Stewart Lee - Japanese Cat Satchel

[@getheroutofthetruck]

FKA Twigs, he's one of those rap singers you see on Top of the Pops. They run along the handrails, near the multi-storey, by the Corn Exchange.

[@zetetick395]

Sliding down the bannisters....At the shopping centre...

[@listerofsmeg884]

@@zetetick395 you've seen them. the rap singers

[@sarcasticstartrek7719]

when i first saw this act, i really did think he was gonna do that for at least three minutes.

[@mctv7416]

@@sarcasticstartrek7719when i saw it he did that bit for half an hour, my gf was so angry with me for bringing her

[@dielaughing73]

​@@listerofsmeg884 they jump down and go 'oh!'

[@paultomic8113]

"He's done loads of tapes... I've got all his tapes..." That line cracks me up every single time.

[@ManateeMentality]

"Were you asphyxiated in a career-ending accident? No? SHUT UP THEN. GET THAT FUCKING POUCH OF YOGURT, GET THAT FUCKING CAT FACE BAG, AND FUCK OFF." I'm convinced this is the greatest punchline of all time.

[@thomasyates3078]

They cut the punchline. He says in a much more neutral voice, "And that is my message to the under forties."

[@theonetruegreg1050]

He is just in a league of his own. By far the best stand up I have ever seen. Brilliantly clever in what he does and he does it so well. No one comedian has made me laugh so much so hard as Stewart Lee.

[@MerlynMusicman]

Dylan Moran about 6 years ago had me crying for the entire set. Peak. But yes, Lee is never not amazing.

[@LauraGrrrr5370]

the artistry of this whole bit is Stew mocking the under-40s while looking and acting like a mad old man. When I saw this for the first time I laughed so hard no sound was coming out.

[@peternall6566]

You laughed so loud No sound was coming out. I'd like to of heard that.

[@BritishBloke66]

Were you also clapping madly and looking around so everyone knew you had got the joke? And then explaining the joke to those who weren't laughing? Were you also doing that?

[@unthenner5519]

It was a bit too obvious a joke for Stewart Lee, though. It wasn't as funny compared to other stuff he's done where it's more surreal and abstract. He was a bit too close to the mainstream comedy he was trying to make fun of for it to work.

[@cacambo589]

I'm glad you see artistry because I don't see any humour. If he wasn't desperate he wouldn't have tried to get a laugh from his chubby thighs. SL is like the Ishihara test. You either see it or you don't.

[@fluorosco]

@@cacambo589 Aww mate. Just because he's not like all the other comedians that are purple and yellow

[@versioncity1]

Stewart; please never die. Live forever.

[@franklingoodwin]

"He's one of those rap singers" always cracks me up

[@listerofsmeg884]

I heard FKAtwigs as FKATwix at first. thought it was a new Mars product

[@heroicjourney2508]

I've got all his tapes 🤣🤣🤣

[@pixelfrenzy]

Richard Herring still says that as well

[@zetetick395]

Sliding down the bannisters....At the shopping centre....

[@lewis72]

The rap singer. You know ? You see them at the Corn Exchange.

[@deviliciously419]

Absolute genius. Never fails to make me laugh. This is so spot on. I'm 60 and I laughed so hard I thought I was going to be found six weeks later - dead from laughter.

[@robdee6316]

The most original comedian I've ever had the pleasure of seeing live. Wonderful observer of the sad absurdities and realities of life.

[@cessrcd]

Are you accusing him of observational comedy 😢

[@S-I-T]

Shame though, he's really let himself go.

[@danishih]

"Japanese cat satchel" might be the most beautiful arrangement of English words I've ever encountered

[@thephilpott2194]

Indeed. But knowing my luck, if i put japanese cat satchel into what3words it would come up as the middle of a landfill site

[@harryfordcomedy]

This might be the peak of Stewart Lee's comedy output. It's got an aggressive rant against other comedians, slapstick, physical comedy, his whiny mocking impressions, one proper joke, and then he sums up pretty much his entire comedy persona with, "Imagine writing jokes. What a waste of everyone's time."

