Five Minutes With: Stewart Lee

In a series for the BBC News website, Celebrities and news-makers are grilled by Matthew Stadlen in precisely five minutes.

[@cessrcd]

Why is this horrific Balkan war criminal still getting a voice on the BBC? If that's his cell in the Hague, then it looks a bit too cosy for my liking

[@mikeschneider1624]

he also looks fat

[@ifnyou]

and depressed

[@mikeschneider1624]

and fat

[@chasleask8533]

Well spoken young fella. Down with this sort of thing.

[@samcad-ho3ze]

The woman did the forming wrong and said ‘go off’

[@MrStevenToast]

He gave it straight....like a pear cider made from 100% pears...

[@garygatter9342]

So funny, best routine ever

[@RevZman]

Pear*

[@MANCHESTERUKABRIEFVIDEOOFTIME]

Pear

[@WalterLiddy]

Interviewer: "How do you come up with your jokes?" Adam Egot: "Stop stealing my moves!"

[@TheGregcawthorne]

I'm sorry for your loss

[@playingforbritain]

The concept of letting yourself go has let itself go

[@playingforbritain]

Clam Digger The concept of post-ironic humour derived from over-using the let-yourself-go meme, thus bringing it into a quasi-intellectual space where analysis of the humour itself becomes the joke, has let itself go

[@playingforbritain]

Clam Digger Cheers friend

[@siggyavos7275]

+playingforbritain I cant resist: Danny Boyle let himself go

[@mammooification2]

+Terry O'Neill Frankie Boyle

[@playingforbritain]

andiroidYT Come at me fam

[@ianbarker3710]

The fact that Stewart Lee is a fine and intelligent comedian, who may never make the 'mainstream' (no bad thing I guess, except for the money situation), but continues to deliver clever and witty comedy, has let itself go.

[@moodini99]

+Ian Barker Nice. Obscure. That comment hasn't let itself go

[@hellodavey1902]

L.M.A.O. This the the most Stewart Lee comment ever!

[@FiveSigma72]

The constellation of Orion has let itself go.

[@grahamlive]

Stewart Lee's looking fine but Karl Pilkington's let himself go.

[@odditycg4341]

You have to realise that Stew only does these banal interviews out of politeness to the people who ask him. The original concept art for the uruk-hai has really let itself go.

[@moodini99]

Awful questions. Those questions have really let themselves go

[@HalistoQuale]

Always wondered why my hilarious Geordie shoe fetish routine went down so bad.

[@scottjo76]

Bloody Eskimo faces from the 90's , coming over here, letting themselves go

[@meganoob9281]

Nice combo

[@therub2191]

he really does reside at the very apex of all that is absolute patience testing wank

[@ritzy9635]

Genius comment, my friend! Xx

[@Muzzer1984]

This is a refreshing twist on the usual suspects

[@julianenglish2278]

@@ritzy9635 yes except it’s a steal from Al Murray

[@mohsinrao4334]

A child's drawing of a thumb has let itself go.

[@skysten2605]

Lol

[@ASKpq]

It's like you've just followed him all the way home, into his house and into his living room, bugging him for an interview.

[@aussieevonne7857]

If that's the case, Stewart Lee, what's happened to your fireplace?

[@Loneman_OG]

He actually didn't want to interview Stewart Lee, he thought he'd spotted and was following Albert Finney, who was just looking a bit squashed and had obviously let himself go.

[@kenlieck7756]

I thought he must've just had the big clock and found himself wondering "Where has the time let itself go?"

[@alectravelyan3716]

Gosh, my lesbian aunt has let herself go.

[@Isleofskye]

Is your Aunt still a Lesbehavingyou or has she chose to come out of that mid-life phase in her, well, mid-life..

[@PhineasPhishUK]

Penfold from dangermouse has let himself go

[@M2Mil7er]

Flavor Flav has let himself go

[@richmonddenton4975]

I've just let myself go

[@BassandoForte]

Was there a sticky mess on your floor afterwards..?? 🤣

[@MisterF_1984]

Mrs Doubtfire has let herself go.

[@TheChristnumber1]

General Ratko Mladic has let himself go.

[@Sunlight70]

Stewart Lee's looking all right for his age...

[@banjopink4409]

no he isn't

[@dmoney9285]

Banjo Pink ... He has a stomach condition that makes you look puffy and age quite badly, he’s spoken about it a few times

[@synchc]

@@dmoney9285 Yeah, it's always full of crisps, cheese pork pies and craft ales.

