Stewart Lee - Rejected Fitness First Advertisements (& a dead mouse)

The excesses of Dave Hill from Slade and Stu's rejected Fitness First campaign are a match made in heaven. And what a missed opportunity for product placement, mon pied.
From Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle, S4E4, Death.
www.stewartlee.co.uk/merch_do...

[@renatab8293]

This man's preparation is so meticulous. He has practiced the emphasis on every phrase in every sentence and makes it look spontaneous. He is hilarious yet has no gimmicks, no funny faces, no funny voices, no physical comedy, and he actually tries to make people dislike him! Wonderful!

[@michaelkennedy8270]

Great analysis of of a great anal lysist.

[@bankruptbritain6103]

Very true, great observation

[@Pebble_Collector]

Oh I don't know he did that funny Richard Hammond voice that one time.

[@AndrewKennedyMusicOfficial]

Yeah but he can't improvise like Eddie Izzard pretends to do.

[@andycain4351]

Yeah but you can prove anything with facts ........

[@Whatzzzz999]

'Nothing punctuated by catastrophes' a very nice example of a Stewart Lee genius throwaway line. There are many of course, but I love this one!

[@exessex3522]

I've always liked the Macbeth soliloquy about how meaningless our individual lives are in the great scheme of things. It took Stewart Lee to apply it to a Fitness First ad.

[@oliversomething4821]

The genius hides in the genius. Stu weaves Shake's words into the narrative so effortlessly that you don't realize what's happening until you're already lost in the beauty and profundity of the Bard's words. And then.. ..free water bottle.

[@davidpowell8110]

Genius at work.

[@sarahp871]

Dave, I commented to the Wong person. I agree with you. Only 31 likes! Have not seen this. 👍

[@kieranwalsh1241]

2 wongs don't make a wight...

[@Katehowe3010]

Absolute genius!

[@ultimanecat3091]

A mouseterpiece of comedy

[@russtaylor2122]

You'll never get to read it Stu, but after you're dead, your reputation as a room reading, comic genius will be huge...

[@cuzned1375]

“There are no pathologists small enough” made me spit my drink.

[@HarryNicNicholas]

i christened that as to "nose coffee"

[@oliversomething4821]

At least you didn't dit your sprink.

[@weswheel4834]

You can see him already smiling as he remembers that he's about to do the "na na no no" joke.

[@goldmrpenguin]

Nothing punctuated by catastrophes ……. What a effing genius

[@jlbradders]

Ha ha. Brilliant. I really love the fact that a lot of people don't 'get' him

[@Gimp.The_Imp_Pimp]

Stu, being the best at what he does, which neither him, or his critics, know exactly what it is. (this an amalgamation of no less than THREE Stewart Lee's jokes, and a sentence I happen to agree with). Still, the "Coming over here" piece stands, on its own, as one of the greatest entertainment moments in TV history. TY for the upload.

[@TheMaxxAwesome]

THE BLOODY BEAKER-FOLK!

[@pramitpratimdas8198]

I dont think its possible to know "exactly" what an work of art "is"

[@user-ks6ch9rw2d]

Incredible work. The segue into the Shakespeare is beautifully constructed and handled, perfectly fitting. Like few others, Stewart Lee makes the point that this is performance, this is creativity, this is a work of art. And the bit about Dave Hill from Slade is decent too! :-D

[@SanchoPeas]

Even the slow pause at the end of the soliloquy before the punchline, you can tell every millisecond is accounted for when it’s delivered

[@josephasghar]

The problem with exercise adding years to your life is that it’s the final years, where you’ve let yourself go.

[@oliversomething4821]

"They told me not smoking cigars would add 10 years to my life, but then I realized that was 10 years without cigars." - Mark Twain

[@FlintSL]

I met Stewart Lee in 2009 in a shop near Guernsey that sold treadmills for mice. He was there conversing with the shopping assistant about the length of a piece of string, so I tapped him on the shoulder and asked for an autograph and he said, quick as a flash, he goes, "But you aren't even famous, mate."

[@jaybones8457]

I walked past him and his wife outside the British Museum about 10 years ago. Neither of us said anything. Nor his wife.

[@sprobablycancr4457]

@@jaybones8457 Was that his cool black, gay man, or his irish harridan real wife?

