Stewart Lee's Ang Li routine

tech77

Anyone else familiar with this guy.
Seen him a couple of times and i have to admit he is a very accomplished and sharp performer.
His meandering anecdotes are priceless and he seems to be well able to adlib as well.

This Ang Li routine his fcuking priceless. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltT9dMGiFjI&mode=related&search=
Anyone else here know of him.
Seems to be very underrated.

Earthhorse

He used to host a show on Sunday mornings (Lee and Herring, or something like that) and it was pretty terrible.

However, I did get linked to that Ang Li routine (and you should really spoiler that for anyone who hasn't seen it) earlier in the year and I spent the rest of the day watching his other YouTube clips in fits of laughter. His stuff is very good; sharp but understated.

And I don't know that he's so much underrated as he is unknown.

tech77

Earthhorse wrote: »

He used to host a show on Sunday mornings (Lee and Herring, or something like that) and it was pretty terrible.

However, I did get linked to that Ang Li routine (and you should really spoiler that for anyone who hasn't seen it) earlier in the year and I spent the rest of the day watching his other YouTube clips in fits of laughter. His stuff is very good; sharp but understated.

And I don't know that he's so much underrated as he is unknown.

Yeah very sharp, cerebral comedian.
His dissection of the nature of the comedy in its own right is refreshing as well.

But i think it's his very natural delivery and retelling of an essentially absurd situation that really had me laughing.

BTW re a spoiler: In the routine, that phrase "You wouldn't like me..." isn't the actual punchline as such, he uses it throughout the routine so i don't think i'm giving anything away am i
I've edited it anyway.

I might post the link in the other thread as well.

Earthhorse

I was actually going to post that clip in the other thread but hadn't gotten round to it! I figured it would be something a lot of people hadn't seen before.

There's another bit he does about Joe Pasqualie (sp.?) stealing a routine from an Irish comedian and it's absolutely hilarious. I must order his DVD actually. Hopefully he'll play Ireland someday.

(I know that wasn't the punchline per se but it was a part of the gag so thanks for editing it).

tech77

Earthhorse wrote: »

I was actually going to post that clip in the other thread but hadn't gotten round to it! I figured it would be something a lot of people hadn't seen before.

There's another bit he does about Joe Pasqualie (sp.?) stealing a routine from an Irish comedian and it's absolutely hilarious. I must order his DVD actually. Hopefully he'll play Ireland someday.

(I know that wasn't the punchline per se but it was a part of the gag so thanks for editing it).

Yeah I saw the Joe Pasquale bit alright.
Same brilliant meandering style.

Merciless to Pasquale but no less than he deserved.

I also love when he states categorically that the Irish comedian's opening garden gag is THE funniest opener in ANY medium ever.

hotspur

When I was deciding what youtube vid to put up last night I was going to put Stew's routine from Montreal which included the great Pope lollipop routine. An excellent comic, glad he's back performing.

zAbbo

Earthhorse wrote: »

And I don't know that he's so much underrated as he is unknown.

He's regarded as the best comic on the comedy scene at the moment, by his peers....

tech77

zabbo wrote: »

He's regarded as the best comic on the comedy scene at the moment, by his peers....

Ricky Gervais' favourite standup apparently.

DBIreland

I've seen him live. Very very good.
His slow meandering pace builds tension as the subject matter is often controversial or offensive.
The gags don't come thick and fast but once the punchline does arrive (the release of tension) is quality.

One of his dvd's was given a mainstream (Entitled 'Stand up comedian') release but due to poor sales he was dropped. Then he has teamed up with Go faster stripe to sell his next show 90's comedian(containing the Joe Pasqualie (sp.?) bit) online only. Also he is the creator of 'Jerry Springer the Opera. For those of you looking for complete shows.

Sir Gallagher

Is anybody going to see him next month in the laughter lounge?

grames_bond

Sir Gallagher wrote: »

Is anybody going to see him next month in the laughter lounge?

he's playin the laughter lounge?! :O i am there!

btw the irish comedian that stewart is stickin up for is michael redmond, aka father stone (the worlds most boring priest) from father ted!

JIZZLORD

hopefully i'll get to see him when he plays galway next month

2Scoops

Earthhorse wrote: »

He used to host a show on Sunday mornings (Lee and Herring, or something like that) and it was pretty terrible.