[@dmoney9285]

@@synchc ... “you can see I’ve been at the cheese”

[@bbsaid218]

@@dmoney9285 because he smokes, eats shit and doesn’t exercise

[@MrSabbath2011]

Louis Van Gaal has let himself go.

[@organisedscum]

Paulie from The Sopranos has let himself go.

[@garyrigby21]

Stewart Lee gets funnier with age. Clever and funny a good combination

[@stevecarter8810]

Here we have five minutes with Viktor Frankl, who survived four Nazi death camps and used insights gained in those conditions to found the third Viennese School of Psychotherapy. So, Viktor... Is it sometimes fun, being a psychotherapist, and sometimes not?

[@richardwatson5437]

Sitting in my garage, two years later, I empathize with your admonition.

[@markgbullen]

KD Langs let herself go.

[@FlintSL]

My pit bull terrier has let himself go.

[@Littlehickish]

Issue with doing a 5 minute interview with Stew is that his answers are usually pretty in-depth and he gives quiet long answers. Plus the “how do u come up with ur jokes” christ no.

[@nathanreynolds4378]

Ernest Borgnine with a wig on has really let himself go....

[@TheYorkie72]

It wasn’t just racists who disliked this video....

[@joelaureate]

Five minutes has let itself go.

[@davidbrockhurst2402]

the 'let itself go gag' has let itself go

[@moodini99]

+sarcastic bowl of cornflakes the "the "let itself go gag" has let itself go" gag has let itself go..........has let itself go

[@mmmcomfy]

Please, someone re-make this using the voice of a six yr old for the interviewer.. "ow doo yoo cam ap wiv yor jokes?"

[@chescarino]

terry christian is looking well.

[@andy2550]

That clock has really let itself go.

[@kenlieck7756]

Wow. Was surprised to see when I typed in "Kevin" and "meringues" that the search bar actually showed me how to spell "McAleer"!

[@BachFlip]

The phrase '...has let himself go' has let itself go.

[@terminallyinquisitive1731]

Cameraman zooming in on big clock so we understand the concept of time has let itself go

[@tonygriffin_]

That five minutes let itself go quite quickly.

[@johnnunn8688]

Good to see, that Stewart’s laugh, has not let itself go.

[@markgbullen]

Terry Christians let himself go.

[@troubauk]

where is this "eating maringue" bit? can't find it anywhere

[@AstonishingSodApe]

I don’t know why, and there’s no way to prove this, but I’m watching this video at 6 am in a hill in Athens.

[@johnnunn8688]

A cave?

[@AstonishingSodApe]

@@johnnunn8688 No, a hill.

[@johnnunn8688]

@@AstonishingSodApe, ah, so ON a hill.

[@AstonishingSodApe]

@@johnnunn8688 Prepositions were never my strong suit

[@johnnunn8688]

@@AstonishingSodApe 🤣😂👍

[@CountryHouseGent]

Richard Bryers has let himself go.

[@billallen2126]

i've seen a few of these and that was the best yet. riiiing. over. complete.

[@NibberKSmooth]

One of the greats, no question. Seems like a nice, genuine and private person too.

[@garrettfarrell7857]

Stewart Lee's hairline has yet to let itself go

[@johnlouw6449]

You are a fringe benefit . And funny to boot. Bless you 😂 and may you continue to amuse those of us that are slightly left of anything...

[@gonufc]

That Tom O'Connor, a real comedian, would've said something funnier in his 5 minutes.

[@TheStimpz23]

Gammon or Satire?

[@rtyums6830]

@@TheStimpz23 probably satire

[@pmeadows34]

These comments have really let themselves go

[@Bubba-hl6wb]

24 has let itself go

[@ricburk]

That authority figure in charge of controlling the movements of others has let itself go.

[@TheDensley7]

Attila The Hun has let himself go.

[@sb_dunk]

Stewart's probably just thinking throughout this "Christopher Maloney's really let himself go"

[@woundedhorse]

Music. His favourite band is XTC. I was hoping we'd get 20 seconds of that.

[@JamesHarrisGarlingGas]

Badger from Wind in The Willows has let himself go.

[@supergangsterish1234]

noddy's dad has let himself go badly

[@acturek]

"How do you come up with your jokes?" - may as well have asked, "Where do you get your Crazy ideas from?"

[@E4RLIES]

Yeah I wonder where he does get his ‘crazay’ ideas from!?

