on Crouch, can confirm. (but you dont drive though it, it's more of a ... dead end)
Quite... but you could sail from there in your own yacht.. and live somewhere warm for the half of the year it's not...
Lol I'm from Burnham. Its great.
Every possible permutation of the 'let himself go' jokes have let themselves go.
God, comments decrying other comments about letting themselves go, have let themselves go
Only thing worse is the Red Letter Media comments section with a trillion " Is X replacing Y ? "
@@DavidOakesMusic X has let itself go Y? I don't know Zzzzzz
@@DavidOakesMusic Everyone is entitled to their own ppinion
Have they let themselves go or do you think the opposite of that?
Brilliant. Time a re-share all over Twitter and Facebook boys and girls ha hah
Great comedy. I love his rants. BBC recently showed SNOWFLAKE. His rant about Tony Parsons was hilarious.
This has actually made my day. All true, but still funny.
Continues to age well.
As you continue to age badly
This will never get old LOL!
It'll get old when brexit becomes a success. Erm you're right it'll never get old..
@@deviousdescent9010I'm looking forward to it getting old because we'll be back in the EU by then hopefully
As the closing title states: 'Comic Genius', always was and always will be!
I just looked up Burnham on Crouch on a map. Really doesn’t look like anywhere you could just be driving through, it’s kind of at the end of a couple of roads with nothing but sea to the other side. This is the brilliance of Stewart Lee - if you put the work in you find more layers of comedy.
or he could have been driving and seen a sign
ClockCommunist knowing him... it was 100% intentional
@@emmettdonkeydoodle6230 but you weren't
J G sounds like projection
I think it's one of the comedic techniques where you research the place you're performing and make fun of a nearby town, ideally one with some kind of rivalry. He'll have picked different towns during the rest of the tour.
"Oh, he's finished saying that."
Pete doherty is class
This, and "Who I hate most on Top Gear" are still the best pieces of comedy writing I have ever witnessed...
Stu?
I think Carpet Remnant World is the best standup show I've ever seen, but all of his stuff is better than almost anything that any other comedian out there has made.
Don't forget "Give it to me straight like a Pear Cider made from 100% pears"
Link that please!
@@davidwilcock2416 Not sure who you were replying to but here's the Top Gear bit: czcams.com/video/K7CnMQ4L9Pc/video.html
I think I'll be 'celebrating' Brexit tomorrow by watching Stuart Lee sketches on CZcams.
In your liberal elite citadel?
At least the bananas are all bendy again... Like they always f**king were!
and here we are with petrol and food shortages... yup, I blame the cunts :D
Who's that?
GoWithGreg
"like they always fucking were!"
Hahahaha😂😂😂🍌🍌🍌
It's only a joke but coincidently what I also believe.
Brilliant use of that line sir!
Its sort of a joke but really a painful truth if your british.
Dr Harold Shipman's most trusted plumber has let himself go.
the full version is no longer available
I only wanted bendy bananas, and now I can't afford to heat my home or buy food. Ah well.
At least we've got all that intangible sovereignty now we've finally broken free from the shackles of the oppressive EU, which, as Jeremy Hunt said, is like the Soviet Union.
Right... Maybe you should see what things are like for our friends in Germany who still very much remain in the EU.
Both our energy and food are substantially cheaper than the most successful economy inside the EU.
So before you go blaming Brexit every time a girl turns you down, try actually thinking if Brexit is relevant at all.
@@YourPalHDee Ah yes, the "it is what it is / oh, can you see into the aborted alternative timeline for a clear comparison then?" rebuttal.
Here's a fun thought exercise:
An island regains its sovereignty and chooses to lock down its borders immediately and institute quarantine measures to tackle a novel virus from abroad, rather than just letting every Tom Dick and Harry into the country with it.