Ah, here now - that show was priceless! There were just too many in-jokes so it was difficult to watch if you weren't a long-term fan.

Stewart Lee is in Dublin this month - watch it!

m83

tech77 wrote: »

Yeah very sharp, cerebral comedian.
His dissection of the nature of the comedy in its own right is refreshing as well.
But i think it's his very natural delivery and retelling of an essentially absurd situation that really had me laughing.

BTW re a spoiler: In the routine, that phrase "You wouldn't like me..." isn't the actual punchline as such, he uses it throughout the routine so i don't think i'm giving anything away am i
I've edited it anyway.

I might post the link in the other thread as well.

i've heard of this routine, anyone know where to find it amongst teh interwebs?

Jesus Wept

m83 wrote: »

i've heard of this routine, anyone know where to find it amongst teh interwebs?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltT9dMGiFjI

Watched the DVD that this bit came from, it was enjoyable, but the bits on youtube are shoulders above the rest, still enjoyable.

m83

The-Rigger wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltT9dMGiFjI

Watched the DVD that this bit came from, it was enjoyable, but the bits on youtube are shoulders above the rest, still enjoyable.

thank you but no no no! I had some text highlighted in bold, he did some bit where he basically just talked abouth the nature of a joke with loops back and stuff... maybe it rings a bell with some one here.

Have to say though, his youtube stuff is fookin scarily good, i loved the braveheart routine.. in glasgow of all places.. genius!

rowlandbrowner

m83 wrote: »

he did some bit where he basically just talked about the nature of a joke with loops back and stuff... maybe it rings a bell with some one here.!

its probably this rountine that himself and Richard Herring did on TMWRNJ.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2j9yBOXyPVc

Its a satire of a very lazy style of joke that I've heard Stewart Lee refer to as a "Pasqualie delivery", for instance the performer tells you a sordid tale of kissing young girls on the school yard, lets you assume he is recounting his teenage years, then reveals that he is in fact a Teacher at the school.

tech77

rowlandbrowner wrote: »

its probably this rountine that himself and Richard Herring did on TMWRNJ.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2j9yBOXyPVc

Its a satire of a very lazy style of joke that I've heard Stewart Lee refer to as a "Pasqualie delivery", for instance the performer tells you a sordid tale of kissing young girls on the school yard, lets you assume he is recounting his teenage years, then reveals that he is in fact a Teacher at the school.

Good stuff.
The more i see of Stewart Lee the more i'm convinced he's a fcuking genius.
His stuff is exquisite.
Anyone know of any other comedian like him?

grames_bond

simon munnery is another headliner in the "alternate" comedy scene, himself and lee are good friends!

rowlandbrowner

tech77 wrote: »

Good stuff.
The more i see of Stewart Lee the more i'm convinced he's a fcuking genius.
His stuff is exquisite.
Anyone know of any other comedian like him?

Ted Chippington is probably Stewarts biggest influence, Chippington was part of the first wave of Alternative comedians, they would tour with bands like The Fall and The Nightingales and do standup before the bands. His jokes all follow a similar format and all read out in a monotone voice. One of his better known jokes is “I was walking down the road, this guy with long hair stopped me, he said do you want to buy some LSD man, I said no, we’ve gone decimal now” he quit comedy for years and went back to driving lorries. Here is a video from the BBC culture show where Stewart Lee goes “in search of him” http://youtube.com/watch?v=IcXj_ZdKmcQ

Simon Munnery, Kevin Eldon, Richard Herring (who plays Dublin next month) and Daniel Kitson would all be akin to Stewart Lee in some ways (although very different in others)

tech77

Thanks.
Just thought i'd post this one as well:
"Carphone Warehouse deny racism" routine.

A simple gag but Christ it's still sublime.
The 2 concepts involved are just so fcuking ridiculously alien and he milks the ridiculousness for everything its worth.

All done with that typically withering, take-no-sh1t, disgusted-at-everything attitude of his towards everything deserving of it (in this case CPW corporate silliness/a$$-covering).
Genius.
It's a crime how his no-bull$hit style isn't more popular.

