Stewart Lee's epic takedown of Rod Liddle

Taken from Series 4 of his "Comedy Vehicle". this is Stewart Lee's pisstake of Rod Liddle.
Gravy, soup....

[@benjysshed1883]

When I saw Stuart 30 years ago he was much younger than he is now. Now he's about 3 decades older.

[@Pebble_Collector]

Aye, he's definitely let himself go. Anyone can see that, unfortunately.

[@Torahboy1]

@@benjysshed1883 He looks fat and depressed And fat

[@RichardBrook-kq8dm]

Stewart Lee is a sublime stand up comedian. He manages to combine taking the piss out of everyone whilst taking the piss out of himself!

[@MahlerHolic1860]

@@RichardBrook-kq8dm Absolutely 💯

[@rc5759]

Rod is, however, slightly less sophisticated than this generous portrayal.

[@vestibulate]

I'm Rod Liddle, and I approved this message.

[@sabre22b]

I'm AA Gill and I shot something and smeared it's blood on my face. I'm Jeremy Clarkson and driving slightly too fast over a speed bump. I'm Geert Wildes and I'm not in this bit.

[@Torahboy1]

@@sabre22b I’m Will Self and I’m upset not to be in this routine

[@charlesalan5999]

I’m Rod Liddle and I’m absolutely …..Oh I’ve got some soup on my cuff and gravy down my front. Suet on my collar fish paste on my jacket and trousers…..Where the fuck did this nut come from !??!?

[@Xombigod]

I'm Rod Liddle and so's my wife.

[@Torahboy1]

@@Xombigod I didn’t get where I am today by being Rod Liddle Neither Mrs C J nor I are Rod Liddle

[@AndrewWilsonStooshie]

One of the few comedians who can not only live with awkward silence but thrive on it. Standing doing that one noise over and over again in front of an audience which is expecting you to make them laugh would kill most comedians after 10 seconds. He does it for 2 whole minutes.

[@RichardBrook-kq8dm]

Class act! There is no one who comes even close except perhaps Eddie Izzard but he comes from his comedy from a different angle! Nowt wrong with that. It takes all sorts! Both broke out the mould that was "alternative" comedy back in the 80s . Long may it continue, who knows who is coming up next!

[@Torahboy1]

The BBC has let Stewart Lee go……

[@WinstonSmith19847]

You can get all that food in Lidl.

[@Torahboy1]

@@WinstonSmith19847 Or get it all ON Liddle

[@redpillnibbler4423]

Apparently the managing director of Lidl is actually called Rod.

[@googoogjoobgoogoogjoob]

Rod Liddle has let himself go.

[@redlester]

"It's just a list of food on a man.."

[@HDSPKSRecords-gi1ob]

How rip-roaringly funny, when delivered with a socialist sneer!

[@Torahboy1]

@@redlester It needs to go on a LOT longer

[@user-wj9ru9if8p]

​@@Torahboy1with much more detail too 😊

[@Paul-eb4jp]

​@HDSPKSRecords-gi1ob You can still get some Jim Davidson stuff on here.

[@Torahboy1]

@@Paul-eb4jp And Joe Pasquale He does a great joke about being in people’s gardens It goes, “sometimes when I’m in someone’s garden they shout at me to get out” No that’s not it Stu He comes out, Joe Pasquale, and he says, “guess what people say to me when I’m in their garden? They say GET OUT OF MY GARDEN!!” Only he’s quick, Stu. Not like you. He’s quick, like lightning out of a gun. He comes out, Stu. Joe Pasquale. And he says. Yes. That’s it. He says…..

[@ricardolorrio8228]

Rod Liddle, "you can't make this up" "it's like the lights are on, but nobody is at home" and don't forget "it's just political correctness gone mad" ...

[@winnywin]

Rod Liddle is now an associate editor of The Spectator. Has egg all over his face - but I'm not in the zone.