[@jaybones8457]

@@sprobablycancr4457 His Irish harridan wife I presume. Her withering glance was as cold and unwelcoming as Galway Bay in February. And she was carrying a shillelagh.

[@neilonaniet]

@@sprobablycancr4457 No, it would have been Bridget Christie ...

[@sprobablycancr4457]

@@neilonaniet Shame. I like his gay man wife. She has such a sardonic sense of humour.

[@comedyfish]

holy shit I saw a blurry me in the background in the audience! Weirdly exciting!!!

[@collectivesartori]

“And then this offer must END”. You’ve got to love Shakespeare

[@dermothealy2018]

That's a epic setup and he knocked out of the park with a bit of Shakespeare. Tremendous!

[@ediotism]

That ending was so good

[@sichere]

Stuart Little has let himself go.

[@dickweeeeeeeeeed]

...class..

[@vandolmatzis8146]

neat

[@user-gi5nh6ng7g]

You know you can actually get arrested and thrown in jail these days just for saying you’re Stuart Little?

[@ackerjawaka4742]

It's political correctness gone mad 😜

[@melhoad5221]

'Like a father substitute!' ❤

[@nigelcarren]

"An apple a day.. die anyway!" I take no credit for that, I was just overjoyed that I saw this on a T-Shirt last week. 🍏🤔

[@santisanti8386]

😂😂

[@michaelrch]

That is some of the best Stu I have seen for a while.

[@meelanista838]

Stu you are genius and comedy great. After all these years i still agree f**k out of everything you say. Thanks for all the laughs

[@franzherflek4116]

Stewart lee is ......getting himself together ..

[@errolreilly]

Greatest stand up of all time quoting a tiny bit of Shakespeare for comedic effect. Fan F$£@ing Tastic.

[@stevecox7075]

Brilliant performer.

[@klinikle5445]

The irony is that if he'd gone to Fitness First a few times, he might still be with us.

[@interestedlen8823]

It's an over-applied appellation these days, but he is a genius. I don't say this lightly. He just is.

[@JakobusVdL]

I reckon his Fitness First ad's would work, who wouldn't join a Gym with a sense or irony?

[@paddycampbell576]

A true comedy genius and the really funny thing is that he speaks the truth... WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE THAT MOUSE SOME DAY 🐭👍🏻🐁

[@jayneallisonlaity9891]

LMFAO.... NO NO NANO.......GENIUS

[@tysond1500]

Just in case this reference gets old as well: No Limit (2 Unlimited). kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGeph55ooJmkqa8

[@gwenelbro3719]

All true and Dave Hill from Slade looks just like his description - brilliant.

[@mrkeogh]

Stu giving it to us straight like 100% Dave Hill from Slade in Birmingham under Thatcher in the 80s...

[@oliversomething4821]

_Thatcher, Thatcher, Thatcher, Thatcher,_ the jungle canyon rope bridge snatcher!

[@Oooo-bi7bi]

Such a moving story. It’s nice to be reminded of Dave Hill. Slade the Oasis of the day. Noddy is Noel, Dave is Liam. Except Slade we’re creative and original.

[@vintagethings9187]

I love me some Stewart Lee but this one had me (and I refuse to minimise its funniness by abbreviating) laughing out loud!

[@Dave-xp7wd]

I'm here because he slated Ricky Gervais's Afterlife. Had no idea who he was prior to this

[@Simonmarg1976]

This is just so good

[@weswheel4834]

"Fitness First, Box Later".

[@dt2184]

I can't get my head around why the comedy vehicle got cancelled It's some of Lee's best work. This clip is hilarious...I hope more of them pop back up on youtube.

[@jonmurray2350]

I'm hoping it ran over him.

[@jackholder7979]

Comedy vehicle was brilliant but unfortunately the people who make these TV decisions won't understand the depth to Lee's unique comedy. Probably not seen as diverse enough, real shame very few things worth watching on TV now 😓.

[@oliversomething4821]

It was the unfortunate combination of award winning and cheap to produce. Who wants that?

[@croftstickcroftstick4333]

I think it was because he slated the BBC

[@lukeadv]

@@jackholder7979 Or it's just a pragmatic choice to give 80% of people what they sort-of want, rather than 20% of people what they desperately want,

[@ismith9826]

fantastic ending !!!!!!

