Stewart Lee interview: Woke comedy is a fabrication of the Tory media

[@danholliday5564]

A child's drawing of an owl has let itself go.

[@danholliday5564]

@Withnail Thanks.

[@13GeorgeC]

@Withnail I second that

[@gamefreakforlife]

@Withnail I hate that I was going to post that exact comment

[@steveperry8949]

@Withnail and I

[@mrbtapir]

Ironically, my 3 year old daughter does drawings of owls, and they look like a really sensitive and actually somewhat complementary treatment of the Lee visage.

[@startmakingsense2071]

The concept of Brechtian alienation has let itself go.

[@likeasonntagmorgen]

@@agathacrisps4957 yeh, but you're holding on to it because it has, in fact, let itself go

[@stfnba]

Moron comment of the month, well done!

[@eggeggeggegg3077]

These days if you let yourself go, you get arrested, locked up and thrown in jail. Just for letting yourself go....

[@kayzar293]

When did this come in

[@AlwaysAC]

Now that made me properly laugh

[@lizburgessmb]

Actually my wife has let herself go.

[@Crispman_777]

@@lizburgessmb She should meet my imaginary black wife. She's a real fitness fan.

[@ArcanePath360]

What? Actual jail? Just for letting yourself go?

[@dionysiaex5538]

An Alan Moore tribute act has let itself go

[@quansinus9941]

Best one so far! 🤣

[@punkpieuk]

This one is just true.

[@nigelcarren]

Fun fact: Those are all Lee Mack DVD's. I thank you for your service Stewart. 🏆🇬🇧

[@tynebar]

They're CDs.

[@highdownmartin]

@@tynebar of course they look like cds. But they are mainly lee Mack dvds. And a couple of Jim Davidson ones as well, but don’t hold me to that.

[@Chris3141592]

Charles Darwin has let himself go.

[@scarfholdgraphicsmedia9501]

He's just evolved.

[@samnicholson5051]

Stewart Lee has let his beard grow.

[@stevec6427]

Mo Mowlem has really smartened herself up.

[@andreaslarsen1046]

If you look carefully, Stewart’s beard is giving off a Santa Clause/Hitler vibe.

[@AnyMorant]

I now cannot unsee this

[@EnclosedPoolArea]

The title of his next stand-up tour after Snowflake/Tornado.

[@BanjoLuke1]

I googled "Santa/Hitler vibe" and it isn't a thing. You seem determined to muddy the waters of human aesthetics.

[@bytefu]

So which is it - Adolf Clause or Santa Hitler? I'm leaning towards the latter, since there's more Santa in it.

[@M2Mil7er]

Letting himself go jokes have let themselves go.

[@Ropponmatsu2]

No they haven't. One hundred years hence, when humanity is multiplanetary, and Ganymede begins it's rise to be the greatest power the galaxy has ever seen, everyone will agree that this guy let himself go.

[@titteryenot4524]

@@Ropponmatsu2 All I know, is that the correct use of the apostrophe has let itself go.

[@terryclark9383]

Next door’s fishing rod wielding garden gnome has let himself go.

[@jamstawildman]

The leader of the ewoks has let himself give it to us straight, like pear cider.

[@ommk9650]

Made from 100% pear

[@BassandoForte]

Is it a coincidence that Ewok is an anagram of woke..?? 🤔🤣

[@sketcharmslong6289]

Adolf Hitler has let himself go.

[@shaunbunker4240]

I was about to comment that....lol

[@mrmeerkat1096]

LOL I thought you just randomly said Hitler, then I saw that under his nose 😂😂😂

[@keithlightminder3005]

Adolf hitter has let himself go boom

[@santorini8423]

The bloke who looks like the wino under my local bridge…has let himself go…

[@jgtemperton]

The man that has let himself go, that spawned an in joke meme about a man letting himself go, who must be getting sick and tired of being told he has let himself go, has let himself go.

[@gladroad]

Plonker

[@chuck1804]

Worthy.

[@profoundbathroomgraffiti]

Imaginary black wife has let himself go, much like 100% pear cidar or an inflatable Alf at the gates of Buckingham palace. You can't even say you're English Jungle Canyon Rope Bridge....

[@johntaylorson7769]

He never had the making of a varsity athlete.