Edit: Actually the simple phrase "values of the car-phone warehouse" uttered on its own is enough to have anyone in stitches and you can just feel him glorying in its absolute absurdity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAVrM29MjR8

rowlandbrowner

he has also written a wonderful novel called the perfect fool, it follows a wide range of characters including a women who leaves a trail of dead boyfriends across America (after they find out her actions during a film she stared in) a man searching for the lit joint that he burnt down a flat with 30 years before, 2 lads who play with a degree of irony in a dire straits tribute band, a Hopi Indian clown who performs his ancient ceremony on a Jerry Springer style talk show, a man being chased by Masonic agents who thinks he may have been in outer space and a psychedelic singer/guitarist loosely based on Rocky Erikson. It’s all set against an accidental quest for the Holy Grail. I’m very happy because I have a signed copy (that was my one unashamed groupie moment).

Everyone should pile into the Laughter Lounge tomorrow night to see him.

grames_bond

think, without stewart lee, we wouldnt have jerry springer the opera!!

zAbbo

There's still tickets available for tonight's gig.

JIZZLORD

i bought my ticket earlier for his galway show, i was kinda worried that a day before the show is on i got ticket number 18.
either way, i should have a great night

m83

I'm going to the Galway one too, can't wait!!

zAbbo

Just back, some old, and some new material, all delivered excellently.

Thought it was hilarious

grames_bond

i was sick that i couldnt go....so dissapointed!

skydancer

well great gig, i'm feelin old tho reading some of the previous posts. Stewart Lee has been around for the last twenty yrs - as he'd say himself. I've been watchin him for the last 10 or so - not stalking mind, but i know quality when i see it. see the vid links on his website if u r not familar with his older telly work, and if u r thinking he's great but only just heard of him then do a bit of homework, its not that hard! C i even wrote this in txt spk 4 u.

JIZZLORD

who supported him in dublin, and how long was he on for?

skydancer

support: ian coppinger
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=112573867

grames_bond

skydancer wrote: »

support: ian coppinger
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=112573867

no way.......ian coppinger and steward lee?! damnit dat sounds amazing!

chin_grin

Ok, don't get me wrong. But the support act sucked. (Yes he's not in the same lines as Mr. Lee yes yes we all know this!) but seriously! I've seen him a total of three times, once was in support of Neil Delamare, and he did the same shagging routine for each gig! I know the usual comedian trick to do this. But at least change the record.

I went to see Stewart last year (in Galway) when he was doing this show as a warm up for the Edinburgh Festival. And I spent most of it in stitches again last night. If you have that DVD he was speaking about fair play to you because it's genius!

ullu

I really enjoyed. I had seen some of the material on youtube before and was worried this would affect my enjoyment of the set but it didn't at all. I loved the Tom O'Connor bit at the start, it was complimented well by two guys sitting in front of me who were clearly getting more and more agitiated as it went on.

Coppinger was really poor, I've never heard seen him before but he seems like the sort of comedian who is reliant on drunk audiences if that makes sense.

Anyway, anyone who can get to the gig in Galway tonight really should make the effort to go.

zAbbo

Warm-up wasn't too bad, considering he had a very different style to Stewart.

Did Stewart mess up the "I work for Shell/I'm in Oil' bit on purpose first time round, because I've seen him do it before.

He does a fair bit of comedian bashing, but it was all good.

ullu

zAbbo wrote:

Warm-up wasn't too bad, considering he had a very different style to Stewart.

Did Stewart mess up the "I work for Shell/I'm in Oil' bit on purpose first time round, because I've seen him do it before.

He does a fair bit of comedian bashing, but it was all good.

That silence he encouraged during his routine was excruciatingly bad. Granted, I've only been to a handful of stand up gigs in my time but it gave me a poor impression of him.

The Esso/Shell bit is intentional, based on the clip I've seen of it before.

rowlandbrowner

anyone else still have the word FAG still faintly written on their hand....

the guy opening was ok, he wasn't the style of comedian that should support Stew, the styles are too different (but fair play, he acknowledged that himself and did get a few chuckles). I was the unlucky “goth” at the front who went to the toilet during a peado joke (in retrospect a bad move)

Stewart was great, I had seen this show before its fringe run, and although it’s basically the same show, it’s been perfected quite a bit. I read that this will be the shows last run, he’ll probably make another dvd with the go faster stipe lads, then retire it. Be interesting to see what he comes up with next.