[@astroboirap]

sums him up

[@guydulac3902]

One of the best comedians out there, and I used to manage Comedy Clubs... so worked with loads of the very best. Saw this tour and thought he was starting to look like the William Shatner mask used in Carpenter's Halloween.

[@serptimis1552]

William Shatners mask has let himself go

[@grudzz7049]

Fuckin hell🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@gregoryfoster4038]

When I watched this I laughed so hard, I thought I was going to have a heart attack. Thank you Stewart Lee for once again making my day. What a genius.

[@gregoryfoster4038]

"It's like top of the pops isn't it, the internet. Full of pop music and sexual predators. " How tragically true.

[@AA-hg5fk]

Love the bit about mock the week, so true!

[@69monstermunch]

This is what happens if you feed Michael McIntyre after midnight.

[@mike18699-e]

Then I wish somebody would.

[@vandolmatzis8146]

lol perfect

[@zetetick395]

I imagine Mike standing staring in the mirror at home, doing that over-excitable puppydog grin thing he does on stage, but for himself at home... .....I imagine the corner of his mouth twitching uncontrollably.

[@trevorfeelgood]

😅

[@shashipancholi]

Just keep him in the dark and DO NOT let him get wet

[@guitarreilly]

Stewart's legs have not let themselves go

[@jonsgreenfingers]

Thank you for giving me my mental health back 👍👍👍

[@clappedoutmotor]

The man's an absolute maniac

[@zetetick395]

What he needs is a nice soothing pouch of drinking yoghurt......Check the viewing numbers on his YT vids.......That'd give him a lift.

[@harrywright9892]

"the internet is a bit like.." "Fuck off for god's sake"

[@SlackrUk]

Japanese Cat Satchel are a great band.

[@AA-hg5fk]

I've got all their tapes.

[@redpillnibbler4423]

@@AA-hg5fk 😂

[@nickbolton9149]

you can get arrested for that these days. And thrown in jail.

[@JoshWiniberg]

​​@@nickbolton9149for saying your Japanese? When did that come in?

[@harrygilonis555]

Not as good as Melt-Cat-Satchel

[@terminallyinquisitive1731]

A pouch of yogurt has let itself go

[@dowlingthebakuninbot7691]

Private Gomer Pyle from Full Metal Jacket has let himself go.

[@zetetick395]

Yeah, but on the way to letting himself go he had a blast

[@TheoDGoodman]

This is probably my favourite bit from my favourite show of his by far

[@chrisharvey7461]

so good, we need more

[@CMDR_Verm]

This is the Stewart Lee tour I'd like to have been able to see live. His recounting of his Grandads and Grandmothers foray into bondage sex and S&M is the funniest story I've ever heard.

[@MrHEC381991]

5:18 Just that image of him. Like a crazy old man warning kids to keep out of his garden.

[@versioncity1]

I'm writing this several minutes after watching and I laughed so hard I puked up on the kitchen floor. Even having just cleaned up my own vomit I still find it funny.

[@richardhughes8968]

Give it to 'em straight Stew. Like Pear Cider made from 100% avocado

[@JoshWiniberg]

Avocados! Or was it one giant avocado?

[@Malky5279]

I think I was 39 when I saw this live. Maybe younger I forget the year but still found it funny. Never bought a Japanese cat face satchel yet.

[@zetetick395]

It's too late for us now for cat satchels. 😿 (Maybe you could vicariously purchase a Funko-Pop character set?)

[@CamberleyDaz]

I saw Content Provider live (in Guildford, so that got some laughs at the expense of the middle classes) and I don't remember his trousers being down during the show. What came before that?

[@JohnPreston888]

I hope you have come across where he references the Guildford audience. Savage. And - although I have often visited the place - very amusing, because I can distance myself from his derision of the reaction to a specific line in his routine.

[@nickcraig320]

At his very best!!!

[@billgordon6489]

A feather landed on my bum …. what a line 👏🏻

[@willd6215]

Went

[@Torahboy1]

The BBC has let Stewart Lee go......

[@mattygroves21478]

Tornado and Snowflake currently running on BBC iPlayer beg to differ.

