American Reacts | STEWART LEE | Braveheart | REACTION 

Who remembers when Trump visited the UK and stood on his Golf course in Scotland and said to the Press "My mother was Scotch, I am Scotch." The look on the crowds' faces was comedy gold.... Man, i love Stuart Lee. So smart.

Stewart Lee is comedy genius!! As a Scotsman and a historian I am proud that we can laugh at ourselves!! On the subject of "Braveheart" Most Scot's love it! Even knowing that its mostly wrong! The real story of Wallace is far more interesting! However, after several pints historical accuracy goes well out the window and everyone is shouting aboot "Freedom"!! Someone will be bound to say "Is there no a Bridge supposed to be involved at the Battle of Stirling Bridge?" at that point most of us are so drunk that the blue faces and historical accuracy is irrelevant and majority cry is "F**k the Bridge and F**k the English!" We then we calm doon about an hour later! Then we apologise to our English girlfriend and ask her if she could kindly order a kebab!

Watching the man with the beard going from angry to laughing out loud by the end was priceless.

The thing to remember with Stewart Lee is that absolutely everything is deliberate and that he almost always means the opposite of what he's saying. The joy of watching him comes from never knowing quite why you're laughing in the first place, which is something he also plays on. As much as it is a cliche that is always rolled out when it comes to him, he is absolutely in a different league to other comedians. FYI, he does a really great section about Dave Chapelle in his latest show, Tornado.

His skewering of Top Gear is priceless and one of his best bits. Well worth watching.

I must say, you are the first person I’ve seen reacting to this that actually “got it” and appreciated the balls of this performance. For an American audience, I’d liken it to a New Yorker coming to the Deep South and saying that Robert E Lee (or alternatively Jesus) was gay. Stewart Lee is hard to “get” without the context of the entire performance as well as the context of previous performances (as each tour sort of builds on the previous). So you get a big attaboy for getting it so well.

I've seen Lee twice. He's the quickest, most erudite comic I've ever seen. He carries the audience, never insults their intelligence, and his call backs are legendary. He was heckled once with "stop going on about Brexit" and he replied "you've obviously never been to one of my gigs. I'll make people laugh, you won't understand those, then I'll tell a bit then go on too long about something and then close the call back. Get comfy."

The fact he got out alive is the biggest miracle 😮 having lived in Scotland as an English person when Braveheart was first released…

Stewart Lee remains the finest Comedian in the World. He's taken Comedy to a new level with every new tour.

As a Glaswegian i approve this message.

Can't wait for this - He's an ODD comedian - it took me a while to get his style - but I could listen to him all day now. THANKS for doing this.

His Ang Lee sketch is also hilarious. Incredibly intelligent comic with outstandingly well written routines

Your comment about finding Stewart Lee "more interesting than funny" is something Stew has used in his act! He comments on his own act - during his act! - and has said before that, when people who've watched him are asked "Did you find the show funny?" they can at least reply "No. But I agreed the fuck out of it". He's not a laugh-a-minute comedian but he's the most aware, intelligent and still very funny comedian out there. His new show - split into 2 x 1 hour episodes - called 'Snowflake/Tornado' is out now on the BBC iPlayer system if you have access to that.

He looks 20 or 30 years older because Stewart Lee has let himself go

Went to see his new show live recently, it’s a long time since I’ve been in that much pain from laughing, my head hurt too. There’s just so much to what he does, as he would say mocking his own fans “it’s art”.

He was safe in Scotland, our national banter is about insulting each other, we can take it as much as we give it.

I'm Scottish and we loved this. We appreciate that it takes a very skilled comedian and a lot of balls to pull this off in Glasgow. P.S.) If somebody thinks you curse/swear too often, just tell them to switch off and fuck off.

This is absolutely incredible. I've watched this in England with Scottish friends before and we all agreed he had some huge balls doing this in Glasgow. He pretty much attacked every single thing that is precious to the Scots - and it being done by an English person is the worst insult ever. Wonderful.

"Give it to me straight, like pear cider that's made from 100% pears." Is classic Stewart Lee, and is on youtube!

I'm a Brit that lived in the US for a few years. Lost count of how many yanks said they were "scotch-irish".

He is such a clever guy .. . Always has the audience in his palm

Stewart Lee is regarded by many comedy aficionados as the UK's best stand-up. Knowingly antagonising the audience is a staple of his routines.