[@johngalantini6910]

Thanks for sharing this in its entirety. I’m in that audience, to the left of stew. There was such a tense atmosphere in the room during this routine, it just made the bit all the more funnier - in front of stew was this parade of annoyed faces - it just got funnier and funnier - the sheer nerve of it. Afterwards my whole chest hurt from constant laughter. Brilliant night.

[@MahlerHolic1860]

@johngalantini6910 I'm envious! The recordings from there are so iconic. I've seen him in London and Cardiff a few times.

[@bobadams7654]

Rod Liddle, giving it to us straight.

[@Torahboy1]

@@bobadams7654 He is, after all, 100% pear(s)

[@bobadams7654]

​@Torahboy1 your pear comment makes me SO angly

[@Torahboy1]

@@bobadams7654 No time to argue with you atm I have a dentist appointment @2.30 The receptionist didn’t need to write it down for me……

[@BillyHayes79Music]

Been looking for this one for ages

[@jocksterDJ]

I saw him twice on this tour. The poppadom skit literally drove a small handful of people to leave. Idiots. They obviously don't understand comic genius when they see it. Bet Michael Mcintyre couldn't pull off a ten min poppadom routine. 😂

[@vultan2000]

Rod Liddle - not so much dressed as basted.

[@Torahboy1]

@@vultan2000 A basted bastard?

[@Fiachraraven]

All hail Stewart, numero uno.

[@marksykes1191]

Terry Christian is a mess now !

[@SMG706]

it was the clavicle that held it all together ...well done you!

[@Shelfandtabletoplayouts00gauge]

Outstanding metaphors for someone who doesn’t deserve a proper joke

[@DirkWaive]

Sinbad Brookside has let himself go

[@Truffle_Pup]

20 minutes I thought I'd never get back the first time I watched it. 20 minutes I've relived possibly 20 times over the past 10 years and it still wrecks me 🤣

[@dineen7]

The same shtick with every routine, repeat until tedious then until it gets laughs. Boring unless your a teenager that has just been introduced to marijuana.

[@jaimemurphy2208]

@@dineen7 give it to us straight, like pear cider that's made from 100% pears

[@HDSPKSRecords-gi1ob]

@@jaimemurphy2208 Whoah, it's so clever because he's TRYING to be unfunny.

[@jaimemurphy2208]

@@HDSPKSRecords-gi1ob The good thing about comedy is that when it's going well people laugh. You don't. It's not your type of comedy.

[@alansmith4655]

Kim Jong Un has lost a bit of weight.

[@chriselliott726]

'Three different types of butt plug' ... Brilliant!

[@richardhall5489]

I spoiled my ballot paper once with a similar statement

[@MatthewXLY]

Pure. Comedy. Commitment.

[@Torahboy1]

@@MatthewXLY it’s like a fine pear cider

[@garyrigby21]

i had to look up Rod Liddle and i couldn't stop laughing

[@Lee.Carlson]

Liddle is a twat. And an unkempt one at that.

[@michaelt2939]

I'M ROD LIDDLE! I AM! I AM HIM!

[@ideopath72]

What's a 'noun' ? And who is Rod Liddle? Otherwise, cutting to the edge of beauty.

[@conchronic]

Imitating the sound of rod Liddle masticating stretches the limits of comedy

[@plebjames]

To breaking point?

[@conchronic]

@@plebjames for some I presume.

[@nigeledwards4683]

Ed Balls has let himself go

[@LudvigIndestrucable]

He's intentionally subverting, rather than deconstructing his work with thinly veiled ad hominems about his appearance. He's thinly veiling the critique by increasingly and petty banal personal comment

[@hootsmon]

Thank you, Paul!

[@stuartdoig15]

What rhymes with Venus?

[@ChrisBrown-or8ky]

12:00 I'd consider "marmalade" rather than "honey" was better suited given the context but then again, wtf would i know about food on a man

[@solgreenman7280]

It wasn’t on him. It was the memory of the honey……😂

[@Joshualbm]

What kind of batteries were in that tape deck?