[@itookallthenames]

@@mattygroves21478 wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sh

[@mattygroves21478]

@@itookallthenames Over your head? The OP put a spin on the "XXXX has let itself go" joke, which is a staple Stewart Lee meme. BBC didn't renew Stewart Lee's comedy vehicle for a fifth series, therefore, *"The BBC has let Stewart Lee go...."* Except... the BBC organised the filming of his 2022 set. If the OP's point was to gloat, it was premature.

[@stevenbown5101]

4.40-4.45 as Stew struggles to keep a straight face.

[@gazriley624]

have you seen these rappers they have now in the hit parade

[@flaccidchrist]

At the multi-storey?

[@tomwilko7841]

You know, behind the corn exchange

[@heyalright_]

I could be in the worst situation ever and think of this and just break

[@mandalorian957]

I like it when he gets angry

[@sibadityapal1493]

You won't like him when he is Ang-Lee

[@adude9882]

I'm 60. Imagine how I feel about the under 40s. I manage to keep my trousers up though.

[@Torahboy1]

He’s good. He’s funny. BUT he’s no Tom O’Connor

[@therac23]

Are you in oil?

[@steveforest8385]

​@@therac23 Yes - I'm a sardine.

[@tiarnan76]

@@steveforest8385 reminds me of a cruise I went on

[@richardhughes8968]

He was quick Tom, like a stopped clock.

[@BigKahunaShake]

HE CAME OUT, STEW

[@Ian666peace]

He is just so good I love SL.

[@MLB9000]

Are those the pants he bought in Lincoln?

[@AnxiousMo-Fo]

2:55 oh yeah I've seen them about

[@joecrockymeflocko9910]

I watched “content provider” at Buxton Opera house . Anyone who’s seen the full show will know stu does a bit about Gary lineker . The exchange between him and Imaginary Gary eats into some of Stewart lees material . Stewart lee uses that premis for a few callbacks later in the show . Saying the exchange between him and lineker over ran After the show I purchased the book Content provider ( highly recommend ) . I was along side a friend . When we spoke to him ,we spoke about FKA TWIGS . To paraphrase what Stewart lee said “ what has happen is someone will shoutout (fka Twigs is female) and I do this big bit on gender constructs . But I’m not sure I’d of had time to go into that tonight .” I reacted as a under 40s idiot would . It was halfway through my journey home it hit me he was doing a call back to the lineker bit during conversation . Genius .

[@goyaassfilms4551]

DID IT!?!?

[@steerpike50]

Saw that live , very funny man , 5 bananas

[@razzle1964]

I live near Southend & hadn’t heard of fka twigs. Still being taken to school, at 58, by Stewart Lee.

[@vandolmatzis8146]

Stewart giving it to me straight.

[@simonball5746]

100% pears

[@paulembleton1733]

Can only describe this as a moderately erotic performance of comedic excellence.

[@Fredric_Cedrich]

The best part about all this is calling FKA twigs a ‘he’ 😂

[@CalvinKlown]

General Ратко Младић has let himself go.

[@AlobytesOgniddove]

4:38 some laughs... aahhahhah I love Stew

[@mdvv-2521]

You forget his trousers are down

[@S7EVE_P]

Stew keeps saying "he" when referring to fka twix..... "On a good night, people would call out to tell me that FKA Twigs was a woman, and then I would accuse them of gender fascism and say they were worse than Hitler. But it didn't always happen, and it didn't happen here. That is the beauty of live performance: great moments are lost for ever, as they should be."

[@JohnPreston888]

I have always wondered about the silence regarding "he" (FKA Twigs) especially because of Stewart's strong position on the idea that he knows all about them. I still wonder about "Muchya" [sic] being in "The Sugar Cubes". In that recording, nobody took Stewart to task. But yeah, the possibility of wrong-footing the audience does make for great variety. (And even better that he refers to being corrected as "On a good night [...[" Brilliant.

[@dangrahamdrums]

Stewart Lee’s leg hair growing ability’s let itself go.

[@warlockofwordschannel7901]

He should take some tips from me...

[@speakerdestroyer425]

4:38 he looks like he's trying very hard not to break character.

[@arcanics1971]

I saw him at a different venue and he looked the same at the same point. Guy has it nailed.