[@vandolmatzis8146]

Thank you Oliver.

[@Stone2home]

I'm amazed.

[@quitethevoyeur]

I got there just before the punchline but it still made me laugh

[@TheVicar]

Maybe Morrisey could have saved Peloton

[@thewielloyd988]

I was looking for a gym, and then I found a gym. And heaven knows I'm miserable now

[@Ken_oh545]

In a biography of Dave Hill from Slade the ghostwriter assists him reveal he labours under a lasting delusion. Namely, that Slade were as musically influential as The Beatles and were somehow hard done by, overlooked by an unreceptive world. Thank you for reminding me of Dave Hill from Slade.

[@stateofmind91]

Fun fact - I attended the same school as him and my Dad used to drink in the same pub as Noddy Holder... There really are few things to humble brag about when you grow up in the Black Country...

[@michaelhall5429]

@@stateofmind91 ah come on. You've probably met a sheep.

[@Whatzzzz999]

The fact that anyone anywhere even knows who 'Dave Hill from Slade' is or was amazes me...

[@LuDux]

Eskimo face from late 1980s to mid-1990s crossover band Eskimos and Egypt. based out of Manchester, has let himself go

[@Whatzzzz999]

I'm amazed that someone as meticulous as Stewart Lee would misquote Macbeth. The actual quote is: 'Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace FROM DAY TO DAY To the last syllable of recorded time;' etc...

[@rikurodriguesneto6043]

That's an example of what they call bathos. :D

[@patgee2139]

Good show!

[@willsum3794]

Brilliant

[@rattylol]

That mouse let himself go.

[@alanwhite7912]

Very clever guy.

[@PlattLaneEnd]

Both Dave Hill from Slade and Morrissey have let themselves go.

[@walkonhotcoals1277]

Steven Gaitley has really improved himself.

[@1292liam]

James Cordon enjoyed this

[@letyvasquez2025]

An apt recipient of a rapidly devaluing obituary

[@stephenrhughes]

That bloke who writes Ricky Gervais' jokes has let himself go.

[@derekspitz9225]

Thane of Cawdor has lit himself goo.

[@interestedlen8823]

We should all let ourselves goo now and then.

[@ShangHighRoller]

I saw the Thane of Glamis on a bus today. He looked depressed, and fat.

[@adude9882]

tbo if I was Stewart Lee's mouse I'd have chucked myself on a cheese grater or something.

[@Birminghamesports]

The real truth and irony about exercise is on the day you die you will never know if it ever did you any good at all? I think Stewart understands that irony .... The same applies if you smoke and drink whisky to excess in your life ... That's why life is just a subject to laugh and joke about above anything ... This guy is good though, he's a clever comedian and they are always the greatest 👏

[@richardmartin1519]

The thinking person's comedian. Pure brilliance, but the audience is still the problem.

[@deputyvanhalen6386]

Jan Michael Vincent has let himself go!

[@airfixx_8952]

Then again; it's the best Ernest Borgnine has looked since Airfwolf.

[@davemarsh4497]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@CalvinKlown]

I see John Brower Minnoch has given up on the diet.

[@rudilator2178]

If it's good enough for Douglas Adams I'm gonna sign up to a gym.

[@helipeek2736]

Don’t forget your towel

[@jimisi7424]

No limits have i am sure, let themself go

[@YourLocalGP]

Grant Shapps has let himself go

[@sprobablycancr4457]

Too soon?

[@eleven864]

Is he the voice of the hamster from Creature Comforts?

[@MegaGreatpretender]

Simon Pegg had left himself go

[@peterburgess5520]

VaughnToulouse has let himself go.

[@honeybeebadger]

Eskimo face from the 90’s

[@garethmacdonald8106]

Fitness last isn't a better idea tho Stu.

[@oliversomething4821]

Fair point, well made.

[@LeonGillMusic]

I saw Stewart Lee a couple of years ago. He was on a bus and he looked fat and depressed..

[@MrHEC381991]

Fitness First; Because it helps when you're being chased.

[@jonmurray2350]

Michael Fenton Stevens has let himself go.

[@siep6922]

They don't do pathology reports for rodents. Love it.

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

Paw Rugg from _The Hillbilly Bears_ has let himself go.

