Genius S01E06 (BBC2) - Stewart Lee

[@finncullen]

I really like Stewart Lee. Aside: I don't really! Sotto Voce: I do really, I was just making a meta-narrative reference understandable by a minority of readers

[@therub2191]

No you don't, do, don't, and weren't.

[@Levy2k9]

weird flex but ok

[@flangesprocket100]

It's 'DUMPKINS' now, grandad!

[@bobadams7654]

I don't understand and it's making me angly.

[@MorganSea]

Thumbs up for Stewart Lee calling Anton a crypto-fascist !

[@deanfowles3707]

joking about people letting themself go has let itself go

[@martynblair7093]

Your comment about people talking about people letting themselves go has let itself go

[@KittenBasher69]

@@martynblair7093 Your comment about his comment on comments letting themself go has let itself go.

[@patrickwakefield7063]

@@KittenBasher69 meta jokes have really let themselves go

[@KittenBasher69]

@@patrickwakefield7063 Meta jokes by nature have already let themself go

[@davidlee3638]

Can't you just, well you know ?

[@finosuilleabhain7781]

People's ability to comment on Stewart Lee videos without referring back to his classic material - especially by suggesting that some person or other has 'let themself go' - has let itself go.

[@onlythebiggesthitsoneleano8461]

People commenting on KZbin videos is on the rise again. Nobody on the eastern seaboard is safe.

[@bobadams7654]

Comments on comments have let themselves go. I would never comment.

[@thebagelsproductions]

These comments look fat and depressed

[@capriboy2o]

When referring to days in the present, one can't vocalise anything without a custodial sentence

[@bobadams7654]

@capriboy2o that's an arresting turn of phrase- oh, and it makes me so angly

[@ChristaCrow]

A TV show that had both David Gorman and Stewart Lee! It's like the BBC wanted to go out of their way to make me happy!

[@AbortedHitlerCock]

Don't worry, it wont happen again.

[@martynblair7093]

The BBC have let themselves go

[@tom2324]

That woman who threw a cat in a bin has let herself go

[@curbyi76]

Love the way Dean has predicted 8 years early correctly the opening dialogue between Stewart and the audience on the current Shark Tornado Snowflake tour.

[@grilledtortilla]

Where I grew up in Lancashire we had a swimming lane, it was called the Leeds-Liverpool Canal and I would suggest to her to dive in head first.

[@mizofan]

Luxury. None of your namby pamby canal stuff when i were a nipper. When i were lad we lived in middle of big lake. We 'ad to swim to mill and work 28 hour a day, 8 days a week...

[@troyagane8220]

@@mizofan We used to dream of living in a lake.We were so poor it would tek us six years to reply to a youtube comment,if we were lucky!

[@mrbenoit5018]

Stewart Lee has let himself go, onto the Dave Gorman genius show. As you can see for yourself

[@seanys]

The look of realisation on Stewart’s face as to what he’s got himself into immediately after that chicken popped up.

[@stumbling]

I'd love to see Stewart Lee and Dave Gorman co-write and perform something. I think their styles would be a really interesting mix.

[@TomSmithAtYork]

" I don't want David Cameron in charge of the darkness"

[@TheFrankDive]

the choir being conducted by a keyboard is like aphex twin's remote orchestra.

[@bobcartwright7476]

The look on Stewart's face when he heard the phrase "virtual reality headset for chickens."

[@robertafettuccine]

I'm surprised Stewart Lee had time out of his busy schedule to do this show considering the two businesses he has to run in Crapstone and Shitterton.

[@christheghostwriter]

Just answering the phones at those places and explaining what they do seems like a full time job

[@thebagelsproductions]

Can you two both order a single tonne of manure for me? He's scuppered my previous attempts to acquire extra. I need to "Strangers on a Train" this problem and recruit accomplices previously unknown to me! 😅

[@DannyOmu]

omfg....THREE incarnations of David Mitchell in one show lol!

[@thescottman1988]

that comment is genius

[@DannyOmu]

bruv i literally howled when the last one came out lol.....it made me think of alien resurrection when ripley finds her clones....

[@Romanplaystation]

Never thought I'd see General Ratko Mladic on a treadmill. ❤ War criminals have let themselves go.

