Stewart Lee Improvised Around Industry Prejudice To Make His Name | The Hook

[@atangibletruth2669]

Stuart Lee's therapist recently wrote a book which included a chapter on Lee. It was quite controversial because it broke the confidentiality between patient and therapist. Apparently Lee has released all cognitive, conative or affective representations of his own identity. In other words, the therapist continued, and in the parlance of psychotherapy, Stuart Lee has let his self go.

[@thestevekelly]

a lot of work went into this comment and i salute you...

[@leonardmccannon3136]

This sounds a lot like a joke Lee would have told. If this is yours, then well done.

[@easternnathcult]

This is gold. Well done.

[@thephoenixsystem6765]

Your misspelling of Stewart's name convinces me you are Stewart Lee

[@davidb5173]

All this work, and you spell Stewart wrong

[@roarasaurus790]

I saw Stewart Lee standing in the cemetery in Stoke Newington, staring at the comedy graves. He looked fat & depressed.

[@threethrushes]

And fat.

[@tinmachine693]

Maybe he was contemplating his demise?

[@TheLambLive]

Stewart Lee seems to be keeping himself in a consistently reasonable state of health.

[@bearheart2009]

He's holding onto himself well.

[@rc-dl4xk]

Haley Joel Osment has really let himself go.

[@LordmonkeyTRM]

@@rc-dl4xk :D

[@LordmonkeyTRM]

His blood pressure is higher than Snoop Dog. Also he's huge.

[@RebusForever]

Do you mean the character or the person?

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

The air filter from a 1997 Daihatsu Charade has let itself go

[@tommarsh7609]

I feel like Lee would appreciate this one the most.

[@clacclackerson3678]

The winner.

[@ollyf5088]

Needs replacing

[@shaunloynds5317]

Ha, ha. Cried at that.

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

@@shaunloynds5317 Happy tears, I trust :)

[@Hexagrams]

The old grizzled western barkeeper who serves you one shot of whiskey and asks you not to cause any trouble, then proceeds to pull out his shot gun at the first sign of a punch up, has let himself go.

[@Anim_Mate]

Did not even get through the first 5 words before I started laughing

[@benbartleet6058]

Masterful

[@bradleyskinner8259]

😂😂😂😂Hahaha genius

[@KaryoSentiko]

Knew what was coming, but read through anyway. Worth it. Best I've read yet.

[@axelusul]

Stuart Lee has a found a look that quite suits him, to the barbers I do not go. (Damn!, I still do not understand the joke)

[@Gunnersaurus1]

Slavoj Žižek has let himself go

[@krismole4105]

niche.

[@eiriksrvik1826]

His double is Dan Harmon, but I can see why Stew’s beard would throw you off.

[@nick260682]

Left Aligned Gooner I was annoyed I had to click out of KZbin to google Slavoj Žižek, And I find those weird lines above the letters annoying. But it was a fair point. Slavoj Žižek has indeed let himself go.

[@walteredstates]

What are you even taking about?! Slavoy Žižek has let both, his speech impediment *and* his twitchiness go. I mean: imagine him talking like Stewart Lee, he'd blow *all* the other philosophical-politico public personas right out of the water!

[@Gunnersaurus1]

@TJ Thunder Pure ideology :D

[@vooveks]

I'm just glad someone finally paid the ransom.

[@petehasplans]

This comment wins the internet.

[@LOCKEYJ]

A vaguely funny comment on the internet has let itself go

[@sonofJurell]

Terry Wait

[@Bubba-hl6wb]

someone french

[@lawrencefinch-hatton6231]

And.... that's a wrap.

[@goncaloamaral7846]

The King from any deck of cards has let his crown go

[@marclynch314]

Good one! 😂

[@stuarthannay3370]

I have seen many 'has let himself go' type comments, but this one really tickled me.

[@cdname47]

The comments sections underneath Stewart Lee videos have let themselves go

[@fannymunchkin2638]

Ooh so meta.

[@get-the-joke]

Give it to me meta like a pear cider quote made of 100% pear cider.

[@cdname47]

@@get-the-joke no one would accuse a KZbin commenter of being troubled by duality of meaning

[@bramsanjanssan4908]

@@cdname47 I think they are equally funny and annoying ...

[@chrisneedham5803]

Grizzly Adams has let himself go 🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻

[@briansexton2011]

Stewart Lee talking about comedy in the 90s was FASCINATING, he should write a comedy-drama about it!

[@stanleyroyd]

The big flying dog from the Neverending Story's let himself go.

[@sidneysmooth]

stanleyroyd falcor.

