Stewart Lee - Edinburgh & Beyond 2007 (2 of 2)

[@lameplanet]

I've watched this half a dozen times and the Tom O'Connor stuff is amazing. How he builds and builds on that one silly joke, making it finally seem utterly the most crass joke ever delivered. I think Stew has a lot of resentment and anger to work through :)

[@methogonzo]

stewart lee is one of the best comedians ever.

[@mushroomfat]

i love how he just goes on about it for about 2 minutes, great

[@lameplanet]

"I hope he can drop the chip and realise that to tell it like it is and remain honest will always be better than just repeating things for comic affect." I'm not sure what you mean - tell it like it is? - he's a comedian, and frankly one of the best there is. It's a testament to his skill that he can use repetition so well. His delivery is a joy to watch when he's working well, although to be fair he has his off nights.

[@SanTelmo1981]

Simply brilliant. I know he's an atheist, but sometimes listening to Stewart Lee makes me think that there might be a God after all.

[@Draakur]

Like lightning out of a gun. Fuck I love Stewart Lee.

[@methogonzo]

yeah.

[@padraigwastaken]

apparently his most recent dvd isn't selling too well so buy it now or he wont have any more!

[@lameplanet]

I'd watch that! In fact, I'd dress up in a dog suit and audition for it :)

[@hufclufc]

@mushroomfat This is the edited version!

[@comanchio1976]

@ThatLiamNewman ...cont, That sort of integrity is quite rare I'd say.

[@Oli3TB76]

'A stopped clock is right 2 times a day' Withnail And I!

[@somethingness]

"He come out Stew..."

[@gextvedde]

That was great. Unfortunately the woman on the left at 1.55 didn't think so.

[@gooner1804]

hahahah this is hilarious

[@smjltd]

please leave the mic stand alone

[@awesomefrankrapid]

quick like a bullet outta hole..

[@ELSORD83]

Morrissey?

[@TheySuggestedOranges]

@draconianTL What about Manning as in Bernard? Lee learned everything he knows from the master.

[@SimonHHH]

I'm a huge Stewart Lee fan and totally agree with fedupx5900's statement. However, being uber pedantic I've noticed one error in the sardines routine. The line "Tom O Conner has answered every question" does not quite fit the scenario because in it T o C was actually questioning an answer not answering a question.

[@prowlergrig]

stew rules

[@kisbie]

Personally, I think you get a mix wherever you go. But it is certainly true that Liverpool likes to think that it has a greater sense of community than most major cities, which is probably what fuels your experiences. I can imagine also that your audience might be more 'salt of the earth' than Byrne's, and would probably take offence to jokes on local pride quicker, especially from 'one of their own'.

[@peeayouel]

If I were in the audience I'd have been screaming in pain after the fourth repetition, begging him to say something funny or die. He surely doesn't make a living out of this shite.

[@Fiasco6Radio6Show6]

@jamesthemod Exactly!

[@hufclufc]

@retread01 Thats already been done.... by Andy Kauffman. Needless to say, it was hillarious.

[@attentionaddicts]

YES it's a bad joke but the repetition makes it funny.

[@draconianTL]

@retread01 I am an admirer of Stewart Lee's comedy, but I wouldn't describe myself as partisan. [validation] However, 50 minutes of silence from S. Lee would be better than 50 minutes of predictable material from nearly every other comedian. There's nothing overly wrong with most mainstream comedians: I like them. Lee is just 'better at the craft.'

[@peeayouel]

You copied that reply from someone else. Try thinking up your own comments.

[@owenhunt]

@9e0r9i3 Liverpool's Irish descent is far closer to 100% in that more than 9 in 10 Scouser's can lay claim to Irish ancestry. As much as Liverpool is hardly replete with significant stand-ups these days, it doesn't do to forget that the art was more or less crafted in the city in the late 19th and early 20th century. I may be wrong, but I do believe that the comedic monogloues from top-ranking authors were chisled down and made into more accessible comedy within the city confines.

[@Kristoffee]

Woman at 1:55...Stu's mother?

[@verbaluk1]

That's part of the joke - In his full set, there is a little more to this routine in which he both justifies and makes a joke out of the repetition.

[@kitchenaut]

My dad repeats jokes if they're not funny first time round. Tragic.

[@alexalexisalexy]

10 people like Tom O'Conner

[@GlassPike]

are you a sardine?

[@kisbie]

Interesting, Alexei Sayle has spoken likewise, as you probably know. But some other non-Scouse comics have come to the opposite conclusion. Ed Byrne claimed once that one of the the biggest laughs he has ever had was in your city. The joke was about John Lennon Airport being appropriately named as it was the first place he fucked off to when he got a bit of money.

[@billhicks8]

@jamesthemod I agree, it's a very heady piece of comedy and very watchable. Stewarts' frustration with cheap humour and easy laughs drives him to these sorts of extremes. He notices that this slightly vapid audience find the sardine quip quite funny, so he drills into them over and over again for his own catharsis and to pull apart the simple shit joke until absurdity.

[@lameplanet]

I guess like everything, it's a question of different taste. I thought the repetition was brilliant and I was laughing right to the end. Ultimately I suppose none of us can really say something a performer does is good/bad unless they deliver some material and are greated with silence. Otherwise it's just a case of "well, some people like it, but not me". Nevertheless, that doesn't stop me from saying things like "Russell Brand is the worst comedian alive" for instance :)

[@ThomString]

i'm in oil

[@comanchio1976]

@ThatLiamNewman Yeah, maybe most of them were new to Lee's stuff, or had been dragged there by a friend. Hopefully now though, he's built up that much of a cult following, that most of his audience will get him. That said though, he's quite contrary. He once said something along the lines of...he didnt want to become so successful, that there was nothing in the audience to push back from. Thus running the risk of becoming complacent and losing his edge.

[@Omegian14]

@leave12 No 10 people are sardines

[@chrisofnottingham]

1:54 woman on the left totally unimpressed :)

[@0thewildman0]

No I didn't

[@69monstermunch]

He come out Stew

[@jcdiddy]

For the record - as far as I know the allegation that Tom O'Connor ran off with a teenage prostitute is for comedy effect only and not based on fact. If I'm right about that, Lee has been pretty tough on O'Connor. Mallards do enjoy a bit of rape, though.

[@Scottishcarly]

He really makes me laugh ! Only thing that I don't like is the whole repetition thing he does - he ALWAYS does it. Me no likey !!!

[@ThePyroNympho]

iget that the repetition was supposed to be funny but it pissed me off

[@ePeterRobinson]

I'm a big fan of SL but this is the worst of his clips - just not funny