😂🎯🎯🎯🎯
Comic genius .... hilarious and intelligent.... those who choose not to get it (or even pay attention) will always be reluctant to recognize their unfortunate inadequacy. The irony is.... that's exactly what his point is. Inducing idiots to retort is fun ! When Lee invites people's criticism .... it always ends up just watching them s☆☆t in their own hands and clapping..... the bonanza and guaranteed reward.... to reveal the fools.
Love it. They do it to themselves...... a free zoo.
superb take down of the trolls. unfortunately the trolls will never get it.
Genius. And unique.
Ming The Merciless has let himself go.
😂
"Aw mate!"
Brexit has really let itself go!!
This show is much better than Carpet Remnant World.
Les Rallizes Denudes t-shirt! Quality
An Les Rallizes Dénudés fan has let himself go
I play this nearly every day & it STILL fucking rocks (AND I live in Southend)! If I was Prime Minister I'd make it LAW to make everyone who voted for Brexit to watch it, daily.
I think people on both sides should watch it 🤷🏻♂️😂
I voted brexit and I think it’s hilarious! His comedy transcends partisan politics, he’s just too funny
Yes the left are so authoritarian that they think it ok to make people watch something.
@@johnsmith-eh3yc An excellent point. It should remain optional, I concede.
I was born in Southend, but it has taken me more than 70 years to realise Burnham on Crouch is a funny name. Thanks Stewart. The rest of this clip is pretty funny too.
I'm from Burnham on Crouch lmao
What show is this from? (Although I use the word ‘show’ advisedly)
Content provider. One of his best tours
Utter brilliance
I see Stu has come full circle with his comedy.
No, he used to be much funnier. Smarter too.
@@EchtMartijn and thinner, and happier, and thinner as well
He's come full circle with his body shape
@@EchtMartijn Voted Leave, did you?
@@thecoderofyoutube wrong country mate!
Mr Lee is quite perspicacious.
Whole lotta perspicacity goin' on.
Love this.
Pauline Quirke has let himself go
Wlho gives a fuck,he is a comedy genius,you are a needy fuckwit
Tanita Tikaram
has let him self go !!!
Amazing
Trying to work out what band is on his shirt
sweat bands
czcams.com/video/X4jJpRViOQI/video.html
Todd Carty has let himself go
Lol
KD Lang has let herself go
That bloke off a 1940's cigarette advert has let himself go
It's not JUST bendy bananas. It's underpowered vacuum cleaners as well.
Freddie Llunberg has let himself go.
🤣
*pats Stewart on the shoulder*
Enjoy your night, mate.
My dog's favourite tennis ball has let itself go.
do you remember jungle canyon rope bridges.......under thatcher????
Dawgs!
The lead singer of UB40 has let himself go
Danny Lloyd look mate. Everyone who does this overused shit joke is a moron. Come up with something original
@@SatoriLight fucking hell mate it's a joke you moron.
Ray Liotta has let himself go
lead singer of UB40 was always a fat cunt
Terry Christian has let himself go.
I remember listening to a caller who voted leave cos she wanted foish and chips out of newspapers 😱
But only out of the Sun, Mail and Express.
@@briancox9357yes she wanted to clearly read the hateful bile and enjoy her good old british fish and chips in one go.
I only love my cat more than Stewart Lee, don’t tell my gf
You mean your cat? No, don't worry. Your secret is safe with me.
He does look like a fat old lesbian.
1:23 ..."and try and make it work" 🤣
Ludwig van Beethoven c.1810 has let himself go.
He may have let himself go, but he was right then and he’s right today! I may tweet this, for old times’ sake.
He's not funny, but I agree the fuck out of it!
@@0mink0 Oh in that case I do as well then.
Cool dude, keep us updated.
I voted Brexit and I find Stewart Lee hilarious.
Have your local govt officials post their schedules on projects they where hired & voted to fix
216 who voted leave gave a thumbs down. I wonder what they would vote if there was another referendum on Brexit in Dec 2020?
They still want bendy bananas.