[@splodgen]

It's funny, there no cc for that stuff at the end! How is it spelled in the script?

[@TR-Coaching]

Absolute genius.

[@ianclarke3627]

Garden peas on his eyebrow

[@amaj7313]

I was eating a poppadom watching this

[@Torahboy1]

@@amaj7313 Are you a sardine?

[@amaj7313]

@@Torahboy1 I'm a cod head

[@Torahboy1]

@@amaj7313 Isn’t that what they call people from Hartlepool ??

[@-Pol-]

My cat was lapping up milk.

[@naturalmystic67]

I suspect that he thinks Rod Liddle is a prick…

[@jeremywyatt4981]

Ricky from Eastenders has let himself go

[@Torahboy1]

@@jeremywyatt4981 Don’t you mean Mark Fowler ????

[@splodgen]

I wonder what kind of influence Stewart got from Andy Kaufman. Stewart's so much better than that other geezer, what's his name, DIck Gervais

[@simonwarren1209]

Can't compare the two.

[@redpillnibbler4423]

Who’s Rod Liddle?

[@lukebarton5075]

A man.

[@cpa2788]

Rod Liddle stood for election in my ward in the General Election. Lost his deposit.

[@martin-mi3cg]

So funny how he's bang on point with the way I picture Rod Liddle in my mind 😂

[@MahlerHolic1860]

@martin-mi3cg That's exactly how he looks on TV. All gravy down im!

[@richarddearnley9555]

I'll never see background noise the same again, Rhubarb's gone for a walk...

[@sonortubelug3853]

For someone that regularly writes for the Guardian, the list of food stuffs on Liddle’s apparel is incredibly British. We see you, Lee. We see you. If he’d had any sense of inclusivity, there’d at least have been some baklava down his front.

[@Stewniverse]

Rod Liddle wouldn't eat foreign foods

[@rainblaze.]

But you see the problem with that is. Tats not really rod liddle-"ish"... Is it? You see if you'd been in the zone you'd have known that

[@PaulMcCaffreyfmac]

Liddle is a f**king leftovers haystack but without the rural charm of a real haystack.

[@grahammoffat9752]

‘Vegetable stigmata’

[@illbebehindthecouch2164]

Rod Liddle; he’s the one who left his wife for a young one!

[@garyc9908]

A young papadom

[@ianclarke3627]

Pie jelly haha = aspic

[@marksykes1191]

TBH there’s a stone in my garden who could embarrass Rodney liddle brain !

[@jbri1]

You sound like someone who's got a bit of Foster's down his shirt

[@grahamcox4486]

Absolutely brilliant. This is Stewart Lee making us all scream with laughter 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@grahamcox4486]

Who needs a standard punchline?

[@garyrigby21]

I love this bit and totally get it we had a teacher at school like Rod liddel with all soup down him

[@bluemachine85]

Lee often mocks his own audience. They're often portrayed as pretending to understand a joke that in fact has no meaning. I wonder if this bit is about seeing how far he can push a ridiculous idea on them. As always, the repetition wins the day. I love this bit.

[@darranwilkins4648]

just about rob sorry rod no rob little luddlle liddle you know

[@MatthewXLY]

personally, i find that this joke really does have meaning. he criticized two journalists for having little substance beyond hatred to their writing and the then for rod liddl he has so little respect for his writing and its content that he'd rather talk about 'it's just food on a man'.

[@michaelmccloskey2713]

They do,you don't

[@malcolmbeckett9802]

Repetition takes us to a different place😂

[@michaelshutts-ql8bx]

A brilliant post-modern de- construction of the very unfathomable vapid and worthless idea behind the word joke with nods to Beckett and Camus. GENIUS . PS. Ollie Watkins rules.

[@misell349]

I originally thought this was based on Liddle sounding like ladle (ladel?) but maybe he is just the kind of guy that always looks like he has some food down 'im.