[@hump3]

Kevin Eldon as Chairman Mao in Big Train has let himself go

[@johnanthonycafe2993]

The premise of the ideas are so left field making the jokes obscure but refreshing.

[@ruairikinney]

Stewart saying Dan couldn’t “candle it” instead of “handle it” at 26:16 is a fantastic Freudian slip

[@pvthudson5069]

It was a KP the pilkman reference

[@Kallistivideo]

A loaf of white bread peppered with the ashes of cremated dogs has let itself go.

[@problemistatist]

An incomplete topology of the universe itself saturated with consequence and confusion has let itself go....

[@Kallistivideo]

@@problemistatist God I was really drinking hard that year huh

[@outsidespac3]

26:40 that's some proper comedy, real tom o'connor shit

[@DanGolag]

"People have said that to me." LMAO.

[@----.__]

24:22 That girls face when the candle lights.... and she forgets to sing... lolol

[@danielmarriott6580]

I can't believe no one laughed at the socks reunited joke about socks getting divorces and stuff. Friends reunited!? Ass Lee might say - you're going to have to raise your game!

[@venusianblivet9518]

Meta humour where someone states jokes about letting oneself go have let themselves go, has, ironically, let itself go.

[@Kie77]

Always great to see Dan from Dan and Dan. His Daily mail song is also genius

[@S7EVE_P]

A 1983 copy of MS-DOS on 3.5in 1.44mb disk has let himself go.

[@iammorethanausername]

I believe at that year - it would have been a 5.25in floppy

[@bigleebrink]

Robert Mugabe has let himself go...

[@carpetfluff35]

bigleebrink Yeah, but at least he got some exercise.

[@stumbling]

bigleebrink Donatella Versace has let himself go.

[@97channel]

+bigleebrink He looks fat and depressed. And fat.

[@rhizombic]

+97channel No he doesn't ! He looks a genial genius with a perfect bmi. And genial.

[@paultreneary]

+bigleebrink That battery chicken has let himself go, though he's not aware of it

[@sidarthur8706]

delightful animation, dave gorman, it keeps getting better.. where does youtube find these for me.. i was about to go to bed

[@Shmiguelly]

Wow. People take this show far too seriously. It's not meant to be a discovery of the next greatest inventions. It's meant to be a silly show with silly ideas.

[@Slapbass13]

Nice to see Dan on Genius, but he could've brought Dan along..

[@SandyYoung1]

Ray liotta has let himself go...

[@aussieevonne7857]

Oh, I thought it was General Mladic.

[@philipglasgow3307]

He couldn't cut the mustard on a panel show.

[@sibadityapal1493]

You spread mustard. You don't cut it.

[@jackjude]

Where does the "cutting the mustard"/panel show referrence come from?

[@Stewniverse]

@@sibadityapal1493 idiot

[@saltedgerman]

​@@jackjude Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle. It was a line from Lee Mack's autobiography (allegedly, I haven't read it myself).

[@discostoo]

"with an eskimo face, off of the 90's"

[@USERNAMEfieldempty]

That's Dan from 'Dan and Dan' at the end! He's a youtube legend!

[@Simple1Jack]

Mel Giedroyc has let herself go...

[@MrCrossWire]

Clearly it is Sue Perkins. For Christ's sake...

[@matthewlamb1034]

I recognised Dan from The Daily Mail song.

[@irresistibleb1tch]

Dan! All by himself, no less!

[@theMikeChastain]

That piece of sushi has really let itself go.

[@muninraven3327]

No haiku from me, but Stewart Lee, how could thee Go on TV to such a degree (with poultry), Your applicability for this kind of TV < damn, I used repetition, but not in any meaningful way Is frankly... uhh... Angela Lansbury has let herself go!

[@UncleBucky78]

😀

[@ulalaFrugilega]

He was cheated out of millions by religious fanatics, yet still has to feed his kids. That's what I think. Still feel swindled into watching a bunch of nitwits by placing Lee amongst them. But I actually did that to myself.

[@rjowen]

Mark Kermode has let himself go...

[@rhizombic]

+rjowen ..in the commode

[@DJDNKY]

Straight to Dave

[@PDVarts]

I wonder if both the guest comedian and the host had every response to every genius contender scripted, cause this was REALLY good.

