Newest first, -1) ? Independent Premium. But often people don't realise we're playing characters, and say things to me like, "God, that bloke's really annoying, how do you put up with him?". They formed a comedy act, first performing at the Edinburgh Fringe in 1987. That's it! Probably laughs at farting noises too. I also got to know the fact that the man is a functioning alcoholic, finishing nearly 12 cans to himself before going onstage, and that he is banned from the entire chain of theatres I used to work at for being rude, dismissive of staff and responding terribly to bad audience feedback. He lives in Finsbury Park, north London, Richard Herring, 31, was born in Yorkshire but grew up in Somerset. I've noticed that if we do meet up in the pub after work, we have absolutely nothing to say to each other. FROM THE METRO-LIB-ELITE DESK OF Stewart Lee – Oct 2020 0000AC. Then I glimpsed him through the window in a Kentucky Fried Chicken shop. ", https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/testimonials/microcuts-22-twitter/, "He stank. Just because your TV show is terrible doesn't mean you have to rip into Russell Howard and 'that Roadshow''. Although there have been arguments and tense patches (inevitable, after 14 years), we've generally thought about each other as much as ourselves. ", https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/testimonials/karen-laidlaw-edfringe-com/, "Liberals like this guy would just love to live in totalitarian state where only their views could be expressed and opposition views crushed. Please He has also taken solo shows to Edinburgh, and is script editor for the comedian Al Murray. ", https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/testimonials/borathigh5-youtube/, "Lee makes Kim Jong II look comparatively relaxed. ", https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/testimonials/alwyn-digiguide-tv/, "Watching Stewart Lee in action these days is like standing on the edge of a frozen lake and seeing a man half-submerged in the perishing ice. Stewart Lee should have 'cunt' stamped onto his forehead with a branding iron. I think the first time we properly met was at a Christmas party, which I remember because there was a Sex Pistols record playing, which was quite unusual in the mid-Eighties, and Richard was pogo-ing to it on his own. ", https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/testimonials/robert-gavin-twitter/, "Stewart Lee has lost his glasses somewhere in stoke newington. It was not funny. will be published daily in dedicated articles. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when His solo work includes stand-up comedy for Channel 5, and being script editor for Channel 4's `Harry Hill' show. We grew up together, we've shared a house, and at certain points we've seen each other every day for years on end, so I think we complement each other in work and in life. This cunt can't even rally a paying audience. Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium. ", https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/testimonials/mrdavisn01-twitter/, "Lee is not just unfunny but tiresome, his non-joke act isn't even original! If he was burned alive it could raise serious cash. ", https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/testimonials/sidsings000-youtube/, "Just seen a very haggard looking Stewart Lee near Carnaby St. Eat my penis. Only 2 on stage in nearly 4 hours. ", https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/testimonials/liam-travitt-twitter/, "Without warning I was drawn from watching the ?excelllent Jeremy Paxman to a loathsome comedian gratuitously using the "c" word. The cunt. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Fits in with his fanboys' worldview, basically. So unfunny it's laughable. real-world solutions, and more. He studied history at Oxford University. It's like watching 2 heavily drunk people having a conversation at a bus stop. In fact he's the opposite. We've got the same sense of humour and similar backgrounds and similar outlooks, so if we have disagreements over our work it's only about the minutiae. I think we're both realistic about the fact that our solo work could take off and if Hollywood were to beckon to Stew, as it did last year, I wouldn't resent it. Richard once posted his tour diary, which included a bad row we had one night, on the Internet, and got an e-mail from a fan, saying: "I'm sorry to hear that you had a fight. I'm not offended, more bemused by his total lack of talent and why the audience are laughing at his dull and obvious "jokes". Top gear is class and laughing at gipos and the Mexicans is hilarious. Arse doesn't cover it. Hated it. I just wish he'd get a sense of humour. He comes from the smug - if you don't laugh at my material then you aren't smart enough - school of comedy. It's about the relationship - everyone can relate to the idea of two very close friends who argue a lot. Clarkson's views are all spot on. To me, morally or comedically this is no better than Bernard Manning or Jim Davidson both of whom were genuinely funny even if you now think their jokes were racist but neither of them were genuinely bigoted, IMHO of course, like Stewart Lee and his fans. ", https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/testimonials/deepbass-guardian-co-uk/, "Amongst the least talented comedians ever invented. ", https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/testimonials/98rosjon-twitter/, https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/testimonials/peter-fears-twitter/, https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/testimonials/rubyshoes-twitter/, "Hands up if you think that Stewart Lee is the worst 'comedian' ever. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post ", https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/testimonials/wharto15-twitter/, "An abysmal 'comedian'. And totally unfunny. ", https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/testimonials/henry-howard-fun-twitter/, "If I could bring one extinct thing back to life it would be Stewart Lee’s sense of humour. ", https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/testimonials/esme-folley-actress-cellist-twitter/, "Smug elitist liberalism. I've never seen a moronic idiot trying to tell jokes in my life. ", https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/testimonials/nevw47479-uktv-co-uk/, "Fuck this Stewart Lee twat, fuck anyone that agrees with him, and FUCK PC. ", https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/testimonials/meanstreetelite-peoplesrepublicofcork/, "The Krankies are funnier than this waste of air. ", https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/testimonials/genghis-mckahn-guardian-co-uk/, "Five minutes of Stewart Lee makes me want to kill myself . His smugness would wrap itself round my fist and slowly consume it, infecting me in the process. ", https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/testimonials/dominic-cavendish-telegraph/, "It is a bit like listening to a sixth form NUS president who was brought up an only child by his sycophantic grandparents. ", https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/testimonials/ishamayura-byrd-twitter/, "Self consciousness in comedy doesn't make it better, or more intelligent. Log in to update your newsletter preferences. He appears to have serious life issues and he seems to think that foisting his emotional turmoil onto audiences is somehow 'art'. Boring as hell and unfunny. A disappointment. If our working partnership does come to an end it might mean that we can develop a more social relationship. ", https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/testimonials/frankie-boyle/, "Stewart Lee should jump in his 'comedy vehicle' and drive it off a very high cliff. ", https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/testimonials/pudabaya-twitter/, "Absolutely the saddest so called comedian I have ever heard. (I could just close my eyes, but fantasizing about punching Stewart Lee is still more fun than sitting in complete, stony silence.) While this works to keep him a cult following of der brains who enjoy playing the game of 'I'm holier than thou', it's the reason while he'll never be mainstream (you have to be funny to do that) and why critics who like him always have to apologise for his contributions to high profile charity gigs in venues when the punters don't laugh. ", https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/testimonials/gwaites-digitalspy/, "No part of this routine was funny enough to even bother delivering it. Create a commenting name to join the debate. ", https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/testimonials/len-firewood-twitter/, "I tried to watch Stewart Lee but had to stop due to him being shit. Dire. Stewart Lee, 30, grew up in Solihull and studied English at Oxford University, where he met Richard Herring. ", https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/testimonials/joycey-readytogo-net/, "I really cannot *bear* the bumptious prick that is Stewart Lee. Richard is optimistic and hard-working and something of a perfectionist, which is good because I have always been one to give up on things very easily. ", https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/testimonials/world-without-end-twitter/, "Sorry, Something has gone wrong (Error 500). Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile, There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts, There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts, How we met: Stewart Lee & Richard Herring, Email already exists. Everyone was laughing at him, and I hated his guts. In attempting to send up intolerance by being blatantly intolerant and bigoted, Lee falls flat on his face making any genuinely tolerant, left-of-centre, liberals so horrified that they simply could not laugh. ", https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/testimonials/carla-st-albans-dailymail-co-uk/, "Alleged comedian Stewart Lee is cheap and mean spirited. Brooker is a weetabix haired trendy tosspiece trying to cling on to anything remotely cool these days and Stewart Lee is a hypocrite. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Has a very punchable tone of voice. He seems to spend hours on stage pretending that he 'gets something' nobody else has. This will be because there has been an unforeseen technical error. If we had moved, though, Rich and me would have gone to the same school. ", https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/testimonials/anonymous-the-northfield-patriot/, "Finally watched Stewart Lee from last week. I just don't find him funny anymore. We'd heard by then that we had each been doing some sort of comedy act and we got on well and agreed that we wanted to write comedy that wasn't just a rip-off of Monty Python. Community Stewart Lee once told a joke that I found desperately unfunny. The greatest trick Stewart Lee ever pulled was convincing the world he's funny and not just a ridiculously supercilious prat who just repeats himself. ", https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/testimonials/gabrielle-chortle-com/, https://www.stewartlee.co.uk/testimonials/anon-dontstartmeoff-com/, "All he did was talk about crisps and stand there.

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