Stuart Lee is fantastic. Such a unique comedy performer. Edit... I'm a Scotch man

He’s brilliant at holding a mirror up to the audiences prejudices. Much like in the Osama Bin Laden clip, the audience thinks he’s laughing and mocking Americans prejudice and the audience laughs with him but he turns it round at the end to show the audiences prejudice towards Americans for being so ready to accept what he was saying as true. And that’s just one layer to the routine, he’s a complete master of the art, there’s so much depth to what he does. A more recent ballsy routine he did was his show "Content Provider” filmed in Southend which was a heavily leave voting in the Brexit referendum. He went on to call everyone that voted leave a Cunt & a Racist over and over again. The fact he not only get away with it but also gets everyone laughing is a testament he’s skill.

“Did you see Stewart Lee in Southend?” “Yeah.” “Was it funny?” “No, but I agreed the fuck out of it.”

I have been fortunate to have booked and met Stu several times. He is the comedian's comedian. He's our generation's Peter Cook. The stuff he comes up with is brilliant, he's an inspiration to many UK comics and wannabes like me!

If you want an analogy as to how bad Braveheart is on historical accuracy... If it was about the War of Independence, Custer would have won the final battle against The British at The Alamo and would have married Sacagawea.

Keep up the great reaction videos dude!! Loving everyone you and the Queen produce ❤️ much love from West Midlands 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

The saddest thing about the film, is that many Scots (I'm half Scottish myself) HAVE taken it to be historically accurate, to the extent that the statue of Wallace, at the Scottish National Memorial site, is a depiction of Mel Gibson from the film! Also, whilst it's true that historically inaccurate entertainment can act as an incentive to research the real history, the vast majority of people never bother to do so. This was definitely the case with this film. Instead it was used to stir up rabid nationalism and racial hatred and was exploited politically by the Scottish National Party.

You should check out Stewart Lee's, Ang Lee video. That had me in stitches for hours upon first watching it. Hilarious stuff.

I think I remember reading that this particular venue is notoriously hard on English stand-ups and many get booed and heckled off stage which is partly why Stewart goes in on them like this.

Apart from his courage in presenting this material in front of a Glaswegian audience, I admire the nuance and depth to which he goes in exposing the nonsense of nationalism and homophobia. He is both brutal and incredibly sensitive and keeps the audience with him Magic. I’ve seen this show several times and every time I’ve wept tears of laughter. I’m Welsh and would love to hear him tear apart my cultural and national identity, though I fear he might not find it much of a challenge.

Stewart lee 'UKIP' is the best. Brilliant infact.

No one can drag out a story and hold an audience like Stewart Lee. Watch Stewart lee on 'Immigration.' And Stewart lee on 'Rapp Singers.' 2 great standups.

That takes balls of steel!

The Gig was at The Comedy Store in Glasgow. You don't go to a Stewart Lee gig, without first checking your prejuduce and preconceptions at the door. It also helps to engage your intellect before he hits the stage.

Stewart Lee is so clever you learn about the art of comedy he used to be part of a double act Lee &Herring also a very funny man if you are at a loss for funny things I am going to recommend Benidorm so many funny situations and fabulous comic acting love your choices you and Queen Boomer rock

Gladiator, good English director😂😂😂 Great reaction man Stewart Lee is a probably my favourite comedian of all time A LOT of people hate him because they think he’s a literary snob but to me it’s just very very clever comedy Take care man

Every time I ever watch this set I notice something new and appreciate it even more than I did before! It is hilarious and intelligent on so many levels! One of the reasons I love it so much is because I'm Scottish! Anyone that thinks this is offensive and degrading to us is stupid as f**k. He perfectly sets up the crowd by initially mocking things about the English before poking fun at Scots so you can't laugh at one and not the other without being a hypocrite and Scots pride themselves on being able to take a joke etc. Whilst on the surface it seems like he is just being an English guy slagging us in some stereotypical prejudicial manner it is so much more intelligent than that. He correctly highlights how historically inaccurate Braveheart etc is. The underlying humour is actually targeting Mel Gibson, Catholicism and the irony in choosing this person as our national hero. Wallace is played by Mel who is a devout Catholic which is a religious organisation plagued with paedophilia over the years especially here in Scotland. He throws further insult at them by insisting Wallace was actually gay. This is actually a nod to how accepting Scotland has become regarding gay rights etc so joking about scotlands hero Wallace being gay is quite fitting. If you can't laugh at yourself and take a slagging then you shouldn't dish it or be cool with laughing at everyone else! You can always tell when someone is genuinely joking or if they're being a dick!

