Stewart Lee - Owning his audience

[@martymcfly5528]

I love the deliberate cut aways to very unimpressed looking audience members

[@WhatInTheDeepestShadeOfFeck]

I imagine that some of the unimpressed looking ones are internally agreeing the fuck out of it

[@chrisellis1089]

Still one of the best and unique British stand up comedians around . .

[@doodle1983]

Unique ain't a good asset for a comedian, it implies only some people find him funny,actually you're spot on.

[@hospitalcleaner]

Being unique is probably the best asset to have as a comedian

[@doodle1983]

@@hospitalcleaner being funny is the best asset a comedian can have.

[@JulianDiaz-Tpt]

​@@doodle1983 unfortunately it means that the general public's level of comprehension has lowered significantly over the years instead of having risen. The phrase "dumbing down" has been around for decades now. A society should progress and evolve. The fact that more people don't "get" Stewart Lee (I don't mean like him him, but understand him), proves my point. The lack of critical thinking and understanding of irony, literary references and general abstract absurdity, just prove that point

[@rtpcr3969]

“There isn’t gonna be time for me to work a mixed ability room” Hahahah

[@barrythornton9947]

Wow, the woman at 3:44 You really dont need a quality heckle when you can look at a comedian like that!

[@WhatHappenedFFS]

She has always baffled me!

[@AndrewWilsonStooshie]

That Bridget Christie has fairly let herself go.

[@mizofan]

She was fresh and lovely in Billy Liar, almost a symbol of the youthful, optimistic, swinging sixties, but age may finally have caught up with her.

[@alexdunhill4271]

that is not bridget christie

[@person8203]

kinda does look like bridget. And the look could be from being put in team f

[@robsmith7567]

There's something genius about complaining about one side of the audience for not laughing, then complaining to the otherside for laughing.

[@bonnie3447]

😂 😂 Was thinking the same thing. I like his thing about jakes corden being a fan.

[@muninraven3327]

To be referred to as "the same as Robbie Williams" is one of the greatest insults I have ever heard.

[@HIOP0]

"Robbie"?...you must be hard of hearing, try listening again.

[@thomasjohnston1805]

@@HIOP0 He says popstar Robbie Williams. who do you think he said?

[@colinbellew3020]

That woman looked well pissed 😂😂

[@gary7272]

I was team A that night in Chapter. Still so proud.

[@tinbadger8097]

One of the few true artistic geniuses I’ve ever seen.

[@1millionbit]

"... crawling towards the notion of Western democracy." Very near perfection!

[@charlespeterson3798]

Yup, that is how my family got here. By way of Scotland.

[@Telcontar1962]

Does NOT work on so many levels it's hard to know where to begin.

[@charlespeterson3798]

@@Telcontar1962 The cap lock is no help in identifying the object or the subject,if it did possess a predicate. I cannot argue with an illiterate. Start with, Who,What,Where When ´,and if your lips are still able to move,why.

[@Telcontar1962]

@@charlespeterson3798 Charles peterson I doubt anything could help you. Caps lock, neon-signs, megaphone, smoke signals or the just plain contavt vis the paranormal. But you would know that already. I doubt such towering conceit as you possess would suffer the taint of arguing with us mere mortals......even if they did not seek to argue in the first place just state a fact.

[@charlespeterson3798]

@@Telcontar1962 And that fact would be?

[@Unfunny_Username_389]

3:44 - team F captain.

[@LeofromFreo]

bobbydj01 brilliant.

[@kosmosyche]

Yep, also his wife Bridget Christie. You think Stewart Lee would leave it to chance to find some bloke in the audience looking bored so he could show it in his special to make a point?

[@wolfganghendery8298]

He gave it to them straight like a pear cider made from 100% pears.

[@corpgov]

That woman must be a barrel of laughs

[@Hoodoo04]

You wonder why she went?

[@pauladams1915]

Thats his wife.

[@TheVicar]

@@pauladams1915 Morrisey has let that wife go

[@stevekelly5166]

That was Robbie Williams when he lets go. No wonder they split up.

[@hufclufc]

I love it when he does this sort of thing. Team A really feel chuffed 🤠

[@kevfrombutterley]

"Mixed ability room". Ouch 😂

[@Hocra]

I suppose, since he permitted himself to leave, Robbie Williams quite literally let himself go.

