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...
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!
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.
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.
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.
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."
@@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.
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
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.
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 😓.
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.
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...
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.
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 👏
@@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
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.
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.
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.
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...
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….