[@MissInformati0n]

Can someone explain the no no nano joke?

[@GrantTregellas]

No,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no theres no limits. Google that and you will find out.

[@sprobablycancr4457]

You'll need to read Wittgenstein and Sutter Cane, to properly 'get it'.

[@TheTonyLazarus]

No

[@thomasstokes5799]

what's the no no nano joke?

[@oliversomething4821]

There is no no no nano joke. No no, no no no, no no no nano joke.

[@MisterM2402]

It's referring to the song No Limit by 2 Unlimited, a hit from 1993 which means it's a very up to date pop culture reference.

[@stevejones3868]

He's actually morphing into Freddie Starr.

[@jonathanphillips5514]

Freddie Starr has let himself go

[@stevejones3868]

@@jonathanphillips5514 😂

[@stevejones3868]

@@jonathanphillips5514 I suppose the real question is whether a cynical joke about a vastly overrated TV personality (Corden) is funnier than a short, psychotic looking man wearing L and R denoted Wellingtons on the wrong feet, while dressed as Hitler. The answer, of course, is obvious

[@jonathanphillips5514]

@@stevejones3868 Once of those stories are false

[@ackerjawaka4742]

​@@jonathanphillips5514not only that he ate my f-cking hamster aswell 😜

[@dontaskme7004]

Being healthy only adds time to the sh!t end of your life. You don't get extra years for your teens 20' 30's or any of the good years, you're just prolonging suffering during the slow decay... Sweet dreams.

[@LuDux]

0:41 dramatic hamster has let himself go

[@joelww2501]

Louie van Gaal's let himself go

[@LuDux]

Don Hertzfeldt has let himself go

[@oliversomething4821]

Which reminds me: if you've never seen _It's Such A Beautiful Day_, you should really rectify that. It is the product of dedication, love, and genius.

[@dmucky5186]

I keep hearing about this guy as I’ve never heard of him. Is her trying to copy Ricky Gervais??

[@S7EVE_P]

Is it my imagination or is this two different audiences?

[@oliversomething4821]

I never would've noticed but if you compare 0:21 and 3:30, there does seem to be different people upfront. I guess they did two (or more) shows and edited them together. Everything on TV, after all, is fake.

[@richyrich2344]

Dave Hill from Slades let himself go.

[@sheepbaba]

I do-did nJoi that. Fatness Mouse clearly...

[@markcornwell1499]

Elon Musk has let himself go

[@stephen3511]

He’s no Michael McIntre, but still funny.

[@ivorsmith3999]

You're right, he's no Michael McIntyre, because Stuart is funny.

[@helipeek2736]

Anyone who inhabits the funny circle of the Venn diagram of comedy could not be Michael McIntired.

[@miked1869]

Certainly he's not as popular as Michael McIntyre. He doesn't have people queuing up to buy his latest DVD - like captured partisans digging their own mass grave.

[@snakeplissken526]

Thank God!

[@gerrabath]

You cheeky cheekster.

[@johnnycop77]

Jesus Christ he let himself go.

[@helipeek2736]

Stu Francis has let himself go since his grape crushing days

[@bankruptbritain6103]

Tom Hank's has let herself go

[@marcuswaterloo]

Funny thing is, you say there are no nano pathologists but how do you think they do research.

[@leenwctv1]

I am missing something here? Ah got it.. comedy

[@andygriffiths7934]

LOVE IT ❤️ MR LEE XXX

[@markydesade100]

Stewart Lee's knees are on their last legs & have inevitably let themselves go. Most likely due to the unbearable density of Stewart Lees being.

[@jaediccacairns4754]

His punchlines are becoming repetitive , repetitive and a bit more repetitive, not to mention alliterative…., yes no mention of carpet world , but he has let himself go….

[@shempone]

Absolutely boring

[@andrewrobinson2565]

The people trying to put laughs in where they don't belong are embarrassing 😳.

[@stuartr2764]

Always liked Stewart Lee. Took a bit of a hit though when he ill-advisedly jumped on the anti Joe Rogan bandwagon. Which wasn’t nice.

[@YourLocalGP]

He's anti everyone. There's no bandwagon.

[@LuDux]

First Michael McIntyre and now this

[@interestedlen8823]

Poor mega-millionaire wannabe stand-up comedian Joe.