Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle - BBC2 10pm from 16th March
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electrogirl
dignity is overrated
I don't think it needs to be laugh out loud lolz comedy. There is plenty of comedy shows I have watched that have interested me, and amused me without me chortling my face off.
I like his delivery actually, I like it in a kind of surreally way and it definitely works with his topics alot of the time, like dodgepot said, it definitely worked with the woolies/zavvi/mfi thing.
I think it's just a weird thing to have on the telly tbh, I mean, I'm glad because I'd never seen his standup before but it just doesn't work with these little bitesize half an hours, especially with the inclusion of the sketch shows.
So that's why I am enjoying the series, but not loving it.
There.
I like his delivery actually, I like it in a kind of surreally way and it definitely works with his topics alot of the time, like dodgepot said, it definitely worked with the woolies/zavvi/mfi thing.
I think it's just a weird thing to have on the telly tbh, I mean, I'm glad because I'd never seen his standup before but it just doesn't work with these little bitesize half an hours, especially with the inclusion of the sketch shows.
So that's why I am enjoying the series, but not loving it.
There.
maomao
普費斯
Do you have a DVD of that cause what with Deep Space Nine on Virgin coming to an end and Stewart Lee being shit I've got nothing to watch next Monday night?
Voley
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Just responding to your jibe about being narrow-minded, dear boy.
last night was shit hot, and the sketches were by far the best ones so yet - I especially liked the actor Kevin Eldon smashing up a brand new bathroom (that's where the budget went I guess) - a couple of them felt quite jaaam in fact . . .
It *is* a weird thing to have on the telly. I had my doubts that it would work when it was announced and it's clear that in many ways it hasn't worked -- many people simply haven't got it and the sketches that were obviously intended as a sop to those who wouldn't get it have just spoiled the flow of the monologue.
There is still a lot of it that is pure genius though.
maomao
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Do you not think that implying that people who don't like it 'haven't got it' is a bit offensive? I've kind of refrained from implying that you have to be the same kind of smug as Mr Lee to enjoy it but your post kind of makes that point pretty well itself.
No, it's a simple tautology. Saying that you don't like it is functionally equivalent to saying that you don't get it, since if you did get it then you would like it.
There are two assumptions you are making:
1) That "understanding it" is the same thing as "getting it". It's not. "Getting it" means that it resonates with you, which means that it would, by definition, amuse you; and
2) That "not getting it" implies something negative about you. It doesn't. It just means that you don't share that type of humour.
There are two assumptions you are making:
1) That "understanding it" is the same thing as "getting it". It's not. "Getting it" means that it resonates with you, which means that it would, by definition, amuse you; and
2) That "not getting it" implies something negative about you. It doesn't. It just means that you don't share that type of humour.
no, it's not.
you can "get" what weird al yankovic is doing, but find it utterly shit and unfunny.
8den
No I'm pretty sure that was 8ball...
It's funny the first time, it's pretty funny the 2nd time. But when it's a rhetorical device used OVER and OVER again.....
If he's such a bloody expert why is he using the same sodding trick over and over again.
Hey it's not that I don't like. I watched the first one three on iplayer, I fucking adored it, it's just seeing the same tired routine done week in week out, it begins to grate.
^^^ which comes back to the fact that his natural home is a one hour live set, rather than a series of nerfed TV shows. I don't disagree with that. He's a lot better live than in this show. It doesn't change the fact, however, that each show taken individually shows him to be an extremely talented comedy writer and performer.
That's a pretty hypocritical point you're trying to make there.
You've certainly been sneering at people who don't "get it" so far.
But then cultural snobs are known for their backsliding spinelessness.
maomao
普費斯
That's just utter bullshit and makes you sound like a right smug cunt.
I have not been sneering at people who don't "get it". In fact, I've gone out of my way over and over again to say over and over again that if you don't like it, it's fair enough. I expect most people to not like it. It's niche comedy. I'm certainly not the one casting negative judgements on those who don't like it -- particularly if they simply shrug and go and watch something else instead.
I've never heard that before. You just made it up. Go on, admit it.
electrogirl
dignity is overrated
That's a bit lame though isn't it? I mean, being different isn't really enough.
Most people have said the format doesn't work anyway.
editor
hiraethified
It means it's not trying to appeal to the lowest common denominator which most TV comedy does these days.
I don't expect everyone to like it or find it funny. If you don't like it, don't watch it. There's loads of other channels available.
maomao
普費斯
There are those if us who previously found Mr Lee funny and are expressing our dissapointment more than anything else. I've said already it's undoubtedly the best comedy on the BBC.
Voley
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That's it in a nutshell for me, too. I don't like this new direction.