[@icymanythings]

The irony of getting a Nigel Farage advert in the middle of watching this was too much. Sorry Mr Lee but you're wit has been temporarily eclipsed by algorithmic wisecracks. KZbin, you ruddy scamp.

[@georgeash4008]

I seem to get a lot of ads for Viagra, but the joke is on them as I am a Russian bot.

[@mariegriffiths2713]

@@georgeash4008 Me too. We have so much in common. Lets meet up for happy times. Just Fedex me the cost of the airline ticket.

[@georgeash4008]

@@mariegriffiths2713 Welcome Comrade. I will ask President Putin to put you on the guest list for the next Kremlin party.

[@mariegriffiths2713]

@@georgeash4008 He only seems to invite young men.

[@georgeash4008]

@@mariegriffiths2713 That is because he is a supporter of the classic Russian sport of naked wrestling. To invite women would embarrass the poor wrestlers.

[@wazeroonie6084]

The only bit of colour in his beard is the Hitler moustache. A small tribute to Richard Herring.

[@chrisbailey2098]

Twmrnj 4eva

[@quintonbroster2994]

I can't unsee that now

[@zorbathegeek]

Papa Smurf has let himself go...

[@noonanlurchhybrid]

Rolf Harris has let himself go.

[@stevec6427]

That's harsh, really harsh!

[@releasetheclownssketchcome6555]

I don't think he could do that, it was the parole board that let him go.

[@MrChrisBarker]

@@releasetheclownssketchcome6555 Zorro-esque Sir.. 👍

[@yetidodger6650]

I'm glad he gave it to us straight.

[@awalker2922]

Damn straight. Not wonky, like someone smashed on pear cider.

[@adamsmith307]

Unfortunately he has become a useful idiot for the very establishment he has always claimed to oppose. He actually IS the metropolitan liberal elite, and I say that without an ironic arched eyebrow. Very sad.

[@yetidodger6650]

@@adamsmith307 why is he?

[@stevenwicks8123]

I love the enthusiasm and optimism at the end of this interview.

[@barryk00da]

I hold my hands up for throwing JOE in with the Ladbible riff raff. Stumbled on a few videos from PoliticsJoe now and Oli Dugmore is a dude.

[@leonjford]

The majority of comments on every Stewart Lee video since he did the "oh look ... ... has let themself go" routine are about someone letting themselves go. I hoped there'd be conversations about the new film, political discussions, original jokes etc in the comments section but it seems full of lazy 'cackling sycophants' who have let their sense of individuality go...

[@rossleeson8626]

Yeah this comments section has really let itself go.

[@AlwaysAC]

Totally agrees I just wanted someone to give it to me straight . . . Like a pear cider made from 100% pears

[@agrarianrevolution1259]

Man, that’s so incisive...blame the audience and alienate the feeble-minded fans. Too clever.

[@stevebull7105]

It’s just a joke, like in Top Gear.

[@set1237]

Shut up.

[@gtowngtown1601]

Mark Kermode has let himself go.

[@sprobablycancr4457]

A group of anonymous latin american meat packing glitterati has let himself go.

[@fearworks7249]

@@sprobablycancr4457 The memories of Nixon have let themselves go.

[@titteryenot4524]

Mark Kermode was revealed to me the other day like when the curtain was pulled back on the ‘wizard’ of Oz. He bent over a bit while chuckling to himself at one of his ever so funny jokes to reveal a most surprising expanse of slapheadedness atop his bonce. I felt cheated after being tricked for so many years by that luscious Brylcreamed teddy-boy quiff he sports so winningly if you view him head-on.

[@ChrisWilliams-nf8kl]

The 'has let it go' meme continues to let itself go.

[@francycranc]

A young Brian Blessed has let himself go

[@fearworks7249]

David Bellamy has let himself go.

[@mfeltes]

It's simply marvelous that Stew has grown, completely by accident, the Hitler mustache that Rich wore as a schtick for 2 years.

[@mrbtapir]

It's almost as if his genes themselves have coloured that bit a darker shade of grey in tribute to Herring. Although wasn't he (Herring) making the point it's actually a Charlie Chaplin moustache?

[@oktal3700]

24:30 Don't mention the culture war! I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it.

[@conish64]

Mithrandir known in the common tongue as Gandalf the beige has let himself go

[@wiley-g]

Uncle Albert has let himself go

[@chonnerone2964]

Stewart Lee, so woke he doesn't know it.

