Quote: Chris Forshaw @ December 14 2009, 11:24 PM GMTLet's take Stewart Lee as an example. He's been in the game a long time and is regarded as one of the best, yet has never really had mainstream success.
He's worked a hell of a lot harder than McIntyre and isn't as high up this metaphorical ladder. So yes, McIntyre did jump steps. He's not the only one, but he is one of the more extreme cases of it.
Anyone who's had their own TV show has had mainstream success. By that reckoning Stewart Lee's doing better than MM.
And he's a millionaire too so I doubt he's worried about a f**king ladder. He could buy a ladder factory and get them to make him a special one with McIntyre's face engraved on every rung and a big fanny at the top.