[@thedolphin5428]

Just tooooo funny. Crying tears. Wish I was there.

[@Pinkybum]

That woman's face! Priceless.

[@Hazzard65]

It represents everything he stands for.

[@jimmycampbell78]

She is hilarious- she steals the show in this clip!

[@MortimerDuke83]

Robert Mugabe's personal shoppers brother in law has let himself go

[@joeroberts2156]

Does Robert Mugabe's personal shopper have a brother in law?

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

Jay Hannen Ooh, that one was VERY good. Not sarcasm. I salute you.

[@andym28]

Jay Hannen he must be a maths genius.

[@sarahjanereeve]

Some superb arm folding among Team F 😎

[@crissieroserose]

he has school teacher qualities

[@IAmRedherrings]

But one of those decent, reasonable and respectable teachers

[@testtubeaccident7805]

Oh I need to see the rest of this gig

[@Bignewshound60]

Lee is the master. he's been doing this year round form a quarter of a century. I estimate that to be about ten thousand gigs. He's not going to be phased by some sullen face in the front row wishing she'd gone to see Michael McIintyre ... because he is safe and you don't need to think. I've seen Lee do this 'divide and conquer' thing several times. But only when he does spot a pocket of 'unbelievers' and in dividing the room he manages to create great segregation. It is genius but it takes real guts

[@ck891]

“Now you’re being judged. And it feels strange, but don’t worry”

[@UkuleleBobbyKemp]

A “Mixed ability room...”. 🥰 Pxss Funny! 🥰🤣🤣

[@TimelordUK]

3:40 OMG even I'm scared!

[@therealcaliphbaghdad1357]

The woman at the front has let herself go.

[@ledjarde]

lol !!!!!!

[@pfalky2k]

it's the "stewart Lee effect". she was Cindy Crawford when the show started XD - by the way. I think SL is a grade AAA+ genius of comedy

[@eccehomer8182]

I don't think she's ever let herself go in her whole life! ;)

[@my88110]

if anything, she rigidly stuck to her guns

[@alibootboy]

interior decorators

[@RockerJC89]

Momo there staring at him

[@robroberts9051]

Her face just says it all. She loves Robbie.

[@miamimo70]

Brilliant, cheer brilliance

[@PaddySlattery]

3:44 If 2020 was a mood.

[@bmcgoo6027]

Yes, but when you get to 5':38" she is definitely letting herself go.

[@owenfitzgerald3219]

The woman at 3:45 really looks like someone pissed on her chips.

[@philipcollings1116]

1:31 oh look, it's Richard James from Gorky's Zygotic Mynci!

[@nigelcarren]

Can I just buck the trend, and say that James Cordon looks fabulous without the weight... He tells some really good jokes here!! 🏆 He should post more videos on that KZbins they have now.

[@MultiSpazzo]

3:44 Robbie Williams just took out a restraining order on her.

[@Contrabass101]

The notion of Western democracy has really let itself go.

[@jazzzzdude]

I can say things like that, I just choose not to.

[@neilsanghvi5229]

Get that woman 45 seconds of observational comedy stat!

[@andrewgrant6516]

You know when you pour out a cup of tea, and there are some bubbles in the middle of the cup, and some bubbles at the edge. What's that all about?

[@Zaarin2007]

Is that Stannis Baratheon at 1:07?

[@WalterLiddy]

If so he's really let himself go.

[@simonlawrencesings]

Yes it is. I was wondering who that was, knew I recognised him so scrolled through the comments. Thanks!

[@garyprescott2493]

Why doesn't anyone in team F ever get up and walk around and join Team A? Go and sit amongst them. Stand with them! Go Team A!!!

[@davephilpotphilpot9867]

If the film director Ang Lee had been in the audience at this gig would it have made him Ang Lee because u would not like him when hes Ang Lee!

[@Johnconno]

But he wasn't in the audience, was he? Was he?

[@ackerjawaka1966]

​@@Johnconnono he was at the dentist for his tooth hurty appointment 😜

[@ackerjawaka1966]

@@Johnconno very strange 😂🤣

[@azamatbagatov6858]

I liked it when you dressed as that skeleton

[@jetteraismabash4186]

Since Ive seen him do this audience interaction routine many times how spontaneous is it really?