[@freddyrobins3524]

None of them do. Oblivious. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXm2h52jhJmcgLs

[@kudosbudo]

@@freddyrobins3524 Its almost like it isn't a real problem...

[@neilchetwood4625]

Fully armed and fuelled attack helicopter has let himself go...

[@xbulelo]

Even his “thanks for having me on this”, I couldn’t take seriously. My favourite UK comedian of all time, I think ❤️

[@crissieroserose]

me too

[@mutantdog.]

Benny from Crossroads has let himself go.

[@GC3263827]

Professor Noel Sharkey has let himslef go.

[@liamwarner-lee8930]

I just want him to be my mate

[@panchopuskas1]

And now for the “let himself go” comments........

[@sprobablycancr4457]

The International Language of Screaming... has let itself go.

[@helveticaification]

Right on, Stewart. I clicked on this, thinking "I wonder where he's been all this time?" (I jusr realised I haven't been out much lately!). Keep on keeping on, and spreading a little sanity in a nastily crazy world. Thank you XXX

[@robgrainger5314]

With the unfortunate graying of his moustache, we finally learn that Adolf has been hiding out all these years as part of London's Metropolitan Liberal Elite. Adolf's let himself go though.

[@jeffstone2136]

Boyle's Law, namely that the absolute pressure exerted by a given mass of an ideal gas is inversely proportional to the volume it occupies if the temperature and amount of gas remain unchanged within a closed system, has let itself go.

[@chrisofnottingham]

How come SL continually manages to write original and current meta-comedy and yet in the comments section his audience only manages to tell the same one joke for over ten years?

[@CheekClappersPodcast]

Yeah, it's really annoying. If the comments section was half and half it would be fine but it's not. It's 80% repetitive jokes with 0 actual discussion of his work.

[@speakatron5634]

The KZbin user chris4072511 - who believes that SL continually manages to write original and current meta-comedy and yet in the comments section his audience only manages to tell the same one joke for over ten years - has let himself go.

[@CheekClappersPodcast]

@@speakatron5634 not funny

[@MrsGypsumFantastic]

They’ve done no research

[@TheMagicCardTraderUK]

@@CheekClappersPodcast He probably did no research...

[@nautiluszaibatsu]

I thought this was a brilliant interview. Well done to all involved

[@karlsmiljanic5322]

Go off, king.

[@AKAtAGG]

That cheap microwave has let itself go.

[@WORKERS.DREADNOUGHT]

"Follows the same plot points of Beowulf" - so Rob Lloyd kills Grendel's mother in an underwater cave and torched by a dragon. Wow! I would watch that! Epic!

[@tomrees4812]

The opening to Arena is one of my favourites- the bottle floating and the music. It was only recently I discovered it was Brian Eno (the music, not the bottle).

[@estebanrey]

Video titled "Woke comedy is a fabrication" shows Nish Kumar in first 3 minutes

[@georgeash4008]

Nobody has ever accused Nish Kumar of being funny, thankfully.

[@speakatron5634]

Yeah, they're not claiming that Woke-ness is a fabrication, just that Woke Comedy is.

[@ianaspinall7948]

No one said Nish Kumar was a fabrication

[@iAmTheSquidThing]

I specifically remember Stewart doing two routines years ago about the BBC censoring anything in his work which could be perceived as offensive, regardless of context. The norms have become far, far more restrictive since then. So I'm not sure how he can now claim that this problem is a fabrication of the right-wing media.

[@atomiccritter6492]

In the Owen Jones video Lee explains it...but maybe not here

[@thecoderofyoutube]

The reasons the BBC were doing it was because of a fear of backlash from the right-wing media, particularly after Sachsgate.

[@laurie4048]

That's just the BBC for you.

[@JustDave69]

@@thecoderofyoutube but the BBC is the right - according to the left. It's why Corbyn lost the last GE don't ya know.

[@everyman1]

@@laurie4048 well there's countless comedians that refuse to do shows at colleges and universities, in the UK and America, because of how the students react to anything slightly resembling edgy comedy. So it's not just the BBC.

[@DisobedientSpaceWhale]

Most comedians aren't even particularly leftist - most of them seem to be centre-left at most. The days of Alexei Sayle et al are long gone.

