I first met Stewart Lee at the local sperm donors. As he left the cubicle with cup in hand, he passed me his copy of Razzle and recommended a story in the readers wives section, he said it had hidden depths, duality of meaning and a plot twist that he didn't see coming; right up until he did. Absolute Gentleman.
I met Stuart about 30 years ago when he worked as a supply teacher in Bolton.,he used to visit the local mosque and discuss western values and homosexuality with the Imam. Lovely fella.
I met Stewart Lee in 1945, when i was demobbed from the Army, after 40 glorious years in the 12th Somerset Cider Regiment. He told me that he'd been entertaining the troops in North Africa and had just flown home that afternoon. When i asked if his arms were tired, he told me the three different ways that that joke wasn't funny, each in an entertaining, but sarcastic manner. Truly educational.
I first met Stewart Lee in a Happy Shopper, he was buying Baked Beans and Bread, he had a big Beard and looked like a little old Man in his 50's........Absolute Gentleman
I recently saw him live with my friends Alan and Claire and we didn't like how he said things rather than jokes and and then repeated other things and I sensed that the rest of the audience felt the same way, they didn't find him funny but many of them agreed with the things he was saying
@@highnoon7097 I think you should have done some investigation before seeing him as what you describe is actually what he does. He is not to everyone's taste, my daughter and I think he is a genius.
@@davidpowell8110 I read on twitter that he is an experienced entertainer but he doesn't post jokes like Jimmy Carr does so there was no indicator of his ability to tell jokes other than the reviews on chortle he didn't even move on the stage I thought he was supposed to be Britain's number one observational comic???
I first met Stewart Lee when I was in the garden section of my local b+q.he was dressed in an orange and black uniform and asked me if I wanted decking! Luckily,I got the first punch in and that was that..absolute gentleman!
I loved Stewart’s take on being a shop owner at his gigs. I find it hilarious that he leg’s it down the aisle to open up before the punters get there ! I was privileged to see his show “ content provider “ and went to “the shop” when I mentioned I came from Sydney not with the sole purpose of seeing the show however, this was a big part of the trip……he gave me a DVD to say thanks! He comes across as a very kind man , and if you can have that said about you then that’s something to be very proud of. Cheers Stew
I did a search for Stewart Lee on RU-vid and came across a funeral held in Australia for a man of his name. At first I thought it was a spoof, complete with ozzie accents, and made a comment about pear cider, made with 100% pear...s. Others had made comments about Lee really letting himself go this time. Then, I realized another Stewart Lee had met his end down under. This one is still going. I felt relieved but I didn't remove my comment.
I first met Stewart Lee when he entered a talent contest in a children's play centre in London's East End. His 10 minute set contained 3 Marlboroughs and the revelation that his ex girlfriend's mother was in fact real (not a flimsily concocted comedy vehicle such as Bob Monkhouse and Les Dawson's mothers in law) and this, he suggested, should be reason enough that we, the audience respect him. Being children of the 60's we're fairly easily led so we went along with it. The clapometer allowed him to skulk off into the night with the accolade of [joint] first place which would appear to be all the encouragement he needed to give it another go - I wonder, has he done any more stuff since then, or is it still the same 10 minutes of material being trotted out? Seemed like a nice enough lad.
I first met Stewpot when he worked for local radio back in the early 70s. He wasn't much of a laugh but was still keen on baked beans back then. An absolute gentleman.
I actually met Stewart Lee a couple of years ago at an art “drawing” class in North London. While producing his drawings I noticed that he favoured using these green coloured black rollerball pens! …….an absolute Pental fan!
I first met Morrissey in a chip shop in Dalston. I was working, and he asked me for a saveloy and chips. I told him I couldn't help him as I was working on my novel while eating a kebab, not working behind the counter. He offered to put me in touch with his publishing agent at Faber & Faber. I noticed he had let himself go, and looked fat and depressed. Absolute gentleman.
i met stewart coming out of sainsburys about 38 years ago. I said how much i enjoyed his stand up and he appreciated that. An absolute gentlemen and a legend.