[@jaydaniels6172]

Clearly not spontaneous. It's fantastic anyway

[@MicroCatalyst]

A comedian's jokes not being spontaneous? Someone call the cops.

[@tobyb1018]

Jettera Ismabash it's not supposed to be, the whole thing is written, it's kinda what he does

[@alexdunhill4271]

clearly never spontaneous

[@Flashbax7]

It's not spontaneous, he even mentions that every thing he says is written, even this bit he's saying now, and this, and this, and this, even just this noise uagrgh, he's written that, and this he's saying now, and this, and this, everything is written and learned.

[@iMann_iFail]

I come to the comment section for the copy and paste jokes used in every video of Steward Lee on here.

[@gamos6698]

iMann iFail like a pear cider

[@AntGeezer]

I’m most definitely in her camp. 3:41

[@jeffstone2136]

Kurt Vonnegut's half-brother Marvin aka 'Marv The Parv', has come back to life and let himself go.

[@JJ-ls6el]

that woman at the front looks livid.

[@Giordifer]

Is that Mikey from My Family at 4:27, if he is, he's really let himself go.

[@kimjongduex7431]

The 90’s British warlord Tony Blair has let himself go

[@yamabushi170]

Massive Robbie Williams fan at 5:40

[@panchopuskas1]

It's Bridget all right. Similar(ish) type of comedy and probably a mate of his. There to pick up tips, I reckon........

[@jamespark1997]

bridget is his wife

[@panchopuskas1]

James Park ......oh, right......

[@jimmycampbell78]

That’s not Bridget Christie.

[@OghamTheBold]

*S.C.L* (Stew-art 'Clever' Lee) : looks 'em - right *IN* the : _Face : Book_ - a ticket : sticky wicket : I think - That Woman : Audience Theatre Section 'F' - were castin' : *SS* (Scornful Shade) *_R > G_*

[@humpty1873]

Robbie Williams has let himself go

[@algygraham1870]

That's definitely not Bridget Christy, she's not dressed as a bee!

[@thedolphin5428]

Ant, not bee.

[@briangregory8942]

Woman right at the end is baffled

[@christianbowen6759]

its his wife. she takes notes. probably sick of hearing the routine after 90 times! lol

[@VultureClone]

That unimpressed woman lol.....i'm assuming her husband dragged her there 😆😭

[@manchesterukabriefvideooftime]

We all start in team F people .. Just keep at it ❤ 😂 I'm a strong A and it's even harder to explain to people .. One friend said it's surreal.. It's obviously funny but what's everyone laughing at .. In my mind I thought .. you Were kinda laughing at the prospect of understanding it And getting the irony of The Dr Dr joke in basic Lee My mate didn't even notice .. Lee was telling a Dr Dr joke in a story about his Dr and how absurd it all was . Also the Dr Dr joke is a stand alone joke with a comeback line attached so it's clearly not a fact. 😅 Jesus . It's not that hard . Call back there. . that's finished now that bit ..

[@chriscunningham4196]

3.44, Fucking Hell! And the very last shot is of her obviously finding it funny but REFUSES to laugh because she's decided not to. What a charmer. 😎

[@badpharma461]

Looking at the comments - are people aware that the on-stage persona isn't the person? Losing the audience on purpose and getting them back is a strategy only used by 2 other stand ups I've come across in the last 30 years. Kevin McAleer was crashing 100% of the room for a full 40% of his act by pointing out details of bland images. Then he brought them back and referred to to bland images in a new light. That takes a lot of skill and a level of confidence I had never seen before. SL's persona takes that strategy and pushes it as far as the audience can reasonably be expected to go and still come back. If you haven't seen Kevin McAleer then do take a look. If anything, SL does gauge the audience well before embarking on that nights level of alienation. In short - you have to see the whole thing as it isn't quite stand up. I at least see elements of Spalding Gray and Simon Munnery, neither of who can be properly placed in the neat box marked stand up. Either accept that acts may not sit neatly in a box or criticize an act for not fitting into your box, not for being what you you expect. Of course I could be totally wrong, but at least I have attempted to point at other acts which overlap and allowed people to compare. I like SLs stuff but I was pleased that only 4 series of Comedy Vehicle were made - too much money tends to fix an act into a money-making model.