[@warlockofwordsreturnsrb4358]

That one skeksis with the annoying whimper has let himself go. #80sMovieCorner

[@Weewokk]

Falcor has let himself go.

[@daviddolling3076]

😂😂😂

[@MisterF_1984]

this is the best one, great work

[@ShaunKAndersonTV]

He always beats around the bush with his answers. Just wish he’d ...give it to us straight ...like a pear cider made from 100% pears.

[@ryanmcdarby]

*100% pear

[@mrbtapir]

​@@ryanmcdarbyone giant pear

[@AT-sd2gh]

@@mrbtapir One massive* pear?

[@stevewhittle7163]

It's called perry, not cider.

[@Sw-sx7nw]

One hundred percent pear. Has now changed to contain more sulphites…. I’ll get my coat.

[@davesmith1452]

The last jedi version of luke skywalker has let himself go.

[@ancientfuture9690]

😂😂😂

[@waynegale9926]

Stewart Lee's eyes shine beautifully here, like the most valuable stones in a faux-gold necklace, retrieved from a puddle of meat stall blood and urban sputum, and sold the next day in Brixton market circa 1997, to a housewife.

[@vooveks]

...Has let himsel...Oh, sorry, you're doing something else.

[@synchc]

if you're trying to get into his internet comments bit, you needn't have bothered; your'e too late and too shit.

[@MichaelWatts]

Ernest Hemingway has let himself go

[@WaddedBliss]

Beat me to it. By 3 fucking days!

[@chrisneedham5803]

Henry Tudor has let himself go 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@hatihattencoat5268]

@@chrisneedham5803 that balloon seller...

[@baldingeagle5311]

Orson Welles has let himself go.

[@chrisneedham5803]

@@baldingeagle5311 .......Orson Welles has perked up a bit

[@oliverthomas9052]

Matthew Kelly has let himself go.

[@Wolshanze]

Oliver Thomas 😂

[@ChubbyChecker182]

You want to Bet on it

[@jasonorme3500]

Dammit, this is the one I was going to post!

[@forgive7449]

@stephen noonan with an obscure asian dude

[@joefarang]

rude!

[@drdassler]

Came here mainly for the "... has let himself go" lines.

[@fatyowls]

I'll change the tone, he's in a state of disrepair..

[@drdassler]

fatyowls have to say, I think 'Orson Welles..." was a good one. 🤣

[@forgive7449]

Iet it go mate 😕

[@sarahlianabusharar3230]

Hahaha me too

[@synchc]

@J J The letting himself go lines have sadly let themselves go lines have let themselves go.

[@robertkielty5094]

"... cos one bit that I wanted to fail went too well ..." 🤣

[@PeterMarvellous3]

Karl Marx is looking better than I remember

[@storytellermjm]

and no obvious hammer marks or graffiti

[@chrisreadman9426]

Now content provider for Kapital FM.

[@PaulOrtiz]

Actually really interesting/insightful interview. Good to hear, as a creative person, that there’s no shame in abandoning traditional routes to success if they’re just not compatible with what you do/make. I know a lot of people who could learn from that.

[@alanjameshorner]

Stewart Lee’s self-orchestrated depressed meta alter-ego has let itself go.

[@simonlawrencesings]

Too much. Stop hurting my brain with your multi-layered analysis. ;-)

[@Molluscful]

Wait until you see his imaginary wife!

[@Molluscful]

Cali Braxus it’s interesting that you should ask that, because I should imagine the nice black one would be ok with the way Stewart has let himself go, whereas the mad Irish one wouldn’t stand for his nonsense and would punch him.

[@richardforshaw-smith7111]

@ Whereas his black imaginary wife is just some kind of liberal delusion

[@92RedRevolver]

@@richardforshaw-smith7111 Bridget's doing alright for a mad Irish woman, isn't she?

[@tomato6460]

Stewart Lee is one of the best comics of all time IMO

[@Damiensissues]

"one of"!? THE best comic of all time!!

[@thedolphin5428]

No, he's only the 41st best.

[@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere]

I prefer Russell Howard and all the young comedians

[@douglaskalberg8899]

He's turning into Orson Welles. I want to see him advertise Champagne.

[@davidberry8808]

I thought he advertised sherry ?

[@bearheart2009]

Frozen peas!

[@rainblaze.]

David Berry carlsberg.. probably the greatest lager in the world

[@bearheart2009]

@@rainblaze. like a Carl thats made from 100% berg.

[@davidberry8808]

Fino Menezes : I bow 👍

[@FrogFace64]

The friendly old neighbour who saves Macaulay Culkin at the end of Home Alone has let himself go

[@wordsmugglaa9935]

Mr miyagi has let himself go! Genius

[@julianmilnes9594]

That's a belter!!!!