I can’t believe I’ve just now found out about Stewart Lee, he’s just screamingly funny. Sue Perkins SO funny too, and the interview flow and subtle, thoughtful questions mixed in with hilarious patter was divine:
Love the way Stuart repeats himself over and over in a theme in his set, use of pauses and then does it again but slightly different. He does it until we all reach our own point of having to laugh out loud. Like being tickled until we give in. Sue talks about this with him in the interview.
@@fivish does it better than others though imo. Has enough material for me. Each to their own. Who's your favourite comedian for me to critically dissect their style and content.
@@4th_Lensman_of_the_apocalypse Jim Jeffries is okay (not good, just okay), if you judge him fairly: that is, by not comparing him to Stewart Lee, which is like comparing a pear soda to a pear cider made of 100% pears. Frankly, it's hard to watch other comedians after watching Stew masterfully deconstruct their material and act. They all sound like his parody of observational comedy.
Sadly few remain in our good graces, fortunately he was a genuinely nice person. I'm hoping Gyles Brandreth does appear as kind off stage as on, imo. P.S. Lucky you spending time with NP.
He makes a very good point at the start that is not taken into account almost at all - that we focus on how women are vulnerable to sexual violence, but almost not at all on how men are vulnerable to street and bar violence. That also needs to be combatted and reduced, a lot.
I’ve heard many Stewart Lee interviews - this was one of the most interesting. Great discussion points from Sue. Like hearing about the technical side of the writing process.
Great people. I respect the famous and successful first for who they are, second for what they do. Would love to sit and chat with these lovely insightful telented people.
I thought this was a great interview carried out by Sue Perkins. I thought she managed to allow Stewart Lee to talk more expansively about certain areas than I'd heard before. I also got a sense of the close relationship they have without Sue doing what could so easily be done and make it either about the interviewer or so esoteric between interviewer and interviewee as to be impenetrable to the listener. It doesn't hurt that I find both to be funny people as well as great performers but that doesn't always come across in podcast or radio which I thought it really did here. Great job, Sue. I really got a lot from this. Cheers
I was in Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington once and Stewart Lee was there staring sadly at a grave in a long black coat. I watched him for a little while and then he shuffled off looking dejected. But when I went up to the grave to see whose it was I saw him look back at me and give me this crazy wide smile and wink at me. It was really weird.
The next time that I ran across Stewart Lee was at my local Enterprise Car Rental. He was trying to collect a vehicle that he’d booked, but unfortunately there was some mixup with the reservation. All they had available for him that morning was a transit that had been used to transport a large consignment of melons 🍈………Cantaloupe rental van!
I first met Stewart Lee when he was working in a fish and chip shop in Wigan. I had just been at a Fall gig and needed something to eat to soak up the drugs. When he inquired if I wanted my sausage battered I quickly gave him a kick in the plums, cheeky sod. Other than that seemed a really nice guy.
I went to see Jerry Sadowitz the other year, I could take the jokes about Sir Lenny Henry, but when he started on Stewart and his wife I storm out in a right huff, I thought that will show you Sadowitz.
Just in case you thought this was actually Adam's channel. It's not. This is an episode of Sue Perkins' podcast. I wish whoever was behind this channel would just change the name so that it didn't look like people were supporting Adam.
Adam is a character played by Sue. Your complaint about this channel would be like complaining when Alan Partridge clips are on Steve Coogan's channel. They are one and the same.
I saw his snowflake/tornado show in sheffield two years after he wrote it and the man is still the only comedian i would spend money to watch. incredible. (obligatory - sue perkins has let himself go)
Sue you stress about making every sentence entertaining. Chill. When you write, chill. My favourite books are super simple (pen lively, jan mark, clive owen) Mark knopfler's blues solos are the best because of the pauses, not the struck notes. We love u so much btw! Stu's a ledge, too.
