from Wikipedia's entry on Scooby Doo on Zombie Island (1998) :In 2011-12, British comedian Stewart Lee dedicated an extensive section of his live show Carpet Remnant World to the "jungle canyon rope bridges" in Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island,[28] linking what he described as the parlous state of such bridges with the austerity regime of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.[29]
One of the things I like about Lee on RU-vid is going to the comment section and seeing some people have really made an effort. Then of course there are those that just don;'t seem to get it. Their friends probably shared the video with them. Well, you can't stop them from commenting can you. edit: PS. I really do like the bit where he says, "Dog." in a really high voice.
The stand up for Carpet Remnant World in Sheffield might well be the beat stand up gig of all time. The whole thing; this skit, the Ratko Mladic bit, the Works, the banter with the audience, it's all just brilliant.
Keith chegwin was the last person I remember having a BJCRB . I'm sure he had zombies in his naked jungle. Could be a connection to Thatcher through Chequers
Stew's lecture on Scooby has greatly influenced my own study of the Anthropomorphic Principle, which endeavors to logically explain why we haven't yet proven the existence of the supernatural...
My non-Dad non-worked for the non-British Jungle Canyon Rope Bridge Maintenance Corporation in the non-80s. He was made non-redundant after non-privatisation and spent years working for non-small jungle maintenance firms in the West Midlands. Non-Investment in jungle canyon rope bridges was halved under Thatcher and the non-excess profits routed through the non-Pirate Zombie Holding Company which was registered on a mysterious non-island somewhere in the non-Caribbean.
"The shareholders' dividends were ring fenced against pirate zombie infestations." BRILLIANT!! Who else could make this hilarious?? Who else would even come up with this?? I love this so much... I'm not even British (but I was born before the 80s so I remember Thatcher), but I think this is one of the best comedy bits ever devised.
There are two completely different audiences who will understand this; those who grew up under Thatcher, and those who have seen Scooby Doo on Zombie Island a few too many times. 😂
Idk about anyone else, but my favorite part of this routine is when he says "They we're infested, in the 80's, under thatcher, with uh... Pirate zombies?" The way he says it like a question gets me every time 🤣
We could of done with Stewart in the war, when Thatcher filled the Air-Raid shelters with raw sewage from number ten and we had to stand on each others shoulders for ten minutes at a time to breath.
I once saw Stewart Lee flying a stunt kite with his stencilled image on the underside in an ever increasing wind, some would incorrectly say a tornado - the wind strength was such that the string attached to it’s underside was unceremoniously torn from his vice like grip. I later thought , what an opportunity lost - I should’ve gone up to him and consoled him with a cheery “you’ve let yourself go”. But, in my defence I was somewhat inebriated from drinking far too much pear cider made from 100% pears.
I saw Stewart Lee last year and personified him as a coelescent ball of his own insecurity, leading to drinking and eating fast food, and I had a vision.... Ladies and gentlemen.... That he let that go.
I didn't find this very funny. It all went on a bit too long and I kept expecting him to move onto something else. But I must admit the way he said "dog" in a high voice was hilarious.
I’m kind of disappointed that there isn’t a scene in Scooby Doo and the Zombie Pirate Island where Scooby, after years of being called a dog, breaks down and yells “I am not an animal! I am a human being!”