[@hangedups2608]

😂

[@TBertin]

Best one

[@AceAttorny]

Stewart Lee has realy Gillette himself go.

[@blackguardian76th]

I disagree. Stewart Lee is the best a man can get (at not shaving his beard)'

[@AceAttorny]

@Outer Worlds Haha, nice to finally be recognized as "you from Retsupurae" as I so often recognize others.

[@AceAttorny]

@Outer Worlds I always try to reference Retsupurae at other viewers in unrelated comment sections. Makes me feel like I'm part of a secret society.

[@loungejay8555]

aaah, the Tim Vine approach. Nice.

[@187-t1r]

Objection!

[@IndependentManSpeaks]

Gandalf has let himself go.

[@theoneandonlykk777]

hahahaha

[@chrisneedham5803]

Henry V111 has let himself go 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@chrisneedham5803]

The BBC Antique Road Show Chinese porcelain specialist has let himself go 😂 😂 😂

[@stevewynnearts]

Rolf harris escaped

[@kitfell-clark1784]

Woah Woah Stewart Lee fans on the everyday dad

[@thisisnotmyscene]

Alan Moore is looking well.

[@JockMacAbre]

Posted this verbatim, went to enjoy the stream of 'has let himself go' ones then happen upon this...you absolute bastard!haha

[@AmadoWildlifeVideos]

Thanks, life’s great!

[@MrPhilreilly]

Great interview. Great guest and it's refreshing that a host let him talk, so well done to them both.

[@Malky24]

Not sure if you're being sarcastic...

[@MrPhilreilly]

@@Malky24 I meant it. It was a good video.

[@Blazetoamaze]

Such a modest, nice guy

[@danmarks158]

This is great. Thanks for recording it. I've seen Stewart live a number of times but this is the first time I've seen him outside "the Character". Very entertaining and illuminating.

[@sidarthur8706]

the man on my screen bears a comically striking resemblance to a figure with whom he forms an unlikely pairing only more corpulent, hirsute, and unkempt

[@sidarthur8706]

i don't remember seeing this before

[@Degjoy]

This was a beautiful exchange of words, stories and ideas! :)

[@joefarang]

confused and suffering. yes, that's precisely how a comedy audience should feel. stu, you're the best, i love you.

[@emgee44]

This is worth it just for the “Let himself go...” comments. 😂

[@EaterOfBirds]

LOVE a Lee interview where you see under the character, always interesting

[@bitchoflivingblah]

Richard Harris is looking okay considering he died 17 years ago.

[@robertkielty5094]

Interview was at least seven different kinds of top shelf. Really enjoyed this. Nice one.

[@pkdick1]

Aquaman has let himself go

[@DanielCrouch]

Harold Shipman has let himself go

[@nickthorp5790]

Grow a beard hair every time interviewer shouts "yeah, yeah, yeah."

[@rain_down_]

Looks like he's just seen the rap singers, you've seen 'em yeah in the shopping centres, they run along the handrail by the corn exchange.

[@joefarang]

who?

[@dreddiknight]

@@joefarang you know, the rap singers... You've seen em yeah? Round the back of the Corn Exchange, yeah. The rap singers.

[@jratcliffe91]

Orson welles looks great! good on him for getting in shape :)

[@karl.anthony]

A great watch! Despite being an atheist, I thank God for Stewart Lee - long may he live!

[@jamespotter3660]

'yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.'

[@IanJTaylor]

Owen Garfield - me too!

[@VeryApe111]

Yep 3 minutes in and my brain is melting and will not allow me to continue. shame really.

[@bytefu]

Ah, fuck off, weaklings, I couldn't watch it even before I knew it existed. Seriously, though, if you came for Stewart Lee, you would've stayed. But you came for entertainment, and, apparently, Jamali ruined it for you because of your extreme intolerance of his speech patterns, so you missed loads of good stuff, especially the mentions of comedians that inspired Lee.

[@lukenluken]

Yeahyeahyeahyeah

[@bytefu]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, so irritating. I can't sleep now, my knuckles are itching, my arsehole burns, I'm kicking kids for laughing too loud, can't even watch KZbin, because PTSD kicks in immediately.

[@ifnyou]

The concept of a running joke which evolves and develops over time into something new and fresh has let itself go.