[@joeschmo4275]

I find Simon's proposal of virtual reality headsets for chickens all the more concerning because I suspect that 'chicken' is a metaphor for a certain race of human. I have made some deductions from the film 'American History X': The protagonist, Derek, is a member of a Neo-Nazi group lead by a man called Cameron. Derek is sent to prison where he gets bummed. This changes his views on Cameron and the Neo-Nazi group. When he is released from prison, he sets about leaving the group. He confronts Cameron and calls him a 'snake' and a 'chickenhawk', before beating him up and leaving. In a deleted scene set in a fried chicken restaurant, Cameron is conversing with his loyal sidekick, Seth. Seth is character based on Gabe Newell, head of Valve Software, and the scene contains numerous metaphors regarding the theft of an idea that would become one of Valve Software's most popular titles, 'Counter-Strike'. This game has a number of chicken references in it, all encouraging violence and aggression towards chickens. They are planning to release a virtual reality headset called 'Steam VR'. Plus theres Bruce and 'Abe' the film 'Looper', and Goose Gladwell and his 'loopy lawyers' in the Simpsons. 322 Skull & Bones plundering your ideas, Illuminati confirmed.

[@danespacey]

Joe Schmo If I had a pound...

[@seamusfinnerty5897]

this is a very 8 years ago comment lol

[@VeggieGamer]

21:50 Hey!! It is the Daily Mail song guy!

[@InnocenceExperience]

Fuck yeah. Dan and Dan! Dan and Stewart Lee have more in common tan they realise.

[@bigleebrink]

Colonel Gaddafi has let himself go...

[@rhizombic]

+bigleebrink .......the way of all flesh

[@georgeclancy1755]

I never found the genesis of this in-joke in all Stewart Lee videos. Where did it begin?

[@howdj]

George Clancy Fist of Fun and This Morning with Richard not Judy

[@thekaratekidpartii2169]

@@georgeclancy1755 it's from one of his more recent stand-ups; I forget which one (possibly If You Prefer A Milder Comedian). he goes through a long-sometimes absurd-list of people and things that others have confused him with, ie. Leonardo DiCaprio has let himself go, K D Lang has let himself [sic] go... etc. here's the clip: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIfJl3yde9h9esk

[@klankorbus7874]

I was going to make a joke about how he's let himself go but Stewart Lee looks pretty good here. He's earned a reprieve.

[@bustedfender]

The bloke who did the voiceover for the Ideal Games Crossfire advert on TV just before Christmas 1971 has let himself go.

[@jdixon390]

Dave Gorman & Stewart Lee ❤❤

[@esboniceland]

General Ratko Mladic has let himself go.

[@stephensmith799]

I still think Putting Spokey Dokies on the Millennium Wheel was the best ever idea

[@billybillyson4351]

Richard Herring has let himself go.

[@winstonsmith09]

i watch this and think, gosh, dave gorman must have spent ages working on this. and how happy he must have been to have stuart lee join in. shame it's not very good x)

[@ulalaFrugilega]

Liam Murray yeah and Stewart came up just as funny while obviously not having been informed about any of the stuff beforehand.

[@BigyetiTechnologies]

Excellent Cyriak title sequence

[@F4GRAPHICS]

4:33 did he just tell that woman that she'll have chinese mitten crabs in her tunnels

[@thebagelsproductions]

😂

[@lightwithoutheat9227]

Terry Christian has let himself go

[@mizofan]

Stewart Lee is even less funny and more grumpy in real life. I saw him in Birmingham once and he was carrying on at a little girl who had mistaken him for some Serbian war criminal and was trying to get her dad to ring the police. A crowd gathered round him menacingly and he kept insisting he was a comedian. "Pull the other one", a woman cried out in a Smethwick accent. 2 community police officers arrived and things were looking bad for him but one said he did look a bit like an irritating liberal guy he had once seen on TV- though much fatter now. They eventually let him go.

[@aussieevonne7857]

I heard he was carrying flowers through a department store and refused to buy perfume. Much grumpier in real life.

[@hexonatapeloop]

I thought he let himself go?