@Geee H - the EU has a mechanism for sorting out disputes and ensuring everyone follows the “rule book”. UK governments should have used that mechanism. That’s what the “others” do...
people dont de-racifiy or de-cunt within 4 years
Only pathetic remainiac have any concern about bendy/unbendy bananas.
UK government’s controlled by eu puppet civil servants never did and never would use any such mechanism.
"i just wanted bendy bananas, and how there's this chaotic inferno of hate" is one of the best punchlines ever.
He’s a genius. Sublime skit and poetic commentary on today’s political situation. Spot on.
I was Walter de La Mare and jumping at the counter.
Blimey! That Timmy Mallet's really let himself go.
Brilliant fun.
Comedians are far more trustworthy, woke, likable and influential than politicians and the media.
You mean like the president of Ukraine?
There are no more comedians, just woke cnuts.
It’s interesting, no ironic, that your nick is New Thought when your comment is so common and old thought. Making lazy, blanket statements about what are actually a diverse and multi faceted group of people reaching a great span of opinions and backgrounds, is essentialism and frankly, boring and dumb.
Woke and trustworthy don't always go together
Why is 'woke' a requirement for a comedian?
Says EVERYTHING, that.
A nice bit of rough from Burnham on Crouch
I thought it was "a nice bit of posh from Burnham on Crouch"?
Haven't listened to it for a while though.
Disappointing that no-one else got that reference, but have a 'like' for what it's worth
I've just been barred from facebook for 24hours for quoting this lmao - see if you can guess which bit :)
I’m guessing for mocking Burnham-on-Crouch?
At this point, Stewart Lee looks like he hasn't had a sh*t since Christmas. This is a man who REFUSES to let himself go.
Yeah, he looks a bit like a shitbottle.
Genius at work 🤩
Bendy bananas have let themselves go.
Jo Brand had let himself go
That Brexit has let itself go.
His description of remain cities surrounded by a swampy fen of leave cities is both comedy and poetry.
"people who can understand data" lol
@@nastyhobbit I thought that was a strange remark as British left wingers seem to be mostly illiterate when it comes to statistical analysis. It was mostly left wingers who lost their shit about UK government drives to expand maths education.
Cities are all full of cunts anyway. When you get out of the cities, you realise the other half of the country is kind hearted, friendly communities who don't waste their lives obsessing over whether you vote for the Red dictators or the Blue Dictators. 👍🏻
Terry Christian has let himself go
The BBC has let Stewart Lee go
Is Hague in the EU?
William? No. The? Yes.
@@AdrianColley heeheeheeheehee
whiskey? i believe in selected shops
Stewart Leave has let himself go
Can someone please explain the origin of this obsessively repeated "let himself go" comment. Thank you.
They wanted bendy bananas but they did not want bendy buses. Brexiteers.
Shropshire too Stoke Newington. 🤔
I laughed so much, I almost bought my own vodka
HISATdotCOM 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The man from the Carpe Noctem adverts has let himself go. And no, you can’t look it up on google, you have to live in London and change at Warren Street, that’s right yes it is Londoncentric yes it is yes. Oh no we’ve got Hitler still never mind
HAHA SHOTS FIRED
2019 has let itself go...
I have no idea who this is... but whoever he is, can I just say how fabulous this man looks for his age! (Though he does resemble that know-it-all from Record Breakers).
Yes he's only 32 and doesn't look a day over 31.
I know who he is. A fat wanker with no talent. His act just consists of agreeing with the lefty political views of his audience. Every time he calls a politician of a different political view a rude name the audience laugh dutifully.
@@andrewmartin6445 And you sound like a righty snowflake who got butthurt by a comedian not agreeing with your political views.
@@jamesblunt006 It isn't funny.
@@cockoffgewgle4993 It wasn't supposed to be funny.
You know someones a good comic when they can make you laugh even though you dont agree with them.
I see what you did there. So, you thought it was funny but you disagreed the fuck out of it.
Yes, he is actually funny sometimes.
Trevor Nelson has let himself go.
My posts have let themselves go