Quote: Ben @ March 31 2009, 8:55 AM BSTThe standup was again excellent this week. I particularly liked the line about all towns up north having a cake named after them.
Apart from the one legged ballerina sketch, I thought the sketches were poor.
No love for the Hitler speeches?
Another fine episode.
"What would you like for breakfast Kofi Annan?"
"Yes please."
Quote: Afinkawan @ March 31 2009, 9:35 AM BSTAnother fine episode.
Yes, good intelligent comedy. I hope it's succesful enough to warrant a second series.
I really love the red button interviews after too.
I love Armando Iannucci. 
Quote: chipolata @ March 31 2009, 9:51 AM BSTI hope it's succesful enough to warrant a second series.
You would hope so, but Lee has a habit of getting cancelled! Still, you would hope the BBC would be able to continue to find room for a show like this.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ March 31 2009, 9:54 AM BSTYou would hope so, but Lee has a habit of getting cancelled! Still, you would hope the BBC would be able to continue to find room for a show like this.
If he kills someone for more material I'm sure there'll be a second series. 
Quote: Matthew Stott @ March 31 2009, 8:58 AM BSTNo love for the Hitler speeches?
That was good as well. Thanks for reminding me, Midder Stott.
It was noted after the first episode that the viewing figures were a million, down on the usual for that slot, but I note that Al Murray's sketch show on ITV on Friday nights apparently only gets a couple of million. So that isn't bad for Stewart Lee, really, given the much higher, mainstream, profile of Al Murray.
The problem is his bits to the camera- like the television audience is second best, not like the intelligent, special people in the room with him. Well not everyone can get to Stoke Newington. Then if he comes out with a decent joke he repeats it, over and over, deconstructing it, over and over into the camera as if to say "There! Is this the rubbish you idiots want? Jokes is it? Well here's a joke- satisified? Now let me get on with talking to the intelligent people who've made an effort to see me..."
Licence Fee payers are contemptible, yet he wants their money.
Quote: Maurice Minor @ March 31 2009, 10:19 AM BSTThe problem is his bits to the camera- like the television audience is second best, not like the intelligent, special people in the room with him. Well not everyone can get to Stoke Newington. Then if he comes out with a decent joke he repeats it, over and over, deconstructing it, over and over into the camera as if to say "There! Is this the rubbish you idiots want? Jokes is it? Well here's a joke- satisified? Now let me get on with talking to the intelligent people who've made an effort to see me..."
Licence Fee payers are contemptible, yet he wants their money.
Well, most people are idiots aren't they.
Quote: Maurice Minor @ March 31 2009, 10:19 AM BSTThe problem is his bits to the camera- like the television audience is second best, not like the intelligent, special people in the room with him. Well not everyone can get to Stoke Newington. Then if he comes out with a decent joke he repeats it, over and over, deconstructing it, over and over into the camera as if to say "There! Is this the rubbish you idiots want? Jokes is it? Well here's a joke- satisified? Now let me get on with talking to the intelligent people who've made an effort to see me..."
Licence Fee payers are contemptible, yet he wants their money.
Ah, an episode wouldn't be complete without you coming on to tell us why it was in fact all rubbish! 
Quote: Maurice Minor @ March 31 2009, 10:19 AM BSTThe problem is his bits to the camera- like the television audience is second best, not like the intelligent, special people in the room with him. Well not everyone can get to Stoke Newington. Then if he comes out with a decent joke he repeats it, over and over, deconstructing it, over and over into the camera as if to say "There! Is this the rubbish you idiots want? Jokes is it? Well here's a joke- satisified? Now let me get on with talking to the intelligent people who've made an effort to see me..."
I think that's part of the joke.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ March 31 2009, 10:28 AM BSTAh, an episode wouldn't be complete without you coming on to tell us why it was in fact all rubbish!
You'll see the light
I like his style of delivery. He challenged the racist's get-out-of-jail-free mantra of 'political correctness gone mad' with subtle humour, and with analogueies we can all relate to. When he said – 'I hate agreeing with racists out of politeness – I get enough of that when I go home at Christmas', I laughed my socks off. This stand up rocks.
Just watched on iPlayer and it definitely was the best episode of the series so far.
'Did I pay my License Fee to have a child's ballerina slipper shoved in my face?'
'Apparently, you did'
And unlike the first two episodes, it was chocked full of material and flew along at a rate of knots.
+1 on Kevin Eldon.
Good stuff!