Utterly adoring of this pairing. Truly giants among us. Genuinely hope all best for you and yours, really inspirational people with a keenness I will always admire and aspire to. Also, well in both of you - your partners are absolute dynamite. Top form
The fact that people in the UK get angry with Stewart Lee and not understanding that he's playing a character on stage shows that most Brits don't get irony either.
I first met Stewart at the Dr Who museum, which was supposed to resemble the Tardis which was known to be much bigger on the inside, unfortunately since Stewart had let himself go so much it had the opposite effect and it made the space feel really small. I'm just glad it wasn't a real police box or he may not have fitted out the door again, although to be fair that scenario would imply he wouldn't have got in the door in the first place. Either way, he is not very well equipped to be a time lord, so I hope the BBC never consider that idea.
I am using the ad-break to comment this: I could not help myself and read all the comments i.t. 1st 5 mins., before I continued listening. There are some really funny comments here - more funnier, in fact, than under the typical S L video! I applaud and endorse that, and wish I was this kind of witty, myself. BUT - more importantly, to me, I find this conversation of such high value, in it's combonation of subtle and non-trivial observations of all things peripherally involved in this form, and kind of culture - to then drop right back to base lvl shit-funny.... I wish I had friends I cld talk to like this...sniff!...but they're all simps😑 Well , @Sue Perkins Channel, this was a really good, interesting and funny interview! Thanks so much, made my evening!
I didn't know you both have tinnitus. My great joy was singing (I was an amateur baritone, specialising in a capella choral music), but now my tinnitus means I cannot pitch a note.
When Lee and Perrin made their debut, I thought comedy's got a brand-nu bag. They were the absolute bee knees. I still find stewart rather appealing comedically. Was also a very early fan of Ms Perkins and her comedy duo partner (Mel). Thought they were incredibly funny, on their daytime show. And they were outstandingly funny on BakeOff, when it was on BBC1.
Love this guy. He seems to not give a fuck about the right things and unashamedly gives a fuck about the right things. The kind of authenticity all of Ricky Gervais’s pet’s pine and whine for .
I see your point and it's strange you don't see those two associate.... Ricky, Although the grand speech at the Oscars confirming Julian Assange was 100% Correct and now being illegally tortured for doing his job within the Law ! Anyway... There is something with Ricky like he was invited to the nicole Kidman parties of EYES WIDE SHUT and went and thought it was just like a bunch of Fkng toffs back home growing up....
@@4th_Lensman_of_the_apocalypse Well yeah, quite clearly my own opinion, which is obvious, because I thought it, and then typed it out, and then clicked 'reply'. I'm still right.
I first met Sue Perkins when she was on everything, ever. I switched on my radio only to find she was on Radio 4 and everything else. She was so funny I had to take 2 ecstasy tablets and 8 cans of Special Brew before shooting myself in the balls...
I saw Stewart lee once in Darlington, while watching I thought about people under going torture in Guantanamo bay and how lucky they where at that moment .
i like that Stewart Lee guy although i have an issue with his name. Stewart is really a surname, Stuart would generally be the forname. very unlikly you would ever meet a Stewart Stuart, that is just not right. Stuart Stewart not ideal but not crazy. Donald MacDonald surprisingly common
Stewart versus Stuart is simply due to a weird anglificascization of the name Stewart so it is pretty much England's fault but America is also to blame for perpetualising the error around the world like they have now done with Sulfur. I have known the following people who were more than just their curious name... Marylin McFarlane, Donny Lonegan and a guy who was called Lewis John.
It has been a year. I would have thought your idea would have been taken up by more of Edward Woodward's fans. Or at least those who, like you, appreciate Mister Lee's humour. His parents could have opted for Leigh Lee. But thanks to you, his given name has prompted a discussion that includes the word "anglificascization" (but to get there first, ALL words are made-up).