You should check Stewart Lee - Top Gear. It’s brilliant

Genius. To really understand what he’s doing there’s a good little documentary “the audience is the problem” well worth watching

We brutally take the pish out of each other in Scotland and can laugh at ourselves too ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Stewart Lee is without a doubt the best stand up in the UK right now and possibly the best the UK has ever produced. I'd love to see your reaction to this 'breakdown' of his. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Y7aLiIL75q0.html

Spartans were encouraged in their individual messes to select a male lover, the thinking being you would fight harder to save your lover rather than just a comrade. True story. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

19:27 Bill Burr's Philly Rant is legendary, he's just going at it for his entire set because the audience booed previous acts, but I can't think of other comedians that go after national pride as much as Stewart Lee does here.

Full marks for your interest in historical accuracy and appreciation, KB, piqued by your favourite movies. Admirable.

My old man was a lorry driver for 37 years until my brother died & used to go up to Scotland to pick up the whiskey & bring it back down south but when I became a lorry driver i had what I’d call the central hub which is Birmingham but I like the way he uses scotch cos it’s actually a Scot or Scottish. I’m from the south east of England.I’m really ill now but some of his stories are really funny but you & the Queen always put a smile on my face 👍😉 He’s 74 & im 43. Big shout out to the pair of you. Lovely couple 😘

The Scottish have a great sense of humour. If they believed he was seriously mocking them, he would have been dragged from the stage. 🤣🤣🤣

Stewart Lee at his best and yeh you need some balls to do such a routine. To put it in context a bit, he had just been making comments about Americans and obviously getting the audience to show their prejudices, which he briefly mentions at the start of this clip. So it's even more wonderful when you see how he flips it and takes the piss out of them.

I keep askin for Stewart Lee, I’m so happy you’re doing more.

Lots of Americans call Scottish people scotch. I was in a love Scotland Facebook group while we planned our trip there last year, and 1/4 of conversations were about Scotland, 1/4 Scottish people telling Americans that they weren’t Scotch, 1/4 were Scottish people telling Americans that whisky in Scotland isn’t spelled with an e and the final quarter were Americans saying “Hi, I’m Carolyn from Tennessee and I’m Scottish!” Or “Hi I’m Mary-Sue from Maine and I’m a direct descendant of William Wallace!”, and the 3000 sarcastic replies they received for that.

love the channel fella

Fantastic stuff, great👏👏👏

He has some great stand up bits...much love from Scotland :)

Mel Gibson loves his anti English films. Whereas Russell Crowe is the total opposite.

Not many comics make me hurt from laughing, Stew has done it multiple times. Office World Man is a great bit by him on RU-vid...pretty much everything is a winner from him tho. Also, his 100% pears segment is probably the greatest 20 minutes of stand up I've ever seen.

😄😄 🤣 I can't count how many times I've watched this "gig" from Stewart Lee. Possibly the finest, funniest and brave hearted performance I've ever seen. I'll be watching the full performance again and again. Hey KB ! you Muppet ! get a grip watch and give us a reaction to the rest of the show 😉

yes mate!!! Stewart Lee - Top Gear is one of my favourite stand up bits ever, you should deffo watch it if you have time

The guy sitting in the front with the glasses has a look on him thinking will I kill his now or wait till the end 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

MORE Stewart Lee !!!

Stewart Lee is a genius.

This was filmed in Glasgow. Hes got balls!

The most deadpan comedian alive today . He always slips in a comment at the beginning which doesn’t mean anything at the time but he brings it up again later which explains and nails the punchline near the end. Very very clever comedian, he takes a little more thought than the one liner joke type of comedian but it’s usually worth the wait 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Good choice. I’d recommend watching the whole of this set. It’s about 80 mins of pure gold. “Stewart Lee - Stand-Up Comedian”

I'm Scottish and found this hilarious. We all know Stewart was joking and taking the piss affectionately.

Stewart Lee is a legend

If you haven't already, watch a special he did called '90's comedian.' There's a 25min segment in there where he talks about the time he got cancelled for blasphemy. It's comedy gold! 👌

Stewart Lee used to be half of a double act with Richard Herring and had a show on BBC TV called Fist of Fun. You should check it out

The thing I love about Stewart Lee (and having seen him live a couple of times) is that a lot of the time the audience is thinking "where the hell is he going with this?!" and it just makes it funnier.

I highly recommend watching Stewart's "Pear Cider" bit from one of his other shows, it was absolutely class.

It’s can be graveyard for English comedians in Scotland especially Glasgow,, he did a great job✌️

Excellent comments King Boomer, my son is the same age as you and very similar in attitude and sense of humour. I used to travel to the states every 6 months on business for 20 years and I am so amazed by the fact that despite so many surface differences that the US and Britain are so similar deep down. We share common values!