Is anyone going to Richard Herring next month? I’m still undecided…

Earthhorse

Great show; I really don't know how to properly praise it without descending (ascending?) into hyperbole. The man is just out and out brilliant. I was careful not to watch any youtube clips beforehand so it was all new to me.

rowlandbrowner wrote: »

anyone else still have the word FAG still faintly written on their hand...

/me raises hand ever so meekly

Is that a Laughter Lounge thing or a Stewart Lee thing, anyone know?

chin_grin

Earthhorse wrote: »

Is that a Laughter Lounge thing or a Stewart Lee thing, anyone know?

Laughter Lounge thing. I got confirmation from a few work mates this morning!

(Hehehehe the bit I'm remembering is the *clink clink.......clink clink clink* "Signed Richard Littlejohn.......*clink clink clink...... clink clink............ clink clink clink clink* "C*nt"................*clink clink clink clink* "not a person who works as a c*nt" HAHAHAHAHHA!)

zAbbo

Is anyone going to Richard Herring next month? I’m still undecided…

Haven't seen much of his stuff, but he's got a few OK reviews, so could be worth heading along.

Earthhorse

chin_grin wrote: »

Laughter Lounge thing. I got confirmation from a few work mates this morning!

Thanks. No wonder it's not a popular venue.

Forgot to say, five minutes before the show I headed to the loo but when I saw the queue I thought "Forget this", turned around, walked back and who's coming the other way? None other than Mr. Lee himself! He completed averted his gaze as we passed each other, perhaps because he saw I recognised him. Not like I was going to do anything anyway!

As for Herring, well, I never really liked their show but then I find Lee's stand up amazing. Read an article by Herring in the Sunday Times about turning forty (which is what his current show is about as well) and it wasn't very funny. I'll check him out on youtube anyway, see what he's like on stage.

chin_grin

He did that at the Galway gig last yuhr (the way he pronounces "year"), he was standing outside just having a smoke chatting away to people. He likes to mingle. Got in to a good conversation with my mate about The Fall. And signed my copy of A Perfect Fool. Great guy.

Earthhorse

Yeah, I'd imagine he's a pretty unassuming guy. Still, his neck was literally straining to turn his head away from me as we passed!

JIZZLORD

just in the door from his galway show, it was great. was there any hecklers at the dub show?

m83

just back too, i'm f*cking humbled.. it was immense. that heckler was some gee bag but he dealt with it very well. what a top bloke you are mister lee.

ullu

No hecklers in Dublin, what sparked it?

JIZZLORD

there was an annoying twat heckling him during his tom o connor sketch. he handled it well and made bits of him, but my friend who had no stewart lee experience kept asking me did i think the heckler was planted. i didnt think so.

tech77

That's weird.
Who the fcuk would heckle Stewart Lee.
First off, he's a comedian with a fairly discrete but devout following i would imagine.
So i'd imagine anyone who'd attended the gig WANTED to be there.

Also his formidable wit- he's not exactly the kind of comedian that you'd think of heckling really unless you're looking to be insulted.

Was it some Christian fundamentalist type giving out about Jerry Springer the Opera or something. :rolleyes:

zAbbo

At the Galway gig to he mess up the opening of the Tom O'Connor bit?, did he do something like

"He asked the man what he does, and the man said - I work for Shell"

Just wondering?

He dropped the mic and went half way down the isle during the Dublin gig, and had a good rant, was that part of the Galway gig ?

Can't wait till he comes back here!

Earthhorse

At the Dublin gig when the doorman took your ticket you were told that there was to be no talking during the performance. The announcer also re-iterated this warning so it may have put any potential hecklers off (but I'd like to think the crowd were all decent folk).

Does anyone know where I can get the DVD he was selling after the show? I'd left the venue by the time I'd realised they were selling it downstairs.

ullu

zAbbo wrote: »

At the Galway gig to he mess up the opening of the Tom O'Connor bit?, did he do something like

"He asked the man what he does, and the man said - I work for Shell"

Just wondering?

As I mentioned up thread, that is part of the joke. It's supposed to be his mother making the mistake.