[@joeninetee]

Steady on... This is a KZbin comments section!

[@SuchaDoofus]

Do you know those rappers?

[@jivecafeglasgow]

Definetly Bridget Christie at 3.44

[@jimmycampbell78]

Look again at 5.38. More of a side-ish profile. Nope.

[@earthalydelights]

That woman in the front row was weaned on a pickle.

[@tynchytemper9618]

Ian Huntley's let himself go

[@simongeorge2244]

That woman's face in the front row!!! Why is she there? 😀

[@ThomasGiles]

That show was pretty heavy at points, to be fair. Worth sticking with, but he doesn't hold back in that set.

[@whatryewatchin]

What's the full show called? Can't see it in description.

[@ThomasGiles]

Stewart Lee: 90's Comedian. Brace yourself!

[@whatryewatchin]

Cheers looking forward to it!

[@nicktulloh]

what's that poker player's name at 2:10?

[@underreppin]

It looks like David Vamplew, i'm not sure if it's him though

[@jakemcbride5357]

Should have give it to Robbie Williams straight, Like a pear cider made out of 100% pear

[@tomimpala]

3:41 Fucking hell

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

The Red Weed has let itself go

[@ledjarde]

John Merrick's let himself go

[@elicohen6348]

“I am not an elephant. I’m a free man.”

[@ManCalledMegz]

I often wonder when they pan to the audience and without failure there's some version of the sullen woman in the jumper what that person thought they were going to see? I'm guessing when they suddenly find out it's not a reprisal of Fist of Fun or TMWRNJ material they are deeply dissapointed.

[@thedolphin5428]

I perceive that SL the man and SL the comedian are both enigmas. I believe he has a total cynicism and contempt and detachment about human nature, himself, and his craft, such that he truly doesn't give a shit about how it turns out. He may write some stuff in detail, and rough plan a gig's direction, but I think his improv riffing is more an intellectual experiment to see how far he can fuck with people's minds, such that they enjoy the absurdity of his APPARENT ramblings. I've seen him do "real life interviews" but I was not convinced that one word he spoke was sincere. Stu hates to play the game -- in any situation. I think he just enjoys the life of mental acrobatics and that his comedy is 100% cerebral, not emotional or visceral in anyway. Any laughs or fans he gets along the way, are merely accidental by-products from what he enjoys doing.

[@hufclufc]

Nah, every word is written.

[@timsplanet2]

mamma mia mamma mia mama mia let himself go

[@johncharlton199]

Team F has let himself go.

[@vivavaldez87]

Is that David Vamplew in Team F?

[@bobadams7654]

Stewart Lee has let himself go - again !

[@jezmarta]

This epitomises the left way of putting out a view. 1) make the statement 2) patronise those who don’t agree with you with 2a) oh you don’t understand it 2b) insinuate they are simple 2c) go onto the big winner therefore you must be a ****

[@jaydaniels6172]

@@jezmarta c'mon team F get on board.

[@jezmarta]

@@jaydaniels6172 it’s always the ace card to stifle anything where a challenge comes. Good luck in ten years

[@Yomi-san]

Giving them a label of team F probably got their backs up and it went downhill from there.

[@johnsenglishpage]

40 naked hooded bound Iraqi civilians crawling towards the concept of western democracy, disliked this video

[@mark9892]

That's his wife he makes her sit through his act every night and tell him which were the funny bits. That's why they're not talking.

[@joshdunne]

Natmanprime it very definitely is his wife. I suggest you google it yourself. His wife is called Bridget Christie. That is her.

[@MrMamooshka]

That's not Bridget Christie.

[@politure]

L6915 You're not Bridget Christie mate. And if you are, I'm surprised to hear that Bridget Christie has such favourite videos as "We are living in a simulation- new evidence!" and "Inside 9/11- who controlled the planes?"

[@andym28]

Low levels, high stakes.

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

Lee does strike me as a man who is is _very_ much under the thumb of a tyrannical woman who pretends she wants equality You get to know the "subtle" cues.

[@900BEN]

These days you either laugh or you dont .

[@aka_rook]

3:42 her fucking face, lol.