[@sarahjanereeve]

mizofan are you sure he didn't let himself go? 😎

[@abnegatingconformity]

Stew weirdly fits this format. I think the judging and awarding of public ideas and flimsy puppets remind me of TWRNJ. Hang on... EGG HE SAID EGG!

[@AndrewWilsonStooshie]

Jacob Collier has done the keyboard thing with an orchestra.

[@ElMufro]

Thanks for uploading; love Stew!

[@johnnunn8688]

OK, I’ll play. Ahem, something about Stu and pear cider.

[@grahamlive]

When the chicken was brought out Stewart's body language said "I wish I was dead!". :O

[@bumgardenerkreme1044]

The distancing effect, more commonly known as the alienation effect or the estrangement effect, has let itself go.

[@mycroftwells3804]

That Dan fellow did the Daily Mail song!

[@ZER0--]

The "........ has let them self go" jokes have let them self go.

[@kensvideos1]

"He couldn't get a job as a peace of sushi. " See he can right jokes. "

[@core-nix1885]

The VR chicken thing was derided but nowadays a Russian farm harvest their "moloko" from VR cows.

[@supergangsterish1234]

ross kemp with a tangled nest of salvaged fishing net on his head has let himself go

[@specialpatrolgroup92]

General Ratko Mladic has let himself go... The prop guy is called Thorin OMG Marry me

[@jonparker644]

Martin Shaw from the professional has let himself go

[@LUMBERTHON]

Haha second suggestion is now being properly considered!!

[@benvtucker15]

I think this concept has been done in Xfactor, you might think it's incrementally more high brow, but we're still just laughing at the public. Cheap telly.

[@Stantheman848]

stewart lee has let himself go

[@shansymancy]

Mark from Eastenders has let himself go

[@UncleBucky78]

That would be Todd Carty 😊

[@serioussoap3063]

The concept of letting oneself go has let itself go...

[@ukstevey]

Terry Christians really let himself go.

[@macfleetwood2015]

God, Morrissey's let himself go

[@DanseMcCabre]

looks crumpled

[@TheJayObrain]

21:45 it's dananddanfilms who does the Daily Mail song, genius!!!

[@momsazombie1]

Like Ray Liotta hasn't let himself go.

[@thehallucinations243]

Morrisey has let himself go

[@roterfuchs8201]

Just use a sampler for the keyboard, Frank Zappa did that with burps & farts.

[@cupking11]

Chris Packham has let himself go.

[@Catonius]

Fungus the Boogieman has let himself go

[@ThatCoalSoul]

24:01 I'd have punched Dave...I'm a comedian!

[@chattycathydoll]

Simulataneously the worst idea for your career and best idea for comedy. My guess is he'd go down like a sack of shite too as I can't see him swinging back, especially if when you threw said punch you wore glasses.

[@michaelbradshaw3791]

Dave Gorman has let himself go

[@FogNut2]

OMG, the last guy is one dan/ both dans from dananddan on youtube!

[@catonehere]

The cat she threw in has let himself go...

[@bazbee]

A Mellotron keyboard or a synthesizer with sampled voices weren't mentioned (I'm certain the latter was faked for the programme)

[@perplexedpenguin2196]

Give it to me straight like pear cider made from 100% pear has really let itself go

[@Torahboy1]

Perplexed Penguin it’s PEARS, not pear!

[@ashbash986]

this is stupid and lovely

[@ProNorden]

At 02:59 Stewart Lee looks like old Al Franken/Stewart Smalley clips.

[@Malegys]

People from Lancashire shouldn't be allowed to think, let alone have ideas.

[@t.least.he.is.honest]

Taking a wild guess ,this is the first and last series

[@royfr8136]

Yes, not impressed

[@InnocenceExperience]

but you watched the whole thing...you couldn't look away?

[@royfr8136]

I formed an opinion then left it in the comments section.

[@johnydeltablues]

Susan Boyle has let herself go

[@500acreswest]

Dave Gorman is like Channel Dave the person

[@Shmiguelly]

It did get a second series.

[@tampanensis]

Tommy Lee Jones has eaten Alec Baldwin

[@E4RLIES]

As the egg, eggs!

[@oldskoolmacboy]

Well done Dan, I wonder if Dan knows you were on there?