[@thejoin4687]

Louise Woodward, Britain's very own au pair, has still got it.

[@wilfredsterling2124]

Interesting, down to earth, intelligent, as well as funny bloke, Stuart Lee. Offers succinct, balanced, critical commentary, on life's absurdities, while being in control of the weather; a comedian who knows how to play his audiences as required by the context.

[@sprobablycancr4457]

Does he like rain? Because it rains a lot.

[@sprobablycancr4457]

@@wilfredsterling2124 Thanks for the reply. I'm a big fan of the man that is Stewart Lee, I started my first reply by agreeing with you, mastery of his craft second to none in my opinion, but not knowing previously of Stew's identity as a weather magician. When I read it back to myself it didn't seem as funny to warrant the length of the post, and I was sure you wouldn't bother to read the whole thing so i deleted it and wrote that short one.

[@sprobablycancr4457]

@@wilfredsterling2124 ...and then Trigger made a face.

[@ThunderChunky101]

Does that include making a documentary about being censored by Christian protestors only to then seek the censorship of another comedian? He's a disgusting hypocrite.

[@wilfredsterling2124]

@@ThunderChunky101 Forgot I'd wrote a compliment to Stuart Lee. I 'm not even intelligent enough to understand his comedy. Was the comedian an evangelical white supremisist making jokes about mass shootings in gay clubs? Who was the comedian? Or was he a black evangelical supporting white supremisists and hatred of homosexuals?

[@MisterGibbycrumbles]

Thank you for interviewing Father Christmas, he seems like a really interesting guy.

[@anomynous7747]

but unfortunately, he *has* let himself go

[@stud105]

Great conversation.

[@DrTacoPHD665]

Stewart Lee has an uncanny ability to sound like he is rambling incoherently while actually choosing his words very precisely.

[@matthewphilip1977]

Trump's downfall, imprisonment, and beheading? This hasn't aged well.

[@aggamemnon666]

Letting go has let itself go.

[@VorosMedve]

That Scottish border terrier has let itself go

[@fearworks7249]

The Dulux Sheepdog has let itself go.

[@gerrymckeever1414]

Stewart Lee's great , a one off and King Rocker is a great movie.

[@badcampa2641]

Is he Karl Marx in disguise?

[@ryanboshell6124]

Not much of a disguise...

[@Johnconno]

Noam Chomsky has really let himself go.

[@gannon5409]

This is undoubtedly, the most incredible, and amazing educational discourse my ears have eaten. Wholeheartedly and hands down had completely changed my world view on the topics that where raised. Thank you it really take courage and strength to speak truth. But the sign of a true speaker is how effortless they make it seem. Boy what a master class of perfection.

[@makara80]

“really take courage and strength” ...Hmm, it’s a little difficult to discern “courage and strength” in promulgating safe, obsequiously right-on opinions hardly likely to precipitate the end of one’s career, but still. ;)

[@soundgardener4940]

Were you listening to The Dude's story? Were you listening to The Dude's story?

[@joeboonmusic4004]

@@makara80 Or it's just his opinion? Looks like you're obsequious to the damn thesaurus you threw at the wall with that comment...

[@fluorosco]

@@makara80 eh?

[@makara80]

@@fluorosco Parroting the safest of safe assertions and/or satirical observations requires neither “courage” nor “strength”. ;) On a tangentially related note my favourite Stewart Lee moment remains him throwing a righteous tantrum over _Ricky Gervais_ telling a few home truths at the Golden Globes a couple of years back. Ever the towering intellect and sagacious, maverick wit, Lee got so worked up that at one point he even wished Gervais’ _death_ in his foam flecked screed. ;) Courage and strength…

[@cjshaw2503]

Very interesting to listen to the real Stuart Lee talking sensibly about the real issues that his stand up persona purvey in an amplified, dramatic and satirical style. I like the man in the mask and the man behind it. Cool!

[@latergator915]

Hitlers moustache has let itself go

[@thomassheppard6061]

You only have to read E.P. Thompson's 'Making of the English Working Class.' or the voices that Mayhew transcribed.

[@ellydavis2066]

Unfortunate that he's retained just that tiny bit of colour in his beard. The Asian Dub 'Coming over here' is a great song. It's on Spotify if anyone hasn't heard it yet.

