Quote: Tim Walker @ December 2 2009, 6:40 PM GMTHaving done a fair bit of stand up in my tossed salad days,
Dear oh dear.
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Quote: LIME5000 @ December 2 2009, 6:41 PM GMTDear oh dear.
Brilliant. 
Quote: Tim Walker @ December 2 2009, 6:40 PM GMTHaving done a fair bit of stand up in my salad days, I was lucky enough to hardly ever get heckled, though this was probably a lot to do with the venues I played. Also, in those days, comedy clubs (even in London) were something of a novelty and audiences tended to behave rather more as though they were in a theatre to watch a performance; as opposed to believing that they were somehow part of the act.
I never used to go after an audience if I was dying on my arse.
A comic who is doing badly doesn't really deserve to be heckled to death, just met with embarrassed silence. A comic who is doing badly but then tries to engage the audience, as though it were their fault his/her act is poor, is completely fair game for hecklers and so be it.
Agreed. Misplaced arrogance is best off punished.
Quote: Tim Walker @ December 2 2009, 6:42 PM GMTBrilliant.
Ooh, whooo's not wrangled their long one in a bit hey???
Quote: LIME5000 @ December 2 2009, 6:44 PM GMTOoh, whooo's not wrangled their long one in a bit hey???
Have you stopped taking your Ritalin again, Lime? 
Yer, but et's oker coz I stole yer Temazepam !!
Quote: swerytd @ November 19 2009, 10:06 AM GMTStew was excellent last night. Really, really good and extremely clever and funny.
Spoke briefly with him afterwards and asked him about a second series of Vehicle. He said he'd spoken to the BBC the day before and the new controller wasn't keen, so it didn't look like it. They asked him to present a new show, showcasing up and coming stand-up comedians, but said it's not something he's interesting in doing.
So, (1), buy the DVD of the last series, if you haven't already (it'll make money for him and the BCG if you click from here):
See Amazon product listing
[p=http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/9307201/Stewart-Lee-Comedy-Vehicle/Product.html](2) I've actually got off my arse for a change and set up a petition to see how much interest we can build up. Sign it here: http://www.petitiononline.com/BBSLCV/petition.html
and we'll see how it goes.Dan
The red button interviews with Armando Iannucci were side-splittingly funny. I think Lee and Iannucci make a really good double act in that format, which is why I like Time Trumpet so much as well.
P.S. I will be buying the DVD soon and have no problem getting it through your link if it will help the site, but is it going to make my Amazon account, and therefore my purchase history, visible to everyone?
I bought those sex guide books as a joke.
Quote: sglen @ December 2 2009, 6:34 PM GMTMy mate was saying she thought it was to do with the "anyone can be a star" culture we have now, where everybody thinks they've got talent and have the right to be involved. She might have a point.
I think your mate's right, I've been to gigs where the occasional heckle has enhanced the night. But mostly it's been some pissed-up toss-pot attention-seeker who thinks they could do better.
It's not big, and it's not funny!
Stewart Lee is on Celebrity Mastermind, Monday 4th January, BBC1 at 7pm.
Quote: john lucas 101 @ December 30 2009, 10:10 AM GMTStewart Lee is on Celebrity Mastermind, Monday 4th January, BBC1 at 7pm.
Want to take a guess at his chosen specialist subject? I'm thinking Alan Moore or Hopi Indians.
Richard Herring?
Quote: Kevin Murphy @ December 30 2009, 11:12 PM GMTWant to take a guess at his chosen specialist subject?
Having TV shows unfairly axed??
Or maybe a specific period of The Fall.
Quote: john lucas 101 @ December 31 2009, 11:36 AM GMTThe Fall.
Yes. This. I'd put money on it.
Quote: Kevin Murphy @ December 31 2009, 11:48 AM GMTYes. This. I'd put money on it.
Nah, I'm quite wrong. According to his website, his subject is the guitarist Derek Bailey.