[@Muzzer1984]

He gets all the good ones from Joe Pasquale

[@synchc]

From a ditch.

[@ernestoppetit7638]

Anyone got a link to the routine about eating meringues he mentions?

[@johnnunn8688]

I googled ‘Kevin McAleer eating meringues. It worked.

[@8Dbaybled8D]

keep asking myself if he went home and changed for this or thought "fuck it, it's five minutes of material"

[@jamespaton8594]

This doesn’t go by itself.

[@skysten2605]

The questions could have been from a tape recorder and the countdown shtick is just annoying, and Fred Flintstone has let himself go

[@Yimello]

It looks like he's used just for men but ran out before he finished.

[@seamusconlan9673]

Stewart Lee the intellectually gifted comedian giving tips on how to make people laugh now that's funny. See Stew that's how it's done.

[@onlythebiggesthitsoneleano8461]

Terry Christian has smartened himself up.

[@phoenixinthetrees1446]

Is the interviewer Barry Shitpeas from the Charlie Brooker programmes?

[@mcnulty70]

phoenix in the trees no

[@phoenixinthetrees1446]

All that's missing is the bandaging around the hand...

[@missolympiabinewski]

Mr. Fantastic has let himself go.

[@bobbytyler8008]

Stewart Lee makes me laugh.... a lot !

[@furbs9999]

Grandpa from the Munsters is looking real good for his age!

[@197922007]

The age of Aquarius has lets itself go

[@ChrisLee-yr7tz]

Philip Seymour Hoffman has let himself go.

[@Mickparrysstepdad]

The love child of a 90's Eskimo and Susan Boyle has let himself go

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

Famed Israeli military commander and politician Moshe Dayan has regrown a eye but otherwise has let himself go

[@luke-alex]

Determinism has let itself go

[@binghamguevara6814]

Why do people put indoor plants in front of book?

[@CharlesOwen93]

a troll doll has let itself go

[@Intiom]

A bloated Ray Liotta... has let himself go.

[@gymnosophy]

He wasn't into this at all

[@hexonatapeloop]

Tom Daley has really let himself go

[@MrBuch169169]

The Bride of Frankenstein's let himself go.

[@JohnSmith-su3ze]

Susan Boyle has let herself go

[@BanjoLuke1]

DCI Burnside from off of The Bill on ITV may or may not have let himself go.

[@Barracuda007]

the California raisins have really let themselves go

[@paulmorton3259]

Dame Joan Collins has let himself go

[@josephasghar]

Did he get his questions off Craigslist?

[@supergangsterish1]

a shaved hedgehog has let himself go

[@rowanmorrison7022]

Would have been so much better if for the full 5 mins he just maintained uncomfortable eye contact with clock man while munching popadoms

[@TheStimpz23]

I bet he hated that

[@_Stroda]

The noise at 1:40 has let itself go.

[@steerpike50]

I'm glad Stu has time to talk to normal people.

[@goaway9163]

Pocahontas has let herself go. And cut her hair shorter.

[@flyinghighagain1163]

Steve Sidwell interviews Jack Nicholson

[@stephenkeogh7394]

The late Elvis Presley has let himself go

[@marty8155]

I saw him on KZbin in 2024 Stewart Lee has let himself go

[@adamsultraadventure]

morrissey let himself go

[@benhadley1797]

Annie Wilkes has let herself go

[@matteoj226]

Philip Schofield has let himself go

[@mooseandspade6251]

Chris Rock's quote added nothing. Has Stew lost his edge?

[@alkapowportstar7808]

that bloke from the cure is getting well wrinkley.

[@morganfisherart]

Couldn't catch the name of the comedian he mentions at 4:33 - the one who made him laugh the most. Sounded something like "Kevin Macillear" - does anyone know?

[@DarrenHeffernan]

+morganfisherart Kevin McAleer (full disclosure: had to google it), though I couldn't find his 'eating meringues' bit...

[@danielbanks9589]

Is that the guy from UB40?

[@aussieevonne7857]

No, it's General Mladic.

[@danielbanks9589]

Shouldn't he be at the Hague war crimes tribunal?

[@aussieevonne7857]

Yeah, but the woman filled in the form wrong. So, he's in Sheffield.

[@danielbanks9589]

Much nicer bloke in real life though

[@iang1119]

Funny you mention that, I thought that until I realised he could be that bloke from Yugoslavia, that army bloke.... but he seems to have let himself go