[@davidrobinson2776]

I like the finned mix the best. Must admit, it’s not a patch on Good Tradition.

[@MrKbonez]

Its shit.

[@atomiccritter6492]

Lol about the dark part of the beard....if he shaved the rest it might be considered offensive

[@danholliday5564]

It's crap.

[@vladimirputin4822]

@@danholliday5564 Get back in the Sea.............

[@mrbenoit5018]

I said “He’s been in groups for (gravelly voice) 45 years.” He said “45 years?” I said (gravelly voice) “45 years, roughly speaking.”

[@jasongreenslade1143]

Mr. Lee has the most insight into an audience of any entertainer I have seen. He uses it with precision. "You get the shows you deserve!" - genius. I see his beard is doing tribute to Richard Herring, his old performance partner, by having the silhouette of a toothbrush moustache as the rest goes grey.

[@bytefu]

Stewart Lee seems to be pretty sharp for a bloke that mainly reports about sharks falling from the sky.

[@agrarianrevolution1259]

Attempts to write something funny about this have Brecht themselves go....

[@stephennoonan8578]

You’ll only alienate yourself with comments like that.

[@agrarianrevolution1259]

Yeah, like the inflatable comedian....I’ve let Stewart down, I’ve let you down...and I’ve let myself down.

[@euansmith3699]

It is weird seeing Stewart Lee wearing Richard Herring's Hitler moustache. He's so great in casual interviews like this.

[@rorygee482]

The comments on here have really let themselves go.

[@CarolineDW]

This was so refreshing - the brilliant Stewart Lee. So clever 😊

[@TheNadiabear]

Don't bother reading the comments it is all peoples ego's expressing the same joke and meh.

[@pragueuprising560]

The comments section has let itself go.

[@diegesisfreak]

bothering to read has let itself go

[@ommk9650]

Nadia Bear has let himself go

[@TheNadiabear]

@@ommk9650 I prefer the pronouns she/her as a cis woman.

[@ommk9650]

@@TheNadiabear I guessed as much from your username but didn't want to deviate from the format of the joke 🤷‍♂️

[@DavidHeffron78]

Noun has really adjective.

[@1611ification]

The act of cunnilingus has let himself go

[@redstart67]

Fascinating interview about a really interesting project. Proved to be a perfect accompaniment to my having the Test cricket from India on in the background this morning. Thanks.

[@susiea9058]

Our media which is mainly owned by types who want to keep the British economy closely linked to USA banks, encouraging people to live in greed and debt, manages to get people to chant the word lefty as an insult, so they support USA capitalism and blame lefties for what USA capitalism causes. Then they keep voting for political parties who cause what they say they dislike, such as melting pot societies and trans children. It's only the USA that has a TV show for the child trans Jazz Jennings, only a USA magazine that made Caitlyn Jenner woman of the year, and now Dylan for the USA sports brand Nike. While the USA promotes diversity and melting pot societies to left wing countries, and all actual left wing countries such as most in north Europe and Scandinavia promote, are free health care, not being in debt with credit cards, houses are homes than for a few greedy people to buy up to make money off others and child environmental activists.

[@mikeythefrog]

The genius of Lee’s on stage persona is the tension he creates by being at once both utterly hilarious and deeply dislikable. What he struggles to see in some of his comrades is that they have only perfected the latter. Some call them ‘woke’, I prefer ‘crushingly tedious’.

[@patrickrichmond6531]

any examples ?

[@lukemc6547]

@@patrickrichmond6531 Nish Kumar

[@tcritt]

@@lukemc6547 "Man is bad and woke cuz newspaper told me so"

[@lukemc6547]

@@tcritt No, I have seen his act for myself unfortunately. I don’t know if there are many people that get their sense of humour from newspapers. And if there are, they are the kind of humourless cretin that smugly chuckles along to Nish Kumars nonsense, just to make themselves appear right-on in front of their peers 🤨

[@tcritt]

@@lukemc6547 So he's not funny. Why not just say that? What is it about is routine that is woke specifically?

[@Ropponmatsu2]

Has he intentionally dyed his tache? Hitler-Claus has let himself go.

[@gregh378]

He tried to pull a Richard Herring, but didn't want to go all in.

[@walteredstates]

@@gregh378 😂 niice!...

