I was there in the audience that night and Stewart was phenomenal. He's easily the best stand-up I've seen live. As for the people who complain about him being woke, so what? It doesn't matter if a comedian is woke or not. If they're funny, they're funny, and Stewart Lee is definitely funny.
@Randy marsh He's one of those bellends that tries to de-platform people with different opinions to him and he has that liberal elite superiority complex that annoys a lot of people. That being said, he is a brilliant comedian and I love how provocative and confrontational he can be with his audiences. I saw him perform live just before the pandemic and it was one of the best shows I've ever been to.
@Randy marsh recently I've seen people arguing that criticising historical paedophilia is "woke nonsense" so I think it's probably time to give it up as a lost cause
Thanks for checking out Stewart Lee. His whole antagonism of the audience is brilliantly executed. This is not just stand up, it’s also performance art.
Have you told your son Jeremy about how Stew is performance art/jazz/conceptually revolutionary? You really should take Jeremy to see Stew - before he dies, etc,
Never seen anyone from across the pond reacting to Stewart Lee but his humour clearly travels well. I've seen him live 3 times and, apart from being THE funniest comedian I've ever seen, after each show he stands near the merch stall and signs stuff and chats away to anyone who engages him. This show, Carpet Remnant World, is a masterpiece from start to finish and, though he always divides the audience into two camps as part of his act, this one was particularly funny. Getting stoned first always helps one flow into Stu's hilarious, biting, clever world of fun!
Well Done Guys. Stewart Lee-Braveheart is a must and very bold and typical of Stewart to go into The Lions Den of Glasgow and perform his "Braveheart" routine all about The Scots.One tip about Stewart. He is so confident or self-assured (or just does not care) that with 99% of comedian sketches and gigs the camera pans in on the audience roaring with laughter but Stewart does the OPPOSITE and makes sure the camera operator highlights anyone NOT laughing or even leaving to go the bathroom. He, also, loves to "pretend" to divide his audience between the lower tiers(who are ardent fans) and the Upper Tier, who have come at random, and even uses the Fourth Wall to chat, while on stage, to an unseen audience at home. :)
You know, I never noticed that about the camera shots! Another testament to his general amazingness. Saw him twice. First time I took a thermos full of highly-diluted lemon cordial and asked him if he wanted a cup. He gladly accepted before asking; "You haven't spiked this with some sort of experimental psychedelic drug that's going to give me a psychotic break, have you? Am I going to be living in a hedge on Clapham Common for the rest of my days and only gonna be able to sleep standing up?! I'm going to turn into one of those vaguely threatening, copiously-bearded old gents you see on the tube muttering about socialism, aren't I?!?" Everyone who heard this exchange was in stitches at this point. I chugged a long draft down from the thermos and said "No, I promise you, it is only weak lemon drink". Someone in the queue shouted: "WAHEEYYY!!!". Great night.
@@Isleofskye It was a great night! I spoke to him about music--particularly Malian blues and our mutual passion, The Fall and the gigs we'd seen by them, and how great their new LP was (it hadn't been out long at the time). Oh and I had to ask him about the Patrick Marber "situation". He was funny, tacit and not gossipy or malicious. Though he did say "he acted like a total and utter wanker", lmao. Marber, not Lee himself.
Glad you guys gave Stewart Lee a chance. He's not to everyone's taste, but he is arguably one of the best proper British stand ups of the last few decades. I wasn't at this actual show filmed, but I did see him on the same tour which was pretty much the same routine. That must have been ten years ago now. His humour can require patience and a lot of listening as he's not a quick fire gag kind of guy. It's more thought provoking and intelligent. He has wound up a lot of people who lean more towards right winged over the years. Check one of his older routines which was done not long after a Princess Diana Memorial was made and he talks about it. It's one of his all time best, trust me. It may take time to fully appreciate him, but when you get there, it's worth the effort.
I saw this live. I was in tears laughing. He is easily my favourite British comedian. My favourite American comedians are Dave Chappelle, Bill Burr & Doug Stanhope. They’re vastly different, I know. There is no comedian like Stewart Lee. He targets & mocks ignorance which I find noble, whilst being a doctor giving us the best medicine on the planet - laughter.