[@BlackNomad1]

ifnyou this one is my favourite 😂

[@ProdByPalmarius]

hahaha

[@mysterycrumble]

a paint brush i forgot to wash out has really let itself go

[@fightingfitz214]

Watched because of Lee but was really impressed by the interviewer

[@DistrictWitch]

also a great stand up and general comedian in his own right

[@audiowaves3225]

Mike Gatting has let himself go.

[@lamagic007]

Nice

[@grizcuz]

I thought: film director Ben Wheatley's evil twin.

[@GranulatedStuff]

back of the net !!!

[@danielpatrick3761]

Winner!

[@akaNOCTURN]

I rarely give a like to any of these, but this gets one👍

[@cancerparty]

Folk whining about the host are depriving themselves of a truly great conversation.

[@ACWilderness]

Father Christmas has let himself go.

[@jeffstone2136]

KG 1 _'Hindenburg',_ a German Luftwaffe squadron that conducted operations against Poland, the Soviet Union and the Italian theatre from September 1939 to August 1944, mainly with the Junkers Ju 88 multirole plane and the trouble-prone Heinkel 177 strategic bomber, has let itself go. Note that Stewart's two 24-cylinder Daimler- Benz DB 610 piston engines overheat badly during this interview.

[@Jack_The_Ladd]

Father Christmas has gotten into better shape.

[@dykeyboy9013]

Oliver Reed is looking really good.

[@kazridgewell1775]

Captain Birdseye has let himself go!!

[@jonatday]

Anyone remember Screaming Blue Murder at The Mitre Pub Hampton Court Bridge, I wish I had filmed them like they said. We used to leave with our cheeks aching so much from laughing, happier times. Thanks to these guys bravery to get up there....what a gift Mr Lee has, we all let ourselves go 😉

[@LrnecBuma]

Stewart Lee is making a concentrated effort to let himself go.

[@scottinbristol]

Bill Oddie's let himself go

[@thejoin4687]

@@scottinbristol Bill, like a bird's bill

[@axelusul]

So pleased Bill is happier these days.......but could use a trim.

[@YosemiteSam23]

This is truly a great interaction and well worthy of watching 👌🏽

[@barrychuckleisdead7345]

Santa Claus looks to be in excellent shape

[@cbashe]

great interview thx Jamali - keeping the comedy connections flowing

[@NEWBIASRecords]

wicked interview respect to you both. big up the beardsdem! #CARPETFACE

[@oliveranikolich5317]

Alienating the public in such a way that at the end they leave the gig feeling at the same time vulnerable, hurt, embarrassed, with an overwhelming feeling that they discovered something exceptional, exited, with a sense of self worth……as long as public is not offended by the performance, every other reaction, even anger, means that it was good!

[@kboom-pg6fr]

That Chinese one from the goonies has let himself go

[@gregperkin9600]

Fantastic interview. Cheers!

[@philipbeattie290]

This is a great episode. Definitely some new stories here. Considering most people tell the same stories again again on podcasts etc. Cheers for that. Ps, The Milky Bar Kid has let himself go...

[@kh2freek]

Stewart Lee & explaining the history of comedy in the UK - name a more iconic duo

[@crimp_and_straighteners]

My Nan has let herself go.

[@piganeiros]

She still makes a damn good breakfast though 😉

[@pdjmay22]

Love Stewart, the stage persona and the man.

[@ToilerOnTheSea]

"In England, there's the Edinburgh hour!" Stop it.

[@jonny9071]

Both comics here are great, but it's like they're having two very different conversations. Fascinating to hear Lee discuss the mechanics of comedy in such excruciating detail, I just wish Jamali would let him speak. No disrespect to Jamali. Just giving it to you straight like a pear cider made from 100% pears

[@morchangstudios]

Can we just see kenny Rogers and Ali G instead ?

[@ivankostadinov5186]

I sincerely hope that this was broadcasted live on the radio and Stew had grown a beard exclusively for the show, which he'd thought wouldn't be filmed. Classic Stewart Lee!

[@dishtailor2182]

All responses from jamali ever: yeh yeh yeh

[@Jamesp1972]

you missed about four yehs off the end. So irritating

[@dishtailor2182]

James Parker yeh yeh see whar you mean yeuh yehebbyebhhhhh

[@dishtailor2182]

EVERYOBE UNDER 40: yeh yeh yebhh!!!!11!

[@NickHunter]

I bet you have zero mannerisms, incredible!

[@dishtailor2182]

Nick Hunter you’re a fun guy

[@jordanburt]

Genuinely the most influential person ever.

[@mvolestrangler]

I enjoyed this so much.

[@mygmailaccount5590]

I like all of the let himself go jokes. Brian Blessed,................., all of the jokes.

[@nathfrancis01]

The Iceman Richard Kuklinksi has let himself go.