[@Gunnersaurus1]

Richard Griffiths has let himself go

[@alanchriston6806]

Saw SL last night in Darlington Brilliant I thank you 😊🏴‍☠️

[@seagullAbyssLol]

Really enjoyed this interview. Not really like what I expect from Stewart as there wasn't a single marine predator falling from the sky, but nonetheless it was a good watch.

[@matthewphilip1977]

I'm diggin the ironic Hitler toothbrush tache.

[@andrewcranmer3147]

Ernest Hemingway's let himself go

[@barrrie]

Captain Birdseye has let himself go.

[@andrewkeen7828]

Great point about the BBC from Lee. It used to be incredibly diverse and fabulous for the arts. Arena, Late Night Review, on every week night btw, Omnibus, play for Today and so on. I've lost all interest in it, and yet still love it like an old friend I used to love drinking with because the conversation was interesting, and fun.

[@Siempre1978]

I was a revolutionary marxist punk in 1978 Birmingham - I was out at midnight one Monday night Flyposting in a subway below the Rotunda - pasting up posters advertising a film tour of "The Patriot Game" (an independent agitprop documentary film sympathetic to the IRA) finding space for flyposting was difficult so i decided to flypost over Nightingales Gig Posters that were still Current - After i had done a block of 6 A1 size posters and was standing back to admire my work Rob Lloyd suddenly appeared looking worse for wear... I was worried he might get angry that i had covered his gig posters maybe even get aggressive confront me and punch me ... but he just continued walking past me... however i had spilled a glob of wallpaper paste on the ground and Rob stepped in it - he immediately and dramatically slipped flew in the air landing heavily on his arse howling loundly.... as he picked himself up he turned looking directly at me holding the paste brush with a bucket of paste at my feet. I said "sorry mate" Rob replied "yep you do look sorry" He walked off down the ramp towards the Rag Market as a light drizzle began to fall the droplets momentarily captured by the yellowish light of streetlamps.

[@Siempre1978]

@@williamdew7143 yup you are right must have been 1979!

[@TheSpoovy]

Made me think of the film 'Anvil', which was on a similar subject and a film I absolutely loved.

[@mrbtapir]

Without giving spoilers away do they all end up ok at the end of that? I had to stop watching about half way through as it made me too sad.

[@andychristoph9836]

Weird Al Yankovic from the music video "Amish Paradise" has let himself go

[@stevenwicks8123]

My mate Paul has really got his act together

[@Lanarkish]

Old Ricky Tomlinson reminds me of one of those rap singers...

[@barnbersonol]

Oh dear Gary Bushell has let himself go.

[@sluggygrumble5164]

Just watched the King Rocker documentary. Cheers for that, Stew. Was very good. Time to check out the Nightingales...

[@Ukedc259]

Oliver Sacks has let himself go

[@runswithcows]

Even Steward's moustache is developing a satirical colour scheme.

[@stephennoonan8578]

I see. So you’ve never seen the Mash Report then ...

[@dinnerwithfranklin2451]

Wonderful interview, thank you.

[@richwilliams1863]

He really lost me when he started saying something creative or positive or politically useful was going to happen in the future. I don't know why anyone would think that.

[@mjamesharding]

So, to not say that is to give in to nihilism. On the other hand, after reading Graeber and Wengrow's book The Dawn of Everything--especially that little bit about the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacan that tore down its temples and built luxury apartments for all of its citizens--I realized how imaginative homo sapiens are; we may be trapped in a dead end narrative at the moment but if history offers us any hope it is that we won't be stuck forever, so dream big even if it comes to nothing. What do you have to lose (other than your useless cynicism)?

[@richwilliams1863]

@@mjamesharding My point of view isn't a fashion statement or a comfort blanket. It's what I think is true.

[@mjamesharding]

@@richwilliams1863 Well, you're in good company then. But you are lacking imagination, no?

[@richwilliams1863]

@@mjamesharding I don't think I am

[@mrbenoit5018]

The grain in lees camera is beautiful

[@charlespaynter8987]

It’s particularly amusingly appropriate, given the subject matter and style of his comedy, that many people commenting favourably about him haven’t managed to spell his name correctly. At least they aren’t confusing him with Terry Christian or Ratko Maldic so a small win there for him👍😂

[@dismith73]

Santa Claus has let himself go