[@jbri1]

Maybe

[@unchattytwit]

Yeah, Rod's Little.

[@user-qm3vm1cw8]

The glass smash Hectler, lol let's investigate

[@killbotone6210]

I love this but...my favourite take down of Rod Liddle was by Irish Journalist Eamonn Dunphy..live on TV...its gold.

[@richardichard4237]

Link please....

[@SorendeSelbyBowen]

@@richardichard4237 It's literally less than a minute with google.

[@fxstbsean]

​@@richardichard423719:47 19:47

[@michaelshutts-ql8bx]

That certainly put Liddle in his place. He must live in fear of your comic genius.

[@HDSPKSRecords-gi1ob]

Rod Liddle is actually funny. Lee is pathetic.

[@Harrier_DuBois]

@@HDSPKSRecords-gi1ob Yeah it's funny when he beats up women and foams about immigrants.

[@simondagnall1875]

I know it feels like you’re in a conversation with Stuart but this clip isn’t live.

[@juliangilbert5465]

Genius.

[@MahlerHolic1860]

@@juliangilbert5465 I agree

[@HDSPKSRecords-gi1ob]

You are easily pleased.

[@ukbloke28]

@@HDSPKSRecords-gi1ob you are easily upset. you've literally repeated your statements down this thread as much as Lee repeated rod riddle ... you find him very influential, I see.

[@darahdoyle3176]

Jesus Lee really strings out a bit to the death, at times unfunny, and then right at the end he nails the landing. Genius.

[@Torahboy1]

He always does a bit that goes on waaaaay too long. It starts off funny. Then it gets boring. THEN it gets funny again. Genius indeed

[@1anwrang13r]

@@Torahboy1 Absolutely. I saw him do the food-on-a-man thing in one of the work in progress gigs he did before he filmed this series. He was like a conductor orchestrating the audience. To experience the hilarity of the initial concept, then the confusion as it continued, and then the building hysteria as he just went on and on, was amazing. As incredibly funny as it was, though, I think it worked far better as a 10-15min bit in a live performance that went on for a couple of hours, rather than as a 15min bit in a 25min TV programme.

[@rjbradburn]

​@@Torahboy1 I've seen audience members get up and leave during his long unfunny bits, adding to the pre-punchline tension, and making the reward for staying even more satisfying.

[@Torahboy1]

@@rjbradburn His Rod Liddle eating a popadom is the ultimate. And the aside to the guy looking at his watch is genius

[@buxey494]

The ever expanding comedian.

[@cameronpatrickscott]

Could listen to a recording of Rod eating poppadums aldi

[@Alexander-of7ny]

Would they have to be Aldi’s poppadoms?

[@pseudonayme7717]

@@Alexander-of7ny nah, Lidls obv

[@johnmiller9953]

@@pseudonayme7717 idiotz

[@stookful]

I'm disappointed he didn't mention custard on Rod Liddle.

[@mauricedear5809]

Angel delight...snob.

[@GaryHutchins]

​@@mauricedear5809 Ooh Lah - de - dah - we had Instant Whip !

[@mauricedear5809]

@@GaryHutchins whoosh.l never realised Telegraph readers had a sense of humour...must adjust my sense of timing.

[@GaryHutchins]

@@mauricedear5809 'Telegraph readers' ? 🤔

[@mauricedear5809]

@@GaryHutchins ...not waving...just drowning....

[@dp0004]

Performance. Occupy the space between yourself and the individual in the audience. Timing counts. The rest is going nowhere until the end.

[@peterwaugh5881]

Who's Stewart Lee?

[@clivenaylor5392]

I really wanted to know if it ended the relationship

[@strappaplank6017]

Angel dust in his neck lines

[@ZER0--]

Angel Delight wasn't it?

[@Sparkypark]

I’d rather have a pint or two with Herring.