Yes king boomer, this was recorded in Glasgow, Scotland. I'm surprised he survived!

Scotch and Scottish are both correct Scotch is what people in south of England call us

This is the bravest comedy you will ever see

Balls of steel!

He’s not just doing it in scotland. He’s doing it in a small club in GLASGOW. That’s suicide for many english comedians.

Stewart Lee, he is serious comedian!

this gig was in Glasgow

Welcome to the greatest stand up out there!!!!

Sean lock had a sitcom called 15 Storeys High. I think you should also have a look at Mickey Flanagan, he's stand up and hilarious! I left a comment a few ago suggesting a sitcom called Still Game, on reflection, I think you might find it quite tough to follow as the majority is broad Glasgow accents.

Omg! I even forgot about this stand up set. Stewart Lee was an awesome comedian. Pretty sure he still doing bits of comedy. Great vid.

The egg-shell thing is an essential to Stewart Lee. He’s raised the stand-up bar. He likes to be right on the edge.

OMG dude. Stew is the smartest British comedian we have. Enjoy! This should be called, Stewart Lee interrupted

React to Danny Bhoy (check out his piece on how to avoid/survive a ceilidh) great Scottish observational comedy. Also - as a fellow Roman history buff. I had the joy of honeymooning in Italy earlier this year, and if you haven't been - it is just phenomenal actually seeing things like the Pantheon, the Colluseum, Pompeii etc. With your own two eyes - I cannot recommend visiting enough! Also the fact that Stewart Lee is still with us and still making comedy today gives you an indication of: 1. How open-minded most scottish people are 2. How good our sense of humour is I will say - the attitude is very much "if you're going to insult us . . . You'd better be funny" 😅😅😅

Most articulate wind-up.Squeezing the pips out of the dour jock.Brilliant.

Dude, on your comments on liking history stuff, there's a british kids tv show called 'Horrible Histories', it's great, there's a load of clips and sketches on youtube, you should check them out. P.s. Despite it being a kids show, it's still a fun watch for adults.

Thing to remember is that lowland Scots are harder on each other than an English can genetically ever be. Lee's apparent dismissive attitude towards those denizens of Northern parts would, North of the border, be regarded as a declaration of love.

Braveheart, to me, is the single greatest piece of stand up ever performed. Stewart Lee is a genius.

Stew does tend to play to Stewart Lee audiences - people who get his deconstruction of humour and are down for it. He has been known to apologise during his shows to those who have been brought along by friends with the recommendation that “this guy is really funny” and are now sitting there thinking “Is this it?”.

Lee was voted the World's Greatest Comedian by, I believe, it was the Guardian or The Times. He really is a genius. He was a student of ancient languages at Cambridge University, He went on to form a comedy partnership with Richard Herring. At one time they had a comedy tv show. Then they split up. Lee went on to bigger and better things. He really does use that brain of his in his comedy. Lee had his own comedy series for 3yrs. Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle. I believe you can root out these 30-minute shows on YT. It is a matter of pride with him to work, intelligently within the constraints of political correctness, and wokeness and still be hilariously funny. He always finds great angles to broach touchy subjects. He is also brilliant at highlighting bigotry.

In Britain we’ve been arguing and fighting for a while now, some of the insults can be a bit nasty but if done without a drink and with intelligent piss talking it’s fine

Your synopsis of your first reaction ("I found it more interesting than funny.") reminds me of a Stewart Lee joke. He likes it when people are asked, "Did you find it funny?" and they answer, "No, but I agreed the fuck out of it."

I'm English and have no problem with Braveheart. Other than William Wallace was never known as Braveheart. Never painted his face blue. Never wore a kilt and there was a bridge at the Battle of Stirling Bridge. Oh, and the Princess.

It's a wonder that Stewart didn't get shit bashed out of him after this! 😄 Check out Stewart Lee on immigrants.

Ive been waiting for you to do Stuart Lee. Hes frigging ridiculous.

People go on about AL Murray who just regurgitates information that is pretty basic. This man challenges pre conceptions and makes you think which is far more dangerous to do?

It's a Scottish audience That's genius.

Stewart Lee's stand-up 'Content Provider' is on RU-vid - well worth a watch.

This was in Glasgow in 1997, he did a few of these venues up here and still does, and he went down a storm with these ones, and being from Glasgow i do indeed worship Wallace and love my shortbread and heroin. Lll