Doug Stanhope was on Charlie Brooker's Uk comedy TV-lampooning show Screen Wipe--very funny. Stanhope is one of the few US comedians I find genuinely funny. The rest are (mostly) all dead :(
@@adamsmith307 Huh? Stew? I can't imagine you think Stanhope is a woke comic. To say Stewart Lee has "Become" woke is baffling. The whole point of Stew is that he is the wokest comic out there (While being very un PC a lot of the time), his entire act is based on irony, snobbery, alienating the audience and pandering to the liberal left while simultaneously exposing their hypocrisies.
He is too good for a lot of people. Too smart and too subtle for them to find funny. His timing and delivery for me is second to none. Glad to see it was received well across the pond.
Hi B&L, So glad you reacted to Stewart Lee one of the cleverest stand ups around, his skit on "Internet Comments" will have you in stitches amongst many others can't praise him highly enough Cheers Jim, UK X
Thanks so much for reacting to this, one of my favourite comedians. I saw two different shows of his in the same day at the Edinburgh Fringe. My face hurt from laughing. xx
Part of what he said rdminds me of a classic joke from one of our Carry On films (mildly rude films mostly in the 60's and 70's). A beachball ends up on a bonfire, the guy rushes over to grab it and burns his hands, then screams. The guy handling the fire asks what's wrong 'My balls burning'. 'Don't stand so close to the fire'.
Hell yeah! Try Office World next. Or 100% Pears. He grows on you. Norm and Stew are my favourite comedians. Both so different but so similar also I love how sometimes you can tell he's enjoying his stuff too much.
He’s a genius. Got tickets to see Basic-Lee in March 2023. Glad he carries across the Atlantic. He manages to make every single gig look like a failure, identically, every single night. That must take a whole lot of warm up gigs to get the set so tight
I didn't even watch the video. I just clicked into the middle of the timeline, not sure why. I'm already well acquainted with the Stew and this bit. Just want to say that you two seem like a lovely couple, and the fact that you guys are sharing your reaction with everyone is pretty neato burrito. Also, your youtube username has not escaped my notice. Very adorable. #relationshipgoals to be sure!
When James Corden expressed his appreciation for the comedic works of Stewart Lee, Lee famously quipped of the scene of Corden watching Lee perform: "it must be like a composer musing on the rantings of a dog."
Brad and Lucy. First video of yours I've seen and I liked it a lot. You watched the whole thing instead of pausing and commenting every minute or two which I often find a bit tedious. I love the fact that you like a smoke and a beer also. Real people being themselves ... No fake RU-vid personas. Not trying to sell us anything. Keep it going guys cos Ive subbed now! x
All the stand-up shows he released on dvd are brilliant, this one is called 'Carpet Remnant World', he did quite a bit of TV in the UK when he was younger as part of a comedy duo, his comedy partner being a guy called Richard Herring who is also very funny, he hosts a very popular podcast now called RHLSTP which is well worth checking out, it's nice seeing reactions where people really get and enjoy the humour.
Ahh, if you imbibe, you could try Stewart Lee's Carpet Remnant World. I think it almost broke me when I watched it stoned. (edit: this _was_ a clip from Carpet Remnant World, I haven't seen it for a couple of years, watching it from beginning to end is a _layered_ experience I should say 😄).
I love how he can meticulously ‘die’ on stage, identically, every single night of a tour, word for word, night after night. So-called self sabotage, every single night. Genius 😂👏🏻
Stewart Lee has very funny stuff but his material tends to have a lot of callbacks and long bits that aren't well suited for watching as individual clips.
Some of that is a call back to the intro where he berated the top levels of the crowd for not wanting to be there. So to get all of this properly, watch that clip
Lee is a comedic genius. Check Stewart Lee, "Braveheart". If you are non-religious check out Stewart Lee, "90s Comedian Excerpt". But to understand the cultural reference: Joe Pasquale is a hack comedian who steals other comedian's jokes. The clip itself is 27 minutes long, and it's a tirade of heresy and blasphemy. If you are religious don't watch. Lee was the co-author of a comedy musical called, "The Jerry Springer Show" (yes). It was blasphemous. Several religious groups sued and got it shut down. This was the tour after the show was shutdown. It was his revenge tour. It is hilarious.