[@guitarreilly]

@@arcanics1971 that is insane talent

[@goyaassfilms4551]

Stewart Lee's trousers have let themselves go...

[@JoeBleasdaleReal]

One of those rap singers they have these days has let itself go.

[@johnbarry4787]

The audience is laughing at people who are laughing about being insulted and told bad jokes by Stewart Lee.

[@thedolphin5428]

Just to come upon a grown nan with his pants down waddling around a stage full of scattered CDs raging about phone tapping and yogurt pounches is ....

[@Thoughtcat]

At what point did the trousers come down

[@ittybittyboat9017]

I fucking lose it when he gets really mad at the end

[@zetetick395]

"Were *you* asphyxiated in a career-ending accident? No?? SHUT UP THEN! GET THAT STUPID FUCKING POUCH OF YOGURT GET THAT FUCKING JAPANESE CAT FACE BAG AND *FUCK OFF!!* "

[@harrygilonis555]

Mark E. Smith on Nirvana: “their lead singer’s that actress, Courtney Pine”

[@Ianbolton]

As an over 40, i almost shit myself laughing at this.

[@pcoldlight5631]

Did he cross over there?

[@grahamlive]

He's wearing his Lincoln pants.

[@XLatMaths]

The only man to do a pants callback?

[@julielevinge266]

That bloody Japanese cats face!!😮

[@MahlerHolic1860]

Unparalleled genius.

[@clungeest]

The internet is like Norman Wisdom on acid

[@cessrcd]

Lee is fearless…Alan Bennett

[@steveforest8385]

Emily Thornberry's let herself go.

[@danielbrown8556]

lmfao

[@patchso]

To be fair, he does provide content.

[@listerofsmeg884]

I think Content Provider is Stew at his most unhinged. At times you start to worry about him

[@julianmarks2396]

Bill Ryder-Jones has let himself go

[@tobysemler]

Japanese Cat Satchel has really let himself go.

[@davidripley2916]

That bloke who wears his trousers round his ankles like that Stewart Lee bloke has let himself go.

[@Tomlinsky]

Stevie Wonder has let himself go.

[@SMAC364]

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

[@JustJezBeingJez]

Joe Pasquale has a joke like this, think Ratko Mladic has stolen it.

[@theideaofevil]

I spit out my drink too this

[@DamnDealDone]

So this is what the original Faith No More singer has been up to since being replaced by Mike Patton.

[@LardEater1]

2:05

[@zankfrappa93]

i dont know why his pants are down haha

[@jonnyjp8486]

I'd love to see Stewart Lee live whilst on acid

[@stud105]

The separated conjoined twin of Stewart lee has let himself go.

[@sparkstron73]

Never knew who fka twig was until seeing this bit. Like his stuff👍 Thought it was an activist like swampy or stig of the dump. I heard of the rap singers, poke a man and the cat satchels so don't feel completely out of the loop. Is a chinese burn considered bondage?

[@cstrongman]

His rage... So playful

[@Mr_Gray_Sky]

This is why you don't poke Gen X

[@adude9882]

I bet he's got one of them satchels though.

[@G4b3st3r]

Wow Louis van Gaal has let himself go.

[@thedolphin5428]

Who's now googling FKA Twigs?

[@bobburroughs6241]

The best in underpants anywhere.

[@awesomefrankrapid]

FKA Twigs is a woman, which I didn’t realise

[@bobtav1]

Trousers round his ankles for the whole thing

[@zetetick395]

The inalienable dignity of seniority

[@perderabo]

The act of cunilingus has let itself go.

[@irisrose8503]

🤣🤣🤣

[@billbaggins1688]

His pants are down.

[@ChrisLee-yr7tz]

Wtf is drinking yoghurt?

[@nickbolton9149]

It’s for young people

[@molegrip3860]

That Andy Burnham has let himself go recently.

[@ShaunKAndersonTV]

He looks depressed

[@MaMa-km2do]

and fat

[@carnivalecretins853]

@@MaMa-km2do And fat and depressed

[@zetetick395]

and fat

[@AA-hg5fk]

And fat.

[@adude9882]

And fat. And depressed.

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

Keith Holyoake has let himself go

[@orif9607]

What if fka twigs had got in the lake?