[@Charlie.c19]

Winner

[@lemmypop1300]

*Kuklinski

[@honeybeebadger]

haha

[@mcfcok7952]

Nailed it.

[@drgre4265]

Is it ok to call Jahmali a whigger?

[@andrewhalljoiner]

Comedy royalty!

[@Sam-zj6mw]

Johannes Brahms has let himself go.

[@andyz9793]

everyone else can pack it up and go home after this one

[@nodiggity9472]

Stewart. Proudly bearded. Jamali. Hold my beer. Stewart. *thinks* I know Alan Moore.

[@simonbailey2040]

Hes a clever guy, hes gone from 40 years old straight to 80..

[@interstanter]

Im a yorkshireman but have no shame in saying its true lancashire grit like this that made our country great! Too few of these northern nutcases left in our world these days!

[@jamesturner2914]

As a proud Lancastrian I can say that we also need the Yorkshiremen. Historical rivalries aside, both counties (including greater Manchester and Merseyside historically) are what built this Country, and hopefully what can keep pushing it forwards.

[@SkrumpBumpky]

Jimmy "Two-shoes" McCreedy, the orchestrater of a string of petty robberies in the North East of London between 1984 to 1987, seems to be doing remarkably well for himself.

[@chrisb6296]

If this a true crime podcast, why is talking about the career of alternative comedian S Lee?

[@flightimage845]

Cut to Stewart Lee on a cruise ship! The man is a genius!

[@fannymunchkin2638]

Brian Blessed has let himself go.

[@fluorosco]

Diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive

[@jamaton]

Brian Blessed shouts a lot

[@tiredoftorylies.2950]

Public comments have let themselves go. Lee is a genius.

[@georgepatterson2758]

Keith Chegwin has let himself go.... Jamali is great. Never seen him before and it's nice to see a young comic who knows his comedy history. He does a good interview here. He's great.

[@samuelrobinson205]

It tickled me the idea that Stewart Lee looks worse than Keith Chegwin, a man who is actually dead and not alive

[@MichaelCWBell]

Quite cool facial hair; at least it’s better than mine. There’s IQ with Lee, of course that’s obvious. Never forget the intensity of tension of a set Lee did that repeated itself over and over before a live audience. I was sweating almost as much as he was. Brave.

[@PaulGappyNorris]

My finger is aching from f/forwarding through Jamilla and his 'yeh, yeh, yehs'.

[@iainrae6159]

Stewart Lee is now almost a ' national treasure' and great comic. Nish Kumur should study his work.

[@rezwanul99]

Genghis Khan has let himself go.

[@matetotally]

aah, despite being thoroughly bored of the let himself go trope this was exactly my initial thought too - haha.

[@therespectedlex9794]

Myee nayeem eez Rez-one-all Chowd-hoory. So look who's fuckin' talkin' you fuckin' bastard innit.

[@pizzapunk8816]

glad to see i'm not the only one that let themselves go

[@ketchup5344]

Stewart Lee should at least be in the top ten best comedians not not sitting at 41. Although even then Im buggered if I can think of 9 comedians who are better. Or one Even. ✌🏽

[@toastfortea]

People say Daniel Kitson, but I've seen Kitson and in my opinion Stewart Lee is far better.

[@matthewstone1362]

Yeah top 100 comedian lists really have let them selves go.

[@jsquire5pa]

Tbh .. I think that was before his second period of stand up post the Jerry springer opera ... he’d be a lot higher now

[@bluetoad2668]

Tom O'Connor in his cruise ship days

[@CarlyonProduction]

Wooo. Stewart gives props to Andy kindler. Anyone who watches majority report will love this!

[@OdourlessAunt]

That lobbyist for the Olympic recognisation of darts has let himself go.

[@Sklahd]

Its not just the beard. It's the mullet too. Gives him a Santa Clause look. Well done.

[@joelonsdale]

Stewart Lee is interesting enough for both of them luckily.

[@emjr369]

@@nettils5555 he's an interviewer. He's there to get the best out of his guests

[@cahillgreg]

@Tony Bernardo Pipe down Tony

[@MrPink-ys8oq]

The frequency of "yeah yeah yeah" from this interviewer is staggering.

[@grahamlive]

Weren’t the Yeah Yeah Yeahs an Eskimo faced band from the 90s?

[@edwardtonks206]

Yeh Yeh Yeh

[@thedolphin5428]

Yeah, staggeringly aweful.

[@RFC-3514]

Was this Kenny Rogers' last interview?

[@mtbert9307]

I hope he knows he’s actually number 1