[@markcreitzman8728]

3.44 his wife has let herself go

[@brokenwave6125]

That lady glaring at him must have a horrible existence. I've never glared at anyone like that in my life...including racists, politicians, Christians....while they are talking in person.Looking at another human being like that says a LOT about you and nothing about them.

[@pfalky2k]

oh my sweet summer child. that poor unfisted bint's facial expression hasn't even licked the paint on the surface of how I look at those soon to be lost souls who have displeased me - usually racists, politicians, deluded believers of "religious" fairy tales, animal/child abusers, footballers, fuckwit tv/radio/press "personalities" who get paid for asking insipid inane idiot questions you'd verbally slap down a 5yr old for asking, generally, about 75-80% of humanity... - my worst glares can actually melt people's souls & strip the flesh fromn their bones, like the bit in raiders of the lost ark when the Nazis open the big gold box ;) lol

[@chasleask8533]

It's his wife, isn't it?

[@jordanjordan9022]

pfalky2k Oh give it a rest, you mediocre misanthrope.

[@jimmycampbell78]

It’s not his wife! If you check enough photos of her and compare again at 5.38 you will see it definitely isn’t.

[@USERNAMEfieldempty]

Her Face!

[@shantanusingh9507]

he is an absolute genius but will always divide the room as there is a little bit of an intelligence bias required to appreciate him

[@flappospammo]

hahaha

[@axelusul]

FFS, what audience is that, Glasgow Empire!.

[@jaydaniels6172]

Chapter Arts, Canton, Cardiff

[@axelusul]

@@jaydaniels6172 Well, that explains it then, LOL. I thought they all worked at the Sunderland Branch of "Carpet Remnant World".

[@FozzQuaker]

I thought Radovan Karadzic was dead

[@BanjoLuke1]

No. He is alive. But this is not Radovan Karadžić. This is Ratko Mladić, formerly of the JNA and of the military of the RSK. It is not, but it is humorous to pretend it is. And then to suggest that he has let himself go. But it's only funny if you pretend he's Mladić. Pretending to mistake him for Karadžić is quite unfunny. I hope this is helpful.

[@kingrobert1st]

Naked hooded bound Iraqi civilian crawling towards the concept of western democracy has let himself go!

[@chezceleste]

She'd like to laugh, but she's fighting it because she doesn't know why.

[@derekyeaman460]

paul burrell's let himself go

[@elicohen6348]

“It’s western democracy gone mad.” Serbian Evening News.

[@daloki349]

Blimey. Is the scowling woman in team F Bridget Christie?

[@doovbaloevera1430]

na doesn't look enough like Russell Brand.

[@MartynCharsley]

Dunno...but I bet she voted Leave.

[@BaronVonPenguin]

I can't fathom her at all. At certain points in the show she looks like she's trying to hold the laughter in

[@cardigan3000]

Here are some hints - go to google - type in "bridget christie" - hit the bit where it says images - stop the video on the scowling woman using the pause button - thats the one that looks like this - II -then simply compare the two faces until you are satisfied that it is/isn't Bridget Christie .

[@stumbling]

cardigan3000 Ah, I see. There is, however, one minor problem with your cunning plan, and that is that some women, who aren't Bridget Christie, look a lot like Bridget Christie.

[@wendyransome6618]

If that IS Bridget Christie she has improved with age!

[@cathalmacsiurdain7762]

That woman at the front was scary.

[@jackaljade]

Was he going somewhere with this, by splitting the audience?? Was he going to circle it back to Abu Ghraib somehow?? It seemed like that's what he was doing, is the rest just missing?? I need to know.

[@hospitalcleaner]

He explained in his book that he is prepping the audience to be ready for the last long bit in the set about jesus

[@samuelwoods6648]

but even if that IS his wife, it doesn't explain the face or why they're married.

[@SiLoMixMaster]

Woman with purple hair was definitely on the rag that night

[@domhuckle]

Stumbling towards us, mumbling something in a frankly incomprehensible regional accent with shortbread in his beard

[@deleterpintov]

Haha how much did that woman looking daggers pay to sit at the front being laughed at by a comedian?

[@christianbowen6759]

nothing - its his wife. thats true. she takes notes at every show.

[@threethrushes]

The sour cow was determined not to enjoy herself whatsoever.

[@lewiscopland4568]

Don't believe editing.

[@threethrushes]

@@lewiscopland4568 That's a good point.