[@OldGreyMulletTest]

Neither want a pint with you though... 😂😂😂

[@MrOtistetrax]

Richard doesn’t drink any more, unfortunately. But I agree he’d be a much more entertaining person to hang out with. Lee’s cynical arrogance - no matter how ironic - is kind of just exhausting. I know his stuff is clever, but the cleverness itself just isn’t funny enough to justify how long you have to wait for the payoff.

[@kennycube5126]

@@MrOtistetrax You know that's the character that Lee is playing, right? That characters personality isn't Stuarts.

[@rea545]

He’s the one who left his wife for a young one

[@Parallelwurlds]

Is that you Eamon?

[@rea545]

@@Parallelwurlds😂

[@Harrier_DuBois]

...who he then assaulted

[@rhisadavid7325]

Well, I always found Nigel Planer kind of hot, too.

[@ViewerNumber9]

​@Harrier_DuBois he assaulted Rosie Holt?

[@rickgoblok1625]

Fuck that was tedious

[@kennycube5126]

🤣🤣😆 New to Stuart?

[@HugoHackenbush-jq7hl]

The Daily Mail has the effrontery to describe this man and his little wifey and children, as “Your average champagne communist family.”

[@MartinHiggins1972]

That's pretty funny tbf.

[@HugoHackenbush-jq7hl]

@@MartinHiggins1972 I know 🤣🎯

[@HugoHackenbush-jq7hl]

Ayup! 😁🤿

[@laughatfootball]

Is this simple or complete genius?

[@MahlerHolic1860]

@@laughatfootball For me, complete genius

[@laughatfootball]

@@MahlerHolic1860 agreed, he really is at the top of the pile.

[@georgewelsh901]

That bit went on for too long. And what I like about that comment...

[@threethrushes]

Crisps.

[@MontyCantsin5]

sps.

[@viera4]

Anyone who attempts a descriptive commentary on a stuart lee sketch is a brave amd reckless soul indeed.🙈

[@kevinwhelan9607]

I meant to add Kevin Bishop to my list below of "always funny"- Star Stories was pure genius. And while I think of it, the Anglo-Iranian behind Fonejacker. FANTASTICALLY funny.

[@pushthetempo2]

Kayvan Novak. He was in Four Lions also. I don't know why he's not on more stuff he's hilarious

[@ClearLight1967]

@@pushthetempo2 He was excellent in Phone Shop too. More recently he was vamping it up as Nandor in the superb What We Do In The Shadows tv series.

[@FKProds]

"Let me tell you, you're laughing because it's not funny" would have been a big zinger.

[@ruledtrendy5066]

I love Stewart Lee but I've never got this bit

[@MahlerHolic1860]

It's a riff on how dishevelled Rod Liddle is. That's my view anyway!

[@ronbock8291]

I have no clue who Rod Liddle is, and yet this is one of the greatest stand-up routines I’ve ever seen.

[@kristofermccormack6]

​@@ronbock8291He was a mainstream journalist in the 2000s who went down the conspiracy theory/uber conservative pipeline.

[@ronbock8291]

@@kristofermccormack6 I sorta gathered that, but thank you for the confirmation.

[@foxybox123]

Sloppy journalism

[@IainFrame]

Rod Liddle is great. He's *almost* good enough for me to want to buy the Spectator.

[@garyc9908]

I like papadoms

[@Torahboy1]

@@garyc9908 It’s popadoms Are you thinking of Papa John’s ??

[@garyc9908]

@@Torahboy1 no condoms

[@chekkatechno]

Rod Liddle is a guy who ran away and left his wife for a young wan

[@roberthall4492]

James Cordens let himself go....

[@edbop]

He honestly used to be funny, back in the day.

[@mrbenoit5018]

What do Rod Liddle and Shinji from Evangelion have in common? 5:54

[@Mankster23]

Arms

[@jbg48]

feeble

[@hanraa01]

People who watch Stewart Lee do so for political self affirmation reasons. The laughter is at what he is, not who he is.