Chill a little and be careful with that intro. You guys seem messed up but very wholesome.Congrats for the channel, as I said though you need to not give your heart but an opinion. Be careful. And massive love from PAris.
The greatest comedian going and I wouldn't even know who would be second. His latest tour may be his best yet, I injured myself from laughter early... Sharknado, will be on BBC later this year
What the main detractors of Stewart Lee tend to forget is that, like almost all comedians, he has a stage character which, perhaps reflects, is not the actual person underneath. Interviews with Stewart are usually entertaining too
I love the disapproval coming from the feminine side of the screen. He won her over in the end. Very valuable content this actually. Stewart is the best comedian in the world
Waooo!!!....Congratulations my friends Brad and Lucy!! ...I want invite you to give us your opinion, like music lovers, reacting to who is considered the best singer of the world...His name is Dimash Kudaibergen, a young singer who handle 7 octaves and 3 semitones of vocal range (An alien)...He has been singing since he was 5 years (he is 28 now) and he can sing in more than 15 languages...But if you decide to react to Dimash for the first time, please don't do it with his most recent songs ... I recommend that you go to the year 2017 and react to the song that made him a global idol ... I mean the performance he did of the famous French song called "SOS D'un Terrien en Détresse", when he participated in the famous Chinese reality show The Singer in that year 2017 ... With that performance Dimash earned the reputation of being the best singer on the planet, so I recommend you start with that one...You have to be prepared because you are likely to receive a flood of views, comments and new subscribers....And I have to give you a warning: Never react to The World Best videos, because they deceived him and treated him very badly.!...I hope to see you first reaction soon and if you don't mind, I'd like you to mention me as the person who recommended reacting to Dimash....Here you have the best high quality video of Dimash performing S.O.S. Live 2017.....ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bDX3FhmyNac.html
The Bill Bailey opener was cracking! 👏Stewart Lee is not everyones 'Cup of Tea'. He is _very_ deadpan, measured,.apparently cynical and 'cerebral'. He's in my All Time Top 10 stand-up comedians. He's unusual. He calls out specific people he does not like, including comedians: _Stewart Lee: Edinburgh & Beyond 2005. The Joe Pasquale Bit_ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-h2CGryAkxkM.html The 'Joe Pasquale' bit is the last half. A brief 'bit' by Kevin Bridges on a chat show about Osama Bin Laden is fun: _Kevin Bridges Navy Seals Joke Went Straight Over Obama's Head_ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-C0Z-jB1rgRY.html (starts at 6m3s, finishes at 7m49s). It's not KB's channel, so it might be worth trying. Best Wishes. ☮ I stumbled across another opening music piece: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HXm8JdC4k4c.html starts 2m19s transition finishes about 2m29s then whole thing finishes at 3m54s I'm a fan of deadpan humour, so these guys tickle my funny bone: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZWe35eYS1fY.html transitions to next part of medley at 1m31s, so stop there!
Imagine someone saying: "I'm far from left wing or liberal...but even I like George Carlin...his comedy is very smart". Why is literally EVERY right-winger in this comment thread prefacing their comments with roughly the same thing?! "I hate wokeness but Stewart Lee is very funny"...It's strange. It'd be like commenting on a Leni Reifenschtal (sp?) film: "I hate Nazis but Leni was a great film-maker". Like, do you think liking a left-wing comedian will make your friends think you're some sort of "commie pinko"?!? Is that why the prefaces? Do your friends make Facebook alerts: "BILLY HAWKINS COMMENTED POSITIVELY ON A YT VIDEO BY WELL KNOWN UK COMMUNIST COMEDIAN STEWART LEE" No leftist I know would imagine commenting: "FACEBOOK: Forgive me but I just read Journey To The End Of The Night, it was amazing. Obviously I'm far from a Nazi or right-wing..."
@@billyhawkins29 central tenets of conservatism include Liberalism.......freedom. Freedom from external restriction.....within the bounds of law. But you don't like liberals?
At 2.00 you said " get your goggles ready"? At first I thought you said "get the gargoyle ready".....I mean I know she's ginger but c'mon she's no gargoyle.....