[@thadgb2485]

What a smart man.. doesn’t fit the sanctimonious new labour stereotype at all.

[@johnmiller9953]

vote reform

[@garyrigby21]

everyone knows a slightly overweight middle aged scruffy bloke that's why this is so funny

[@ZER0--]

If you say so...

[@Harrier_DuBois]

scruffy? ok...

[@garyrigby21]

@@Harrier_DuBois you guys don't get it

[@ukbloke28]

observational comedy, yeah

[@garyrigby21]

@@ukbloke28 yeah he observed that

[@nev7650]

Stewart ,it’s not a crust , it’s pastry. Not crust - pastry. Please try and remember and get it right next time.

[@kennycube5126]

Have you heard of shortcrust pastry? You may have to rethink your comment. Crust: The outer layer of baked goods, like pie or bread😁

[@lukebarton5075]

@nev What a bizarre comment.

[@richardichard4237]

Chet Baker has really let himself go.....so sad.

[@neilmccormick2064]

Shite . I wanted to hear him rip the pish out of Rod Liddle.

[@MartinHiggins1972]

Nailed him on the gravy, though, tbf.

[@OldGreyMulletTest]

He did. It was just above your head.

[@HDSPKSRecords-gi1ob]

Rod Liddle is actually funny. Stewart Lee is the school bully at Socialist Worker's High School.

[@lukebarton5075]

@H Did he once abuse you after a gig one night? You seem weirdly obsessed and pretty angry.

[@michaelmouse4024]

Rod Liddle is a sulky Tory apologist

[@HDSPKSRecords-gi1ob]

He has more wit in his little finger than Lee has in his entire champagne socialist sneer.

[@gcullen104]

I know you right wingers have hasd a terrible week and have been humiliated on a massive scale but there's no need to lamely suggest that the hapless Liddel is even remotely close to the mighty Lee. It just makes you look a bit daft. This routine is actually what poor old Liddel is famous for. The poor sod. And don't worry about not having a sense of humour. We won't hold it against you. 😅

[@thebagelsproductions]

​@@HDSPKSRecords-gi1ob Are you Rod Liddle?

[@unchattytwit]

fiddler popadom fest.

[@juliarose4397]

Like Tristram Shandy, only actually funny

[@HarryNicNicholas]

if it weren't occasionally funny it would be repetitive.

[@dvdly]

This guy really lets himself go.

[@martinappleby764]

I like Rod Liddle.

[@listerofsmeg884]

This bit went on a bit too long

[@pushthetempo2]

What's the correct length then?

[@MartinHiggins1972]

68% of this.

[@HDSPKSRecords-gi1ob]

All his 'gags' do. Painfully unfunny.

[@michaelshutts-ql8bx]

About 20 minutes too long.

[@johnmiller9953]

like ur mum

[@ferret83uk]

Is he having a stroke

[@simon8413]

Good God, how unfunny can one man be for so long?

[@MrMargaretScratcher]

You managed 11 words, so...

[@chrisbannister3115]

You should maybe ask Ricky Gervaise.

[@HDSPKSRecords-gi1ob]

@@chrisbannister3115 Gervais gets genuine laughs, not the smug titters of Lee's crowd congratulating themselves on being 'in on it'.

[@HDSPKSRecords-gi1ob]

It's the only innovative side of Lee - he is unfunny deliberately longer than all other comedians.

[@MrMargaretScratcher]

@@HDSPKSRecords-gi1ob yeah that's right, we're all pretending. You got us. My cheeks where aching from an hour of constant pretending last month at his 'Basic Lee' show, makes you wonder why I bothered...

[@johnmiller9953]

Vote reform

[@ricardoortez9812]

Nigel Farage with a nut on his hand and Oxo cubes crumbled into his eyes.

[@kennycube5126]

...if you don't understand politics.

[@cpa2788]

Reform stood aside to let Rod Liddle stand in my ward in the GE. He lost his deposit.